Background Using Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in Atrial Fibrillation(SAGE-AF) data, determine how well the rich mix of demographic, clinical history, geriatric assessments, and clinically adjudicated ev...Background Using Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in Atrial Fibrillation(SAGE-AF) data, determine how well the rich mix of demographic, clinical history, geriatric assessments, and clinically adjudicated events can predict two-year survival.Methods Subjects were recruited from participating outpatient practices if they had non-valvular AF, were 65 or over with CHA_(2)DS_(2)-VASc scores of at least 2, and were candidates for anticoagulation. Demographics, clinical history, and geriatric qualities of life were assessed by interview and medical records review using standardized protocols and repeated at one and two years. Events identified were abstracted and submitted for adjudication using standard definitions of events and categories. Nonmortality event categories included hospitalizations(cardiovascular, bleeding, other), bleeding(major, clinically relevant non-major, minor), and seven major adverse cardiovascular events.Results The 1245 subjects experienced 1960 events, primarily hospitalizations(935) and/or bleeding(817);114 subjects(9.2%)died during two years of follow-up. Events initially abstracted to more than one category(172) were combined, resulting in 1788unique incidents. Most subjects had zero or one event(69%) and fewer than 7% had more than 3 types. Most variables were significant in bivariate analysis. Using multiple logistic regression with two-year survival as the outcome variable, the best-fit model included event number and type, number of unique incidents, and number of bleeding events(R^(2) = 0.511, C = 93.1) with sensitivity = 97.9% and specificity = 44.7%.Conclusions Two-year survival was high. This model, if validated, could have major implications for treatment of patients with AF. Patients in the large group with no or one event are at very low risk of death(under 2%). The small group with high risk for further complications, including death, deserve reassessment to determine if this trajectory can be altered.展开更多
From the reform and opening-up policy until now,targeted poverty alleviation in rural areas has always been regarded as a major and arduous task in China,and it strives to achieve the goal of national poverty alleviat...From the reform and opening-up policy until now,targeted poverty alleviation in rural areas has always been regarded as a major and arduous task in China,and it strives to achieve the goal of national poverty alleviation by 2020.To firmly win the strong war of overcoming poverty and realize new leap of targeted poverty alleviation in rural areas,Qianshan Village,Ganlu Town,Gongqingcheng City of Jiangxi Province establishes party building projects with rural characteristics by surrounding action of"overcoming poverty and attacking strong poverty"and taking"party building+county sage or worthy"as link.It uses county sage or worthy to drive development of rural industry,and establishes a complete poverty alleviation mechanism,thereby making poor households get rid of poverty,become rich,and embark on the road of well-off society.In this paper,opportunities and challenges in targeted poverty alleviation work of Qianshan Village are analyzed,and corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are proposed.展开更多
After 4K, 8K UHD resolution can be considered the new challenge for film, visualization and television. Due to the dimension of 8K image, the remote micro and macro images are considered appropriate for visualization ...After 4K, 8K UHD resolution can be considered the new challenge for film, visualization and television. Due to the dimension of 8K image, the remote micro and macro images are considered appropriate for visualization with scientific and educational purposes. This article describes the implementation of the 8K video plug-in to play UHD videos into the SAGE, a collaborative environment for the advancement of scientific research and education developed by EVL (Electronic Visualization Laboratory), upgrading its current resolution for video playing. It also presents the challenges of producing 8K content, the development of the code and introduces the features to view 8K ultra high definition videos in multiple tiles through the use of low cost computer clusters. The SAGE 8K video plug-in implementation was made possible because of the previous development of the Fogo Player, a system to run 4K and 8K content. The results were successfully presented at the CineGrid International Workshop 2013 in San Diego.展开更多
利用Weaver海浪模型,对拖曳式Overhauser海洋磁场传感器海浪磁噪声与深度、波幅等之间的关系进行了理论分析,证明了在极端海况条件下对海浪磁噪声进行抑制的必要性.为提高海洋磁测灵敏度,提出了一种基于改进的Sage-Husa自适应Kalman算...利用Weaver海浪模型,对拖曳式Overhauser海洋磁场传感器海浪磁噪声与深度、波幅等之间的关系进行了理论分析,证明了在极端海况条件下对海浪磁噪声进行抑制的必要性.为提高海洋磁测灵敏度,提出了一种基于改进的Sage-Husa自适应Kalman算法的海浪磁场噪声抑制方法.仿真结果表明,该方法能在不需要先验的噪声统计或实时参考噪声的情况下,实现磁场噪声协方差的快速收敛;且与常规的Sage-Husa算法相比,改进后的Sage-Husa算法降低了对初始参数的依赖性.另外,设计了一种拖曳式Overhauser海洋磁场传感器测试仪来测试上述算法.对比结果表明该方法不仅实现了磁场噪声统计参数的自适应估计,而且比经典Kalman滤波具有更好的滤波效果;此外,海浪磁噪声的功率谱密度由50 p T/Hz1/2@1Hz下降到6 p T/Hz1/2@1Hz.展开更多
A new channel estimation and data detection joint algorithm is proposed for multi-input multi-output （MIMO） - orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） system using linear minimum mean square error （LMMSE...A new channel estimation and data detection joint algorithm is proposed for multi-input multi-output （MIMO） - orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） system using linear minimum mean square error （LMMSE）- based space-alternating generalized expectation-maximization （SAGE） algorithm. In the proposed algorithm, every sub-frame of the MIMO-OFDM system is divided into some OFDM sub-blocks and the LMMSE-based SAGE algorithm in each sub-block is used. At the head of each sub-flame, we insert training symbols which are used in the initial estimation at the beginning. Channel estimation of the previous sub-block is applied to the initial estimation in the current sub-block by the maximum-likelihood （ML） detection to update channel estimatjon and data detection by iteration until converge. Then all the sub-blocks can be finished in turn. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can improve the bit error rate （BER） performance.展开更多
