UAV-supported intelligent truth discovery to achieve low-cost communications in mobile crowd sensing

Unmanned and aerial systems as interactors among different system components for communications,have opened up great opportunities for truth data discovery in Mobile Crowd Sensing(MCS)which has not been properly solved in the literature.In this paper,an Unmanned Aerial Vehicles-supported Intelligent Truth Discovery(UAV-ITD)scheme is proposed to obtain truth data at low-cost communications for MCS.The main innovations of the UAV-ITD scheme are as follows:(1)UAV-ITD scheme takes the first step in employing UAV joint Deep Matrix Factorization(DMF)to discover truth data based on the trust mechanism for an Information Elicitation Without Verification(IEWV)problem in MCS.(2)This paper introduces a truth data discovery scheme for the first time that only needs to collect a part of n data samples to infer the data of the entire network with high accuracy,which saves more communication costs than most previous data collection schemes,where they collect n or kn data samples.Finally,we conducted extensive experiments to evaluate the UAV-ITD scheme.The results show that compared with previous schemes,our scheme can reduce estimated truth error by 52.25%–96.09%,increase the accuracy of workers’trust evaluation by 0.68–61.82 times,and save recruitment costs by 24.08%–54.15%in truth data discovery.

因地制宜发展新质生产力的学理阐释

因地制宜发展新质生产力是我国经济发展领域的重要课题,科学合理发展新质生产力是推动经济持续增长和提升全民福祉的关键所在。文本在系统把握因地制宜中的“时”“业”“域”特点,深入挖掘因地制宜发展新质生产力理论内涵的基础上,从马克思主义哲学角度与中国特色社会主义建设的具体实践角度探讨其生成依据,围绕制度、发展、主体、创新四个向度阐述因地制宜发展新质生产力的价值旨归。通过对立足地方实际、直面地方问题、汇聚地方力量和激发地方活力四个方面的实践探赜,重点揭示如何将因地制宜发展新质生产力理论转化为可落地的务实行动,推动新质生产力进一步发展。

The Actuality and Prospect of Meteorological Service Technology for Solar Greenhouse

The solar greenhouse's construction and its demand on meteorological service in the process of production management in China were analyzed,and the current situation of meteorological service on it was summarized.Combined with the trend of related technology,the future development of solar greenhouse meteorological service was prospected.

利用Ground-Truth资料和Messy GA方法反演渤海湾盆地及其邻区地壳P波速度模型

收集了1978～2003年位于渤海湾盆地及其邻近地区(大体位于东经112°～122°,北纬34°～44°之间)所记录到的的总计10534个地震或人工爆破事件的Pn、Pg以及P波到时数据,运用GT5准则,从中挑选出相对精确和可信度较高,且具有代表性的的10个地震事件,使用MessyGA算法,分别反演了这10个地震事件所对应的一维地壳P波速度模型.反演的局部地壳模型与已知结果对应较好,基本反映了震中区的地壳速度结构特征.该方法原理简单,计算方便,可用于确定局部和区域的地壳速度模型.

MTruths:Web信息多真值发现方法

Web已成为一个浩瀚的信息海洋,其信息分散在不同的数据源中.不同数据源常常为同一对象实体提供冲突的属性值.如何从这些冲突属性值中找到真值被称为真值发现问题.根据属性值数量可将对象属性分为单值属性和多值属性,现有的多数真值发现算法对单值属性的真值发现比较有效.针对多值属性的真值发现问题,提出了一个多真值发现方法 MTruths,该方法将多真值发现问题转化为一个最优化问题,其目标是:各对象的真值与各数据源提供的观察值之间的相似性加权和达到最大.对象真值求解过程中,提出2种方法求真值列表的最优解:基于枚举的方法和贪心算法.与已有方法不同的是MTruths可以直接得到对象的多个真值.最后,通过图书和电影2个真实数据集上的实验表明,MTruths的2种实现方法的准确性以及贪心算法的效率优于现有真值发现方法.

