Experimental investigation of the mixing efficiency via intensity of segregation along axial direction of a rotating bar reactor

As a significant index to evaluate the mixing efficiency,studying the concentration distribution is directly related to the intensity of segregation(I_(s)).In this work,the I_(s) of the mixture composed of NaCl solutionwater was investigated experimentally in a rotating bar reactor(RBR)by the conductivity method.The results showed that the mixing efficiency was improved along the axial direction from the bottom to the top in the RBR.The concentration distribution at the bottom section was more uneven,and I_(s) was higher compared with the top section,which decreased from 6.53×10^(-5)to 1.57×10^(-7).With the increase of rotational speed from 0 to 700 r·min^(-1),I_s at the bottom and top sections decreased from 4.27×10^(-3)to 7.10×10^(-5)and from 1.93×10^(-3)to 7.29×10^(-7),respectively.The increases flow rate of solution A,and the decreases of concentration of NaCl and flow rate of solution B gave rise to the reduction of I_(s),signifying an improved mixing efficiency.The results revealed that the conductivity method used in this paper has high efficiency and low cost to measure the I_(s),which indicates a promising prospect for estimating reactors'mixing performance.

Fluorescence Nanobiosensor for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Veterinary Drugs in Chicken Samples

Some veterinary drug residues in food products and environment have been widely regarded as severe threats to human health.Rapid and simultaneous detection methods are crucial to monitor and control veterinary drug usage.Here,we propose a fluorescence biosensor utilizing immunomagnetic beads(IMBs)and quantum dots(QDs)for the rapid and simultaneous detection of 1-adamantylamine(ADA),enrofloxacin(ENR)and tilmicosin(TIL)in raw chicken meat.A pretreatment method using sodium phosphotungstate–magnesium as extraction reagent was developed to simultaneously extract ADA,ENR and TIL from chicken meat with minor interference in background or response.By adding the IMBs modified with three types of antibodies and the QD-antigens modified with three types of BSA-antigens to sample,IMBs competitively conjugated to target antigens in a sample or QD-antigens.After magnetic separation,the residual QD-antigens were adopted to collect signals using fluorescence spectroscopy.Using QDs with well separated emission peaks,the detection of one type of targets was minorly interfered by the others.Under the optimum conditions,the biosensor exhibited the limit of detection of 0.96,3.32,and 3.17 ng/mL for ADA,ENR and TIL in chicken samples,respectively,as well as good specificity.Due to the way of direct collection of signals in extracts,the tedious and complicated multiple magnetic separation and signal amplification procedures in conventional methods were avoided,thus the procedures were significantly simplified,and the reduction of the operation time of 30 min for sample pretreatment and 40 min for detection part was achieved.The biosensor might be promising in the rapid,in-field and sensitive screening of multiple veterinary drugs to ensure agriculture and food safety.

A Secure IoT Firmware Update Scheme Against SCPA and DoS Attacks

In the IEEE S&P 2017,Ronen et al.exploited side-channel power analysis(SCPA)and approximately 5000 power traces to recover the global AES-CCM key that Philip Hue lamps use to decrypt and authenticate new firmware.Based on the recovered key,the attacker could create a malicious firmware update and load it to Philip Hue lamps to cause Internet of Things(IoT)security issues.Inspired by the work of Ronen et al.,we propose an AES-CCM-based firmware update scheme against SCPA and denial of service(DoS)attacks.The proposed scheme applied in IoT terminal devices includes two aspects of design(i.e.,bootloader and application layer).Firstly,in the bootloader,the number of updates per unit time is limited to prevent the attacker from acquiring a sufficient number of useful traces in a short time,which can effectively counter an SCPA attack.Secondly,in the application layer,using the proposed handshake protocol,the IoT device can access the IoT server to regain update permission,which can defend against DoS attacks.Moreover,on the STM32F405+M25P40 hardware platform,we implement Philips'and the proposed modified schemes.Experimental results show that compared with the firmware update scheme of Philips Hue smart lamps,the proposed scheme additionally requires only 2.35 KB of Flash memory and a maximum of 0.32 s update time to effectively enhance the security of the AES-CCM-based firmware update process.