文摘Background Using Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in Atrial Fibrillation(SAGE-AF) data, determine how well the rich mix of demographic, clinical history, geriatric assessments, and clinically adjudicated events can predict two-year survival.Methods Subjects were recruited from participating outpatient practices if they had non-valvular AF, were 65 or over with CHA_(2)DS_(2)-VASc scores of at least 2, and were candidates for anticoagulation. Demographics, clinical history, and geriatric qualities of life were assessed by interview and medical records review using standardized protocols and repeated at one and two years. Events identified were abstracted and submitted for adjudication using standard definitions of events and categories. Nonmortality event categories included hospitalizations(cardiovascular, bleeding, other), bleeding(major, clinically relevant non-major, minor), and seven major adverse cardiovascular events.Results The 1245 subjects experienced 1960 events, primarily hospitalizations(935) and/or bleeding(817);114 subjects(9.2%)died during two years of follow-up. Events initially abstracted to more than one category(172) were combined, resulting in 1788unique incidents. Most subjects had zero or one event(69%) and fewer than 7% had more than 3 types. Most variables were significant in bivariate analysis. Using multiple logistic regression with two-year survival as the outcome variable, the best-fit model included event number and type, number of unique incidents, and number of bleeding events(R^(2) = 0.511, C = 93.1) with sensitivity = 97.9% and specificity = 44.7%.Conclusions Two-year survival was high. This model, if validated, could have major implications for treatment of patients with AF. Patients in the large group with no or one event are at very low risk of death(under 2%). The small group with high risk for further complications, including death, deserve reassessment to determine if this trajectory can be altered.
文摘From the reform and opening-up policy until now,targeted poverty alleviation in rural areas has always been regarded as a major and arduous task in China,and it strives to achieve the goal of national poverty alleviation by 2020.To firmly win the strong war of overcoming poverty and realize new leap of targeted poverty alleviation in rural areas,Qianshan Village,Ganlu Town,Gongqingcheng City of Jiangxi Province establishes party building projects with rural characteristics by surrounding action of"overcoming poverty and attacking strong poverty"and taking"party building+county sage or worthy"as link.It uses county sage or worthy to drive development of rural industry,and establishes a complete poverty alleviation mechanism,thereby making poor households get rid of poverty,become rich,and embark on the road of well-off society.In this paper,opportunities and challenges in targeted poverty alleviation work of Qianshan Village are analyzed,and corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are proposed.
文摘After 4K, 8K UHD resolution can be considered the new challenge for film, visualization and television. Due to the dimension of 8K image, the remote micro and macro images are considered appropriate for visualization with scientific and educational purposes. This article describes the implementation of the 8K video plug-in to play UHD videos into the SAGE, a collaborative environment for the advancement of scientific research and education developed by EVL (Electronic Visualization Laboratory), upgrading its current resolution for video playing. It also presents the challenges of producing 8K content, the development of the code and introduces the features to view 8K ultra high definition videos in multiple tiles through the use of low cost computer clusters. The SAGE 8K video plug-in implementation was made possible because of the previous development of the Fogo Player, a system to run 4K and 8K content. The results were successfully presented at the CineGrid International Workshop 2013 in San Diego.
文摘利用Weaver海浪模型,对拖曳式Overhauser海洋磁场传感器海浪磁噪声与深度、波幅等之间的关系进行了理论分析,证明了在极端海况条件下对海浪磁噪声进行抑制的必要性.为提高海洋磁测灵敏度,提出了一种基于改进的Sage-Husa自适应Kalman算法的海浪磁场噪声抑制方法.仿真结果表明,该方法能在不需要先验的噪声统计或实时参考噪声的情况下,实现磁场噪声协方差的快速收敛;且与常规的Sage-Husa算法相比,改进后的Sage-Husa算法降低了对初始参数的依赖性.另外,设计了一种拖曳式Overhauser海洋磁场传感器测试仪来测试上述算法.对比结果表明该方法不仅实现了磁场噪声统计参数的自适应估计,而且比经典Kalman滤波具有更好的滤波效果;此外,海浪磁噪声的功率谱密度由50 p T/Hz1/2@1Hz下降到6 p T/Hz1/2@1Hz.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 61001105）, the National Science and Technology Major Projects （No. 2011ZX03001- 007- 03） and Beijing Natural Science Foundation （No. 4102043）.
文摘A new channel estimation and data detection joint algorithm is proposed for multi-input multi-output （MIMO） - orthogonal frequency division multiplexing （OFDM） system using linear minimum mean square error （LMMSE）- based space-alternating generalized expectation-maximization （SAGE） algorithm. In the proposed algorithm, every sub-frame of the MIMO-OFDM system is divided into some OFDM sub-blocks and the LMMSE-based SAGE algorithm in each sub-block is used. At the head of each sub-flame, we insert training symbols which are used in the initial estimation at the beginning. Channel estimation of the previous sub-block is applied to the initial estimation in the current sub-block by the maximum-likelihood （ML） detection to update channel estimatjon and data detection by iteration until converge. Then all the sub-blocks can be finished in turn. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can improve the bit error rate （BER） performance.
