The Yangtze River Economic Belt is the main rice producing area in China.The rice industry chain is the agricultural pillar industry chain of this economic belt and it is the key to ensuring national food security and...The Yangtze River Economic Belt is the main rice producing area in China.The rice industry chain is the agricultural pillar industry chain of this economic belt and it is the key to ensuring national food security and promoting comprehensive rural revitalization.This study discusses the entire rice industry chain in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from the national rice production functional zones,agricultural product quality and safety,national famous and excellent new agricultural products,national specialty agricultural products,"China s good grain and oil"products,and national advantageous characteristic industrial clusters.Then,it discusses the geographical indications of rice and its products in this economic belt from geographical indication products,geographical indication trademarks,agricultural geographical indications,geographical indication standards,geographical indication special indications,national geographical indication product protection demonstration zones,and Chinese geographical indication products protected by the European Union.In addition,it analyzes the five main problems between geographical indications and public brands,such as the limited use of geographical indication specific signs and the imperfect intellectual property protection system for geographical indications.Finally,it proposes eight strategies,including promoting the high-quality development of the entire rice industry chain,creating a geographical indication regional public brand for rice and its products,and implementing geographical indication protection projects.展开更多
This study delves into the formation dynamics of alliances within a closed-loop supply chain(CLSC)that encom-passes a manufacturer,a retailer,and an e-commerce platform.It leverages Stackelberg game for this explorati...This study delves into the formation dynamics of alliances within a closed-loop supply chain(CLSC)that encom-passes a manufacturer,a retailer,and an e-commerce platform.It leverages Stackelberg game for this exploration,contrasting the equilibrium outcomes of a non-alliance model with those of three differentiated alliance models.The non-alliance model acts as a crucial benchmark,enabling the evaluation of the motivations for various supply chain entities to engage in alliance formations.Our analysis is centered on identifying the most effective alliance strategies and establishing a coordination within these partnerships.We thoroughly investigate the consequences of diverse alliance behaviors,bidirectional free-riding and cost-sharing,and the resultant effects on the optimal decision-making among supply chain actors.The findings underscore several pivotal insights:(1)The behavior of alliances within the supply chain exerts variable impacts on the optimal pricing and demand of its members.In comparison to the non-alliance(D)model,the manufacturer-retailer(MR)and manufacturer-e-commerce platform(ME)alliances significantly lower both offline and online resale prices for new and remanufactured goods.This adjustment leads to an enhanced demand for products via the MR alliance’s offline outlets and the ME alliance’s online platforms,thereby augmenting the profits for those within the alliance.Conversely,retailer-e-commerce platform(ER)alliance tends to increase the optimal retail price and demand across both online and offline channels.Under specific conditions,alliance behavior can also increase the profits of non-alliance members,and the profits derived through alliance channels also exceed those from non-alliance channels.(2)The prevalence of bidirectional free-riding behavior largely remains constant across different alliance configurations.Across these models,bidirectional free-riding typically elevates the equilibrium prices in offline channel while negatively affecting the equilibrium prices in other channel.(3)The effect of cost-sharing shows relative uniformity across the various alliance models.Across all configurations,cost-sharing tends to reduce the manufacturer’s profits.Nonetheless,alliances initiated by the manufacturer can counteract these negative impacts,providing a strategic pathway to bolster CLSC profitability.展开更多
Edge computing devices are widely deployed.An important issue that arises is in that these devices suffer from security attacks.To deal with it,we turn to the blockchain technologies.The note in the alliance chain nee...Edge computing devices are widely deployed.An important issue that arises is in that these devices suffer from security attacks.To deal with it,we turn to the blockchain technologies.The note in the alliance chain need rules to limit write permissions.Alliance chain can provide security management functions,using these functions to meet the management between the members,certification,authorization,monitoring and auditing.This article mainly analyzes some requirements realization which applies to the alliance chain,and introduces a new consensus algorithm,generalized Legendre sequence(GLS)consensus algorithm,for alliance chain.GLS algorithms inherit the recognition and verification efficiency of binary sequence ciphers in computer communication and can solve a large number of nodes verification of key distribution issues.In the alliance chain,GLS consensus algorithm can complete node address hiding,automatic task sorting,task automatic grouping,task node scope confirmation,task address binding and stamp timestamp.Moreover,the GLS consensus algorithm increases the difficulty of network malicious attack.展开更多
