We describe a method for automatically recognizing animals in image sequences based on their distinctive locomotive movement patterns. The 2-D motion field associated with the animal is represented using a ‘configuration of motion parts’ model, the characteristics of which are learned from training data. We adopt an unsupervised approach to learning model parameters, based on minimal a priori k...

Aimed at the safety problem of the locomotive under the dynamic braking condition, analysis the influence of the coupler and buffer system. The coupler reposition methods of the large rotation angle coupler and the small rotation angle coupler under longitudinal coupler press force was compared. The influence of coupler and buffer system to the dynamics performance of locomotive was researched ...

In this paper, methods of fault location are discussed in electrical traction single-end direct power supply network systems. Based on the distributed parameter model of the system, the position of the short-circuit fault can be located with the aid of the current and voltage value at the measurement end of the electrical traction line. Furthermore, the influence of the transient resistance, th...

The present research is focused on developing solutions for increasing the lifetime of the batteries used on diesel locomotive. In order to increase the lifetime of the batteries and to reduce the fuel consumption and the pollutants, an intelligent starting system of the diesel locomotive is proposed. The starting system is composed of supercapacitors, batteries and adequate control system used...

Anxiety symptoms have been reported to be present in many patients with diabetes mellitus. However, little is known about the effects of hyperglycemia in critical periods of the central nervous system development. We assessed locomotive, exploratory, and anxiety behaviors in adult rats that remained from infantile repeated hyperglycemia by the open field and elevated plus maze tests. Our findin...

Each day, railroads face the problem of allocating power to trains. Often, power requirements for each train are not known with certainty, and the fleet of locomotives may not be homogeneous. To deal with both of these complications, we formulate a multicommodity flow problem with convex objective function on a timespace network. The convex objective allows us to minimize expected cost under un...