目的调查国内医学论文中涉及动物实验报告的规范现状,以提升医学科研论文的报告透明度。方法本研究以中国知网数据库(CNKI)中北大核心收录期刊为数据来源,采用预先确定的文献检索策略,筛选2019年和2022年发表的文献。对纳入文献中涉及...目的调查国内医学论文中涉及动物实验报告的规范现状,以提升医学科研论文的报告透明度。方法本研究以中国知网数据库(CNKI)中北大核心收录期刊为数据来源,采用预先确定的文献检索策略,筛选2019年和2022年发表的文献。对纳入文献中涉及《动物研究:体内实验报告》(Animal research:reporting of in vivo experiments,ARRIVE)指南关键10条中的6个项目(研究设计、样本量、随机化、盲法、统计方法和实验动物资料)以及推荐11条中的3个项目(摘要、伦理声明和利益冲突声明)共计22条主要信息的报告率进行统计分析。结果共纳入文献共4818篇,未发现任何一篇文献全面报告了本研究所调查的22条相关信息。2019年和2022年发表的绝大多数论文均报告了对照组,报告率分别为99.8%(2461/2467)和99.7%(2343/2351),样本量的报告率分别为79.2%(1954/2467)和77.2%(1815/2351),所有论文均未报告样本量的计算方法和依据,随机化方法报告率约为20%,盲法报告率约为1%;2022年对统计学方法的报告(96.4%)比2019年略有增加(91.8%);2019年和2022年对动物来源(93.8%vs.93.7%,P>0.05)、品种/品系(99.1%vs.99.2%,P=0.514)、性别(94.1%vs.92.7%,P=0.044)、年龄(58.1%vs.70.6%,P<0.001)、体质量(84.4%vs.81.9%,P=0.020)、健康证明(66.0%vs.75.5%,P<0.001)等实验动物资料信息的报告程度存在不同的差异。2019年和2022年文献报告动物伦理审查(15.8%vs.38.9%)或描述遵守的动物伦理原则(9.8%vs.21.3%)、利益冲突声明(2.3%vs.10.6%)、摘要中准确报告动物相关信息(9.16%vs.8.13%)程度均较低。其中,与2019年相比较,2022年动物伦理和利益冲突声明报告程度增加(P<0.001)。结论虽然自ARRIVE 2.0发布以来,大多数项目清单报告透明度明显改善。然而,随机化方法、盲法、动物伦理以及利益冲突的报告程度仍需进一步提升,这些是未来的重点努力方向。展开更多
目的通过评价中药复方防治胃癌前病变(PLGC)动物实验研究的方法学质量及报告质量,分析实验过程中的偏倚风险及研究报告的不足,为提高中药复方防治PLGC动物实验研究质量提供参考。方法计算机检索中国知识资源总库(CNKI)、万方数据知识服...目的通过评价中药复方防治胃癌前病变(PLGC)动物实验研究的方法学质量及报告质量,分析实验过程中的偏倚风险及研究报告的不足,为提高中药复方防治PLGC动物实验研究质量提供参考。方法计算机检索中国知识资源总库(CNKI)、万方数据知识服务平台(WanfangData)、中文科技期刊数据库(VIP)、中国生物医学文献数据库(CBM)、PubMed、Cochrane Library、Web of Science和Embase数据库2014年1月1日-2024年2月23日发表的关于中药复方防治PLGC动物实验文献,采用SYRCLE工具和ARRIVE2.0指南对纳入文献进行评分并计算各条目“低风险”符合率。结果共纳入文献213篇,其中中文文献189篇、英文文献24篇。SYRCLE工具评分为(12.86±1.29)分,“低风险”符合率为32.79%。ARRIVE2.0指南必备条目评分为(24.15±2.80)分,“低风险”符合率为49.08%;推荐条目评分为(11.28±3.40)分,“低风险”符合率为30.27%。SYRCLE工具评价中,144项(67.61%)研究未详细阐述分配序列产生的方法,所有研究均未描述分配隐藏充分与否及实施偏倚过程中的盲法,7项(3.29%)研究描述对结果评价者施盲。ARRIVE2.0指南中,所有研究均未报告样本量的确定方法、均未提供用于确定样本量的结局指标及实验方案注册声明,51项(23.94%)研究明确提出PLGC造模成功标准,66项(30.96%)研究提供所使用统计方法的详细信息,29项(13.62%)研究提供完整的伦理声明,22项(10.33%)报告了利益冲突。结论2014-2024年发表的中药复方防治PLGC动物实验文献方法学质量及报告质量存在较多问题,尤其是在实验过程中随机盲法策略的实施、样本量计算细节及纳入排除标准报告等方面存在缺陷,建议今后研究参考SYRCLE工具及ARRIVE2.0指南清单,以优化研究方案和报告,提高PLGC动物实验研究结果的可信度与规范性。展开更多
针对低空经济发展涉及的安全管理问题,在总结低空经济相关技术路线原理及落地方案的运行经验,分析低空安防普适性的4个建设方案:雷达与通感一体技术融合方案、广播式自动相关监视技术方案、远程识别技术方案和基于TDOA(time difference ...针对低空经济发展涉及的安全管理问题,在总结低空经济相关技术路线原理及落地方案的运行经验,分析低空安防普适性的4个建设方案:雷达与通感一体技术融合方案、广播式自动相关监视技术方案、远程识别技术方案和基于TDOA(time difference of arrival)无线电技术的多源融合方案的基础上,构建无人飞行器探测技术评价指标体系,并建立了一种基于决策试验评估实验室(decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory, DEMATEL)和优劣解距离法(technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution, TOPSIS)的多属性评价方法。结果发现,以TDOA为基础的多源融合方案是构建城市低空安防体系的有效路径和普适性方案。研究表明,低空安防体系的建设是一个系统性工程,需要政府、企业和社会各方的共同努力,在技术、数据、运营等多个层面进行整合,以适应未来低空经济的发展需求。展开更多
Interference significantly impacts the performance of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems(GNSS),highlighting the need for advanced interference localization technology to bolster anti-interference and defense capa...Interference significantly impacts the performance of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems(GNSS),highlighting the need for advanced interference localization technology to bolster anti-interference and defense capabilities.The Uniform Circular Array(UCA)enables concurrent estimation of the Direction of Arrival(DOA)in both azimuth and elevation.Given the paramount importance of stability and real-time performance in interference localization,this work proposes an innovative approach to reduce the complexity and increase the robustness of the DOA estimation.The proposed method reduces