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Three-way concepts analysis, an effective tool for knowledge discovery, is a combination of three-way decision and formal concept analysis. Based on the connections between three-way concepts and formal concepts, the method of obtaining three-way concepts and the method of how to judge attribute characteristics are studied respectively from the perspective of pictorial diagrams. Inspired by the pictorial-diagrams-based acquisition methods of concepts (formal concept, object-oriented concept and property-oriented concept), and combining the connections between three kinds of concepts in combinatorial contexts and four kinds of three-way concepts, the definitions of combinatorial-property (combinatorial-object) pictorial diagram and property pair induced (object pair induced) three-way pictorial diagram are proposed. Then, the acquisition approaches to four kinds of three-way concepts are investigated by using the novel proposed pictorial diagrams. In addition, from the perspective of preserving the structure of the lattice, the general definitions of the reduction and attribute characteristics are given, attribute characteristics of an object induced three-way concept lattice are analyzed by discernibility matrix, and the judg-ment theorems of attribute characteristics are given based on property pair induced pictorial diagrams.

In order to design the modified cheongsam in line with the target consumer groups, nine design elements were selected from three aspects: sleeve type, garment length and hem, with 20 modified cheongsam stimulation maps were drawn, and 10 pairs of perceptual evaluation adjectives were selected. The subjective scores of consumers for different styles of improved cheongsam were obtained by questionnaire. Mean analysis and factor analysis were used to quantify perceptual evaluation. TOPSIS model was used to conduct decision-making comprehensive evaluation and analysis of various perceptual demands. The results show that the perceptual factors affecting the improved cheongsam style design are temperament factor, personality factor and appearance factor. The use of a decision-making comprehensive evaluation analysis method has practical application value for realizing personalized style customization of multiple perceptual needs.

Three arecophila-like fungal samples were collected on dead culms of gramineous plants in China. Morphological studies of our new collections and the herbarium specimen of Arecophila gulubiicola (generic type) were conducted and the morphological affinity of our new collections with Arecophila was confirmed. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses using combined ITS, LSU, rpb2 and β-tubulin data from our collections revealed the phylogeny of Cainiaceae. The monospecific genus Alishanica (type species Al. miscanthi), which had been accepted in Cainiaceae, is revisited and synonymised under Arecophila. Based on morphology and phylogeny, Arecophila australis sp. nov. and A. clypeata sp. nov. are introduced as new species, while A. miscanthi is a new record for China. All the new collections are illustrated and described.

Semi-quantum key distribution (SQKD) is an important research issue which allows one quantum participant equipped with advanced quantum devices to distribute a shared secret key securely with one classical user who has restricted capabilities. In this paper, we propose a SQKD protocol which allows one quantum user to distribute two different private secret keys to two classical users respectively at the same time. Alice distributes two particle sequences from Bell states to Bob and Charlie respectively. Once the particles have been processed and returned, Alice can simultaneously detect reflected particles by Bob and Charlie based on Bell-state measurement and generate two different raw keys. To enable more participants in sharing keys, this protocol can be extended to the m + 1 party communication scheme by employing m-particle GHZ state. In large-scale communication networks, this extended model significantly reduces the complexity of communication compared to the traditional SQKD scheme. Security analyses show that the presented protocol is free from several general attacks, such as the entangle-measure attack, the modification attack, the double CNOT attack, and so on.

Abstract The microbiota plays an important role in the growth of mosquitoes and the transmission of mosquito‐borne pathogens. The effects of changes in aquatic habitats in which mosquitoes live, as one of the major factors closely associated with the microbial communities of mosquitoes, on the microbiota of different developmental stages remain to be elucidated. Here, we compared the microbiota of larvae and pupae of Aedes albopictus exposed to different ampicillin concentrations and investigated the bacterial composition of adult females. The results demonstrate that the microbial community differed substantially between developmental stages and that samples of the same stages shared similarities, whereas differences were observed between adult females. Based on all observations, we hypothesize that the use of ampicillin caused dysbiosis rather than excluding bacteria from mosquitoes and that the disturbing effect of ampicillin was obvious in adults. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses revealed that most of the bacteria identified in this study were significantly associated with metabolism. Taken together, our results indicate that ampicillin can change the abundance of bacteria, while microbial communities of Ae. albopictus showed obvious stage‐specific characteristics. Further investigations are needed to characterize specific bacterial components that are affected by ampicillin exposure and to quantify their functions, thereby providing a better understanding of the influence of antibiotics on microbial communities at different life stages.

Lamb wave resonators (LWRs) based on lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) substrates operating in an A1 mode at frequencies above 5 GHz typically exhibit high electromechanical coupling coefficients (K2) ranging from 20% to 30%. This makes them promising candidates to replace current bulk acoustic wave technology in next-generation broadband RF filters. However, the K2 of conventional LWRs still struggles to meet application requirements for bandwidths exceeding 1 GHz, such as WiFi-6E. This paper presents an analytical optimization approach for rapid and comprehensive scanning of the full 3D Euler space to find the maximum effective K2 of LWR devices. Such a full scan is difficult to achieve by the conventional time-consuming finite element method (FEM). The K2 results for a selected subset of Euler angles obtained through this analytical approach align with FEM simulation results. The optimized results show that LWRs on LNOI can achieve the highest K2 of 59.92% at Euler angles of (0, −151°, −60°), providing bandwidths exceeding 1 GHz at 5 GHz. To validate this optimization approach, LWRs with various orientations were fabricated on both 41° YX-cut and Z-cut LNOI wafers, with measured K2 values at different Euler angles agreeing well with both analytical and FEM results. The proposed K2 optimization method serves as a valuable guideline for selecting substrate cuts and device orientations in the design of ultra-broadband filters for next-generation telecommunications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]