Quantum private comparison is an important topic in quantum cryptography.Recently,the idea of semi-quantumness has been often used in designing private comparison protocol,which allows some of the participants to rema...Quantum private comparison is an important topic in quantum cryptography.Recently,the idea of semi-quantumness has been often used in designing private comparison protocol,which allows some of the participants to remain classical.In this paper,we propose a semi quantum private comparison scheme based on Greenberge-Horne-Zeilinger(GHZ)class states,which allows two classical participants to compare the equality of their private secret with the help of a quantum third party(server).In the proposed protocol,server is semi-honest who will follow the protocol honestly,but he may try to learn additional information from the protocol execution.The classical participants’activities are restricted to either measuring a quantum state or reflecting it in the classical basis{0,1}.In addition,security and efficiency of the proposed schemes have been discussed.展开更多
Private comparison is the basis of many encryption technologies,and several related Quantum Private Comparison(QPC)protocols have been published in recent years.In these existing protocols,secret information is encode...Private comparison is the basis of many encryption technologies,and several related Quantum Private Comparison(QPC)protocols have been published in recent years.In these existing protocols,secret information is encoded by using conjugate coding or orthogonal states,and all users are quantum participants.In this paper,a novel semi-quantum private comparison scheme is proposed,which employs Bell entangled states as quantum resources.Two semi-quantum participants compare the equivalence of their private information with the help of a semi-honest third party(TP).Compared with the previous classical protocols,these two semi-quantum users can only make some particular action,such as to measure,prepare and reflect quantum qubits only in the classical basis fj0i;j1ig,and TP needs to perform Bell basis measurement on reflecting qubits to obtain the results of the comparison.Further,analysis results show that this scheme can avoid outside and participant attacks and its’qubit efficiency is better than the other two protocols mentioned in the paper.展开更多
Background:Tooth is vital not only for a good smile,but also good health.Yet,we lose tooth regularly due to accidents or diseases.An ideal solution to this problem is to regenerate tooth with patients’own cells.Here ...Background:Tooth is vital not only for a good smile,but also good health.Yet,we lose tooth regularly due to accidents or diseases.An ideal solution to this problem is to regenerate tooth with patients’own cells.Here we describe the generation of tooth-like structures from integration-free human urine induced pluripotent stem cells(ifhU-iPSCs).Results:We first differentiated ifhU-iPSCs to epithelial sheets,which were then recombined with E14.5 mouse dental mesenchymes.Tooth-like structures were recovered from these recombinants in 3 weeks with success rate up to 30%for 8 different iPSC lines,comparable to H1 hESC.We further detected that ifhU-iPSC derived epithelial sheets differentiated into enamel-secreting ameloblasts in the tooth-like structures,possessing physical properties such as elastic modulus and hardness found in the regular human tooth.Conclusion:Our results demonstrate that ifhU-iPSCs can be used to regenerate patient specific dental tissues or even tooth for further drug screening or regenerative therapies.展开更多
Amyloid beta-peptides(Aβ) are known to undergo active transport across the blood-brain barrier, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy has been shown to be a prominent feature in the majority of Alzheimer's disease. Que...Amyloid beta-peptides(Aβ) are known to undergo active transport across the blood-brain barrier, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy has been shown to be a prominent feature in the majority of Alzheimer's disease. Quercetin is a natural flavonoid molecule and has been demonstrated to have potent neuroprotective effects, but its protective effect on endothelial cells under Aβ-damaged condition is unclear. In the present study, the protective effects of quercetin on brain microvascular endothelial cells injured by fibrillar Aβ_(1–40)(f Aβ_(1–40)) were observed. The results show that f Aβ_(1–40)-induced cytotoxicity in human brain microvascular endothelial cells(h BMECs) can be relieved by quercetin treatment. Quercetin increases cell viability, reduces the release of lactate dehydrogenase, and relieves nuclear condensation.Quercetin also alleviates intracellular reactive oxygen species generation and increases superoxide dismutase activity. Moreover, it strengthens the barrier integrity through the preservation of the transendothelial electrical resistance value, the relief of aggravated permeability, and the increase of characteristic enzyme levels after being exposed to f Aβ_(1–40). In conclusion, quercetin protects h BMECs from f Aβ_(1–40)-induced toxicity.展开更多
