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Spectrum cartography using adaptive radial basis functions: Experimental validation
2017
In this paper, we experimentally validate the functionality of a developed algorithm for spectrum cartography using adaptive Gaussian radial basis functions (RBF). The RBF are strategically centered around representative centroid locations in a machine learning context. We assume no prior knowledge about neither the power spectral densities (PSD) of the transmitters nor their locations. Instead, the received signal power at each location is estimated as a linear combination of different RBFs. The weights of the RBFs, their Gaussian decaying parameters and locations are jointly optimized using expectation maximization with a least squares loss function and a quadratic regularizer. The perfor…
Efficient Analysis and Synthesis Using a New Factorization of the Gabor Frame Matrix
2018
In this paper, we consider the case in which one needs to carry out Gabor analysis and synthesis on large signals using a short support analysis window and its corresponding, possibly longer canonical dual window, respectively. In this asymmetric context, we propose a novel factorization of the Gabor frame operator that exploits its strong and well-known structure and leads to a computational cost for synthesis, which is comparable to the one needed for short support analysis. The proposed factorization applies to any Gabor system with very mild conditions and leads to a potentially promising alternative to current synthesis algorithms in the case of short analysis windows whose support is …
Graphical Schemes Designed to Display and Study the Long-term Variations of Schumann Resonance
2019
This work proposes and illustrates a graphical approach aimed at studying a wide range of features of the ELF horizontal magnetic field signal recorded at the Sierra Nevada station (Spain). In addition to the traditional long-term variations in the parameters of the first three Schumann resonances (their amplitudes, central frequencies and widths), many other properties such as the saturations of the magnetometers, anomalous values for the parameters or spectra with any kind of particularities are taken into consideration in this work. These features can provide us with complementary information about the long-term variation of Schumann resonances, give an estimation of the extent up to whi…
Reliable signal processing using parallel arrays of non-identical nanostructures and stochastic resonance
2010
In the stochastic resonance (SR) phenomena, the response of a non-linear system to a weak periodic input signal is optimised by the presence of a particular level of noise which enhances signal detection. We explore, theoretically, the influence of thermal noise in arrays of metal nanoparticles functionalised with organic ligands acting as tunnelling junctions, with emphasis on the interplay between the SR phenomena and the nanostructure variability. In this system, the transference of a reduced number of electrons may suffice to implement a variety of electronic functions. However, because nanostructures are expected to show a significant variability in their physical characteristics, it i…
Understanding disease mechanisms with models of signaling pathway activities
2014
Background Understanding the aspects of the cell functionality that account for disease or drug action mechanisms is one of the main challenges in the analysis of genomic data and is on the basis of the future implementation of precision medicine. Results Here we propose a simple probabilistic model in which signaling pathways are separated into elementary sub-pathways or signal transmission circuits (which ultimately trigger cell functions) and then transforms gene expression measurements into probabilities of activation of such signal transmission circuits. Using this model, differential activation of such circuits between biological conditions can be estimated. Thus, circuit activation s…
Probing the radio emission from air showers with polarization measurements
2014
The emission of radio waves from air showers has been attributed to the so-called geomagnetic emission process. At frequencies around 50 MHz this process leads to coherent radiation which can be observed with rather simple setups. The direction of the electric field induced by this emission process depends only on the local magnetic field vector and on the incoming direction of the air shower. We report on measurements of the electric field vector where, in addition to this geomagnetic component, another component has been observed which cannot be described by the geomagnetic emission process. The data provide strong evidence that the other electric field component is polarized radially wit…
Applicability of LES turbulence modeling for CZ silicon crystal growth systems with traveling magnetic field
2010
Abstract To examine the applicability of LES turbulence modeling for CZ silicon crystal growth systems with traveling magnetic fields, LES calculations with Smagorinsky–Lilly turbulence model and van Driest damping at the solid walls are carried out. The program package for the calculations was developed on the basis of the open-source code library OpenFOAM ® . A previously published laboratory model with low temperature melt InGaSn, a 20” crucible, and process parameters corresponding to industrial Czochralski silicon systems is considered. Flow regimes with two crystal and crucible rotation rates and with different strengths of the traveling magnetic field “down” are analyzed. The calcula…
Bimodal Acidity at the Amorphous Silica/Water Interface
2015
International audience; Understanding the microscopic origin of the acid base behavior of mineral surfaces in contact with water is still a challenging task, for both the experimental and the theoretical communities. Even for a relatively simple material, such as silica, the origin of the bimodal acidity behavior is still a debated topic. In this contribution we calculate the acidity of single sites on the humid silica surface represented by a model for the hydroxylated amorphous surface. Using a thermodynamic integration approach based on ab initio molecular dynamics, we identify two different acidity values. In particular, some convex geminals and some type of vicinals are very acidic (pK…
Unique Reactivity of Fluorinated Molecules with Transition Metals
2014
Organofluorine and organometallic chemistry by themselves constitute two potent areas in organic synthesis. Thus, the combination of both offers many chemical possibilities and represents a powerful tool for the design and development of new synthetic methodologies leading to diverse molecular structures in an efficient manner. Given the importance of the selective introduction of fluorine atoms into organic molecules and the effectiveness of transition metals in C–C and C–heteroatom bond formation, this review represents an interesting read for this aim.
Generalized singly-implicit Runge-Kutta methods with arbitrary knots
1985
The aim of this paper is to derive Butcher's generalization of singly-implicit methods without restrictions on the knots. Our analysis yields explicit computable expressions for the similarity transformations involved which allow the efficient implementation of the first phase of the method, i.e. the solution of the nonlinear equations. Furthermore, simple formulas for the second phase of the method, i.e. computation of the approximations at the next nodal point, are established. Finally, the matrix which governs the stability of the method is studied.