Now the top management team and managerial discretion play an important role in driving the firms’development.This paper built a theoretical model to explore the effect of top management team heterogeneity on firm pe...Now the top management team and managerial discretion play an important role in driving the firms’development.This paper built a theoretical model to explore the effect of top management team heterogeneity on firm performance,and analyze the moderating role of managerial discretion.Based on the data of 167 listed firms from Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2019,this paper constructs a multiple regression model and tested the hypothesis.The empirical results show that gender heterogeneity,tenure heterogeneity and education level heterogeneity have a negative effect on firms performance.At the same time managerial discretion can partially moderates the relationship between the heterogeneity of top management team and firm performance,in which capital intensity and the firm size play a negative moderating role,and duality play a positive moderating role.According to the research results,this paper also puts forward corresponding suggestions to improve the firm performance.展开更多
Debates on shareholder structure and discretionary management of accounting results have carried forward controversial results. This study is intended to analyze within the Cameroonian context the impact of shareholde...Debates on shareholder structure and discretionary management of accounting results have carried forward controversial results. This study is intended to analyze within the Cameroonian context the impact of shareholder structure on the management of accounting results in enterprises. More specifically, its objective is to analyze the impact of shareholder structure on the adjustment of regulating discretionary accounting variables. A panel of enterprises is constituted over the periods 2013, 2014, and 2015 in Cameroon. The modeling of regulating discretionary accounting variables has been carried out according to the model of Jones (1991). The different results obtained show that the degree of concentration of the capital seems not to dissuade the management of result per long-term positions. Foreign ownership and state property stimulate management by regulating discretionary accounting variables.展开更多
In daily life,children often get used to staying late or even staying up late because of the rebellion of adolescent psychology against the non-mandatory rules formulated by the family.To explore the legal effect of s...In daily life,children often get used to staying late or even staying up late because of the rebellion of adolescent psychology against the non-mandatory rules formulated by the family.To explore the legal effect of such rules,this article analyzes the regulation of bedtime according to customary law.The two criteria of discretion and strategic non-enforcement are used to support the reason why customary laws(incorporate the bedtime rule made by the parents)have real legal effects.Through legal case studies and the comparison and contraction of disobeying regulated bedtime,the author admits that such rules sometimes can be criticized,which jeopardizes the characteristics of enforcement and credibility for laws with certain unfairness and lack of enforcement.However,they can be refuted based on the progressive principle,the dynamic balance between rules and discretion,and another theoretical basis.Given the disputes raised in this paper,the author also put forward the corresponding improvement measures after each refutation.To put it in a nutshell,the author thinks that the family rules produced in the absence of hard punishment like the regulated bedtime.展开更多
To analyze the differences in the transport and distribution of different types of proppants and to address issues such as the short effective support of proppant and poor placement in hydraulically intersecting fract...To analyze the differences in the transport and distribution of different types of proppants and to address issues such as the short effective support of proppant and poor placement in hydraulically intersecting fractures,this study considered the combined impact of geological-engineering factors on conductivity.Using reservoir production parameters and the discrete elementmethod,multispherical proppants were constructed.Additionally,a 3D fracture model,based on the specified conditions of the L block,employed coupled(Computational Fluid Dynamics)CFD-DEM(Discrete ElementMethod)for joint simulations to quantitatively analyze the transport and placement patterns of multispherical proppants in intersecting fractures.Results indicate that turbulent kinetic energy is an intrinsic factor affecting proppant transport.Moreover,the efficiency of placement and migration distance of low-sphericity quartz sand constructed by the DEM in the main fracture are significantly reduced compared to spherical ceramic proppants,with a 27.7%decrease in the volume fraction of the fracture surface,subsequently affecting the placement concentration and damaging fracture conductivity.Compared to small-angle fractures,controlling artificial and natural fractures to expand at angles of 45°to 60°increases the effective support length by approximately 20.6%.During hydraulic fracturing of gas wells,ensuring the fracture support area and post-closure conductivity can be achieved by controlling the sphericity of proppants and adjusting the perforation direction to control the direction of artificial fractures.展开更多
