Skin detection method based on cascaded AdaBoost classifier

Skin detection has been considered as the principal step in many machine vision systems, such as face detection and adult image filtering. Among all these techniques, skin color is the most welcome cue because of its robustness. However, traditional color-based approaches poorly perform on the classification of skin-like pixels. In this paper, we propose a new skin detection method based on the cascaded adaptive boosting (AdaBoost) classifier, which consists of minimum-risk based Bayesian classifier and models in different color spaces such as HSV (hue-saturation-value), YCgCb (brightness-green-blue) and YCgCr (brightness-green-red). In addition, we have constructed our own database that is larger and more suitable for training and testing on filtering adult images than the Compaq data set. Experimental results show that our method behaves better than the state-of-the-art pixel-based skin detection techniques on processing images with skin-like background.     

自发性高血压大鼠大、中动脉壁AT1和AT2受体表达的增龄性变化

目的以自发性高血压大鼠(SHR)为研究对象,探讨动脉血管壁胶原成分、血管紧张素Ⅱ受体(ATR)AT1和AT2亚型蛋白表达的增龄性改变。方法幼年组(7周)、成年组(26周)、老年组(51周)雄性SHR各20只,正常饮食饲养1周后,测定鼠尾动脉收缩压;胸主动脉及肠系膜上动脉(SMA)取材后,石蜡切片,Mallory染色观察壁纤维化程度,免疫组化SABC法测定ATR蛋白表达。结果 3个年龄组SHR大鼠的血压随增龄呈现明显升高[(151±26)mmHg vs.(166±9.0)mmHg vs.(180±13)mmHg,P<0.05];胸主动脉和SMA壁Ⅰ型和Ⅲ型胶原纤维沉积亦随增龄增多(IA值:主动脉416±43 vs.483±74 vs.553±83,SMA 387±46 vs.425±67 vs.468±81,P均<0.05);胸主动脉和SMA壁AT1和AT2表达均随年龄增长呈增高趋势(灰度值:胸主动脉AT1 159±7.0 vs.150±8.7 vs.139±8.9,AT2 187±6.9 vs.181±9.5 vs.169±10;SMA AT1 163±11 vs.112±11 vs.128±18,AT2 188±11 vs.171±15 vs.171±13;P均<0.05),AT1/AT2比值仅在老龄组增高(幼龄及老龄组胸主动脉0.86±0.01 vs.0.78±0.08;SMA 0.85±0.07 vs.0.71±0.08,P均<0.05)。结论增龄可导致SHR成纤维细胞生长、胶原纤维沉积,血管壁局部AT1、AT2表达及二者比例改变,同时AT1由单纯的介导血管收缩作用转变为介导血管壁重塑,可能是SHR大鼠血压增龄性改变的机制之一。     

多用户类型弹性需求随机期望-超额用户平衡模型

为准确描述随机路网环境下出行者规避行程时间不确定风险的择路行为,推导了通勤者需求量服从对数正态分布和路段通行能力服从贝塔分布条件下计算期望-超额行程时间的计算公式,并在考虑出行者对行程时间的估计误差和路网服务水平对交通需求影响的基础上,建立了用等价变分不等式表示的多用户弹性随机期望-超额用户平衡模型.算例结果表明:随着需求水平波动程度和路段通行能力退化程度的加剧,当需求方差-均值比从0.5增至2.0、贝塔分布参数(l和m)从90和10变为10和10时,通勤者和非通勤者期望最小理解期望-超额行程时间分别增加了48.5%和99.2%.     

泡沫沥青稳定混合料压实特性的试验研究

降低泡沫沥青稳定混合料的压实空隙率可以有效地提高该类混合料耐久性.采用不同的成型工艺制备泡沫沥青混合料试件,分析成型方法、成型功以及试件处置方法对泡沫沥青混合料试件体积参数和强度特性的影响,探讨适宜泡沫沥青混合料的成型工艺.试验结果表明,大马歇尔试件成型工艺和增大压实功可以有效地降低泡沫沥青混合料试件的压实空隙率,旋转压实成型工艺不适于降低泡沫沥青混合料试件的空隙率,降低泡沫沥青混合料的空隙率可以显著提高该类混合料的水稳定性.     

Diagrammes fondamentaux de zone : estimation et influence de la régulation

Macroscopic fundamental diagrams can model the road traffic at an aggregated scale. This tool allows the evaluation of traffic management strategy at the city level while taking congestion into account. Something the usual macroscopic traffic models can’t do correctly at this scale. However, the calibration of the macroscopic fundamental relation is not easy since lots of factors, from experimental condition to traffic heterogeneities, can alter the shape of the diagram. We show that the use of electromagnetic loops can introduce huge variations in the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) shape. Among the parameters that have considerable impact on the MFD shape, the traffic lights set up can alter it significantly. For a given network, a better knowledge of the link between the traffic light parameters and the MFD shape can help evaluate the network quality of service by computing the average traffic flow speed for the entire network.     

