A Confidential QR Code Approach with Higher Information Privacy

In present times, barcode decoders on mobile phones can extract the data content of QR codes. However, this convenience raises concerns about security issues when using QR codes to transmit confidential information, such as e-tickets, coupons, and other private data. Moreover, current secret hiding techniques are unsuitable for QR code applications since QR codes are module-oriented, which is different from the pixel-oriented hiding manner. In this article, we propose an algorithm to conceal confidential information by changing the modules of the QR Code. This new scheme designs the triple module groups based on the concept of the error correction capability. Additionally, this manner can conceal two secret bits by changing only one module, and the amount of hidden confidential information can be twice the original amount. As a result, the ordinary data content (such as URL) can be extracted correctly from the generated QR code by any barcode decoders, which does not affect the readability of scanning. Furthermore, only authorized users with the secret key can further extract the concealed confidential information. This designed scheme can provide secure and reliable applications for the QR system.     

时间序列的变化点检测和趋势分析

趋势分析和变化点检测是时间序列分析中常用的工具. 变化点检测是识别过程行为的自然或人为的突然的变化,而趋势可以定义为对逐渐偏离过去的规范的估计. 本文使用了Cox-Stuart方法和变化点算法分析时间序列数据趋势的存在,并以澳大利亚的近地表风速时间序列为例. 澳大利亚的近地表风速趋势是根据研究出的新开发的风速数据集,通过使用局部表面粗糙度信息,以及不同高度收集的混合观测数据构建. 10 m处的风的速度趋势通常会增加,而2 m处则趋于减小. 假设检验测试,变化点分析和人工检查记录表明有几个因素可能是导致差异的原因,例如伴随仪器变化的系统性偏差,随机数据错误(例如累积日错误)和数据采样问题. 均质化以及基于变化点检测的技术和多期趋势分析阐明了风速趋势不一致的根源.     

Synthesis and characterization of graphene‐containing thermoresponsive nanocomposite hydrogels of poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam) prepared by frontal polymerization

Thermoresponsive poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam) nanocomposite hydrogels containing graphene were successfully prepared by frontal polymerization. High concentration of graphene (5.0 mg/mL) was obtained by direct graphite sonication in the self‐same liquid monomer, thus avoiding any chemical manipulation and obtaining “real” graphene as nanofiller instead of one of its more or less oxidized derivative, which is what generally reported in published reports. Furthermore, the corresponding nanocomposites were obtained without using any solvent to be eventually removed. The materials were fully characterized by RAMAN, SEM, and TEM, and their swelling behavior and rheological properties were investigated. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Core–shell nanogels by RAFT crosslinking polymerization: Synthesis and characterization

A synthetic methodology is described for the preparation of core–shell nanogels by reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer. Well‐defined macro chain transfer agents (macro‐CTA's) were prepared in a first step using monomers that yield sensitive polymers. In the second step, a crosslinker alone or with the addition of a functionalized comonomer were used to form a crosslinked core. The ratio of crosslinker to macro‐CTA is crucial to yield nanogels. Furthermore, the polymerization time has an impact in the architecture of the nanomaterial obtained: it evolves from a core‐crosslinked star to a core–shell nanogel. Controlling the molecular weight of the macro‐CTA and the type of comonomer in the core forming step, core–shell nanogels with hydrodynamic diameters from 22 to 168 nm and a core that represents from 35 to 77% of the size, were prepared containing functional groups in the core which could be used as catalytic scaffolds. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012.     

Relaxation Dynamics In Photo-Excited Halogen-Bridged Pt-Complexes Studied By Femtosecond Luminescence Spectroscopy

The ultrafast dynamics of excited electronic states in a series of quasi-one-dimensional halogen-bridged platinum-complexes was investigated by using femtosecond luminescence spectroscopy. In Pt-Br system, the wave-packet oscillation of the local vibration of self-trapped excitons (STEs) was observed. The time evolutions of luminescence intensity in Pt-Br and Pt-Cl were successfully described by using a model based on a wave-packet motion on the interaction mode coordinate. In Pt-I, very fast decay was observed, suggesting the existence of efficient non-radiative decay channel directing to structural change.     

Evolutionary Pareto distributions

We consider here i.i.d. variables which are distributed according to a Pareto up to some point x₁ and a Pareto (with a different parameter) after this point. This model constitutes an approximation for estimating extreme tail probabilities, especially for financial or insurance data. We estimate the parameters by maximizing the likelihood of the sample, and investigate the rates of convergence and the asymptotic laws. We find here a problem which is very close to the change point question from the point of view of limits of experiments. Especially, the rates of convergence and the limiting law obtained here are the same as in a change point framework. Simulations are giving an illustration of the quality of the procedure.     

