This paper demonstrated the generation of multi-wavelength bound state noise-like pulse(BNLP)in a dispersion-managed composite-filtered fiber laser consisting of nonlinear polarization rotation(NPR)and loop.In the cas...This paper demonstrated the generation of multi-wavelength bound state noise-like pulse(BNLP)in a dispersion-managed composite-filtered fiber laser consisting of nonlinear polarization rotation(NPR)and loop.In the case of BNLP,the generation is caused by the interaction between two noise-like pulses(NLPs)induced by the comb-filtering effect,and bound state level can be artificially controlled in the researches.Our work provides a new method for generating low-coherence pulses and establishes a research idea for the study of the comb-filtering effects.展开更多
In this paper, the problem of cubature Kalman fusion filtering(CKFF) is addressed for multi-sensor systems under amplify-and-forward(AaF) relays. For the purpose of facilitating data transmission, AaF relays are utili...In this paper, the problem of cubature Kalman fusion filtering(CKFF) is addressed for multi-sensor systems under amplify-and-forward(AaF) relays. For the purpose of facilitating data transmission, AaF relays are utilized to regulate signal communication between sensors and filters. Here, the randomly varying channel parameters are represented by a set of stochastic variables whose occurring probabilities are permitted to exhibit bounded uncertainty. Employing the spherical-radial cubature principle, a local filter under AaF relays is initially constructed. This construction ensures and minimizes an upper bound of the filtering error covariance by designing an appropriate filter gain. Subsequently, the local filters are fused through the application of the covariance intersection fusion rule. Furthermore, the uniform boundedness of the filtering error covariance's upper bound is investigated through establishing certain sufficient conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed CKFF scheme is ultimately validated via a simulation experiment concentrating on a three-phase induction machine.展开更多
Filter capacitors play an important role in altern-ating current(AC)-line filtering for stabilizing voltage,sup-pressing harmonics,and improving power quality.However,traditional aluminum electrolytic capacitors(AECs)...Filter capacitors play an important role in altern-ating current(AC)-line filtering for stabilizing voltage,sup-pressing harmonics,and improving power quality.However,traditional aluminum electrolytic capacitors(AECs)suffer from a large size,short lifespan,low power density,and poor reliability,which limits their use.In contrast,ultrafast supercapacitors(SCs)are ideal for replacing commercial AECs because of their extremely high power densities,fast charging and discharging,and excellent high-frequency re-sponse.We review the design principles and key parameters for ultrafast supercapacitors and summarize research pro-gress in recent years from the aspects of electrode materials,electrolytes,and device configurations.The preparation,structures,and frequency response performance of electrode materials mainly consisting of carbon materials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes,conductive polymers,and transition metal compounds,are focused on.Finally,future research directions for ultrafast SCs are suggested.展开更多
How ecological and evolutionary factors affect small mammal diversity in arid regions remains largely unknown.Here,we combined the largest phylogeny and occurrence dataset of Gerbillinae desert rodents to explore the ...How ecological and evolutionary factors affect small mammal diversity in arid regions remains largely unknown.Here,we combined the largest phylogeny and occurrence dataset of Gerbillinae desert rodents to explore the underlying factors shaping present-day distribution patterns.In particular,we analyzed the relative contributions of ecological and evolutionary factors on their species diversity using a variety of models.Additionally,we inferred the ancestral range and possible dispersal scenarios and estimated the diversification rate of Gerbillinae.We found that Gerbillinae likely originated in the Horn of Africa in the Middle Miocene and then dispersed and diversified across arid regions in northern and southern Africa and western and central Asia,forming their current distribution pattern.Multiple ecological and evolutionary factors jointly determine the spatial pattern of Gerbillinae diversity,but evolutionary factors(evolutionary time and speciation rate)and habitat filtering were the most important in explaining the spatial variation in species richness.Our study enhances the understanding of the diversity patterns of small mammals in arid regions and highlights the importance of including evolutionary factors when interpreting the mechanisms underlying large-scale species diversity patterns.展开更多
Understanding how and why assemblage dissimilarity changes along spatial gradient is a great challenge in ecology,because answers to these questions depend on the analytical types,dimensions,and components of beta div...Understanding how and why assemblage dissimilarity changes along spatial gradient is a great challenge in ecology,because answers to these questions depend on the analytical types,dimensions,and components of beta diversity we concerned.To obtain a comprehensive understanding of assemblage dissimilarity and its implications for biodiversity conservation in the Himalayas,we explored the elevational patterns and determinants of beta diversity and its turnover and nestedness components of pairwise and multiple types and taxonomic and phylogenetic dimensions simultaneously.Patterns of beta diversity and their components of different types and dimensions were calculated based on 96 sampling quadrats along an 1800-5400 m elevational gradient.We examined whether and how these patterns differed from random expectations using null models.Furthermore,we used random forest methods to quantify the role of environmental variables representing climate,topography,and human disturbance in determining these patterns.We found that beta diversity and its turnover component,regardless of its types and dimensions,shown a hump-shaped elevational patterns.Both pairwise and multiple phylogenetic beta diversity were remarkably lower than their taxonomic counterpart.These patterns were significantly less than random expectation and were mostly associated with climate variables.In summary,our results suggested that assemblage dissimilarity of seed plants was mostly originate from the replacement of closely related species determined by climate-driven environmental filtering.Accordingly,conservation efforts should better cover elevations with different climate types to maximalize biodiversity conservation,rather than only focus on elevations with highest species richness.Our study demonstrated that comparisons of beta diversity of different types,dimensions,and components could be conductive to consensus on the origin and mechanism of assemblage dissimilarity.展开更多
