A survey on compressed domain video analysis techniques

Image and video analysis requires rich features that can characterize various aspects of visual information. These rich features are typically extracted from the pixel values of the images and videos, which require huge amount of computation and seldom useful for real-time analysis. On the contrary, the compressed domain analysis offers relevant information pertaining to the visual content in the form of transform coefficients, motion vectors, quantization steps, coded block patterns with minimal computational burden. The quantum of work done in compressed domain is relatively much less compared to pixel domain. This paper aims to survey various video analysis efforts published during the last decade across the spectrum of video compression standards. In this survey, we have included only the analysis part, excluding the processing aspect of compressed domain. This analysis spans through various computer vision applications such as moving object segmentation, human action recognition, indexing, retrieval, face detection, video classification and object tracking in compressed videos.

Growth mechanism of the interdiffusion zone between platinum modified bond coats and single crystal superalloys

Pt-modified beta-NiAl bond coats are applied over the superalloys for oxidation protection in jet engine applications. However, as shown in this study, it also enhances the growth of the interdiffusion zone developed between the bond coat and the superalloy along with brittle precipitates. Location of the Kirkendall plane indicates that a precipitate free sublayer grows from the bond coat, whereas another sublayer grows from the superalloy containing very high volume fraction of precipitates. With increasing Pt content, thickness of both the sublayers increases because of an increase in diffusion rates of the components. Quantitative electron probe microanalysis indicates high concentration of refractory components in the precipitates. Transmission electron microscopy shows that Rene N5 superalloy produces TCP phases mu and P, whereas CMSX-4 superalloy produces mu and sigma in the interdiffusion zone. With increasing Pt content in the bond coat, the average size of the precipitates decreases when coupled with Rene N5. Precipitates become much finer when the same bond coats are coupled with CMSX-4. (C) 2015 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Investigations into the structural and down-shifting and up-conversion luminescence properties of Ba2Na1-3xErxNb5O15 (0 <= x <= 0.06) nanocrystalline phosphor synthesized via sol-gel route

The present work deals with the structural and efficient down-shifting (DS) and up-conversion (UC) luminescence properties of erbium ion (Er3+) doped nanocrystalline barium sodium niobate (Ba2Na1-3xErxNb5O15, where x = 0, 0.02, 0.04 and 0.06) powders synthesized via novel citrate-based sol-gel route. The monophasic nature of the title compound was confirmed via x-ray powder diffraction followed by FT-IR studies. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) facilitated the establishment of the nanocrystalline phase and the morphology of the crystallites. The Kubelka-Munk function, based on diffused reflectance studies and carried out on nano-sized crystallites, was employed to obtain the optical band-gap. The synthesized nanophosphor showed efficient DS/PL-photoluminescence and UC luminescence properties, which have not yet been reported so far in this material. The material emits intense DS green emission on excitation with 378 nm radiation. Interestingly, the material gives intense UC emission in the visible region dominated by green emission and relatively weak red emission on 976 nm excitation (NIR laser excitation). Such a dual-mode emitting nanophosphor could be very useful in display devices and for many other applications.

Growth mechanism of the interdiffusion zone between platinum modified bond coats and single crystal superalloys

Pt-modified beta-NiAl bond coats are applied over the superalloys for oxidation protection in jet engine applications. However, as shown in this study, it also enhances the growth of the interdiffusion zone developed between the bond coat and the superalloy along with brittle precipitates. Location of the Kirkendall plane indicates that a precipitate free sublayer grows from the bond coat, whereas another sublayer grows from the superalloy containing very high volume fraction of precipitates. With increasing Pt content, thickness of both the sublayers increases because of an increase in diffusion rates of the components. Quantitative electron probe microanalysis indicates high concentration of refractory components in the precipitates. Transmission electron microscopy shows that Rene N5 superalloy produces TCP phases mu and P, whereas CMSX-4 superalloy produces mu and sigma in the interdiffusion zone. With increasing Pt content in the bond coat, the average size of the precipitates decreases when coupled with Rene N5. Precipitates become much finer when the same bond coats are coupled with CMSX-4. (C) 2015 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

A systematic asymptotic approach to determine the dispersion characteristics of structural-acoustic waveguides with arbitrary fluid loading

Structural-acoustic waveguides of two different geometries are considered: a 2-D rectangular and a circular cylindrical geometry. The objective is to obtain asymptotic expansions of the fluid-structure coupled wavenumbers. The required asymptotic parameters are derived in a systematic way, in contrast to the usual intuitive methods used in such problems. The systematic way involves analyzing the phase change of a wave incident on a single boundary of the waveguide. Then, the coupled wavenumber expansions are derived using these asymptotic parameters. The phase change is also used to qualitatively demarcate the dispersion diagram as dominantly structure-originated, fluid originated or fully coupled. In contrast to intuitively obtained asymptotic parameters, this approach does not involve any restriction on the material and geometry of the structure. The derived closed-form solutions are compared with the numerical solutions and a good match is obtained. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

部分重力条件下气液两相流型研究

本文分析了"和平号"空间站气液两相流实验中获得的部分重力(0.1 g和0.014 g)条件下的流型特征及其相互转换条件,并将其和常重力与微重力两相流研究中较常用的流型转换模型的预测结果进行了比较.

