Comparative analysis of extreme ultraviolet solar radiation proxies during minimum activity levels

Four extreme ultraviolet(EUV)solar radiation proxies(Magnesium II core-to-wing ratio(MgII),Lymanαflux(Fα),10.7-cm solar radio flux(F10.7),and sunspot number(Rz))were analyzed during the last four consecutive solar activity minima to investigate how they differ during minimum periods and how well they represent solar EUV radiation.Their variability within each minimum and between minima was compared by considering monthly means.A comparison was also made of their role in filtering the effect of solar activity from the critical frequency of the ionospheric F2 layer,foF2,which at mid to low latitudes depends mainly on EUV solar radiation.The last two solar cycles showed unusually low EUV radiation levels according to the four proxies.Regarding the connection between the EUV“true”variation and that of solar proxies,according to the foF2 filtering analysis,MgII and Fαbehaved in a more stable and suitable way,whereas Rz and F10.7 could be overestimating EUV levels during the last two minima,implying they would both underestimate the inter-minima difference of EUV when compared with the first two minima.

CMLP: Exploiting Caches at Multiple Levels of Proxies to Enhance Seamless Mobility Support in Information-Centric Networks

The recent evolution of the Internet towards "Information-centric" transfer modes has renewed the interest in exploiting proxies to enhance seamless mobility. In this work, we focus on the case of multiple levels of proxies in ICN architectures, in which content requests from mobile subscribers and the corresponding items are proactively cached to these proxies at different levels. Specifically, we present a multiple-level proactive caching model that selects the appropriate subset of proxies at different levels and supports distributed online decision procedures in terms of the tradeoff between delay and cache cost. We show via extensive simulations the reduction of up to 31.63% in the total cost relative to Full Caching, in which caching in all 1-level neighbor proxies is performed, and up to 84.21% relative to No Caching, in which no caching is used. Moreover, the proposed model outperforms other approaches with a flat cache structure in terms of the total cost.

Relationship between pollen assemblages and organic geochemical proxies and the response to climate change in the Zhuye Lake sediments

This paper examines the relationship among organic geochemical proxies （TOC, C/N ratio and ~13C） and pollen assemblages in Zhuye Lake sediments since the Late Glacial. Results show that the reaction extent of organic geochemical proxies and pollen as- semblages to environment changes are different. Organic geochemical proxies are sensitive to overall environmental change, while pollen assemblages indicate detailed information of environmental change. For the entire sedimentary section （except the sand layer fi＇om the bottom of the section）, when values of TOC, C/N ratio and total pollen concentrations are high, 813C values are low, and vice versa. The different responses of organic geochemical proxies and pollen records in Zhuye Lake are mainly due to their different sensitivity and diverse influencing factors in different environmental conditions.

Coral Ba/Ca and Mn/Ca Ratios as Proxies of Precipitation and Terrestrial Input at the Eastern Offshore Area of Hainan Island

Geochemical ratios in coral reef skeletons could be used as proxies to reconstruct past climatological and environmental records in data-poor regions. Using a 103-year data set(1902 to 2005), the annual variations in Ba/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios of Porites lutea skeletons at an eastern offshore area of Hainan Island(19?12'28.4''N, 110?37'38.8''E) were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-optic emission spectrometry(ICP-OES). The analysis results showed that Ba/Ca ratios varied from a minimum of 3.120 μmol mol^(-1) in 1903 to a maximum of 10.064 μmol mol^(-1) in 1944, with an average of 5.256 μmol mol^(-1). Mn/Ca ratios varied from 0.206 to 5.708 μmol mol^(-1) with an annual average of 1.234 μmol mol^(-1), with peak values in 2001, 1964 and 1932, that correlated with strong rainfall events caused by typhoons. Variation in Ba/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios were compared with available river discharge and precipitation records, providing insight into past climatological events. Human activities and their indirect effects could impact the strength of the relationship between Ba/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios and observed precipitation and terrestrial input in the future.