Optical wireless(OW)communication systems face significant challenges such as signal attenuation due to atmospheric absorption,scattering,and noise from hardware components,which degrade detection sensitivity.To addre...Optical wireless(OW)communication systems face significant challenges such as signal attenuation due to atmospheric absorption,scattering,and noise from hardware components,which degrade detection sensitivity.To address these challenges,we propose a digital processing algorithm that combines finite impulse response filtering with dynamic synchronization based on pulse addition and subtraction.Unlike conventional methods,which typically rely solely on hardware optimization or basic thresholding techniques,the proposed approach integrates filtering and synchronization to improve weak signal detection and reduce noise-induced errors.The proposed algorithm was implemented and verified using a field-programmable gate array.Experiments conducted in an indoor OW communication environment demonstrate that the proposed algorithm significantly improves detection sensitivity by approximately 6 dB and 5 dB at communication rates of 3.5 Mbps and 5.0 Mbps,respectively.Specifically,under darkroom conditions and a bit error rate of 1×10^(-7),the detection sensitivity was improved from-38.56 dBm to-44.77 dBm at 3.5 Mbps and from-37.12 dBm to-42.29 dBm at 5 Mbps.The proposed algorithm is crucial for future capture and tracking of signals at large dispersion angles and in underwater and long-distance communication scenarios.展开更多
Global change threatens mountainous plant communities,causing habitat displacement.Phylogenetic studies reveal evolutionary and ecological processes in community assembly.We examined taxonomic and phylogenetic diversi...Global change threatens mountainous plant communities,causing habitat displacement.Phylogenetic studies reveal evolutionary and ecological processes in community assembly.We examined taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in Andean Páramos across altitudes.Our hypotheses were that increasing altitude is an environmental filter,as altitude is expected to be a stronger variable than soil depth.The Páramos,alpine vegetation in the Andes,range from 3,000 to 4,700 meters,with our plots spanning 3,200 to 4,100 meters.Sampling was conducted at six altitudinal levels,measuring soil depth,taxonomic,and phylogenetic diversity.Data analysis employed multiple linear regressions and mixed-effects models to assess the effects of soil depth and altitude.We sampled 110 angiosperm species from 70 genera,30 families,and 18 orders.Asterales and Poales were prominent.Species richness generally decreased with altitude but increased at the summit.Soil depth affected species richness and taxonomic diversity,while altitude did not.Phylogenetic diversity increased with soil depth and decreased with altitude.Phylogenetic turnover increased with altitude differences.The hypothesis that increasing altitude intensifies environmental filtering in the altitudeadapted Páramos resulting in lower species richness and more clustered phylogenetic structures,was rejected.Although species richness,Shannon diversity,and Simpson diversity decreased initially with increasing altitude,this trend was not linear because the summit presented intermediate species richness.The hypothesis that altitude is a stronger explanatory variable than soil depth was also rejected.Despite expectations,taxonomic results did not support altitude as an environmental filter,but soil depth.Greater altitude differences increased beta phylogenetic dissimilarity,supporting niche conservatism.展开更多
This study introduces an advanced recommender system for technology enhanced learning(TEL)that synergizes neural collaborative filtering,sentiment analysis,and an adaptive learning rate to address the limitations of t...This study introduces an advanced recommender system for technology enhanced learning(TEL)that synergizes neural collaborative filtering,sentiment analysis,and an adaptive learning rate to address the limitations of traditional TEL systems.Recognizing the critical gap in existing approaches—primarily their neglect of user emotional feedback and static learning paths—our model innovatively incorporates sentiment analysis to capture and respond to nuanced emotional feedback from users.Utilizing bidirectional encoder representations from Transformers for sentiment analysis,our system not only understands but also respects user privacy by processing feedback without revealing sensitive information.The adaptive learning rate,inspired by AdaGrad,allows our model to adjust its learning trajectory based on the sentiment scores associated with user feedback,ensuring a dynamic response to both positive and negative sentiments.This dual approach enhances the system’s adapt-ability to changing user preferences and improves its contentment understanding.Our methodology involves a comprehensive analysis of both the content of learning materials and the behaviors and preferences of learners,facilitating a more personalized learning experience.By dynamically adjusting recommendations based on real-time user data and behavioral analysis,our system leverages the collective insights of similar users and rele-vant content.We validated our approach against three datasets-MovieLens,Amazon,and a proprietary TEL dataset—and saw significant improvements in recommendation precision,F-score,and mean absolute error.The results indicate the potential of integrating sentiment analysis and adaptive learning rates into TEL recommender systems,marking a step forward in developing more responsive and user-centric educational technologies.This study paves the way for future advancements in TEL systems,emphasizing the importance of emotional intelli-gence and adaptability in enhancing the learning experience.展开更多
It is known that long non-coding RNAs(lncRNAs)play vital roles in biological processes and contribute to the progression,development,and treatment of various diseases.Obviously,understanding associations between disea...It is known that long non-coding RNAs(lncRNAs)play vital roles in biological processes and contribute to the progression,development,and treatment of various diseases.Obviously,understanding associations between diseases and lncRNAs significantly enhances our ability to interpret disease mechanisms.Nevertheless,the process of determining lncRNA-disease associations is costly,labor-intensive,and time-consuming.Hence,it is expected to foster computational strategies to uncover lncRNA-disease relationships for further verification to save time and resources.In this study,a collaborative filtering and graph attention network-based LncRNA-Disease Association(CFGANLDA)method was nominated to expose potential lncRNA-disease associations.First,it takes into account the advantages of using biological information from multiple sources.Next,it uses a collaborative filtering technique in order to address the sparse data problem.It also employs a graph attention network to reinforce both linear and non-linear features of the associations to advance prediction performance.The computational results indicate that CFGANLDA gains better prediction performance compared to other state-of-the-art approaches.The CFGANLDA’s area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC)metric is 0.9835,whereas its area under the precision-recall curve(AUPR)metric is 0.9822.Statistical analysis using 10-fold cross-validation experiments proves that these metrics are significant.Furthermore,three case studies on prostate,liver,and stomach cancers attest to the validity of CFGANLDA performance.As a result,CFGANLDA method proves to be a valued tool for lncRNA-disease association prediction.展开更多