Efecto de tres niveles de nitrógeno y tres densidades poblacionales sobre el crecimiento, desarrollo y rendimiento en el cultivo de maiz (Zea mays L) Var. NB-6

El presente estudio se estableció durante la época de postrera de 1998, en la hacienda experimental El "Plantel" ubicado a 200 msnm, 12' 03' Latitud Norte y 86° 06' Longitud Oeste, con el objetivo de determinar el efecto de tres niveles de nitrógeno (60, 90, 120 kg/ha) y tres densidades de siembra (56 000, 71 000 y 85000 plantas/ha) sobre el crecimiento, desarrollo y rendimiento del cultivo de maíz (Zea mays L). Var. NB-6. El diseño experimental utilizado fue un bifactorial con arreglo de bloques completamente al azar (BCA), cuatro repeticiones realizando un análisis de varianza (ANDEVA) y separación de medias por Duncan con a= 0.05. Los resultados demuestran que hubo diferencia significativa para los factores en estudio en las variables de crecimiento (altura y diámetro del tallo). El factor nitrógeno presento diferencia significativa para la variable de rendimiento de grano obteniéndose los mejores resultados con los niveles de 90 y 120 kg/ha alcanzando promedios de 6 378 y 6 672.40 kg/ha, también el factor densidad mostró diferencia significativa en él número de plantas cosechadas y mazorcas cosechadas que son un componente importante para el rendimiento del cultivo. Los resultados del análisis económico demuestran que la mejor tasa de retomo marginal es de 539.15 % y se obtuvo con el tratamiento (90 kg/N. ha y 71 000 plantas /ha).

Mejoramiento de dos componentes de sistema de producción del cultivo de la soya (Glycine max L.) variedad CEA-CH-86, su efecto sobre el crecimiento y rendimiento del cultivo

El presente trabajo se planificó con la finalidad de mejorar dos componentes del sistema tradicional de producción del cultivo de la soya (Glycine max L.) variedad CEA-CH-86. Por lo tanto, se trabajó con: densidades de siembra y períodos sin y con control de plantas indeseables para encontrar el período crítico de competencia de malezas. Para determinar la densidad óptima de siembra, se estableció un ensayo unifactorial en la época de primera de 2000 en donde se probaron seis densidades de siembra (238 095,250000, 297 619, 357 143, 378 788 y 396 825 plantas/ha. La densidad que indujo al mayor rendimiento se le determinó el período crítico de competencia de malezas, para lo cual se estableció un experimento unifactorial en donde se incluyeron tratamientos sin control y con control de malezas hasta los 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 y 120 dds. De las seis densidades evaluadas, la que dio el mayor rendimiento fue la de 297,619 plantas/ha con una producción de 2,300 kg/ha. Así mismo, se llegó a la conclusión de que el período crítico de competencia de maleza para el cultivo de la soya en la variedad CEA-CH-86 se determinó a partir de los 20 hasta los 60 días después de la siembra.

Un régimen especial para pequeñas empresas es la clave para combatir la informalidad laboral

Como se señalara en ediciones anteriores de Empleo y Desarrollo Social, la alta incidencia del empleo informal es uno de los mayores desafíos que enfrenta la política social en nuestro país. El punto de partida para revertir este problema pasa por simplificar los procedimientos y reducir los costos para que las pequeñas empresas puedan cumplir las normas laborales e impositivas. En este informe se presentan los lineamientos de un régimen especial para pequeñas empresas, cuyo objeto es combatir la informalidad y mejorar la protección laboral y social de los trabajadores

On the formation of well-aligned ZnO nanowall networks by catalyst-free thermal evaporation method

Two-dimensional ZnO nanowall networks were grown on ZnO-coated silicon by thermal evaporation at low temperature without catalysts or additives. All of the results from scanning electronic spectroscope, X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering confirmed that the ZnO nanowalls were vertically aligned and c-axis oriented. The room-temperature photoluminescence spectra showed a dominated UV peak at 378 nm, and a much suppressed orange emission centered at similar to 590 nm. This demonstrates fairly good crystal quality and optical properties of the product. A possible three-step, zinc vapor-controlled process was proposed to explain the growth of well-aligned ZnO nanowall networks. The pre-coated ZnO template layer plays a key role during the synthesis process, which guides the growth direction of the synthesized products. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

闭合水平环状日珥的磁流体静力学平衡

对太阳进行的H_α单色光观测有时会看到水平环状日珥。本文着重讨论了这种等离子体环的静力学平衡。对于这种轴对称和闭场条件的情形,求得磁场和密度的解析解。本文的结论表明,在不同的重力场和线性无力因子α的影响下,磁面形状和热力学参量的分布会有很大的变化。

高频感应等离子体动力学及其应用

<正> 高频感应等离子体技术是近十多年发展起来的一门新技术,由于它具有无电极污染,弧区大,温度均匀,能提供纯净热源,工质不受限制等特点,在化工、冶金等工业和各个科学技术领域中有着潜在的应用前景.因为过去对能够稳定并控制热等离子体流的某些方法和装置,以及对高频放电理论,等离子体动力学进行了卓有成效的研究,所以促使这个新方向得

在强激光下Ge平行板的动态F-P干涉效应

实验表明,在连续CO_2激光辐照下,Ge平行板透射光强度随时间呈准周期性的变化。基于平行平面板的多光束干涉理论,并考虑激光引起的温升对Ge片折射率和厚度的影响,得到的计算结果与实验相符合。这说明平行平面Ge在高功率连续CO_2激光作用下因折射率和厚度随温度的变化而具有一种动态的法布里-珀罗干涉效应。

广义WKB方法及其对浅水波问题的应用

本文首先指出WKB方法可适用于更广泛的一类方程,并把它应用于线性化浅水波方程。对浅水波焦散区的非线性情形,用广义WKB方法进行了讨论,把文献[4]的结果推广到一般弯曲焦散线的情形。