Prediction of the retentions of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PBDDs) by using the retentions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)

The retention equations ln k' = A + B/T of 49 polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and 4 polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PBDDs) in gas chromatography (GC) have been investigated to evaluate the properties of regression coefficients A and B. The quantitative relationships between A and B values of PCDDs and those of PBDDs are found. The regression equations derived have correlation coefficients greater than 0.997. The A, B values of any PBDD can be predicted by using the A, B values of the PCDD according to these relationships. Using these predicted A and B values, the retention times of all PBDDs can be predicted at any temperature program. It is very useful to identify the peak position of any PBDD because at present there are only a few standards of PBDDs available. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

First-principles prediction of the magnetism of 3d transition-metal-doped Rocksalt MgO

Using first-principles band structure methods, we have systematically studied the electronic structures, magnetic stabilities, and half-metal properties of 3d transition-metal (TM) doped Rocksalt MgO compounds TMMg3O4 (TM = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni). The calculations reveal that only CrMg3O4 has a ferromagnetic stability among the six compounds, which is explained by double-exchange mechanism. The magnetic stability is affected by the doping concentration of TM if the top valance band is composed of partially occupied t(2g) states. In addition, CrMg3O4 is a half-metallic ferromagnet. The origins of half-metallic and ferromagnetic properties are explored. The Curie temperature (T-c) of CrMg3O4 is 182 K. And it is hard for CrMg3O4 to deform due to the large bulk modulus and shear modulus, so it is a promising spintronic material. Our calculations provide the first available information on the magnetic properties of 3d TM-doped MgO.

Prediction and suppression of strong dispersive coupling in microracetrack channel drop filters

For a four-port microracetrack channel drop filter, unexpected transmission characteristics due to strong dispersive coupling are demonstrated by the light tunneling between the input-output waveguides and the resonator, where a large dropping transmission at off-resonance wavelengths is observed by finite-difference time-domain simulation. It causes a severe decline of the extinction ratio and finesse. An appropriate decrease of the coupling strength is found to suppress the dispersive coupling and greately increase the extinction ratio and finesse, a decreased coupling strength can be realized by the application of an asymmetrical coupling waveguide structure. In addition, the profile of the coupling dispersion in the transmission spectra can be predicted based on a coupled mode theory analysis of an equivalent system consisting of two coupling straight waveguides. The effects of structure parameters on the transmission spectra obtained by this method agree well with the numerical results. It is useful to avoid the strong dispersive coupling region in the filter design. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

An Accurate and Fast Behavioral Model for PLL Frequency Synthesizer Phase Noise/Spurs Prediction

This paper presents a behavior model for PLL Frequency Synthesizer. All the noise sources are modeled with noise voltages or currents in time-domain. An accurate VCO noise model is introduced, including both thermal noise and 1/f noise. The behavioral model can be co-simulated with transistor level circuits with fast speed and provides more accurate phase noise and spurs prediction. Comparison shows that simulation results match very well with measurement results.

Comparing the Performance of Biomimetic Pattern Recognition with W8 and SVM on Prediction of Horizontal Gene Transfers in Bacteria Genomes

National Natural Science Foundation of China 60753001

A Structured Prediction Approach for Statistical Machine Translation

We propose a new formally syntax-based method for statistical machine translation. Transductions between parsing trees are transformed into a problem of sequence tagging, which is then tackled by a search- based structured prediction method. This allows us to automatically acquire transla- tion knowledge from a parallel corpus without the need of complex linguistic parsing. This method can achieve compa- rable results with phrase-based method (like Pharaoh), however, only about ten percent number of translation table is used. Experiments show that the structured pre- diction approach for SMT is promising for its strong ability at combining words.

一种基于QoS的服务构件组合方法

在面向服务的架构中,如何利用已有的服务构件组装成新的服务成为当前此领域的一个研究热点.该文以构件化嵌入式操作系统Liquid为背景,给出了一种基于QoS的服务构件组合方法,在满足组合服务的功能需求同时,满足其QoS需求.文章详细给出了所涉及的服务模型、QoS模型以及构件选择基本算法.为使此服务构件组合方法适应于动态变化的系统环境,该文进一步对构件选择基本算法进行优化,给出了构件选择的启发和协商算法.最后通过实验,比较和分析三种算法的性能.

基于QoS的Pareto最优的服务选择

随着越来越多的服务能够满足用户的功能需求,需要一种策略基于服务的多种QoS属性来帮助用户选择合适的服务。以XML描述服务的QoS属性,提出了一种基于QoS的Pareto最优的服务选择策略,选择出那些不在所有的QoS属性上劣于其它服务的服务。实验结果表明,与随机选择和偏好导向的选择策略相比,Pareto最优策略有独特的效果。

QuCOM:一种面向构件系统的QoS管理模型

在性能变化不确定的系统内,不同的应用处于竞争和共享有限的系统资源、并受其变化影响的环境中·在系统运行时,对于需要QoS保证的应用,为保证其QoS属性,应能适应于这种环境·考虑到系统资源的全局管理特性,仅从应用中增加适应机制是不够的,还需在系统层中增加QoS管理机制·为此,给出了一种面向构件系统的QoS管理模型———QuCOM(qualitycomponent)及其集成到系统构件框架的方法,使基于QuCOM开发的构件应用能够适应于变化的系统环境,并为了验证QuCOM的有效性,以一个视频流应用为例,给出了相关实验数据分析·

OnceAS/Q:一个面向QoS的Web应用服务器

网络分布计算环境下应用系统的需求多样化和复杂性的增长,要求位于中间件层次的Web应用服务器(web application server,简称WAS)从原来的尽力而为服务模型转变为服务质量(quality of service,简称QoS)保障模型,为具有不同需求的应用分别提供适宜的服务质量保障.目前的WAS系统在此方面仍然比较薄弱.OnceAS/Q是一个面向QoS的WAS系统,它以QoS规约为基础,为不同应用提供不同的QoS保障能力.OnceAS/Q实现了一个应用QoS保障框架,提供了一组QoS服务组件支持具有QoS需求的应用开发和运行.介绍了OnceAS/Q的体系结构和主要组件,详细阐述了两个关键问题,一是QoS规约的定义及其映射,另一个是面向QoS的服务组件和资源的动态重配.OnceAS/Q原型在Ecperf测试基准下,对其QoS保障能力进行了实验.实验数据表明,在较大规模的应用环境下,OnceAS/Q能够提供更好的服务质量,并且开销是可接受的.

QoS获益驱动的中间件调度框架研究

Web应用服务器目前普遍采用的先到先得式（FCFS）的调度框架在过载时难以保障应用的服务质量（QoS）需求.QoS获益驱动（QBD）的调度框架是一种针对这些不足而提出的请求调度解决方案.QoS获益根据应用的QoS需求得到,用于评价QoS保障对应用需求的满足情况.QBD调度框架包含了多个用于保障应用QoS需求的组件,实现了基于QoS获益的资源规划算法,能够提高服务器对应用QoS需求的保障能力.在OnceAS平台上的实验结果验证了QBD调度框架的有效性.