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A non-linear Renewal Theorem with stationary and slowly changing perturbations
Non-linear renewal theory is extended to include random walks perturbed by
both a slowly changing sequence and a stationary one. Main results include a
version of the Key Renewal Theorem, a derivation of the limiting distribution
of the excess over a boundary, and an expansion for the expected first passage
time. The formulation is motivated by problems in sequential analysis with
staggered entry, where subjects enter a study at random times.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/074921706000000680 in the IMS
Lecture Notes--Monograph Series
(http://www.imstat.org/publications/lecnotes.htm) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
Deformation Characteristics of Hydraulic-Filled Choesionless Soils in Korea
In this study, deformation characteristics of hydraulic-tilled cohesionless soils in Korea were investigated using resonant column tests. Seven representative hydraulic-tilled soil samples, which mostly classified as SM, SP or SP-SM, were collected along the coastal area in Korea, and the deformational characteristics at small to medium strains (10-4 % ~ 0.1 %) were investigated. The predicting equation of small-strain shear modulus, Gmax was suggested using Hardin model. At strains above elastic threshold, the variations of shear modulus (G) and damping ratio (D) with strain amplitude were investigated at various densities and confining pressures. The normalized modulus reduction curve (G/Gmax- log γ) was almost independent of density for a given soil but it was affected by confining pressure. The G/Gmax- log γ curve of hydraulic filled soils moves to the right as confining pressure increases. The representative modulus reduction curves of hydraulic-tilled soils in Korea were determined for 5 confining pressure levels using Ramberg-Osgood model and the proposed curve was composed and compared with the well-known modulus reduction curves. The variations in damping ratio with strain amplitude were also determined and the representative damping curves were proposed for 5 confining pressure levels. The proposed modulus reduction and damping ratio curves would be used as a valuable database for the site response analysis during earthquake
Simultaneous VLBI Astrometry of H2O and SiO Masers toward the Semiregular Variable R Crateris
We obtained, for the first time, astrometrically registered maps of the 22.2
GHz H2O and 42.8, 43.1, and 86.2 GHz SiO maser emission toward the semiregular
b-type variable (SRb) R Crateris, at three epochs (2015 May 21, and 2016
January 7 and 26) using the Korean Very-long-baseline Interferometry Network.
The SiO masers show a ring-like spatial structure, while the H2O maser shows a
very asymmetric one-side outflow structure, which is located at the southern
part of the ring-like SiO maser feature. We also found that the 86.2 GHz SiO
maser spots are distributed in an inner region, compared to those of the 43.1
GHz SiO maser, which is different from all previously known distributions of
the 86.2 GHz SiO masers in variable stars. The different distribution of the
86.2 GHz SiO maser seems to be related to the complex dynamics caused by the
overtone pulsation mode of the SRb R Crateris. Furthermore, we estimated the
position of the central star based on the ring fitting of the SiO masers, which
is essential for interpreting the morphology and kinematics of a circumstellar
envelope. The estimated stellar coordinate corresponds well to the position
measured by Gaia
Development of Pd Alloy Hydrogen Separation Membranes with Dense/Porous Hybrid Structure for High Hydrogen Perm-Selectivity
For the commercial applications of hydrogen separation membranes, both high hydrogen selectivity and permeability (i.e., perm-selectivity) are required. However, it has been difficult to fabricate thin, dense Pd alloy composite membranes on porous metal support that have a pore-free surface and an open structure at the interface between the Pd alloy films and the metal support in order to obtain the required properties simultaneously. In this study, we fabricated Pd alloy hydrogen separation membranes with dense/porous hybrid structure for high hydrogen perm-selectivity. The hydrogen selectivity of this membrane increased owing to the dense and pore-free microstructure of the membrane surface. The hydrogen permeation flux also was remarkably improved by the formation of an open microstructure with numerous open voids at the interface and by an effective reduction in the membrane thickness as a result of the porous structure formed within the Pd alloy films
SPANet: Frequency-balancing Token Mixer using Spectral Pooling Aggregation Modulation
Recent studies show that self-attentions behave like low-pass filters (as
opposed to convolutions) and enhancing their high-pass filtering capability
improves model performance. Contrary to this idea, we investigate existing
convolution-based models with spectral analysis and observe that improving the
low-pass filtering in convolution operations also leads to performance
improvement. To account for this observation, we hypothesize that utilizing
optimal token mixers that capture balanced representations of both high- and
low-frequency components can enhance the performance of models. We verify this
by decomposing visual features into the frequency domain and combining them in
a balanced manner. To handle this, we replace the balancing problem with a mask
filtering problem in the frequency domain. Then, we introduce a novel
token-mixer named SPAM and leverage it to derive a MetaFormer model termed as
SPANet. Experimental results show that the proposed method provides a way to
achieve this balance, and the balanced representations of both high- and
low-frequency components can improve the performance of models on multiple
computer vision tasks. Our code is available at
.Comment: Accepted paper at ICCV 202
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