A 10 y (1999-2008) birth records from two public and most accessible maternity hospitals locally in the city of Abeokuta, Nigeria were used to investigate the possible association of high outdoor gamma radiation expos...A 10 y (1999-2008) birth records from two public and most accessible maternity hospitals locally in the city of Abeokuta, Nigeria were used to investigate the possible association of high outdoor gamma radiation exposure on reproductive abnormalities in the city. From the delivery record of 11,923 births in the period under study, a total number of 485 incidences of reproductive abnormalities were recoded. These incidences comprise 228 multiple births, 190 still births and, 67 premature births. Using the available terrestrial gamma radiation exposure data for the city and different reproductive abnormalities, regression assessment was carried out using the Pearson Product Moment (PPM) correlation statistics. The correlation showed that the incidences of reproductive abnormalities and the radiation dose levels were negatively correlated and correlation coefficient values were very low for each of the reproductive abnormalities considered. Factors such as socio-economic potentials of patients, dietary and other environmental factors may have substantial influence on the reproductive defects in the area other than radiation. However, the present study has added to the radiometric information needed in understanding the relationship between natural outdoor radiation exposure and occurrences of reproductive abnormalities in areas of high radiation in the country.展开更多
A dynamic learning rate Gaussian mixture model（GMM）algorithm is proposed to deal with the problem of slow adaption of GMM in the case of moving object detection in the outdoor surveillance,especially in the presence...A dynamic learning rate Gaussian mixture model（GMM）algorithm is proposed to deal with the problem of slow adaption of GMM in the case of moving object detection in the outdoor surveillance,especially in the presence of sudden illumination changes.The GMM is mostly used for detecting objects in complex scenes for intelligent monitoring systems.To solve this problem,a mixture Gaussian model has been built for each pixel in the video frame,and according to the scene change from the frame difference,the learning rate of GMM can be dynamically adjusted.The experiments show that the proposed method gives good results with an adaptive GMM learning rate when we compare it with GMM method with a fixed learning rate.The method was tested on a certain dataset,and tests in the case of sudden natural light changes show that our method has a better accuracy and lower false alarm rate.展开更多
The mechanism of the Weibel instability is investigated for dense magnetized plasmas. As we know, due to the electron velocity distribution, the Coulomb collision effect of electron-ion and the relativistic properties...The mechanism of the Weibel instability is investigated for dense magnetized plasmas. As we know, due to the electron velocity distribution, the Coulomb collision effect of electron-ion and the relativistic properties play an important role in such study. In this study an analytical expression for the growth rate and the condition of restricting the Weibel instability are derived for low-frequency limit. These calculations are done for the oscillation frequency dependence on the electron cyclotron frequency. It is shown that, the relativistic properties of the particle lead to increasing the growth rate of the instability. On the other hand the collision effects and background magnetic field try to decrease the growth rate by decreasing the temperature anisotropy and restricting the particles movement.展开更多
This paper analyses and summarizes the natural radionuclide contents of soil and building materials, radon concentrations and the penetrating radiation levels in Hong Kong. From these, a thorough and objective assessm...This paper analyses and summarizes the natural radionuclide contents of soil and building materials, radon concentrations and the penetrating radiation levels in Hong Kong. From these, a thorough and objective assessment for the terrestrial background irradiation level of Hong Kong was made. Finally, the annual effective dose equivalent received by Hong Kong people due to the natural background irradiation was calculated to be 3.2 mSv.展开更多
