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Anonymous, Secure, Traceable, and Efficient Decentralized Digital Forensics

Li, Meng (author), Shen, Yanzhe (author), Ye, Guixin (author), He, Jialing (author), Zheng, Xin (author), Zhang, Zijian (author), Zhu, Liehuang (author), Conti, M. (author)

Digital forensics is crucial to fight crimes around the world. Decentralized Digital Forensics (DDF) promotes it to another level by channeling the power of blockchain into digital investigations. In this work, we focus on the privacy and security of DDF. Our motivations arise from (1) how to track an anonymous- and-malicious data user who...

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Engineered biochemical cues of regenerative biomaterials to enhance endogenous stem/progenitor cells (ESPCs)-mediated articular cartilage repair

Zhou, Liangbin (author), Xu, J. (author), Schwab, Andrea (author), Tong, Wenxue (author), Zheng, Lizhen (author), Li, Zhuo (author), Xu, Shunxiang (author), van Osch, G.J.V.M. (author), Wen, Chunyi (author), Qin, Ling (author)

As a highly specialized shock-absorbing connective tissue, articular cartilage (AC) has very limited self-repair capacity after traumatic injuries, posing a heavy socioeconomic burden. Common clinical therapies for small- to medium-size focal AC defects are well-developed endogenous repair and cell-based strategies, including microfracture,...

review 2023

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Groundwater Vulnerability in a Megacity Under Climate and Economic Changes: A Coupled Sociohydrological Analysis

Li, Bin (author), Zheng, Yi (author), Di Baldassarre, Giuliano (author), Xu, Peng (author), Pande, S. (author), Sivapalan, Murugesu (author)

Groundwater depletion has become increasingly challenging, and many cities worldwide have adopted drastic policies to relieve water stress due to socioeconomic growth. Located on the declining aquifer of the North China Plain, Beijing, for example, has developed plans to limit the size of the city’s population. However, the effect of...

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Federated Learning for Online Resource Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Zheng, Jingjing (author), Li, Kai (author), Mhaisen, N. (author), Ni, Wei (author), Tovar, Eduardo (author), Guizani, Mohsen (author)

Federated learning (FL) is increasingly considered to circumvent the disclosure of private data in mobile edge computing (MEC) systems. Training with large data can enhance FL learning accuracy, which is associated with non-negligible energy use. Scheduled edge devices with small data save energy but decrease FL learning accuracy due to a...

conference paper 2023

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Built environment and travel behavior in rural areas: A scientometric literature review

Ao, Yibin (author), Li, Mingyang (author), Ding, Xuan (author), Zheng, Junjie (author), Xiao, Shan (author), Deng, Shulin (author), Zhang, Zijun (author), Wang, Yan (author), Wang, T. (author), Martek, Igor (author)

With the rise of global urbanization, the rural built environment has undergone tremendous changes. As such, the rural built environment impacts on residents’ daily travel behavior is getting more researchers’ attention. To date, most of the research focuses on urban areas in developed countries. To understand the state-of-the-art of interplay...

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China's transportation sector carbon dioxide emissions efficiency and its influencing factors based on the EBM DEA model with undesirable outputs and spatial Durbin model

Zhao, Pengjun (author), Zeng, Liangen (author), Li, Peilin (author), Lu, Haiyan (author), Hu, Haoyu (author), Li, Chengming (author), Zheng, Mengyuan (author), Li, Haitao (author), Yu, Zhao (author), Qi, Y. (author)

The threat of global climate change has caused the international community to pay close attention to atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Transportation sector carbon dioxide emissions efficiency (TSCDEE) is a key indicator used to prioritize sustainable development in the transportation sector. In this paper, the...