Discrete fracture network(DFN)commonly existing in natural rock masses plays an important role in geological complexity which can influence rock fracturing behaviour during fluid injection.This paper simulated the hyd...Discrete fracture network(DFN)commonly existing in natural rock masses plays an important role in geological complexity which can influence rock fracturing behaviour during fluid injection.This paper simulated the hydraulic fracturing process in lab-scale coal samples with DFNs and the induced seismic activities by the discrete element method(DEM).The effects of DFNs on hydraulic fracturing,induced seismicity and elastic property changes have been concluded.Denser DFNs can comprehensively decrease the peak injection pressure and injection duration.The proportion of strong seismic events increases first and then decreases with increasing DFN density.In addition,the relative modulus of the rock mass is derived innovatively from breakdown pressure,breakdown fracture length and the related initiation time.Increasing DFN densities among large(35–60 degrees)and small(0–30 degrees)fracture dip angles show opposite evolution trends in relative modulus.The transitional point(dip angle)for the opposite trends is also proportionally affected by the friction angle of the rock mass.The modelling results have much practical meaning to infer the density and geometry of pre-existing fractures and the elastic property of rock mass in the field,simply based on the hydraulic fracturing and induced seismicity monitoring data.展开更多
In this study, managerial discretion in 37 industries in China is measured and ranked into high, medium and low groups. The results are compared with findings from Hambrick and Abrhamson＇s （1995） study in the U.S. ...In this study, managerial discretion in 37 industries in China is measured and ranked into high, medium and low groups. The results are compared with findings from Hambrick and Abrhamson＇s （1995） study in the U.S. context, and changes are examined in two dimensions of managerial discretion from 2001 to 2009. This study contributes a reliable measure of managerial discretion for future organizational and strategic studies, which can help explain the differences in managerial phenomena across different industries in China＇s institutional environment.展开更多
Fiber-reinforced composites are an ideal material for the lightweight design of aerospace structures. Especially in recent years, with the rapid development of composite additive manufacturing technology, the design o...Fiber-reinforced composites are an ideal material for the lightweight design of aerospace structures. Especially in recent years, with the rapid development of composite additive manufacturing technology, the design optimization of variable stiffness of fiber-reinforced composite laminates has attracted widespread attention from scholars and industry. In these aerospace composite structures, numerous cutout panels and shells serve as access points for maintaining electrical, fuel, and hydraulic systems. The traditional fiber-reinforced composite laminate subtractive drilling manufacturing inevitably faces the problems of interlayer delamination, fiber fracture, and burr of the laminate. Continuous fiber additive manufacturing technology offers the potential for integrated design optimization and manufacturing with high structural performance. Considering the integration of design and manufacturability in continuous fiber additive manufacturing, the paper proposes linear and nonlinear filtering strategies based on the Normal Distribution Fiber Optimization (NDFO) material interpolation scheme to overcome the challenge of discrete fiber optimization results, which are difficult to apply directly to continuous fiber additive manufacturing. With minimizing structural compliance as the objective function, the proposed approach provides a strategy to achieve continuity of discrete fiber paths in the variable stiffness design optimization of composite laminates with regular and irregular holes. In the variable stiffness design optimization model, the number of candidate fiber laying angles in the NDFO material interpolation scheme is considered as design variable. The sensitivity information of structural compliance with respect to the number of candidate fiber laying angles is obtained using the analytical sensitivity analysis method. Based on the proposed variable stiffness design optimization method for complex perforated composite laminates, the numerical examples consider the variable stiffness design optimization of typical non-perforated and perforated composite laminates with circular, square, and irregular holes, and systematically discuss the number of candidate discrete fiber laying angles, discrete fiber continuous filtering strategies, and filter radius on structural compliance, continuity, and manufacturability. The optimized discrete fiber angles of variable stiffness laminates are converted into continuous fiber laying paths using a streamlined process for continuous fiber additive manufacturing. Meanwhile, the optimized non-perforated and perforated MBB beams after discrete fiber continuous treatment, are manufactured using continuous fiber co-extrusion additive manufacturing technology to verify the effectiveness of the variable stiffness fiber optimization framework proposed in this paper.展开更多
This paper focuses on the use of rotary-percussive drilling for hard rocks.In order to improve efficiency and reduce costs,it is essential to understand how operational parameters,bit wear,and drilling performance are...This paper focuses on the use of rotary-percussive drilling for hard rocks.In order to improve efficiency and reduce costs,it is essential to understand how operational parameters,bit wear,and drilling performance are related.A model is presented therein that combines multibody dynamics and discrete element method(DEM)to investigate the influences of operational parameters and bit wear on the rate of penetration and wear characteristics.The model accurately captures the motion of the bit and recreates rock using the cutting sieving result.Field experimental results validate the rod dynamic behavior,rock recreating model,and coupling model in the simulation.The findings indicate that hammer pressure significantly influences the rate of penetration and wear depth of the bit,and there is an optimal range for economical hammer pressure.The wear coefficient has a major effect on the rate of penetration,when wear coefficient is between 1/3 and 2/3.Increasing the wear coefficient can reduce drill bit button pressure and wear depth at the same drill distance.Gauge button loss increases the rate of penetration due to higher pressure on the remaining buttons,which also accelerates destruction of the bit.Furthermore,a more evenly distributed button on the bit enhances the rate of penetration(ROP)when the same number of buttons is lost.展开更多
