Effects of performing an R-factor analysis of observed variables based on population models comprising R- and Q-factors were investigated. Although R-factor analysis of data based on a population model comprising R- a...Effects of performing an R-factor analysis of observed variables based on population models comprising R- and Q-factors were investigated. Although R-factor analysis of data based on a population model comprising R- and Q-factors is possible, this may lead to model error. Accordingly, loading estimates resulting from R-factor analysis of sample data drawn from a population based on a combination of R- and Q-factors will be biased. It was shown in a simulation study that a large amount of Q-factor variance induces an increase in the variation of R-factor loading estimates beyond the chance level. Tests of the multivariate kurtosis of observed variables are proposed as an indicator of possible Q-factor variance in observed variables as a prerequisite for R-factor analysis.展开更多
Background: Q-Factor(QF), or the inter-pedal width, in cycling is similar to step-width in gait. Although increased step-width has been shown to reduce peak knee abduction moment(KAbM), no studies have examined the bi...Background: Q-Factor(QF), or the inter-pedal width, in cycling is similar to step-width in gait. Although increased step-width has been shown to reduce peak knee abduction moment(KAbM), no studies have examined the biomechanical effects of increased QF in cycling at different workrates in healthy participants.Methods: A total of 16 healthy participants(8 males, 8 females, age: 22.4 ± 2.6 years, body mass index: 22.78 ± 1.43 kg/m^2, mean ± SD) participated.A motion capture system and customized instrumented pedals were used to collect 3-dimensional kinematic(240 Hz) and pedal reaction force(PRF)(1200 Hz) data in 12 testing conditions: 4 QF conditions—Q1(15.0 cm), Q2(19.2 cm), Q3(23.4 cm), and Q4(27.6 cm)—under 3 workrate conditions—80 watts(W), 120 W, and 160 W. A 3 × 4(QF × workrate) repeated measures of analysis of variance were performed to analyze differences among conditions(p < 0.05).Results: Increased QF increased peak KAbM by 47%, 56%, and 56% from Q1 to Q4 at each respective workrate. Mediolateral PRF increased from Q1 to Q4 at each respective workrate. Frontal-plane knee angle and range of motion decreased with increased QF. No changes were observed for peak vertical PRF, knee extension moment, sagittal plane peak knee joint angles, or range of motion.Conclusion: Increased QF increased peak KAbM, suggesting increased medial compartment loading of the knee. QF modulation may influence frontal-plane joint loading when using stationary cycling for exercise or rehabilitation purposes.展开更多
The Q-factor is an important physical parameter for characterizing the absorption and attenuation of seismic waves propagating in underground media,which is of great signifi cance for improving the resolution of seism...The Q-factor is an important physical parameter for characterizing the absorption and attenuation of seismic waves propagating in underground media,which is of great signifi cance for improving the resolution of seismic data,oil and gas detection,and reservoir description.In this paper,the local centroid frequency is defi ned using shaping regularization and used to estimate the Q values of the formation.We propose a continuous time-varying Q-estimation method in the time-frequency domain according to the local centroid frequency,namely,the local centroid frequency shift(LCFS)method.This method can reasonably reduce the calculation error caused by the low accuracy of the time picking of the target formation in the traditional methods.The theoretical and real seismic data processing results show that the time-varying Q values can be accurately estimated using the LCFS method.Compared with the traditional Q-estimation methods,this method does not need to extract the top and bottom interfaces of the target formation;it can also obtain relatively reasonable Q values when there is no eff ective frequency spectrum information.Simultaneously,a reasonable inverse Q fi ltering result can be obtained using the continuous time-varying Q values.展开更多
All-optical regenerators can be used to suppress amplified spontaneous emission(ASE) noise introduced by cascaded erbium doped fiber amplifiers(EDFAs) in optical fiber communication systems and lead to the improvement...All-optical regenerators can be used to suppress amplified spontaneous emission(ASE) noise introduced by cascaded erbium doped fiber amplifiers(EDFAs) in optical fiber communication systems and lead to the improvement of optical receiver sensitivity. By introducing the Q-factor transfer function(QTF), we evaluate the Q-factor performance of degenerate four-wave mixing(DFWM) regenerators with clock pump and reveal the differences between the optimal input powers determined from the static and dynamic power tranfer function(PTF) and the QTF curves. Our simulation shows that the clock-pump regnerator is capable of improving the Q-facor and receiver sensitivity for 40 Gbit/s ASE-degraded return-to-zero on-off keying(RZ-OOK) signal by 2.58 dB and 4.2 d B, respectively.展开更多
