AIMTo evaluate intra-session repeatability and reproducibility of optical quality parameters measured at objective and subjective best focuses in a double-pass system.METHODSThirty Chinese healthy adults (19 to 40 yea...AIMTo evaluate intra-session repeatability and reproducibility of optical quality parameters measured at objective and subjective best focuses in a double-pass system.METHODSThirty Chinese healthy adults (19 to 40 years old) meeting our inclusion criterion were enrolled in the study. After a basic eye examination, two methods of optical quality measurement, based on subjective and objective best focuses were performed using the Optical Quality Analysis System (OQAS) with an artificial pupil diameter of 4.0 mm.RESULTSWith each method, three consecutive measurements of the following parameters: the modulation transfer function cutoff frequency (MTF<sub>cutoff</sub>), the Strehl<sup>2D</sup> ratio, the OQAS values (OVs) at contrasts of 100%, 20%, 9% and the objective scatter index (OSI) were performed by an experienced examiner. The repeatability of each method was evaluated by the repeatability limit (RL) and the coefficient of repeatability (COR). Reproducibility of the two methods was evaluated by intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and the 95% limits of agreement (Bland and Altman analysis). Thirty subjects, seven females and twenty three males, of whom 15 right eyes and 15 left eyes were selected randomly for recruitment in the study. The RLs (percentage) for the six parameters measured at objective focus and subjective focus ranged from 8.44% to 15.13% and 10.85% to 16.26%, respectively. The CORs for the two measurement methods ranged from 8.27% to 14.83% and 10.63% to 15.93%, respectively. With regard to reproducibility, the ICCs for the six parameters of OQAS ranged from 0.024 to 0.276. The 95% limits of agreement obtained for the six parameters (in comparison of the two methods) ranged from -0.57 to 42.18 (MTF<sub>cutoff</sub>), -0.01 to 0.23 (Strehl<sup>2D</sup> ratio), -0.02 to 1.40 (OV<sub>100%</sub>), -0.10 to 1.75 (OV<sub>20%</sub>), -0.14 to 1.80 (OV<sub>9%</sub>) and -1.46 to 0.18 (OSI).CONCLUSIONMeasurements provided by OQAS with either method showed a good repeatability. However, the results obtained from the two different measurement methods showed a poor reproducibility. These findings suggest that it might be best to evaluate patients' optical quality by OQAS using the best focus as chosen automatically by the instrument.展开更多
AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of spherical equivalent(SE) estimates of a double-pass system and to compare it with retinoscopy,subjective refraction and a table mounted autorefractor.METHODS:Non-cycloplegic refraction ...AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of spherical equivalent(SE) estimates of a double-pass system and to compare it with retinoscopy,subjective refraction and a table mounted autorefractor.METHODS:Non-cycloplegic refraction was performed on 125 eyes of 65 healthy adults(age 23.5±3.0 years) from October 2010 to January 2011 using retinoscopy,subjective refraction,autorefraction(Auto kerato refractometer TOPCON KR-8100,Japan) and a double pass system(Optical Quality Analysis System,OQAS,Visiometrics S.L.,Spain).Nine consecutive measurements with the double-pass system were performed on a subgroup of 22 eyes to assess repeatability.To evaluate the trueness of the OQAS instrument,the SE laboratory bias between the double pass system and the other techniques was calculated.RESULTS:The SE mean coefficient of repeatability obtained was 0.22D.Significant correlations could be established between the OQAS and the SE obtained with retinoscopy(r=0.956,P【0.001),subjective refraction(r=0.955,P【0.001) and autorefraction(r=0.957,P【0.001).The differences in SE between the double-pass system and the other techniques were significant(P【0.001),but lacked clinical relevance except for retinoscopy;Retinoscopy gave more hyperopic values than the double-pass system-0.51±0.50D as well as the subjective refraction-0.23±0.50D;More myopic values were achieved by means of autorefraction 0.24±0.49D. CONCLUSION:The double-pass system provides accurate and reliable estimates of the SE that can be used for clinical studies.This technique can determine the correct focus position to assess the ocular optical quality.However,it has a relatively small measuring range in comparison with autorefractors(-8.00 to +5.00D),and requires prior information on the refractive state of the patient.展开更多