computational complexity by selecting a reduced number of array elements to reconstruct a non-uniform sparse array from a UCA.To ensure DOA estimation accuracy,minimizing the Cramér-Rao Bound(CRB)is the objective,and the Spatial Correlation Coefficient(SCC)is incorporated as a constraint to mitigate side-lobe.The optimization model is a quadratic fractional model,which is solved by Semi-Definite Relaxation(SDR).When the array has perturbations,the mathematical expressions for CRB and SCC are re-derived to enhance the robustness of the reconstructed array.Simulation and hardware experiments validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in estimating interference DOA,showing high robustness and reductions in hardware and computational costs associated with DOA estimation.展开更多
剑桥大学,作为全球顶尖学府,拥有着深厚底蕴与独特魅力,而“我”也在此开启了一场探索之旅。Peeping out of the porthole(飞机舷窗),I saw that a newborn sun gradually emerged on the distant horizon,reminding me that I was abou...剑桥大学,作为全球顶尖学府,拥有着深厚底蕴与独特魅力,而“我”也在此开启了一场探索之旅。Peeping out of the porthole(飞机舷窗),I saw that a newborn sun gradually emerged on the distant horizon,reminding me that I was about to arrive in the UK.It was 5 a.m.and it was a little foggy-the typical appearance of the country.After a long exhausting bus ride,we finally arrived at Cambridge.展开更多
In this paper,we introduce a qualitative analysis in order to study the monotonicity and comparability properties of a single-server retrial queueing model with Bernoulli feedback and negative customers,relative to st...In this paper,we introduce a qualitative analysis in order to study the monotonicity and comparability properties of a single-server retrial queueing model with Bernoulli feedback and negative customers,relative to stochastic orderings.Performance measures of such a system are available explicitly,while their forms are cumbersome(these formulas include integrals of Laplace transform,solutions of functional equations,etc.).Therefore,they are not exploitable from the application point of view.To overcome these difficulties,we present stochastic comparison methods in order to get qualitative estimates of these measures.In particular,we prove the monotonicity of the transition operator of the embedded Markov chain.In addition,we establish conditions for which transition operators as well as stationary probabilities,associated with two embedded Markov chains,having the same structure but with different parameters,are comparable relative to the given stochastic orderings.Further,numerical examples are carried out to illustrate the theoretical results.展开更多
An unusual bird is destroying crops and angering farmers in north-eastern Italy:the flamingo.Flamingos are relatively recent arrivals in the area,and have settled into the flooded fields that produce rice in Ferrara P...An unusual bird is destroying crops and angering farmers in north-eastern Italy:the flamingo.Flamingos are relatively recent arrivals in the area,and have settled into the flooded fields that produce rice in Ferrara Province,between Venice and Ravenna.The birds aren't targeting the rice seedlings but use their feet to stir up(搅动)the soil and grab molluscs,algae or insects from the shallow water.These grains of rice are items that have suffered damage.展开更多
