Analysis and improvement of fair certified e-mail delivery protocol

Recently, Nenadić et al. proposed a novel fair exchange protocol RSA-CEMD [A. Nenadić, N. Zhang, S. Barton. Fair certified e-mail delivery, Proceedings of the 9th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2004)-Computer Security Track, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp. 391–396, 2004] for certified e-mail delivery with an off-line and transparent trusted third party. The protocol provides non-repudiation of origin and non-repudiation of receipt security service to protect communicating parties from each other's false denials that the e-mail has been sent and received. In this paper, we show that Nenadić's protocol cannot achieve the claimed fairness. In the exchange protocol, the receiver can cheat the sender successfully by sending an invalid verifiable and recoverable encryption of signature (VRES) which can pass all the sender's verifications, as the VRES scheme proposed in [A. Nenadić, N. Zhang, S. Barton. Fair certified e-mail delivery, Proceedings of the 9th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2004)-Computer Security Track, Nicosia, Cyprus, pp. 391–396, 2004] is inherently unrecoverable in some situations. In other words, there is always that the receiver can get the sender's e-mail message while the sender cannot obtain receiver's receipt. Furthermore, we propose a revised version of certified e-mail delivery protocol that preserves strong fairness while remaining optimistic.     

我国突发性水资源污染事故应急机制的若干问题评述

基于突发性水资源污染事故应急处理现状的分析,对目前我国突发性水资源污染事故防范和应急机制的建立进行探讨,指出当前工作中的三大缺陷,并有针对性地提出如何加快防范突发性水资源污染事故以及建立相关应急机制的进程的若干措施,包括突发污染事故的隐患调查、脆弱性评价、水质预报、动态监测以及应急组织机构等方面,以期能为我国减少突发性水资源污染事故及其损失提供一定的理论分析依据。     

Investigation on compounding and application of C80-C100 high-performance concrete

This paper presents the compounding technology and application of C80-C100 high-performance concrete (HPC) containing ultra-pulverized fly ash composite (PFAC) and superplasticizer. The properties of C80-C100 HPC are also studied systematically. The experimental results indicate that this concrete has excellent workability, high strength, lower drying shrinkage, outstanding volume stability, durability, etc.     

Effect of structural period and ground motion parameters on the earthquake response of asymmetric buildings

The results of a parametric study of torsional coupling effects in the response of asymmetric buildings to a grouped selection of 45 strong motion earthquakes from Europe, North America, the Middle East and Southern Pacific are presented. The period dependency of the key response parameters is studied in relation to the site dependent criteria employed by certain earthquake-resistant design codes for specifying the lateral shear forces to be resisted by the structural frames and/or walls. Unlike lateral forces, the torsional response is relatively insensitive to the ration of peak ground accelaration to velocity, which has been used in previous studies as a measure of the effect on earthquake ground motions of site soil conditions and epicentral distance. The results show that the effect of torsional coupling on edge displacement response is more pronounced in stiff, short period structures. However, the dynamic shear and torque responses are relatively insensitive to variations in structural period. Codified design provisions for torsional effects specified in the United States, Canadian and European seismic building regulations are assessed, along with alternative proposals, in relation to the analytical results. It is concluded that in some cases special provisions are needed for short period asymmetric systems, a feature which has been neglected by the codes and inadequately accounted for in previous proposals.     

Investigation of Petroleum Refinery Effluent Treatment in an Aerobic Fixed-film Biological System

T he feasibility of treating a synthetic toxic waste and a petroleum refinery effluent was evaluated using a four-stage, fixed-film aerated bioreactor with a 50 I capacity and a surface area-to-volume ratio of 72. The process performance at various waste strengths and influent flow rates was found satisfactory.
Organic loading proved to be a better operational or design parameter. Treatment efficiency decreased as the loading was increased. An organic loading of 42 g COD/m2d or less is recommended to ensure good quality effluent. The reactor coped with organic and hydraulic overloads because of the good oxygen transfer capacity and the considerable quantity of attached biomass attained. Staging of the reactor was effective in damping excessive loadings.
Treatment of the refinery waste in the bioreactor removed up to 80 per cent of the COD and reduced the oil, sulphide and amm.N concentrations substantially, but polishing of reactor effluent using alum treatment improved effluent quality for potential reuse.     

地形指数算法对TOPMODEL模拟精度的影响

TOPMODEL是以地形为基础的半分布式流域水文模型，地形指数为该模型最为核心的内容之一。简要介绍了地形指数计算中较为常用的单流向法、多流向法和改进的多流向法，并以东江流域中的小试验流域星丰为例，探讨了不同的地形指数计算方法对TOPMQDEL模拟精度的影响。洪水的研究结果表明，采用改进的多流向法所得到的模拟精度更高。     

哈拉沁水库泄洪洞进水塔静动力分析

利用4—21节点块体单元对哈拉沁水库泄洪洞进水塔进行离散,分析6种工况下进水塔结构的自振特性，并通过反映谱法计算顺水向和垂直水向结构的抗震动力响应，包括结构的动位移和动应力。将动力计算结果与静力计算结果进行叠加，成果显示进水塔的变形和强度均满足要求，为工程设计提供了依据。     

大沙河护岸生态效果的数值模拟

利用River2D软件模拟了大连市大沙河多孔栖息单元式生态护岸修建后的水流状况和鱼类栖息地条件。为了选定护岸铺设的位置,以便达到最佳的河流恢复效果,把护岸铺设分为4种方案:方案一维持原貌,不铺设护岸;方案二在整个河段沿岸修建护岸;方案三在需要保护的地方修建河流护底;方案四护岸与护底同时修筑。对比了4种方案下鲤鱼流速适宜指数和河段权重可利用面积,指出了在不同流量下的护岸最佳铺设方式。结果表明利用软件进行数值模拟的方法可以弥补室内实验方法和实地观测方法的不足。     

Extension of the QUASAR River-Water Quality Model to Unsteady Flow Conditions

A modification of the well-known water-quality model 'quality simulation along river systems'(QUASAR) is presented in order to extend its ability, so that it may be considered applicable under unsteady-flow conditions. An aggregated dead-zone travel-time parameter, based on (a) the kinematic wave velocity (celerity) of the flow wave and (b) the behaviour of the solute within so-called 'dead zones', has been incorporated into the existing model formulation. This extends the current continuously-stirred tank reactor-based model process to account for the behaviour of solute under unsteady-flow conditions. The enhanced water-quality model has been validated by application to the Colorado River.