Influence of Proxies on the Reported Frequency of Falls, Fear of Falling and Activity Restriction in Older People

Introduction: In older populations, the help of a third person may be necessary for a certain number of individuals in order to fill in questionnaires. The influence of this assistance on the collected information can raise questions, among others concerning the concordance between the information provided by the persons themselves and by their proxies, or the introduction of a potential bias. Our study’s objective is to examine, among older people, the differences in the reported frequency of falls, fear of falling and activity restriction due to fear of falling, according to the fact that people had filled in a questionnaire with or without the help of a third person. Methods: The data used come from the secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire and conducted in 2006 in a Belgian semi-rural town among non-institutionalised persons aged 65 years and over. Results: Among the 501 questionnaires, 16.4% were filled in with the help of another person. In bivariate analysis, the persons who needed help reported fall history, fear of falling and activity restriction significantly more often. In multivariable analysis, when considering concurrently the covariates (sex, age, living alone and fall history for fear of falling and for activity restriction), the influence of having received help to fill in the survey was only significant for activity restriction. Conclusion: Our study shows that it is important to know whether or not a person has received help to fill in a questionnaire. This can actually influence the reported frequency of certain outcomes, even, for activity restriction, when considering simultaneously the effect of other covariates. Given the current and future ageing of our populations, it seems that more extensive exploration is needed of the influence of proxies on the collected information about falls, fear of falling and activity restriction among older people.

Phytocenoses at Environments Contact Sites as Proxies of Climate Dynamics with Time (East Siberia, Russia)

Usage of methods for determination of long-term trends of the dynamics of vegetation formation on the background of climate changes becomes more and more important at modern stage of the assessment of natural systems development. This causes to researchers a series of problems from choice of conceptual base to notions and terms of the processes identified and of state of vegetation of different environments. Solution of such a task results inevitably in necessity to correct the understanding of existing processes occurring in the vegetation cover. It allows establishing a direction of their development in the system of natural factors of any territory. As a result, we have base for determination of age, site and role of current state of phytocenoses in successional systems. It is necessary for this to reveal the peculiarities of phytocenoses composition and formation due to climate dynamics and to determine a period of ecosystems homeostasis, especially for phytocenoses of contact natural conditions. Optimal values of phytocenoses diversity, like one of whole biosystems, depend on the amount of resource in the environment, on stability degree and on evolutional development of cenoses due to ecological, micro-evolutional and evolutional processes.

Sharing Smart Card Authenticated Sessions Using Proxies

This paper discusses an approach to share a smart card in one machine with other machines accessible on the local network or the Internet. This allows a user at a browser to use the shared card remotely and access web applications that requiresmart card authentication. This also enables users to access these applications from browsers and machines that do not have the capability to use a smart card. The approach uses proxies and card reader code to provide this capability to the requesting device.Previous work with remote or shared smart card use either requires continuous access to the smart card machine or specific client software. The approach in this paper works for any device and browser that has proxy settings, creates minimal network traffic and computation on the smart card machine, and allows the client to transfer from one network to another while maintaining connectivity to a server. This paper describes the smart card sharing approach, implementation and validation of the approach using real systems, and security implications for an enterprise using smart cards.

Triterpenols as Proxies for Tracking the Mangrove Evolution in China

Objective Located at the interface of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, mangroves are particularly sensitive to environmental changes. They provide a sedimentary sink for organic carbon, whereby core samples could provide detailed records of mangrove evolution. Human induced, rapid environmental changes in recent years require a better understanding of the mangrove ecosystems evolution in the past, by reconstructing the past mangrove dynamics using triterpenols recorded in sediments. The aim of our work is to improve the application of triterpenols as biomarkers for mangrove development in long term in China.

Statistical Reconstruction of the Antarctic Oscillation Index Based on Multiple Proxies

Based on multiple proxies from the Southern Hemisphere, an austral summer (December-January-February: DJF) Antarctic Oscillation Index (AAO) since 1500 A.D. was reconstructed with a focus on interannual to interdecadal variability (<50 a). By applying a multivariate regression method, the observational AAO-proxy relations were calibrated and cross-validated for the period of 1957 89. The regressions were employed to compute the DJF-AAO index for 1500 1956. To verify the results, the authors checked the explained variance (r 2 ), the reduction of error (RE), and the standard error (SE). Cross-validation was performed by applying a leave-one-out validation method. Over the entire reconstruction period, the mean values of r 2 , RE, and SE are 59.9%, 0.47, and 0.67, respectively. These statistics indicate that the DJF-AAO reconstruction is relatively skillful and reliable for the last ～460 years. The reconstructed AAO variations on the interannual and interdecadal timescales compare favorably with those of several shorter sea level pressure (SLP)-based AAO indices. The leading periods of the DJF-AAO index over the last 500 years are ～2.4, ～2.6, ～6.3, ～24.1, and ～37.6 years, all of which are significant at the 95% level as estimated by power spectral analysis.

