Time Domain Microwave Imaging for a Buried Dielectric Cylinder by Dynamic Differential Evolution

[[abstract]]This paper presents the studies of time domain inverse scattering for a two dimensional homogeneous dielectric cylinder buried in a half-space which are based on the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method and the dynamic differential evolution (DDE). For the forward scattering, the FDTD method is employed to calculate the scattered E fields, while for the inverse scattering the DDE scheme is utilized to determine the shape, location and the permittivity of the buried cylindrical scatterer with arbitrary cross section. The subgirdding technique is implemented for the FDTD code in order to model the shape of the cylinder more smoothly. In additions, in order to describe an unknown cylinder with arbitrary cross section more effectively during the course of searching, the closed cubic-spline expansion is adopted to represent the scatterer contour instead of the frequently used trigonometric series. Numerical results demonstrate that, even when the initial guess is far away from the exact one, good reconstruction can be obtained. In addition, the effects of Gaussian noise on the reconstruction results are investigated. Numerical results show that even the measured scattered fields are contaminated with Gaussian noise, DDE is able to yield good reconstructed quality.[[incitationindex]]SCI[[incitationindex]]EI[[booktype]]紙

Electromagnetic scattering of metallic cylinders of arbitrary shape by using asynchronous particle swarm optimization and non-uniform steady state genetic algorithm

[[abstract]]Two techniques for the shape reconstruction of multiple metallic cylinders from scattered fields are investigated in this paper, in which two-dimensional configurations are involved. After an integral formulation, the method of moment (MoM) is applied to solve it numerically. Two separate perfect-conducting cylinders of unknown shapes are buried in one half-space and illuminated by the transverse magnetic (TM) plane wave from the other half space. Based on the boundary condition and the measured scattered field, a set of nonlinear integral equation is derived and the imaging problem is reformulated into optimization problem. The non-uniform steady state genetic algorithm (NU-SSGA) and asynchronous particle swarm optimization (APSO) are employed to find out the global extreme solution of the object function. Numerical results demonstrate even when the initial guesses are far away from the exact shapes, and the multiple scattered fields between two conductors are serious, good reconstruction can be obtained. In addition, the effect of Gaussian noise on the reconstruction results is investigated and the numerical simulation shows that the reconstruction results are good and acceptable, as long as the SNR is greater than 20 dB.[[incitationindex]]SCI[[booktype]]電子版[[booktype]]紙

Comparative Study of Some Population-based Optimization Algorithms on Inverse Scattering of a Two-Dimensional Perfectly Conducting Cylinder in Slab Medium

[[abstract]]The application of four techniques for the shape reconstruction of a 2-D metallic cylinder buried in dielectric slab medium by measured the cattered fields outside is studied in the paper. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique is employed for electromagnetic analyses for both the forward and inverse scattering problems, while the shape reconstruction problem is transformed into optimization one during the course of inverse scattering. Then, four techniques including asynchronous particle swarm optimization (APSO), PSO, dynamic differential evolution (DDE) and self-adaptive DDE (SADDE) are applied to reconstruct the location and shape of the 2-Dmetallic cylinder for comparative purposes. The statistical performances of these algorithms are compared. The results show that SADDE outperforms PSO, APSO and DDE in terms of the ability of exploring the optima. However, these results are considered to be indicative and do not generally apply to all optimization problems in electromagnetics.[[incitationindex]]SCI[[incitationindex]]EI[[booktype]]紙本[[booktype]]電子

Prevalent Hallucinations during Medical Internships: Phantom Vibration and Ringing Syndromes

Background: Phantom vibration syndrome is a type of hallucination reported among mobile phone users in the general population. Another similar perception, phantom ringing syndrome, has not been previously described in the medical literature. Methods: A prospective longitudinal study of 74 medical interns (46 males, 28 females; mean age, 24.8±1.2 years) was conducted using repeated investigations of the prevalence and associated factors of phantom vibration and ringing. The accompanying symptoms of anxiety and depression were evaluated with the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories before the internship began, and again at the third, sixth, and twelfth internship months, and two weeks after the internship ended. Results: The baseline prevalence of phantom vibration was 78.1%, which increased to 95.9% and 93.2% in the third and sixth internship months. The prevalence returned to 80.8% at the twelfth month and decreased to 50.0% 2 weeks after the internship ended. The baseline prevalence of phantom ringing was 27.4%, which increased to 84.9%, 87.7%, and 86.3% in the third, sixth, and twelfth internship months, respectively. This returned to 54.2% two weeks after the internship ended. The anxiety and depression scores also increased during the internship, and returned to baseline two weeks after the internship. There was no significant correlation between phantom vibration/ringing and symptoms of anxiety or depression. The incidence of both phantom vibration and ringing syndromes significantly increased during the internship, and subsequent recovery. Conclusion: This study suggests that phantom vibration and ringing might be entities that are independent of anxiety or depression during evaluation of stress-associated experiences during medical internships

Genome-Wide Association Study of Treatment Refractory Schizophrenia in Han Chinese

We report the first genome-wide association study of a joint analysis using 795 Han Chinese individuals with treatment-refractory schizophrenia (TRS) and 806 controls. Three loci showed suggestive significant association with TRS were identified. These loci include: rs10218843 (P = 3.04×10−7) and rs11265461 (P = 1.94×10−7) are adjacent to signaling lymphocytic activation molecule family member 1 (SLAMF1); rs4699030 (P = 1.94×10−6) and rs230529 (P = 1.74×10−7) are located in the gene nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells 1 (NFKB1); and rs13049286 (P = 3.05×10−5) and rs3827219 (P = 1.66×10−5) fall in receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 4 (RIPK4). One isolated single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs739617 (P = 3.87×10−5) was also identified to be associated with TRS. The -94delATTG allele (rs28362691) located in the promoter region of NFKB1 was identified by resequencing and was found to associate with TRS (P = 4.85×10−6). The promoter assay demonstrated that the -94delATTG allele had a significant lower promoter activity than the -94insATTG allele in the SH-SY5Y cells. This study suggests that rs28362691 in NFKB1 might be involved in the development of TRS

A Coacial Cavity Method for Measuremen of Electromagnetic Properties of Materials

[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]19920718~1992072

Image Reconstruction of Multiple Conductors by Genetic Algorithm

[[notice]]需補地點及國別[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]19990322~1999032

Comparative Study of Some Population-based Optimization Algorithms on Some Benchmark Functions

[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]20110619~2011062

Reduced-size Slot Antennas with Low Cross Polarization

[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]20030921~2003092

Application of the FDTD Method to the Capacitor Structure for Static Field Demonstration and Capacitance Calculation

[[abstract]]In this paper, the FDTD method is employed to analyze the E field distribution and the capacitance era parallel plate capacitor structure. Via the use of the transparent current source, the capacitor can be charged such that the transient and static E field distribution can be simulated using the FDTD update equation and the capacitance is obtained without the use of traditional MOM method.[[sponsorship]]中華電信; 行政院國家科學委員會 Taiwan Electro-Optics and Communication Technologies Integration Cooperated Society; Chunghwa Telecom; Natonal Science Council[[conferencetype]]國際[[conferencedate]]20050517~20050522[[booktype]]紙本[[iscallforpapers]]Y[[conferencelocation]]臺北市, 臺