QoE modelling for VP9 and H.265 videos on mobile devices

Current mobile devices and streaming video services support high definition (HD) video, increasing expectation for more contents. HD video streaming generally requires large bandwidth, exerting pressures on existing networks. New generation of video compression codecs, such as VP9 and H.265/HEVC, are expected to be more effective for reducing bandwidth. Existing studies to measure the impact of its compression on users’ perceived quality have not been focused on mobile devices. Here we propose new Quality of Experience (QoE) models that consider both subjective and objective assessments of mobile video quality. We introduce novel predictors, such as the correlations between video resolution and size of coding unit, and achieve a high goodness-of-fit to the collected subjective assessment data (adjusted R-square >83%). The performance analysis shows that H.265 can potentially achieve 44% to 59% bit rate saving compared to H.264/AVC, slightly better than VP9 at 33% to 53%, depending on video content and resolution.

169 GHz repetition rate passively harmonically mode-locked VECSEL emitting 265 fs pulses

High repetition rate passively mode-locked sources are of significant interest due to their potential for applications including optical clocking, optical sampling, communications and others. Due to their short excited state lifetimes mode-locked VECSELs are ideally suited to high repetition rate operation, however fundamentally mode-locked quantum well-based VECSELs have not achieved repetition rates above 10 GHz due to the limitations placed on the cavity geometry by the requirement that the saturable absorber saturates more quickly than the gain. This issue has been overcome by the use of quantum dot-based saturable absorbers with lower saturation fluences leading to repetition rates up to 50 GHz, but sub-picosecond pulses have not been achieved at these repetition rates. We present a passively harmonically mode-locked VECSEL emitting pulses of 265 fs duration at a repetition rate of 169 GHz with an output power of 20 mW. The laser is based around an antiresonant 6 quantum well gain sample and is mode-locked using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. Harmonic modelocking is achieved by using an intracavity sapphire etalon. The sapphire then acts as a coupled cavity, setting the repetition rate of the laser while still allowing a tight focus on the saturable absorber. RF spectra of the laser output show no peaks at harmonics of the fundamental repetition rate up to 26 GHz, indicating stable harmonic modelocking. Autocorrelations reveal groups of pulses circulating in the cavity as a result of an increased tendency towards Q-switched modelocking due to the low pulse energies.

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 265]

Portugal, nos tempos da colônia, exercia uma severa intervenção na economia do Brasil. Na Era Vargas surgiram ministérios e empresas estatais totalizando 530 instituições em 1985. Paulo Lustosa, presidente do Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas (SEBRAE), diz que, com a redução da intervenção, abre-se o direito de produzir e permite o aproveitamento das potencialidades econômicas. O Senador Albano Franco (PSDB-SE) acredita que a empresa privada traz agilidade e custos mais baixos na administração, ou seja, é mais eficaz, o que não ocorre nas estatais. Dércio Munhoz, professor de Economia da UnB, não concorda com a privatização das estatais. O Deputado César Maia (PDT-RJ) gostaria que no Brasil houvesse uma tendência privatizante, após todas as conquistas sociais. O Deputado Aloísio Vasconcelos (PMDB-MG) diz que a Constituição fixará os tipos de empresas a serem privatizadas. O Deputado Gil César (PMDB-MG) fala que, é importante o cidadão saber o destino dos impostos pagos e o retorno dado pelo governo. O Deputado Afif Domingos (PL-SP) afirma que o Estado tem que ser o estimulador da competição, beneficiando o consumidor final. Na atual conjuntura, acaba sendo protetor de oligopólios e de monopólios ineficientes - tem falhado ao deixar de exercer a condição de juiz para ser parte do processo.

新核素~(265)Bh及其α衰变链上核的基态性质

运用变形的相对论平均场理论系统地探讨了新核素265Bh及其α衰变链的基态性质.对关联的处理采用了BCS方法,不成对核子的处理运用了“阻塞”法后,所计算的结合能和四极形变符合了有限力程小液滴模型的结果,计算表明研究的α衰变链具有中等大小的长椭球形变;且计算的α衰变能Qα成功地与实验符合.在此基础上进一步研究了新核素265Bh的单粒子能级.