The attenuation factor or quality factor(Q-factor or Q) has been used to measure the energy attenuation of seismic waves propagating in underground media. Many methods are used to estimate the Q-factor. We propose a m...The attenuation factor or quality factor(Q-factor or Q) has been used to measure the energy attenuation of seismic waves propagating in underground media. Many methods are used to estimate the Q-factor. We propose a method to calculate the Q-factor based on the prestack Q-factor inversion and the generalized S-transform. The proposed method specifies a standard primary wavelet and calculates the cumulative Q-factors; then, it finds the interlaminar Q-factors using the relation between Q and offset(QVO) and the Dix formula. The proposed method is alternative to methods that calculate interlaminar Q-factors after horizon picking. Because the frequency spectrum of each horizon can be extracted continuously on a 2D time–frequency spectrum, the method is called the continuous spectral ratio slope(CSRS) method. Compared with the other Q-inversion methods, the method offers nearly effortless computations and stability, and has mathematical and physical significance. We use numerical modeling to verify the feasibility of the method and apply it to real data from an oilfield in Ahdeb, Iraq. The results suggest that the resolution and spatial stability of the Q-profile are optimal and contain abundant interlaminar information that is extremely helpful in making lithology and fluid predictions.展开更多
Fault diagnosis of rotating machinery is of great importance to the high quality products and long-term safe operation.However,the useful weak features are usually corrupted by strong background noise,thus increasing ...Fault diagnosis of rotating machinery is of great importance to the high quality products and long-term safe operation.However,the useful weak features are usually corrupted by strong background noise,thus increasing the difficulty of the feature extraction.Thereby,a novel denoising method based on the tunable Q-factor wavelet transform(TQWT)using neighboring coefficients is proposed in this article.The emerging TQWT possesses excellent properties compared with the conventional constant-Q wavelet transforms,which can tune Q-factor according to the oscillatory behavior of the signal.Meanwhile,neighboring coefficients denoising is adopted to avoid the overkill of conventional term-by-term thresholding techniques.Because of having the combined advantages of the two methods,the presented denoising method is more practical and effective than other methods.The proposed method is applied to a simulated signal,a rolling element bearing with an outer race defect from antenna transmission chain and a gearbox fault detection case.The processing results demonstrate that the proposed method can successfully identify the fault features,showing that this method is more effective than the conventional wavelet thresholding denoising methods,term-by-term TQWT denoising schemes and spectral kurtosis.展开更多
Phonon polariton resonances in the mid-infrared spectral range demonstrate properties superior to noble metal-based plasmonics,owing to smaller dissipative loss and better field confinement.However,a conventional way ...Phonon polariton resonances in the mid-infrared spectral range demonstrate properties superior to noble metal-based plasmonics,owing to smaller dissipative loss and better field confinement.However,a conventional way to excite the localized phonon resonance involves ion etching,which reduces the attainable quality factors(Q-factors)of the resonators.We show that by introducing a deep subwavelength layer of dielectric gratings on a phononic substrate,localized dipolar resonance and higher order modes with high Q-factors 96 and 195,respectively,can be excited.We further demonstrate,via experiments and simulations,that the resonant wavelength and field confinement can be controlled by coupling the localized hybrid mode with propagating surface phonon-polaritons.We also observed for the first time the coupling between a localized dipolar mode and a propagating higher-order surface phonon-polariton mode.The results will be useful in designing on-chip,low-loss,and highly integrated phononic devices in the infrared spectral domain.展开更多
The paper describes the impact of cross-phase modulation on NRZ modulated WDM systems. The impairments due to XPM will be related to a Q-factor and the effects of dispersion management will be covered.
