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Global solutions for micro-macro models of polymeric fluids
We provide a new proof for the global well-posedness of systems coupling
fluids and polymers in two space dimensions. Compared to the well-known
existing method based on the losing a priori estimates, our method is more
direct and much simpler. The co-rotational FENE dumbbell model and the coupling
Smoluchowski and Navier-Stokes equations are studied as examples to illustrate
our main ideas
Agricultural information dissemination using ICTs: a review and analysis of information dissemination models in China
Open Access funded by China Agricultural UniversityOver the last three decades, China’s agriculture sector has been transformed from the traditional to modern practice through the effective deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Information processing and dissemination have played a critical role in this transformation process. Many studies in relation to agriculture information services have been conducted in China, but few of them have attempted to provide a comprehensive review and analysis of different information dissemination models and their applications. This paper aims to review and identify the ICT based information dissemination models in China and to share the knowledge and experience in applying emerging ICTs in disseminating agriculture information to farmers and farm communities to improve productivity and economic, social and environmental sustainability. The paper reviews and analyzes the development stages of China’s agricultural information dissemination systems and different mechanisms for agricultural information service development and operations. Seven ICT-based information dissemination models are identified and discussed. Success cases are presented. The findings provide a useful direction for researchers and practitioners in developing future ICT based information dissemination systems. It is hoped that this paper will also help other developing countries to learn from China’s experience and best practice in their endeavor of applying emerging ICTs in agriculture information dissemination and knowledge transfer
Phase Transition of Finite Size Quark Droplets with Isospin Chemical Potential in the Nanbu--Jona-Lasinio Model
Making use of the NJL model and the multiple reflection expansion
pproximation, we study the phase transition of the finite size droplet with u
and d quarks. We find that the dynamical masses of u, d quarks are different,
and the chiral symmetry can be restored at different critical radii for u, d
quark. It rovides a clue to understand the effective nucleon mass splitting in
nuclear matter. Meanwhile, it shows that the maximal isospin chemical potential
at zero temperature is much smaller than the mass of pion in free space.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figures. To appear in Physical Review
A Survey on the Higher Education “Three Spirits” Construction in Sichuan Province, PRC
Under the guidance of “the Scientific Outlook on Development”, the Sichuan universities and colleges have rethought the present lazy and separate situation of the “Three Spirits”. Based on analyzing the relationship of the “Three Spirits”, they have taken such measures as constructing learning group and cultivating educational tradition etc, and established the mechanism of “educational guidance” and “cultural edification” to promote the virtuous change of the “Three Spirits”construction, it thus has important practical value
Utility Maximization for Uplink MU-MIMO: Combining Spectral-Energy Efficiency and Fairness
Driven by green communications, energy efficiency (EE) has become a new
important criterion for designing wireless communication systems. However, high
EE often leads to low spectral efficiency (SE), which spurs the research on
EE-SE tradeoff. In this paper, we focus on how to maximize the utility in
physical layer for an uplink multi-user multiple-input multipleoutput (MU-MIMO)
system, where we will not only consider EE-SE tradeoff in a unified way, but
also ensure user fairness. We first formulate the utility maximization problem,
but it turns out to be non-convex. By exploiting the structure of this problem,
we find a convexization procedure to convert the original nonconvex problem
into an equivalent convex problem, which has the same global optimum with the
original problem. Following the convexization procedure, we present a
centralized algorithm to solve the utility maximization problem, but it
requires the global information of all users. Thus we propose a primal-dual
distributed algorithm which does not need global information and just consumes
a small amount of overhead. Furthermore, we have proved that the distributed
algorithm can converge to the global optimum. Finally, the numerical results
show that our approach can both capture user diversity for EE-SE tradeoff and
ensure user fairness, and they also validate the effectiveness of our
primal-dual distributed algorithm
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