An approximately optimal adaptive arithmetic coding (AC) system using a forbidden symbol (FS) over noisy channels was proposed which allows one to jointly and adaptively design the source decoding and channel correcti...An approximately optimal adaptive arithmetic coding (AC) system using a forbidden symbol (FS) over noisy channels was proposed which allows one to jointly and adaptively design the source decoding and channel correcting in a single process, with superior performance compared with traditional separated techniques. The concept of adaptiveness is applied not only to the source model but also to the amount of coding redundancy. In addition, an improved branch metric computing algorithm and a faster sequential searching algorithm compared with the system proposed by Grangetto were proposed. The proposed system is tested in the case of image transmission over the AWGN channel, and compared with traditional separated system in terms of packet error rate and complexity. Both hard and soft decoding were taken into account.展开更多
Along with the proliferating research interest in semantic communication(Sem Com),joint source channel coding(JSCC)has dominated the attention due to the widely assumed existence in efficiently delivering information ...Along with the proliferating research interest in semantic communication(Sem Com),joint source channel coding(JSCC)has dominated the attention due to the widely assumed existence in efficiently delivering information semantics.Nevertheless,this paper challenges the conventional JSCC paradigm and advocates for adopting separate source channel coding(SSCC)to enjoy a more underlying degree of freedom for optimization.We demonstrate that SSCC,after leveraging the strengths of the Large Language Model(LLM)for source coding and Error Correction Code Transformer(ECCT)complemented for channel coding,offers superior performance over JSCC.Our proposed framework also effectively highlights the compatibility challenges between Sem Com approaches and digital communication systems,particularly concerning the resource costs associated with the transmission of high-precision floating point numbers.Through comprehensive evaluations,we establish that assisted by LLM-based compression and ECCT-enhanced error correction,SSCC remains a viable and effective solution for modern communication systems.In other words,separate source channel coding is still what we need.展开更多
The complexity of the seismicity pattern for the subduction zone along the oceanic plate triggered the outer rise events and revealed cyclic tectonic deformation conditions along the plate subduction zones.The outer r...The complexity of the seismicity pattern for the subduction zone along the oceanic plate triggered the outer rise events and revealed cyclic tectonic deformation conditions along the plate subduction zones.The outer rise earthquakes have been observed along the Sunda arc,following the estimated rupture area of the 2005 M_(W)8.6 Nias earthquakes.Here,we used kinematic waveform inversion(KIWI)to obtain the source parameters of the 14 May 2021 M_(W)6.6 event off the west coast of northern Sumatra and to define the fault plane that triggered this outer rise event.The KIWI algorithm allows two types of seismic source to be configured:the moment tensor model to describe the type of shear with six moment tensor components and the Eikonal model for the rupture of pure double-couple sources.This method was chosen for its flexibility to be applied for different sources of seismicity and also for the automated full-moment tensor solution with real-time monitoring.We used full waveform traces from 8 broadband seismic stations within 1000 km epicentral distances sourced from the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology(IRIS-IDA)and Geofon GFZ seismic record databases.The initial origin time and hypocenter values are obtained from the IRIS-IDA.The synthetic seismograms used in the inversion process are based on the existing regional green function database model and were accessed from the KIWI Tools Green's Function Database.The obtained scalar seismic moment value is 1.18×10^(19)N·m,equivalent to a moment magnitude M_(W)6.6.The source parameters are 140°,44°,and−99°for the strike,dip,and rake values at a centroid depth of 10.2 km,indicating that this event is a normal fault earthquake that occurred in the outer rise area.The outer rise events with normal faults typically occur at the shallow part of the plate,with nodal-plane dips predominantly in the range of 30°-60°on the weak oceanic lithosphere due to hydrothermal alteration.The stress regime around the plate subduction zone varies both temporally and spatially due to the cyclic influences of megathrust earthquakes.Tensional outer rise earthquakes tend to occur after the megathrust events.The relative timing of these events is not known due to the viscous relaxation of the down going slab and poroelastic response in the trench slope region.The occurrence of the 14 May 2021 earthquake shows the seismicity in the outer rise region in the strongly coupled Sunda arc subduction zone due to elastic bending stress within the duration of the seismic cycle.展开更多
We conducted a field campaign to investigate the chemical composition,sources,and light absorption of submicron aerosols(PM_(1))from early 2022 in Nanjing,China.The average concentration of PM_(1) was 31μg m^(−3),org...We conducted a field campaign to investigate the chemical composition,sources,and light absorption of submicron aerosols(PM_(1))from early 2022 in Nanjing,China.The average concentration of PM_(1) was 31μg m^(−3),organics(33%)constituted the largest fraction,followed by nitrate(30%),sulfate(18%),ammonium(15%),chloride(3%),and rBC(2%).Four organic aerosol(OA)subcomponents were identified,including two primary OA(POA)and two secondary OA(SOA).The less-oxidized SOA(LO-OOA)contributes the most to the total OA mass(59%).LO-OOA is tightly correlated with the tracer ion C_(2)H_(4)O_(2)^(+)from levoglucosan,and another aged biomass-burning derived species,K_(3)SO_(4)^(+),suggesting it was likely influenced by aged biomass-burning OA.Our study also revealed that fireworks during the Spring Festival have a detrimental impact on air quality,contributing to secondary formation and accumulation under static winter meteorological conditions,prolonging the pollution duration.Also,LO-OOA was found to have the strongest light-absorbing ability.Our results highlight that the light absorption of LO-OOA can mainly be attributed to the C_(x)H_(y)N^(+) family,increased with the double-bond equivalent value.The more-oxidized SOA(MO-OOA)exhibited a negligible light absorption and was strongly correlated with daytime photochemical processes,implying a light-bleaching effect.This study enhances our understanding of the regional contribution of biomass combustion and fireworks to PM_(1) pollution in Nanjing,a typical megacity in the Yangtze River Delta region,during winter,aiding in the development of strategies for long-term air quality improvement in the region.展开更多