This paper investigates the fundamental data detection problem with burst interference in massive multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(MIMO-OFDM) systems. In particular, burst inte...This paper investigates the fundamental data detection problem with burst interference in massive multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(MIMO-OFDM) systems. In particular, burst interference may occur only on data symbols but not on pilot symbols, which means that interference information cannot be premeasured. To cancel the burst interference, we first revisit the uplink multi-user system and develop a matrixform system model, where the covariance pattern and the low-rank property of the interference matrix is discussed. Then, we propose a turbo message passing based burst interference cancellation(TMP-BIC) algorithm to solve the data detection problem, where the constellation information of target data is fully exploited to refine its estimate. Furthermore, in the TMP-BIC algorithm, we design one module to cope with the interference matrix by exploiting its lowrank property. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can effectively mitigate the adverse effects of burst interference and approach the interference-free bound.展开更多
Hybrid precoder design is a key technique providing better antenna gain and reduced hardware complexity in millimeter-wave(mmWave)massive multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)systems.In this paper,Gaussian Mixture lear...Hybrid precoder design is a key technique providing better antenna gain and reduced hardware complexity in millimeter-wave(mmWave)massive multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)systems.In this paper,Gaussian Mixture learned approximate message passing(GM-LAMP)network is presented for the design of optimal hybrid precoders suitable for mmWave Massive MIMO systems.Optimal hybrid precoder designs using a compressive sensing scheme such as orthogonal matching pursuit(OMP)and its derivatives results in high computational complexity when the dimensionality of the sparse signal is high.This drawback can be addressed using classical iterative algorithms such as approximate message passing(AMP),which has comparatively low computational complexity.The drawbacks of AMP algorithm are fixed shrinkage parameter and non-consideration of prior distribution of the hybrid precoders.In this paper,the fixed shrinkage parameter problem of the AMP algorithm is addressed using learned AMP(LAMP)network,and is further enhanced as GMLAMP network using the concept of Gaussian Mixture distribution of the hybrid precoders.The simula-tion results show that the proposed GM-LAMP network achieves optimal hybrid precoder design with enhanced achievable rates,better accuracy and low computational complexity compared to the existing algorithms.展开更多
The former Vice-President of the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO).Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Wilmer Eye Institute,USA.The first Director of the Departmen...The former Vice-President of the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO).Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Wilmer Eye Institute,USA.The first Director of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,The Chinese University of Hong Kong China.The first Director of the Peking University Eye Center,China.展开更多
High-speed maglev trains(HSMTs)can run at high running speeds due to their unique design.The pressure waves that these trains generate while passing each other are therefore very intense,and can even have safety impli...High-speed maglev trains(HSMTs)can run at high running speeds due to their unique design.The pressure waves that these trains generate while passing each other are therefore very intense,and can even have safety implications.In order to reduce the transient impact of such waves,the standard k-ε turbulence model is used in this work to assess the effect of railway spacing on the aerodynamic loads,pressure and surrounding flow field of 600 km/h maglev trains passing each other in open air.The sliding mesh technique is used to determine the relative motion between the considered trains.The results show that the surface pressure is approximately linearly correlated with the square of the speed while the amplitude of the pressure wave on the train surface,side force,and rolling moment all have negative exponential relationships with the railway spacing.展开更多
In this paper,an index modulation(IM)aided uplink orthogonal time frequency space modulation(OTFS)structure for sparse code multiple access(SCMA)is proposed.To be more specific,the information bits are firstly partiti...In this paper,an index modulation(IM)aided uplink orthogonal time frequency space modulation(OTFS)structure for sparse code multiple access(SCMA)is proposed.To be more specific,the information bits are firstly partitioned for transmit antenna(TA)selection and sparse codeword mapping,respectively.Subsequently,the codewords deployed on the 2-dimensional(2D)delay-Doppler(DD)plane are transmitted by the selected TA,and the superimposed signals are jointly detected at the receiver.Furthermore,a low-complexity zero-embedded expectation propagation(ZE-EP)detector is conceived,where the codebooks are extended with zero vectors to reflect the silent indices.The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed IM-OTFS-SCMA system is capable of providing significant performance gain over the OTFS-SCMA counterpart.展开更多
