scholarly journals Water sensitive papers simulation to assess deposits on targets

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2s) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Cerruto ◽  
Claudia Aglieco

Aim of the study is to assess the possibility to use water sensitive papers to estimate, beside the superficial coverage, also the amount of deposit on the target at varying the spray features. To point out the main quantities influencing the deposit, the behaviour of the water sensitive papers was simulated by assuming some simplifying hypotheses: log-normal distribution of the diameter population of the drops and circular spots. Several images (630) of water sensitive papers, sprayed with drops of different mean diameter (from 100 up to 500 μm), constant coefficient of variation (0.50), and theoretical percentage of covered surface ranging from 10 up to 100%, were produced by means of simulation. These images were considered as effective water sensitive paper images and then analysed by means of an image processing software. The correlations between measured and effective values were studied and they allowed for an estimate of deposit and spray features from the image data. This implies that the analysis of the water sensitive paper images allows the determination of more complex parameters such as the unitary deposit and the impact density, all data strictly related to the efficacy of a phytosanitary treatment.

Author(s):  
Mary Bagenal

The logarithmic transformation has been used in the statistical analysis of certain marine biological data. Parameters calculated from the transformed distributions have been used in the description of the observations, but it appears that some of the mathematical procedures adopted have not been fully understood.Winsor & Clarke (1940) have analysed data from plankton hauls. The problem considered by them was the determination of the variability in numbers of animals caught by repeated hauls through the same body of water. The raw data were characterized by a constant coefficient of variation, i.e. the variability in catch was proportional to the size of the catch. By transformation from the actual numbers caught to their logarithmic values, it was possible to equalize the variances and to apply the method of analysis of variance to esti-mate the variability due to the different sources. Finally, an estimate of the coefficient of variation was obtained from the logarithmic values. Their method of estimation was quoted by Snedecor (1946, p. 451) and was employed by Barnes & Bagenal (1951) in their study of repeated trawl hauls. Barnes & Bagenal also calculated confidence limits for comparison of observations following the method of Silliman (1946) in his work on pilchard eggs. These methods seem to be based on a misunderstanding of the nature of a trans-formation. The formal relation between the variance of such transformed data and the coefficient of variation of the untransformed data follows from the moments of the ‘log-normal’ distribution, given first by Wicksell (1917). From these moments it will be shown that the method given by Winsor & Clarke is mathematically unsound.


2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Smith

Zoomify Image is a mature product for easily publishing large, high-resolution images on the Web. End users view these images with existing Webbrowser software as quickly as they do normal, downsampled images. A Flash-based Zoomifyer client asynchronously streams image data to the Web browser as needed, resulting in response times approaching those of desktop applications using minimal bandwidth. The author, a librarian at Cornell University and the principal architect of a small, open-source company, worked closely with Zoomify to produce a cross-platform, opensource implementation of that company’s image-processing software and discusses how to easily deploy the product into a widely used Webpublishing environment. Limitations are also discussed as are areas of improvement and alternatives.


1989 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank C. Wilson

ABSTRACTA method for determining particle diameters up to ca 500 rnm is described. X-ray data are obtained with an ultra-high resolution Bonse-Hart diffractometer and subsequently desmeared. The resultant data, viewed as the invariant argument h l(h), are interpreted as arising from a log-normal distribution of independent spherical particles. The distribution is characterized by its median value and breadth.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1141 ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
Chetan Zankat ◽  
V.M. Pathak ◽  
Pratik Pataniya ◽  
G.K. Solanki ◽  
K.D. Patel ◽  
...  

Amorphous SnSe thin films were deposited by thermal evaporation technique on glass substrates kept at room temperature in a vacuum better than 10-5Torr. A detailed study of structural and optical properties of 150 nm thin film was carried out. The selected area diffraction patterns obtained by TEM for this thin film were analyzed by a new method that involves accurate determination of lattice parameters by image processing software. The obtained results are in good agreement with the JCPDS data. Optical transmission spectra obtained at room temperature were analyzed to study optical properties of deposited thin films. It has been found that indirect carrier transition is responsible for optical absorption process in the deposited thin films.


