Determinants of the intention to use non-medical insertable digital devices: The case of Chile and Colombia

In the past, thinking of carrying electronic devices inside our bodies was only posed by non-real scenarios. The emergence of insertable devices has changed this. Since this technology is still in its initial development stages, few studies have investigated factors that influence its acceptance. This paper analyzes the predictors of the intention to use non-medical insertable devices in two Latin American contexts. We used partial least squares structural equation modeling to examine whether six constructs predicted intention to use insertable devices. A questionnaire was administered to undergraduate students located in Colombia and Chile (n = 672). We also examined whether these predictors influenced intention differently for both of them. Four common constructs significantly and positively influenced both Chilean and Colombian respondents to use insertable devices (hedonic motivation, habit, performance expectancy, and social influence). Also, the habit has a complementary mediating effect on the relationship between social influence and behavioral intention. By contrast, effort expectations were a positive and significant predictor, but only among Chilean respondents. Findings suggest that when technologies are emerging, well-known predictors of intention (e.g., performance and effort expectations) are less influential than predictors related to self-efficacy (e.g., habit and hedonic motivation). The use of insertable devices has a significant impact on society. Thus, a better understanding of what motivates their use has implications for both academia and industry.     

Securing keystroke dynamics from replay attacks

Keystroke dynamics is a viable behavioral biometric technique for identity verification based on users’ keyboard interaction traits. Keystroke dynamics can help prevent credentials from being abused in case of theft or leakage. But what happens if the keystroke events are eavesdropped and being replayed? Attackers that intercept keystroke dynamics authentication sessions of benign users can easily replay them from other sources unchanged or with minor changes and gain illegitimate privileges. Hence, even with its major security advantages, keystroke dynamics can still expose authentication mechanisms to replay attacks. Although replay attack is one of the oldest techniques to manipulate authentication systems, keystroke dynamics does not help preventing it. We suggest a new protocol for dynamics exchange based on choosing a subset of real and fake information snippets shared between the client and service providers to lure potential attackers. We evaluated our method on four state-of-the-art keystroke dynamics algorithms and three publicly available datasets and showed that we can dramatically reduce the possibility of replay attacks while preserving highly accurate user verification.     

白豹-南梁地区长4+5_1油层组储层特征及综合评价研究

鄂尔多斯盆地白豹-南梁地区延长组长4+5油层段是重要的储集层之一,包括长4+51和长4+52。由于白豹-南梁地区长4+51油气富集规律尚未明确,亦有必要对白豹-南梁地区4+51储层开展评价。通过岩心铸体薄片、物性分析、压汞分析等资料对研究区长4+51储层特征进行了研究。结果表明,研究区岩石类型以长石砂岩和岩屑长石砂岩为主,分选性以中-好为主,磨圆度以次棱角状为主;孔隙类型主要为粒间孔、长石溶孔,孔隙空间分选性较差,喉道分布不集中;研究区整体以Ⅱ类储层分布为主。     

Planktonic response to light as a pollution indicator

Ecological monitoring requires sensitive and effective approaches to detecting polluting substances. One such approach involves tracking the behavioral responses of plankton that is initially adapted to normal habitat conditions. Zooplankton such as Daphnia are filter feeders that are highly sensitive to pollution. We describe how a submersible holographic camera with additional attracting lighting (at a wavelength of 532 nm) can be used to track changes of Daphnia response to light for a number of pollutants, including potassium dichromate and crude oil. Our laboratory experiments showed that the sensitivity of this method of bioanalysis is comparable to standard laboratory methods, but has the additional advantage that it can be used in real time in lakes and other water areas, and hence is more versatile than standard methods.     

Structural Characteristics and Contemporary Value of Traditional Water Cultural Landscapes in Huizhou Region

Water culture is one of the key issues in Water Ecological Civilization. China’s traditional water cultural landscape embodies rich water cultures, and have a significance in related research and protection practice. This paper proposes the concept of “water cultural landscape,” that is, the landscape formed through humans’ environmental alteration during water activities—including how people use, transform, and manage it. The traditional water cultural landscapes in Huizhou Region have developed over hundreds of years, reflecting the locals’ wisdom in sustainable water use. The water cultural landscape in Huizhou Region should be interpreted as a systematic notion, in which all landscape elements such as ponds, weirs, and shuikous are interdependent, composing the landscape components e.g. valleys, hills, and basins, and establishing water security patterns for cities, towns, villages, and for production. The traditional water cultural landscape in Huizhou Region requires local generations’ long-term maintenance and management, and in turn it is also vital to Huizhou people's life and Huizhou culture. Today, it acts as an ecological infrastructure for sponge countryside and sponge city construction, and an important resource for heritage protection and tourism development.     

Computing the regularization of a linear differential–algebraic system

We study the regularization problem for linear differential–algebraic systems. As an improvement of former results we show that any system can be regularized by a combination of state-space and input-space transformations, behavioral equivalence transformations and a reorganization of variables. The additional state feedback which is needed in earlier publications is shown to be superfluous. We provide an algorithmic procedure for the construction of the regularization and discuss computational aspects.     

“边界层”在多种化工单元操作中的体现

诸多的化工单元操作过程中,普遍存在着"边界层"现象。"边界层"的存在对化工单元的操作过程会产生明显的影响。本文描述和类比了多种"边界层"的特征,并在物理化学的知识层面上对其产生机理进行了阐述,最后指出通过削弱边界层可以提高动量传递、质量传递和热量传递的速率和效率。     

低温硫化NR/BR并用胶的硫化特性及其力学性能研究

采用异丙基黄原酸钠SIP、N-乙基-N-苯基二硫代氨基甲酸PX的复合促进剂体系(用量分别为1.5phhr和0.5phhr)可使天然橡胶/顺丁橡胶并用胶(并用比为70∶30)在90℃~95℃内快速硫化,硫化特性符合缓冲胶工艺的要求,但其性能与HG/T 4124-2009《预硫化缓冲胶》存在一定的差距。     

氟橡胶配方硬度、硫化体系及焦烧特性对其与金属粘接性能的影响

以氟橡胶与丁字铁粘接为例,研究了氟橡胶与金属铁粘接的课题,发现粘接效果与橡胶配方的硬度、焦烧特性以及硫化体系都有着密切的关系。研究表明,氟橡胶的邵尔A硬度为65时,其与基材的粘接强度优于其他硬度时;在硫化体系方面,双酚AF/BPP硫化体系优于3#硫化剂体系和过氧化物硫化体系;随着t10、t90时间差的延长,粘接性能提高。     

东昆仑沙丘低缓磁异常区深部铁多金属矿床找矿标志

那陵郭勒河沙丘地区位于东昆仑祁漫塔格早古生代裂陷槽,经历了早古生代及晚古生代—早中生代的复合造山作用,发育多期次岩浆活动和成矿作用,具有较好的铁多金属找矿前景。文章通过研究沙丘铁多金属矿的成矿地质背景、矿床特征、地磁异常和地球化学异常等,探讨了其找矿标志。研究表明:沙丘地区铁多金属矿床成因类型属接触交代型(矽卡岩型),矽卡岩与磁铁矿体在空间分布紧密共生,是重要的找矿标志;引起该区磁异常的主要地质体为闪锌磁铁矿矿石、闪锌磁铁矿化矽卡岩、矽卡岩、闪长岩、硅质岩、玄武岩、钾长花岗斑岩;利用物探磁异常找寻磁铁矿作用显著,在低缓磁异常区、正负异常接触部位是找寻铁多金属矿最重要也是最直接的找矿标志。