The development of the Internet has changed many traditional commercial models of enterprises. Therefore, the term Internet development is increasingly drawing attention from scholars. However, we are not certain whether the development of the Internet improves the problem of difficult financing of enterprises and enhances enterprise financing efficiency. This paper analyzes whether Internet development

This article proposes a systematic review of papers dealing with maritime traffic whose methodology is based on a Complex Network Analysis (CNA) approach. The papers selected have been categorised, reviewed and analysed, extracting the most important characteristics of each, namely sources of information, geographical scope and network modelling characteristics, and then grouped according to the specific

The broad implications of acknowledging and embracing the emotions of awe and wonder are discussed in this special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, from their role as an incentive or impediment to scientific progress, to the many ways in which they connect to aesthetic experience, religious attitudes, and ethical concerns.

With the rapid development of the Internet, cybersecurity situation is becoming more and more complex. At present, surface web and dark web contain numerous underground forums or markets, which play an important role in cybercrime ecosystem. Therefore, cybersecurity researchers usually focus on hacker-centered research on cybercrime, trying to find key hackers and extract credible cyber threat intelligence

Tubulin is a promising target for designing anti-cancer drugs. Identification of hotspots in multifunctional Tubulin protein provides insights for new drug discovery. Although machine learning techniques have shown significant results in prediction, they fail to identify the hotspots corresponding to a particular biological function. This paper presents a signal processing technique combining resonant

Following fusion between two or more individual cells, the resulting cellular entity must undergo extensive restructuring of its plasma membrane and cytoskeleton in order to maintain its mechanical and physiological function. In artificial cell fusion that is executed by external triggering, such restructuring could be problematic due to the absence of preconditioning biological signals. In this work

Wenbin Gong, Kun Guo, Tao Zheng, Miao Fang, Haohao Xie, Weijie Li, Zhiwu Hong, Huajian Ren, Guosheng Gu, Gefei Wang, Zhiming Wang, Xiuwen Wu, and Jianan Ren. 2020. Preliminary exploration of the potential of spliceosome‐associated protein 130 for predicting disease severity in Crohn's disease. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1462: 128–138. A reader contacted the journal about a nomenclature confusion that the

Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) has emerged as a crucial component in advanced Intelligent Transport System (ITS) for information transmission and vehicular communication. One of the vital research challenges in VANET is the design and implementation of novel network routing protocols which bring reliable end-to-end connectivity and efficient packet transmission

In this work, we propose a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) assisted underwater visible light communication system (UWVLC) with full-duplex cooperative relaying (FDCR). The near NOMA user (U1) supports the FDCR phenomena to assist the NOMA far user (U2) with the information transmission. The UWVLC channels are assumed to be Exponential-Generalized Gamma (EGG) distributed. The exact analytical

DNA sequencing techniques are critical in order to investigate genes' functions. Obtaining fast, accurate, and affordable DNA bases detection makes it possible to acquire personalized medicine. In this article, a semi-empirical technique is used to calculate the electron transport characteristics of the developed z-shaped graphene device to detect the DNA bases. The z-shaped transistor consists of

Molecular communication, as an emerging research direction, has emerged in the field of communication, which usually combined with nanotechnology and bio-related knowledge. In the direction of communication channel research, the most widespread model for a molecular communication channel is the diffusion-based channel, where the information-carrying molecules propagate randomly in the medium based

Severe thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency is generally regarded as a problem affecting mostly infants in low‐income communities of Southeast Asia and adult alcoholics regardless of their location. However, recent scholarship shows that the disorders associated with thiamine deficiency may also affect heretofore unsuspected populations, and that the scope of disorders, including some long‐lasting neurocognitive

A cyber attack on a water or power system may lead to a process anomaly. Several methods have been proposed to detect such anomalies. An obvious and implicit assumption that underlies anomaly detection is that the detection occurs after the process moves into an anomalous state. While such detection is necessary during plant operation, it may not be sufficient to avoid plant damage and service disruption

In this article, based on wavelet reconstruction and fractal dimension, a medical image authentication method is implemented. According to the local and global methods, the regularity of the mutation structure in the carrier information is analyzed through a measurement defined in the medical image transformation domain. To eliminate the redundancy of the reconstructed data, the fractal dimension is

Disruptions to transport networks are inevitable and detrimental to the functioning of society. Improving the resilience of transport networks to disruptive events has, therefore, a significant impact on society. Although the resilience of a transport system depends on the ability of the network to sustain the consequences of initial disruption (i.e. robustness) and quickly recover its performance

