Deshui Xu, Jingtao Du^*, Yuhao Zhao

Sound & Vibration, Vol.53, No.2, pp. 16-28, 2019, DOI:10.32604/sv.2019.04033

Abstract In this paper, an accurate series solution for the longitudinal vibration analysis of elastically coupled nanorods system is established, in which artificial springs are introduced to simulate such general coupling and boundary conditions. Energy formulation is derived for the description of axial dynamics of multiple coupled nanorods based on Eringen nonlocal elasticity. For each nanorod component, its longitudinal vibration displacement function is invariantly assumed as the superposition of Fourier series and boundary smoothed supplementary polynomials, with the aim to make all the spatial differential sufficiently continuous across each rod. All the unknown coefficients are determined… More >

Longqing Zhang¹, Liping Bai^1,*, Xinwei Zhang², Yanghong Zhang², Lei Yang¹, Xiangdu Yan²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.2, pp. 817-828, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.06062

Abstract The drawbacks of the traditional multi-hop structure of wireless sensor networks (WSNS) are susceptible to reflection, scattering and diffraction, serious attenuation of signal intensity and phase deviation due to various obstacles in cultivated land environment and mountains. In this paper, the wireless signal intensity is measured and curve fitting is done respectively in both open environment and obstacle-environment with both sending and receiving height of 0 m, 1 m, and 2 m. It is found out that packet loss probability is too high when an obstacle exists. In such a case, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) More >

Bin Lu¹, Fenlin Liu¹, Xin Ge^1,*, Zhenyu Li²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.2, pp. 687-699, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05633

Abstract Due to the characteristics of chaotic systems, different cryptosystems based on chaos have been proposed to satisfy the security of multimedia data. A plain image-related chaotic algorithm is proposed by Luo et al. with high speed and efficiency. Security weaknesses of the cryptosystem are studied in this paper. It is found that the important secret key information is leaked because an important parameter can be obtained after an inverse operation in the last step of the cryptosystems without secret key. Meanwhile, the value zero is processed improperly in quantification algorithm. Based on the weaknesses, chosen More >

Yang Zhao¹, Shibin Zhang^1,*, Min Yang¹, Peilin He¹, Qirun Wang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.2, pp. 677-686, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05936

Abstract The risk assessment system has been applied to the information security, energy, medical and other industries. Through the risk assessment system, it is possible to quantify the possibility of the impact or loss caused by an event before or after an event, thereby avoiding the risk or reducing the loss. However, the existing risk assessment system architecture is mostly a centralized architecture, which could lead to problems such as data leakage, tampering, and central cheating. Combined with the technology of block chain, which has the characteristics of decentralization, security and credibility, collective maintenance, and untamperability. More >

Weijin Jiang^1,2,3, Jiahui Chen^1,*, Yirong Jiang^4,*, Yuhui Xu¹, Yang Wang¹, Lina Tan¹, Guo Liang⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.2, pp. 849-859, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05932

Abstract Aiming at the problem that the traditional collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm does not fully consider the influence of correlation between projects on recommendation accuracy, this paper introduces project attribute fuzzy matrix, measures the project relevance through fuzzy clustering method, and classifies all project attributes. Then, the weight of the project relevance is introduced in the user similarity calculation, so that the nearest neighbor search is more accurate. In the prediction scoring section, considering the change of user interest with time, it is proposed to use the time weighting function to improve the influence of the More >

Surkay D. Akbarov^1,2, Emin T. Bagirov², Muslum Ozisik^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.2, pp. 503-534, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.07561

Abstract This paper studies the influence of the inhomogeneous initial stress state in the system consisting of a hollow cylinder and surrounding elastic medium on the dynamics of the moving ring load acting in the interior of the cylinder. It is assumed that in the initial state the system is compressed by uniformly distributed normal forces acting at infinity in the radial inward direction and as a result of this compression the inhomogeneous initial stresses appear in the system. After appearance of the initial stresses, the interior of the hollow cylinder is loaded by the moving… More >

Munir Ozturk^1,*, Volkan Altay², Mahir Kucuk³, Ibrahim Ertuğrul Yalçın⁴

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.88, No.3, pp. 223-238, 2019, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2019.07446

Abstract This study presents a case study on the heavy metal analysis of soil and plant samples around the Murgul copper mine, one of the first and most important mining areas in Turkey. An attempt has been made to investigate the status of trace elements like Al³⁺, Fe²⁺, Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺, Pb²⁺, Ni²⁺, Co²⁺ and Cd²⁺ in soils and plants. The sampling localities were taken from 500 m, 600 m, and 1000 m altitudes around the factory and at 1400 m in the forest zone. The aboveground parts and foliage ash of Silene compacta, Tussilago farfara, Smilax excelsa, Rhododendron ponticum, R. luteum,… More >

Maryam Monazzah¹, Sattar Tahmasebi Enferadi^1,*, Zohre Rabiei¹ and Alessandro Mattiello²

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.88, No.2, pp. 149-159, 2019, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2019.05053

Abstract Helianthus annuus L. as an oil seed crop is widely grown throughout the world. One of the most destructive diseases of sunflower is stem rot caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Oxalic acid is the major virulence factor of this necrotrophic pathogen. It is important to further investigate plant responses to this non-specific toxin. Therefore, in the present study, we compared the patterns of total soluble proteins and xylem morphology of partially resistant and susceptible sunflower lines after treatment with Sclerotinia culture filtrate. The basal stems of both lines were treated with 40 mM oxalic acid (pH… More >

Entsar A. SAAD¹, Reda S. EL-DEMERDASH², Eman M. ABD EI-FATTAH¹

BIOCELL, Vol.43, No.2, pp. 73-80, 2019, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2019.07020

Abstract Cisplatin is a powerful anticancer drug but its nephrotoxic effects limit its clinical use. We aimed to evaluate the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) injection or of captopril to counteract the cisplatin-induction of nephropathy. MSCs isolation, preparation and tracking, transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) expressions, kidney function tests, oxidative stress state, and histological examinations were done. Cisplatininduced nephropathy was indicated biochemically and confirmed histopathologically. MSCs treatment showed normal kidney architecture, and significantly decreased oxidative stress and TGF-β while increased IL-10 and improved kidney function tests. Rats treated with cisplatin + captopril More >

HAIFENG WANG^1,2, KAI WANG¹, JUAN GUO¹, TIEQIAO WEN²

BIOCELL, Vol.43, No.2, pp. 59-64, 2019, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2019.05731

Abstract Histone deacetylation is a key modulator involved in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and mRNA transcription. However, the effects of histone deacetylation on C17.2 neural stem cells (NSCs) remain unclear. Here, the histone deacetylase inhibitors nicotinamide and trichostatin A (TSA) were used to determine the role of histone deacetylation on gene transcription in NSCs. The results showed that the mRNA expression of p53, Sox1, Sox2, and Bax were significantly higher in E14.5 NSCs than in C17.2 NSCs. Nestin, a marker gene of neuronal differentiation, did not differ significantly between E14.5 NSCs and C17.2 NSCs. The transcription levels More >