This paper is concerned with the existence of nontrivial homoclinic solutions for a class of second order Hamiltonian systems with external forc-ing perturbations q+Aq+Vq(t,q)=f(t),where q=(q1,q2,..qN)∈R^(N),A is an ...This paper is concerned with the existence of nontrivial homoclinic solutions for a class of second order Hamiltonian systems with external forc-ing perturbations q+Aq+Vq(t,q)=f(t),where q=(q1,q2,..qN)∈R^(N),A is an antisymmetric constant N×N matrix,V(t,q)=-K(t,q)+W(t,q)with K,W ∈C^(1)(R,R^(N))and satisfying b1|q|^(2)≤K(t,q)≤b_(2)|q|^(2)for some positive constants b_(2)≥b_(1)>0 and external forcing term f∈C(R,R^(N))being small enough.Under some new weak superquadratic conditions for W,by using the mountain pass theorem,we obtain the existence of at least one nontrivial homoclinic solution.展开更多
In this paper,we focus on the channel estimation for multi-user MIMO-OFDM systems in rich scattering environments.We find that channel sparsity in the delay-angle domain is severely compromised in rich scattering envi...In this paper,we focus on the channel estimation for multi-user MIMO-OFDM systems in rich scattering environments.We find that channel sparsity in the delay-angle domain is severely compromised in rich scattering environments,so that most existing compressed sensing(CS)based techniques can harvest a very limited gain(if any)in reducing the channel estimation overhead.To address the problem,we propose the learning-based turbo message passing(LTMP)algorithm.Instead of exploiting the channel sparsity,LTMP is able to efficiently extract the channel feature via deep learning as well as to exploit the channel continuity in the frequency domain via block-wise linear modelling.More specifically,as a component of LTMP,we develop a multi-scale parallel dilated convolutional neural network(MPDCNN),which leverages frequency-space channel correlation in different scales for channel denoising.We evaluate the LTMP’s performance in MIMO-OFDM channels using the 3rd generation partnership project(3GPP)clustered delay line(CDL)channel models.Simulation results show that the proposed channel estimation method has more than 5 dB power gain than the existing algorithms when the normalized mean-square error of the channel estimation is-20 dB.The proposed algorithm also exhibits strong robustness in various environments.展开更多
The Mountain Pass mine is recognized as one of the world's primary sources of rare earth minerals.These rare earth minerals mainly consist of bastnaesite and a small amount of monazite phosphate,which cannot be de...The Mountain Pass mine is recognized as one of the world's primary sources of rare earth minerals.These rare earth minerals mainly consist of bastnaesite and a small amount of monazite phosphate,which cannot be decomposed and recovered through conventional oxidative roasting and hydrochloric acid leaching process.An efficient,clean,and economical process called the"combined method"was proposed for the utilization of the Mountain Pass mine to extract rare earths from Mountain Pass rare earth concentrate(MPREC).The main steps of this process include weak oxidation atmosphere roasting,step leaching of hydrochloric acid,solid-liquid separation,the monazite slag with sulfuric acid roasting water leaching,etc.In this paper,the roasting process of MPREC under a weak oxidation atmosphere was investigated.The study examines the thermal decomposition kinetics,phase transition process,and leaching behavior of MPREC in air/CO_(2)atmosphere.Results show that,the activation energy(Ea)for MPREC thermal decomposition in air and CO_(2)atmosphere are 146 and 320 kJ/mol,respectively.At temperature above 500℃in air or above 700℃in CO_(2)atmosphere,REOF are generated from bastnaesite through an in-situ reaction with CaO,which is decomposed from CaCO_(3),to form CaF_(2)and rare earth oxide(REO).Thus,F is regulated into solid phase.In an oxidizing atmosphere,the thermal decomposition of bastnaesite is accompanied by the rapid oxidation of Ce(Ⅲ).In co ntrast,the oxidation of Ce(Ⅲ)in a CO_(2)atmosphere is significantly inhibited.At 700℃,the oxidation rate of Ce in air is 74.09%,while in a CO_(2)atmosphere,it is only 33.83%.The hydrochloric acid leaching experiment shows that,the leaching rate of rare earth after roasting at 600℃under an air atmosphere reaches to 82.9%,and it reaches 87%after roasting at 800℃under a CO_(2)atmosphere.The reduction of Ce oxidation in a weak oxidizing atmosphere significantly improves the leaching rate of Ce.展开更多