In vertical channel transistors(VCTs),source/drain ion implantation(I/I)represents a significant technical challenge due to inherent three-dimensional structural constraints,which induce complications such as difficul...In vertical channel transistors(VCTs),source/drain ion implantation(I/I)represents a significant technical challenge due to inherent three-dimensional structural constraints,which induce complications such as difficulties in dummy gate forma-tion and shadowing effects of I/I.This article systematically investigates the impact of different implantation conditions on the performance of VCTs with and without dummy gates through TCAD simulation.It reveals the significant role of the lightly doped regions(LDRs)naturally formed due to ion implantation in source/drain of VCTs.Furthermore,it was found that VCT with-out dummy gates can achieve an approximately 27%increase in on-state current(Ion)under the same implantation conditions,and can greatly simplify the process flow and reduce costs.Finally,N-type and P-type VCTs were successfully fabricated using this implantation method.展开更多
Deep learning-based semantic communication has achieved remarkable progress with CNNs and Transformers.However,CNNs exhibit constrained performance in high-resolution image transmission,while Transformers incur high c...Deep learning-based semantic communication has achieved remarkable progress with CNNs and Transformers.However,CNNs exhibit constrained performance in high-resolution image transmission,while Transformers incur high computational cost due to quadratic complexity.Recently,VMamba,a novel state space model with linear complexity and exceptional long-range dependency modeling capabilities,has shown great potential in computer vision tasks.Inspired by this,we propose MNTSCC,an efficient VMamba-based nonlinear joint source-channel coding(JSCC)model for wireless image transmission.Specifically,MNTSCC comprises a VMamba-based nonlinear transform module,an MCAM entropy model,and a JSCC module.In the encoding stage,the input image is first encoded into a latent representation via the nonlinear transformation module,which is then processed by the MCAM for source distribution modeling.The JSCC module then optimizes transmission efficiency by adaptively assigning transmission rate to the latent representation according to the estimated entropy values.The proposedMCAMenhances the channel-wise autoregressive entropy model with attention mechanisms,which enables the entropy model to effectively capture both global and local information within latent features,thereby enabling more accurate entropy estimation and improved rate-distortion performance.Additionally,to further enhance the robustness of the system under varying signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)conditions,we incorporate SNR adaptive net(SAnet)into the JSCCmodule,which dynamically adjusts the encoding strategy by integrating SNRinformationwith latent features,thereby improving SNR adaptability.Experimental results across diverse resolution datasets demonstrate that the proposed method achieves superior image transmission performance compared to existing CNN-and Transformer-based semantic communication models,while maintaining competitive computational efficiency.In particular,under an Additive White Gaussian Noise(AWGN)channel with SNR=10 dB and a channel bandwidth ratio(CBR)of 1/16,MNTSCC consistently outperforms NTSCC,achieving a 1.72 dB Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio(PSNR)gain on the Kodak24 dataset,0.79 dB on CLIC2022,and 2.54 dB on CIFAR-10,while reducing computational cost by 32.23%.The code is available at https://github.com/WanChen10/MNTSCC(accessed on 09 July 2025).展开更多
GeSi source/drain structure is purposefully adopted in SOI p MOSFET's to suppress the short channel effect (SCE).The impact of GeSi material (as source only,drain only or both source and drain) on the threshold v...GeSi source/drain structure is purposefully adopted in SOI p MOSFET's to suppress the short channel effect (SCE).The impact of GeSi material (as source only,drain only or both source and drain) on the threshold voltage rolling off and DIBL effect is thoroughly investigated,as well as the influence of the Ge concentration and silicon film thickness.The Ge concentration should be carefully chosen as a tradeoff between the driving current and SCE improvement.The detailed physics is explained.展开更多
A new method based on phase difference analysis is proposed for the single-channel mixed signal separation of single-channel radar fuze.This method is used to estimate the mixing coefficients of de-noised signals thro...A new method based on phase difference analysis is proposed for the single-channel mixed signal separation of single-channel radar fuze.This method is used to estimate the mixing coefficients of de-noised signals through the cumulants of mixed signals,solve the candidate data set by the mixing coefficients and signal analytical form,and resolve the problem of vector ambiguity by analyzing the phase differences.The signal separation is realized by exchanging data of the solutions.The waveform similarity coefficients are calculated,and the time鈥攆requency distributions of separated signals are analyzed.The results show that the proposed method is effective.展开更多
In order to provide ultra low-latency and high energy-efficient communication for intelligences,the sixth generation(6G)wireless communication networks need to break out of the dilemma of the depleting gain of the sep...In order to provide ultra low-latency and high energy-efficient communication for intelligences,the sixth generation(6G)wireless communication networks need to break out of the dilemma of the depleting gain of the separated optimization paradigm.In this context,this paper provides a comprehensive tutorial that overview how joint source-channel coding(JSCC)can be employed for improving overall system performance.For the purpose,we first introduce the communication requirements and performance metrics for 6G.Then,we provide an overview of the source-channel separation theorem and why it may not hold in practical applications.In addition,we focus on two new JSCC schemes called the double low-density parity-check(LDPC)codes and the double polar codes,respectively,giving their detailed coding and decoding processes and corresponding performance simulations.In a nutshell,this paper constitutes a tutorial on the JSCC scheme tailored to the needs of future 6G communications.展开更多