Accurate estimation of the Direction-of-Arrival(DoA)of incident plane waves is essential for modern wireless communication,radar,sonar,and localization systems.Precise DoA information enables adaptive beamforming,spat...Accurate estimation of the Direction-of-Arrival(DoA)of incident plane waves is essential for modern wireless communication,radar,sonar,and localization systems.Precise DoA information enables adaptive beamforming,spatial filtering,and interference mitigation by steering antenna array beams toward desired sources while suppressing unwanted signals.Traditional one-dimensional Uniform Linear Arrays(ULAs)are limited to elevation angle estimation due to geometric constraints,typically within the range[0,π].To capture full spatial characteristics in environments with multipath and angular spread,joint estimation of both elevation and azimuth angles becomes necessary.However,existing 2D and 3D array geometries often entail increased hardware complexity and computational cost.This work proposes a novel and efficient framework for joint elevation and azimuth angle estimation using three spatially separated,parallel ULAs.The array configuration exploits spatial diversity and orthogonal projections to capture complete directional information with minimal structural overhead.A customized objective function based on the mean square error between measured and reconstructed array outputs is formulated to guide the estimation process.To solve the resulting non-convex optimization problem,three strategies are investigated:a global Genetic Algorithm(GA),a local Pattern Search(PS),and a hybrid GA-PS method that combines global exploration with local refinement.The proposed framework supports automatic pairing of elevation and azimuth angles,eliminating the need for manual post-processing.Extensive simulations validate the robustness,convergence,and accuracy of all three methods under varying signal-to-noise ratio conditions.Results confirm that the hybrid GA-PS approach achieves superior estimation performance and reduced computational complexity,making it well-suited for real-time and resource-constrained applications in next-generation sensing and communication systems.展开更多
Introduction: The objective of this work was to study maternal deaths noted on arrival in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department at Fousseyni Daou Hospital in Kayes over a period of 10 years. Materials and Methods: ...Introduction: The objective of this work was to study maternal deaths noted on arrival in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department at Fousseyni Daou Hospital in Kayes over a period of 10 years. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study with data collection over a period of 10 years;The data collection was retrospective over nine years from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2021 and prospective over one year from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. This study focused on all patients whose death was noted on arrival during pregnancy, labor or in the postpartum period in the Gynecology-Obstetrics Department of Fousseyni Daou Hospital. Confidentiality and anonymity were respected. The processing and analysis of statistical data were carried out using SPSS 20.0 software. Results: During the study period, we recorded 93 cases of death noted on arrival out of a total of 606 maternal deaths, i.e., a frequency of 15.34%. The average age was 27 years with the extremes of 20 years and 34 years. They came mainly from rural areas at 74%, were married at 82%, uneducated at 51.6%, housewives at 87.1%. The profession of the spouses is worker at 37.6%. In our sample, evacuated patients were the most represented