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Electrochemical CO₂ reduction in membrane-electrode assemblies

Ge, Lei (author), Rabiee, Hesamoddin (author), Li, Mengran (author), Subramanian, S.S. (author), Zheng, Yao (author), Lee, Joong Hee (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author), Wang, H. (author)

Electrochemical conversion of gaseous CO₂ to value-added products and fuels is a promising approach to achieve net-zero CO₂ emission energy systems. Significant efforts have been achieved in the design and synthesis of highly active and selective electrocatalysts for this reaction and their reaction mechanism. To perform...

review 2022

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Scale-dependent inclination angle of turbulent structures in stratified atmospheric surface layers

Li, Xuebo (author), Hutchins, Nicholas (author), Zheng, Xiaojing (author), Marusic, Ivan (author), Baars, W.J. (author)

A large-scale spanwise and wall-normal array of sonic anemometers in the atmospheric surface layer is used to acquire all three components of instantaneous fluctuating velocity as well as temperature in a range of stability conditions. These data permit investigation of the three-dimensional statistical structure of turbulence structures....

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Conductive Co-based metal organic framework nanostructures for excellent potassium- and lithium-ion storage: Kinetics and mechanism studies

Mao, Pengcheng (author), Fan, Huilin (author), Liu, Chang (author), Lan, Gongxu (author), Huang, Wei (author), Li, Zhipeng (author), Amin Hassan, H.M. (author), Zheng, Runguo (author), Wang, Zhiyuan (author), Sun, Hongyu (author), Liu, Yanguo (author)

Thanks to the low cost and earth's abundant potassium resources, potassium ion batteries (PIBs) have attracted much interest as alternative energy storage devices. However, there is still a great challenge to develop suitable anode materials for PIBs with high specific capacity, fast charge/discharge and stable ion storage. Nowadays,...

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Exploring Deep Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Federated Learning for Online Resource Allocation in Privacy-Preserving EdgeIoT

Zheng, Jingjing (author), Li, Kai (author), Mhaisen, N. (author), Ni, Wei (author), Tovar, Eduardo (author), Guizani, Mohsen (author)

Federated learning (FL) has been increasingly considered to preserve data training privacy from eavesdropping attacks in mobile-edge computing-based Internet of Things (EdgeIoT). On the one hand, the learning accuracy of FL can be improved by selecting the IoT devices with large data sets for training, which gives rise to a higher energy...

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Interactions between Diffuse Light and Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Canopy Structure, Simulations of Light Interception in Virtual Canopies

Zhang, Yingyu (author), Yang, Juan (author), van Haaften, M.A. (author), Li, Linyi (author), Lu, Shenglian (author), Wen, Weiliang (author), Zheng, Xiuguo (author), Pan, Jian (author), Qian, Tingting (author)

Plant photosynthesis and biomass production are associated with the amount of intercepted light, especially the light distribution inside the canopy. Three virtual canopies (n = 80, 3.25 plants/m2) were constructed based on average leaf size of the digitized plant structures: ‘small leaf’ (98.1 cm2), ‘medium leaf’ (163.0 cm2) and ‘big leaf’ (241...

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Fractal characteristics and damage evaluation of corroded beams under four-point bending tests based on acoustic emission techniques

Zheng, Yonglai (author), Wen, Yuan (author), Pan, Tanbo (author), Liu, Yongcheng (author), Zhou, Yujue (author), Li, Ruizhi (author), Zhou, Y. (author)

This study investigated the relationship between the acoustic emission (AE) signals parameter sequence fractal characteristics and the damage evolution information of corroded reinforced concrete (RC) beams under four-point bending. Strength deterioration behavior and AE data can be obtained by coupling the four-point bending test and the AE...

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Multi-Source Hydrological Data Products to Monitor High Asian River Basins and Regional Water Security

Menenti, M. (author), Li, Xin (author), Jia, Li (author), Yang, Kun (author), Pellicciotti, Francesca (author), Mancini, Marco (author), Shi, Jiancheng (author), Escorihuela, Maria José (author), Zheng, Chaolei (author)

This project explored the integrated use of satellite, ground observations and hydrological distributed models to support water resources assessment and monitoring in High Mountain Asia (HMA). Hydrological data products were generated taking advantage of the synergies of European and Chinese data assets and space-borne observation systems....

journal article 2021

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Why rogue waves occur atop abrupt depth transitions

Li, Yan (author), Draycott, Samuel (author), Zheng, Yaokun (author), Lin, Zhiliang (author), Adcock, Thomas A.A. (author), van den Bremer, T.S. (author)

Abrupt depth transitions (ADTs) have recently been identified as potential causes of 'rogue' ocean waves. When stationary and (close-to-) normally distributed waves travel into shallower water over an ADT, distinct spatially localized peaks in the probability of extreme waves occur. These peaks have been predicted numerically, observed...