The medical device and pharmaceutical industries include a range of drugs,machines,instruments,and apparatuses used to prevent,diagnose,treat disease and illness,or aid in rehabilitation for patients,and are expected ...The medical device and pharmaceutical industries include a range of drugs,machines,instruments,and apparatuses used to prevent,diagnose,treat disease and illness,or aid in rehabilitation for patients,and are expected to grow substantially in the coming years.However,they are often targets of criminal organizations who manufacture and profit from fraudulent products,infiltrating the market with counterfeit medical supply chains.In this paper,we discuss and analyze the extent and nature of this problem and make suggestions for mitigation and prevention of this worldwide challenge.Ultimately,we argue that a holistic approach is essential to addressing this problem,including the creation and dissemination of reliable and good quality data,developing healthcare systems to be more robust,establishing/enhancing intra‐and international cooperation around this issue,and employing effective technological solutions,such as digital tracing.展开更多
Supply and demand of public goods provide a brand-new theoretical framework for research on the creation of inclusive global value chains(GVCs)under the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).The supply of international public...Supply and demand of public goods provide a brand-new theoretical framework for research on the creation of inclusive global value chains(GVCs)under the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).The supply of international public goods is an important positive variable for creating global value chains under the BRI,in which China and other developing countries involved,as well as their small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs),are microscopic entities.When the BRI’s supply of instrumental,institutional,and conceptual international public goods is in equilibrium with the demand of GVC entities for public goods,the BRI creates necessary conditions for the extension of GVCs.GVCs created under the BRI are of great value in promoting inclusiveness,fair income distribution,balanced regional development,and the restructuring of international economic governance.Under the current GVC system,some developed countries have been wary about the BRI and even developed misgivings and biases.Nevertheless,developed countries may play an active role in bridging gaps in the BRI’s development and complement their respective strengths with developing countries for win-win cooperation.展开更多
In order to deploy a secure WLAN mesh network,authentication of both users and APs is needed,and a secure authentication mechanism should be employed.However,some additional configurations of trusted third party agenc...In order to deploy a secure WLAN mesh network,authentication of both users and APs is needed,and a secure authentication mechanism should be employed.However,some additional configurations of trusted third party agencies are still needed on-site to deploy a secure authentication system.This paper proposes a new block chain-based authentication protocol for WLAN mesh security access,to reduce the deployment costs and resolve the issues of requiring key delivery and central server during IEEE 802.11X authentication.This method takes the user’s authentication request as a transaction,considers all the authentication records in the mesh network as the public ledger and realizes the effective monitoring of the malicious attack.Finally,this paper analyzes the security of the protocol in detail,and proves that the new method can solve the dependence of the authentication node on PKI and CA.展开更多
The safe storage and sharing of medical data have promoted the development of the public medical field.At the same time,blockchain technology guarantees the safe storage and sharing of medical data.However,the consens...The safe storage and sharing of medical data have promoted the development of the public medical field.At the same time,blockchain technology guarantees the safe storage and sharing of medical data.However,the consensus algorithm in the current medical blockchain cannot meet the requirements of low delay and high throughput in the large-scale network,and the identity of the primary node is exposed and vulnerable to attack.Therefore,this paper proposes an efficient consensus algorithm for medical data storage and sharing based on a master–slave multi-chain of alliance chain(ECA_MDSS).Firstly,institutional nodes in the healthcare alliance chain are clustered according to geographical location and medical system structure to form a multi-zones network.The system adopts master–slave multi-chain architecture to ensure security,and each zone processes transactions in parallel to improve consensus efficiency.Secondly,the aggregation signature is used to improve the practical Byzantine fault-tolerant(PBFT)consensus to reduce the communication interaction of consensus in each zone.Finally,an efficient ring signature is used to ensure the anonymity and privacy of the primary node in each zone and to prevent adaptive attacks.Meanwhile,a trust model is introduced to evaluate the trust degree of the node to reduce the evil done by malicious nodes.The experimental results show that ECA_MDSS can effectively reduce communication overhead and consensus delay,improve transaction throughput,and enhance system scalability.展开更多
In the context of constructing national public cultural demonstration areas all over China and taking the system innovation history of Baoji as an example,this paper studies the path choices and service system design ...In the context of constructing national public cultural demonstration areas all over China and taking the system innovation history of Baoji as an example,this paper studies the path choices and service system design of the development of service system of public libraries in the western region of China.The results show that the key issue the China public library service system is facing is to promote system innovation;the 'chain system and grassroots sites of libraries' is a new synthesized innovative program on public library service system in accordance with the actual situations of Baoji area and other areas in the western region of China;the service system design of local public libraries should insist on seeking truth from facts,and carrying out an integrated,simple and feasible reform according to local conditions.展开更多
基金Supported by Social Science Foundation of Hubei Province (HBSKJJ20243227),Doctoral Initiation Project of Hubei University of Science and Technology (BK201819).