Aluminum electrolyte capacitors(AEC)are widely used in AC filtering as traditional filter capacitors.However,their strong rigidity,high hardness,and high-risk factor have hindered the flexible development of filter ca...Aluminum electrolyte capacitors(AEC)are widely used in AC filtering as traditional filter capacitors.However,their strong rigidity,high hardness,and high-risk factor have hindered the flexible development of filter capacitors.Flexible supercapacitors,due to their high energy density and outstanding cycle stability,are becoming one of the main directions for the development of filter capacitors in the future.This paper self-assembles a MnO_(2)-based flexible supercapacitor with high area capacitance and fast frequency response,and preliminarily verifies the feasibility of using the capacitor for AC filtering through simulation tests in Multisim.Finally,the AC filtering test of the flexible supercapacitor using an oscilloscope demonstrates that the ripple factor in the range of 2.7%to 8%,which confirms that the MnO_(2)-based flexible supercapacitor has a great AC filtering function and can replace traditional aluminum electrolyte capacitors in AC filtering,promoting the flexible development of electronic products.展开更多
The adaptive filtering algorithm with a fixed projection order is unable to adjust its performance in response to changes in the external environment of airborne radars.To overcome this limitation,a new approach is in...The adaptive filtering algorithm with a fixed projection order is unable to adjust its performance in response to changes in the external environment of airborne radars.To overcome this limitation,a new approach is introduced,which is the variable projection order Ekblom norm-promoted adaptive algorithm(VPO-EPAA).The method begins by examining the mean squared deviation(MSD)of the EPAA,deriving a formula for its MSD.Next,it compares the MSD of EPAA at two different projection orders and selects the one that minimizes the MSD as the parameter for the current iteration.Furthermore,the algorithm’s computational complexity is analyzed theoretically.Simulation results from system identification and self-interference cancellation show that the proposed algorithm performs exceptionally well in airborne radar signal self-interference cancellation,even under various noise intensities and types of interference.展开更多
Over the past few decades, numerous adaptive Kalman filters(AKFs) have been proposed. However, achieving online estimation with both high estimation accuracy and fast convergence speed is challenging, especially when ...Over the past few decades, numerous adaptive Kalman filters(AKFs) have been proposed. However, achieving online estimation with both high estimation accuracy and fast convergence speed is challenging, especially when both the process noise and measurement noise covariance matrices are relatively inaccurate. Maximum likelihood estimation(MLE) possesses the potential to achieve this goal, since its theoretical accuracy is guaranteed by asymptotic optimality and the convergence speed is fast due to weak dependence on accurate state estimation.Unfortunately, the maximum likelihood cost function is so intricate that the existing MLE methods can only simply ignore all historical measurement information to achieve online estimation,which cannot adequately realize the potential of MLE. In order to design online MLE-based AKFs with high estimation accuracy and fast convergence speed, an online exploratory MLE approach is proposed, based on which a mini-batch coordinate descent noise covariance matrix estimation framework is developed. In this framework, the maximum likelihood cost function is simplified for online estimation with fewer and simpler terms which are selected in a mini-batch and calculated with a backtracking method. This maximum likelihood cost function is sidestepped and solved by exploring possible estimated noise covariance matrices adaptively while the historical measurement information is adequately utilized. Furthermore, four specific algorithms are derived under this framework to meet different practical requirements in terms of convergence speed, estimation accuracy,and calculation load. Abundant simulations and experiments are carried out to verify the validity and superiority of the proposed algorithms as compared with existing state-of-the-art AKFs.展开更多
Recent theoretical verification of self-similar and dissipative pure-quartic solitons(PQSs)emphasized the similarity between PQS lasers and conventional fiber lasers,but the unique equilibrium mechanism hinders the fo...Recent theoretical verification of self-similar and dissipative pure-quartic solitons(PQSs)emphasized the similarity between PQS lasers and conventional fiber lasers,but the unique equilibrium mechanism hinders the formation of PQS molecules in normal fourth-order dispersion(FOD)regimes.In this paper,we investigated the effect of filters on shaping PQSs in normal FOD based on a passively mode-locked fiber laser model.A bandpass filter eliminates the time pedestal of dissipative PQSs,thus realizing a multi-pulsing state.When the filter bandwidth is appropriate,the effective spectral filtering effect can lower the pulse splitting threshold and enable the coherent restoration from chaotic PQSs to PQS molecules.Additionally,changing the central wavelength of the filter can generate PQSs and PQS molecules with asymmetric intensity distributions.These results are important guides for the manipulation of PQSs and the construction of high repetition-frequency fiber lasers.展开更多
Although guided image filtering(GIF) is known for preserving edges and fast computation,it may produce inaccurate outputs in depth map restoration.In this paper,a novel confidence-weighted GIF called mutual-structure ...Although guided image filtering(GIF) is known for preserving edges and fast computation,it may produce inaccurate outputs in depth map restoration.In this paper,a novel confidence-weighted GIF called mutual-structure weighted GIF(MSWGIF) is proposed,which replaces the mean filtering strategy in GIF during handling overlapping windows.The confidence value is composed of a depth term and a mutual-structure term,where the depth term is utilized to protect the edges of the output,and the mutual-structure term helps to select accurate windows during the structure characteristics of the guidance image are transferred to the output.Experimental results show that MSWGIF reduces the root mean square error(RMSE) by an average of 12.37%,and the average growth rate of correlation(CORR) is 0.07% on average.Additionally,the average growth rate of structure similarity index measure(SSIM) is 0.34%.展开更多
The visual noise of each light intensity area is different when the image is drawn by Monte Carlo method.However,the existing denoising algorithms have limited denoising performance under complex lighting conditions a...The visual noise of each light intensity area is different when the image is drawn by Monte Carlo method.However,the existing denoising algorithms have limited denoising performance under complex lighting conditions and are easy to lose detailed information.So we propose a rendered image denoising method with filtering guided by lighting information.First,we design an image segmentation algorithm based on lighting information to segment the image into different illumination areas.Then,we establish the parameter prediction model guided by lighting information for filtering(PGLF)to predict the filtering parameters of different illumination areas.For different illumination areas,we use these filtering parameters to construct area filters,and the filters are guided by the lighting information to perform sub-area filtering.Finally,the filtering results are fused with auxiliary features to output denoised images for improving the overall denoising effect of the image.Under the physically based rendering tool(PBRT)scene and Tungsten dataset,the experimental results show that compared with other guided filtering denoising methods,our method improves the peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR)metrics by 4.2164 dB on average and the structural similarity index(SSIM)metrics by 7.8%on average.This shows that our method can better reduce the noise in complex lighting scenesand improvethe imagequality.展开更多