Background The evaluation of retinal image quality in cataract eyes has gained importance and the clinical modulation transfer functions （MTF） can obtained by aberrometer and double pass （DP） system. This study ai...Background The evaluation of retinal image quality in cataract eyes has gained importance and the clinical modulation transfer functions （MTF） can obtained by aberrometer and double pass （DP） system. This study aimed to compare MTF derived from a ray tracing aberrometer and a DP system in early cataractous and normal eyes. Methods There were 128 subjects with 61 control eyes and 67 eyes with early cataract defined according to the Lens Opacities Classification System II1. A laser ray-tracing wavefront aberrometer （iTrace） and a double pass （DP） system （OQAS） assessed ocular MTF for 6.0 mm pupil diameters following dilation. Areas under the MTF （AUMTF） and their correlations were analyzed. Stepwise multiple regression analysis assessed factors affecting the differences between iTrace- and OQAS-derived AUMTF for the early cataract group. Results For both early cataract and control groups, iTrace-derived MTFs were higher than OQAS-derived MTFs across a range of spatial frequencies （P 〈0.01）. No significant difference between the two groups occurred for iTrace-derived AUMTF, but the early cataract group had significantly smaller OQAS-derived AUMTF than did the control group （P 〈0.01）. AUMTF determined from both the techniques demonstrated significant correlations with nuclear opacities, higher-order aberrations （HOAs）, visual acuity, and contrast sensitivity functions, while the OQAS-derived AUMTF also demonstrated significant correlations with age and cortical opacity grade. The factors significantly affecting the difference between iTrace and OQAS AUMTF were root-mean-squared HOAs （standardized beta coefficient=-0.63, P 〈0.01） and age （standardized beta coefficient=0.26, P 〈0.01）. Conclusions MTFs determined from a iTrace and a DP system （OQAS） differ significantly in early cataractous and normal subjects. Correlations with visual performance were higher for the DP system. OQAS-derived MTF may be useful as an indicator of visual performance in early cataract eyes.展开更多
For high reliability and long life systems, system pass/fail data are often rare. Integrating lower-level data, such as data drawn from the subsystem or component pass/fail testing,the Bayesian analysis can improve th...For high reliability and long life systems, system pass/fail data are often rare. Integrating lower-level data, such as data drawn from the subsystem or component pass/fail testing,the Bayesian analysis can improve the precision of the system reliability assessment. If the multi-level pass/fail data are overlapping,one challenging problem for the Bayesian analysis is to develop a likelihood function. Since the computation burden of the existing methods makes them infeasible for multi-component systems, this paper proposes an improved Bayesian approach for the system reliability assessment in light of overlapping data. This approach includes three steps： fristly searching for feasible paths based on the binary decision diagram, then screening feasible points based on space partition and constraint decomposition, and finally simplifying the likelihood function. An example of a satellite rolling control system demonstrates the feasibility and the efficiency of the proposed approach.展开更多
The influence of positive bending system on plate crown control was researched. The approximation fullload distribution method for pass scheduling was put forward. This method can not only make full use of the mill ca...The influence of positive bending system on plate crown control was researched. The approximation fullload distribution method for pass scheduling was put forward. This method can not only make full use of the mill capacity with decreased pass number, but also give quality product of excellent flatness.展开更多
To find a greener and more economical approach for treating the Mountain Pass rare earth concentrate(MPREC),a novel "Combination Method",including the processes of oxidizing roasting,HCI leaching and sulfuri...To find a greener and more economical approach for treating the Mountain Pass rare earth concentrate(MPREC),a novel "Combination Method",including the processes of oxidizing roasting,HCI leaching and sulfuric acid roasting,is proposed in this research.In this paper,the effect of phase transition behavior in hydrochloric acid leaching during oxidative roasting at 450-600℃ was studied.During roasting,the bastnasite in MPREC is decomposed into CeLa_(2)O_(3)F_(3) and(Ce_(0.33),La_(0.33),Ca_(0.33))O_(1.5).As the CeLa_(2)O_(3)F_(3) phase has the fluorine-fixation effect,the generated CeLa_(2)O_(3)F_(3) phase can not be dissolved by HCI after roasting at 500 and 550℃,but it can be decomposed by HCI after roasting at over 600℃,resulting in the improvement of the leaching rate of total F element.The maximum leaching efficiency of rare earth elements(REEs) can reach 70.32 wt% at the roasting temperature of 550℃.After roasting at over 600℃,some F^-ions in the solution combined with RE^(3+) to form REF_(3) precipitate and enter the leaching residue,and the others are in the form of [CeF_(3)]^+ in the leaching solution during leaching,therefore,the leaching efficiency of non-ce rium REEs decreases while that of cerium element increases.This work provides basic research for optimizing the actual production process of MPREC.展开更多
