Uncertain Consumption Preference under Mortality Salience

Based on the relevant theoretical research on mortality salience and general self-efficacy, this paper tests the impact of mortality salience on uncertain consumption intention through experiments. It is found that mortality salience increases consumers’ preference to choose uncertain probabilistic promotion methods, but decreases individuals’ evaluation of new products. During the process above, the moderating effect of general self-efficacy was tested. Based on the results, this study provides specific suggestions on the marketing and product strategies in the context of mortality salience

Improving the security of multiparty quantum secret sharing against Trojan horse attack

We analyzed the security of the multiparty quantum secret sharing (MQSS) protocol recently proposed by Zhang, Li and Man [Phys. Rev. A \textbf{71}, 044301 (2005)] and found that this protocol is secure for any other eavesdropper except for the agent Bob who prepares the quantum signals as he can attack the quantum communication with a Trojan horse. That is, Bob replaces the single-photon signal with a multi-photon one and the other agent Charlie cannot find this cheating as she does not measure the photons before they runs back from the boss Alice, which reveals that this MQSS protocol is not secure for Bob. Finally, we present a possible improvement of the MQSS protocol security with two single-photon measurements and six unitary operations.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; The revised version of the paper published in Phys. Rev. A 72, 044302 (2005). A bug is modified and an addendum is adde

New universal gates for topological quantum computation with Fibonacci-ε\boldsymbol{\varepsilon} composite Majorana edge modes on topological superconductor multilayers

We propose a new design of universal topological quantum computer device through a hybrid of the 1-, 2- and 7-layers of chiral topological superconductor ($\chi$TSC) thin films. Based on the $SO(7)_1/(G_2)_1$ coset construction, strongly correlated Majorana fermion edge modes on the 7-layers of $\chi$TSC are factorized into the composite of the Fibonacci $\tau$-anyon and $\varepsilon$-anyon modes in the tricritical Ising model. Furthermore, the deconfinement of $\tau$ and $\varepsilon$ via the interacting potential gives the braiding of either $\tau$ or $\varepsilon$. Topological phase gates are assembled by the braidings. With these topological phase gates, we find a set of fully topological universal gates for the $(\tau,\varepsilon)$ composite Majorana-Ising-type quantum computation. Because the Hilbert space still possesses a tensor product structure of quibts and is characterized by the fermion parities, encoding quantum information in this machine is more efficient and substantial than that with Fibonacci anyons. The computation results is easier to be read out by electric signals, so are the initial data inputted.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figues, revised versio

Impacts of operating conditions on specific cake resistance in dead-end microfiltration process

In the present work, the fouling behavior and the corresponding specific cake resistance of polyethersulfone microfiltration membrane fouled by using different solutions (bovine serum albumin solution, sodium alginate solution, humic acid and activated sludge suspension) under different operating conditions, transmembrane pressure (TMP), concentration (C), stirred speed (ω) and temperature (T) were systematically investigated. The ensuing results showed that the proposed equation can be used to accurately calculate instantaneous specific cake resistance (α). The average specific cake resistance increased with increasing operating pressure, concentration, and stirred speed, while it decreased with increasing operating temperature. The average specific cake resistance of sodium alginate (SA) was larger and the sequence was SA>HA>BSA>AS