A Energy-aware Clustering Algorithm via Game Theory for Wireless Sensor Networks

Yiping Yang,Chuan Lai,Lin Wang,Xiaofan Wang 제어로봇시스템학회 2012 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2012 No.10

Multihop communication mechanism has been widely employed in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for its practicability and high energy efficiency. However, hot spots emerge as locations, in which nodes die quickly because of heavy relay load, leading to disruption in network service. Balancing energy consumption of nodes so as to mitigate the hot spot issue in the network is very important for prolonging network lifetime. In this paper, we propose a distributed clustering algorithm, namely Game Theoretic Clustering(GTC), which can approach to the equilibrium of the energy consumption for the wireless network. Especially, the cluster size is determined adaptively based on the game theory and the cooperation between cluster heads. Simulation results show that GTC can balance the energy consumption levels and consequently extend the network lifetime.

Bonding Strength of Conductive Inner-Electrode Layers in Piezoelectric Multilayer Ceramics

Yiping Wang,Ying Yang,Bingjin Zheng,Jing Chen,Jinyi Yao,Yun Sheng 한국전기전자재료학회 2017 Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Material Vol.18 No.4

Multilayer ceramics in which piezoelectric layers of 0.90 Pb(Zr0.48Ti0.52)O3 -0.05 Pb(Mn1/3Sb2/3)O3 -0.05 Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3(0.90PZT-0.05PMS-0.05PZN) stack alternately with silver electrode layers were prepared by an advanced low-temperatureco-fired ceramic (LTCC) method. The electrical properties and bonding strength of the multilayers were associated with theinterface morphologies between the piezoelectric and silver-electrode layers. Usually, the inner silver electrodes are fabricatedby sintering silver paste in multi-layer stacks. To improve the interface bonding strength, piezoelectric powders of0.90PZT-0.05PMS-0.05PZN with an average particle size of 23 μm were added to silver paste to form a gradient interface. SEMobservation indicated clear interfaces in multilayer ceramics without powder addition. With the increase of piezoelectricpowder addition in the silver paste, gradient interfaces were successfully obtained. The multilayer ceramics with gradientinterfaces present greater bonding strength as well as excellent piezoelectric properties for 30~40 wt% of added powder. Onthe other hand, over addition greatly increased the resistance of the inner silver electrodes, leading to a piezoelectric behaviorlike that of bulk ceramics in multilayers.

Host Langerin (CD207) is a receptor for <i>Yersinia pestis</i> phagocytosis and promotes dissemination

Yang, Kun,Park, Chae G,Cheong, Cheolho,Bulgheresi, Silvia,Zhang, Shusheng,Zhang, Pei,He, Yingxia,Jiang, Lingyu,Huang, Hongping,Ding, Honghui,Wu, Yiping,Wang, Shaogang,Zhang, Lin,Li, Anyi,Xia, Lianxu,B Nature Publishing Group 2015 Immunology and Cell Biology Vol. No.

<P><I>Yersinia pestis</I> is a Gram‐negative bacterium that causes plague. After <I>Y. pestis</I> overcomes the skin barrier, it encounters antigen‐presenting cells (APCs), such as Langerhans and dendritic cells. They transport the bacteria from the skin to the lymph nodes. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in bacterial transmission are unclear. Langerhans cells (LCs) express Langerin (CD207), a calcium‐dependent (C‐type) lectin. Furthermore, <I>Y. pestis</I> possesses exposed core oligosaccharides. In this study, we show that <I>Y. pestis</I> invades LCs and Langerin‐expressing transfectants. However, when the bacterial core oligosaccharides are shielded or truncated, <I>Y. pestis</I> propensity to invade Langerhans and Langerin‐expressing cells decreases. Moreover, the interaction of <I>Y. pestis</I> with Langerin‐expressing transfectants is inhibited by purified Langerin, a DC‐SIGN (DC‐specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3 grabbing nonintegrin)‐like molecule, an anti‐CD207 antibody, purified core oligosaccharides and several oligosaccharides. Furthermore, covering core oligosaccharides reduces the mortality associated with murine infection by adversely affecting the transmission of <I>Y. pestis</I> to lymph nodes. These results demonstrate that direct interaction of core oligosaccharides with Langerin facilitates the invasion of LCs by <I>Y. pestis</I>. Therefore, Langerin‐mediated binding of <I>Y. pestis</I> to APCs may promote its dissemination and infection.</P>

