Representations of lesbian and bisexual women’s sexual and relational health in online video and text-based sources

The Internet is the preferred source of health information followed by healthcare providers, friends and family, print media, and television (Baxter & Egbert, 2008). Yet, previous research about online sexual health resources for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer) groups, especially lesbian and bisexual (LB) women, primarily consists of introductions and reviews of related websites rather than critique of the quality of the information present (e.g. Clark, 2003; Finlon, 2002; McKay, 2011). Thus, the goals of this study were to examine the LB women’s sexual and relational health content in online sources and identify the degree to which the online sources considered LB women’s identity and standpoint when presenting sexual and relational health messages. The analysis includes a comparison of text-based and video-based online messages related to LB women’s sexual and relational health. We argue that there is an overall lack of quality in the online sexual and relational health messages for LB women, and that websites are not comprehensive enough in their coverage of LB women’s sexual and relational health.     

Sensitive-by-distance: quasi-health data in the algorithmic era

This article offers a new perspective on the boundaries between health and non-health data in the age of ‘Quantified-Self’ apps: the ‘data-sensitiveness-by-computational-distance’ approach-or, more simply, the ‘sensitive-by-distance’ approach. This approach takes into account two variables: the intrinsic sensitiveness (a static variable) of personal data and the computational distance (a dynamic variable) between some kinds of personal data and pure health (or sensitive) data, which depends upon computational capacity. From an objective perspective, computational capacity depends on the level of development of data retrieval technologies at a certain moment, the availability of ‘accessory data’, and the applicable legal restraints on processing data. From a subjective perspective, computational capacity depends on the specific data mining efforts (or the ability to invest in them) taken by a given data controller: economic resources, human resources, and the use of accessory data. A direct consequence of the expansion of augmented humanity in collecting and inferring personal data is the increasing loss of health data processing ‘legibility’ for data subjects. In order to address this issue, we propose exploiting the existing legal tools in the General Data Protection Regulation to empower data subjects (the right to data access, the right to know the logic involved in automated decision-making, data portability, etc.).     

基于回归树和AdaBoost方法的刀具磨损评估

本文利用高速数控铣刀铣削中不同侧面方向的切削力和振动信号以及声发射信号均方根值,以数据驱动的形式对刀具磨损进行了拟合评估. 在本次研究中,分别从时域、频域和时频联合域上探索与刀具磨损相关的敏感特征,具体特征提取方法包括时域统计分析、频域上的快速傅里叶变换（FFT）和时频联合分析的小波变换（WT）. 本文中,决策树被用于回归问题而非分类问题,用于评估刀具磨损值. 同时,引入AdaBoost算法对回归树模型进行提升,并从模型的准确性、稳定性和适用性三个方面上综合对比了提升的决策树回归模型和原模型的性能. 研究表明,AdaBoost算法提升的回归决策树模型在预测的准确性和稳定性上都有一定程度上提高,并且在面向全新刀具磨损预测的适用性上也取得了不错的提升效果.     

多元因子分析模型在河流健康评价中的应用——以苏子河水质特性研究为例

为顺应河流生态可持续发展,提出健康河流、生命河流等概念,维持河流生态系统健康已经成为流域综合管理的必然趋势。综合运用水文学、水力学、泥沙地貌学和水生生态学的基本理论和方法研究河流生态健康的表征因子,确定各因子的阈值,建立流域性水体水质可续发展评价体系。以河流可持续发展为基础,引用代表性的相关指标进行筛选,对流域水质指标进行数值化分析,以苏子河流域水质特性为研究对象,选取出评估河流健康状况的环境因子,客观反映出中小河流域健康状况,为河流的可持续管理和生态环境建设提供参考。     

Broadband, red-edge information from satellites improves early stress detection in a New Mexico conifer woodland