This paper proposes an adaptive joint source and channel coding scheme for H.264 video multicast over wireless LAN which takes into account the user topology changes and varying channel conditions of multiple users, a...This paper proposes an adaptive joint source and channel coding scheme for H.264 video multicast over wireless LAN which takes into account the user topology changes and varying channel conditions of multiple users, and dynamically allocates available bandwidth between source coding and channel coding, with the goal to optimize the overall system performance. In particular, source resilience and error correction are considered jointly in the scheme to achieve the optimal performance. And a channel estimation algorithm based on the average packet loss rate and the variance of packet loss rate is proposed also. Two overall performance criteria for video multicast are investigated and experimental results are presented to show the improvement obtained by the scheme.展开更多
Phthalate esters(PAEs),recognized as endocrine disruptors,are released into the environment during usage,thereby exerting adverse ecological effects.This study investigates the occurrence,sources,and risk assessment o...Phthalate esters(PAEs),recognized as endocrine disruptors,are released into the environment during usage,thereby exerting adverse ecological effects.This study investigates the occurrence,sources,and risk assessment of PAEs in surface water obtained from 36 sampling points within the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins.The total concentration of PAEs in the Yellow River spans from124.5 to 836.5 ng/L,with Dimethyl phthalate(DMP)(75.4±102.7 ng/L)and Diisobutyl phthalate(DiBP)(263.4±103.1 ng/L)emerging as the predominant types.Concentrations exhibit a pattern of upstream(512.9±202.1 ng/L)>midstream(344.5±135.3 ng/L)>downstream(177.8±46.7 ng/L).In the Yangtze River,the total concentration ranges from 81.9 to 441.6 ng/L,with DMP(46.1±23.4 ng/L),Diethyl phthalate(DEP)(93.3±45.2 ng/L),and DiBP(174.2±67.6 ng/L)as the primary components.Concentration levels follow a midstream(324.8±107.3 ng/L)>upstream(200.8±51.8 ng/L)>downstream(165.8±71.6 ng/L)pattern.Attention should be directed towards the moderate ecological risks of DiBP in the upstream of HH,and both the upstream and midstream of CJ need consideration for the moderate ecological risks associated with Di-n-octyl phthalate(DNOP).Conversely,in other regions,the associated risk with PAEs is either low or negligible.The main source of PAEs in Yellow River is attributed to the release of construction land,while in the Yangtze River Basin,it stems from the accumulation of pollutants in lakes and forests discharged into the river.These findings are instrumental for pinpointing sources of PAEs pollution and formulating control strategies in the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers,providing valuable insights for global PAEs research in other major rivers.展开更多
Collagen is a class of mammalian extracellular matrix of the main structural proteins,widely present in the skin,bone,muscle and other tissues and it plays a role in supporting,repairing,and protecting tissue cells.Na...Collagen is a class of mammalian extracellular matrix of the main structural proteins,widely present in the skin,bone,muscle and other tissues and it plays a role in supporting,repairing,and protecting tissue cells.Natural source extraction and artificial synthesis provide a rich source of collagen.As a macromolecular material,collagen has good application potential in cosmetics,pharmaceutical,medical and food industries.Collagen has generated a great deal of interest in the cosmetic industry due to its abundance,strength,and direct correlation with skin aging.Collagen is widely used in cosmetics due to its unique structure,good biocompatibility and low antigenicity,as well as rich biological functions.To enhance the youthfulness and health of the user,the cosmetic industry adds collagen to products such as eye creams,face creams,and nutritional supplements,and uses it in medical aesthetic techniques such as tissue fillers,skin replacement,and soft skin enhancement.This paper mainly reviews the sources and types of collagen used in cosmetics industry,then introduces the effects of collagen in cosmetics and prospects the development prospects of collagen in dermatologic and cosmetic fields.展开更多
A new technique is proposed to solve the blind source separation (BSS) given only a single channel observation. The basis functions and the density of the coefficients of source signals learned by ICA are used as the ...A new technique is proposed to solve the blind source separation (BSS) given only a single channel observation. The basis functions and the density of the coefficients of source signals learned by ICA are used as the prior knowledge. Based on the learned prior information the learning rules of single channel BSS are presented by maximizing the joint log likelihood of the mixed sources to obtain source signals from single observation, in which the posterior density of the given measurements is maximized. The experimental results exhibit a successful separation performance for mixtures of speech and music signals.展开更多