with 75.3%. Postpartum hemorrhage was the most frequent reason for admission with 22.6%. The deceased patients had no medical history at 86%. In our series, 59.5% of the deceased patients had not had antenatal consultations (CPN). Patients who died on arrival and who had given birth at home were the most represented with 54.8%. Deaths from immediate postpartum hemorrhage complicated by shock were the most frequent with 25.8% followed by severe anemia 8.6%. Deaths were mainly due to direct obstetric causes at 76.3%. In these deaths observed on arrival, the 2nd delay was identified at 48.4%. Conclusion: Maternal deaths observed on arrival remain frequent in the Kayes region. The main causes are immediate postpartum hemorrhage and anemia, which are almost all preventable causes of maternal death following the 1st and 2nd delay.展开更多
To tackle the challenges of intractable parameter tun-ing,significant computational expenditure and imprecise model-driven sparse-based direction of arrival(DOA)estimation with array error(AE),this paper proposes a de...To tackle the challenges of intractable parameter tun-ing,significant computational expenditure and imprecise model-driven sparse-based direction of arrival(DOA)estimation with array error(AE),this paper proposes a deep unfolded amplitude-phase error self-calibration network.Firstly,a sparse-based DOA model with an array convex error restriction is established,which gets resolved via an alternating iterative minimization(AIM)algo-rithm.The algorithm is then unrolled to a deep network known as AE-AIM Network(AE-AIM-Net),where all parameters are opti-mized through multi-task learning using the constructed com-plete dataset.The results of the simulation and theoretical analy-sis suggest that the proposed unfolded network achieves lower computational costs compared to typical sparse recovery meth-ods.Furthermore,it maintains excellent estimation performance even in the presence of array magnitude-phase errors.展开更多
Sparse array design has significant implications for improving the accuracy of direction of arrival(DOA)estimation of non-circular(NC)signals.We propose an extended nested array with a filled sensor(ENAFS)based on the...Sparse array design has significant implications for improving the accuracy of direction of arrival(DOA)estimation of non-circular(NC)signals.We propose an extended nested array with a filled sensor(ENAFS)based on the hole-filling strategy.Specifically,we first introduce the improved nested array(INA)and prove its properties.Subsequently,we extend the sum-difference coarray(SDCA)by adding an additional sensor to fill the holes.Thus the larger uniform degrees of freedom(uDOFs)and virtual array aperture(VAA)can be abtained,and the ENAFS is designed.Finally,the simulation results are given to verify the superiority of the proposed ENAFS in terms of DOF,mutual coupling and estimation performance.展开更多
In indoor environments,various batterypowered Internet of Things(IoT)devices,such as remote controllers and electronic tags on high-level shelves,require efficient energy management.However,manually monitoring remaini...In indoor environments,various batterypowered Internet of Things(IoT)devices,such as remote controllers and electronic tags on high-level shelves,require efficient energy management.However,manually monitoring remaining energy levels and battery replacement is both inadequate and costly.This paper introduces an energy management system for indoor IoT,which includes a mobile energy station(ES)for enabling on-demand wireless energy transfer(WET)in radio frequency(RF),some energy receivers(ERs),and a cloud server.By implementing a two-stage positioning system and embedding energy receivers into traditional IoT devices,we robustly manage their energy storage.The experimental results demonstrate that the energy receiver can harvest a minimum power of 58 mW.展开更多
