Initializing Vision Based Trackers Using Semantic Texton Forests

Vision based tracking can provide the spatial location of project related entities such as equipment, workers, and materials in a large-scale congested construction site. It tracks entities in a video stream by inferring their motion. To initiate the process, it is required to determine the pixel areas of the entities to be tracked in the following consecutive video frames. For the purpose of fully automating the process, this paper presents an automated way of initializing trackers using Semantic Texton Forests (STFs) method. STFs method performs simultaneously the segmentation of the image and the classification of the segments based on the low-level semantic information and the context information. In this paper, STFs method is tested in the case of wheel loaders recognition. In the experiments, wheel loaders are further divided into several parts such as wheels and body parts to help learn the context information. The results show 79% accuracy of recognizing the pixel areas of the wheel loader. These results signify that STFs method has the potential to automate the initialization process of vision based tracking.

UV durable colour pigment doped SmA liquid crystal composites for outdoor trans-reflective bi-stable displays

High brightness trans-reflective bi-stable displays based on smectic A (SmA) liquid crystals (LCs) can have nearly perfect transparency in the clear state and very high reflection in the scattered state. Because the LC material in use is stable under UV radiation, this kind of displays can stand for strong day-light and therefore be ideal for outdoor applications from e-books to public signage and advertisement. However, the colour application has been limited because the traditional colourants in use are conventional dyes which are lack of UV stability and that their colours are easily photo bleached. Here we present a colour SmA display demonstrator using pigments as colourant. Mixing pigments with SmA LCs and maintain the desirable optical switching performance is not straightforward. We show here how it can be done, including how to obtain fine sized pigment nano-particles, the effects of particle size and size distribution on the display performance. Our optimized pigments/SmA compositions can be driven by a low frequency waveform (∼101Hz) to a scattered state to exhibit colour while by a high frequency waveform (∼103Hz) to a cleared state showing no colour. Finally, we will present its excellent UV life-time (at least >7.2 years) in comparison with that of dye composition (∼2.4 years). The complex interaction of pigment nano-particles with LC molecules and the resulting effects on the LC electro-optical performances are still to be fully understood. We hope this work will not only demonstrate a new and practical approach for outdoor reflective colour displays but also provide a new material system for fundamental liquid crystal colloid research work. © 2012 SPIE.

藻类生物膜技术脱氮除磷效果研究

利用藻类生物膜去除水体氮磷为富营养化的防治提供了1种新途径,实验室条件下研究了以巨颤藻(Oscillatoria princeps)占优势的藻类生物膜对人工合成污水、污水处理厂二级污水和富营养化湖水氮(N)、磷(P)的去除效果.结果表明,通过5 d的处理,藻类生物膜对人工合成污水、污水处理厂二级污水和富营养化湖水总氮(TN)去除率分别为57.1%、94.5%和93.8%,对总磷(TP)去除率分别为93%、73%和79%.藻类产量达到3.7~7.2 g.(m2.d)-1;收获藻体总凯氏氮(TKN)达5.7%

EEFIT mission to Haiti following the 12th January 2010 earthquake

The Mw= 7.2 Haiti earthquake of 12th January 2010 caused extensive damage to buildings and other infrastructure in the epicentral region in and around Port-au-Prince. The Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT), which is based in the United Kingdom, organised a field mission to Haiti with the authors as the team members. The paper presents the geotechnical findings of the team including those relating to soil liquefaction and lateral spreading and discusses the performance of buildings, including historic buildings, and bridges. Unprecedented use was made of damage assessments made from remote images (i. e. images taken from satellites and aircraft) when planning the post-earthquake relief effort in Haiti and a principal objective of the team was to evaluate the accuracy of such assessments. Accordingly, 142 buildings in Port-au-Prince were inspected in the field by the EEFIT team; damage assessments had previously been made using remote images for all these buildings. On the basis of this survey, the tendency of remote assessments to underestimate damage was confirmed; it was found that the underestimate applied to assessments based on oblique images using the relatively new technique of Pictometry, as well as those based on vertical images, although to a lesser degree. The paper also discusses the distribution of damage in Port-au-Prince, which was found to be strongly clustered in ways that appear not to have been completely explained. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

洞庭湖浮游生物群落DNA指纹拓扑结构与物种组成对应关系

对东洞庭湖7个采样站点的浮游生物群落进行了DNA多态性的RAPD指纹分析和物种组成的分类鉴定,并通过聚类分析探讨了DNA指纹拓扑结构与物种组成对应关系。结果如下:(1)筛选出的11条随机引物共获得148条长度在180~2000bp的谱带,多态率为98.6%,各引物扩增谱带数在11~16不等;各站点平均有57.6条谱带,其中站最多(70条),站最少(45条),而站的特有带最多(7条),站最少(2条);(2)共观察到54种/类浮游生物,其中站出现的最多(27),其它各站点在7~13不等,分布概率在85%以上的

车轮虫齿体特征的量化及其种内种间系统发育的研究

齿体特征是车轮虫物种鉴定的一个重要依据。本文首次提出一种齿体结构面积比例量化法 ,即通过对齿钩、齿锥、齿棘、齿体环各部分反口面观面积的测量 ,分别计算出前三者与所在齿体的面积比以及所有齿体总面积与齿体环的面积比 ,从而将齿体特征转换为量化指标。依据所测量化值 ,采用相似性聚类法 ,我们首先探讨了显著车轮虫 (TrichodinanobbillisChen ,196 3)的三个种群的亲缘关系 ,然后以劳牧小车轮虫 (TrichodinellalomiXu ,Song&Warren ,1999)为外类群 ,选

