Attacks and defences on intelligent connected vehicles:a survey

Intelligent vehicles are advancing at a fast speed with the improvement of automation and connectivity,which opens up new possibilities for different cyber-attacks,including in-vehicle attacks(e.g.,hijacking attacks)and vehicle-to-everything communicationattacks(e.g.,data theft).These problems are becoming increasingly serious with the development of 4G LTE and 5G communication technologies.Although many efforts are made to improve the resilience to cyber attacks,there are still many unsolved challenges.This paper first identifies some major security attacks on intelligent connected vehicles.Then,we investigate and summarize the available defences against these attacks and classify them into four categories:cryptography,network security,software vulnerability detection,and malware detection.Remaining challenges and future directions for preventing attacks on intelligent vehicle systems have been discussed as well.

96-Week Treatment of Tenofovir Amibufenamide and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Background and Aims:Tenofovir amibufenamide(TMF)is a novel phosphoramidated prodrug of tenofovir with nonin-ferior efficacy and better bone and renal safety to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate(TDF)in 48 weeks of treatment.Here,we update 96-week comparison results.Methods:Patients with chronic hepatitis B were assigned(2:1)to receive either 25 mg TMF or 300 mg TDF with matching placebo for 96 weeks.The virological suppression was defined as HBV DNA levels<20 IU/mL at week 96.Safety was evaluated thoroughly with focusing on bone,renal,and metabolic pa-rameters.Results:Virological suppression rates at week 96 were similar between TMF and TDF group in both HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative populations.Noninferior efficacy was maintained in the pooled population,while it was first achieved in patients with HBV DNA≥7 or 8 log10 IU/mL at baseline.Non-indexed estimated glomerular filtration rate for renal safety assessment was adopted,while a smaller decline of which was seen in the TMF group than in the TDF group(p=0.01).For bone mineral density,patients receiv-ing TMF displayed significantly lower reduction levels in the densities of spine,hip,and femur neck at week 96 than those receiving TDF.In addition,the lipid parameters were stable after week 48 in all groups while weight change still showed the opposite trend.Conclusions:TMF maintained similar efficacy at week 96 compared with TDF with continued superior bone and renal safety profiles(NCT03903796).

浅析醒脑开窍针刺法治疗缺血性脑卒中肢体功能障碍针刺时机研究的思路构建与方案设计

针刺时机研究不仅可以协助找寻疾病的最佳针刺治疗时机,同时可以最大化针刺的治疗效果,提高患者的康复几率。时机研究中混杂因素众多,而针刺作为一种复杂的个体化干预措施,进一步加大了研究的难度。该文通过分析总结"醒脑开窍针刺法治疗缺血性脑卒中肢体功能障碍针刺时机研究"的方案设计要点,从暴露分组、研究人群、纳排标准、结局指标、Logistic多因素回归分析、配对设计、偏倚控制等方面对针刺时机研究方案的设计和实施进行论述,以期为后续此类研究提供更加新颖开阔的研究思路。

Baseline Characteristics and Treatment Patterns of the Patients Recruited to the China Registry of Hepatitis B

Background and Aims: Chronic hepatitis B virus(HBV)in-fection remains a major public health problem globally.Here,we describe the baseline characteristics and treatment pro-files of HBV-infected patients recruited to the China Registry of Hepatitis B.Methods: Inclusion criteria were patients with different stages of chronic HBV infection and complete key data.Exclusion criteria were patients with hepatocellular car-cinoma.The baseline clinical,laboratory and treatment pro-files were analyzed.Results: Finally,40,431 patients were included.The median age was 43 years,with 65.2%being men and 51.3%being positive for hepatitis B e antigen(HBeAg).The most common initial diagnosis was chronic hep-atitis B(81.0%),followed by cirrhosis(9.3%),inactive carrier of hepatitis B surface antigen(HBsAg)(6.7%),and immune tolerant phase of hepatitis B infection(3.0%).Among the 21,228 patients who were on treatment,88.0%,10.0%and 2.0%received nucleos(t)ide analogues(NAs),interferon or combination of NAs and interferon,respectively.The propor-tion of patients who received preferred NAs(entecavir or te-nofovir disoproxil fumarate)had increased from 13.5%in 2003 to 79.7%in 2016.Conclusions: We concluded that middle-aged men accounted for most of the patients with chronic hepatitis B in this cross-sectional study.About half of the patients were HBeAg-positive.NAs were the most com-monly used therapy,and use of the preferred NAs had steadily increased in the past decade.