Sparse-representation-based single-channel source separation,which aims to recover each source’s signal using its corresponding sub-dictionary,has attracted many scholars’attention.The basic premise of this model is...Sparse-representation-based single-channel source separation,which aims to recover each source’s signal using its corresponding sub-dictionary,has attracted many scholars’attention.The basic premise of this model is that each sub-dictionary possesses discriminative information about its corresponding source,and this information can be used to recover almost every sample from that source.However,in a more general sense,the samples from a source are composed not only of discriminative information but also common information shared with other sources.This paper proposes learning a discriminative high-fidelity dictionary to improve the separation performance.The innovations are threefold.Firstly,an extra sub-dictionary was combined into a conventional union dictionary to ensure that the source-specific sub-dictionaries can capture only the purely discriminative information for their corresponding sources because the common information is collected in the additional sub-dictionary.Secondly,a task-driven learning algorithm is designed to optimize the new union dictionary and a set of weights that indicate how much of the common information should be allocated to each source.Thirdly,a source separation scheme based on the learned dictionary is presented.Experimental results on a human speech dataset yield evidence that our algorithm can achieve better separation performance than either state-of-the-art or traditional algorithms.展开更多
0 INTRODUCTION.According to the China Earthquake Networks Center,an M6.8 earthquake struck Dingri County,Xizang Autonomous Region,China,on 7 January 2025 at 9:05 a.m.local time.The epicenter is located at 28.5°N,...0 INTRODUCTION.According to the China Earthquake Networks Center,an M6.8 earthquake struck Dingri County,Xizang Autonomous Region,China,on 7 January 2025 at 9:05 a.m.local time.The epicenter is located at 28.5°N,87.45°E,with a depth of~10 km.展开更多
Initial success has been achieved in Hong Kong in controlling primary air pollutants,but ambient ozone levels kept increasing during the past three decades.Volatile organic compounds(VOCs)are important for mitigating ...Initial success has been achieved in Hong Kong in controlling primary air pollutants,but ambient ozone levels kept increasing during the past three decades.Volatile organic compounds(VOCs)are important for mitigating ozone pollution as its major precursors.This study analyzed VOC characteristics of roadside,suburban,and rural sites in Hong Kong to investigate their compositions,concentrations,and source contributions.Herewe showthat the TVOC concentrations were 23.05±13.24,12.68±15.36,and 5.16±5.48 ppbv for roadside,suburban,and rural sites between May 2015 to June 2019,respectively.By using Positive Matrix Factorization(PMF)model,six sources were identified at the roadside site over five years:Liquefied petroleum gas(LPG)usage(33%–46%),gasoline evaporation(8%–31%),aged air mass(11%–28%),gasoline exhaust(5%–16%),diesel exhaust(2%–16%)and fuel filling(75–9%).Similarly,six sources were distinguished at the suburban site,including LPG usage(30%–33%),solvent usage(20%–26%),diesel exhaust(14%–26%),gasoline evaporation(8%–16%),aged air mass(4%–11%),and biogenic emissions(2%–5%).At the rural site,four sources were identified,including aged airmass(33%–51%),solvent usage(25%–30%),vehicular emissions(11%–28%),and biogenic emissions(6%–12%).The analysis further revealed that fuel filling and LPG usage were the primary contributors to OFP and OH reactivity at the roadside site,while solvent usage and biogenic emissions accounted for almost half of OFP and OH reactivity at the suburban and rural sites,respectively.These findings highlight the importance of identifying and characterizing VOC sources at different sites to help policymakers develop targeted measures for pollution mitigation in specific areas.展开更多
In the present study, a mathematical model of unsteady blood flow through parallel plate channel under the action of an applied constant transverse magnetic field is proposed. The model is subjected to heat source. An...In the present study, a mathematical model of unsteady blood flow through parallel plate channel under the action of an applied constant transverse magnetic field is proposed. The model is subjected to heat source. Analytical expressions are obtained by choosing the axial velocity;temperature distribution and the normal velocity of the blood depend on y and t only to convert the system of partial differential equations into system of ordinary differential equations under the conditions defined in our model. The model has been analyzed to find the effects of various parameters such as, Hartmann number, heat source parameter and Prandtl number on the axial velocity, temperature distribution and the normal velocity. The numerical solutions of axial velocity, temperature distributions and normal velocity are shown graphically for better understanding of the problem. Hence, the present mathematical model gives a simple form of axial velocity, temperature distribution and normal velocity of the blood flow so that it will help not only people working in the field of Physiological fluid dynamics but also to the medical practitioners.展开更多
Nitrogen removal from domestic sewage is usually limited by insufficient carbon source and electron donor.An economical solid carbon source was developed by composition of polyvinyl alcohol,sodium alginate,and corncob...Nitrogen removal from domestic sewage is usually limited by insufficient carbon source and electron donor.An economical solid carbon source was developed by composition of polyvinyl alcohol,sodium alginate,and corncob,which was utilized as external carbon source in the anaerobic anoxic oxic(AAO)-biofilter for the treatment of low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio domestic sewage,and the nitrogen removal was remarkably improved from 63.2%to 96.5%.Furthermore,the effluent chemical oxygen demand maintained at 35 mg/L or even lower,and the total nitrogenwas reduced to less than 2mg/L.Metagenomic analysis demonstrated that the microbial communities responsible for potential denitrification and organic matter degradation in both AAO and the biofilter reactors were mainly composed of Proteobacteria and Bacteroides,respectively.The solid carbon source addition resulted in relatively high abundance of functional enzymes responsible for NO_(3)^(−)-N to NO_(2)^(−)-N con-version in both AAO and the biofilter reactors,thus enabled stable reaction.The carbon source addition during glycolysis primarily led to the increase of genes associated with the metabolic conversion of fructose 1.6P2 to glycerol-3P The reactor maintained high abun-dance of genes related to the tricarboxylic acid cycle,and then guaranteed efficient carbon metabolism.The results indicate that the composite carbon source is feasible for denitri-fication enhancement of AAO-biofilter,which contribute to the theoretical foundation for practical nitrogen removal application.展开更多