Most of the existing direction of arrival(DOA)estimation algorithms are applied under the assumption that the array manifold is ideal.In practical engineering applications,the existence of non-ideal conditions such as...Most of the existing direction of arrival(DOA)estimation algorithms are applied under the assumption that the array manifold is ideal.In practical engineering applications,the existence of non-ideal conditions such as mutual coupling between array elements,array amplitude and phase errors,and array element position errors leads to defects in the array manifold,which makes the performance of the algorithm decline rapidly or even fail.In order to solve the problem of DOA estimation in the presence of amplitude and phase errors and array element position errors,this paper introduces the first-order Taylor expansion equivalent model of the received signal under the uniform linear array from the Bayesian point of view.In the solution,the amplitude and phase error parameters and the array element position error parameters are regarded as random variables obeying the Gaussian distribution.At the same time,the expectation-maximization algorithm is used to update the probability distribution parameters,and then the two error parameters are solved alternately to obtain more accurate DOA estimation results.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified by simulation and experiment.展开更多
To enhance direction of arrival(DOA)estimation accuracy,this paper proposes a low-cost method for calibrating farfield steering vectors of large aperture millimeter wave radar(mmWR).To this end,we first derive the ste...To enhance direction of arrival(DOA)estimation accuracy,this paper proposes a low-cost method for calibrating farfield steering vectors of large aperture millimeter wave radar(mmWR).To this end,we first derive the steering vectors with amplitude and phase errors,assuming that mmWR works in the time-sharing mode.Then,approximate relationship between the near-field calibration steering vector and the far-field calibration steering vector is analyzed,which is used to accomplish the mapping between the two of them.Finally,simulation results verify that the proposed method can effectively improve the angle measurement accuracy of mmWR with existing amplitude and phase errors.展开更多
文摘目的调查国内医学论文中涉及动物实验报告的规范现状,以提升医学科研论文的报告透明度。方法本研究以中国知网数据库(CNKI)中北大核心收录期刊为数据来源,采用预先确定的文献检索策略,筛选2019年和2022年发表的文献。对纳入文献中涉及《动物研究:体内实验报告》(Animal research:reporting of in vivo experiments,ARRIVE)指南关键10条中的6个项目(研究设计、样本量、随机化、盲法、统计方法和实验动物资料)以及推荐11条中的3个项目(摘要、伦理声明和利益冲突声明)共计22条主要信息的报告率进行统计分析。结果共纳入文献共4818篇,未发现任何一篇文献全面报告了本研究所调查的22条相关信息。2019年和2022年发表的绝大多数论文均报告了对照组,报告率分别为99.8%(2461/2467)和99.7%(2343/2351),样本量的报告率分别为79.2%(1954/2467)和77.2%(1815/2351),所有论文均未报告样本量的计算方法和依据,随机化方法报告率约为20%,盲法报告率约为1%;2022年对统计学方法的报告(96.4%)比2019年略有增加(91.8%);2019年和2022年对动物来源(93.8%vs.93.7%,P>0.05)、品种/品系(99.1%vs.99.2%,P=0.514)、性别(94.1%vs.92.7%,P=0.044)、年龄(58.1%vs.70.6%,P<0.001)、体质量(84.4%vs.81.9%,P=0.020)、健康证明(66.0%vs.75.5%,P<0.001)等实验动物资料信息的报告程度存在不同的差异。2019年和2022年文献报告动物伦理审查(15.8%vs.38.9%)或描述遵守的动物伦理原则(9.8%vs.21.3%)、利益冲突声明(2.3%vs.10.6%)、摘要中准确报告动物相关信息(9.16%vs.8.13%)程度均较低。其中,与2019年相比较,2022年动物伦理和利益冲突声明报告程度增加(P<0.001)。结论虽然自ARRIVE 2.0发布以来,大多数项目清单报告透明度明显改善。然而,随机化方法、盲法、动物伦理以及利益冲突的报告程度仍需进一步提升,这些是未来的重点努力方向。