An H-polygon is a polygon with corners in the set of vertices of a tiling of R~2 by regular hexagons of unit edge.It is known that any H-triangle with exactly k interior H-points can have at most 3k+7 boundary H-point...An H-polygon is a polygon with corners in the set of vertices of a tiling of R~2 by regular hexagons of unit edge.It is known that any H-triangle with exactly k interior H-points can have at most 3k+7 boundary H-points.In this note we prove that any convex H-quadrilateral with exactly k interior H-points can have at most 3k+7 boundary H-points.展开更多
As the dominant seepage channel in rock masses,it is of great significance to study the influence of fracture roughness distribution on seepage and heat transfer in rock masses.In this paper,the fracture roughness dis...As the dominant seepage channel in rock masses,it is of great significance to study the influence of fracture roughness distribution on seepage and heat transfer in rock masses.In this paper,the fracture roughness distribution functions of the Bakhtiary dam site and Oskarshamn/Forsmark mountain were fitted using statistical methods.The COMSOL Multiphysics finite element software was utilized to analyze the effects of fracture roughness distribution types and empirical formulas for fracture hydraulic aperture on the seepage field and temperature field of rock masses.The results show that:(1)The fracture roughness at the Bakhtiary dam site and Oskarshamn/Forsmark mountain follows lognormal and normal distributions,respectively;(2)For rock masses with the same expected value and standard deviation of fracture roughness,the outflow from rock masses with lognormal distribution of fracture roughness is significantly larger than that of rock masses with normal distribution of fracture roughness;(3)The fracture hydraulic aperture,outflow,and cold front distance of the Li and Jiang model are significantly larger than those of the Barton model;(4)The outflow,hydraulic pressure distribution,and temperature distribution of the Barton model are more sensitive to the fracture roughness distribution type than those of the Li and Jiang model.展开更多
Precast concrete pavements(PCPs)represent an innovative solution in the construction industry,addressing the need for rapid,intelligent,and low-carbon pavement technologies that significantly reduce construction time ...Precast concrete pavements(PCPs)represent an innovative solution in the construction industry,addressing the need for rapid,intelligent,and low-carbon pavement technologies that significantly reduce construction time and environmental impact.However,the integration of prefabricated technology in pavement surface and base layers lacks systematic classification and understanding.This paper aims to fill this gap by introducing a detailed analysis of discretization and assembly connection technology for cement concrete pavement(CCP)structures.Through a comprehensive review of domestic and international literature,the study classifies prefabricated pavement technology based on discrete assembly structural layers and presents specific conclusions(i)surface layer discrete units are categorized into bottom plates,top plates,plate-rod separated assemblies,and prestressed connections,with optimal material compositions identified to enhance mechanical properties;(ii)base layer discrete units include block-type,plate-type,and beam-type elements,highlighting their contributions to sustainability by incorporating recycled materials(iii)planar assembly connection types are assessed,ranking them by load transfer efficiency,with specific dimensions provided for optimal performance;and(iv)vertical assembly connections are defined by their leveling and sealing layers,suitable for both new constructions and repairs of existing roads.The insights gained from this review not only clarify the distinctions between various structural layers but also provide practical guidelines for enhancing the design and implementation of PCP.This work contributes to advancing sustainable and resilient road construction practices,making it a significant reference for researchers and practitioners in the field.展开更多
Ensuring digital media security through robust image watermarking is essential to prevent unauthorized distribution,tampering,and copyright infringement.This study introduces a novel hybrid watermarking framework that...Ensuring digital media security through robust image watermarking is essential to prevent unauthorized distribution,tampering,and copyright infringement.This study introduces a novel hybrid watermarking framework that integrates Discrete Wavelet Transform(DWT),Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform(RDWT),and Möbius Transformations(MT),with optimization of transformation parameters achieved via a Genetic Algorithm(GA).By combining frequency and spatial domain techniques,the proposed method significantly enhances both the imper-ceptibility and robustness of watermark embedding.The approach leverages DWT and RDWT for multi-resolution decomposition,enabling watermark insertion in frequency subbands that balance visibility and resistance to