Lake Baiyangdian is one of China’s largest macrophyte-derived lakes,facing severe challenges related to water quality maintenance and eutrophication prevention.Dissolved organic matter(DOM)was a huge carbon pool and ...Lake Baiyangdian is one of China’s largest macrophyte-derived lakes,facing severe challenges related to water quality maintenance and eutrophication prevention.Dissolved organic matter(DOM)was a huge carbon pool and its abundance,property,and transformation played important roles in the biogeochemical cycle and energy flow in lake ecosystems.In this study,Lake Baiyangdian was divided into four distinct areas:Unartificial Area(UA),Village Area(VA),Tourism Area(TA),and Breeding Area(BA).We examined the diversity of DOM properties and sources across these functional areas.Our findings reveal that DOM in this lake is predominantly composed of protein-like substances,as determined by excitation-emission matrix and parallel factor analysis(EEM-PARAFAC).Notably,the exogenous tyrosine-like component C1 showed a stronger presence in VA and BA compared to UA and TA.Ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry(FT-ICR MS)unveiled a similar DOM molecular composition pattern across different functional areas due to the high relative abundances of lignan compounds,suggesting that macrophytes significantly influence the material structure of DOM.DOM properties exhibited specific associations with water quality indicators in various functional areas,as indicated by the Mantel test.The connections between DOM properties and NO_(3)-N andNH3-Nwere more pronounced in VA and BA than in UA and TA.Our results underscore the viability of using DOM as an indicator for more precise and scientific water quality management.展开更多
文摘An approximately optimal adaptive arithmetic coding (AC) system using a forbidden symbol (FS) over noisy channels was proposed which allows one to jointly and adaptively design the source decoding and channel correcting in a single process, with superior performance compared with traditional separated techniques. The concept of adaptiveness is applied not only to the source model but also to the amount of coding redundancy. In addition, an improved branch metric computing algorithm and a faster sequential searching algorithm compared with the system proposed by Grangetto were proposed. The proposed system is tested in the case of image transmission over the AWGN channel, and compared with traditional separated system in terms of packet error rate and complexity. Both hard and soft decoding were taken into account.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2024YFE0200600the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.LR23F010005the Huawei Cooperation Project under Grant No.TC20240829036。
文摘Along with the proliferating research interest in semantic communication(Sem Com),joint source channel coding(JSCC)has dominated the attention due to the widely assumed existence in efficiently delivering information semantics.Nevertheless,this paper challenges the conventional JSCC paradigm and advocates for adopting separate source channel coding(SSCC)to enjoy a more underlying degree of freedom for optimization.We demonstrate that SSCC,after leveraging the strengths of the Large Language Model(LLM)for source coding and Error Correction Code Transformer(ECCT)complemented for channel coding,offers superior performance over JSCC.Our proposed framework also effectively highlights the compatibility challenges between Sem Com approaches and digital communication systems,particularly concerning the resource costs associated with the transmission of high-precision floating point numbers.Through comprehensive evaluations,we establish that assisted by LLM-based compression and ECCT-enhanced error correction,SSCC remains a viable and effective solution for modern communication systems.In other words,separate source channel coding is still what we need.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42130312)。
文摘The complexity of the seismicity pattern for the subduction zone along the oceanic plate triggered the outer rise events and revealed cyclic tectonic deformation conditions along the plate subduction zones.The outer rise earthquakes have been observed along the Sunda arc,following the estimated rupture area of the 2005 M_(W)8.6 Nias earthquakes.Here,we used kinematic waveform inversion(KIWI)to obtain the source parameters of the 14 May 2021 M_(W)6.6 event off the west coast of northern Sumatra and to define the fault plane that triggered this outer rise event.The KIWI algorithm allows two types of seismic source to be configured:the moment tensor model to describe the type of shear with six moment tensor components and the Eikonal model for the rupture of pure double-couple sources.This method was chosen for its flexibility to be applied for different sources of seismicity and also for the automated full-moment tensor solution with real-time monitoring.We used full waveform traces from 8 broadband seismic stations within 1000 km epicentral distances sourced from the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology(IRIS-IDA)and Geofon GFZ seismic record databases.The initial origin time and hypocenter values are obtained from the IRIS-IDA.The synthetic seismograms used in the inversion process are based on the existing regional green function database model and were accessed from the KIWI Tools Green's Function Database.The obtained scalar seismic moment value is 1.18×10^(19)N·m,equivalent to a moment magnitude M_(W)6.6.The source parameters are 140°,44°,and−99°for the strike,dip,and rake values at a centroid depth of 10.2 km,indicating that this event is a normal fault earthquake that occurred in the outer rise area.The outer rise events with normal faults typically occur at the shallow part of the plate,with nodal-plane dips predominantly in the range of 30°-60°on the weak oceanic lithosphere due to hydrothermal alteration.The stress regime around the plate subduction zone varies both temporally and spatially due to the cyclic influences of megathrust earthquakes.Tensional outer rise earthquakes tend to occur after the megathrust events.The relative timing of these events is not known due to the viscous relaxation of the down going slab and poroelastic response in the trench slope region.The occurrence of the 14 May 2021 earthquake shows the seismicity in the outer rise region in the strongly coupled Sunda arc subduction zone due to elastic bending stress within the duration of the seismic cycle.