文摘AIMTo evaluate intra-session repeatability and reproducibility of optical quality parameters measured at objective and subjective best focuses in a double-pass system.METHODSThirty Chinese healthy adults (19 to 40 years old) meeting our inclusion criterion were enrolled in the study. After a basic eye examination, two methods of optical quality measurement, based on subjective and objective best focuses were performed using the Optical Quality Analysis System (OQAS) with an artificial pupil diameter of 4.0 mm.RESULTSWith each method, three consecutive measurements of the following parameters: the modulation transfer function cutoff frequency (MTF<sub>cutoff</sub>), the Strehl<sup>2D</sup> ratio, the OQAS values (OVs) at contrasts of 100%, 20%, 9% and the objective scatter index (OSI) were performed by an experienced examiner. The repeatability of each method was evaluated by the repeatability limit (RL) and the coefficient of repeatability (COR). Reproducibility of the two methods was evaluated by intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and the 95% limits of agreement (Bland and Altman analysis). Thirty subjects, seven females and twenty three males, of whom 15 right eyes and 15 left eyes were selected randomly for recruitment in the study. The RLs (percentage) for the six parameters measured at objective focus and subjective focus ranged from 8.44% to 15.13% and 10.85% to 16.26%, respectively. The CORs for the two measurement methods ranged from 8.27% to 14.83% and 10.63% to 15.93%, respectively. With regard to reproducibility, the ICCs for the six parameters of OQAS ranged from 0.024 to 0.276. The 95% limits of agreement obtained for the six parameters (in comparison of the two methods) ranged from -0.57 to 42.18 (MTF<sub>cutoff</sub>), -0.01 to 0.23 (Strehl<sup>2D</sup> ratio), -0.02 to 1.40 (OV<sub>100%</sub>), -0.10 to 1.75 (OV<sub>20%</sub>), -0.14 to 1.80 (OV<sub>9%</sub>) and -1.46 to 0.18 (OSI).CONCLUSIONMeasurements provided by OQAS with either method showed a good repeatability. However, the results obtained from the two different measurement methods showed a poor reproducibility. These findings suggest that it might be best to evaluate patients' optical quality by OQAS using the best focus as chosen automatically by the instrument.
基金Spanish Ministry of Education and Science(No.DPI2008-06455-C02-01)European Union and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation(AECI)(No.D/030286/10)
文摘AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of spherical equivalent(SE) estimates of a double-pass system and to compare it with retinoscopy,subjective refraction and a table mounted autorefractor.METHODS:Non-cycloplegic refraction was performed on 125 eyes of 65 healthy adults(age 23.5±3.0 years) from October 2010 to January 2011 using retinoscopy,subjective refraction,autorefraction(Auto kerato refractometer TOPCON KR-8100,Japan) and a double pass system(Optical Quality Analysis System,OQAS,Visiometrics S.L.,Spain).Nine consecutive measurements with the double-pass system were performed on a subgroup of 22 eyes to assess repeatability.To evaluate the trueness of the OQAS instrument,the SE laboratory bias between the double pass system and the other techniques was calculated.RESULTS:The SE mean coefficient of repeatability obtained was 0.22D.Significant correlations could be established between the OQAS and the SE obtained with retinoscopy(r=0.956,P【0.001),subjective refraction(r=0.955,P【0.001) and autorefraction(r=0.957,P【0.001).The differences in SE between the double-pass system and the other techniques were significant(P【0.001),but lacked clinical relevance except for retinoscopy;Retinoscopy gave more hyperopic values than the double-pass system-0.51±0.50D as well as the subjective refraction-0.23±0.50D;More myopic values were achieved by means of autorefraction 0.24±0.49D. CONCLUSION:The double-pass system provides accurate and reliable estimates of the SE that can be used for clinical studies.This technique can determine the correct focus position to assess the ocular optical quality.However,it has a relatively small measuring range in comparison with autorefractors(-8.00 to +5.00D),and requires prior information on the refractive state of the patient.