A class of differentiable toral maps which are topologically mixing

We show that on the 2-torus there exists a open set of regular maps such that every map belonging to is topologically mixing but is not Anosov. It was shown by Mañé that this property fails for the class of toral diffeomorphisms, but that the property does hold for the class of diffeomorphisms on the 3-torus . Recently Bonatti and Diaz proved that the second result of Mañé is also true for the class of diffeomorphisms on the -torus ().

     

Interaction between anionic polyelectrolytes and anion exchange membranes and change in membrane properties

Electrodialytic transport properties of anion exchange membranes were measured after formation of anionic polyelectrolyte layers on the membrane surfaces: relative transport number of various anions to chloride ions, current efficiency and apparent diffusion coefficients of neutral molecules. The anionic polyelectrolyte layers were formed by immersing the membrane into an aqueous solution of polycondensation product of sodium naphthalene sulfonate and formaldehyde or polystyrene sulfonic acid.

The change in the relative transport number between anions was remarkable in the anion exchange membrane with high ion exchange capacity by forming the layer. Results were: the relative transport number of sulfate ions to chloride ions decreased and those of nitrate ions to chloride ions, fluoride ions to chloride ions and bromide ions to chloride ions increased compared with the corresponding membrane. Although the apparent diffusion coefficient of neutral molecules suggested clogging of the membrane pores by the polyelectrolyte, anions with higher hydrated ionic diameter were able to permeate through the membrane easily. This means that difference of electrostatic repulsion force against two anions is effective on the change in the relative transport number of anions.     

Infrared spectral study of molecular vibrations in amorphous, nanocrystalline and AlO(OH) · αH2O bulk crystals

Amorphous, nanocrystalline, and bulk AlO(OH) · xH₂O crystals have six fundamental modes (FM) of vibration in a nonlinear AlO(OH) molecular structure. Most of them appear in groups of four IR and Raman bands. Their positions and relative intensities differ significantly in three specimens. The nanocrystals (monoclinic structure with z=8 molecules per unit cell) have four OH stretching bands at values enhanced by up to 360 cm⁻¹ at 3120, 3450, 3560 cm⁻¹ in comparison to those in bulk crystals or amorphous specimens. The first two bands are broad, bandwidth Δν_1/2200 to 350 cm⁻¹, while the other two are sharp, Δν_1/290 cm⁻¹. The sharp bands shift to 3525 and 3595 cm⁻¹ after heating the sample at 100°C. They no longer appear after heating at 300 or 500°C for 2 h (the specimen decomposes to Al₂O₃), leaving behind only two bands at 3100 and 3400 cm⁻¹. A Δν_1/2 value of 500 cm⁻¹ appears in the 3400 cm⁻¹ in a delocalized distribution of H atoms. Two bands also occur at 3098 and 3300 cm⁻¹ in bulk crystals (orthorhombic structure with z=4) or at 2990 and 3515 cm⁻¹ in an amorphous sample. More than one bands appear in a FM vibration in occurrence of sample in more than one conformers. The amorphous sample has approximately the same conformer structure as the bulk crystals. An amorphous surface structure exists in nanocrystals with a group of three bands at 1420, 1510 and 1635 cm⁻¹ in an interconnected network structure. It encapsulates the nanocrystals in an amorphous shell. Its volume fraction, 33% estimated from the integrated intensity in three bands, determines 2.2 nm thickness in the shell in spherical shape of nanocrystals in 35 nm diameter.     

应用相敏光放大器的非零色散位移光纤通信系统中的ISI限制距离研究

本文分析了1.55μm信号波长,采用强度调制/直接检测(IM/DD)方式的单信道级联相敏光放大器(PSA)非零色散位移光纤传输系统的性能.应用非线性薛定谔方程(NLSE),通过对信号传输后眼图劣化度的计算,得到了光纤传输系统的码间干扰(ISI)限制距离.由于PSA的相敏特性,其对光纤色散具有一定的补偿作用,因此级联相敏光放大器光纤通信系统可以实现信号高比特率长距离传输.然而,随着信号速率的提高,对长距离传输,必须减小光纤色散值和PSA的间距.当光纤色散值大到一定程度,要进行信号的高速率传输,就必须附加其它的色散补偿方法.