《TRUTH(真相)》史料及其历史价值

九一八事变后,沈阳"九君子"完成了《TRUTH(真相)》证据汇编,历经辗转呈递给国联调查团。《TRUTH(真相)》因其高度的实证性、系统性和规范性而成为国联仲裁的依据,推动了国际社会首次对九一八事变及伪满洲国定性。"九君子"国联外交是中国知识分子发起的软实力抗战,构成了九一八抗战的重要组成部分,也成为中国国联外交的一个亮点。国际友人多方斡旋、冒死协助,这是国际反法西斯联合斗争的首次尝试。"九君子"用实际行动改变了"弱国无外交"的惯性认识,再次彰显了"国家有难、匹夫有责"的担当与风骨,意义深远。

从“Truth”史料的发现谈东北人民的抗日斗争

研究了史料《Truth》(中文名《真相》,是九一八事变后东北藉爱国知识子冒死搜集日军侵华的罪证材料,国联据此做出对九一八事变的首次定位)。认为该史料的发现,填补了日伪统治下东北民众反抗日本侵略历史的研究空白,展示了东北民众在国际上反对日本侵略的呼声。史料的曲折形成过程以及史料的客观性和实证性同东北人民武装抗争形成互补,有力地证明了东北各阶层人民合力抗日的史实。

Actual evapotranspiration of subalpine meadows in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China

As a main component in water balance,evapotranspiration(ET)is of great importance for water saving,especially in arid and semi-arid areas.In this study,the FAO(Food and Agriculture Organization)Penman-Monteith model was used to estimate the magnitude and temporal dynamics of reference evapotranspiration(ET0)in 2014 in subalpine meadows of the Qilian Mountains,Northwest China.Meanwhile,actual ET(ETc)was also investigated by the eddy covariance(EC)system.Results indicated that ETc estimated by the EC System was 583 mm,lower than ET0(923 mm)estimated by the FAO Penman-Monteith model in 2014.Moreover,ET0 began to increase in March and reached the peak value in August and then declined in September,however,ETc began to increase from April and reached the peak value in July,and then declined in August.Total ETc and ET0 values during the growing season(from May to September)were 441 and 666 mm,respectively,which accounted for 75.73%of annual cumulative ETc and 72.34%of annual cumulative ET0,respectively.A crop coefficient(kc)was also estimated for calculating the ETc,and average value of kc during the growing season was 0.81(ranging from 0.45 to 1.16).Air temperature(Ta),wind speed(u),net radiation(Rn)and soil temperature(Ts)at the depth of 5 cm and aboveground biomass were critical factors for affecting kc,furthermore,a daily empirical kc equation including these main driving factors was developed.Our result demonstrated that the ETc value estimated by the data of kc and ET0 was validated and consistent with the growing season data in 2015 and 2016.

Comparison of ground truth location of earthquake from InSAR and from ambient seismic noise: A case study of the 1998 Zhangbei earthquake

Because ambient seismic noise provides estimated Green’s function （EGF） between two sites with high accuracy, Rayleigh wave propagation along the path connecting the two sites is well resolved. Therefore, earthquakes which are close to one seismic station can be well located with calibration extracting from EGF. We test two algorithms in locating the 1998 Zhangbei earthquake, one algorithm is waveform-based, and the other is traveltime-based. We first compute EGF between station ZHB （a station about 40 km away from the epicenter） and five IC/IRIS stations. With the waveform-based approach, we calculate 1D synthetic single-force Green’s functions between ZHB and other four stations, and obtain traveltime corrections by correlating synthetic Green’s functions with EGFs in period band of 10–30 s. Then we locate the earthquake by minimizing the differential travel times between observed earthquake waveform and the 1D synthetic earthquake waveforms computed with focal mechanism provided by Global CMT after traveltime correction from EGFs. This waveform-based approach yields a location which error is about 13 km away from the location observed with InSAR. With the traveltime-based approach, we begin with measuring group velocity from EGFs as well as group arrival time on observed earthquake waveforms, and then locate the earthquake by minimizing the difference between observed group arrival time and arrival time measured on EGFs. This traveltime-based approach yields accuracy of 3 km, Therefore it is feasible to achieve GT5 （ground truth location with accuracy 5 km） with ambient seismic noises. The less accuracy of the waveform-based approach was mainly caused by uncertainty of focal mechanism.