Cultural filtering is deeply embedded in cross-cultural literary exchange and exerts a lasting influence on both the transmission and interpretation of literary works.This article examines the English translation of B...Cultural filtering is deeply embedded in cross-cultural literary exchange and exerts a lasting influence on both the transmission and interpretation of literary works.This article examines the English translation of Ba Jin’s The Family by Sidney Shapiro,focusing on the manifestations and underlying causes of cultural filtering in the translated text.The translator adopts a range of strategies-including the addition of cultural annotations,selective omission,and abridged translation of certain content-to implement various forms of cultural filtering.These choices are shaped by multiple filtering processes,such as the translator’s cultural identity and his understanding of traditional Chinese culture.While cultural filtering in cross-cultural translation is inevitable and may result in partial loss of meaning,it can also breathe new life into the source text and facilitate mutual understanding and dialogue between different cultural systems.展开更多
Relation extraction plays a crucial role in numerous downstream tasks.Dialogue relation extraction focuses on identifying relations between two arguments within a given dialogue.To tackle the problem of low informatio...Relation extraction plays a crucial role in numerous downstream tasks.Dialogue relation extraction focuses on identifying relations between two arguments within a given dialogue.To tackle the problem of low information density in dialogues,methods based on trigger enhancement have been proposed,yielding positive results.However,trigger enhancement faces challenges,which cause suboptimal model performance.First,the proportion of annotated triggers is low in DialogRE.Second,feature representations of triggers and arguments often contain conflicting information.In this paper,we propose a novel Multi-Feature Filtering and Fusion trigger enhancement approach to overcome these limitations.We first obtain representations of arguments,and triggers that contain rich semantic information through attention and gate methods.Then,we design a feature filtering mechanism that eliminates conflicting features in the encoding of trigger prototype representations and their corresponding argument pairs.Additionally,we utilize large language models to create prompts based on Chain-of-Thought and In-context Learning for automated trigger extraction.Experiments show that our model increases the average F1 score by 1.3%in the dialogue relation extraction task.Ablation and case studies confirm the effectiveness of our model.Furthermore,the feature filtering method effectively integrates with other trigger enhancement models,enhancing overall performance and demonstrating its ability to resolve feature conflicts.展开更多
Based on the superiority of adaptive filtering algorithms designed with hyperbolic function-like objective functions,this paper proposes generalized spline adaptive filtering(SAF)algorithms designed with hyperbolic fu...Based on the superiority of adaptive filtering algorithms designed with hyperbolic function-like objective functions,this paper proposes generalized spline adaptive filtering(SAF)algorithms designed with hyperbolic function-like objective functions.Specifically,a series of generalized new SAF algorithms are proposed by introducing the q-deformed hyperbolic function as the cost function,named SAF-qDHSI,SAF-qDHCO,SAFqDHTA&SAF-qDHSE algorithms,respectively.Then,the proposed algorithm is theoretically demonstrated with detailed mean convergence and computational complexity analysis;secondly,the effect of different q values on the performance of the new algorithm is verified through data simulation;the new algorithm still has better performance under the interference of Gaussian noise and non-Gaussian noise even when facing the system mutation;finally,the new algorithm is verified through the measured engineering data,and the results show that the new algorithm has better convergence and robustness compared with the existing algorithm.In conclusion,the generalized algorithm based on the new cost function proposed in this paper is more effective in nonlinear system identification.展开更多
The work proposes a distributed Kalman filtering(KF)algorithm to track a time-varying unknown signal process for a stochastic regression model over network systems in a cooperative way.We provide the stability analysi...The work proposes a distributed Kalman filtering(KF)algorithm to track a time-varying unknown signal process for a stochastic regression model over network systems in a cooperative way.We provide the stability analysis of the proposed distributed KF algorithm without independent and stationary signal assumptions,which implies that the theoretical results are able to be applied to stochastic feedback systems.Note that the main difficulty of stability analysis lies in analyzing the properties of the product of non-independent and non-stationary random matrices involved in the error equation.We employ analysis techniques such as stochastic Lyapunov function,stability theory of stochastic systems,and algebraic graph theory to deal with the above issue.The stochastic spatio-temporal cooperative information condition shows the cooperative property of multiple sensors that even though any local sensor cannot track the time-varying unknown signal,the distributed KF algorithm can be utilized to finish the filtering task in a cooperative way.At last,we illustrate the property of the proposed distributed KF algorithm by a simulation example.展开更多
Terrain Aided Navigation(TAN)technology has become increasingly important due to its effectiveness in environments where Global Positioning System(GPS)is unavailable.In recent years,TAN systems have been extensively r...Terrain Aided Navigation(TAN)technology has become increasingly important due to its effectiveness in environments where Global Positioning System(GPS)is unavailable.In recent years,TAN systems have been extensively researched for both aerial and underwater navigation applications.However,many TAN systems that rely on recursive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)position estimation methods,such as Extended Kalman Filters(EKF),often face challenges with divergence and instability,particularly in highly non-linear systems.To address these issues,this paper proposes and investigates a hybrid two-stage TAN positioning system for UAVs that utilizes Particle Filter.To enhance the system’s robustness against uncertainties caused by noise and to estimate additional system states,a Fuzzy Particle Filter(FPF)is employed in the first stage.This approach introduces a novel terrain composite feature that enables a fuzzy expert system to analyze terrain non-linearities and dynamically adjust the number of particles in real-time.This design allows the UAV to be efficiently localized in GPS-denied environments while also reducing the computational complexity of the particle filter in real-time applications.In the second stage,an Error State Kalman Filter(ESKF)is implemented to estimate the UAV’s altitude.The ESKF is chosen over the conventional EKF method because it is more suitable for non-linear systems.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed fuzzy-based terrain composite method achieves high positional accuracy while reducing computational time and memory usage.展开更多