Mixité sociale et choix modal : importance des dimensions symboliques dans l’attrait des transports collectives

Our understanding of transport mode choice is largely based upon functional attributes, such as travel time, cost or accessibility. It is important, however, to also look at symbolic and affective attributes. Indeed, one of the main differences between mass transit and private car use is strongly symbolic: public transport compels users to confront social diversity. Given a hypothetical choice between those modes, 200 residents of the Parisian region were asked five times to evaluate (measuring usage intention on a six point scale: ?3 meaning never and +3 meaning always, with no neutral point) the attractiveness of bus versus car-based transport, according to relative travel time and bus users’ population type. The results show that the symbolic dimension (the social mix) strongly contributes to the desirability of a transport mode, as does the functional dimension (travel time).     

Effect of the fuel injection strategy on first-cycle firing and combustion characteristics during cold start in a TSDI gasoline engine

The first firing cycle is very important during cold-start for all types of spark ignition engines. In addition, the combustion characteristics of the first firing cycle affect combustion and emissions in the following cycles. However, the first-cycle fuel-air mixing, combustion and emissions generation within the cylinder of a two-stage direct-injection (TSDI) engine during cold start is not completely understood. Based on the total stoichiometric air-fuel ratio and local richer mixture startup strategy, the first-cycle firing and combustion characteristic at cold start were investigated in a two-stage direct injection (TSDI) gasoline engine. In addition, the effects of the first injection timing, second injection timing, 1st and 2nd fuel injection proportion and total excess air ratio on the in-cylinder pressure, heat release rate and accumulated heat release were analyzed on the basis of a cycle-by-cycle analysis. It is shown that a larger 2nd fuel injection amount and later 2nd injection timing are more beneficial to the firing of the first cycle in the case of a total excess air ratio of 1.0. The optimum 1st and 2nd injection timing fuel injection proportions are 120°CA ATDC during the intake stroke, 60°CA BTDC during the compression stroke and 1:1. In addition, the firing boundary is a 2nd injection timing later than 90°CA BTDC during the compression stroke in the case of the 1st injection timing from 60°CA to 180°CA ATDC during an intake stroke and involves a 1st and 2nd fuel injection proportion of 1:1 and an excess air ratio of 1.0. The study provides a detailed understanding of cold-start combustion characteristics and a guide for optimizing the reliable first-cycle firing at cold start.     

Efficiency improvement for an unthrottled SI engine at part load

Variable valve timing (VVT) and cylinder deactivation (CDA) are promising methods in reducing fuel consumption and emission at part load in SI engines. An SI engine which uses electromagnetic valvetrain (EMV) will eliminate flow restriction from the throttle valve and produce higher indicated mean efficiency pressure (IMEP) due to the disabling of some of the working cylinders at part load. Therefore, pumping loss can be significantly reduced at part-load conditions. In addition, duration and timing of valve events are variably controlled at different operating conditions. This contributes to the improvement of engine efficiency. In this study, a dynamic model of an unthrottled SI engine has been developed to simulate the engine cycle. The model uses an EMV system that allows valvetrain control and cylinder deactivation techniques to be carried out in simulation flexibly. The simulated results find the optimal valve timing for different engine speeds. The optimal timing of intake valve closing depends on engine speed linearly, while the intake valve opening insignificantly influences engine performance. Additionally, this study also shows that cylinder deactivation modes can be successfully applied in improving engine efficiency at different engine loads. Different cylinder deactivation strategies have been applied for the full range of engine loads. It is concluded that the two-cylinder deactivation mode (50% CDA) considerably improves fuel consumption at low engine load. Meanwhile, one-cylinder deactivation (25% CDA) is an optimal fuel economy mode at medium engine load. With proper uses of VVT and CDA strategies, the efficiency of an SI engine can be increased more than 30% at low engine load and 11.7 % at medium engine load.     

Mixed assembly line rebalancing: A binary integer approach applied to real world problems in the automotive industry

Industrial organizations have increasingly sought to optimize the resources needed for the manufacture of its products from the competition, in order to maintain their profit margins. The search for balance of resources and balanced distribution of tasks in various types of industrial environments is called balancing. When adjustments are made and adequacy of an assembly line that is already in operation, this process is called rebalancing. This paper presents a case study involving a problem of rebalancing of automotive assembly line in an environment of arbitrarily mixed models of products, also known as mix. The proposed procedure for solving the rebalancing in the company in question is based on Binary Integer Programming, in particular the branch and bound algorithm. For comparison, we used a heuristic method based on precedence diagrams for solving the rebalancing of lines. To evaluate the results obtained between the two procedures were used performance indicators such as number of workstations created, average load of work and level of unbalance. The proposed algorithm has resulted in significant improvements in the production line capacity.     

冲击压实破裂稳固后对沥青混凝土加铺层结构影响的数值分析

采用有限元分析法,利用Ansys软件结合薄板理论和弹性地基板理论,建立板单元和连续半空间地基上的破裂后旧混凝土板块群与新加铺沥青混凝土路面的力学模型[1],计算分析加铺沥青混凝土面层厚度、基层强度及旧水泥混凝土路面破裂块度大小对加铺层结构的影响.