基金support from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20240036)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U24A20515,22276099,and 22361162668)Guangxi Key Research and Development Program,China(Grant No.Guike AB24010074)。
文摘We conducted a field campaign to investigate the chemical composition,sources,and light absorption of submicron aerosols(PM_(1))from early 2022 in Nanjing,China.The average concentration of PM_(1) was 31μg m^(−3),organics(33%)constituted the largest fraction,followed by nitrate(30%),sulfate(18%),ammonium(15%),chloride(3%),and rBC(2%).Four organic aerosol(OA)subcomponents were identified,including two primary OA(POA)and two secondary OA(SOA).The less-oxidized SOA(LO-OOA)contributes the most to the total OA mass(59%).LO-OOA is tightly correlated with the tracer ion C_(2)H_(4)O_(2)^(+)from levoglucosan,and another aged biomass-burning derived species,K_(3)SO_(4)^(+),suggesting it was likely influenced by aged biomass-burning OA.Our study also revealed that fireworks during the Spring Festival have a detrimental impact on air quality,contributing to secondary formation and accumulation under static winter meteorological conditions,prolonging the pollution duration.Also,LO-OOA was found to have the strongest light-absorbing ability.Our results highlight that the light absorption of LO-OOA can mainly be attributed to the C_(x)H_(y)N^(+) family,increased with the double-bond equivalent value.The more-oxidized SOA(MO-OOA)exhibited a negligible light absorption and was strongly correlated with daytime photochemical processes,implying a light-bleaching effect.This study enhances our understanding of the regional contribution of biomass combustion and fireworks to PM_(1) pollution in Nanjing,a typical megacity in the Yangtze River Delta region,during winter,aiding in the development of strategies for long-term air quality improvement in the region.
文摘In vertical channel transistors(VCTs),source/drain ion implantation(I/I)represents a significant technical challenge due to inherent three-dimensional structural constraints,which induce complications such as difficulties in dummy gate forma-tion and shadowing effects of I/I.This article systematically investigates the impact of different implantation conditions on the performance of VCTs with and without dummy gates through TCAD simulation.It reveals the significant role of the lightly doped regions(LDRs)naturally formed due to ion implantation in source/drain of VCTs.Furthermore,it was found that VCT with-out dummy gates can achieve an approximately 27%increase in on-state current(Ion)under the same implantation conditions,and can greatly simplify the process flow and reduce costs.Finally,N-type and P-type VCTs were successfully fabricated using this implantation method.
文摘Deep learning-based semantic communication has achieved remarkable progress with CNNs and Transformers.However,CNNs exhibit constrained performance in high-resolution image transmission,while Transformers incur high computational cost due to quadratic complexity.Recently,VMamba,a novel state space model with linear complexity and exceptional long-range dependency modeling capabilities,has shown great potential in computer vision tasks.Inspired by this,we propose MNTSCC,an efficient VMamba-based nonlinear joint source-channel coding(JSCC)model for wireless image transmission.Specifically,MNTSCC comprises a VMamba-based nonlinear transform module,an MCAM entropy model,and a JSCC module.In the encoding stage,the input image is first encoded into a latent representation via the nonlinear transformation module,which is then processed by the MCAM for source distribution modeling.The JSCC module then optimizes transmission efficiency by adaptively assigning transmission rate to the latent representation according to the estimated entropy values.The proposedMCAMenhances the channel-wise autoregressive entropy model with attention mechanisms,which enables the entropy model to effectively capture both global and local information within latent features,thereby enabling more accurate entropy estimation and improved rate-distortion performance.Additionally,to further enhance the robustness of the system under varying signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)conditions,we incorporate SNR adaptive net(SAnet)into the JSCCmodule,which dynamically adjusts the encoding strategy by integrating SNRinformationwith latent features,thereby improving SNR adaptability.Experimental results across diverse resolution datasets demonstrate that the proposed method achieves superior image transmission performance compared to existing CNN-and Transformer-based semantic communication models,while maintaining competitive computational efficiency.In particular,under an Additive White Gaussian Noise(AWGN)channel with SNR=10 dB and a channel bandwidth ratio(CBR)of 1/16,MNTSCC consistently outperforms NTSCC,achieving a 1.72 dB Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio(PSNR)gain on the Kodak24 dataset,0.79 dB on CLIC2022,and 2.54 dB on CIFAR-10,while reducing computational cost by 32.23%.The code is available at https://github.com/WanChen10/MNTSCC(accessed on 09 July 2025).
文摘GeSi source/drain structure is purposefully adopted in SOI p MOSFET's to suppress the short channel effect (SCE).The impact of GeSi material (as source only,drain only or both source and drain) on the threshold voltage rolling off and DIBL effect is thoroughly investigated,as well as the influence of the Ge concentration and silicon film thickness.The Ge concentration should be carefully chosen as a tradeoff between the driving current and SCE improvement.The detailed physics is explained.
文摘A new method based on phase difference analysis is proposed for the single-channel mixed signal separation of single-channel radar fuze.This method is used to estimate the mixing coefficients of de-noised signals through the cumulants of mixed signals,solve the candidate data set by the mixing coefficients and signal analytical form,and resolve the problem of vector ambiguity by analyzing the phase differences.The signal separation is realized by exchanging data of the solutions.The waveform similarity coefficients are calculated,and the time鈥攆requency distributions of separated signals are analyzed.The results show that the proposed method is effective.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.92067202,No.62001049,&No.62071058)Beijing Natural Science Foundation under Grant 4222012Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications-China Mobile Research Institute Joint Innovation Center。
文摘In order to provide ultra low-latency and high energy-efficient communication for intelligences,the sixth generation(6G)wireless communication networks need to break out of the dilemma of the depleting gain of the separated optimization paradigm.In this context,this paper provides a comprehensive tutorial that overview how joint source-channel coding(JSCC)can be employed for improving overall system performance.For the purpose,we first introduce the communication requirements and performance metrics for 6G.Then,we provide an overview of the source-channel separation theorem and why it may not hold in practical applications.In addition,we focus on two new JSCC schemes called the double low-density parity-check(LDPC)codes and the double polar codes,respectively,giving their detailed coding and decoding processes and corresponding performance simulations.In a nutshell,this paper constitutes a tutorial on the JSCC scheme tailored to the needs of future 6G communications.