基金supported by the Research Fund of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Intelligent Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Technology(No.2020B1212030010)。
文摘This paper demonstrated the generation of multi-wavelength bound state noise-like pulse(BNLP)in a dispersion-managed composite-filtered fiber laser consisting of nonlinear polarization rotation(NPR)and loop.In the case of BNLP,the generation is caused by the interaction between two noise-like pulses(NLPs)induced by the comb-filtering effect,and bound state level can be artificially controlled in the researches.Our work provides a new method for generating low-coherence pulses and establishes a research idea for the study of the comb-filtering effects.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12171124,61933007)the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China(ZD2022F003)+2 种基金the National High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Plan of China(G2023012004L)the Royal Society of UKthe Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany
文摘In this paper, the problem of cubature Kalman fusion filtering(CKFF) is addressed for multi-sensor systems under amplify-and-forward(AaF) relays. For the purpose of facilitating data transmission, AaF relays are utilized to regulate signal communication between sensors and filters. Here, the randomly varying channel parameters are represented by a set of stochastic variables whose occurring probabilities are permitted to exhibit bounded uncertainty. Employing the spherical-radial cubature principle, a local filter under AaF relays is initially constructed. This construction ensures and minimizes an upper bound of the filtering error covariance by designing an appropriate filter gain. Subsequently, the local filters are fused through the application of the covariance intersection fusion rule. Furthermore, the uniform boundedness of the filtering error covariance's upper bound is investigated through establishing certain sufficient conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed CKFF scheme is ultimately validated via a simulation experiment concentrating on a three-phase induction machine.
文摘Filter capacitors play an important role in altern-ating current(AC)-line filtering for stabilizing voltage,sup-pressing harmonics,and improving power quality.However,traditional aluminum electrolytic capacitors(AECs)suffer from a large size,short lifespan,low power density,and poor reliability,which limits their use.In contrast,ultrafast supercapacitors(SCs)are ideal for replacing commercial AECs because of their extremely high power densities,fast charging and discharging,and excellent high-frequency re-sponse.We review the design principles and key parameters for ultrafast supercapacitors and summarize research pro-gress in recent years from the aspects of electrode materials,electrolytes,and device configurations.The preparation,structures,and frequency response performance of electrode materials mainly consisting of carbon materials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes,conductive polymers,and transition metal compounds,are focused on.Finally,future research directions for ultrafast SCs are suggested.
基金supported by grants from the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program(Grant No.2022xjkk0205 to Lin Xia,No.2021xjkk0604 to Jilong Cheng)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170416 to Qisen Yang,31900325 to Jilong Cheng)+1 种基金the Joint Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2003203 to Lin Xia)the Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Y229YX5105 to Qisen Yang).
文摘How ecological and evolutionary factors affect small mammal diversity in arid regions remains largely unknown.Here,we combined the largest phylogeny and occurrence dataset of Gerbillinae desert rodents to explore the underlying factors shaping present-day distribution patterns.In particular,we analyzed the relative contributions of ecological and evolutionary factors on their species diversity using a variety of models.Additionally,we inferred the ancestral range and possible dispersal scenarios and estimated the diversification rate of Gerbillinae.We found that Gerbillinae likely originated in the Horn of Africa in the Middle Miocene and then dispersed and diversified across arid regions in northern and southern Africa and western and central Asia,forming their current distribution pattern.Multiple ecological and evolutionary factors jointly determine the spatial pattern of Gerbillinae diversity,but evolutionary factors(evolutionary time and speciation rate)and habitat filtering were the most important in explaining the spatial variation in species richness.Our study enhances the understanding of the diversity patterns of small mammals in arid regions and highlights the importance of including evolutionary factors when interpreting the mechanisms underlying large-scale species diversity patterns.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 31901109)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(grant number 2021A1515110744).
文摘Understanding how and why assemblage dissimilarity changes along spatial gradient is a great challenge in ecology,because answers to these questions depend on the analytical types,dimensions,and components of beta diversity we concerned.To obtain a comprehensive understanding of assemblage dissimilarity and its implications for biodiversity conservation in the Himalayas,we explored the elevational patterns and determinants of beta diversity and its turnover and nestedness components of pairwise and multiple types and taxonomic and phylogenetic dimensions simultaneously.Patterns of beta diversity and their components of different types and dimensions were calculated based on 96 sampling quadrats along an 1800-5400 m elevational gradient.We examined whether and how these patterns differed from random expectations using null models.Furthermore,we used random forest methods to quantify the role of environmental variables representing climate,topography,and human disturbance in determining these patterns.We found that beta diversity and its turnover component,regardless of its types and dimensions,shown a hump-shaped elevational patterns.Both pairwise and multiple phylogenetic beta diversity were remarkably lower than their taxonomic counterpart.These patterns were significantly less than random expectation and were mostly associated with climate variables.In summary,our results suggested that assemblage dissimilarity of seed plants was mostly originate from the replacement of closely related species determined by climate-driven environmental filtering.Accordingly,conservation efforts should better cover elevations with different climate types to maximalize biodiversity conservation,rather than only focus on elevations with highest species richness.Our study demonstrated that comparisons of beta diversity of different types,dimensions,and components could be conductive to consensus on the origin and mechanism of assemblage dissimilarity.