Prediction of spatial distribution of the composition of inclusions on the entire cross section of a linepipe steel continuous casting slab

In the current study, the transformation in the composition of non-metallic inclusions from the molten steel to the solidified steel was studied and the composition distribution of inclusions on the cross section of a linepine continuous casting slab was predicted. During cooling and solidification of the continuous casting strand, Al_(2)O_(3)-CaO inclusions reacted with the bulk steel and transformed to CaS-Al_(2)O_(3)-MgO-(CaO) ones in the continuous casting slab. The composition of inclusions on the cross section of the slab varied with locations due to the varied cooling rate. A model was established to predict the distribution of the composition of inclusions on the cross section of the continuous casting slab, coupling solidification and heat transfer of the continuous casting slab, the kinetic mass transfer of the dissolved elements in the solid steel, and thermodynamic calculation of inclusion transformation at different temperatures. The composition transformation of inclusions mainly occurred at the temperature between the liquidus and solidus of the linepipe steel. Inclusions were mainly CaS-Al_(2)O_(3)-MgO-(CaO) in slab center and were MgO-Al_(2)O_(3)-CaO-CaS within the subsurface of the slab. In the slab, the transformation fraction of inclusions was less than 10 % at corners while it reached 70 % at 50 mm below the surface of the slab.

The role of Cu crystallographic orientations towards growing superclean graphene on meter-sized scale

Chemical vapor deposition(CVD)-grown graphene films on Cu foils,exhibiting fine scalability and high quality,are still suffering from the adverse impact of surface contamination,i.e.,amorphous carbon.Despite the recent successful preparation of superclean graphene through Cu-vapor-assisted reactions,the formation mechanism of amorphous carbon remains unclear,especially with regard to the functions of substrates.Herein,we have found that the crystallographic orientations of underlying metal substrates would determine the cleanness of graphene in such a way that slower diffusion of active carbon species on asformed graphene-Cu(100)surface is the key factor that suppresses the formation of contamination.The facile synthesis of clean graphene is achieved on the meter-sized Cu(100)that is transformed from the polycrystalline Cu foils.Furthermore,a clean surface of graphene on Cu(100)ensures the reduction of transfer-related polymer residues,and enhanced optical and electrical performance,which allows for versatile applications of graphene in biosensors,functioning as flexible transparent electrodes.This work would offer a promising material platform for the fundamental investigation and create new opportunities for the advanced applications of high-quality graphene films.

Inner product encryption from ring learning with errors

The functional encryption scheme designed using the lattice can realize fine-grained encryption and it can resist quantum attacks.Unfortunately,the sizes of the keys and ciphertexts in cryptographic applications based on learning with errors are large,which makes the algorithm inefficient.Therefore,we construct a functional encryption for inner product predicates scheme by improving the learning with errors scheme of Agrawal et al.[Asiacrypt 2011],and its security relies on the difficulty assumption of ring learning with errors.Our construction can reduce the sizes of the keys and ciphertexts compared with the learning with errors scheme.

Inner product encryption from ring learning with errors

The functional encryption scheme designed using the lattice can realize fine-grained encryption and it can resist quantum attacks.Unfortunately,the sizes of the keys and ciphertexts in cryptographic applications based on learning with errors are large,which makes the algorithm inefficient.Therefore,we construct a functional encryption for inner product predicates scheme by improving the learning with errors scheme of Agrawal et al.[Asiacrypt 2011],and its security relies on the difficulty assumption of ring learning with errors.Our construction can reduce the sizes of the keys and ciphertexts compared with the learning with errors scheme.

Expert Consensus on Diagnosis and Treatment of End-Stage Liver Disease Complicated with Infections

End-stage liver disease(ESLD)is a life-threatening clinical syndrome that markedly increases mortality in patients with infections.In patients with ESLD,infections can induce or aggravate the occurrence of liver decompensation.Consequently,infections are among the most common complications of disease progression.There is a lack of working procedure for early diagnosis and appropriate management for patients with ESLD complicated by infections as well as local and international guidelines or consensus.This consensus assembled up-to-date knowledge and experience across Chinese colleagues,providing data on principles as well as working procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with ESLD complicated by infections.