文摘The Yangtze River Economic Belt is the main rice producing area in China.The rice industry chain is the agricultural pillar industry chain of this economic belt and it is the key to ensuring national food security and promoting comprehensive rural revitalization.This study discusses the entire rice industry chain in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from the national rice production functional zones,agricultural product quality and safety,national famous and excellent new agricultural products,national specialty agricultural products,"China s good grain and oil"products,and national advantageous characteristic industrial clusters.Then,it discusses the geographical indications of rice and its products in this economic belt from geographical indication products,geographical indication trademarks,agricultural geographical indications,geographical indication standards,geographical indication special indications,national geographical indication product protection demonstration zones,and Chinese geographical indication products protected by the European Union.In addition,it analyzes the five main problems between geographical indications and public brands,such as the limited use of geographical indication specific signs and the imperfect intellectual property protection system for geographical indications.Finally,it proposes eight strategies,including promoting the high-quality development of the entire rice industry chain,creating a geographical indication regional public brand for rice and its products,and implementing geographical indication protection projects.
基金This work was supported by the Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education of China(No.20YJA630009)Shandong Natural Science Foundation of China(No.ZR2022MG002).
文摘This study delves into the formation dynamics of alliances within a closed-loop supply chain(CLSC)that encom-passes a manufacturer,a retailer,and an e-commerce platform.It leverages Stackelberg game for this exploration,contrasting the equilibrium outcomes of a non-alliance model with those of three differentiated alliance models.The non-alliance model acts as a crucial benchmark,enabling the evaluation of the motivations for various supply chain entities to engage in alliance formations.Our analysis is centered on identifying the most effective alliance strategies and establishing a coordination within these partnerships.We thoroughly investigate the consequences of diverse alliance behaviors,bidirectional free-riding and cost-sharing,and the resultant effects on the optimal decision-making among supply chain actors.The findings underscore several pivotal insights:(1)The behavior of alliances within the supply chain exerts variable impacts on the optimal pricing and demand of its members.In comparison to the non-alliance(D)model,the manufacturer-retailer(MR)and manufacturer-e-commerce platform(ME)alliances significantly lower both offline and online resale prices for new and remanufactured goods.This adjustment leads to an enhanced demand for products via the MR alliance’s offline outlets and the ME alliance’s online platforms,thereby augmenting the profits for those within the alliance.Conversely,retailer-e-commerce platform(ER)alliance tends to increase the optimal retail price and demand across both online and offline channels.Under specific conditions,alliance behavior can also increase the profits of non-alliance members,and the profits derived through alliance channels also exceed those from non-alliance channels.(2)The prevalence of bidirectional free-riding behavior largely remains constant across different alliance configurations.Across these models,bidirectional free-riding typically elevates the equilibrium prices in offline channel while negatively affecting the equilibrium prices in other channel.(3)The effect of cost-sharing shows relative uniformity across the various alliance models.Across all configurations,cost-sharing tends to reduce the manufacturer’s profits.Nonetheless,alliances initiated by the manufacturer can counteract these negative impacts,providing a strategic pathway to bolster CLSC profitability.
基金We gratefully acknowledge anonymous reviewers who read drafts and made many helpful suggestions.This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program No.2018YFC0807002.
文摘Edge computing devices are widely deployed.An important issue that arises is in that these devices suffer from security attacks.To deal with it,we turn to the blockchain technologies.The note in the alliance chain need rules to limit write permissions.Alliance chain can provide security management functions,using these functions to meet the management between the members,certification,authorization,monitoring and auditing.This article mainly analyzes some requirements realization which applies to the alliance chain,and introduces a new consensus algorithm,generalized Legendre sequence(GLS)consensus algorithm,for alliance chain.GLS algorithms inherit the recognition and verification efficiency of binary sequence ciphers in computer communication and can solve a large number of nodes verification of key distribution issues.In the alliance chain,GLS consensus algorithm can complete node address hiding,automatic task sorting,task automatic grouping,task node scope confirmation,task address binding and stamp timestamp.Moreover,the GLS consensus algorithm increases the difficulty of network malicious attack.
