Secure pairing with wearable devices by using ambient sound and light

Wearable devices usually work together with smart phones. To ensure only legitimate smart phones can read the data, they must conduct pairing to establish a shared key. Traditional pairing methods require that the pairing devices have a keyboard or screen for user interaction. However, due to the size limitation, keyboards or screens are hard to be installed in the wearable devices. To solve this problem, we propose a novel pairing method by using ambient sound and light. In this new scheme, any pairing request from smart phone will trigger wearable device vibration. Only after users press the confirm key on the device can the pairing process continues. Then pairing devices collect ambient sound and light at the predetermined time and establish a shared key by using the Diffie-Hellman protocol. To protect against potential man-in-the-middle attacks in the key establishment process, an improved interlock protocol with sound and light comparison is conducted to authenticate the key. If both the sound and light collected by the pairing devices are similar enough, the key is accepted. Otherwise, it is rejected. Compared with current context based pairing methods, our scheme does not impose strict synchronization on devices to collect ambient context data. Moreover, our scheme need not collect and exchange contextual information for multiple times to resist offline brute force attacks. The experimental results and security analysis prove the effectiveness of our scheme.     

由"二维码"英译引发的对术语翻译的思考

首先搜集“二维码”的多种英文表达,从而引出该概念的乱象,接着采用定性的分析方法,从该概念的内涵和外延、属和种差等多角度进行深度解剖,发现日常生活中接触得最多的英文表达“QR code”只是“二维码”的一种,并非其准确译法,据此总结“二维码”术语英译的困难以及从中发现术语标准存在的问题,并讨论术语翻译在生活中的应用特点。     

UPLC-MS/MS法同时检测小花鬼针草中6种单体成分的含量

建立了一种应用UPLC-MS/MS同时测定小花鬼针草中6种单体成分原儿茶酸、芦丁、金丝桃苷、槲皮苷、槲皮素和山奈酚含量的方法。小花鬼针草药材粉碎后，经甲醇超声提取稀释后进样，采用负离子多反应监测（MRM）模式同时测定提取物中6种单体成分的含量，并以芍药苷为内标。色谱柱为Agilent SB C18 （50 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.8 μm），流动相为乙腈-0.1%甲酸水溶液，梯度洗脱，流速为0.4 mL/min，柱温为35 ℃。结果表明，该方法所测6种成分在相应的质量浓度范围内，峰面积与浓度线性关系良好，r＞0.999 0；平均加样回收率（n=6）为92.1% ～95.5%，相对标准偏差≤4.50%。该方法简单快捷、灵敏度高、专属性强，可同时测定小花鬼针草中6种单体成分。     

非线性光机械系统中的弱力探测

从理论上研究了包含光学参量放大器的非线性腔光机械系统的弱力探测性能.一方面,发现通过调节光学参量放大器的非线性增益以及输入光场与腔场之间的有效失谐,可以减小压缩正交中约14 dB的量子噪声,从而将弱力探测灵敏度提高2倍以上.另一方面,分析了非线性腔结合零差测量产生的反作用噪声相消现象并且实现量子非破坏测量的方法.     

医疗卫生工作者心理健康水平现状

 为了解医疗卫生工作者心理健康水平的现状，从2017年科技工作者心理状况调查的数据中选取医疗卫生工作者样本1463人，同时抽取其他科技工作者1441人作为对照组。调查结果发现：医疗卫生工作者抑郁风险低于对照组，焦虑和自杀意念与对照组无显著差异，工作倦怠及情感衰竭度显著高于对照组；医疗卫生工作者心理健康群体差异明显，50岁后抑郁和焦虑水平均降低，正高级职称人群的抑郁和焦虑水平均较低。情绪调控方式上，压制组表现出更多的抑郁和焦虑风险；同时，医疗卫生工作者存在睡眠时间不足、运动次数和运动时长不足、工作时长过长的问题；在心理健康服务方面，医疗卫生工作者整体优于对照组。建议改善医疗卫生工作者工作时长和工作压力，倡导健康生活方式，并提高情绪调节能力。     

PAC理论在教学运用中的研究初探

PAC理论作为人际关系心理学中的重要理论,它的＂心态转化原理＂能帮助学生克服人际沟通障碍,＂人际互动类型原理＂能够帮助学生选择解决问题的正确途径,＂P≡P-C≡C交往心态原理＂能使学生有效中断不良交往方式。总体上说,这一理论可以有效促进学生把握心理状态,深入理解问题,从而有助于提升教学效果。     

Phospholipid flippases attenuate LPS-induced TLR4 signaling by mediating endocytic retrieval of Toll-like receptor 4

P4-ATPases are lipid flippases that catalyze the transport of phospholipids to create membrane phospholipid asymmetry and to initiate the biogenesis of transport vesicles. Here we show, for the first time, that lipid flippases are essential to dampen the inflammatory response and to mediate the endotoxin-induced endocytic retrieval of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in human macrophages. Depletion of CDC50A, the β-subunit that is crucial for the activity of multiple P4-ATPases, resulted in endotoxin-induced hypersecretion of proinflammatory cytokines, enhanced MAP kinase signaling and constitutive NF-κB activation. In addition, CDC50A-depleted THP-1 macrophages displayed reduced tolerance to endotoxin. Moreover, endotoxin-induced internalization of TLR4 was strongly reduced and coincided with impaired endosomal MyD88-independent signaling. The phenotype of CDC50A-depleted cells was also induced by separate knockdown of two P4-ATPases, namely ATP8B1 and ATP11A. We conclude that lipid flippases are novel elements of the innate immune response that are essential to attenuate the inflammatory response, possibly by mediating endotoxin-induced internalization of TLR4.     

高校招投标采购的特点

随着高校向现代化教育技术的发展,购买仪器采购数量的增多,尤其是进口设备的采购,对现有的采购程序提出了新的挑战。文中从高校设备购置的特点出发,讨论了市场与竞争、如何选择采购方式、验收的重要意义以及在全过程的监督机制等问题。通过在实际中遇到的各种问题,提出了应该加强政府采购制度建设,改善市场竞争环境,强化设备采购前期调研工作,合理选择设备采购方式等。总结了高校仪器设备招标采购的经验,探讨了高校仪器设备招标采购的规律。     

Aptamer and its applications in neurodegenerative diseases

Aptamers are small single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotide fragments or small peptides, which can bind to targets by high affinity and specificity. Because aptamers are specific, non-immunogenic and non-toxic, they are ideal materials for clinical applications. Neurodegenerative disorders are ravaging the lives of patients. Even though the mechanism of these diseases is still elusive, they are mainly characterized by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the central nervous system. So it is essential to develop potential measures to slow down or prevent the onset of these diseases. With the advancements of the technologies, aptamers have opened up new areas in this research field. Aptamers could bind with these related target proteins to interrupt their accumulation, subsequently blocking or preventing the process of neurodegenerative diseases. This review presents recent advances in the aptamer generation and its merits and limitations, with emphasis on its applications in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, Huntington’s disease and multiple sclerosis.