attacks.RDWT,in particular,offers shift-invariance,which improves performance under geometric transformations.Möbius transformations are employed for spatial manipulation,providing conformal mapping and spatial dispersion that fortify watermark resilience against rotation,scaling,and translation.The GA dynamically optimizes the Möbius parameters,selecting configurations that maximize robustness metrics such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio(PSNR),Structural Similarity Index Measure(SSIM),Bit Error Rate(BER),and Normalized Cross-Correlation(NCC).Extensive experiments conducted on medical and standard benchmark images demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed RDWT-MT scheme.Results show that PSNR exceeds 68 dB,SSIM approaches 1.0,and BER remains at 0.0000,indicating excellent imperceptibility and perfect watermark recovery.Moreover,the method exhibits exceptional resilience to a wide range of image processing attacks,including Gaussian noise,JPEG compression,histogram equalization,and cropping,achieving NCC values close to or equal to 1.0.Comparative evaluations with state-of-the-art watermarking techniques highlight the superiority of the proposed method in terms of robustness,fidelity,and computational efficiency.The hybrid framework ensures secure,adaptive watermark embedding,making it highly suitable for applications in digital rights management,content authentication,and medical image protection.The integration of spatial and frequency domain features with evolutionary optimization presents a promising direction for future watermarking technologies.展开更多
This paper proposes a universal impulse-function-based method for extending discrete chaotic maps,enabling flexible construction of multicavity chaotic attractors.The proposed method achieves one-directional(1D)/two-d...This paper proposes a universal impulse-function-based method for extending discrete chaotic maps,enabling flexible construction of multicavity chaotic attractors.The proposed method achieves one-directional(1D)/two-directional(2D)extensions without introducing additional nonlinear terms or altering system stability.Theoretically,the cavity quantity in arbitrary directions is controlled by adjusting impulse levels N,while the amplitude regulation is implemented through modifications to the proportionality parameter r.Theoretical analyses,including Lyapunov exponents(LEs)and bifurcation diagrams,are conducted,confirming that the extended maps retain the intrinsic dynamics of five rational map classes.The field-programmable gate array(FPGA)implementation results are consistent with the numerical simulation results,verifying the correctness of the theoretical analysis.The method enables the expansion of unipolar attractors and enhances entropy metrics,offering a robust framework for applications in secure communication,encryption,and chaos-based technologies.展开更多
With the development of cyber-physical systems,system security faces more risks from cyber-attacks.In this work,we study the problem that an external attacker implements covert sensor and actuator attacks with resourc...With the development of cyber-physical systems,system security faces more risks from cyber-attacks.In this work,we study the problem that an external attacker implements covert sensor and actuator attacks with resource constraints(the total resource consumption of the attacks is not greater than a given initial resource of the attacker)to mislead a discrete event system under supervisory control to reach unsafe states.We consider that the attacker can implement two types of attacks:One by modifying the sensor readings observed by a supervisor and the other by enabling the actuator commands disabled by the supervisor.Each attack has its corresponding resource consumption and remains covert.To solve this problem,we first introduce a notion of combined-attackability to determine whether a closedloop system may reach an unsafe state after receiving attacks with resource constraints.We develop an algorithm to construct a corrupted supervisor under attacks,provide a verification method for combined-attackability in polynomial time based on a plant,a corrupted supervisor,and an attacker's initial resource,and propose a corresponding attack synthesis algorithm.The effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated by an example.展开更多
In this work, we address the codiagnosability analysis problem of a networked discrete event system under malicious attacks. The considered system is modeled by a labeled Petri net and is monitored by a series of site...In this work, we address the codiagnosability analysis problem of a networked discrete event system under malicious attacks. The considered system is modeled by a labeled Petri net and is monitored by a series of sites, in which each site possesses its own set of sensors, without requiring communication among sites or to any coordinators. A net is said to be codiagnosable with respect to a fault if at least one site could deduce the occurrence of this fault within finite steps. In this context, we focus on a type of malicious attack that is called stealthy intermittent replacement attack. The stealthiness demands that the corrupted observations should be consistent with the system's normal behavior, while the intermittent replacement setting entails that the replaced transition labels must be recovered within a bounded of consecutive corrupted observations(called as K-corruption intermittent attack). Particularly, there exists a coordination between attackers that are separately effected on different sites, which holds the same corrupted observation for each common transition under attacks. From an attacker viewpoint, this work aims to design Kcorruption intermittent attacks for violating the codiagnosability of systems. For this purpose, we propose an attack automaton to analyze K-corruption intermittent attack for each site, and build a new structure called complete attack graph that is used to analyze all the potential attacked paths. Finally, an algorithm is inferred to obtain the K-corruption intermittent attacks, and examples are given to show the proposed attack strategy.展开更多