文摘This paper proposes an adaptive joint source and channel coding scheme for H.264 video multicast over wireless LAN which takes into account the user topology changes and varying channel conditions of multiple users, and dynamically allocates available bandwidth between source coding and channel coding, with the goal to optimize the overall system performance. In particular, source resilience and error correction are considered jointly in the scheme to achieve the optimal performance. And a channel estimation algorithm based on the average packet loss rate and the variance of packet loss rate is proposed also. Two overall performance criteria for video multicast are investigated and experimental results are presented to show the improvement obtained by the scheme.
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Nos.2021YFC3200904 and 2022YFC3203705)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52270012 and 52070184).
文摘Phthalate esters(PAEs),recognized as endocrine disruptors,are released into the environment during usage,thereby exerting adverse ecological effects.This study investigates the occurrence,sources,and risk assessment of PAEs in surface water obtained from 36 sampling points within the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins.The total concentration of PAEs in the Yellow River spans from124.5 to 836.5 ng/L,with Dimethyl phthalate(DMP)(75.4±102.7 ng/L)and Diisobutyl phthalate(DiBP)(263.4±103.1 ng/L)emerging as the predominant types.Concentrations exhibit a pattern of upstream(512.9±202.1 ng/L)>midstream(344.5±135.3 ng/L)>downstream(177.8±46.7 ng/L).In the Yangtze River,the total concentration ranges from 81.9 to 441.6 ng/L,with DMP(46.1±23.4 ng/L),Diethyl phthalate(DEP)(93.3±45.2 ng/L),and DiBP(174.2±67.6 ng/L)as the primary components.Concentration levels follow a midstream(324.8±107.3 ng/L)>upstream(200.8±51.8 ng/L)>downstream(165.8±71.6 ng/L)pattern.Attention should be directed towards the moderate ecological risks of DiBP in the upstream of HH,and both the upstream and midstream of CJ need consideration for the moderate ecological risks associated with Di-n-octyl phthalate(DNOP).Conversely,in other regions,the associated risk with PAEs is either low or negligible.The main source of PAEs in Yellow River is attributed to the release of construction land,while in the Yangtze River Basin,it stems from the accumulation of pollutants in lakes and forests discharged into the river.These findings are instrumental for pinpointing sources of PAEs pollution and formulating control strategies in the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers,providing valuable insights for global PAEs research in other major rivers.
文摘Collagen is a class of mammalian extracellular matrix of the main structural proteins,widely present in the skin,bone,muscle and other tissues and it plays a role in supporting,repairing,and protecting tissue cells.Natural source extraction and artificial synthesis provide a rich source of collagen.As a macromolecular material,collagen has good application potential in cosmetics,pharmaceutical,medical and food industries.Collagen has generated a great deal of interest in the cosmetic industry due to its abundance,strength,and direct correlation with skin aging.Collagen is widely used in cosmetics due to its unique structure,good biocompatibility and low antigenicity,as well as rich biological functions.To enhance the youthfulness and health of the user,the cosmetic industry adds collagen to products such as eye creams,face creams,and nutritional supplements,and uses it in medical aesthetic techniques such as tissue fillers,skin replacement,and soft skin enhancement.This paper mainly reviews the sources and types of collagen used in cosmetics industry,then introduces the effects of collagen in cosmetics and prospects the development prospects of collagen in dermatologic and cosmetic fields.
基金Sponsored by the Research Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(Grant No06FZ012 and 06FZ028)
文摘A new technique is proposed to solve the blind source separation (BSS) given only a single channel observation. The basis functions and the density of the coefficients of source signals learned by ICA are used as the prior knowledge. Based on the learned prior information the learning rules of single channel BSS are presented by maximizing the joint log likelihood of the mixed sources to obtain source signals from single observation, in which the posterior density of the given measurements is maximized. The experimental results exhibit a successful separation performance for mixtures of speech and music signals.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62001489)the scientific research planning project of National University of Defense Technology(JS19-04).
文摘Sparse-representation-based single-channel source separation,which aims to recover each source’s signal using its corresponding sub-dictionary,has attracted many scholars’attention.The basic premise of this model is that each sub-dictionary possesses discriminative information about its corresponding source,and this information can be used to recover almost every sample from that source.However,in a more general sense,the samples from a source are composed not only of discriminative information but also common information shared with other sources.This paper proposes learning a discriminative high-fidelity dictionary to improve the separation performance.The innovations are threefold.Firstly,an extra sub-dictionary was combined into a conventional union dictionary to ensure that the source-specific sub-dictionaries can capture only the purely discriminative information for their corresponding sources because the common information is collected in the additional sub-dictionary.Secondly,a task-driven learning algorithm is designed to optimize the new union dictionary and a set of weights that indicate how much of the common information should be allocated to each source.Thirdly,a source separation scheme based on the learned dictionary is presented.Experimental results on a human speech dataset yield evidence that our algorithm can achieve better separation performance than either state-of-the-art or traditional algorithms.
基金funded by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFC150071)partly supported by the Shaanxi Province Geoscience Big Data and Geohazard Prevention Innovation Team(2022)and the Research Funds for the Interdisciplinary Projects,CHU(No.300104240914)。
文摘0 INTRODUCTION.According to the China Earthquake Networks Center,an M6.8 earthquake struck Dingri County,Xizang Autonomous Region,China,on 7 January 2025 at 9:05 a.m.local time.The epicenter is located at 28.5°N,87.45°E,with a depth of~10 km.
