61 research outputs found
Research on the Internet Behavior of Teenagers in Xi'an and Its Parental Intervention Mechanism
With the development of modern Internet technology, China's Internet services are playing an increasingly important role in youth theme education and youth growth and development. People's understanding of the growth and development of adolescents is limited to their physical fitness and intellectual development, and less attention is paid to the mental health of adolescents. To this end, this article plans to use a questionnaire survey method to conduct research. Through the survey, we can promote the continued development of the mental health of teenagers, so that more teenagers and parents can get better communication, so that teenagers can have a better growth environment, and more Good healthy growth and happy development
A Study on Satisfaction and Willingness to Continuously Participate in Business Class Virtual Simulation Competitions -- An Empirical Analysis Based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
The combination of virtual simulation technology and innovation and entrepreneurship education can achieve the role of interaction between the environment and the real environment during students’ virtual simulation, which can attract active participation of users and help college students understand the risks and opportunities faced by enterprises in the process of operation and growth, so as to improve the ability of enterprise operation and management, and deepen students’ understanding of theory and practical ability. In this paper, we construct a technology acceptance model (TAM) through seven dimensions: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, external environment, teacher guidance, willingness to participate, satisfaction, and willingness to continue to use, and investigate students’ satisfaction and willingness to continue to participate in the virtual simulation competition in some universities. The results of the data analysis show that the satisfaction and willingness to continue to participate in the virtual simulation competition play a good role
Multi-Factor Spatio-Temporal Prediction based on Graph Decomposition Learning
Spatio-temporal (ST) prediction is an important and widely used technique in
data mining and analytics, especially for ST data in urban systems such as
transportation data. In practice, the ST data generation is usually influenced
by various latent factors tied to natural phenomena or human socioeconomic
activities, impacting specific spatial areas selectively. However, existing ST
prediction methods usually do not refine the impacts of different factors, but
directly model the entangled impacts of multiple factors. This amplifies the
modeling complexity of ST data and compromises model interpretability. To this
end, we propose a multi-factor ST prediction task that predicts partial ST data
evolution under different factors, and combines them for a final prediction. We
make two contributions to this task: an effective theoretical solution and a
portable instantiation framework. Specifically, we first propose a theoretical
solution called decomposed prediction strategy and prove its effectiveness from
the perspective of information entropy theory. On top of that, we instantiate a
novel model-agnostic framework, named spatio-temporal graph decomposition
learning (STGDL), for multi-factor ST prediction. The framework consists of two
main components: an automatic graph decomposition module that decomposes the
original graph structure inherent in ST data into subgraphs corresponding to
different factors, and a decomposed learning network that learns the partial ST
data on each subgraph separately and integrates them for the final prediction.
We conduct extensive experiments on four real-world ST datasets of two types of
graphs, i.e., grid graph and network graph. Results show that our framework
significantly reduces prediction errors of various ST models by 9.41% on
average (35.36% at most). Furthermore, a case study reveals the
interpretability potential of our framework
Intuitive or Dependent? Investigating LLMs' Behavior Style to Conflicting Prompts
This study investigates the behaviors of Large Language Models (LLMs) when
faced with conflicting prompts versus their internal memory. This will not only
help to understand LLMs' decision mechanism but also benefit real-world
applications, such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Drawing on
cognitive theory, we target the first scenario of decision-making styles where
there is no superiority in the conflict and categorize LLMs' preference into
dependent, intuitive, and rational/irrational styles. Another scenario of
factual robustness considers the correctness of prompt and memory in
knowledge-intensive tasks, which can also distinguish if LLMs behave rationally
or irrationally in the first scenario. To quantify them, we establish a
complete benchmarking framework including a dataset, a robustness evaluation
pipeline, and corresponding metrics. Extensive experiments with seven LLMs
reveal their varying behaviors. And, with role play intervention, we can change
the styles, but different models present distinct adaptivity and upper-bound.