利用α关联衰变链鉴别新同位素_(107)~(265)Bh

主要介绍了合成和鉴别107号元素的新同位素265Bh的实验装置、实验方法以及实验结果.目标核265Bh是由能量为135MeV的26Mg离子轰击243Am靶,通过融合蒸发反应而产生.反应产物首先由He jet系统传输到装有数个探测器对的转轮收集测量系统,然后依靠母子核遗传关系通过观察新同位素和它们已知子核261Db和257Lr之间的α衰变的关联,来实现对新核素的鉴别.实验测得265Bh的α衰变能量为(9.24±0.05)MeV, 半衰期为0.94+0.70-0.31s.从该实验得出的265Bh的α衰变能量和半寿命能够与理论预言一致.

新同位素~(265)Bh(Z=107)的合成证据

利用兰州重离子加速器提供的26Mg离子束轰击243Am靶, 产生了新同位素265Bh. 实验中用氦喷技术对产物进行传输, 并用一套具有数对探测器组的转轮收集探测系统对产物进行收集和测量. 通过观测265Bh与它的衰变子核261Db及257Lr之间的α衰变的关联, 实现了对新核素的鉴别. 实验测得265Bh的α衰变能量为(9. 24±0. 05)MeV, 半衰期为 0. 94+0. 70 0. 31 s.

~(265)Bh(Z=107)同位素的首次观测

在兰州的重离子加速器上用 2 6Mg离子束轰击 2 43 Am靶 ,产生了新同位素 2 65Bh .通过观测新同位素 2 65Bh和它的已知子核 2 61Db和 2 57Lr之间的α衰变的关联 ,实现了对新核素的鉴别 .实验中使用了一套新建立的具有数个探测器对的转轮收集探测系统 .将该系统用于特殊的母 -子核搜索模式 ,从而大大减少了本底 .共测得了 8个 2 65Bh的α衰变关联事件 ;同时 4个已知核 2 64Bh的衰变关联事件也被鉴别出来 .实验测得 2 65Bh的α衰变能量为 (9.2 4± 0 .0 5 )MeV ,半衰期为 0 .94 + 0 .70-0 .3 1s .

关于合成~(265)Bh实验的可行性分析

分析了目前关于超重核研究的现状,结合现有的设备及条件,在合成259Db以后,下一次实验的目标核初步确定为107号元素的新同位素265Bh.描述了对MG转轮收集探测系统的实验检验结果.实验中成功地观察和测量了24Mg+232Th的产物252No的母子体的α衰变谱,为下一步合成265Bh完成了部分预实验工作.另外,也给出了下一个目标核的衰变特性的理论预言值,同时也选择了产生该目标核的弹靶组合及反应道,并对生成截面进行了粗略估计,给出了该核的可观测性产额及可行性分析.

Theoretical study on properties of new isotope (265)Bh

The properties of nuclei belonging to the newly observed a-decay chain starting from (265)Bh have been studied. The axially deformed relativistic mean-field calculation with the force NL-Z2 has been performed in the blocked BCS approximation. Some ground state properties such as binding energies, deformations, spins, and parities, as well as Q-values of the alpha-decay for this decay chain have been calculated and compared with known experimental data. Good agreement is found. The single-particle spectrum of the nucleus (265)Bh is studied and some new magic numbers are found, while the magnitudes of the shell gaps in superheavy nuclei are much smaller than those of nuclei before the actinium region, and the Fermi surfaces are close to the continuum. Thus the superheavy nuclei are usually not stable. The alpha-decay lifetimes in the (265)Bh decay chain are evaluated by different formulae, and compared with experimental data. The methods which give good agreement with the data are selected.

The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: atmospheric parameters and rotational velocity distributions for B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds (vol 457, pg 265, 2006)

We correct the estimates of the dispersions in the rotational velocities for early-type stars in our Galaxy (Dufton et al. 2006, A&A, 457, 265) and the Magellanic Clouds (Hunter et al. 2008, A&A, 479, 541). The corrected values are pi(1/4) (i.e. approximately 33%) larger than those published in the original papers.

L'Interdit – no 265, sept./oct. 1978

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