基金supported by the National Key Laboratory of Wireless Communications Foundation,China (IFN20230204)。
文摘This paper investigates the fundamental data detection problem with burst interference in massive multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(MIMO-OFDM) systems. In particular, burst interference may occur only on data symbols but not on pilot symbols, which means that interference information cannot be premeasured. To cancel the burst interference, we first revisit the uplink multi-user system and develop a matrixform system model, where the covariance pattern and the low-rank property of the interference matrix is discussed. Then, we propose a turbo message passing based burst interference cancellation(TMP-BIC) algorithm to solve the data detection problem, where the constellation information of target data is fully exploited to refine its estimate. Furthermore, in the TMP-BIC algorithm, we design one module to cope with the interference matrix by exploiting its lowrank property. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can effectively mitigate the adverse effects of burst interference and approach the interference-free bound.
文摘Hybrid precoder design is a key technique providing better antenna gain and reduced hardware complexity in millimeter-wave(mmWave)massive multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)systems.In this paper,Gaussian Mixture learned approximate message passing(GM-LAMP)network is presented for the design of optimal hybrid precoders suitable for mmWave Massive MIMO systems.Optimal hybrid precoder designs using a compressive sensing scheme such as orthogonal matching pursuit(OMP)and its derivatives results in high computational complexity when the dimensionality of the sparse signal is high.This drawback can be addressed using classical iterative algorithms such as approximate message passing(AMP),which has comparatively low computational complexity.The drawbacks of AMP algorithm are fixed shrinkage parameter and non-consideration of prior distribution of the hybrid precoders.In this paper,the fixed shrinkage parameter problem of the AMP algorithm is addressed using learned AMP(LAMP)network,and is further enhanced as GMLAMP network using the concept of Gaussian Mixture distribution of the hybrid precoders.The simula-tion results show that the proposed GM-LAMP network achieves optimal hybrid precoder design with enhanced achievable rates,better accuracy and low computational complexity compared to the existing algorithms.
文摘The former Vice-President of the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO).Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Wilmer Eye Institute,USA.The first Director of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,The Chinese University of Hong Kong China.The first Director of the Peking University Eye Center,China.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12372049)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2682023ZTPY036)Research and Development Project of JDD For HTS Maglev Transportation System(JDDKYCF2024002).
文摘High-speed maglev trains(HSMTs)can run at high running speeds due to their unique design.The pressure waves that these trains generate while passing each other are therefore very intense,and can even have safety implications.In order to reduce the transient impact of such waves,the standard k-ε turbulence model is used in this work to assess the effect of railway spacing on the aerodynamic loads,pressure and surrounding flow field of 600 km/h maglev trains passing each other in open air.The sliding mesh technique is used to determine the relative motion between the considered trains.The results show that the surface pressure is approximately linearly correlated with the square of the speed while the amplitude of the pressure wave on the train surface,side force,and rolling moment all have negative exponential relationships with the railway spacing.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China with Grant number 2021YFB2900502。
文摘In this paper,an index modulation(IM)aided uplink orthogonal time frequency space modulation(OTFS)structure for sparse code multiple access(SCMA)is proposed.To be more specific,the information bits are firstly partitioned for transmit antenna(TA)selection and sparse codeword mapping,respectively.Subsequently,the codewords deployed on the 2-dimensional(2D)delay-Doppler(DD)plane are transmitted by the selected TA,and the superimposed signals are jointly detected at the receiver.Furthermore,a low-complexity zero-embedded expectation propagation(ZE-EP)detector is conceived,where the codebooks are extended with zero vectors to reflect the silent indices.The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed IM-OTFS-SCMA system is capable of providing significant performance gain over the OTFS-SCMA counterpart.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12171253).