Shakedown Criterion Employing Actual Residual Stress Field and Its Application in Numerical Shakedown Analysis

Construction of the static admissible residual stress field and searching the optimal field are key tasks in the shakedown analysis methods applying the static theorem. These methods always meet dimension obstacles when dealing with complex problems. In this paper, a novel shakedown criterion is proposed employing actual residual stress field based on the static shakedown theorem. The actual residual stress field used here is produced under a specified load path, which is a sequence of proportional loading and unloading from zero to all the vertices of the given load domain. This ensures that the shakedown behavior in the whole load domain can be determined based on the theorem proposed by K6nig. The shakedown criterion is then implemented in numerical shakedown analysis, The actual residual stress fields are calculated by incremental finite element elastic-plastic analysis technique for finite deformation under the specified load path with different load levels. The shakedown behavior and the shakedown limit load are determined according to the proposed criterion. The validation of the criterion is performed by a benchmark shakedown example, which is a square plate with a central hole under biaxial loading. The results are consistent with existing results in the literatures and are validated by full cyclic elastic-plastic finite element analysis. The numerical shakedown analysis applying the proposed criterion avoids processing dimension obstacles and performing full cyclic elastic-plastic analysis under arbitrary load paths which should be accounted for appearing. The effect of material model and geometric changes on shakedown behavior can he considered conveniently.

Comparison of pan evaporation and actual evaporation estimated by land surface model in Xinjiang from 1960 to 2005

Pan evaporation,an indictor of potential evaporation,has decreased during the last several decades in many parts of the world;the trend is contrary to the expectation that the increase of actual evaporation will accompany global warming,known as the pan evaporation paradox.What is the essential relationship between pan evaporation and actual evaporation? This is still an uncertain problem.In this paper,the trends of pan evaporation and actual evaporation are investigated using observational data and observation-constrained simulation results using NCAR Community Land Model(CLM) in Xinjiang from 1960 to 2005.Our analysis suggests that the decreasing trend of annual pan evaporation accompanies the increasing trend of annual actual evaporation,the tendencies of them both have statistical significance(at 99% level and at 95% level,respectively).We also find that there is the same turning point in precipitation,pan evaporation and actual evaporation of 1986,and either before the point or after,pan evaporation has inverse trend comparing with actual evaporation and precipitation.The above analysis indicates that pan evaporation and actual evaporation have complementary relationship.These results support the issue of evaporation paradox described by Brutsaert and Parlange(1998) and suggest that decrease of pan evaporation indicates an increase of actual evaporation in Xinjiang in the past half century.The correlation analysis shows that diurnal temperature range(DTR),wind speed,low cloud cover and precipitation are the most likely driving forces for the reduced pan evaporation and the ascending actual evaporation.

Truth of Absurdity in Endgame

Endgame,the most difficult and elusive play by Samuel Beckett,sketches the post-war social spirit and norm.Absurd as the plot is,this paper is aimed at disclosing the truth of the world,of life,and of human nature covered in the setting of stage,the cyclical actions and the philosophic conversation.

Truth telling for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Henan,China

Objective: This study aims to investigate the truth-telling status and the relevant factors of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) patients in Henan, China.Methods: A cross-sectional study from April to June 2015 using questionnaires was given to 301 family members of hospitalized ESCC patients based in three affiliated hospitals of Zhengzhou University(i.e., The First Hospital, The Second Hospital, and Tumor Hospital) and Anyang Tumor Hospital.Results: Among the 41.9%(126/301) hospitalized ESCC patients who knew of their true diagnoses, only 4.0% patients were informed by their corresponding responsible doctors, 39.7% by their family members, and 56.3% by themselves. Univariate analyses showed that disclosure of confirmed ESCC diagnosis to patients was correlated with gender, family history of cancer(FHC), education level, vocation, hospital administrative level, and attitudes of family members(P < 0.05). Furthermore,multivariate analysis indicated that attitude of family members was the most important and an independent factor for diagnosis disclosure. Those patients with a negative FHC, under-education, manual occupation, advanced stages, and hospitalized in municipal hospitals exhibited a low rate of truth telling.Conclusions: Truth telling for ESCC patients in Henan is not prevalent and may be improved through consultation with family members, particularly for patients with a negative FHC, poor education, manual occupation, and advanced stages.