Stability Analysis of Baishuihe Landslide Considering Spatial Variability of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity

( Yang Xue ),( Yiping Wu ) 대한지질공학회 2019 대한지질공학회 학술발표회논문집 Vol.2019 No.2

Spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) in accumulative landslide exists and affects the saturated-unsaturated seepage characteristic. It is important to carry out the stability analysis of landslide considering spatial variability of Ks. Spatial distribution characteristics of Ks in Baishuihe landslide obtained by the surface nuclear magnetic resonance technology (SNMR) are investigated using the geostatistics. The non-stationary random field of Ks and the non-intrusive stochastic finite element process are established. On this basis, numerical simulations of the uncertain model and deterministic model under reservoir water fluctuation are carried out to study their seepage-deformation and stability characteristics. The results show that: compared with the deterministic model, the change of the pore pressure of the uncertain model is more lagged and more obvious during the reservoir water filling period; the overall displacement of the uncertain model is larger than the deterministic model under reservoir water drawdown; with the increase of reservoir water deceleration, the pore pressure hysteresis of uncertain model is more obvious, where displacement deformation is larger and stability is smaller. Stability analysis shows that ignoring the spatial variability of Ks will overestimate the stability of the landslide.

Study on the flow features of lead-lithium MHD splitting flows under an external magnetic field with arbitrary orientation

Yang Luo,Yiping Chen,Chang Nyung Kim 대한기계학회 2021 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.35 No.10

The understanding of magnetohydrodynamic phenomena associated with the flow of electrically-conducting fluid in complex ducts is important and necessary in the study of liquid-metal blankets for fusion reactor. This study numerically investigates the lead-lithium (Pb-17Li) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) splitting flows. The effects of the splitting angle of the duct geometry, the magnetic field orientation and the partly different electrical conductivity of the structural walls on the flow characteristics are analyzed in detail. Furthermore, the combined effects of the splitting angle, the magnetic field orientation and duct electrical conductivity on the mass flow rate and pressure drop are considered with many sub-cases. The results show that the mass imbalance and the pressure drop depend on the splitting angle of the duct geometry, on the discrepancy of the electrical conductivity of the sub-channels and also on the magnetic field orientation. In a word, this study can support several approaches to improve the flow imbalance and to reduce the pressure drop in the sub-channels of the liquid-metal (LM) MHD splitting flow system.

Low Power and High Speed Network on Chip Architecture for BP Neural Network

Yiping Dong,Yinghe Li,Yang Wang,Takahiro Watanabe 대한전자공학회 2009 ITC-CSCC :International Technical Conference on Ci Vol.2009 No.7

Back Propagation Artificial Neural Network (BP-ANN), one of widely used neural networks, has been used in a lot of areas. Hardware architecture of BP-ANN was proposed by using an NoC (Network on Chip) and implemented on FPGA. In this paper, new NoC architecture which has a torus topology and IXY (Intelligent XY) routing algorithm is developed for BP-ANN to make it low power and high performance. This system is implemented by FPGA to estimate system performance and power consumption. NIRGAM NoC simulator is also used to evaluate latency and throughput of this system. Experimental results show that our proposed architecture can increase Connection Per Second (CPS) about 2 times than existing digital hardware ANN; it can reduce communication load which total packet size can reduce about 3.2 times compared with traditional packet transmit method of BP-ANN. It can reduce latency by 23.7% and dynamic power consumption by 7.2% compare with the former NoC architecture BP-ANN. It is reconfigurable and expandable to meet various ANN applications. Furthermore other type ANNs can also be implemented in the system by adjusting a routing algorithm of NoCs.

Comparison of Fecal Microbiota of Mongolian and Thoroughbred Horses by High-throughput Sequencing of the V4 Region of the 16S rRNA Gene

Zhao, Yiping,Li, Bei,Bai, Dongyi,Huang, Jinlong,Shiraigo, Wunierfu,Yang, Lihua,Zhao, Qinan,Ren, Xiujuan,Wu, Jing,Bao, Wuyundalai,Dugarjaviin, Manglai Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2016 Animal Bioscience Vol.29 No.9