Image watermarking is a powerful tool for media protection and can provide promising results when combined with other defense mechanisms.Image watermarking can be used to protect the copyright of digital media by embe...Image watermarking is a powerful tool for media protection and can provide promising results when combined with other defense mechanisms.Image watermarking can be used to protect the copyright of digital media by embedding a unique identifier that identifies the owner of the content.Image watermarking can also be used to verify the authenticity of digital media,such as images or videos,by ascertaining the watermark information.In this paper,a mathematical chaos-based image watermarking technique is proposed using discrete wavelet transform(DWT),chaotic map,and Laplacian operator.The DWT can be used to decompose the image into its frequency components,chaos is used to provide extra security defense by encrypting the watermark signal,and the Laplacian operator with optimization is applied to the mid-frequency bands to find the sharp areas in the image.These mid-frequency bands are used to embed the watermarks by modifying the coefficients in these bands.The mid-sub-band maintains the invisible property of the watermark,and chaos combined with the second-order derivative Laplacian is vulnerable to attacks.Comprehensive experiments demonstrate that this approach is effective for common signal processing attacks,i.e.,compression,noise addition,and filtering.Moreover,this approach also maintains image quality through peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR)and structural similarity index metrics(SSIM).The highest achieved PSNR and SSIM values are 55.4 dB and 1.In the same way,normalized correlation(NC)values are almost 10%–20%higher than comparative research.These results support assistance in copyright protection in multimedia content.展开更多
Fragmentation is a common phenomenon in the runout process of large rockslides.Rocks have different strengths under the influence of the rock type and weathering degree,resulting in varying fragmentation characteristi...Fragmentation is a common phenomenon in the runout process of large rockslides.Rocks have different strengths under the influence of the rock type and weathering degree,resulting in varying fragmentation characteristics.However,the limited understanding of how rock strength influences the postfragmentation kinematic characteristics of rockslides is limited.Taking a natural rockslide as an example,this paper quantitatively analyzes the runout and deposition of the rockslide using the discrete element method(DEM)and examines the impacts of the rock strength on the runout and deposition characteristics of the rockslide.The results reveal that(1)Rock strength significantly influences fragmentation and runout characteristics:medium-to-high strength rocks exhibit two-stage fragmentation(10-20 s and 55-65 s),while weak-strength rocks achieve 98%fragmentation within 20 s.Optimal kinetic energy conversion occurs in medium-strength rocks,with a maximum velocity difference of 39.3 m/s between the anterior and posterior edges.(2)The sudden change in the cross-sectional dimensions of high-strength rocks under a high spreading velocity(>60 m/s)may amplify air blast hazards.(3)Deposition patterns reveal that the spatial distribution of fragments preserves original positional order;high-strength rocks produce larger fragments(nominal fragment size increases from 0.028 of weak-strength rocks to 0.607);and centroid displacement increases from 1907 m to 2117 m with rock strength in open terrains.(4)Energy dissipation analysis shows that frictional dissipation(>60%)>collisional dissipation(~37%)>>fragmentation dissipation(<2%)in the process of rockslide runout.The rock strength induces<5%variation in partitioning of energy dissipation.展开更多
The primary concern in stealth aircraft design is the very large electrical size objects.However,the computational and storage requirements of these objects present significant obstacles for current highfidelity desig...The primary concern in stealth aircraft design is the very large electrical size objects.However,the computational and storage requirements of these objects present significant obstacles for current highfidelity design methods,particularly when addressing high-dimensional complex engineering design problems.To address these challenges,we developed a surface sensitivity technique based on the multilevel fast multipole algorithm(MLFMA).An access and storage of sparse partial derivative tensor was improved to significantly enhanced the computation performance.The far-field interactions of the surface sensitivity equation were realized by differential the multipole expansion.In addition,we proposed a fast far-field multiplication method to accelerate the multiplication process.The surface mesh derivative with respect to the design variables was calculated by analytical and complex variable methods,substantially improving computational efficiency.These advancements enabled the MLFMAbased surface sensitivity method to millions meshes and large-scale gradients,extending gradientbased optimization for very large electrical size problems.Test cases have verified the effectiveness of this method in optimizing very large electrical objects in terms of both accuracy and efficiency.展开更多
