The Preliminary Design and Implement of Plant Digital Information Retrieval System

[Objective] The aim was to set up a plant digital information retrieval system.[Method] Plant digital information retrieval system was designed by combining with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition database management system and Structure Query Language.[Result] The system realized electronic management and retrieval of local plant information.The key words of retrieval included family,genus,formal name,Chinese name,Latin,morphological characteristics,habitat,collection people,collection places,and protect class and so on.[Conclusion] It provided reference for these problems of species identification and digital management of herbarium.

Informational digital diagrams applied to predict spring wind,snow,and sandstorms

Using informational digital diagrams, we analyzed the snow event that occurred on Feb 26, 2006 and the sandstorm on Apr 11, 2006 in Xi＇an. Results indicate that, under similar weather circumstances, different events evidently exhibit unique vertical structure features. Informational digital diagrams provide a method for transitional weather prediction, a problem for present extrapolative analysis system.

Recent Progress of Marine Geographic Information System in China:A Review for 2006-2010

In this article,the progress of marine geographic information system(MGIS) in China during 2006?2010 is reviewed with emphases on generic MGIS,advanced MGIS and MGIS-based applications.Generic MGIS can be divided into two categories:data-oriented MGIS and user-oriented MGIS,recent achievements of which by Chinese researchers are summarized respectively.Advanced MGIS mainly involves the establishment of 3D virtual marine environment and 'Digital Ocean'.An overview of the 3D MGIS based simulations in the context of ocean phenomena,ocean engineering and ocean battlefield is also presented.Several sug-gestions for future development of MGIS in China are proposed,and trends of development are addressed.

Digitalization is a bridge for TCM striding towards information age

Digitalization is a bridge for traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)striding towards information age.Application of digital technologies such as computers and mathematical statistics methods has played a revolutionary role in TCM diagnosis and syndrome standardization studies.

The hot issues of studies in China on digital information resources: Based on co-word analysis

With the SPSS and the help of factor method and hierarchical clustered method,journal articles on digital information resources(DIR) from CNKI in the past ten years are analyzed with a co-word analytical method in this paper. The hot issues of studies on DIR and the relationship between those subjects are analyzed in this investigation as well.

New Copyright Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Librarians in Hong Kong in the Digital Information Age

1 Introduction High-speed networking can now deliver Information tomillions of users in seconds.Users In turn can download thedata in electronic format or just print them out with a fewstrokes of the keyboard.The data can be easily saved,reorganized and modified electronocally.While informationtechnology provides fast and easy ways to distributeinformation,it also presents challenges.Easy access tocopyrighted materials is resulting in the unauthorizedreproduction of all kinds of information,forcing info...

A survey of public needs for digital information service in libraries and museums

Purpose:The purpose of the research is to investigate public needs for digital information service in the Chinese libraries and museums and seek ways to help these public service institutions improve their service to meet user needs.Design/methodology/approach:An online questionnaire survey was used to study the publicneeds for digital information service provided by libraries and museums.A total of 474 valid questionnaires were retrieved for analysis.Findings:The primary purpose of using the digital library and museum service was for knowledge acquisition,followed by work or class assignment and leisure and entertainment.Users need one-stop information service that provides information and service in a more integrated form and allows cross-database searching as well.Research limitations:A majority of the respondents were young and middle-aged people who often use the Internet.We would need to increase our sample size and include different groups of users such as children and retirees to make the sample more representative.Practical implications:Libraries and museums should collaborate to provide the users with one-stop digital information service.Meanwhile,the research can serve as a reference source for the future studies of digital library and museum service.Originality/value:Few studies were published on the public needs for digital library and museum service in China.This study bridges the gap and contributes to our understanding of the Chinese users’ needs for digital information service in libraries and museums.

Pro-Environmental Civic Participation in the USA: The Effects of Social Media, Pro-Environmental Lifestyle and Climate Experiences

This study addresses the link between social media use and pro-environmental civic participation considering the moderating effect of social media affordances (public realm) on one hand, and lifestyle behaviors and climate change experiences (personal realm) on the other. We combine communication theory and behavioral models and using a sample of USA individuals (N = 7225) based on the American Trends Panel to predict variations in pro-environmental behavior. We show that social networks rather than information are more effective in predicting pro-environmental behavior. Moreover, a pro-environmental lifestyle as well as climate change experiences at the community level increase the likelihood for pro-environmental participation. However, affordances related to socioeconomic variations generate variations to pro-environmental civic participation. We conclude that in order to capture the depth of pro-environmental civic participation, it is necessary to theoretically and empirically bridge between private and public expressions of pro-environmental awareness.

