Development Strategy for the Electronic Industry of the Russian Federation and Its Financial Support

The purpose of the article is to substantiate how to solve the problem set by the President of Russia to achieve sovereignty in the development and production of electronics and electronic component base. The Government developed methods for achieving this goal and approved by the Strategy for the Development of the Electronic Industry until 2030. The most powerful and dynamically developing competitor of domestic electronics in China, therefore, it is advisable to consider the development of domestic electronics, having isomorphic processes at individual enterprises and in electronics in China as a scale line. Now a bottleneck in the development of domestic electronics has emerged – this is the lack of proactive and duplicate funding for breakthrough technologies. The article presents an asymmetric version of the response to the total and increasing Western sanctions, the main element of which should be non-monetary investment certificates.

Characterization of Cytisus striatus (Hill) Rothm.: Waste Biomass Energy Recovery as a Measure to Reduce the Risk of Rural Fires

Shrub species play a critical ecological role in ecosystems, covering significant areas. However, with the current development of vegetation cover, conditioned by climate change, certain species have acquired a dominant role, which suffocates the other ecosystem species in a natural monoculture model. Thus, some species, such as Cytisus striatus (Hill) Rothm., have acquired preponderance, mainly due to the dense forests they establish. This situation has contributed to the increased risk of rural fires, forcing permanent actions to control the settlements. These actions entail costs that make the continuity and permanence of control unsustainable. The energetic valorization of residual biomass resulting from operations to reduce fuel load is an option that seems viable, mainly if used in the production of biomass pellets in a mixture with other biomasses, such as Pinus pinaster or Eucalyptus globulus. The laboratory characterization tests demonstrated that the residual biomass of C. striatus presents parameters that fall within limits defined by the standard ENPlus®. The processing of this residual biomass on an industrial scale line is also feasible. However, given the configuration of the material to be processed, production lines may be necessary, especially concerning the detachment of the material. The logistical issue may also impose restrictions since the material has a low density, even when baled.

A High-Robust Automatic Reading Algorithm of Pointer Meters Based on Text Detection

Automatic reading of pointer meters is of great significance for efficient measurement of industrial meters. However, existing algorithms are defective in the accuracy and robustness to illumination shooting angle when detecting various pointer meters. Hence, a novel algorithm for adaptive detection of different pointer meters was presented. Above all, deep learning was introduced to detect and recognize scale value text in the meter dial. Then, the image was rectified and meter center was determined based on text coordinate. Next, the circular arc scale region was transformed into a linear scale region by polar transform, and the horizontal positions of pointer and scale line were obtained based on secondary search in the expanded graph. Finally, the distance method was used to read the scale region where the pointer is located. Test results showed that the algorithm proposed in this paper has higher accuracy and robustness in detecting different types of meters.

ViTA: A flexible CAD-tool-independent automatic grading platform for two-dimensional CAD drawings

Grading engineering drawings takes a significant amount of an instructor’s time, especially in large classrooms. In many cases, teaching assistants help with grading, adding levels of inconsistency and unfairness. To help in grading automation of CAD drawings, this paper introduces a novel tool that can completely automate the grading process after students submit their work. The introduced tool, called Virtual Teaching Assistant (ViTA), is a CAD-tool-independent platform that can work with exported drawings originating from different CAD software having different export settings. Using computer vision techniques applied to exported images of the drawings, ViTA can not only recognize whether or not a two-dimensional (2 D) drawing is correct, but also offers the detection of many important orthographic and sectional view mistakes such as mistakes in structural features, outline, hatching, orientation, scale, line thickness, colors, and views. We show ViTA’s accuracy and its relevance in the automated grading of 2 D CAD drawings by evaluating it using 500 student drawings created with three different CAD software.

A Case Study of Novel Landslide Activity Recognition Using ALOS-1 InSAR within the Ragged Mountain Western Hillslope in Gunnison County, Colorado, USA

The “East Muddy Creek Landslide Complex” in Gunnison County, Colorado, USA destroyed Colorado State Highway 133 from 1986 to 1987 and has been investigated over decades during different periods of reactivation. This paper presents a case study of novel landslide activity recognition related to the landslide complex using Advanced Land Observing Satellite-1 (ALOS-1) Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) analysis. We compare the result from ALOS-1 InSAR analysis to landslide recognition investigations from traditional field methods for ground motions at a watershed scale. Line of Sight (LOS) velocity mapping is used to characterize displacement zonation, failure modes, and hazard assessment activities. Mass wasting estimates using existing geological modeling are discussed in terms of potential of landslide element dynamics. ALOS-1 InSAR analysis reveals newly detected ground displacement at very slow to extremely slow velocities with a significantly increased spatial extent. The implications of expanded displacement activity in the context of landslide geomorphology, mountain denudation, exhumation, and future monitoring efforts for hazard and risk assessment are also examined and discussed.