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A rapid and high-precision mountain vertex extraction method based on hotspot analysis clustering and improved eight-connected extraction algorithms for digital elevation models

Zheng, Zhenqi (author), Xiao, Xiongwu (author), Zhong, Zhi Chao (author), Zang, Y. (author), Yang, Nan (author), Tu, Jianguang (author), Li, Deren (author)

Digital Elevation Model (DEM)-based mountain vertex extraction is one of the most useful DEM applications, providing important information to properly characterize topographic features. Current vertex-extraction techniques have considerable limitations, such as yielding low-accuracy results and generating false mountain vertices. To overcome...

journal article 2021

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Degradation behaviors and in-vivo biocompatibility of a rare earth- and aluminum-free magnesium-based stent

Bian, Dong (author), Zhou, Xiaochen (author), Liu, Jianing (author), Li, Wenting (author), Shen, Danni (author), Zheng, Yufeng (author), Gu, Wenda (author), Jiang, Jingjun (author), Li, Mei (author), Chu, Xiao (author), Ma, Limin (author), Wang, Xiaolan (author), Zhang, Yu (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Zhou, J. (author)

Biodegradable stents can provide scaffolding and anti-restenosis benefits in the short term and then gradually disappear over time to free the vessel, among which the Mg-based biodegradable metal stents have been prosperously developed. In the present study, a Mg-8.5Li (wt.%) alloy (RE- and Al-free) with high ductility (> 40%) was...

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Where to Meet a Driver Privately: Recommending Pick-Up Locations for Ride-Hailing Services

Chen, Yifei (author), Li, Meng (author), Zheng, Shuli (author), Lal, C. (author), Conti, M. (author)

Ride-Hailing Service (RHS) has motivated the rise of innovative transportation services. It enables riders to hail a cab or private vehicle at the roadside by sending a ride request to the Ride-Hailing Service Provider (RHSP). Such a request collects rider’s real-time locations, which incur serious privacy concerns for riders. While there are...

conference paper 2021

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Corrected method for scaling the dynamic response of stiffened plate subjected to blast load

Kong, Xiangshao (author), Zhou, Hu (author), Kuang, Zheng (author), Zheng, Cheng (author), Li, X. (author), Wu, Weiguo (author), Guan, Zhongwei (author)

Test on a small scaled model is an effective approach to predict the dynamic response of full scale structure under blast loadings. However, the geometric dimensions of specimens cannot simply comply with complete geometrical similarity due to manufacture or test restrictions. It would result in the difference structural performance between...

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The Impact of Gate Recess on the H2 Detection Properties of Pt-AlGaN/GaN HEMT Sensors

Sokolovskij, R. (author), Zhang, Jian (author), Zheng, Hongze (author), Li, Wenmao (author), Jiang, Y. (author), Yang, Gaiying (author), Yu, H. (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

The present work reports on the hydrogen gas detection properties of Pt-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) sensors with recessed gate structure. Devices with gate recess depths from 5 to 15 nm were fabricated using a precision cyclic etching method, examined with AFM, STEM and EDS, and tested towards H 2 response at high...

journal article 2020

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Optimization of mesa etch for a quasi-vertical gan schottky barrier diode (Sbd) by inductively coupled plasma (icp) and device characteristics

Sun, Y. (author), Kang, Xuanwu (author), Zheng, Yingkui (author), Wei, Ke (author), Li, Pengfei (author), Wang, Wenbo (author), Liu, Xinyu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

The optimization of mesa etch for a quasi-vertical gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky barrier diode (SBD) by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching was comprehensively investigated in this work, including selection of the etching mask, ICP power, radio frequency (RF) power, ratio of mixed gas, flow rate, and chamber pressure, etc. In particular...

journal article 2020