基金supported by National Key R&D Program of China under Grants No.2022YFB3902500,No.2022YFB2903402,and No.2021YFA0718804Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province under Grant No.222621JC010297013Education Department of Jilin Province under Grant No.JJKH20220745KJ.
文摘Optical wireless(OW)communication systems face significant challenges such as signal attenuation due to atmospheric absorption,scattering,and noise from hardware components,which degrade detection sensitivity.To address these challenges,we propose a digital processing algorithm that combines finite impulse response filtering with dynamic synchronization based on pulse addition and subtraction.Unlike conventional methods,which typically rely solely on hardware optimization or basic thresholding techniques,the proposed approach integrates filtering and synchronization to improve weak signal detection and reduce noise-induced errors.The proposed algorithm was implemented and verified using a field-programmable gate array.Experiments conducted in an indoor OW communication environment demonstrate that the proposed algorithm significantly improves detection sensitivity by approximately 6 dB and 5 dB at communication rates of 3.5 Mbps and 5.0 Mbps,respectively.Specifically,under darkroom conditions and a bit error rate of 1×10^(-7),the detection sensitivity was improved from-38.56 dBm to-44.77 dBm at 3.5 Mbps and from-37.12 dBm to-42.29 dBm at 5 Mbps.The proposed algorithm is crucial for future capture and tracking of signals at large dispersion angles and in underwater and long-distance communication scenarios.
基金the Botany Graduate Program of Universidade Federal de Vicosa - PPGBot-UFV for the infrastructure and scholarshipsprovided by FAPEMIG (FORTIS/PPGBot-UFV, PPM00584-16, APQ-01309-16)+1 种基金CAPES (PROAP and Pr Int/PPGBot-UFV)CNPq (307591/2016-6, 306335/2020-4)
文摘Global change threatens mountainous plant communities,causing habitat displacement.Phylogenetic studies reveal evolutionary and ecological processes in community assembly.We examined taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in Andean Páramos across altitudes.Our hypotheses were that increasing altitude is an environmental filter,as altitude is expected to be a stronger variable than soil depth.The Páramos,alpine vegetation in the Andes,range from 3,000 to 4,700 meters,with our plots spanning 3,200 to 4,100 meters.Sampling was conducted at six altitudinal levels,measuring soil depth,taxonomic,and phylogenetic diversity.Data analysis employed multiple linear regressions and mixed-effects models to assess the effects of soil depth and altitude.We sampled 110 angiosperm species from 70 genera,30 families,and 18 orders.Asterales and Poales were prominent.Species richness generally decreased with altitude but increased at the summit.Soil depth affected species richness and taxonomic diversity,while altitude did not.Phylogenetic diversity increased with soil depth and decreased with altitude.Phylogenetic turnover increased with altitude differences.The hypothesis that increasing altitude intensifies environmental filtering in the altitudeadapted Páramos resulting in lower species richness and more clustered phylogenetic structures,was rejected.Although species richness,Shannon diversity,and Simpson diversity decreased initially with increasing altitude,this trend was not linear because the summit presented intermediate species richness.The hypothesis that altitude is a stronger explanatory variable than soil depth was also rejected.Despite expectations,taxonomic results did not support altitude as an environmental filter,but soil depth.Greater altitude differences increased beta phylogenetic dissimilarity,supporting niche conservatism.
文摘This study introduces an advanced recommender system for technology enhanced learning(TEL)that synergizes neural collaborative filtering,sentiment analysis,and an adaptive learning rate to address the limitations of traditional TEL systems.Recognizing the critical gap in existing approaches—primarily their neglect of user emotional feedback and static learning paths—our model innovatively incorporates sentiment analysis to capture and respond to nuanced emotional feedback from users.Utilizing bidirectional encoder representations from Transformers for sentiment analysis,our system not only understands but also respects user privacy by processing feedback without revealing sensitive information.The adaptive learning rate,inspired by AdaGrad,allows our model to adjust its learning trajectory based on the sentiment scores associated with user feedback,ensuring a dynamic response to both positive and negative sentiments.This dual approach enhances the system’s adapt-ability to changing user preferences and improves its contentment understanding.Our methodology involves a comprehensive analysis of both the content of learning materials and the behaviors and preferences of learners,facilitating a more personalized learning experience.By dynamically adjusting recommendations based on real-time user data and behavioral analysis,our system leverages the collective insights of similar users and rele-vant content.We validated our approach against three datasets-MovieLens,Amazon,and a proprietary TEL dataset—and saw significant improvements in recommendation precision,F-score,and mean absolute error.The results indicate the potential of integrating sentiment analysis and adaptive learning rates into TEL recommender systems,marking a step forward in developing more responsive and user-centric educational technologies.This study paves the way for future advancements in TEL systems,emphasizing the importance of emotional intelli-gence and adaptability in enhancing the learning experience.
基金supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training under project code B2023-SPH-14。
文摘It is known that long non-coding RNAs(lncRNAs)play vital roles in biological processes and contribute to the progression,development,and treatment of various diseases.Obviously,understanding associations between diseases and lncRNAs significantly enhances our ability to interpret disease mechanisms.Nevertheless,the process of determining lncRNA-disease associations is costly,labor-intensive,and time-consuming.Hence,it is expected to foster computational strategies to uncover lncRNA-disease relationships for further verification to save time and resources.In this study,a collaborative filtering and graph attention network-based LncRNA-Disease Association(CFGANLDA)method was nominated to expose potential lncRNA-disease associations.First,it takes into account the advantages of using biological information from multiple sources.Next,it uses a collaborative filtering technique in order to address the sparse data problem.It also employs a graph attention network to reinforce both linear and non-linear features of the associations to advance prediction performance.The computational results indicate that CFGANLDA gains better prediction performance compared to other state-of-the-art approaches.The CFGANLDA’s area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC)metric is 0.9835,whereas its area under the precision-recall curve(AUPR)metric is 0.9822.Statistical analysis using 10-fold cross-validation experiments proves that these metrics are significant.Furthermore,three case studies on prostate,liver,and stomach cancers attest to the validity of CFGANLDA performance.As a result,CFGANLDA method proves to be a valued tool for lncRNA-disease association prediction.