The hindgut of horses is an anaerobic fermentative chamber for a complex and dynamic microbial population, which plays a critical role in health and energy requirements. Research on the gut microbiota of Mongolian horses has not been reported until now as far as we know. Mongolian horse is a major local breed in China. We performed high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes V4 hypervariable regions from gut fecal material to characterize the gut microbiota of Mongolian horses and compare them to the microbiota in Thoroughbred horses. Fourteen Mongolian and 19 Thoroughbred horses were used in the study. A total of 593,678 sequence reads were obtained from 33 samples analyzed, which were found to belong to 16 phyla and 75 genera. The bacterial community compositions were similar for the two breeds. Firmicutes (56% in Mongolian horses and 53% in Thoroughbred horses) and Bacteroidetes (33% and 32% respectively) were the most abundant and predominant phyla followed by Spirochaete, Verrucomicrobia, Proteobacteria, and Fibrobacteres. Of these 16 phyla, five (Synergistetes, Planctomycetes, Proteobacteria, TM7, and Chloroflexi) were significantly different (p<0.05) between the two breeds. At the genus level, Treponema was the most abundant genus (43% in Mongolian horses vs 29% in Thoroughbred horses), followed by Ruminococcus, Roseburia, Pseudobutyrivibrio, and Anaeroplasma, which were detected in higher distribution proportion in Mongolian horses than in Thoroughbred horses. In contrast, Oscillibacter, Fibrobacter, Methanocorpusculum, and Succinivibrio levels were lower in Mongolian horses. Among 75 genera, 30 genera were significantly different (p<0.05) between the two breeds. We found that the environment was one of very important factors that influenced horse gut microbiota. These findings provide novel information about the gut microbiota of Mongolian horses and a foundation for future investigations of gut bacterial factors that may influence the development and progression of gastrointestinal disease in horses.

Simulation Research of Multi-morphological Microstructures Chaining Mechanism of Nano-magnetic Fluid

Lei Yang,Yibiao Chen,Yao Yao,Shuaikang Wei,Yuhui Xie,Decai Li,Jun Yu,Hongming Zhou,Yiping Feng 한국자기학회 2024 Journal of Magnetics Vol.29 No.1

For nano-magnetic fluid(NMF), the magnetic nano-particle(MNP) kinematic behavior in a magnetic field and the chain-like microstructure evolution are important to study the NMF properties at the microscopic level. However, the chain structure formation mechanism and the effects of multiple environmental factors on microstructural morphology remain unclear. In this paper, the interaction of a two-particle system, chain structure formation process, microstructure evolution and response time simulation of NMF is investigated by the discrete element simulation method. The results show that the magnetic dipole and repulsive forces dominate the chain structure formation and evolution under a uniform magnetic field. MNPs assemble into chain-like structures and various complex structures along the magnetic f ield direction. The volume fraction, magnetization intensity and particle size significantly affect the microstructure and the response time. The above study can obtain the specific morphology of the microstructure at different working conditions and broaden the application of NMF in practical engineering.

Bonding Strength of Conductive Inner-Electrode Layers in Piezoelectric Multilayer Ceramics

Wang, Yiping,Yang, Ying,Zheng, Bingjin,Chen, Jing,Yao, Jinyi,Sheng, Yun The Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic 2017 Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Material Vol.18 No.4

Multilayer ceramics in which piezoelectric layers of $0.90Pb(Zr_{0.48}Ti_{0.52})O_3-0.05Pb(Mn_{1/3}Sb_{2/3})O_3-0.05Pb(Zn_{1/3}Nb_{2/3})O_3$ (0.90PZT-0.05PMS-0.05PZN) stack alternately with silver electrode layers were prepared by an advanced low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) method. The electrical properties and bonding strength of the multilayers were associated with the interface morphologies between the piezoelectric and silver-electrode layers. Usually, the inner silver electrodes are fabricated by sintering silver paste in multi-layer stacks. To improve the interface bonding strength, piezoelectric powders of 0.90PZT-0.05PMS-0.05PZN with an average particle size of $23{\mu}m$ were added to silver paste to form a gradient interface. SEM observation indicated clear interfaces in multilayer ceramics without powder addition. With the increase of piezoelectric powder addition in the silver paste, gradient interfaces were successfully obtained. The multilayer ceramics with gradient interfaces present greater bonding strength as well as excellent piezoelectric properties for 30~40 wt% of added powder. On the other hand, over addition greatly increased the resistance of the inner silver electrodes, leading to a piezoelectric behavior like that of bulk ceramics in multilayers.

Detection Elder Abnormal Activities by using Omni-directional Vision Sensor

Tang Yiping,Jin Shunjing,Yang Zhongyuan,You Sisi 제어로봇시스템학회 2006 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2006 No.10