Interactive analysis of the spatial distribution of disease using a geographic information systems

Geographic information systems (GIS) provide a variety of tools for the manipulation and display of public health data. Few, however, enable users to interactively evaluate hypotheses on spatial trends in disease risk that may be suggested by maps of measures of disease impact. We addressed this limitation by developing a seamless interface between a commercial GIS and a suite of spatial analysis algorithms. Users of the system can utilize the GIS's capability to interactively select and manipulate geographically referenced data and, through a series of pull-down menus, apply a variety of exploratory analysis methods to this information. In the presented application, we illustrate this capability by including algorithms for the reduction of random noise in observed incidence rates, for the detection of unusual aggregations of disease events, and for the statistical evaluation of inferences drawn from spatial trends. We demonstrate this application by examining lung cancer mortality in the state of Ohio. Received: 22 September 1999 / Accepted: 8 March 2000     

Singularity detection of the thin bed seismic signals with wavelet transform

IntroductionIn1977,Sheriff(1977)provedthedetectiftglimitthatwasdefinedasminimumthicknessofthereflectionthinbedtobel/30wavelength.Applyingthesingularitydetectionprinciplewithwavelettransforminthispaper,weanalyzethereflectionseismicsignalsofthethinbed...     

高速公路路基施工质量检测试验研究

安徽省芜湖～宣城段高速公路位于软土地基区,采用粉喷桩或搅拌水泥柱加固地基,为了快速,准确地检测水泥桩的质理,采用多种方法进行检测研究,本文简要介绍这些检测方法效果及对比其优缺点,并寻求一种快速、准确、低成本的检测方法技术组合。     

A-HIGHERS—The System to Produce the High Spatial Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Maps of the Western North Pacific Using the AVHRR/NOAA

To study on the oceanic variations in the western North Pacific, we developed a system to produce a high spatial resolution sea surface temperature (SST) map from the data obtained by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites. As the system has been improved on the HIGHERS (Sakaida and Kawamura, 1996), it is called the Advanced-HIGHERS (A-HIGHERS). The A-HIGHERS has been developed on the super computer in the Tohoku University, which is favorable for handling of a large volume of data. Mainly because of improvements in the cloud detection algorithm, the A-HIGHERS can deal with the data obtained at dawn and dusk around the year, and at daytime in summer more effectively. The A-HIGHERS are used to produce SST maps spanning from (60°N, 120°E) to (20°N, 160°E) with a grid size of 0.01 degree.     

探地雷达探测地下管线机理研究及实例分析

探地雷达是一种适应快速、准确探测地下障碍物而迅速发展的新型电磁仪器。探讨了探地雷达探测地下管线的机理,得出了走时曲线方程,并通过对探测实例详细地分析亦探讨了复杂条件下探地雷达资料采集和图像解释的方法,介绍了一维滤波、偏移回归、时深转换等数据处理方法和经验,验证了该方法的可行性,表明该技术具有良好地应用前景。     

干旱地区植被指数(VI)的适宜性研究

以位于典型干旱区的甘肃河西地区石羊河下游的民勤绿洲为例,对NDVI、SAVI、MSAVI和GEMI等4种VI(植被指数)受土壤背景光谱影响的程度和探测低盖度植被的能力进行了对比研究。通过分析VI提取植被信息时植被土壤噪音比的变化发现,植被覆盖较低条件下VI提取植被信息总体受土壤背景光谱影响程度较低,相比而言,GEMI提取植被信息中受土壤背景影响最小,其他3种VI的区别不太明显。通过分析不同VI随植被覆盖度增加的反映速率变化及不同覆盖条件下不同VI的取值范围的变化发现,NDVI探测低盖度植被的能力最强,GEMI次之。GEMI可能是干旱地区植被探测较适宜的植被指数。     

堤防动物洞穴的探地雷达探测研究

通过探地雷达对淮沭河大堤獾洞隐患的探测,分析了獾洞的结构特征,给出了獾洞的典型雷达图像特征,推断了测区内獾洞穴道的位置、深度和走向,为堤防獾洞隐患治理提供了资料。探测结果表明,探地雷达设备轻便,对场地要求低,易于在任意方向加密探测,对浅层地下洞穴的探测非常有效。     

基于反射波特征小波分析的工程基础无损检测

针对现有工程基础无损检测中反射波分析的不足,对Morlet和Marr小波及其小波变换进行了深入分析,指出它们在反射波分析上具有优势互补性。结合两个小波的优势,提出了Morlet小波域能量密度谱辨识动力学特征和Marr小波域模谱提取奇异特征的反射波分析方法,并构建了基于小波域香农熵的Morlet最优基小波确定技术。由反射波的动力学特征可以识别损伤模式,由反射波的奇异特征可以实施损伤定位,两者相结合构成了一条有机的基于反射波特征小波分析的工程基础精细无损检测技术路线。模型实验分析中概括归纳了工程基础的基本损伤模式,并验证了技术路线的可行、有效性。     

含有粗差的起始数据对水下地形测量的影响及修正

针对含有粗差的起始数据导致的错误碎部点成果,对粗差产生的途径进行了分析,给出了进行改正计算的必备条件,最后结合实际例子进行了计算验证。结果表明改正计算方法在理论上是严密的,在实际工作中也具有可操作性。     

青海省地震灾后地物变化的快速识别

地震灾后救援时间宝贵,有效利用灾后数据,快速对救援路线及居民情况进行准确的评估,能有效避免地震带来的进一步损害。地震并不是一次即停止,灾后余震同样威胁灾区群众的生命和财产安全。因此,根据灾区地质及居民分布制定后续可持续救援方案,也是灾后救援的重点,这不仅能使救援稳步进行,也可进一步规划安置居民。本文通过比较神经网络和传统机器学习方法,提出了自适应方法的地物分割算法,根据航拍影像的复杂程度使用神经网络和传统算法相结合的方式,通过比较识别出地物与原有测量数据的差别变化,判断灾后道路扭曲和地质变化,为救援工作提供准确的科学依据。