简介:Generallyadatabaseencompassesvariouskindsofknowledgeandissharedbymanyusers.Differentusersmaypreferdifferentkindsofknowledge.Soitisimportantforadataminingalgorithmtooutputspecificknowledgeaccordingtousers'currentrequire-ments(preference).Wecallthiskindofdataminingrequirement-orientedknowledgediscovery(ROKD).Whentheroughsettheoryisusedindatamining,theROKDproblemishowtofindareductandcorrespondingrulesinterestingfortheuser.Sincereductsandrulesaregeneratedinthesameway,thispaperonlyconcernswithhowtofindaparticularreduct.Theuser'srequirementisdescribedbyanorderofattributes,calledattributeorder,whichimpliestheim-portanceofattributesfortheuser.Intheorder,moreimportantattributesarelocatedbeforelessimportantones.Thentheproblembecomeshowtofindareductincludingthoseattributesanteriorintheattributeorder.Anapproachtodealingwithsuchaproblemisproposed.Anditscompletenessforreductisproved.Afterthat,threekindsofattributeorderaredevelopedtodescribevarioususerrequirements.
简介:AsreportedfromafieldseminaronMJAon-linecoalcompositiondetectionsystem,NDRChasrankedtheMJAsystemwiththekeyandspecialprojectsofciviliannon-powernucleartechnologyindustrialization.MJAdevicedevelopedindependentlybyNanjingDaluZhongdianTechnologyCo.,Ltd.isthefirstfullcoalflow,all-elementandall-indextypeofon-linedetectionsystem.Itwassuccessfullyusedforincomingcoaldetectionofpowerplants.
简介:Customers'satisfactionwithservicesisreflectedbyqualityofexperience(QoE).Insofar,moststudiesoncooperativecommunicationhavebeenfocusedonimprovingtheQoEofsourceusers.However,theimprovementofasourceuser'sQoEisobtainedatcostofdegradationoftherelayuser'sQoE.Ontheotherhand,cooperativecommunicationscanachieveperformancesimilartothatofaconventionalmultiple-inputmultiple-output(MIMO)systembyformingvirtualMIMOarrays.Hence,toimprovetheQoEperformanceofrelayusers,thisarticleproposestheconceptofabeliefthresholdatthedestinationuserandanewcooperativeschemebasedonthebeliefthresholddestination(BTD)technique,whilewithoutdecayingtheBERperformanceofthecommunicationsystem.
简介:investmentofthistypeofbusinessisnotcomplex.Hence,thesurvivalofthistypeofbusinessisnoteasilyguaranteedbecauseofnotonlyhighcompetitivenessbutalsounclearinformationfromtheuserside.Entrepreneursofcoworkingspacesneedtounderstandthecharacteristicsandperspectivesofuserswhichmaydifferinvariousregionsandcultures.Thisresearchinvestigatedtheusersofcoworkingspacesintermsoftheircharacteristics,behaviors,andperspectives.ThescopefocusedoncoworkingspaceslocatingonorclosedtothemasstraintransitstationsofCBDBangkok.Theresearchappliedquantitativeapproachthroughquestionnairesurveyswith300respondentsduringNovember,2017.Therearemanyinterestingresultsfoundfromtheanalysisandsomehowdifferfrompaststudies.Themajorityofrespondentswereyoungerthan25yearsoldwhowerestudents.However,aquarterofthosewere“CorporateEmployee”.Coffeeshopwasthetopplacetoworkoutsideownoffice,secondedbycoworkingspaces.Thebehaviorsofthemajorityoftherespondentsincluded:80%visitedcoworkingspacesatleastoneaweekandalmosthalfvisited3-4timesaweek;theyspentatleastthreehourspervisitandabout15%spentlongerthansixhours.Theperspectivesofmostrespondentswereusedcoworkingspacestoincreaseproductivityandchoseaplacebasedonlocation.Theresultscallforfurtheranalysisandstudies.
简介:AllwatermarksaresharedintoshadowimagesusingVCS(VisualCryptographyScheme).Onlyonespecificshadow(asanewwatermark)isembeddedintothehostsignalandtheotheronesaredistributedtoeveryuserineachgroupasakey.Inthewatermarkingextractionprocedure,usersindifferentgroupcanobtaindifferentwatermarkbycombiningtheirshadowswiththeextractedonefromthewatermarkedsignal.Analysisandexperimentalresultsshowthatthenewwatermarkingmethodisnovel,secureandrobust.