文摘This paper is concerned with the existence of nontrivial homoclinic solutions for a class of second order Hamiltonian systems with external forc-ing perturbations q+Aq+Vq(t,q)=f(t),where q=(q1,q2,..qN)∈R^(N),A is an antisymmetric constant N×N matrix,V(t,q)=-K(t,q)+W(t,q)with K,W ∈C^(1)(R,R^(N))and satisfying b1|q|^(2)≤K(t,q)≤b_(2)|q|^(2)for some positive constants b_(2)≥b_(1)>0 and external forcing term f∈C(R,R^(N))being small enough.Under some new weak superquadratic conditions for W,by using the mountain pass theorem,we obtain the existence of at least one nontrivial homoclinic solution.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant 2020YFB1804800.
文摘In this paper,we focus on the channel estimation for multi-user MIMO-OFDM systems in rich scattering environments.We find that channel sparsity in the delay-angle domain is severely compromised in rich scattering environments,so that most existing compressed sensing(CS)based techniques can harvest a very limited gain(if any)in reducing the channel estimation overhead.To address the problem,we propose the learning-based turbo message passing(LTMP)algorithm.Instead of exploiting the channel sparsity,LTMP is able to efficiently extract the channel feature via deep learning as well as to exploit the channel continuity in the frequency domain via block-wise linear modelling.More specifically,as a component of LTMP,we develop a multi-scale parallel dilated convolutional neural network(MPDCNN),which leverages frequency-space channel correlation in different scales for channel denoising.We evaluate the LTMP’s performance in MIMO-OFDM channels using the 3rd generation partnership project(3GPP)clustered delay line(CDL)channel models.Simulation results show that the proposed channel estimation method has more than 5 dB power gain than the existing algorithms when the normalized mean-square error of the channel estimation is-20 dB.The proposed algorithm also exhibits strong robustness in various environments.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFC1909104)National Natural Science Foundation of China(52274355)Major Science and Technology Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(2021ZD0016)。
文摘The Mountain Pass mine is recognized as one of the world's primary sources of rare earth minerals.These rare earth minerals mainly consist of bastnaesite and a small amount of monazite phosphate,which cannot be decomposed and recovered through conventional oxidative roasting and hydrochloric acid leaching process.An efficient,clean,and economical process called the"combined method"was proposed for the utilization of the Mountain Pass mine to extract rare earths from Mountain Pass rare earth concentrate(MPREC).The main steps of this process include weak oxidation atmosphere roasting,step leaching of hydrochloric acid,solid-liquid separation,the monazite slag with sulfuric acid roasting water leaching,etc.In this paper,the roasting process of MPREC under a weak oxidation atmosphere was investigated.The study examines the thermal decomposition kinetics,phase transition process,and leaching behavior of MPREC in air/CO_(2)atmosphere.Results show that,the activation energy(Ea)for MPREC thermal decomposition in air and CO_(2)atmosphere are 146 and 320 kJ/mol,respectively.At temperature above 500℃in air or above 700℃in CO_(2)atmosphere,REOF are generated from bastnaesite through an in-situ reaction with CaO,which is decomposed from CaCO_(3),to form CaF_(2)and rare earth oxide(REO).Thus,F is regulated into solid phase.In an oxidizing atmosphere,the thermal decomposition of bastnaesite is accompanied by the rapid oxidation of Ce(Ⅲ).In co ntrast,the oxidation of Ce(Ⅲ)in a CO_(2)atmosphere is significantly inhibited.At 700℃,the oxidation rate of Ce in air is 74.09%,while in a CO_(2)atmosphere,it is only 33.83%.The hydrochloric acid leaching experiment shows that,the leaching rate of rare earth after roasting at 600℃under an air atmosphere reaches to 82.9%,and it reaches 87%after roasting at 800℃under a CO_(2)atmosphere.The reduction of Ce oxidation in a weak oxidizing atmosphere significantly improves the leaching rate of Ce.
