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RSMA: Reputation System-Based Lightweight Message Authentication Framework and Protocol for 5G-Enabled Vehicular Networks
Traditional public key infrastructure-based authentication schemes provide vehicular networks with identity authentication and conditional privacy protection, which are not sufficient for assessing the credibility of messages. Additionally, although the new generation of cellular networks (5G) can dramatically improve the transmission efficiency of the messages, many existing authentication schemes are based on complex bilinear pairing operations, and the calculation time is too long to be suitable for delay-sensitive 5G-enabled vehicular networks. To address these issues, we propose a reputation system-based lightweight message authentication framework and protocol for 5G-enabled vehicular networks. The trusted authority (TA) is in charge of reputation management. A vehicle with a reputation score below the given threshold cannot obtain a credit reference from the TA for participating in the communication; therefore, the number of untrusted messages in vehicular networks is reduced from the source. Security analysis shows that our scheme is secure against an adaptively chosen-message attack, and also satisfies a series of requirements of vehicular networks. The scheme is based on the elliptic curve cryptosystem and supports batch authentication; therefore, it shows better performance in terms of time consumption when compared with related schemes
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of acetaminophen from wastewater using WO3/TiO2/SiO2 composite under UV–VIS irradiation
This study investigates the photocatalytic degradation of acetaminophen (Ace) from synthetic
wastewater by individual TiO2, TiO2/SiO2 and/or WO3/TiO2/SiO2 composite under UV-VIS
illumination. To characterize changes in their morphology and crystal structures before and after
treatment, Χ-ray diffraction (ΧRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) , DRS
UV-VIS absorption spectra, Brunaer-Emmer-Teller (BET) and scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) techniques were used. The effects of varying loading ratios of the WO3 on the TiO2/SiO2
composite for Ace degradation were studied. Operating parameters such as initial concentration,
reaction time, dose of photocatalyst and pH were tested. Degradation by-products were also
presented. It is found that the photodegradation performance of the WO3/TiO2/SiO2 composite as
a photocatalyst in this study could be enhanced by optimizing the loading ratio of the WO3.
About 3% (w/w) of WO3/TiO2/SiO2 was found to improve the degradation of Ace from 33% to
95% at the same initial concentration of 5 mg/L. The resulting oxidation by-products included
hydroquinone and 1,4-benzoquinone. Under the same conditions, the result of photocatalytic
degradation by the 3% (w/w) of WO3/TiO2/SiO2 composite was significantly higher (95%) than
that by the individual TiO2/SiO2 (42%) and/or by the TiO2 alone (33%). Under optimized
conditions (1.5 g/L; 3% (w/w) of WO3/TiO2/SiO2 composite; pH 9; 4 h of reaction time), 95% of
Ace removal with an initial concentration of 5 mg/L could be attained. However, the treated
effluents still could not meet the discharge standard of less than 0.2 mg/L set by China’s and US
legislation. This indicates that further subsequent treatment like biological processes is still
necessary for completing the removal of target pollutant from the wastewater samples
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The impact of viral mutations on recognition by SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells
We identify amino acid variants within dominant SARS-CoV-2 T cell epitopes by interrogating global sequence data. Several variants within nucleocapsid and ORF3a epitopes have arisen independently in multiple lineages and result in loss of recognition by epitope-specific T cells assessed by IFN-γ and cytotoxic killing assays. Complete loss of T cell responsiveness was seen due to Q213K in the A∗01:01-restricted CD8+ ORF3a epitope FTSDYYQLY207-215; due to P13L, P13S, and P13T in the B∗27:05-restricted CD8+ nucleocapsid epitope QRNAPRITF9-17; and due to T362I and P365S in the A∗03:01/A∗11:01-restricted CD8+ nucleocapsid epitope KTFPPTEPK361-369. CD8+ T cell lines unable to recognize variant epitopes have diverse T cell receptor repertoires. These data demonstrate the potential for T cell evasion and highlight the need for ongoing surveillance for variants capable of escaping T cell as well as humoral immunity