A new digital information storing and reading system based on synthetic DNA

Dear Editor,In the＂big data era＂,the amount of digital information is growing explosively,therefore,a reliable data storage medium for large-scale digital archiving is urgently needed.However,the increase of existing storage capacity cannot keep up with the growth of digital information.Moreover,the durability of conventional storage teclanologles, sucn as magnetic and optical devices, is very limited. Since the first demonstration of using DNA to store messages in 1988, DNA has been considered as a promising data storage medium due to its high-density and long-term stability （half-life〉500years） （Allentoft et al., 2012）.

Recent advances of digitization in rock mechanics and rock engineering

In recent years, there are growing demands of representing rock mechanics and rock engineering in a digital format that can be easily managed, manipulated, analyzed and shared. The objective of this paper is to give a comprehensive review of the status quo and future trends of digitization in rock mechanics and rock engineering. Research topics essential to the process of digitization are firstly discussed, including data acquisition, data standardization, geological modeling, visualization and digital-numerical integration. New techniques that will play an important role in digitization process but require further improvement are then briefly proposed. Finally, achievements of present methods and techniques for digitization in substantial rock mechanics and rock engineering are presented.

THREE DIMENSIONAL DIGITIZATION OF HUMAN HEAD BY FUSING STRUCTURED LIGHT AND CONTOURS

Three dimensional digitization of human head is desired in many applications. In this paper, an information fusion based scheme is presented to obtain 3-D information of human head. Structured light technology is employed to measure depth. For the special reflection areas,in which the structured light stripe can not be detected directly, the shape of the structured light stripe can be calculated from the corresponding contour. By fusing the information of structured light and the contours, the problem of reflectance influence is solved, and the whole shape of head,including hair area, can be obtained. Some good results are obtained.

Data Secure Transmission Model Based on Compressed Sensing and Digital Watermarking Technology

Since the Internet of Things（IoT） secret information is easy to leak in data transfer,a data secure transmission model based on compressed sensing（CS） and digital watermarking technology is proposed here. Firstly, for node coding end, the digital watermarking technology is used to embed secret information in the conventional data carrier. Secondly, these data are reused to build the target transfer data by the CS algorithm which are called observed signals. Thirdly, these signals are transmitted to the base station through the wireless channel. After obtaining these observed signals, the decoder reconstructs the data carrier containing privacy information. Finally, the privacy information is obtained by digital watermark extraction algorithm to achieve the secret transmission of signals. By adopting the watermarking and compression sensing to hide secret information in the end of node code, the algorithm complexity and energy consumption are reduced. Meanwhile, the security of secret information is increased.The simulation results show that the method is able to accurately reconstruct the original signal and the energy consumption of the sensor node is also reduced significantly in consideration of the packet loss.

Motivations, Mechanisms, and Paths of Business Model Innovation Driven by the Digital Economy

The digital economy,underpinned by fundamental digital technologies such as artificial intelligence,blockchain,cloud computing,and big data,facilitates business model innovation,thereby enabling firms to achieve distinctive competitive advantages.While the digital economy creates more development opportunities for businesses,it also subjects them to higher levels of competitive threats.Therefore,business model innovation is both a proactive choice to perceive and exploit external opportunities and a reactive adaptation to identify and mitigate external threats.The digital economy drives business model innovation through digital information,internet platforms,digital technologies,and new business models and formats.As such,firms should utilize data resources innovatively to update their value logic,build digital ecosystems based on internet platforms,enhance digital technology integration to enable agile responses,and gain insights into emerging economic formats to promote cross-industry integration and innovation.

40-Gbit/s 3-input all-optical priority encoder based on cross-gain modulation in two parallel semiconductor optical amplifiers

A 3-input all-optical priority encoder is designed. Proof-of-concept experiment is performed at 40-Gbit/s based on a cross-gain modulation （XGM） in two parallel semiconductor optical amplifiers （SOAs）. Output logic signals with over 10-dB extinction ratios （ERs） and clear open eye diagrams are obtained. No additional input light beam is used. The proposed scheme may be a promising candidate for future ultrafast all-optical digital signal processing circuits and computing systems.