文摘目的通过评价中药复方防治胃癌前病变(PLGC)动物实验研究的方法学质量及报告质量,分析实验过程中的偏倚风险及研究报告的不足,为提高中药复方防治PLGC动物实验研究质量提供参考。方法计算机检索中国知识资源总库(CNKI)、万方数据知识服务平台(WanfangData)、中文科技期刊数据库(VIP)、中国生物医学文献数据库(CBM)、PubMed、Cochrane Library、Web of Science和Embase数据库2014年1月1日-2024年2月23日发表的关于中药复方防治PLGC动物实验文献,采用SYRCLE工具和ARRIVE2.0指南对纳入文献进行评分并计算各条目“低风险”符合率。结果共纳入文献213篇,其中中文文献189篇、英文文献24篇。SYRCLE工具评分为(12.86±1.29)分,“低风险”符合率为32.79%。ARRIVE2.0指南必备条目评分为(24.15±2.80)分,“低风险”符合率为49.08%;推荐条目评分为(11.28±3.40)分,“低风险”符合率为30.27%。SYRCLE工具评价中,144项(67.61%)研究未详细阐述分配序列产生的方法,所有研究均未描述分配隐藏充分与否及实施偏倚过程中的盲法,7项(3.29%)研究描述对结果评价者施盲。ARRIVE2.0指南中,所有研究均未报告样本量的确定方法、均未提供用于确定样本量的结局指标及实验方案注册声明,51项(23.94%)研究明确提出PLGC造模成功标准,66项(30.96%)研究提供所使用统计方法的详细信息,29项(13.62%)研究提供完整的伦理声明,22项(10.33%)报告了利益冲突。结论2014-2024年发表的中药复方防治PLGC动物实验文献方法学质量及报告质量存在较多问题,尤其是在实验过程中随机盲法策略的实施、样本量计算细节及纳入排除标准报告等方面存在缺陷,建议今后研究参考SYRCLE工具及ARRIVE2.0指南清单,以优化研究方案和报告,提高PLGC动物实验研究结果的可信度与规范性。
文摘针对低空经济发展涉及的安全管理问题,在总结低空经济相关技术路线原理及落地方案的运行经验,分析低空安防普适性的4个建设方案:雷达与通感一体技术融合方案、广播式自动相关监视技术方案、远程识别技术方案和基于TDOA(time difference of arrival)无线电技术的多源融合方案的基础上,构建无人飞行器探测技术评价指标体系,并建立了一种基于决策试验评估实验室(decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory, DEMATEL)和优劣解距离法(technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution, TOPSIS)的多属性评价方法。结果发现,以TDOA为基础的多源融合方案是构建城市低空安防体系的有效路径和普适性方案。研究表明,低空安防体系的建设是一个系统性工程,需要政府、企业和社会各方的共同努力,在技术、数据、运营等多个层面进行整合,以适应未来低空经济的发展需求。
基金the financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2023YFB3907001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U2233217,62371029)the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC),China(Nos.EP/M026981/1,EP/T021063/1 and EP/T024917/)。
文摘Interference significantly impacts the performance of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems(GNSS),highlighting the need for advanced interference localization technology to bolster anti-interference and defense capabilities.The Uniform Circular Array(UCA)enables concurrent estimation of the Direction of Arrival(DOA)in both azimuth and elevation.Given the paramount importance of stability and real-time performance in interference localization,this work proposes an innovative approach to reduce the complexity and increase the robustness of the DOA estimation.The proposed method reduces computational complexity by selecting a reduced number of array elements to reconstruct a non-uniform sparse array from a UCA.To ensure DOA estimation accuracy,minimizing the Cramér-Rao Bound(CRB)is the objective,and the Spatial Correlation Coefficient(SCC)is incorporated as a constraint to mitigate side-lobe.The optimization model is a quadratic fractional model,which is solved by Semi-Definite Relaxation(SDR).When the array has perturbations,the mathematical expressions for CRB and SCC are re-derived to enhance the robustness of the reconstructed array.Simulation and hardware experiments validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in estimating interference DOA,showing high robustness and reductions in hardware and computational costs associated with DOA estimation.
文摘剑桥大学,作为全球顶尖学府,拥有着深厚底蕴与独特魅力,而“我”也在此开启了一场探索之旅。Peeping out of the porthole(飞机舷窗),I saw that a newborn sun gradually emerged on the distant horizon,reminding me that I was about to arrive in the UK.It was 5 a.m.and it was a little foggy-the typical appearance of the country.After a long exhausting bus ride,we finally arrived at Cambridge.