文摘The medical device and pharmaceutical industries include a range of drugs,machines,instruments,and apparatuses used to prevent,diagnose,treat disease and illness,or aid in rehabilitation for patients,and are expected to grow substantially in the coming years.However,they are often targets of criminal organizations who manufacture and profit from fraudulent products,infiltrating the market with counterfeit medical supply chains.In this paper,we discuss and analyze the extent and nature of this problem and make suggestions for mitigation and prevention of this worldwide challenge.Ultimately,we argue that a holistic approach is essential to addressing this problem,including the creation and dissemination of reliable and good quality data,developing healthcare systems to be more robust,establishing/enhancing intra‐and international cooperation around this issue,and employing effective technological solutions,such as digital tracing.
文摘Supply and demand of public goods provide a brand-new theoretical framework for research on the creation of inclusive global value chains(GVCs)under the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI).The supply of international public goods is an important positive variable for creating global value chains under the BRI,in which China and other developing countries involved,as well as their small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs),are microscopic entities.When the BRI’s supply of instrumental,institutional,and conceptual international public goods is in equilibrium with the demand of GVC entities for public goods,the BRI creates necessary conditions for the extension of GVCs.GVCs created under the BRI are of great value in promoting inclusiveness,fair income distribution,balanced regional development,and the restructuring of international economic governance.Under the current GVC system,some developed countries have been wary about the BRI and even developed misgivings and biases.Nevertheless,developed countries may play an active role in bridging gaps in the BRI’s development and complement their respective strengths with developing countries for win-win cooperation.
文摘In order to deploy a secure WLAN mesh network,authentication of both users and APs is needed,and a secure authentication mechanism should be employed.However,some additional configurations of trusted third party agencies are still needed on-site to deploy a secure authentication system.This paper proposes a new block chain-based authentication protocol for WLAN mesh security access,to reduce the deployment costs and resolve the issues of requiring key delivery and central server during IEEE 802.11X authentication.This method takes the user’s authentication request as a transaction,considers all the authentication records in the mesh network as the public ledger and realizes the effective monitoring of the malicious attack.Finally,this paper analyzes the security of the protocol in detail,and proves that the new method can solve the dependence of the authentication node on PKI and CA.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61871466).
文摘The safe storage and sharing of medical data have promoted the development of the public medical field.At the same time,blockchain technology guarantees the safe storage and sharing of medical data.However,the consensus algorithm in the current medical blockchain cannot meet the requirements of low delay and high throughput in the large-scale network,and the identity of the primary node is exposed and vulnerable to attack.Therefore,this paper proposes an efficient consensus algorithm for medical data storage and sharing based on a master–slave multi-chain of alliance chain(ECA_MDSS).Firstly,institutional nodes in the healthcare alliance chain are clustered according to geographical location and medical system structure to form a multi-zones network.The system adopts master–slave multi-chain architecture to ensure security,and each zone processes transactions in parallel to improve consensus efficiency.Secondly,the aggregation signature is used to improve the practical Byzantine fault-tolerant(PBFT)consensus to reduce the communication interaction of consensus in each zone.Finally,an efficient ring signature is used to ensure the anonymity and privacy of the primary node in each zone and to prevent adaptive attacks.Meanwhile,a trust model is introduced to evaluate the trust degree of the node to reduce the evil done by malicious nodes.The experimental results show that ECA_MDSS can effectively reduce communication overhead and consensus delay,improve transaction throughput,and enhance system scalability.
基金a periodical research achievement of"Research on the Construction of the System of Main-branch Public Libraries(Sites)"(No.38,Baoji Official Announcement in 2011),which is a project of system design of Baoji creating a demonstration area of national public cultural service system"Research of Free Access to Public Libraries in Shaanxi Province in the Perspective of Public Cultural Space"(No.2012C019),which is a research project of major issues in theory and practice of the circle of social sciences in Shaanxi Province"Research of the Construction of Library Union in Xi’an City"(No.12WL26),which is a project of the fund of planning of social sciences in Xi’an City
文摘In the context of constructing national public cultural demonstration areas all over China and taking the system innovation history of Baoji as an example,this paper studies the path choices and service system design of the development of service system of public libraries in the western region of China.The results show that the key issue the China public library service system is facing is to promote system innovation;the 'chain system and grassroots sites of libraries' is a new synthesized innovative program on public library service system in accordance with the actual situations of Baoji area and other areas in the western region of China;the service system design of local public libraries should insist on seeking truth from facts,and carrying out an integrated,simple and feasible reform according to local conditions.