An effective way to fabricate high-quality(Q)silicon microcavities on-chip is proposed and studied.Our fabrication technique consists of two significant steps:(1)patterning a special silicon micro-pillar by Bosch proc...An effective way to fabricate high-quality(Q)silicon microcavities on-chip is proposed and studied.Our fabrication technique consists of two significant steps:(1)patterning a special silicon micro-pillar by Bosch processes and(2)subsequent reflow of the pillar into a spherical-like microcavity using a laser pulse at 532 nm.Its shape and surface roughness are characterized using a scanning electron microscope and an atomic force microscope.The root-mean-square roughness of the surface is about 0.6 nm.A representative value for the loaded Q-factors of our silicon spherical-like microcavities is on the order of 10^(5).展开更多
文摘Effects of performing an R-factor analysis of observed variables based on population models comprising R- and Q-factors were investigated. Although R-factor analysis of data based on a population model comprising R- and Q-factors is possible, this may lead to model error. Accordingly, loading estimates resulting from R-factor analysis of sample data drawn from a population based on a combination of R- and Q-factors will be biased. It was shown in a simulation study that a large amount of Q-factor variance induces an increase in the variation of R-factor loading estimates beyond the chance level. Tests of the multivariate kurtosis of observed variables are proposed as an indicator of possible Q-factor variance in observed variables as a prerequisite for R-factor analysis.
文摘Background: Q-Factor(QF), or the inter-pedal width, in cycling is similar to step-width in gait. Although increased step-width has been shown to reduce peak knee abduction moment(KAbM), no studies have examined the biomechanical effects of increased QF in cycling at different workrates in healthy participants.Methods: A total of 16 healthy participants(8 males, 8 females, age: 22.4 ± 2.6 years, body mass index: 22.78 ± 1.43 kg/m^2, mean ± SD) participated.A motion capture system and customized instrumented pedals were used to collect 3-dimensional kinematic(240 Hz) and pedal reaction force(PRF)(1200 Hz) data in 12 testing conditions: 4 QF conditions—Q1(15.0 cm), Q2(19.2 cm), Q3(23.4 cm), and Q4(27.6 cm)—under 3 workrate conditions—80 watts(W), 120 W, and 160 W. A 3 × 4(QF × workrate) repeated measures of analysis of variance were performed to analyze differences among conditions(p < 0.05).Results: Increased QF increased peak KAbM by 47%, 56%, and 56% from Q1 to Q4 at each respective workrate. Mediolateral PRF increased from Q1 to Q4 at each respective workrate. Frontal-plane knee angle and range of motion decreased with increased QF. No changes were observed for peak vertical PRF, knee extension moment, sagittal plane peak knee joint angles, or range of motion.Conclusion: Increased QF increased peak KAbM, suggesting increased medial compartment loading of the knee. QF modulation may influence frontal-plane joint loading when using stationary cycling for exercise or rehabilitation purposes.
基金This work was supported by The National Key Research and Development Program(No.2016YFC0600505 and 2018YFC0603701)National Natural Science Foundation(No.41974134 and 41774127).
文摘The Q-factor is an important physical parameter for characterizing the absorption and attenuation of seismic waves propagating in underground media,which is of great signifi cance for improving the resolution of seismic data,oil and gas detection,and reservoir description.In this paper,the local centroid frequency is defi ned using shaping regularization and used to estimate the Q values of the formation.We propose a continuous time-varying Q-estimation method in the time-frequency domain according to the local centroid frequency,namely,the local centroid frequency shift(LCFS)method.This method can reasonably reduce the calculation error caused by the low accuracy of the time picking of the target formation in the traditional methods.The theoretical and real seismic data processing results show that the time-varying Q values can be accurately estimated using the LCFS method.Compared with the traditional Q-estimation methods,this method does not need to extract the top and bottom interfaces of the target formation;it can also obtain relatively reasonable Q values when there is no eff ective frequency spectrum information.Simultaneously,a reasonable inverse Q fi ltering result can be obtained using the continuous time-varying Q values.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61671108)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.ZYGX2014J005)the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University
文摘All-optical regenerators can be used to suppress amplified spontaneous emission(ASE) noise introduced by cascaded erbium doped fiber amplifiers(EDFAs) in optical fiber communication systems and lead to the improvement of optical receiver sensitivity. By introducing the Q-factor transfer function(QTF), we evaluate the Q-factor performance of degenerate four-wave mixing(DFWM) regenerators with clock pump and reveal the differences between the optimal input powers determined from the static and dynamic power tranfer function(PTF) and the QTF curves. Our simulation shows that the clock-pump regnerator is capable of improving the Q-facor and receiver sensitivity for 40 Gbit/s ASE-degraded return-to-zero on-off keying(RZ-OOK) signal by 2.58 dB and 4.2 d B, respectively.
