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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
志强 林 ◽  
羽婷 吴 ◽  
东沛 连 ◽  
敏 王
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2021 ◽  
Vol 2112 (1) ◽  
pp. 012012
Author(s):  
Jinxi Bai ◽  
Zhendong Shi ◽  
Hua Ma ◽  
Lijia Liu ◽  
Lin Zhang

Abstract As one of the mainstream super-resolution imaging technologies, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is popular for its fast imaging speed and simple optical path structure. Spectrum separation is a key step in the reconstruction of super-resolution images. However, in the process of imaging, the unavoidable noise will seriously affect the accuracy of frequency spectrum separation. This paper carries out a simulation study on the influence of noise in the process of frequency spectrum separation. The results show that although noise can cause distortion of low-frequency information in frequency spectrum separation results, it has little influence on high-frequency information. Therefore, a super-resolution image reconstruction method is proposed to effectively suppress the influence of noise. Both simulation and experimental results are shown the method can suppress the influence of noise without losing the details of super-resolution.


Author(s):  
E. Falbel ◽  
M. Mion-Mouton ◽  
J. M. Veloso

In this paper, we classify compact manifolds of dimension three equipped with a path structure and a fixed contact form (which we refer to as a strict path structure) under the hypothesis that their automorphism group is non-compact. We use a Cartan connection associated to the structure and show that its curvature is constant.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faezeh Mohammadi Tahroodi ◽  
Norsidah Ujang

PurposeFunctioning as space connectors, path structures in urban parks may rarely present social interaction opportunities, although centralized activity spaces are available. This paper investigated the interrelationships between the visual and physical accessibility attributes of path structure and their impacts on passive social interaction intensity across urban parks in Kuala Lumpur.Design/methodology/approachThe concept of social interaction has been studied elsewhere in social cohesion, social affiliation and sense of communication. Still, it has not been studied in the context of urban park design. This study employed mixed methods using an adaptive and unique combination of qualitative and quantitative data collections to analyze urban parks with a bit of visual vegetation barrier. The experiential landscape method was applied to determine visual accessibility by interpreting experiential landscape maps. The space syntax method based on quantitative analysis is considered to measure physical accessibilities and vigorous activities along the designated paths by conducting integration analysis and gate observation. The data were crossed-analyzed using a Geographic Information System (GIS) classification technique, correlation analysis and Microsoft combo-charts to generate the relationship between patterns of activities and their accessibilities.FindingsThe results suggested that designated paths with higher accessibility attributes, impressively more elevated than other tracks, could influence the intensity of passive social interactions. The findings supported the understanding that activity nodes and active areas adjoining designated routes could make accessibility attribute areas more critical. These findings verify that visually enriching the spaces along the path structure toward activities is a pivotal contributor to urban planners and designers to enhance the paths’ local integration (LI) and visual accessibility to predict more passive eye contact among park visitors.Research limitations/implicationsThe proposed interrelationship among variables in this study has limitations because of not considering other qualitative methods and techniques like cognitive maps and interview simultaneously. These techniques could discover why some paths generate more passive eye contact among park users (Mohammadi Tahroodi, 2018).Practical implicationsKuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020 emphasizes Kuala Lumpur’s unique image as a tropical garden city via preserving and developing the iconic historical urban parks in the city center (CHKL, 2004, pp. 3–3). The latest Draft Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2040 has outlined the strategy to achieve a conducive, good-quality neighborhood that encourages social interaction. The findings could assist urban planners and designers better public parks by considering accessibility and permeability aspects of design. This research endorses the appropriateness of interrelationship between accessibility attributes of path structure and social interaction in urban design research, which local urban designers have not fully considered until now. Evaluating the visual convenience of designated paths and assessing LI of the axial lines constructing each designated route of urban parks during the primary stage could enable urban designers to estimate to what extent the paths are accessible and respond to passive social interaction. Then they could enrich with salient landmarks, views and activity nodes to make them attractive. The considerable number of designated paths connections, specifically while they shape the sides of activity nodes, could increase the connectivity and integration of spaces within the parks. These patterns of positioning the activity nodes make the designated routes more legible and provide ease of movement. As a result, it will give urban park users more information about the activities. Allowing people to use the paths will increase people’s presence and, subsequently, passive social interaction. One way is to locate accessible lands that provide social activities at direct visual access paths within urban parks for legibility.Social implicationsThe socially responsive urban design enhances the quality of life and provides life satisfaction, happiness and society’s overall health. Being in urban social parks in any passive and active situations has psychological benefits. It facilitates relief and rests from a stressful modern lifestyle that significantly impacts their mental health and well-being. The framework applied in this research integrates the social, spatial and physical aspects of parks design. With this regard, principles and indicators facilitate physically and socially attractive urban parks for Kuala Lumpur city center and applicable to similar contexts elsewhere.Originality/valueThe concept of social interaction has been studied elsewhere in social cohesion, social affiliation and sense of communication. Still, it has not been studied in the context of urban park design. This study employed mixed methods using an adaptive and unique combination of qualitative and quantitative data collections to analyze urban parks with a bit of visual vegetation barrier.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fariba Lotfi ◽  
Nafiseh Sang-Nourpour ◽  
Reza Kheradmand