文摘Aluminum electrolyte capacitors(AEC)are widely used in AC filtering as traditional filter capacitors.However,their strong rigidity,high hardness,and high-risk factor have hindered the flexible development of filter capacitors.Flexible supercapacitors,due to their high energy density and outstanding cycle stability,are becoming one of the main directions for the development of filter capacitors in the future.This paper self-assembles a MnO_(2)-based flexible supercapacitor with high area capacitance and fast frequency response,and preliminarily verifies the feasibility of using the capacitor for AC filtering through simulation tests in Multisim.Finally,the AC filtering test of the flexible supercapacitor using an oscilloscope demonstrates that the ripple factor in the range of 2.7%to 8%,which confirms that the MnO_(2)-based flexible supercapacitor has a great AC filtering function and can replace traditional aluminum electrolyte capacitors in AC filtering,promoting the flexible development of electronic products.
基金supported by the Shan⁃dong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.ZR2022MF314).
文摘The adaptive filtering algorithm with a fixed projection order is unable to adjust its performance in response to changes in the external environment of airborne radars.To overcome this limitation,a new approach is introduced,which is the variable projection order Ekblom norm-promoted adaptive algorithm(VPO-EPAA).The method begins by examining the mean squared deviation(MSD)of the EPAA,deriving a formula for its MSD.Next,it compares the MSD of EPAA at two different projection orders and selects the one that minimizes the MSD as the parameter for the current iteration.Furthermore,the algorithm’s computational complexity is analyzed theoretically.Simulation results from system identification and self-interference cancellation show that the proposed algorithm performs exceptionally well in airborne radar signal self-interference cancellation,even under various noise intensities and types of interference.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFB3906403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62373118,62173105)the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China(ZD2023F002)
文摘Over the past few decades, numerous adaptive Kalman filters(AKFs) have been proposed. However, achieving online estimation with both high estimation accuracy and fast convergence speed is challenging, especially when both the process noise and measurement noise covariance matrices are relatively inaccurate. Maximum likelihood estimation(MLE) possesses the potential to achieve this goal, since its theoretical accuracy is guaranteed by asymptotic optimality and the convergence speed is fast due to weak dependence on accurate state estimation.Unfortunately, the maximum likelihood cost function is so intricate that the existing MLE methods can only simply ignore all historical measurement information to achieve online estimation,which cannot adequately realize the potential of MLE. In order to design online MLE-based AKFs with high estimation accuracy and fast convergence speed, an online exploratory MLE approach is proposed, based on which a mini-batch coordinate descent noise covariance matrix estimation framework is developed. In this framework, the maximum likelihood cost function is simplified for online estimation with fewer and simpler terms which are selected in a mini-batch and calculated with a backtracking method. This maximum likelihood cost function is sidestepped and solved by exploring possible estimated noise covariance matrices adaptively while the historical measurement information is adequately utilized. Furthermore, four specific algorithms are derived under this framework to meet different practical requirements in terms of convergence speed, estimation accuracy,and calculation load. Abundant simulations and experiments are carried out to verify the validity and superiority of the proposed algorithms as compared with existing state-of-the-art AKFs.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62175116)。
文摘Recent theoretical verification of self-similar and dissipative pure-quartic solitons(PQSs)emphasized the similarity between PQS lasers and conventional fiber lasers,but the unique equilibrium mechanism hinders the formation of PQS molecules in normal fourth-order dispersion(FOD)regimes.In this paper,we investigated the effect of filters on shaping PQSs in normal FOD based on a passively mode-locked fiber laser model.A bandpass filter eliminates the time pedestal of dissipative PQSs,thus realizing a multi-pulsing state.When the filter bandwidth is appropriate,the effective spectral filtering effect can lower the pulse splitting threshold and enable the coherent restoration from chaotic PQSs to PQS molecules.Additionally,changing the central wavelength of the filter can generate PQSs and PQS molecules with asymmetric intensity distributions.These results are important guides for the manipulation of PQSs and the construction of high repetition-frequency fiber lasers.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2019YFB2204302)。
文摘Although guided image filtering(GIF) is known for preserving edges and fast computation,it may produce inaccurate outputs in depth map restoration.In this paper,a novel confidence-weighted GIF called mutual-structure weighted GIF(MSWGIF) is proposed,which replaces the mean filtering strategy in GIF during handling overlapping windows.The confidence value is composed of a depth term and a mutual-structure term,where the depth term is utilized to protect the edges of the output,and the mutual-structure term helps to select accurate windows during the structure characteristics of the guidance image are transferred to the output.Experimental results show that MSWGIF reduces the root mean square error(RMSE) by an average of 12.37%,and the average growth rate of correlation(CORR) is 0.07% on average.Additionally,the average growth rate of structure similarity index measure(SSIM) is 0.34%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science(No.U19A2063)the Jilin Provincial Development Program of Science and Technology (No.20230201080GX)the Jilin Province Education Department Scientific Research Project (No.JJKH20230851KJ)。
文摘The visual noise of each light intensity area is different when the image is drawn by Monte Carlo method.However,the existing denoising algorithms have limited denoising performance under complex lighting conditions and are easy to lose detailed information.So we propose a rendered image denoising method with filtering guided by lighting information.First,we design an image segmentation algorithm based on lighting information to segment the image into different illumination areas.Then,we establish the parameter prediction model guided by lighting information for filtering(PGLF)to predict the filtering parameters of different illumination areas.For different illumination areas,we use these filtering parameters to construct area filters,and the filters are guided by the lighting information to perform sub-area filtering.Finally,the filtering results are fused with auxiliary features to output denoised images for improving the overall denoising effect of the image.Under the physically based rendering tool(PBRT)scene and Tungsten dataset,the experimental results show that compared with other guided filtering denoising methods,our method improves the peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR)metrics by 4.2164 dB on average and the structural similarity index(SSIM)metrics by 7.8%on average.This shows that our method can better reduce the noise in complex lighting scenesand improvethe imagequality.
