35 research outputs found
Use Cases in Dataflow-Based Privacy and Trust Modeling and Analysis in Industry 4.0 Systems
Get PDFFostering efficiency of distributed supply chains in the Industry 4.0 often bases on IoT-data analysis and by means of lean- and shop oor-management. However, trust by preserving privacy is a precondition: Competing factories will not share data, if, e.g., the analysis of the data will reveal business relevant information to competitors. Our approach is enforcing privacy policies in Industry 4.0 supply chains. These are highly dynamic and therefore not manageable by \u27traditional\u27 rights-management approaches as we will stretch in a literature analysis. To enforce privacy, we analyze two industrial settings and derive general requirements: (1) Lean- and shop oor-management and (2) factory access control, both common in Industry 4.0 supply chains. We further propose a reference architecture for Industry 4.0 supply chains. We introduce the combination of Palladio Component Model (PCM) [23] and Ensembles [4] in order to analyze and enforce privacy policies in highly dynamic environments. Our novel approach paves way for data sharing and global data analyzes in highly dynamic Industry 4.0 supply chains. It is an important step for efficiency of these supply chains and therefore one important cornerstone for the success of Industry 4.0
Ralph: A Visible/Infrared Imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt Mission
Full text linkThe New Horizons instrument named Ralph is a visible/near infrared
multi-spectral imager and a short wavelength infrared spectral imager. It is
one of the core instruments on New Horizons, NASA's first mission to the
Pluto/Charon system and the Kuiper Belt. Ralph combines panchromatic and color
imaging capabilities with IR imaging spectroscopy. Its primary purpose is to
map the surface geology and composition of these objects, but it will also be
used for atmospheric studies and to map the surface temperature. It is a
compact, low-mass (10.5 kg), power efficient (7.1 W peak), and robust
instrument with good sensitivity and excellent imaging characteristics. Other
than a door opened once in flight, it has no moving parts. These
characteristics and its high degree of redundancy make Ralph ideally suited to
this long-duration flyby reconnaissance mission.Comment: 18 pages, 15 figures, 4 tables; To appear in a special volume of
Space Science Reviews on the New Horizons missio
Insights into Spatial Sensitivities of Ice Mass Response to Environmental Change from the SeaRISE Ice Sheet Modeling Project I: Antarctica
Get PDFAtmospheric, oceanic, and subglacial forcing scenarios from the Sea-level Response to Ice Sheet Evolution (SeaRISE) project are applied to six three-dimensional thermomechanical ice-sheet models to assess Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity over a 500 year timescale and to inform future modeling and field studies. Results indicate (i) growth with warming, except within low-latitude basins (where inland thickening is outpaced by marginal thinning); (ii) mass loss with enhanced sliding (with basins dominated by high driving stresses affected more than basins with low-surface-slope streaming ice); and (iii) mass loss with enhanced ice shelf melting (with changes in West Antarctica dominating the signal due to its marine setting and extensive ice shelves; cf. minimal impact in the Terre Adelie, George V, Oates, and Victoria Land region of East Antarctica). Ice loss due to dynamic changes associated with enhanced sliding and/or sub-shelf melting exceeds the gain due to increased precipitation. Furthermore, differences in results between and within basins as well as the controlling impact of sub-shelf melting on ice dynamics highlight the need for improved understanding of basal conditions, grounding-zone processes, ocean-ice interactions, and the numerical representation of all three
Sub-lethal concentrations of CdCl2 disrupt cell migration and cytoskeletal proteins in cultured mouse TM4 Sertoli cells
Get PDFThe aims of this study were to examine the effects of CdCl2 on the viability, migration and cytoskeleton of cultured mouse TM4 Sertoli cells. Time- and concentration-dependent changes were exhibited by the cells but 1 µM CdCl2 was sub-cytotoxic at all time-points. Exposure to 1 and 12 µM CdCl2 for 4 h resulted in disruption of the leading edge, as determined by chemical staining. Cell migration was inhibited by both 1 and 12 µM CdCl2 in a scratch assay monitored by live cell imaging, although exposure to the higher concentration was associated with cell death. Western blotting and immunofluorescence staining indicated that CdCl2 caused a concentration dependent reduction in actin and tubulin levels. Exposure to Cd2+ also resulted in significant changes in the levels and/or phosphorylation status of the microtubule and microfilament destabilising proteins cofilin and stathmin, suggesting disruption of cytoskeletal dynamics. Given that 1-12 µM Cd2+ is attainable in vivo, our findings are consistent with the possibility that Cd2+ induced impairment of testicular development and reproductive health may involve a combination of reduced Sertoli cell migration and impaired Sertoli cell viability depending on the timing, level and duration of exposure
Sensitivity of Pine Island Glacier to observed ocean forcing
Get PDFWe present subannual observations (2009–2014) of a major West Antarctic glacier (Pine Island Glacier) and the neighboring ocean. Ongoing glacier retreat and accelerated ice flow were likely triggered a few decades ago by increased ocean-induced thinning, which may have initiated marine ice-sheet instability. Following a subsequent 60% drop in ocean heat content from early 2012 to late 2013, ice flow slowed, but by < 4%, with flow recovering as the ocean warmed to prior temperatures. During this cold-ocean period, the evolving glacier-bed/ice-shelf system was also in a geometry favorable to stabilization. However, despite a minor, temporary decrease in ice discharge, the basin-wide thinning signal did not change. Thus, as predicted by theory, once marine ice-sheet instability is underway, a single transient high-amplitude ocean cooling has only a relatively minor effect on ice flow. The long-term effects of ocean-temperature variability on ice flow, however, are not yet known
The mechanism of the nickel ferrite formation reaction
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Ice Elevation Near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide During the Last Glaciation
Get PDFInterior ice elevations of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) during the last glaciation, which can serve as benchmarks for ice-sheet models, are largely unconstrained. Here we report past ice elevation data from the Ohio Range, located near the WAIS divide and the onset region of the Mercer Ice Stream. Cosmogenic exposure ages of glacial erratics that record a WAIS highstand similar to 125 m above the present surface date to similar to 11.5 ka. The deglacial chronology prohibits an interior WAIS contribution to meltwater pulse 1A. Our observational data of ice elevation changes compare well with predictions of a thermomechanical ice-sheet model that incorporates very low basal shear stress downstream of the present day grounding line. We conclude that ice streams in the Ross Sea Embayment had thin, low-slope profiles during the last glaciation and interior WAIS ice elevations during this period were several hundred meters lower than previous reconstructions.Earth and Planetary Science