A monolithic integrated ultraviolet-infrared(UV-IR) dual-color photodetector based on graphene/GaN heterojunction was fabricated by vertically integrating a GaN nanowire array on a silicon substrate with monolayer gra...A monolithic integrated ultraviolet-infrared(UV-IR) dual-color photodetector based on graphene/GaN heterojunction was fabricated by vertically integrating a GaN nanowire array on a silicon substrate with monolayer graphene. The device detects UV and IR lights by different mechanisms. The UV detection is accomplished by the forbidden band absorption of GaN, and the IR detection is realized by the free electron absorption of graphene. At peak wavelengths of 360 nm and 1540 nm, the detector has responsivities up to 6.93 A/W and 0.11 A/W, detection efficiencies of 1.23 × 1012 cm·Hz1/2·W-1 and 1.88 × 1010 cm·Hz1/2·W-1, respectively,and a short response time of less than 3 ms.展开更多
In this study,a novel dual permanent magnet excited vernier machine(DPMEVM)with magnets shifting in stator is proposed.Compared with the conventional permanent magnet synchronous machine(PMSM),the DPMEVM based on the ...In this study,a novel dual permanent magnet excited vernier machine(DPMEVM)with magnets shifting in stator is proposed.Compared with the conventional permanent magnet synchronous machine(PMSM),the DPMEVM based on the bidirectional field modulation effect can operate in a wider torque range.However,the torque ripple of a conventional DPMEVM is high because of the superposition of the torque generated by the stator-side and rotor-side PMs.Consequently,a novel DPMEVM with magnets shifting is proposed to further reduce the torque ripple.First,the topologies and working principles of the baseline machine and proposed machines are introduced.Second,the torque-contribution harmonics are analyzed and calculated using the Maxwell tensor method.The calculation results reveal that the DPMEVM,benefiting from multiple working harmonics,can offer an enhanced torque capability compared to the PMSM.In addition,the torque ripple characteristics of the proposed machines are analyzed.It is verified that the torque ripple can be significantly reduced through magnets shifting.Third,the performances of the baseline machine and proposed machines are analyzed and compared in terms of flux density,open-circuit back-EMF,and torque characteristics.In addition,the proposed principle can be extended to machines with the same unit motor.Finally,a 120s-110p prototype machine is manufactured for validation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61572086)Major Project of Education Department in Sichuan(Grant No.18ZA0109)Web Culture Project Sponsored by the Humanities and Social Science Research Base of the Sichuan Provincial Education Department(Grant No.WLWH18-22).
文摘Quantum private comparison is an important topic in quantum cryptography.Recently,the idea of semi-quantumness has been often used in designing private comparison protocol,which allows some of the participants to remain classical.In this paper,we propose a semi quantum private comparison scheme based on Greenberge-Horne-Zeilinger(GHZ)class states,which allows two classical participants to compare the equality of their private secret with the help of a quantum third party(server).In the proposed protocol,server is semi-honest who will follow the protocol honestly,but he may try to learn additional information from the protocol execution.The classical participants’activities are restricted to either measuring a quantum state or reflecting it in the classical basis{0,1}.In addition,security and efficiency of the proposed schemes have been discussed.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61402058,61572086)Major Project of Education Department in Sichuan(Grant No.18ZA0109)Web Culture Project Sponsored by the Humanities and Social Science Research Base of the Sichuan Provincial Education Department(Grant No.WLWH18-22).
文摘Private comparison is the basis of many encryption technologies,and several related Quantum Private Comparison(QPC)protocols have been published in recent years.In these existing protocols,secret information is encoded by using conjugate coding or orthogonal states,and all users are quantum participants.In this paper,a novel semi-quantum private comparison scheme is proposed,which employs Bell entangled states as quantum resources.Two semi-quantum participants compare the equivalence of their private information with the help of a semi-honest third party(TP).Compared with the previous classical protocols,these two semi-quantum users can only make some particular action,such as to measure,prepare and reflect quantum qubits only in the classical basis fj0i;j1ig,and TP needs to perform Bell basis measurement on reflecting qubits to obtain the results of the comparison.Further,analysis results show that this scheme can avoid outside and participant attacks and its’qubit efficiency is better than the other two protocols mentioned in the paper.
基金We thank Prof.Yanding Zhang and Prof.Dajiang Qin for valuable suggestions and all staffs working for the South Stem Cell Bank.This work was supported by the grants from Ministry of Science and Technology 973 Program(2010CB944800,2011CB965200)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31000402)+3 种基金the“Strategic Priority Research Program”of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA01020401,XDA01020202)863 Program(2011AA020109)Ministry of Science and Technology International Technology Cooperation Program(2012DFH30050)Open Project of Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KLRB201217).