Multiple plant stresses can affect the health, esthetic condition, and timber harvest value of conifer forests. To monitor spatial and temporal dynamic forest stress conditions, timely, accurate, and cost-effective information is needed that could be provided by remote sensing. Recently, satellite imagery has become available via the RapidEye satellite constellation to provide spectral information in five broad bands, including the red-edge region (690-730 nm) of the electromagnetic spectrum. We tested the hypothesis that broadband, red-edge satellite information improves early detection of stress (as manifest by shifts in foliar chlorophyll a + b) in a woodland ecosystem relative to other more commonly utilized band combinations of red, green, blue, and near infrared band reflectance spectra. We analyzed a temporally dense time series of 22 RapidEye scenes of a piñon-juniper woodland in central New Mexico acquired before and after stress was induced by girdling. We found that the Normalized Difference Red-Edge index (NDRE) allowed stress to be detected 13 days after girdling — between and 16 days earlier than broadband spectral indices such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Green NDVI traditionally used for satellite based forest health monitoring. We conclude that red-edge information has the potential to considerably improve forest stress monitoring from satellites and warrants further investigation in other forested ecosystems.     

Efficient key management for preserving HIPAA regulations

The protection of patients’ health information is a very important issue in the information age. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of privacy and security regulations are two crucial provisions in the protection of healthcare privacy, especially electronic medical information. For the quality and efficiency of the electronic services, it is necessary to construct better performance for the user and the trusted party. Based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) and complying with HIPAA regulations, this article presents an efficient key management scheme to facilitate inter-operations among the applied cryptographic mechanisms. In addition, the proposed scheme can achieve the complete functionality which includes: (1) a dictionary of key tables is not required for users and other units; (2) users can freely choose their own passwords; (3) users can freely update their passwords after the registration phase; (4) the computational cost is very low for users and the trusted center or server; (5) users are able to access their individual medical information through the authorization process; (6) case of consent exceptions intended to facilitate emergency applications or other possible exceptions can also be dealt with easier.     

面向P2P特定信息的传播动力学模型研究

鉴于P2P特定信息传播与传染病传播的相似性,传播动力学是P2P特定信息传播的最新研究方向。针对现有传播动力学模型都不能准确模拟P2P特定信息传播过程的问题,对现有的SEIR传播动力学模型进行改进,建立了SEInR模型。该模型的主要特点包括:将传统的感染者(I)分为n个子类,每个子类赋予不同的模型参数;建立潜伏者(E)与移除者(R)之间的转换关系等。应用现代数学中的矩阵理论,得到SEInR模型的基本再生数计算公式,并对其进行分析。仿真结果表明,所提出的SEInR模型比传统SEIR模型能够更准确地模拟P2P特定信息传播过程,得到的基本再生数计算公式能够准确反映P2P特定信息的传播阂值。     

基于C／S模式的远程数据监测系统设计

现代网络通讯技术的快速发展和应用,使基于Intemet的远程数据监测成为可能。提出了一种基于C／S模式的远程结构健康监测系统,阐述了其体系结构及各部分功能,并开发了基于TCP／IP协议的远程通信程序,最终达到了远程监控的目的。     

Chemical mediation of egg capsule deposition by mud snails

Mud snails (Ilyanassa obsoleta = Nassarius obsoletus = Nassa obsoleta) deposit eggs in protective capsules on hard substrata in soft bottom environments. We studied sites of egg capsule deposition and snail movement responses to odors to determine if chemoreception plays a role in deposition site selection. From results of field surveys, laboratory experiments, and field experiments, we conclude that mud snails use chemoreception for capsule deposition. Attractive odors originate from mud snail and whelk egg capsules and from living bivalves. Evidence for attractive odors from conspecifics is equivocal. Capsules are deposited on living odor sources and nearby hard substrates. We hypothesize that deposition of capsules on living substrates increases the likelihood that embryos will survive by decreasing the chance of smothering of embryos by sediments.     

膜法富氧技术及其应用研究

介绍了作者在膜法富氧技术方面的研究进展，并将膜法与其他制氧方法进行了比较，最后讨论了膜法富氧技术目前的有关应用，着重研究了膜法富氧在有色金属冶炼，硅酸盐窑炉，化铁炉，加热炉，医疗保健和柴油机增氧等方面的典型应用。