Current Networks of Long Proxies for Building Reconstruction Models of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

Currently available proxies were studied as networks for building reconstruction models of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). Only proxies that would double the current record length (backwards in time from AD 1564) were included. We present two proxy networks and corresponding reconstruction (transfer) models, one for tree-growth based proxies only and another for multiproxies. Both of them show a useful match in timing as well as amplitude with the AMO. These model structures demonstrated reasonable model performance (overall r2 = 0.45 - 0.36). The time stability of proxy-AMO relationships was also validated. The new models produced acceptable results in cross-calibration-verification (reduction of error and coefficient of efficiency statistics in 1856-1921 and 1922-1990 vary between 0.41 and 0.21). The spatial distribution of these data series indicate that proxies respond to an AMO-like climatic oscillation over much of the Northern Hemisphere.

Applications of smart proxies for subsurface modeling

Using artificial intelligence(AI) and machine learning(ML) techniques, we developed and validated the smart proxy models for history matching of reservoir simulation, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty assessment by artificial neural network(ANN). The smart proxy models were applied on two cases, the first case study investigated the application of a proxy model for calibrating a reservoir simulation model based on historical data and predicting well production while the second case study investigated the application of an ANN-based proxy model for fast-track modeling of CO2 enhanced oil recovery, aiming at the prediction of the reservoir pressure and phase saturation distribution at injection stage and post-injection stage. The prediction effects for both cases are promising. While a single run of basic numerical simulation model takes hours to days, the smart proxy model runs in a matter of seconds, saving 98.9% of calculating time. The results of these case studies demonstrate the advantage of the proposed workflow for addressing the high run-time, computational time and computational cost of numerical simulation models. In addition, these proxy models predict the outputs of reservoir simulation models with high accuracy.

一种航天器在轨环境下结构变形的反演方法

为实现航天器在轨结构变形高效计算,提出一种基于神经网络的结构变形反演方法:借助有限元分析法获得结构在不同温度载荷作用下的变形分布特征,并利用获取的数据对输入和输出间神经网络进行训练,获取高精度的代理模型。利用该模型,可以在轨测量的温度作为输入,实现对航天器结构全场变形的快速反演;可通过引入合适参数的高斯噪声,增强神经网络对于输入误差的适应能力;可用改进的连接权值分析方法,给出确定传感器数量下,实现变形反演精度最高的结构温度测点的布局优化方案。综上,该反演方法具有精度高、实时性强、受输入误差影响小等优点,其应用对于提升遥感卫星的成像质量具有重要意义。

委托代持担保物权的法律效力

在特定的交易模式中,担保物权可由他人代为持有。为使金融交易方式更加灵活便捷,应缓和担保物权设立上的从属性,允许为将来债权提供担保,在担保物权可得实现之时,主债权真实存在即可。在权利归属认定中,法院不宜恪守于权利登记内容,在不影响第三人权益的前提下,应尊重当事人间的真实意思表示,认定债权人为实际权利人。倘若名义权利人将登记系统上所登记的债权及担保物权无权处分给第三人,善意取得规则自有适用空间。在担保物权可得实现之时,原则上债权人和受托人均可行使担保物权。在特殊情形下,担保物权的行使主体可由当事人约定。

陕南勉县寒武系仙女洞组生物礁岩相学及古环境分析

【目的】生物礁演化史上一个关键节点是寒武纪早期广泛出现了后生动物古杯与微生物群落的联合造礁,该造礁群落形成环境和发育条件值得探讨。【方法】以华南板块西北缘汉南—米仓山地区的勉县大河坝剖面为例,对寒武系仙女洞组沉积序列和生物礁临近层位开展了系统的岩相学、沉积学和元素地球化学分析。【结果】岩相学特征显示礁体形成于海退背景下的临滨带环境,建造过程可依次分为钙质微生物主导、古杯动物大量繁盛以及古杯与钙质微生物联合建造三个阶段。生物礁灰岩中的陆源碎屑组分含量向上增多,且颗粒变粗,顶部被中—细砂岩覆盖。【结论】古杯—钙质微生物礁生长过程中对低强度的陆源碎屑输入具有一定的耐受度,当粗粒陆源碎屑组分的持续、高强度输入时将造成生物礁发育终止。本实例揭示了古杯—钙质微生物造礁群落生长过程与海底生态指标的相关性,可为古环境学、沉积学和储层地质学相关研究提供参考。