文摘Background:Tooth is vital not only for a good smile,but also good health.Yet,we lose tooth regularly due to accidents or diseases.An ideal solution to this problem is to regenerate tooth with patients’own cells.Here we describe the generation of tooth-like structures from integration-free human urine induced pluripotent stem cells(ifhU-iPSCs).Results:We first differentiated ifhU-iPSCs to epithelial sheets,which were then recombined with E14.5 mouse dental mesenchymes.Tooth-like structures were recovered from these recombinants in 3 weeks with success rate up to 30%for 8 different iPSC lines,comparable to H1 hESC.We further detected that ifhU-iPSC derived epithelial sheets differentiated into enamel-secreting ameloblasts in the tooth-like structures,possessing physical properties such as elastic modulus and hardness found in the regular human tooth.Conclusion:Our results demonstrate that ifhU-iPSCs can be used to regenerate patient specific dental tissues or even tooth for further drug screening or regenerative therapies.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81373388, 81473374 and 81102830)
文摘Amyloid beta-peptides(Aβ) are known to undergo active transport across the blood-brain barrier, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy has been shown to be a prominent feature in the majority of Alzheimer's disease. Quercetin is a natural flavonoid molecule and has been demonstrated to have potent neuroprotective effects, but its protective effect on endothelial cells under Aβ-damaged condition is unclear. In the present study, the protective effects of quercetin on brain microvascular endothelial cells injured by fibrillar Aβ_(1–40)(f Aβ_(1–40)) were observed. The results show that f Aβ_(1–40)-induced cytotoxicity in human brain microvascular endothelial cells(h BMECs) can be relieved by quercetin treatment. Quercetin increases cell viability, reduces the release of lactate dehydrogenase, and relieves nuclear condensation.Quercetin also alleviates intracellular reactive oxygen species generation and increases superoxide dismutase activity. Moreover, it strengthens the barrier integrity through the preservation of the transendothelial electrical resistance value, the relief of aggravated permeability, and the increase of characteristic enzyme levels after being exposed to f Aβ_(1–40). In conclusion, quercetin protects h BMECs from f Aβ_(1–40)-induced toxicity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61574161 and 61574130)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China (No. BK20180252)the Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province,China(No. 20180520177JH)。
文摘A monolithic integrated ultraviolet-infrared(UV-IR) dual-color photodetector based on graphene/GaN heterojunction was fabricated by vertically integrating a GaN nanowire array on a silicon substrate with monolayer graphene. The device detects UV and IR lights by different mechanisms. The UV detection is accomplished by the forbidden band absorption of GaN, and the IR detection is realized by the free electron absorption of graphene. At peak wavelengths of 360 nm and 1540 nm, the detector has responsivities up to 6.93 A/W and 0.11 A/W, detection efficiencies of 1.23 × 1012 cm·Hz1/2·W-1 and 1.88 × 1010 cm·Hz1/2·W-1, respectively,and a short response time of less than 3 ms.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 52025073the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant BK20210770.
文摘In this study,a novel dual permanent magnet excited vernier machine(DPMEVM)with magnets shifting in stator is proposed.Compared with the conventional permanent magnet synchronous machine(PMSM),the DPMEVM based on the bidirectional field modulation effect can operate in a wider torque range.However,the torque ripple of a conventional DPMEVM is high because of the superposition of the torque generated by the stator-side and rotor-side PMs.Consequently,a novel DPMEVM with magnets shifting is proposed to further reduce the torque ripple.First,the topologies and working principles of the baseline machine and proposed machines are introduced.Second,the torque-contribution harmonics are analyzed and calculated using the Maxwell tensor method.The calculation results reveal that the DPMEVM,benefiting from multiple working harmonics,can offer an enhanced torque capability compared to the PMSM.In addition,the torque ripple characteristics of the proposed machines are analyzed.It is verified that the torque ripple can be significantly reduced through magnets shifting.Third,the performances of the baseline machine and proposed machines are analyzed and compared in terms of flux density,open-circuit back-EMF,and torque characteristics.In addition,the proposed principle can be extended to machines with the same unit motor.Finally,a 120s-110p prototype machine is manufactured for validation.