ICESat-2(Ice,Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2)是世界首颗采用光子计数模式的激光测高卫星,可快速获得高精度、大尺度地面三维数据。光子探测机制使得数据中除了地面信号外,还包含大气散射等背景信号,需要通过滤波才能获得地形...ICESat-2(Ice,Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2)是世界首颗采用光子计数模式的激光测高卫星,可快速获得高精度、大尺度地面三维数据。光子探测机制使得数据中除了地面信号外,还包含大气散射等背景信号,需要通过滤波才能获得地形等信息。为分析ICESat-2背景和信号光子的分布特点及点云滤波算法的效果和适用性,本文首先选取了六种地表覆盖类型(城市、海冰、沙漠、植被、海洋及冰盖/冰川)及不同观测条件的数据,对其背景光子率进行统计分析。分析结果表明:白天观测数据的背景光子率平均为106(点/秒)数量级,远高于夜晚观测数据的背景光子率——104(点/秒)数量级,弱波束的背景光子率与强波束背景光子率相当,六种地表覆盖类型中,冰盖/冰川的背景光子率最高。然后,根据统计结果筛选出21组测高数据,并选取七种具有代表性的点云滤波对其进行去噪实验,分析精度后得出结论:改进局部密度法的去噪效果最佳,算法召回率、精准度和F值均大于0.90,算法较为稳定。最后,对所选取各滤波算法的精度、特点与适用性等性质进行了总结与分析,可为后续该数据的使用和滤波算法的选择提供参考。展开更多
文摘A 10 y (1999-2008) birth records from two public and most accessible maternity hospitals locally in the city of Abeokuta, Nigeria were used to investigate the possible association of high outdoor gamma radiation exposure on reproductive abnormalities in the city. From the delivery record of 11,923 births in the period under study, a total number of 485 incidences of reproductive abnormalities were recoded. These incidences comprise 228 multiple births, 190 still births and, 67 premature births. Using the available terrestrial gamma radiation exposure data for the city and different reproductive abnormalities, regression assessment was carried out using the Pearson Product Moment (PPM) correlation statistics. The correlation showed that the incidences of reproductive abnormalities and the radiation dose levels were negatively correlated and correlation coefficient values were very low for each of the reproductive abnormalities considered. Factors such as socio-economic potentials of patients, dietary and other environmental factors may have substantial influence on the reproductive defects in the area other than radiation. However, the present study has added to the radiometric information needed in understanding the relationship between natural outdoor radiation exposure and occurrences of reproductive abnormalities in areas of high radiation in the country.
文摘A dynamic learning rate Gaussian mixture model（GMM）algorithm is proposed to deal with the problem of slow adaption of GMM in the case of moving object detection in the outdoor surveillance,especially in the presence of sudden illumination changes.The GMM is mostly used for detecting objects in complex scenes for intelligent monitoring systems.To solve this problem,a mixture Gaussian model has been built for each pixel in the video frame,and according to the scene change from the frame difference,the learning rate of GMM can be dynamically adjusted.The experiments show that the proposed method gives good results with an adaptive GMM learning rate when we compare it with GMM method with a fixed learning rate.The method was tested on a certain dataset,and tests in the case of sudden natural light changes show that our method has a better accuracy and lower false alarm rate.
文摘The mechanism of the Weibel instability is investigated for dense magnetized plasmas. As we know, due to the electron velocity distribution, the Coulomb collision effect of electron-ion and the relativistic properties play an important role in such study. In this study an analytical expression for the growth rate and the condition of restricting the Weibel instability are derived for low-frequency limit. These calculations are done for the oscillation frequency dependence on the electron cyclotron frequency. It is shown that, the relativistic properties of the particle lead to increasing the growth rate of the instability. On the other hand the collision effects and background magnetic field try to decrease the growth rate by decreasing the temperature anisotropy and restricting the particles movement.
文摘This paper analyses and summarizes the natural radionuclide contents of soil and building materials, radon concentrations and the penetrating radiation levels in Hong Kong. From these, a thorough and objective assessment for the terrestrial background irradiation level of Hong Kong was made. Finally, the annual effective dose equivalent received by Hong Kong people due to the natural background irradiation was calculated to be 3.2 mSv.
文摘ICESat-2(Ice,Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2)是世界首颗采用光子计数模式的激光测高卫星,可快速获得高精度、大尺度地面三维数据。光子探测机制使得数据中除了地面信号外,还包含大气散射等背景信号,需要通过滤波才能获得地形等信息。为分析ICESat-2背景和信号光子的分布特点及点云滤波算法的效果和适用性,本文首先选取了六种地表覆盖类型(城市、海冰、沙漠、植被、海洋及冰盖/冰川)及不同观测条件的数据,对其背景光子率进行统计分析。分析结果表明:白天观测数据的背景光子率平均为106(点/秒)数量级,远高于夜晚观测数据的背景光子率——104(点/秒)数量级,弱波束的背景光子率与强波束背景光子率相当,六种地表覆盖类型中,冰盖/冰川的背景光子率最高。然后,根据统计结果筛选出21组测高数据,并选取七种具有代表性的点云滤波对其进行去噪实验,分析精度后得出结论:改进局部密度法的去噪效果最佳,算法召回率、精准度和F值均大于0.90,算法较为稳定。最后,对所选取各滤波算法的精度、特点与适用性等性质进行了总结与分析,可为后续该数据的使用和滤波算法的选择提供参考。