两种缘毛类纤毛虫胞质Hsp70基因序列的克隆及其系统发育分析

克隆得到 2种缘毛类纤毛虫———钟形钟虫 (Vorticellacampanula)和螅状独缩虫 (Carchesiumpolyp inum)的胞质Hsp70基因部分序列 ,长度均为 4 38bp ,编码 14 6个氨基酸。以细菌为外类群 ,利用最大似然法和邻接法构建包括其他 5种纤毛虫在内的共 2 6个物种的Hsp70基因氨基酸序列系统发育树 ,其拓扑结构显示 :V campanula和C polypinum聚在一起 ,并与另 2种寡膜纲的嗜热四膜虫 (Tetrahymenathermophila)及草

湖北武湖日本沼虾的生长特性

从1998年9月至1999年9月对人工养殖湖泊——武湖日本沼虾生长特性作了研究. 以月龄来研究日本沼虾的生长,研究结果表明日本沼虾在7-1月份(1-7月龄)呈等速生长,在2-6月份(8-12月龄)呈异速生长.日本沼虾体重(W)与体长(L)呈幂函数相关,但在7-1月份时其b值接近于3,而在2-6月份时其b值明显小于3,其关系式如下: 1-7月龄:W♂=0. 0148L3. 2419(r=0. 9978,n=390),W♀=0. 0206L3. 0117(r=0. 9968,n=372); 8-12月龄:W♂

水生植物在污水处理和水质改善中的应用

介绍了水生植物在污水治理中的应用。通过与其他方法的比较 ,说明了水生植物净化法有其独特的优点。分别阐述了低等植物藻类及高等水生植物净化污水的应用类型、方式 ,应用范围及净化机理 ,还对高等水生植物的选取标准作了描述。指出了该方法使用的可行性 ,并对其应用前景作出了展望。

沉水植物重建对富营养水体氮磷营养水平的影响

利用富营养浅水湖泊 (武汉东湖 )中所建立的大型实验围隔系统 ,研究了沉水植物对水体N、P营养水平的影响 .结果表明 ,沉水植物重建后N、P营养水平显著降低 .在研究期间 ,水生植物围隔总N和总P水平均显著低于对照围隔和大湖水体 ,而且水生植物围隔的总P含量一般维持在 0 .1mg·L- 1 左右 ,季节性波动远低于对照围隔和大湖水体 .水生植物围隔水体中氨态氮和亚硝态氮含量较低 ,而硝态氮含量与对照围隔和和大湖水体差别不大 .由此可见 ,恢复以沉水植物为主的水生植被 ,可以有效地降低N、P营养循环速度

水生植物的气体交换与输导代谢

中国科学院知识创新工程重要方向项目 (KSCX2-SW-10 2 ); 国家杰出青年基金 ( 3 992 5 0 0 7); 武汉市青年科技晨光计划 ( 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 40 44 ); 国家 973计划 ( 2 0 0 2CB412 3 0 0 )

鱼类培养细胞抗病毒基因差减cDNA文库的构建

紫外线灭活的草鱼出血病病毒 (GCHV)能诱导鲫囊胚培养细胞 (CAB)产生高滴度的干扰素 ,从而诱导宿主细胞基因表达的改变并处于抗病毒状态。提取灭活病毒诱导未经病毒诱导的CAB细胞mRNA ,利用抑制性差减杂交技术 ,成功构建了鱼类培养细胞抗病毒基因差减cDNA文库。以鲫管家基因α tubulin和 β actin作为差减指标 ,检测差减cDNA文库的差减效率分别高达 2 15和 2 7倍 ,表明经过病毒诱导后的细胞中 ,某些差异表达基因的富集效率也接近 2 15倍。鱼类抗病毒基因差减cDNA文库的建立

Numerical study of the shielding properties of macroscopic hybrid ferromagnetic/superconductor hollow cylinders

We study the magnetic shielding properties of hybrid ferromagnetic/ superconductor (F/S) structures consisting of two coaxial cylinders, with one of each material. We use an axisymmetric finite-element model in which the electrical properties of the superconducting tube are modeled by a nonlinear E-J power law with a magnetic-field-dependent critical current density whereas the magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic material take saturation into account. We study and compare the penetration of a uniform axial magnetic field in two cases: 1) a ferromagnetic tube placed inside a larger superconducting tube (Ferro-In configuration) and 2) a ferromagnetic tube placed outside the superconducting one (Ferro-Out configuration). In both cases, we assess how the ferromagnetic tube improves the shielding properties of the sole superconducting tube. The influence of the geometrical parameters of the ferromagnetic tube is also studied: It is shown that, upon an optimal choice of the geometrical parameters, the range of magnetic fields that are efficiently shielded by the high-temperature superconductor tube alone can be increased by a factor of up to 7 (2) in a Ferro-Out (Ferro-In) configuration. The optimal configuration uses a 1020 carbon steel with a thickness of 2 mm and a height that is half that of the superconducting cylinder (80 mm). © 2009 IEEE.