11 research outputs found
Breaking a chaos-noise-based secure communication scheme
This paper studies the security of a secure communication scheme based on two
discrete-time intermittently-chaotic systems synchronized via a common random
driving signal. Some security defects of the scheme are revealed: 1) the key
space can be remarkably reduced; 2) the decryption is insensitive to the
mismatch of the secret key; 3) the key-generation process is insecure against
known/chosen-plaintext attacks. The first two defects mean that the scheme is
not secure enough against brute-force attacks, and the third one means that an
attacker can easily break the cryptosystem by approximately estimating the
secret key once he has a chance to access a fragment of the generated
keystream. Yet it remains to be clarified if intermittent chaos could be used
for designing secure chaotic cryptosystems.Comment: RevTeX4, 11 pages, 15 figure
Low Dose CT Image Reconstruction Based on Structure Tensor Total Variation Using Accelerated Fast Iterative Shrinkage Thresholding Algorithm
Low dose computed tomography (CT) has drawn much attention in the medical imaging field because of its ability to reduce the radiation dose. Recently, statistical iterative reconstruction (SIR) with total variation (TV) penalty has been developed to low dose CT image reconstruction. Nevertheless, the TV penalty has the drawback of creating blocky effects in the reconstructed images. To overcome the limitations of TV, in this paper we firstly introduce the structure tensor total variation (STV1) penalty into SIR framework for low dose CT image reconstruction. Then, an accelerated fast iterative shrinkage thresholding algorithm (AFISTA) is developed to minimize the objective function. The proposed AFISTA reconstruction algorithm was evaluated using numerical simulated low dose projection based on two CT images and realistic low dose projection data of a sheep lung CT perfusion. The experimental results demonstrated that our proposed STV1-based algorithm outperform FBP and TV-based algorithm in terms of removing noise and restraining blocky effects
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Economic Density and Vegetation Cover in the Yellow River Basin: Unraveling Interconnections
Vegetation, serving as the primary constituent of terrestrial ecosystems, plays a crucial role in regulating energy flow and material cycles and providing vital resources for human socio-economic activities. This study analyzes the spatio-temporal patterns of economic density and vegetation coverage in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) based on forest resource inventory and socio-economic data from 448 counties in 2008, 2013, and 2018. A three-tiered criterion layer is constructed using economic density as the core explanatory variable, encompassing social development factors, land use factors, and natural factors. A two-way fixed effects model is then utilized to analyze the impact of economic density on vegetation coverage. Results reveal that: (1) Spatially, economic density demonstrates a âlow in the west and high in the eastâ pattern, with an overall upward trend in the YRB. Conversely, vegetation cover exhibits a âhigh in the west and low in the eastâ pattern, displaying a downward trend. (2) Over the 2008â2018 period, a significant negative correlation between economic density and vegetation cover is observed in each county of the YRB, with vegetation cover decreasing by 1.108% for every 1 unit increase in economic density. Notably, the upstream areas of the YRB experience a significant increase in vegetation coverage, while the middle and lower reaches witness a decrease. (3) Considering control variables, the proportion of the primary industry, urbanization rate, forest protection level, and cultivated land area exert a significant influence on vegetation coverage across the entire basin. Policymakers should formulate relevant policies to achieve sustainable development in the YRB, as discussed in the proposed countermeasures. This study delineates a practical pathway for high-quality economic development and high-level ecological protection in the YRB, offering a valuable reference for analogous research in other regions.Forestry, Faculty ofNon UBCReviewedFacultyResearche
Screening of MSI detection loci and their heterogeneity in East Asian colorectal cancer patients
Abstract Objective This study aims to screen the MSI detection loci suitable for the East Asian colorectal cancer patients. and explore its intratumoral heterogeneity. Methods A total of 271 pathological tissues specimens of colorectal cancer were collected. The MSI status was detected using different PCR reagent kits with different detection loci. Then, the results were compared with the immunohistochemical (IHC) staining results. Microdissection of pathological tissues specimens detected to be MSIâH was performed to examine whether there was intratumoral heterogeneity of MSI status. Results Thirtyânine out of 271 cases were dMMR. dMMR occurred mostly in patients with rightâhemi colon cancer (PÂ <Â 0.0001). Compared with dMMR patients, the clinical stages of pMMR patients were more inclined to be in the late stage with lymph node metastasis (PÂ <Â 0.0001). MSIâH tumors were significantly associated with KRAS mutation (PÂ =Â 0.036) and PDâL1 expression (PÂ =Â 0.038). Compared with Promega panel and 24âlocus detection, the consistency between NCI MSI panel and IHC staining results were the highest with the Kappa value of 0.850. The sensitivity of detection decreased from 87.18% to 56.41% with the increase in detection loci. Single locus analysis showed that the first two loci with the highest sensitivity were both mononucleotide loci, namely, BATâ26 (95.45%) and BATâ25 (86.36%). The dinucleotide locus with highest sensitivity was D2S123 (50%). The main detection loci of MSIâH showed no intratumoral heterogeneity. Conclusion The combination of 2 mononucleotide loci (BAT25, BAT26) and 3 dinucleotide loci (D2S123, D5S346, D17S250) might be the most suitable loci for MSI detection in East Asian population. There is no intratumoral heterogeneity in the main MSI loci