文摘In this paper,we introduce a qualitative analysis in order to study the monotonicity and comparability properties of a single-server retrial queueing model with Bernoulli feedback and negative customers,relative to stochastic orderings.Performance measures of such a system are available explicitly,while their forms are cumbersome(these formulas include integrals of Laplace transform,solutions of functional equations,etc.).Therefore,they are not exploitable from the application point of view.To overcome these difficulties,we present stochastic comparison methods in order to get qualitative estimates of these measures.In particular,we prove the monotonicity of the transition operator of the embedded Markov chain.In addition,we establish conditions for which transition operators as well as stationary probabilities,associated with two embedded Markov chains,having the same structure but with different parameters,are comparable relative to the given stochastic orderings.Further,numerical examples are carried out to illustrate the theoretical results.
文摘An unusual bird is destroying crops and angering farmers in north-eastern Italy:the flamingo.Flamingos are relatively recent arrivals in the area,and have settled into the flooded fields that produce rice in Ferrara Province,between Venice and Ravenna.The birds aren't targeting the rice seedlings but use their feet to stir up(搅动)the soil and grab molluscs,algae or insects from the shallow water.These grains of rice are items that have suffered damage.
基金supported and funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University(IMSIU)(grant number IMSIU-DDRSP2504)。
文摘Accurate estimation of the Direction-of-Arrival(DoA)of incident plane waves is essential for modern wireless communication,radar,sonar,and localization systems.Precise DoA information enables adaptive beamforming,spatial filtering,and interference mitigation by steering antenna array beams toward desired sources while suppressing unwanted signals.Traditional one-dimensional Uniform Linear Arrays(ULAs)are limited to elevation angle estimation due to geometric constraints,typically within the range[0,π].To capture full spatial characteristics in environments with multipath and angular spread,joint estimation of both elevation and azimuth angles becomes necessary.However,existing 2D and 3D array geometries often entail increased hardware complexity and computational cost.This work proposes a novel and efficient framework for joint elevation and azimuth angle estimation using three spatially separated,parallel ULAs.The array configuration exploits spatial diversity and orthogonal projections to capture complete directional information with minimal structural overhead.A customized objective function based on the mean square error between measured and reconstructed array outputs is formulated to guide the estimation process.To solve the resulting non-convex optimization problem,three strategies are investigated:a global Genetic Algorithm(GA),a local Pattern Search(PS),and a hybrid GA-PS method that combines global exploration with local refinement.The proposed framework supports automatic pairing of elevation and azimuth angles,eliminating the need for manual post-processing.Extensive simulations validate the robustness,convergence,and accuracy of all three methods under varying signal-to-noise ratio conditions.Results confirm that the hybrid GA-PS approach achieves superior estimation performance and reduced computational complexity,making it well-suited for real-time and resource-constrained applications in next-generation sensing and communication systems.
文摘Introduction: The objective of this work was to study maternal deaths noted on arrival in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department at Fousseyni Daou Hospital in Kayes over a period of 10 years. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study with data collection over a period of 10 years;The data collection was retrospective over nine years from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2021 and prospective over one year from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. This study focused on all patients whose death was noted on arrival during pregnancy, labor or in the postpartum period in the Gynecology-Obstetrics Department of Fousseyni Daou Hospital. Confidentiality and anonymity were respected. The processing and analysis of statistical data were carried out using SPSS 20.0 software. Results: During the study period, we recorded 93 cases of death noted on arrival out of a total of 606 maternal deaths, i.e., a frequency of 15.34%. The average age was 27 years with the extremes of 20 years and 34 years. They came mainly from rural areas at 74%, were married at 82%, uneducated at 51.6%, housewives at 87.1%. The profession of the spouses is worker at 37.6%. In our sample, evacuated patients were the most represented with 75.3%. Postpartum hemorrhage was the most frequent reason for admission with 22.6%. The deceased patients had no medical history at 86%. In our series, 59.5% of the deceased patients had not had antenatal consultations (CPN). Patients who died on arrival and who had given birth at home were the most represented with 54.8%. Deaths from immediate postpartum hemorrhage complicated by shock were the most frequent with 25.8% followed by severe anemia 8.6%. Deaths were mainly due to direct obstetric causes at 76.3%. In these deaths observed on arrival, the 2nd delay was identified at 48.4%. Conclusion: Maternal deaths observed on arrival remain frequent in the Kayes region. The main causes are immediate postpartum hemorrhage and anemia, which are almost all preventable causes of maternal death following the 1st and 2nd delay.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62301598).