This paper presents the dynamical properties of a discrete-time prey-predator model with refuge in prey under imprecise biological parameters.We consider the refuge concept of prey,which is proportional to the density...This paper presents the dynamical properties of a discrete-time prey-predator model with refuge in prey under imprecise biological parameters.We consider the refuge concept of prey,which is proportional to the density of prey species with interval parameters.The model develops with natural interval parameters since the uncertainties of parameters of any ecological system are a widespread phenomenon in nature.The equilibria of the model are obtained,and the dynamic behaviours of the proposed system are examined.Simulations of the model are performed for different parameters of the model.Numerical simulations show that the proposed discrete model exhibits rich dynamics of a chaotic and complex nature.Our study,through analytical derivation and numerical example,presents the effect of refuge on population dynamics under imprecise biological parameters.展开更多
The flexible satellite batch production line is a complex discrete production system with multiple cross-disciplinary fields and mixed serial parallel tasks.As the source of the satellite batch production line process...The flexible satellite batch production line is a complex discrete production system with multiple cross-disciplinary fields and mixed serial parallel tasks.As the source of the satellite batch production line process,the warehousing system has urgent needs such as uncertain production scale and rapid iteration and optimization of business processes.Therefore,the requirements and architecture of complex discrete warehousing systems such as flexible satellite batch production lines are studied.The physical system of intelligent equipment is abstracted as a digital model to form the underlying module,and a digital fusion framework of“business domain+middleware platform+intelligent equipment information model”is constructed.The granularity of microservice splitting is calculated based on the dynamic correlation relationship between user access instances and database table structures.The general warehousing functions of the platform are divided to achieve module customization,addition,and configuration.An open discrete warehousing system based on microservices is designed.Software architecture and design develop complex discrete warehousing systems based on the SpringCloud framework.This architecture achieves the decoupling of business logic and physical hardware,enhances the maintainability and scalability of the system,and greatly improves the system’s adaptability to different complex discrete warehousing business scenarios.展开更多
基金This work was supported by MOE(Ministry of Education in China)Project of Humanities and Social Sciences(No.20YJC630022)Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation(No.ZR2017MG033)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.HIT.HSS.201875).
文摘Now the top management team and managerial discretion play an important role in driving the firms’development.This paper built a theoretical model to explore the effect of top management team heterogeneity on firm performance,and analyze the moderating role of managerial discretion.Based on the data of 167 listed firms from Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2019,this paper constructs a multiple regression model and tested the hypothesis.The empirical results show that gender heterogeneity,tenure heterogeneity and education level heterogeneity have a negative effect on firms performance.At the same time managerial discretion can partially moderates the relationship between the heterogeneity of top management team and firm performance,in which capital intensity and the firm size play a negative moderating role,and duality play a positive moderating role.According to the research results,this paper also puts forward corresponding suggestions to improve the firm performance.
文摘Debates on shareholder structure and discretionary management of accounting results have carried forward controversial results. This study is intended to analyze within the Cameroonian context the impact of shareholder structure on the management of accounting results in enterprises. More specifically, its objective is to analyze the impact of shareholder structure on the adjustment of regulating discretionary accounting variables. A panel of enterprises is constituted over the periods 2013, 2014, and 2015 in Cameroon. The modeling of regulating discretionary accounting variables has been carried out according to the model of Jones (1991). The different results obtained show that the degree of concentration of the capital seems not to dissuade the management of result per long-term positions. Foreign ownership and state property stimulate management by regulating discretionary accounting variables.
文摘In daily life,children often get used to staying late or even staying up late because of the rebellion of adolescent psychology against the non-mandatory rules formulated by the family.To explore the legal effect of such rules,this article analyzes the regulation of bedtime according to customary law.The two criteria of discretion and strategic non-enforcement are used to support the reason why customary laws(incorporate the bedtime rule made by the parents)have real legal effects.Through legal case studies and the comparison and contraction of disobeying regulated bedtime,the author admits that such rules sometimes can be criticized,which jeopardizes the characteristics of enforcement and credibility for laws with certain unfairness and lack of enforcement.However,they can be refuted based on the progressive principle,the dynamic balance between rules and discretion,and another theoretical basis.Given the disputes raised in this paper,the author also put forward the corresponding improvement measures after each refutation.To put it in a nutshell,the author thinks that the family rules produced in the absence of hard punishment like the regulated bedtime.
