Effects of Dynamic IMU-to-Segment Misalignment Error on 3-DOF Knee Angle Estimation in Walking and Running.

The inertial measurement unit (IMU)-to-segment (I2S) alignment is an important part of IMU-based joint angle estimation, and the accurate estimation of the three degree of freedom (3-DOF) knee angle can provide practical support for the evaluation of motions. In this paper, we introduce a dynamic weight particle swarm optimization (DPSO) algorithm with crossover factor based on the joint constraint to obtain the dynamic alignment vectors of I2S, and use them to perform the quaternion-based 3-DOF knee angle estimation algorithm. The optimization algorithm and the joint angle estimation algorithm were evaluated by comparing with the optical motion capture system.

[Mass size distributions and existing forms of sulfate and nitrate and atmospheric environment in Beijing].

In order to understand the formations and the concentrations of the secondary sulfate and nitrate of PM10 in Beijing. From May 2008 to April 2009, MOUDI has been used to collect the PM10 samples in Beijing atmospheric environment and the ion chromatography has been used to analyze the inorganic water-soluble components of the PM10 samples. The results showed that the mass size distributions of soluble sulfate and nitrate of PM10 in Beijing were single-mode distribution and the peak rang was from 0.