Realization of 10bit, 200MHz sampling frequency CMOS video D/A converter with gradient error compensation by HUANG Jiao-ying1, HE Yi-gang1 YANG Hui1, TANG Sheng-xue1, SHEN Fang1

“…A circuit of 10bit,200MHz sampling frequency current steering DAC with hierarchical symmetrical switching sequences was presented,which compensate the gradient error.The DAC employs segmented architecture.An integral linearity error caused by error distributes of current sources was reduced by a new switching sequence called "hierarchi-cal symmetrical switching".The DAC was built in a video-rate adaptive equalizer IC,which was fabricated in a 0.35μm,3.3V CMOS process.The area of DAC is 1.26mm×0.78mm.When operating at 14.318 MHz（4Fsc） sampling freguency,the effective numbers of bits is 9.3.Both the integral and the differential linearity errors are less than ± 0.5LSB.…”
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Neural Pathways Conveying Novisual Information to the Visual Cortex by Wen Qin, Chunshui Yu

“…The visual cortex has been traditionally considered as a stimulus-driven, unimodal system with a hierarchical organization. However, recent animal and human studies have shown that the visual cortex responds to non-visual stimuli, especially in individuals with visual deprivation congenitally, indicating the supramodal nature of the functional representation in the visual cortex. …”
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Maritime mobile edge computing offloading method based on deep reinforcement learning by Xin SU, Leilei MENG, Yiqing ZHOU, Wu CELIMUGE

“…The strong heterogeneity among the network nodes of the maritime information system brings complex and high-dimensional constraints for optimizing task offloading of the maritime mobile edge computing.The complex and diverse maritime applications also lead to the overload processing of computing tasks in local areas of the maritime network.In order to optimize the task offloading and resource management of maritime network, as well as meet the maritime application service requirements of low-latency and high-reliability, a hierarchical classification method of maritime nodes based on multi-layers attributes and a novel offloading method for maritime mobile edge computing based on deep reinforcement learning were proposed.Compared with conventional methods, simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively reduce the computing task offloading delay of the marine information system, and maintain the robustness of the maritime network with large-scale task flows.…”
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Data Aggregation Scbeme Based on Multi-Resolution and Compressive Sensing in Wireless Sensor Network by Jianjun Zhao, Huaiyu Wang, Zeyang Zhao, Shengchang Chen

“…The experiment results show that the substantial energy savings are reported for a large portion of sensors on the different hierarchical positions, ranging from 50% to 77% when compared with NCS, and from 37% to 70% when compared with HCS.…”
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High resistance botnet based on smart contract by Hao ZHAO, Hui SHU, Fei KANG, Ying XING

“…The development and application of blockchain technology makes it possible to build a more robust and flexible botnet command and control channel.In order to better study this type of potential new botnet threats, a highly confrontational botnet model based on blockchain smart contracts-SCBot was proposed.The SCBot model adopts a hierarchical hybrid topology structure, builds a command transmission channel based on smart contracts at the zombie subnet layer, and establishes a credibility evaluation mechanism to determine the authenticity of nodes, and enhances the confrontation of the network from the two major levels of traffic and terminals.The construction of small botnet clusters were simulated, comparative experiments on SCBot's command transmission efficiency and robustness were conducted, and its feasibility in the real environment from the perspective of economic costs was analyzed.Finally, a brief analysis and discussion of the defense strategy of this type of botnet were given.…”
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Research on Influencing Factors of Technological Independent Innovation of Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises from the Perspective of Iceberg Theory by Tie Liu, Xu Yang, Yu Guo

“…Based on the development status of technological independent innovation of equipment manufacturing enterprises, this study analyzes the explicit and implicit influencing factors of technological independent innovation using iceberg theory and obtains the multilevel hierarchical structure model of explicit and implicit influencing factors and its key influencing factors using the integrated DEMATEL-ISM method. …”
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A comparative framework to develop transferable species distribution models for animal telemetry data by Joshua A. Cullen, Camila Domit, Margaret M. Lamont, Christopher D. Marshall, Armando J. B. Santos, Christopher R. Sasso, Mehsin Al Ansi, Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes

“…A correlative SDM using a hierarchical Gaussian process regression (HGPR) algorithm exhibited greater transferability than a hybrid SDM using HGPR, as well as correlative and hybrid forms of hierarchical generalized linear models. …”
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Nanosurface‐Reconstructed Fuel Electrode by Selective Etching for Highly Efficient and Stable Solid Oxide Cells by Yueyue Sun, Jun Zhou, Jiaming Yang, Dragos Neagu, Zhengrong Liu, Chaofan Yin, Zixuan Xue, Zilin Zhou, Jiajia Cui, Kai Wu