文摘Cultural filtering is deeply embedded in cross-cultural literary exchange and exerts a lasting influence on both the transmission and interpretation of literary works.This article examines the English translation of Ba Jin’s The Family by Sidney Shapiro,focusing on the manifestations and underlying causes of cultural filtering in the translated text.The translator adopts a range of strategies-including the addition of cultural annotations,selective omission,and abridged translation of certain content-to implement various forms of cultural filtering.These choices are shaped by multiple filtering processes,such as the translator’s cultural identity and his understanding of traditional Chinese culture.While cultural filtering in cross-cultural translation is inevitable and may result in partial loss of meaning,it can also breathe new life into the source text and facilitate mutual understanding and dialogue between different cultural systems.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2023YFF0905400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U2341229).
文摘Relation extraction plays a crucial role in numerous downstream tasks.Dialogue relation extraction focuses on identifying relations between two arguments within a given dialogue.To tackle the problem of low information density in dialogues,methods based on trigger enhancement have been proposed,yielding positive results.However,trigger enhancement faces challenges,which cause suboptimal model performance.First,the proportion of annotated triggers is low in DialogRE.Second,feature representations of triggers and arguments often contain conflicting information.In this paper,we propose a novel Multi-Feature Filtering and Fusion trigger enhancement approach to overcome these limitations.We first obtain representations of arguments,and triggers that contain rich semantic information through attention and gate methods.Then,we design a feature filtering mechanism that eliminates conflicting features in the encoding of trigger prototype representations and their corresponding argument pairs.Additionally,we utilize large language models to create prompts based on Chain-of-Thought and In-context Learning for automated trigger extraction.Experiments show that our model increases the average F1 score by 1.3%in the dialogue relation extraction task.Ablation and case studies confirm the effectiveness of our model.Furthermore,the feature filtering method effectively integrates with other trigger enhancement models,enhancing overall performance and demonstrating its ability to resolve feature conflicts.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (8225041038)the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (23NSFSC2916)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Southwest Minzu University (ZYN2024077)
文摘Based on the superiority of adaptive filtering algorithms designed with hyperbolic function-like objective functions,this paper proposes generalized spline adaptive filtering(SAF)algorithms designed with hyperbolic function-like objective functions.Specifically,a series of generalized new SAF algorithms are proposed by introducing the q-deformed hyperbolic function as the cost function,named SAF-qDHSI,SAF-qDHCO,SAFqDHTA&SAF-qDHSE algorithms,respectively.Then,the proposed algorithm is theoretically demonstrated with detailed mean convergence and computational complexity analysis;secondly,the effect of different q values on the performance of the new algorithm is verified through data simulation;the new algorithm still has better performance under the interference of Gaussian noise and non-Gaussian noise even when facing the system mutation;finally,the new algorithm is verified through the measured engineering data,and the results show that the new algorithm has better convergence and robustness compared with the existing algorithm.In conclusion,the generalized algorithm based on the new cost function proposed in this paper is more effective in nonlinear system identification.
基金supported in part by Sichuan Science and Technology Program under Grant No.2025ZNSFSC151in part by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No.XDA27030201+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.U21B6001in part by the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin under Grant No.24JCQNJC01930.
文摘The work proposes a distributed Kalman filtering(KF)algorithm to track a time-varying unknown signal process for a stochastic regression model over network systems in a cooperative way.We provide the stability analysis of the proposed distributed KF algorithm without independent and stationary signal assumptions,which implies that the theoretical results are able to be applied to stochastic feedback systems.Note that the main difficulty of stability analysis lies in analyzing the properties of the product of non-independent and non-stationary random matrices involved in the error equation.We employ analysis techniques such as stochastic Lyapunov function,stability theory of stochastic systems,and algebraic graph theory to deal with the above issue.The stochastic spatio-temporal cooperative information condition shows the cooperative property of multiple sensors that even though any local sensor cannot track the time-varying unknown signal,the distributed KF algorithm can be utilized to finish the filtering task in a cooperative way.At last,we illustrate the property of the proposed distributed KF algorithm by a simulation example.
文摘Terrain Aided Navigation(TAN)technology has become increasingly important due to its effectiveness in environments where Global Positioning System(GPS)is unavailable.In recent years,TAN systems have been extensively researched for both aerial and underwater navigation applications.However,many TAN systems that rely on recursive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)position estimation methods,such as Extended Kalman Filters(EKF),often face challenges with divergence and instability,particularly in highly non-linear systems.To address these issues,this paper proposes and investigates a hybrid two-stage TAN positioning system for UAVs that utilizes Particle Filter.To enhance the system’s robustness against uncertainties caused by noise and to estimate additional system states,a Fuzzy Particle Filter(FPF)is employed in the first stage.This approach introduces a novel terrain composite feature that enables a fuzzy expert system to analyze terrain non-linearities and dynamically adjust the number of particles in real-time.This design allows the UAV to be efficiently localized in GPS-denied environments while also reducing the computational complexity of the particle filter in real-time applications.In the second stage,an Error State Kalman Filter(ESKF)is implemented to estimate the UAV’s altitude.The ESKF is chosen over the conventional EKF method because it is more suitable for non-linear systems.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed fuzzy-based terrain composite method achieves high positional accuracy while reducing computational time and memory usage.