基金funded by the project of the Major Scientific and Technological Projects of CNOOC in the 14th Five-Year Plan(No.KJGG2022-0701)the CNOOC Research Institute(No.2020PFS-03).
文摘To analyze the differences in the transport and distribution of different types of proppants and to address issues such as the short effective support of proppant and poor placement in hydraulically intersecting fractures,this study considered the combined impact of geological-engineering factors on conductivity.Using reservoir production parameters and the discrete elementmethod,multispherical proppants were constructed.Additionally,a 3D fracture model,based on the specified conditions of the L block,employed coupled(Computational Fluid Dynamics)CFD-DEM(Discrete ElementMethod)for joint simulations to quantitatively analyze the transport and placement patterns of multispherical proppants in intersecting fractures.Results indicate that turbulent kinetic energy is an intrinsic factor affecting proppant transport.Moreover,the efficiency of placement and migration distance of low-sphericity quartz sand constructed by the DEM in the main fracture are significantly reduced compared to spherical ceramic proppants,with a 27.7%decrease in the volume fraction of the fracture surface,subsequently affecting the placement concentration and damaging fracture conductivity.Compared to small-angle fractures,controlling artificial and natural fractures to expand at angles of 45°to 60°increases the effective support length by approximately 20.6%.During hydraulic fracturing of gas wells,ensuring the fracture support area and post-closure conductivity can be achieved by controlling the sphericity of proppants and adjusting the perforation direction to control the direction of artificial fractures.
基金Australian Research Council Linkage Program(LP200301404)for sponsoring this researchthe financial support provided by the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection(Chengdu University of Technology,SKLGP2021K002)National Natural Science Foundation of China(52374101,32111530138).
文摘Discrete fracture network(DFN)commonly existing in natural rock masses plays an important role in geological complexity which can influence rock fracturing behaviour during fluid injection.This paper simulated the hydraulic fracturing process in lab-scale coal samples with DFNs and the induced seismic activities by the discrete element method(DEM).The effects of DFNs on hydraulic fracturing,induced seismicity and elastic property changes have been concluded.Denser DFNs can comprehensively decrease the peak injection pressure and injection duration.The proportion of strong seismic events increases first and then decreases with increasing DFN density.In addition,the relative modulus of the rock mass is derived innovatively from breakdown pressure,breakdown fracture length and the related initiation time.Increasing DFN densities among large(35–60 degrees)and small(0–30 degrees)fracture dip angles show opposite evolution trends in relative modulus.The transitional point(dip angle)for the opposite trends is also proportionally affected by the friction angle of the rock mass.The modelling results have much practical meaning to infer the density and geometry of pre-existing fractures and the elastic property of rock mass in the field,simply based on the hydraulic fracturing and induced seismicity monitoring data.
文摘In this study, managerial discretion in 37 industries in China is measured and ranked into high, medium and low groups. The results are compared with findings from Hambrick and Abrhamson＇s （1995） study in the U.S. context, and changes are examined in two dimensions of managerial discretion from 2001 to 2009. This study contributes a reliable measure of managerial discretion for future organizational and strategic studies, which can help explain the differences in managerial phenomena across different industries in China＇s institutional environment.
基金supports for this research were provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12272301,12002278,U1906233)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation,China(Nos.2023A1515011970,2024A1515010256)+1 种基金the Dalian City Supports Innovation and Entrepreneurship Projects for High-Level Talents,China(2021RD16)the Key R&D Project of CSCEC,China(No.CSCEC-2020-Z-4).