简介:Asusersincreasinglybefriendothersandinteractonlineviatheirsocialmediaaccounts,onlinesocialnetworks(OSNs)areexpandingrapidly.Confrontedwiththebigdatageneratedbyusers,itisimperativethatdatastoragebedistributed,scalable,andcost-efficient.Yetoneofthemostsignificantchallengesaboutthistopicisdetermininghowtominimizethecostwithoutdeterioratingsystemperformance.Althoughmanystoragesystemsusethedistributedkeyvaluestore,itcannotbedirectlyappliedtoOSNstoragesystems.Andbecauseusers'dataarehighlycorrelated,hashstorageleadstofrequentinter-servercommunications,andthehighinter-servertrafficcostsdecreasetheOSNstoragesystem'sscalability.Previousstudiesproposedconductingnetworkpartitioninganddatareplicationbasedonsocialgraphs.However,datareplicationincreasesstoragecostsandimpactstrafficcosts.Here,weconsiderhowtominimizecostsfromtheperspectiveofdatastorage,bycombiningpartitioningandreplication.Ourcost-efficientdatastorageapproachsupportsscalableOSNstoragesystems.Theproposedapproachco-locatesfrequentlyinteractiveuserstogetherbyconductingpartitioningandreplicationsimultaneouslywhilemeetingload-balancingconstraints.Extensiveexperimentsareundertakenontworeal-worldtraces,andtheresultsshowthatourapproachachieveslowercostcomparedwithstate-of-the-artapproaches.ThusweconcludethatourapproachenableseconomicandscalableOSNdatastorage.
简介:TheobjectiveofthisstudyistoexploreapotentiallyeffectivetrainingmethodforthehospitalprofessionalstoeducatedrugusersandtoenhancetheirknowledgeofHIVinfection.Onehundredandsixtyonesubjects,whocamefrom13differentprovincesandwereadmittedinadrugreliefhospitalinBeijing,wererecruitedforthisstudy.Theaverageageofthesesubjectswas35.21±6.24yearold.Theaveragenumbersofyearsfordrugaddictionwere7years,andtheaveragenumbersofdrugrelieftreatmentreceivedinthepastwas5.5times.ThelevelofAIDSknowledgeofthesesubjects,includingpathogenicfactors,sourceofinfection,routeoftransmissionandpreventivemeasures,wereevaluatedbeforeandafterreceivingtheAIDSeducationaltrainingtothesedrugusers.Ourresultsshowedthattherewasastatisticallysignificantincrease(P<0.01)intheknowledgeofHIVinfectionandpreventionamongthesesubjects.PositiveattitudeandbehavioraltendenciestowardHIVpreventionwerealsoimproved.Therefore,itisimperativeforthemedicalprofessionalstoincorporateAIDSeducationintodrugrelieftreatmenttoachievethemaximumeffectontheknowledgeofAIDSandimprovementofpositiveattitudesandbehaviorstowardHIVpreventionamongdrugusers.
简介:Electricallyevokedcompoundactionpotential(eCAP)amplitudeselicitedatsuprathresholdlevelswereassessedasameasureoftheeffectivenessofcochlearimplant(CI)stimulation.Twenty-oneindividualsparticipated;onewasexcludedduetofacialstimulationduringeCAPtesting.Foreachparticipant,eCAPswereelicitedwithstimulationfromsevenelectrodesneartheupperlimitoftheindividual'selectricaldynamicrange.Areduced-channelCIprogramwascreatedusingthosesamesevenelectrodes,andparticipantsperformedavoweldiscriminationtask.Consistentwithpreviousreports,eCAPamplitudesvariedacrosstestedelectrodes;theprofileswereuniquetoeachindividual.In6subjects(30%),eCAPamplitudevariabilitywaspartiallyexplainedbytheimpedanceoftherecordingelectrode.Theremainingamplitudevariabilitywithinsubjects,andthevariabilityobservedacrosssubjectscouldnotbeexplainedbyrecordingelectrodeimpedance.Thisimpliesthatotherunderlyingfactors,suchasvariationsinneuralstatusacrossthearray,areresponsible.Across-sitemeaneCAPamplitudewassignificantlycorrelatedwithvoweldiscriminationscores(r2?0.56).AsingleeCAPamplitudemeasuredfromthemiddleofthearraywasalsosignificantlycorrelatedwithvoweldiscrimination,butthecorrelationwasweaker(r2?0.37),thoughnotstatisticallydifferentfromtheacrosssitemean.NormalizingeacheCAPamplitudebyitsassociatedrecordingelectrodeimpedancedidnotimprovethecorrelationwithvoweldiscrimination(r2?0.52).FurtherworkisneededtoassesswhethercombiningeCAPamplitudewithothermeasuresoftheelectrode-neuralinterfaceand/orwithmorecentralmeasuresofauditoryfunctionprovidesamorecompletepictureofauditoryfunctioninCIrecipients.