In the past decades, emerging technologies such as unmanned driving and indoor navigation have developed rapidly, and simultaneous localization and mapping has played unparalleled roles as core technologies. However, dynamic objects in complex environments will affect the positioning accuracy. In order to reduce the influence of dynamic objects, this article proposes an improved simultaneous localization

Dramatic increase in road traffic volume has made driving safety and traffic efficiency more challenging, but smart transportation has been spotlighted as a promising technology for improving driving safety and efficiency. This paper surveys safe and efficient driving in the smart transportation with a focus on the aspects of systems, protocols, applications, and security, especially for autonomous

In this paper, we propose a bio-molecular algorithm with O(n2 + m) biological operations, O(2n) DNA strands, O(n) tubes and the longest DNA strand, O(n), for solving the independent-set problem for any graph G with m edges and n vertices. Next, we show that a new kind of the straightforward Boolean circuit yielded from the bio-molecular solutions with m NAND gates, (m + n × (n +1)) AND gates and ((n

In this paper, we propose a bio-molecular algorithm with O(n2 + m) biological operations, O(2n) DNA strands, O(n) tubes and the longest DNA strand, O(n), for solving the independent-set problem for any graph G with m edges and n vertices. Next, we show that a new kind of the straightforward Boolean circuit yielded from the bio-molecular solutions with m NAND gates, (m + n × (n +1)) AND gates and ((n

Discretely-constrained Nash-Cournot games have attracted attention as they arise in various competitive energy production settings in which players must make one or more discrete decisions. Gabriel et al. (Netw Spat Econ 13(3):307–326 2013) claim that the set of equilibria to a discretely-constrained Nash-Cournot game coincides with the set of solutions to a corresponding discretely-constrained mixed

While it is well understood that the emerging Social Internet of Things offers the capability of effectively integrating and managing massive heterogeneous IoT objects, it also presents new challenges for suggesting useful objects with certain service for users due to complex relationships in Social Internet of Things, such as user’s object usage pattern and various social relationships among Social

Three-dimensional attitude estimation for unmanned aerial vehicles is usually based on the combination of magnetometer, accelerometer, and gyroscope (MARG). But MARG sensor can be easily affected by various disturbances, for example, vibration, external magnetic interference, and gyro drift. Optical flow sensor has the ability to extract motion information from image sequence, and thus, it is potential

Pipeline bursting, production lines shut down, frenzy traffic, trains confrontation, the nuclear reactor shut down, disrupted electric supply, interrupted oxygen supply in ICU – these catastrophic events could result because of an erroneous SCADA system/ Industrial Control System (ICS). SCADA systems have become an essential part of automated control and monitoring of Critical Infrastructures (CI)

Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a key component of all advanced critical infrastructures. However, with the challenging nature of IoT, new security breaches have been introduced, especially against the Routing Protocol for Low-power and Lossy Networks (RPL). Artificial-Intelligence-based technologies can be used to provide insights to deal with IoT’s security issues. In this paper, we describe

Water Distribution Networks (WDNs) ensure reliable water supply to consumers which depends largely on joint and well-coordinated functioning of all diverse facets and components of the WDN. Failure of a vital component has catastrophic consequences and could impair the overall performance of the distribution system. This study presents an integrated Fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS framework that couples selected

Geographic routing protocols are suitable for VANETs because of their scalability and low overhead. However, the optimal selection of next-hop forwarding nodes is challenged by the dynamic topology of VANETs, in addition to the variable quality of wireless links and the temporal changes in available bandwidth. In this paper, we introduce a scheme to select the next-hop forwarder based on its mobility

This article describes the implementation of a multiple-input multiple-output acoustic communication link in shallow water conditions to enable a software-defined acoustic modem with a maximum transmission rate of 20 kbps in a 5-kHz bandwidth. The reliability improvement of a low-complexity Alamouti space–time block code is evaluated to improve the diversity in a high-rate transmission mode using single

Aiming at the key optimization problems of wireless sensor networks in complex industrial application environments, such as the optimum coverage and the reliability of the network, a novel topology optimization of coverage-oriented strategy for wireless sensor networks based on the wolf pack algorithm is proposed. Combining the characteristics of topology structure of wireless sensor networks and the

In this paper, we study the physical layer security of multiple decode-and-forward cooperative vehicular to vehicular communications in which a known eavesdropper can receive the signals from source and relay nodes in the broadcast and cooperative phases, respectively. At first, we present a generalized optimal relay selection (GORS) in order to select the best relay considering the security of both

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Reflecting a burgeoning political interest in supporting young children around the world, global demand for reliable, valid, and scalable assessments of early childhood development (ECD) is on the rise. One of the more popular sets of tools for measuring the ECD of children under age 3 is the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI), which includes both a long form for research and

Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs) have become a leading technology receiving great attention from various research communities as a pivotal infrastructure for data dissemination in intelligent transportation systems. Data dissemination in VANET is a challenging task due to high dynamics in topology, mobility, and links connection. Internet model (i.e., TCP/IP) is inefficient for VANET data dissemination

This paper investigates the achievable average secrecy rate for a mobile jammer-aided secure unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) relaying system. Specifically, one UAV is deployed as relay to support the communications between a source node and a destination node. An additional cooperative UAV is dispatched to enhance security by transmitting an the interference signal to interfere with any suspicious eavesdropping

Neuroscience studies have proved that the absence of proper tactile feedback can affect human behavior. A qualitative and quantitative growth in flexible artificial touch sensing technologies has been witnessed over the recent years. The development of flexible, sensitive, cost-effective, and durable artificial tactile sensors is crucial for prosthetic rehabilitation. Many researchers are working on

Neuroscience studies have proved that the absence of proper tactile feedback can affect human behavior. A qualitative and quantitative growth in flexible artificial touch sensing technologies has been witnessed over the recent years. The development of flexible, sensitive, cost-effective, and durable artificial tactile sensors is crucial for prosthetic rehabilitation. Many researchers are working on

The existing equipment of civil aircraft cargo fire detection mainly uses photoelectric smoke detectors, which has a high false alarm rate. According to Federal Aviation Agency’s statistics, the false alarm rate is as high as 99%. Since, in the cargo of civil aircraft, visible image processing technology cannot be used to detect smoke in the event of a fire due to the closed dark environment, a novel

Internet of Bio-Nano Things, (IoBNT), is an ecosystem, where integration of micro and nano scale devices designed via synthetic biology communicates information. One of the communication concepts adopted in IoBNT is molecular communications via diffusion (MCvD). Inter-symbol interference (ISI) is a major cause of the performance degradation in MCvD of molecules. The accurate determination of the bit

Internet of Bio-Nano Things, (IoBNT), is an ecosystem, where integration of micro and nano scale devices designed via synthetic biology communicates information. One of the communication concepts adopted in IoBNT is molecular communications via diffusion (MCvD). Inter-symbol interference (ISI) is a major cause of the performance degradation in MCvD of molecules. The accurate determination of the bit

The classical proportional integral (PI) controller of SISO linear system is realized by DNA chemical reaction networks (CRNs) in the previous work. Up to now, few works have been done to realize PI controller of chaotic system through DNA CRNs. In this paper, a three-dimensional chaotic oscillatory system and a PI controller of three-dimensional chaotic oscillatory system are proposed by DNA CRNs

The classical proportional integral (PI) controller of SISO linear system is realized by DNA chemical reaction networks (CRNs) in the previous work. Up to now, few works have been done to realize PI controller of chaotic system through DNA CRNs. In this paper, a three-dimensional chaotic oscillatory system and a PI controller of three-dimensional chaotic oscillatory system are proposed by DNA CRNs

In this paper, we propose a travel time estimation and prediction (TTEP) framework to enhance the driving efficiency on highways through the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). Highway travel time estimation and prediction are important for the drivers in a long-distance traveling. The accurate travel time information on highways is the key to improve the efficiency of transportation systems. When current

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSes) are integrated into security-critical infrastructures such as medical devices, autonomous vehicles and smart grids. Unfortunately, the pervasiveness and network accessibility of these systems and their relative lack of security measures make them attractive targets for attacks. This makes building Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for CPSes a necessity. However, detecting

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), the most malignant human tumour, can be defined by the evolution of growing bio-nanomachine networks within an interplay between self-renewal (Grow) and invasion (Go) potential of mutually exclusive phenotypes of transmitter and receiver cells. Herein, we present a mathematical model for the growth of GBM tumour driven by molecule-mediated inter-cellular communication

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), the most malignant human tumour, can be defined by the evolution of growing bio-nanomachine networks within an interplay between self-renewal (Grow) and invasion (Go) potential of mutually exclusive phenotypes of transmitter and receiver cells. Herein, we present a mathematical model for the growth of GBM tumour driven by molecule-mediated inter-cellular communication

Future fifth-generation (5G) New Radio (NR) services consider positioning an integral part of a system that provides high precision using millimeter-wave (mmWave) cellular networks. While the 5G standard for positioning is not fully defined yet, the positioning reference signal (PRS) used in long-term evolution (LTE) system is being considered. Since the conventional LTE PRS is designed for LTE systems

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