基金supported by The National Key Research and Development Program Plane(No.2017YFC0601505)National Natural Science Foundation(No.41672325)Science&Technology Department of Sichuan Province Technology Project(No.2017GZ0393)
文摘The attenuation factor or quality factor(Q-factor or Q) has been used to measure the energy attenuation of seismic waves propagating in underground media. Many methods are used to estimate the Q-factor. We propose a method to calculate the Q-factor based on the prestack Q-factor inversion and the generalized S-transform. The proposed method specifies a standard primary wavelet and calculates the cumulative Q-factors; then, it finds the interlaminar Q-factors using the relation between Q and offset(QVO) and the Dix formula. The proposed method is alternative to methods that calculate interlaminar Q-factors after horizon picking. Because the frequency spectrum of each horizon can be extracted continuously on a 2D time–frequency spectrum, the method is called the continuous spectral ratio slope(CSRS) method. Compared with the other Q-inversion methods, the method offers nearly effortless computations and stability, and has mathematical and physical significance. We use numerical modeling to verify the feasibility of the method and apply it to real data from an oilfield in Ahdeb, Iraq. The results suggest that the resolution and spatial stability of the Q-profile are optimal and contain abundant interlaminar information that is extremely helpful in making lithology and fluid predictions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51275384)the Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51035007)+1 种基金the Important National Science and Technology Specific Projects (Grant No. 2010ZX04014-016)the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Program) (Grant No. 2009CB724405)
文摘Fault diagnosis of rotating machinery is of great importance to the high quality products and long-term safe operation.However,the useful weak features are usually corrupted by strong background noise,thus increasing the difficulty of the feature extraction.Thereby,a novel denoising method based on the tunable Q-factor wavelet transform(TQWT)using neighboring coefficients is proposed in this article.The emerging TQWT possesses excellent properties compared with the conventional constant-Q wavelet transforms,which can tune Q-factor according to the oscillatory behavior of the signal.Meanwhile,neighboring coefficients denoising is adopted to avoid the overkill of conventional term-by-term thresholding techniques.Because of having the combined advantages of the two methods,the presented denoising method is more practical and effective than other methods.The proposed method is applied to a simulated signal,a rolling element bearing with an outer race defect from antenna transmission chain and a gearbox fault detection case.The processing results demonstrate that the proposed method can successfully identify the fault features,showing that this method is more effective than the conventional wavelet thresholding denoising methods,term-by-term TQWT denoising schemes and spectral kurtosis.
基金This work was supported by funding from the Ministry of Education,Singapore(Grant Nos.MOE2016-T2-2-159,MOE2016-T2-1-128,MOE2015-T2-2-007,and MOE Tier 1 RG164/15)the National Research Foundation,Competitive Research Program(No.NRF-CRP18-2017-02)+1 种基金NSFC(No.61704082)A.D.acknowledges funding support from the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Funds Tier 3 under Grant No.MOE2016-T3-1-006(S).
文摘Phonon polariton resonances in the mid-infrared spectral range demonstrate properties superior to noble metal-based plasmonics,owing to smaller dissipative loss and better field confinement.However,a conventional way to excite the localized phonon resonance involves ion etching,which reduces the attainable quality factors(Q-factors)of the resonators.We show that by introducing a deep subwavelength layer of dielectric gratings on a phononic substrate,localized dipolar resonance and higher order modes with high Q-factors 96 and 195,respectively,can be excited.We further demonstrate,via experiments and simulations,that the resonant wavelength and field confinement can be controlled by coupling the localized hybrid mode with propagating surface phonon-polaritons.We also observed for the first time the coupling between a localized dipolar mode and a propagating higher-order surface phonon-polariton mode.The results will be useful in designing on-chip,low-loss,and highly integrated phononic devices in the infrared spectral domain.
文摘The paper describes the impact of cross-phase modulation on NRZ modulated WDM systems. The impairments due to XPM will be related to a Q-factor and the effects of dispersion management will be covered.
基金supported by the Zhejiang Key Research and Development Program(No.2021C01188)the start-up funding from ShanghaiTech Universitythe Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(No.2017SHZDZX03)。
文摘An effective way to fabricate high-quality(Q)silicon microcavities on-chip is proposed and studied.Our fabrication technique consists of two significant steps:(1)patterning a special silicon micro-pillar by Bosch processes and(2)subsequent reflow of the pillar into a spherical-like microcavity using a laser pulse at 532 nm.Its shape and surface roughness are characterized using a scanning electron microscope and an atomic force microscope.The root-mean-square roughness of the surface is about 0.6 nm.A representative value for the loaded Q-factors of our silicon spherical-like microcavities is on the order of 10^(5).
