Meet-Cloud for Secure and Accurate Distribution of Negative Messages in Vehicular Ad hoc Network

Keeping Vehicular Ad hoc Network(VANET) from attacks requires secure and efficient distribution of information about bad entities. Negative messages are pieces of information that define the negative attributes of vehicles. By formally defining the negative message, we observe that accuracy is essential for its efficient distribution. We formally define the coverage percentage and accurate coverage percentage to describe the availability and distribution efficiency of negative message. These two metrics can jointly evaluate the performance of a distribution method. To obtain both high coverage percentage and high accurate coverage percentage, we propose meet-cloud, a scheme based on meet-table and cloud computing to securely and accurately distribute negative messages in VANET. A meet-table in a Road Side Unit(RSU) records the vehicles it encounters. All meettables are sent to cloud service to aggregate a global meet-table. The algorithm for distributing and redistributing negative messages are designed. Security analysis shows that meet-cloud is secure against fake and holding on to negative message attacks. Simulations and analysis demonstrate that meet-cloud is secure under denial of service and fake meet-table attacks. The simulation results also justify that meet-cloud outperforms the RSU broadcast and epidemic model.     

Blockage of the NLRP3 inflammasome by MCC950 improves anti-tumor immune responses in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

The NLRP3 inflammasome is a critical innate immune pathway responsible for producing active interleukin (IL)-1β, which is associated with tumor development and immunity. However, the mechanisms regulating the inflammatory microenvironment, tumorigenesis and tumor immunity are unclear. Herein, we show that the NLRP3 inflammasome was over-expressed in human HNSCC tissues and that the IL-1β concentration was increased in the peripheral blood of HNSCC patients. Additionally, elevated NLRP3 inflammasome levels were detected in tumor tissues of Tgfbr1/Pten 2cKO HNSCC mice, and elevated IL-1β levels were detected in the peripheral blood serum, spleen, draining lymph nodes and tumor tissues. Blocking NLRP3 inflammasome activation using MCC950 remarkably reduced IL-1β production in an HNSCC mouse model and reduced the numbers of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), regulatory T cells (Tregs) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). Moreover, inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation increased the numbers of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells in HNSCC mice. Notably, the numbers of exhausted PD-1⁺ and Tim3⁺ T cells were significantly reduced. A human HNSCC tissue microarray showed that NLRP3 inflammasome expression was correlated with the expression of CD8 and CD4, the Treg marker Foxp3, the MDSC markers CD11b and CD33, and the TAM markers CD68 and CD163, PD-1 and Tim3. Overall, our results demonstrate that the NLRP3 inflammasome/IL-1β pathway promotes tumorigenesis in HNSCC and inactivation of this pathway delays tumor growth, accompanied by decreased immunosuppressive cell accumulation and an increased number of effector T cells. Thus, inhibition of the tumor microenvironment through the NLRP3 inflammasome/IL-1β pathway may provide a novel approach for HNSCC therapy.     

创新回报不确定性下的新技术采纳研究

考虑到企业在采纳新技术过程中的技术溢出以及新技术创新回报的不确定性,建立生产有差异化产品企业的两阶段博弈模型,以企业采纳时间为分界点分别得出在古诺竞争和伯特兰德竞争两种市场下各个阶段的期望均衡利润,进而对技术创新回报不确定性、企业的最优采纳时间、期望社会福利最大时的企业最优社会采纳时间进行了分析,结果表明,随着创新回报不确定性的增加,先采纳新技术企业的期望利润增加更多;企业间产品差异较大时,领先企业在古诺竞争下的最优采纳时间要比伯特兰德竞争下的最优采纳时间要早;企业间产品差异较小时,领先企业在古诺竞争下的最优采纳时间要晚于伯特兰德竞争下的最优采纳时间.跟随企业在古诺竞争下的最优采纳时间始终早于伯特兰德竞争下的最优采纳时间.     

CSS代码命名规则与技巧探讨

合理、科学地对CSS代码命名,能够精简CSS代码,提高代码的开发效率,方便网站设计师对网站进行维护与修改.通过对CSS代码命名规则分析,提出了进行语义化命名、结构化命名和惯例命名三种CSS代码命名技巧.     

公共图书馆在新媒体环境下的服务拓展

介绍了新媒体的概念及特点,分析了新媒体对传统图书馆的冲击,探讨了新媒体环境下公共图书馆的服务拓展。     

时标轴上二阶Dirichlet边值问题的弱解（英文）

采用变分方法和临界点理论研究一个时标轴上二阶Dirichlet边值问题弱解的存在性.     

从三个角度考察柯西不等式

柯西不等式是高等数学中的重要不等式,它在解析几何、数学分析与高等代数这3门数学专业主干基础课程中均有渗透.从这3门课程的角度,分别给出柯西不等式的不同形式和证明过程,并简要地阐述它们的联系,最后做出小结.