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Nearly Optimal Stochastic Approximation for Online Principal Subspace Estimation
Processing streaming data as they arrive is often necessary for high
dimensional data analysis. In this paper, we analyse the convergence of a
subspace online PCA iteration, as a followup of the recent work of Li, Wang,
Liu, and Zhang [Math. Program., Ser. B, DOI 10.1007/s10107-017-1182-z] who
considered the case for the most significant principal component only, i.e., a
single vector. Under the sub-Gaussian assumption, we obtain a finite-sample
error bound that closely matches the minimax information lower bound of Vu and
Lei [Ann. Statist. 41:6 (2013), 2905-2947].Comment: 37 page
A Method for forcasting Salinity Process in Seawater-Intruded Rivers
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The width-flux relation of the broad iron line during the state transition of the black hole X-ray binaries
The observation of varying broad iron lines during the state transition of
the black hole X-ray binaries (BHXBs) have been accumulating.In this work, the
relation between the normalized intensity and the width of iron lines is
investigated, in order to understand better the variation of iron lines and
possibly its connection to state transition. Considering the uncertainties due
to ionization and illuminating X-rays, only the effects of geometry and gravity
are taken into account. Three scenarios were studied, i.e., the continuous disk
model, innermost annulus model, and the cloud model. As shown by our
calculations, at given iron width, the line flux of the cloud model is smaller
than that of the continuous disk model; while for the innermost annulus model,
the width is almost unrelated with the flux. The range of the line strength
depends on both the BH spin and the inclination of the disk. We then apply to
the observation of MAXI J1631-479 by NuSTAR during its decay from the soft
state to the intermediate state. We estimated the relative line strength and
width according to the spectral fitting results by Xu et al.(2020), and then
compared with our theoretical width-flux relation. It was found that the cloud
model was more favored. We further modeled the iron line profiles, and found
that the cloud model can explain both the line profile and its variation with
reasonable parameters.Comment: 7 figures, 12 pages, accepted for publication in RA
Study of a metal hydride based thermal energy storage system using multi-phase heat exchange for the application of concentrated solar power system
Abstract: Thermal energy storage system is of great significance for the concentrated solar power system to keep the balance between power generation and demand. Metal hydride based thermal energy storage system is regarded as a promising method due to its good reversibility, low cost, and no by-product. Multi-phase heat exchange has much higher heat transfer coefficient than single-phase fluid heat exchange, thus facilitating the steam generation. In this study, a two-dimensional model of the metal hydride reactor using multi-phase heat exchange is proposed to estimate the performance and its feasibility of application in the concentrated solar power system. The results show that the velocity of the heat transfer fluid should match well with the thermal conductivity of the metal hydride bed to maintain the heat flux at a relatively constant value. The match of thermal conductivity of 3 or 5 W/(m·K) and fluid velocity of 0.0050 m/s results in the heat flux up to about 19 kW/m2, which is increased by 3 orders of magnitude than single-phase heat exchange. In the thermal energy storage system, the reheating cycle is recommended to improve the utilization of the thermal energy. The efficiency of the system could be improved from 18.4% to 30.8% using the reheating cycle. The increased efficiency is comparable to the previously reported efficiency of 39.2%. Besides, the operation strategy of raising the steam temperature by increasing the hydrogen pressure or the superheater temperature is suggested for the system to obtain higher efficiency
5 GHz TMRT observations of 71 pulsars
We present integrated pulse profiles at 5~GHz for 71 pulsars, including eight
millisecond pulsars (MSPs), obtained using the Shanghai Tian Ma Radio Telescope
(TMRT). Mean flux densities and pulse widths are measured. For 19 normal
pulsars and one MSP, these are the first detections at 5~GHz and for a further
19, including five MPSs, the profiles have a better signal-to-noise ratio than
previous observations. Mean flux density spectra between 400~MHz and 9~GHz are
presented for 27 pulsars and correlations of power-law spectral index are found
with characteristic age, radio pseudo-luminosity and spin-down luminosity. Mode
changing was detected in five pulsars. The separation between the main pulse
and interpulse is shown to be frequency independent for six pulsars but a
frequency dependence of the relative intensity of the main pulse and interpulse
is found. The frequency dependence of component separations is investigated for
20 pulsars and three groups are found: in seven cases the separation between
the outmost leading and trailing components decreases with frequency, roughly
in agreement with radius-to-frequency mapping; in eleven cases the separation
is nearly constant; in the remain two cases the separation between the outmost
components increases with frequency. We obtain the correlations of pulse widths
with pulsar period and estimate the core widths of 23 multi-component profiles
and conal widths of 17 multi-component profiles at 5.0~GHz using Gaussian
fitting and discuss the width-period relationship at 5~GHz compared with the
results at at 1.0~GHz and 8.6~GHz.Comment: 46 pages, 14 figures, 8 Tables, accepted by Ap
A Novel Soluble Tin(IV) Porphyrin Modified Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanohybrid With Light Harvesting Properties
A dihydroxotin(IV) porphyrin functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) nanohybrid is obtained. Solubility of the nanohybrid in organic solvents is determined by UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy. Electron absorption and fluorescence spectra investigations demonstrate that efficient electron transfer occurs within the nanohybrid at the photoexcited state and the charge-separated state of the nanohybrid is observed by transient absorption spectrum. The results illustrate that this soluble electron donor–acceptor nanohybrid might be a good candidate as a light harvesting material in molecular photoelectronic devices
MicroRNA-275 and its target vitellogenin-2 are crucial in ovary development and blood digestion of Haemaphysalis longicornis
Background: The hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis is widely distributed in eastern Asia, New Zealand and Australia and is considered the major vector of Theileria and Babesia, harmful parasites to humans and animals. Female ticks need successful blood meals to complete the life-cycle. Therefore, elucidation of the underlying molecular mechanisms of H. longicornis development and reproduction is considered important for developing control strategies against the tick and tick-borne pathogens.
Methods: Luciferase assays were used to identify the targets of micro RNA miR-275 in vitro. RNAi of Vitellogenin (Vg) was used in phenotype rescue experiments of ticks with miR-275 inhibition, and these analyses were used to identify the authentic target of miR-275 in vivo. The expression of miR-275 in different tissues and developmental stages of ticks was assessed by real-time PCR. To elucidate the functions of miR-275 in female ticks, we injected a miR-275 antagomir into female ticks and observed the phenotypic changes. Statistical analyses were performed with GraphPad5 using Student’s t-test.
Results: In this study, we identified Vg-2 as an authentic target of miR-275 both in vitro and in vivo by luciferase assays and phenotype rescue experiments. miR-275 plays the regulatory role in a tissue-specific manner and differentially in developmental stages. Silencing of miR-275 resulted in blood digestion problems, substantially impaired ovary development and significantly reduced egg mass (P < 0.0001). Furthermore, RNAi silencing of Vg-2 not only impacted the blood meal uptake (P < 0.05) but also the egg mass (P < 0.05). Significant rescue was observed in miR-275 knockout ticks when RNAi was applied to Vg-2.
Conclusion: To our knowledge, this study is the first demonstration that miR-275 targets Vg-2 in H. longicornis and regulates the functions of blood digestion and ovary development. These findings improve the molecular understanding of tick development and reproduction
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