论九一八事变的国际性——以《TRUTH(真相)》史料为中心

九一八事变绝不是简单的中日冲突,它是深刻影响到世界历史进程的国际性事件。从根本上说,九一八事变是世界战争的代名词,是人类和平的警世钟。沈阳"九君子"搜集《TRUTH)》史料的目的、过程、结果和影响都具有鲜明的国际性特点,就是源于九一八事变的国际性特征。《TRUTH》史料是九一八事变国际性的历史见证。九一八事变国际性的历史价值,对于处理当前国际关系尤其是遏制日本右翼势力依然具有重大的现实意义。

Actual Costs of Uneconomic Growth of Marine Fisheries in China’s Pearl River Delta

As traditional economic theory is mainly based on neoliberal principles, whose failure is to ignore the ecological component in value assessment methods, it assumes that continuous economic growth exists with high level of employment and low inflation rate. Many ecological economists have criticized the blind pursuit of short-term economic interests in the last 30 years for leading to loss of natural capital and ecosystem services. This study demonstrates the concept of?“uneconomic growth”?by measuring the actual costs of fishing activities and fishery policy implemented in China’s Pearl River Estuary from economic, social, and ecological aspects. The results show that the costs of economic growth exceed the benefits of additional growth because of the limits of the ecosystem. The ecological system of the Pearl River Estuary has been degraded significantly by overfishing and is regarded to be under non-optimal conditions regarding both ecological and socio-economic objectives.

Cost Sharing Based Truthful Spectrum Auction with Collusion-Proof

Spectrum auction is an important approach of spectrum distribution in cognitive radio networks. However, a single secondary user(SU) probably can't afford the price of spectrum. Multiple SUs grouping together to participate in the auction as a whole is helpful to increase purchasing power. However, SUs could suffer from a new group cheating problem, i.e., parts of users conspire to manipulate the auction by submitting untruthful bids. Existing auction mechanisms were mainly designed to be strategy-proof only for individual user and can't deal with group cheating. In this paper, a novel spectrum auction mechanism called COSTAG(COst Sharing based Truthful Auction with Group-buying) is proposed to address the group cheating problem. COSTAG consists of a grouping rule to perform grouping and a payment rule to determine the market-clearing price in the spectrum auction. Different from single-echelon pricing approach employed in existing works, a multi-echelon pricing strategy is designed to increase the transaction rate and optimize social profit for the auction. Comprehensive theoretical analysis shows that COSTAG can satisfy the crucial economic robustness properties, both individual and group truthfulness. Simulations demonstrate that comparing with existing works, COSTAG can improve the system performance significantly.

Topics of Truth,Kindness and Aesthetics in Chinese Education1

The ideal goal to cultivate creative talents who "seek truth","strive for kindness" and "adore aesthetics " and are equipped with "perfect personality" should be achieved,which is expected to reach brand-new circumstances of "humans development and construction of completeness" and must and should explore "Truth","Kindness" and "Aesthetics" in Chinese education.This article is meant to explore "truth" of Chinese(language,article,literature) in the intellectual education from cognitive science and to promote students to get into quality of exploration;they should explore "kindness" in the moral education in Chinese(language,article,literature) from ethics,which is to urge wakefulness of students' moral consciousness;in addition,"aesthetics" in Chinese(language,article,literature) from aesthetic education is to spur students to construct free soul.

Micro-earthquakes “Just-underneath” Seismic Stations as Ground Truth Events——Application to the 2008 Wenchuan Aftershock Sequence

Analyzing the aftershock sequence of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake,we considered 26 micro-earthquakes "just underneath" seismic stations.Making use of such special station-event configurations to determine the depth of these micro-earthquakes provided accurate relocation of aftershocks with a reference set of "ground truth(GT)events".

THE RELATIONS BETWEEN NONMONOTONIC TRUTH MAIN-TENANCE AND NONMONOTONIC LOGICS

Nonmonotonic reasoning and nonmonotonic truth maintenance are two important research aspects of artificial intelligence, which have close relations. Existing nonmonotonic truth maintenance systems can be used as the theorem provers of conventional nonmonotonic logics, but they can't represent and deal with prioritized nonmonotonic reasoning. This paper presented stratified truth maintenance systems which can represent and deal with prioritized justifications. It will be shown that the stratified ATMS can be used as a theorem prover of prioritized nonmonotonic logics.

On Janie's Self-actualization in Light of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Zora Neale Hurston is an African-American novelist, anthropologist. Her famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God to some extent reflects the pursuit of self-actualization of the female protagonist Janie. The psychological term Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is implemented in this study to help to analyze the process of Janie's self-actualization, which illustrates how Janie realized self-fulfillment and appreciated the intrinsic worth of her surroundings and to experience the world deeply through marriages to three different men.