Abstract We demonstrate a novel, label-free and real-time tunable infrared biosensor by employing surface-plasmon polaritons in asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The waveguides cladding in the Mach-Zehnder interferometer is made of lossy media with positive and negative electromagnetic susceptibilities, including metamaterial, metal and graphene. The core consists of dielectric media. We introduce two configurations for our biosensor structure. First configuration is an open-path structure and the second one consists of a sample housing made of a silicon layer around the structure. We also present a tunable biosensor by applying a gate voltage to the graphene in the structure. We employ three different cancerous cells, including cervical, breast and basal, as samples to examine the capabilities of the biosensor. Our biosensor structure is highly sensitive, compared to the existing biosensors in the literature, with the sensitivity for basal cancer cell of 1034THz/RIU. The proposed biosensor structure is compact and easy to fabricate with applications in biomedical sensing and environmental control to detect water pollutants.


Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Chenjia Gao ◽  
Zhan Gao ◽  
Yuhao Niu ◽  
Xu Wang ◽  
Jieming Zhao ◽  
...  

The traditional microscopic speckle interferometer has limited applications in engineering due to its small field of view. In this paper, we propose a large-field microscopic speckle interferometer which embeds two doublet lens groups in the improved Mach–Zehnder optical path structure to expand its field of view. At the same time, the new system can reduce the coherent noise of reflected light in the optical path. We use this new system to measure the dynamic displacement process of the entire surface of the microchips. The experimental results show that our improved measurement system can achieve large-field, real-time and high-precision dynamic measurement of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob M Olson ◽  
Alexander B Johnson ◽  
Lillian Chang ◽  
Emily L Tao ◽  
Xuefei Wang ◽  
...  

AbstractThe dorsal subiculum lies among a network of interconnected brain regions that collectively map multiple spatial and orientational relationships between an organism and the boundaries and pathways composing its environment. A unique role of the subiculum in spatial information processing has yet to be defined despite reports of small neuron subpopulations that encode relationships to specific boundaries, axes of travel, or locations. We examined the activity patterns among populations of subiculum neurons during performance of a spatial working memory task performed within a complex network of interconnected pathways. Compared to neurons in hippocampal sub-region CA1, a major source of its afferents, subiculum neurons were far more likely to exhibit multiple firing fields at locations that were analogous with respect to path structure and function. Subiculum neuron populations were also found to exhibit a greater dynamic range in scale of spatial representation and for persistent patterns of spiking activity to be aligned to transitions between maze segments. Together, the findings indicate that the subiculum plays a unique role in spatial mapping, one that complements the location-specific firing of CA1 neurons with the encoding of emergent and recurring structural features of a complex path network.


Author(s):  
Asieh Parhizkar Tarighat ◽  
Mostafa Yargholi

A two-path low-noise amplifier (LNA) is designed with TSMC 0.18[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m standard RF CMOS process for 6–16[Formula: see text]GHz frequency band applications. The principle of a conventional resistive shunt feedback LNA is analyzed to demonstrate the trade-off between the noise figure (NF) and the input matching. To alleviate the mentioned issue for wideband application, this structure with noise canceling technique and linearity improvement are applied to a two-path structure. Flat and high gain is supplied by the primary path; while the input and output impedance matching are provided by the secondary path. The [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]dB bandwidth can be increased to a higher frequency by inductive peaking, which is used at the first stage of the two paths. Besides, by biasing the transistors at the threshold voltage, low power dissipation is achieved. The [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]dB gain bandwidth of the proposed LNA is 10[Formula: see text]GHz, while the maximum power gain of 13.1[Formula: see text]dB is attained. With this structure, minimum NF of 4.6[Formula: see text]dB and noise flatness of 1[Formula: see text]dB in the whole bandwidth can be achieved. The input impedance is matched, and S[Formula: see text] is lower than [Formula: see text]10 dB. With the proposed linearized LNA, the average IIP[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]dBm is gained, while it occupies 1051.7[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m die area.


Author(s):  
I.A. Lobastov ◽  
A.V. Paleshkin

We selected the main parameters for a new layout of a centrifugal installation featuring a linear motor and magnetic suspension. Since existing test benches for simulating linear accelerations have a range of disadvantages, we propose to consider an alternative to the classical layout, in particular, to reject the rotary link and replace it by a ring-like path structure with a linear motor, along which a trolley carrying the object under investigation will move on a magnetic suspension. We analysed various spatial stabilisation systems for the trolley moving at high velocities. We defined the key initial data, taking into account descent into planetary atmospheres, design specifics of products subjected to G-forces and existing centrifugal installations. We computed the parameters of a magnetic suspension based on high-temperature superconducting yttrium ceramics and electrical engineering parameters of the linear motor, and carried out strength calculations for the movable part of the test bench using the Femap with NX Nastran software package, accounting for the operational loads intended. The paper presents an option for implementing a new structural layout of an experimental installation that ensures linear acceleration testing in various operation modes


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