文摘To tackle the challenges of intractable parameter tun-ing,significant computational expenditure and imprecise model-driven sparse-based direction of arrival(DOA)estimation with array error(AE),this paper proposes a deep unfolded amplitude-phase error self-calibration network.Firstly,a sparse-based DOA model with an array convex error restriction is established,which gets resolved via an alternating iterative minimization(AIM)algo-rithm.The algorithm is then unrolled to a deep network known as AE-AIM Network(AE-AIM-Net),where all parameters are opti-mized through multi-task learning using the constructed com-plete dataset.The results of the simulation and theoretical analy-sis suggest that the proposed unfolded network achieves lower computational costs compared to typical sparse recovery meth-ods.Furthermore,it maintains excellent estimation performance even in the presence of array magnitude-phase errors.
基金supported by China National Science Foundations(Nos.62371225,62371227)。
文摘Sparse array design has significant implications for improving the accuracy of direction of arrival(DOA)estimation of non-circular(NC)signals.We propose an extended nested array with a filled sensor(ENAFS)based on the hole-filling strategy.Specifically,we first introduce the improved nested array(INA)and prove its properties.Subsequently,we extend the sum-difference coarray(SDCA)by adding an additional sensor to fill the holes.Thus the larger uniform degrees of freedom(uDOFs)and virtual array aperture(VAA)can be abtained,and the ENAFS is designed.Finally,the simulation results are given to verify the superiority of the proposed ENAFS in terms of DOF,mutual coupling and estimation performance.
基金supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under Grant 61971102in part by the Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province under Grant 2022C01093.
文摘In indoor environments,various batterypowered Internet of Things(IoT)devices,such as remote controllers and electronic tags on high-level shelves,require efficient energy management.However,manually monitoring remaining energy levels and battery replacement is both inadequate and costly.This paper introduces an energy management system for indoor IoT,which includes a mobile energy station(ES)for enabling on-demand wireless energy transfer(WET)in radio frequency(RF),some energy receivers(ERs),and a cloud server.By implementing a two-stage positioning system and embedding energy receivers into traditional IoT devices,we robustly manage their energy storage.The experimental results demonstrate that the energy receiver can harvest a minimum power of 58 mW.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62071144)
文摘Most of the existing direction of arrival(DOA)estimation algorithms are applied under the assumption that the array manifold is ideal.In practical engineering applications,the existence of non-ideal conditions such as mutual coupling between array elements,array amplitude and phase errors,and array element position errors leads to defects in the array manifold,which makes the performance of the algorithm decline rapidly or even fail.In order to solve the problem of DOA estimation in the presence of amplitude and phase errors and array element position errors,this paper introduces the first-order Taylor expansion equivalent model of the received signal under the uniform linear array from the Bayesian point of view.In the solution,the amplitude and phase error parameters and the array element position error parameters are regarded as random variables obeying the Gaussian distribution.At the same time,the expectation-maximization algorithm is used to update the probability distribution parameters,and then the two error parameters are solved alternately to obtain more accurate DOA estimation results.Finally,the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified by simulation and experiment.
文摘To enhance direction of arrival(DOA)estimation accuracy,this paper proposes a low-cost method for calibrating farfield steering vectors of large aperture millimeter wave radar(mmWR).To this end,we first derive the steering vectors with amplitude and phase errors,assuming that mmWR works in the time-sharing mode.Then,approximate relationship between the near-field calibration steering vector and the far-field calibration steering vector is analyzed,which is used to accomplish the mapping between the two of them.Finally,simulation results verify that the proposed method can effectively improve the angle measurement accuracy of mmWR with existing amplitude and phase errors.