“…Herein, a simple selective etching method of nanosurface reconstruction is reported to achieve catalytically optimized hierarchical morphology for boosting the SOCs under different operational modes simultaneously. …”
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Classification of Wheezing Children in Rural Bangladesh by Intensity of Ascaris Infection, Total and Specific IgE Levels, History of Pneumonia, and Other Risk Factors by Haruko Takeuchi, Md Alfazal Khan, Khalequz Zaman, Sayaka Takanashi, S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Mohammad Yunus, Tsutomu Iwata

“…We aimed to classify wheezing children based on their Ascaris infection intensity and other risk factors using hierarchical cluster analysis to determine the mechanisms of and the degree to which Ascaris contributes to childhood wheezing in rural Bangladesh. …”
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The relationship between activities of daily living and speech impediments based on evidence from statistical and machine learning analyses by Liu Jun, Hongguo Li, Yu Mao, Lan Hu, Dan Wu

“…Statistical analyses, including independent sample t-tests, chi-square tests, Pearson and Spearman correlation tests, and hierarchical multiple linear regression, were conducted using SPSS 25.0. …”
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Challenges of Corporate Misconduct: The Organisational, Social, Economic and Financial Dynamics of Workplace Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry in the USA by Darrell Norman Burrell, Stacey L. Morin, Theresia Wansi, Virginia Bianco Mathis, Carlo Ninassi, Susanne Ninassi

“…It highlights the pervasive and structural issues contributing to workplace harassment in this sector, characterized by hierarchical systems and demanding environments that often enable misconduct. …”
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Blockchain digital forensics: technology and architecture by FAN Wei, LI Haibo, ZHANG Zhujun

“…Initially, a phased forensic process was proposed based on a hierarchical architecture for blockchain forensic technology, examining the advancements of blockchain at each stage of evidence acquisition, preservation, and presentation. …”
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Design and Implementation of Integrated System for Urban Land Use Change Modeling by Maryam Hoseini, Mohammad Karimi, Mohammad SaadiMesgari, Mehdi Heydary

“…Access models, neighborhood models and Multi Criteria Decision Making methods, fuzzy operators, linear regression, maximum potential and hierarchical optimization models is used in planning and implementation these modules. …”
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On-Line Booking Policies and Competitive Analysis of Medical Examination in Hospital by Li Luo, Chun-rong Qin, Shi-jun Tang, Xian Chen, Hui-li Guo

“…From the on-line point, we consider the hospital’s medical examination appointment problem with hierarchical machines. This approach eliminates the need for both demand forecasts and a risk-neutrality assumption. …”
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Visualizing the change of “viewpoints” in 3D virtual art exhibition by Kazuki Matsumoto, Takeshi Okada

“…Results from multiple statistical analyses, including hierarchical Bayesian analysis, indicated differences in view-angles and distances traveled while viewing the artworks under different experimental conditions (where different instructions were given prior to viewing). …”
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Defying the “Illiberal” Gig Economy: Coping Strategies of Freelance Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates by Froilan Malit

“…Using a single case study of freelance Filipina domestic workers in the UAE (N = 20), I argue that, despite facing legal and economic risks (penalties), freelance migrant workers have produced an informal freelancing visa system to contest the formal and hierarchical segmentation of the gig economy via three diverse strategies: co-optation, tapping and brokering. …”
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INTER-LAYER BIT ALLOCATION FOR SCALABLE HIGH-EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING by Võ Phương Bình

“…At the spatial base and enhancement layers, the bit budget is derived jointly from the hierarchical level and the visual complexity of the current frame, where the latter is measured by the inter-layer predicted MAD (Mean Absolute Difference) to allocate the bit budget of each frame. …”
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Entrepreneurship education and self-efficacy among Chinese college students mediated by harmonious passion and moderated by parental psychological control by Yuan Gao, Jinjin Lu

“…Data were collected from 1,411 college students using structured questionnaires and analyzed using hierarchical regression. Findings revealed that entrepreneurship education significantly boosts college students’ ESE, mediated by harmonious passion. …”
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Effects of Variations of SUSY Breaking Scale on Neutrino Parameters at Low Energy Scale under Radiative Corrections by Kh. Helensana Devi, K. Sashikanta Singh, N. Nimai Singh

“…The paper addresses the effects of the variations of the SUSY breaking scale ms in the range (2-14) TeV on the three neutrino masses and mixings, in running the renormalization group equations (RGEs) for different input values of high energy seesaw scale MR, and in both normal and inverted hierarchical neutrino mass models. The present investigation is a continuation of the earlier works based on the variation of ms scale. …”
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An Evolutionary Video Assignment Optimization Technique for VOD System in Heterogeneous Environment by King-Man Ho, Wing-Fai Poon, Kwok-Tung Lo

“…We investigate the video assignment problem of a hierarchical Video-on-Demand (VOD) system in heterogeneous environments where different quality levels of videos can be encoded using either replication or layering. …”
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