基金supported by Hong Kong Environment Protection Department(Quotation Ref.18-06532)Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund(ITS/193/20FP)Hong Kong Research Grants Council(No.26304921).
文摘Initial success has been achieved in Hong Kong in controlling primary air pollutants,but ambient ozone levels kept increasing during the past three decades.Volatile organic compounds(VOCs)are important for mitigating ozone pollution as its major precursors.This study analyzed VOC characteristics of roadside,suburban,and rural sites in Hong Kong to investigate their compositions,concentrations,and source contributions.Herewe showthat the TVOC concentrations were 23.05±13.24,12.68±15.36,and 5.16±5.48 ppbv for roadside,suburban,and rural sites between May 2015 to June 2019,respectively.By using Positive Matrix Factorization(PMF)model,six sources were identified at the roadside site over five years:Liquefied petroleum gas(LPG)usage(33%–46%),gasoline evaporation(8%–31%),aged air mass(11%–28%),gasoline exhaust(5%–16%),diesel exhaust(2%–16%)and fuel filling(75–9%).Similarly,six sources were distinguished at the suburban site,including LPG usage(30%–33%),solvent usage(20%–26%),diesel exhaust(14%–26%),gasoline evaporation(8%–16%),aged air mass(4%–11%),and biogenic emissions(2%–5%).At the rural site,four sources were identified,including aged airmass(33%–51%),solvent usage(25%–30%),vehicular emissions(11%–28%),and biogenic emissions(6%–12%).The analysis further revealed that fuel filling and LPG usage were the primary contributors to OFP and OH reactivity at the roadside site,while solvent usage and biogenic emissions accounted for almost half of OFP and OH reactivity at the suburban and rural sites,respectively.These findings highlight the importance of identifying and characterizing VOC sources at different sites to help policymakers develop targeted measures for pollution mitigation in specific areas.
文摘In the present study, a mathematical model of unsteady blood flow through parallel plate channel under the action of an applied constant transverse magnetic field is proposed. The model is subjected to heat source. Analytical expressions are obtained by choosing the axial velocity;temperature distribution and the normal velocity of the blood depend on y and t only to convert the system of partial differential equations into system of ordinary differential equations under the conditions defined in our model. The model has been analyzed to find the effects of various parameters such as, Hartmann number, heat source parameter and Prandtl number on the axial velocity, temperature distribution and the normal velocity. The numerical solutions of axial velocity, temperature distributions and normal velocity are shown graphically for better understanding of the problem. Hence, the present mathematical model gives a simple form of axial velocity, temperature distribution and normal velocity of the blood flow so that it will help not only people working in the field of Physiological fluid dynamics but also to the medical practitioners.
基金supported by the Special Funds for Chengde national innovation demonstration area construction of science and technology special project sustainable development agenda(No.202104F001)the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2019YFC0408602).
文摘Nitrogen removal from domestic sewage is usually limited by insufficient carbon source and electron donor.An economical solid carbon source was developed by composition of polyvinyl alcohol,sodium alginate,and corncob,which was utilized as external carbon source in the anaerobic anoxic oxic(AAO)-biofilter for the treatment of low carbon-to-nitrogen ratio domestic sewage,and the nitrogen removal was remarkably improved from 63.2%to 96.5%.Furthermore,the effluent chemical oxygen demand maintained at 35 mg/L or even lower,and the total nitrogenwas reduced to less than 2mg/L.Metagenomic analysis demonstrated that the microbial communities responsible for potential denitrification and organic matter degradation in both AAO and the biofilter reactors were mainly composed of Proteobacteria and Bacteroides,respectively.The solid carbon source addition resulted in relatively high abundance of functional enzymes responsible for NO_(3)^(−)-N to NO_(2)^(−)-N con-version in both AAO and the biofilter reactors,thus enabled stable reaction.The carbon source addition during glycolysis primarily led to the increase of genes associated with the metabolic conversion of fructose 1.6P2 to glycerol-3P The reactor maintained high abun-dance of genes related to the tricarboxylic acid cycle,and then guaranteed efficient carbon metabolism.The results indicate that the composite carbon source is feasible for denitri-fication enhancement of AAO-biofilter,which contribute to the theoretical foundation for practical nitrogen removal application.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFC3204000).
文摘Lake Baiyangdian is one of China’s largest macrophyte-derived lakes,facing severe challenges related to water quality maintenance and eutrophication prevention.Dissolved organic matter(DOM)was a huge carbon pool and its abundance,property,and transformation played important roles in the biogeochemical cycle and energy flow in lake ecosystems.In this study,Lake Baiyangdian was divided into four distinct areas:Unartificial Area(UA),Village Area(VA),Tourism Area(TA),and Breeding Area(BA).We examined the diversity of DOM properties and sources across these functional areas.Our findings reveal that DOM in this lake is predominantly composed of protein-like substances,as determined by excitation-emission matrix and parallel factor analysis(EEM-PARAFAC).Notably,the exogenous tyrosine-like component C1 showed a stronger presence in VA and BA compared to UA and TA.Ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry(FT-ICR MS)unveiled a similar DOM molecular composition pattern across different functional areas due to the high relative abundances of lignan compounds,suggesting that macrophytes significantly influence the material structure of DOM.DOM properties exhibited specific associations with water quality indicators in various functional areas,as indicated by the Mantel test.The connections between DOM properties and NO_(3)-N andNH3-Nwere more pronounced in VA and BA than in UA and TA.Our results underscore the viability of using DOM as an indicator for more precise and scientific water quality management.