1979 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen ◽  
Karine Bech ◽  
John Date

ABSTRACT To study serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels in patients with thyroid disorders compared to sex- and age-matched control subjects and to correlate the Tg levels to the thyroid function, 71 patients were investigated before treatment was started. Serum Tg, measured by a double antibody radioimmunoassay, was elevated in all groups with thyroid disorders, as compared to their controls, but the values showed large overlaps between groups. The highest median values were seen in the two groups of patients with toxic goitres (toxic adenoma and Graves' disease). The Tg values in patients with non-toxic goitres (diffuse and nodular) and in controls showed a log normal distribution, whereas the distribution of values from patients with toxic goitres was different. No correlation was found between serum Tg and serum thyroxine, serum triiodothyronine and serum TSH, respectively. It is concluded that determination of serum Tg is of little diagnostic value in thyroid diseases.


Author(s):  
Joachim Frank ◽  
Brian Shimkin

We report on the development of a new image processing software system SPIDER (System for Processing of Image Data in Electron Microscopy and Related Fields). The need for a user-oriented software system for electron image processing has been previously recognized /1-4/. These systems have in common that they allow users with a minimum amount of computer experience to define complex operations on images.The present system runs under the PDP 11/45 RSX-11D (Digital Equipment Corp.) executive in a multi-user, multi-task environment. Image enhancement of large images (e.g., box convolution and point mapping operations) as well as structural electron microscopy (Fourier operations, 3-d reconstruction) had to be accommodated. Characteristic for the electron microscope application is the need to process series of images closely related to each other (defocus, tilting, and averaging series).In SPIDER, the images are read and transferred by magnetic tape from the microdensitometer to PDP 11 disk files.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-288
Author(s):  
A. G. Anisovich

Grain size is one of the most important characteristics of the microstructure of metals and alloys. Determination of the grain size of steel is regulated by Standart 5639-82 "Steels and alloys. Methods for detection and determination of the grain size". Standart includes determining the grain score by comparison with reference scales, as well as manual measurement methods. The use of image processing software opens up new opportunities for the materials analysis, including for the quantitative metallographic analysis of steels and alloys. The purpose of this work was to test the specialized "Metallography" module to determine the grain score of the image processing software "IMAGE – SP", as well as to check the reliability of the obtained results using the example of ferritic and austenitic steels.In the "Metallography" module, the analysis of standard images of annex No. 3 of Standart 5639-82, as well as real images of the structures of ferritic and austenitic steel, is carried out. It is shown that the results correspond to the definition of the Standart grain score. The divergence in the results is 1 point, which is acceptable.The active development of software products for the quantitative analysis of images in metallography will make it possible to legitimize the methods of computer measurement of parameters of the structures of metals and alloys by creating appropriate standards. Successful testing of the specialized "Metallography" module demonstrates opportunities and prospects for further development of specialized software products for measuring quantitative values of metal and alloy structures. The active development of software for quantitative analysis of the images in metallography will make it possible to legalize methods for measuring parameters of metal and alloy structures by computer techniques.


Inventions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Peyman Razi

Movement of sand particles is a complicated phenomenon that occurs in nature. In this paper, the main goal is to provide an analytic model for the deposition profile of sand particles downstream of a fence. The analytic model was derived with respect to governing equations and shear flows for upstream and downstream regions. In this approach, we obtain a new expression for the downstream velocity of the fence, which allows for the determination of potential areas of deposition particles by assuming a log-normal distribution profile. A discrete-phase flow (DPM) was used to inject particles in the simulation domain. The DPM gives capabilities to capture spatiotemporal velocities components, as we can define the probability of deposition particles in the downstream of the fence. The proposed model was validated with a numerical model and experimental results. The comparison with field data and numerical results shows that the deposition profile is in acceptable agreement. With some assumptions and modifications about the properties of particles, the results of this research can be extended to snow accumulation downstream of a fence.


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