One of our key takeaways is to optimize models or the prompts according to the
identified style. For instance, RAG models with high role play adaptability may
dynamically adjust the interventions according to the quality of retrieval
results -- being dependent to better leverage informative context; and, being
intuitive when external prompt is noisy
AirPhyNet: Harnessing Physics-Guided Neural Networks for Air Quality Prediction
Air quality prediction and modelling plays a pivotal role in public health
and environment management, for individuals and authorities to make informed
decisions. Although traditional data-driven models have shown promise in this
domain, their long-term prediction accuracy can be limited, especially in
scenarios with sparse or incomplete data and they often rely on black-box deep
learning structures that lack solid physical foundation leading to reduced
transparency and interpretability in predictions. To address these limitations,
this paper presents a novel approach named Physics guided Neural Network for
Air Quality Prediction (AirPhyNet). Specifically, we leverage two
well-established physics principles of air particle movement (diffusion and
advection) by representing them as differential equation networks. Then, we
utilize a graph structure to integrate physics knowledge into a neural network
architecture and exploit latent representations to capture spatio-temporal
relationships within the air quality data. Experiments on two real-world
benchmark datasets demonstrate that AirPhyNet outperforms state-of-the-art
models for different testing scenarios including different lead time (24h, 48h,
72h), sparse data and sudden change prediction, achieving reduction in
prediction errors up to 10%. Moreover, a case study further validates that our
model captures underlying physical processes of particle movement and generates
accurate predictions with real physical meaning.Comment: Accepted by the 12th International Conference on Learning
Representations (ICLR 2024
Towards Wireless Characterization of Solvated Ions with Uncoated Resonant Sensors
Uncoated resonant sensors are presented here for wireless monitoring of solvated ions, with progress made toward monitoring nitrates in agricultural runoff. The sensor, an open-circuit Archimedean coil, is wirelessly interrogated by a portable vector network analyzer (VNA) that monitors the scattering parameter response to varying ionic concentrations. The sensor response is defined in terms of the resonant frequency and the peak-to-peak amplitude of the transmission scattering parameter profile (|S21|). Potassium chloride (KCl) solutions with concentrations in the range of 100 nM – 4.58 M were tested on nine resonators having different length and pitch sizes to study the effect of sensor geometry on its response to ion concentration. The resonant sensors demonstrated an ion-specific response, caused by the variations in the relative permittivity of the solution, which was also a function of the resonator geometry. A lumped circuit model, which fit the experimental data well, confirms signal transduction via change in solution permittivity. Also, a ternary ionic mixture (composed of potassium nitrate (KNO3), ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), and ammonium phosphate (NH4H2PO4)) response surface was constructed by testing 21 mixture variations on three different sensor geometries and the phase and magnitude of scattering parameters were monitored. It was determined that the orthogonal responses presented by resonant sensor arrays can be used for quantifying levels of target ions in ternary mixtures. Applications of these arrays include measuring the concentration of key ions in bioreactors, human sweat, and agricultural waters. Preliminary results are shown for calibration standards and real waterway samples in Iowa, USA
Facile Construction of Polypyrrole Microencapsulated Melamine-Coated Ammonium Polyphosphate to Simultaneously Reduce Flammability and Smoke Release of Epoxy Resin
A unique mono-component intumescent flame retardant, named PPy-MAPP, of which melamine-coated ammonium polyphosphate (MAPP) was microencapsulated by polypyrrole (PPy), was synthesized and carefully characterized. The obtained PPy-MAPP was applied to epoxy resin (EP) for obtaining flame-retarded EP composites. The results show that PPy-MAPP imparts better flame retardancy and smoke suppression properties to EP compared to the same addition of MAPP. The EP composite with 15 wt% PPy-MAPP easily passes the UL94 V-0 rating and achieves an LOI value of 42.4%, accompanied by a 61.9% reduction in total heat release (THR) and a 73.9% reduction in total smoke production (TSP) when compared with pure EP. The char residue analysis shows that PPy-MAPP can promote a generation of more phosphorus-rich structures in the condensed phase that improve the integrity and intumescence of char against fire. The mechanical test indicates that PPy-MAPP has a less negative effect on the tensile strength and elastic modulus of epoxy resin due to the good compatibility between PPy-MAPP and the EP matrix, as supported by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses. In this paper, these attractive features of PPy-MAPP provide a new strategy to prepare satisfactory flame retardant and super flame retarding EP composites
Effects of Boron Nitride Coatings at High Temperatures and Electromagnetic Wave Absorption Properties of Carbon Fiber-Based Magnetic Materials
An electromagnetic (EM) wave-absorbing material with a three-layer structure is prepared by depositing magnetic particles and a high-temperature resistant coating on the surface of the carbon fiber (CF) with in situ hybridization. Accordingly, the structure, chemical composition, morphology, high-temperature resistance, EM characteristics, and EM wave absorption of the composite materials were analyzed. The composite materials contained CFs, and the magnetic particles, such as Fe3O4, NiFe2O4, CoFe2O4, and Ni3Fe, distributed along the axial direction of the fiber, while boron nitride (BN) existed in the outermost coating layer. This preparation method improves the oxidation resistance and EM wave absorption performance of the CF. When the concentrations of the metal salt solution and the original BN solution are 0.625×1.5 mol L-1 [nFeCl3: nCoSO4: nNiSO4=2:2:1] and 4 mol L-1 [nH3BO3:nCONH22=1:3], respectively, the thermal decomposition temperature of the prepared CF/1.5FeCoNi/2BN is increased from 450°C to 754°C. In the frequency range of 10.6–26 GHz, the EM wave loss is less than −10 dB (the bandwidth spans 15.4 GHz). The CF-based composite material prepared in this study has the characteristics of light weight, wide absorption band, and strong oxidation resistance and constitutes the reference basis for the study of other high-temperature, EM wave-absorbing materials
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