全民所有自然资源资产所有权委托代理行使机制探讨

全民所有自然资源资产所有权委托代理机制是自然资源资产所有权的一种行使方式,是落实自然资源资产全民所有的重要举措,也是社会主义公有制的实现方式。目前,对于全民所有自然资源资产所有权委托代理制度,法律并无明确规定,试点地区开始探索行之有效的委托代理履职模式。文章通过梳理试点地区的实践经验,发现全民所有自然资源资产所有权委托代理面临所有权行使的权责不明确、自然资源资产“家底”不清、委托代理制度不健全等困境。基于此,文章从优化权责分配关系、做好资产清查和统计工作、科学编制自然资源清单、完善委托代理制度等方面提出建议。

健康信息替代搜寻行为的类型、过程、特征和模型研究

[目的/意义]旨在探讨健康信息替代搜寻行为的类型、过程和特征并建立理论模型,为健康信息搜寻获取提供新的思路和方法。[方法/过程]选取有过相关经历的18位青年学生和18位中年人士作为对象展开访谈,采用质性研究方法对访谈文本数据进行分析。[结果/结论]主要结论有4点:①健康信息替代搜寻行为可以细分为3种类型;②替代搜寻行为过程可划分为6个阶段:触发启动—搜寻执行—加工整合—沟通交流—采纳影响—后续搜寻;③替代搜寻者与被替代者的连接交互是健康信息替代搜寻行为过程的独特活动,同时该行为存在明显的代际差异与个体差异;④构建出了健康信息替代搜寻行为模型。

面向预制食品溯源的隐私数据加密共享方法研究

随着区块链技术在食品溯源领域的发展,预制食品的质量安全得到了有效保障。然而,预制食品上下游生产加工环节众多的产业特点,使溯源变得困难。在溯源的同时安全共享食谱、秘方等隐私数据,使供应链更好地协同生产则十分重要。为解决上述问题,提出了一种面向预制食品溯源的门限代理重加密(Threshold proxy re-encryption)隐私数据共享的方法,设计了一条预制食品溯源区块链和追溯生产批号关联相关溯源数据,确保数据的真实可信。使用门限代理重加密,预制食品生产商通过门限代理重加密将研发的食谱加密为初加密密文,同时在本地生成重加密密钥,将初加密密文与重加密密钥上传至预制食品溯源区块链中;第三方半诚实服务商将从区块链上获取的重加密材料进行重加密生成重加密密文,将重加密密文上传至区块链;监管部门等数据访问者则使用自身私钥将从区块链上获取的重加密密文进行重加密解密,实现隐私数据在溯源区块链上的安全共享。该方法基于Hyperledger Fabric,搭建了一个预制食品溯源区块链原型系统进行测试。测试结果表明,所提出的面向预制食品溯源的隐私数据加密共享方法在隐私数据共享方面与常用的数据加密共享方法相比计算开销较低。数据上链、公开数据查询、隐私数据查询的平均时延分别为1473.8、63.9、59.9 ms,系统性能良好。实验结果表明,提出的方法达到了供应链隐私数据安全共享的目的,确保了商业机密和知识产权的安全共享,对预制食品行业发展和食品安全提升具有参考价值。

基于加密技术的感知结果可验证隐私保护群智感知方案

针对群智感知过程中对于任务服务器和工作者的隐私泄露问题,以及感知反馈结果验证过程中的隐私保护问题,借助于边缘节点和加密技术,基于代理重加密和同态加密算法,提出了一种感知结果可验证的隐私保护群智感知方案.该方案通过两轮对感知结果的加密传递,完成对感知结果的隐私保护传送和结果校验.其次,对所提出的方案的处理过程进行详细描述,并分析了这一方案对任务服务器和工作者的隐私保护情况。最后,通过实验验证比较,进一步证明所提出方案的优越性.

支持受控共享的医疗数据隐私保护方案

患者医疗健康数据信息的合理利用促进了医学研究机构的发展。针对目前患者与医疗研究机构间共享医疗数据隐私易泄露,以及患者对医疗数据的使用情况不可控的问题,提出一种支持受控共享的医疗数据隐私保护方案。首先,将区块链与代理服务器结合设计医疗数据受控共享模型,区块链矿工节点分布式构造代理重加密密钥,使用代理服务器存储和转换医疗数据密文,利用代理重加密技术在保护患者隐私的同时实现医疗数据安全共享。其次,设计用户权限动态调整机制,由患者与区块链授权管理节点交互通过授权列表来更新医疗数据访问权限,实现患者对医疗数据的可控共享。最后,安全性分析表明,所提方案可以在医疗数据隐私保护的同时,实现医疗数据动态共享,并且可以抵抗共谋攻击。性能分析表明,该方案在通信开销、计算开销方面具有优势,适用于患者或医院与研究机构间的数据受控共享。