文摘Background The evaluation of retinal image quality in cataract eyes has gained importance and the clinical modulation transfer functions （MTF） can obtained by aberrometer and double pass （DP） system. This study aimed to compare MTF derived from a ray tracing aberrometer and a DP system in early cataractous and normal eyes. Methods There were 128 subjects with 61 control eyes and 67 eyes with early cataract defined according to the Lens Opacities Classification System II1. A laser ray-tracing wavefront aberrometer （iTrace） and a double pass （DP） system （OQAS） assessed ocular MTF for 6.0 mm pupil diameters following dilation. Areas under the MTF （AUMTF） and their correlations were analyzed. Stepwise multiple regression analysis assessed factors affecting the differences between iTrace- and OQAS-derived AUMTF for the early cataract group. Results For both early cataract and control groups, iTrace-derived MTFs were higher than OQAS-derived MTFs across a range of spatial frequencies （P 〈0.01）. No significant difference between the two groups occurred for iTrace-derived AUMTF, but the early cataract group had significantly smaller OQAS-derived AUMTF than did the control group （P 〈0.01）. AUMTF determined from both the techniques demonstrated significant correlations with nuclear opacities, higher-order aberrations （HOAs）, visual acuity, and contrast sensitivity functions, while the OQAS-derived AUMTF also demonstrated significant correlations with age and cortical opacity grade. The factors significantly affecting the difference between iTrace and OQAS AUMTF were root-mean-squared HOAs （standardized beta coefficient=-0.63, P 〈0.01） and age （standardized beta coefficient=0.26, P 〈0.01）. Conclusions MTFs determined from a iTrace and a DP system （OQAS） differ significantly in early cataractous and normal subjects. Correlations with visual performance were higher for the DP system. OQAS-derived MTF may be useful as an indicator of visual performance in early cataract eyes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61304218)
文摘For high reliability and long life systems, system pass/fail data are often rare. Integrating lower-level data, such as data drawn from the subsystem or component pass/fail testing,the Bayesian analysis can improve the precision of the system reliability assessment. If the multi-level pass/fail data are overlapping,one challenging problem for the Bayesian analysis is to develop a likelihood function. Since the computation burden of the existing methods makes them infeasible for multi-component systems, this paper proposes an improved Bayesian approach for the system reliability assessment in light of overlapping data. This approach includes three steps： fristly searching for feasible paths based on the binary decision diagram, then screening feasible points based on space partition and constraint decomposition, and finally simplifying the likelihood function. An example of a satellite rolling control system demonstrates the feasibility and the efficiency of the proposed approach.
文摘The influence of positive bending system on plate crown control was researched. The approximation fullload distribution method for pass scheduling was put forward. This method can not only make full use of the mill capacity with decreased pass number, but also give quality product of excellent flatness.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFC1909104)。
文摘To find a greener and more economical approach for treating the Mountain Pass rare earth concentrate(MPREC),a novel "Combination Method",including the processes of oxidizing roasting,HCI leaching and sulfuric acid roasting,is proposed in this research.In this paper,the effect of phase transition behavior in hydrochloric acid leaching during oxidative roasting at 450-600℃ was studied.During roasting,the bastnasite in MPREC is decomposed into CeLa_(2)O_(3)F_(3) and(Ce_(0.33),La_(0.33),Ca_(0.33))O_(1.5).As the CeLa_(2)O_(3)F_(3) phase has the fluorine-fixation effect,the generated CeLa_(2)O_(3)F_(3) phase can not be dissolved by HCI after roasting at 500 and 550℃,but it can be decomposed by HCI after roasting at over 600℃,resulting in the improvement of the leaching rate of total F element.The maximum leaching efficiency of rare earth elements(REEs) can reach 70.32 wt% at the roasting temperature of 550℃.After roasting at over 600℃,some F^-ions in the solution combined with RE^(3+) to form REF_(3) precipitate and enter the leaching residue,and the others are in the form of [CeF_(3)]^+ in the leaching solution during leaching,therefore,the leaching efficiency of non-ce rium REEs decreases while that of cerium element increases.This work provides basic research for optimizing the actual production process of MPREC.