文摘Fiber-reinforced composites are an ideal material for the lightweight design of aerospace structures. Especially in recent years, with the rapid development of composite additive manufacturing technology, the design optimization of variable stiffness of fiber-reinforced composite laminates has attracted widespread attention from scholars and industry. In these aerospace composite structures, numerous cutout panels and shells serve as access points for maintaining electrical, fuel, and hydraulic systems. The traditional fiber-reinforced composite laminate subtractive drilling manufacturing inevitably faces the problems of interlayer delamination, fiber fracture, and burr of the laminate. Continuous fiber additive manufacturing technology offers the potential for integrated design optimization and manufacturing with high structural performance. Considering the integration of design and manufacturability in continuous fiber additive manufacturing, the paper proposes linear and nonlinear filtering strategies based on the Normal Distribution Fiber Optimization (NDFO) material interpolation scheme to overcome the challenge of discrete fiber optimization results, which are difficult to apply directly to continuous fiber additive manufacturing. With minimizing structural compliance as the objective function, the proposed approach provides a strategy to achieve continuity of discrete fiber paths in the variable stiffness design optimization of composite laminates with regular and irregular holes. In the variable stiffness design optimization model, the number of candidate fiber laying angles in the NDFO material interpolation scheme is considered as design variable. The sensitivity information of structural compliance with respect to the number of candidate fiber laying angles is obtained using the analytical sensitivity analysis method. Based on the proposed variable stiffness design optimization method for complex perforated composite laminates, the numerical examples consider the variable stiffness design optimization of typical non-perforated and perforated composite laminates with circular, square, and irregular holes, and systematically discuss the number of candidate discrete fiber laying angles, discrete fiber continuous filtering strategies, and filter radius on structural compliance, continuity, and manufacturability. The optimized discrete fiber angles of variable stiffness laminates are converted into continuous fiber laying paths using a streamlined process for continuous fiber additive manufacturing. Meanwhile, the optimized non-perforated and perforated MBB beams after discrete fiber continuous treatment, are manufactured using continuous fiber co-extrusion additive manufacturing technology to verify the effectiveness of the variable stiffness fiber optimization framework proposed in this paper.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52308388)the Key Project of High-speed Rail Joint Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U1934210).
文摘This paper focuses on the use of rotary-percussive drilling for hard rocks.In order to improve efficiency and reduce costs,it is essential to understand how operational parameters,bit wear,and drilling performance are related.A model is presented therein that combines multibody dynamics and discrete element method(DEM)to investigate the influences of operational parameters and bit wear on the rate of penetration and wear characteristics.The model accurately captures the motion of the bit and recreates rock using the cutting sieving result.Field experimental results validate the rod dynamic behavior,rock recreating model,and coupling model in the simulation.The findings indicate that hammer pressure significantly influences the rate of penetration and wear depth of the bit,and there is an optimal range for economical hammer pressure.The wear coefficient has a major effect on the rate of penetration,when wear coefficient is between 1/3 and 2/3.Increasing the wear coefficient can reduce drill bit button pressure and wear depth at the same drill distance.Gauge button loss increases the rate of penetration due to higher pressure on the remaining buttons,which also accelerates destruction of the bit.Furthermore,a more evenly distributed button on the bit enhances the rate of penetration(ROP)when the same number of buttons is lost.
文摘An H-polygon is a polygon with corners in the set of vertices of a tiling of R~2 by regular hexagons of unit edge.It is known that any H-triangle with exactly k interior H-points can have at most 3k+7 boundary H-points.In this note we prove that any convex H-quadrilateral with exactly k interior H-points can have at most 3k+7 boundary H-points.
基金College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project of Guangzhou Railway Polytechnic(2025CXCY015)。
文摘As the dominant seepage channel in rock masses,it is of great significance to study the influence of fracture roughness distribution on seepage and heat transfer in rock masses.In this paper,the fracture roughness distribution functions of the Bakhtiary dam site and Oskarshamn/Forsmark mountain were fitted using statistical methods.The COMSOL Multiphysics finite element software was utilized to analyze the effects of fracture roughness distribution types and empirical formulas for fracture hydraulic aperture on the seepage field and temperature field of rock masses.The results show that:(1)The fracture roughness at the Bakhtiary dam site and Oskarshamn/Forsmark mountain follows lognormal and normal distributions,respectively;(2)For rock masses with the same expected value and standard deviation of fracture roughness,the outflow from rock masses with lognormal distribution of fracture roughness is significantly larger than that of rock masses with normal distribution of fracture roughness;(3)The fracture hydraulic aperture,outflow,and cold front distance of the Li and Jiang model are significantly larger than those of the Barton model;(4)The outflow,hydraulic pressure distribution,and temperature distribution of the Barton model are more sensitive to the fracture roughness distribution type than those of the Li and Jiang model.
基金supported by the Research Program of Wuhan Building Energy Efficiency Office(grant number 202331).
文摘Precast concrete pavements(PCPs)represent an innovative solution in the construction industry,addressing the need for rapid,intelligent,and low-carbon pavement technologies that significantly reduce construction time and environmental impact.However,the integration of prefabricated technology in pavement surface and base layers lacks systematic classification and understanding.This paper aims to fill this gap by introducing a detailed analysis of discretization and assembly connection technology for cement concrete pavement(CCP)structures.Through a comprehensive review of domestic and international literature,the study classifies prefabricated pavement technology based on discrete assembly structural layers and presents specific conclusions(i)surface layer discrete units are categorized into bottom plates,top plates,plate-rod separated assemblies,and prestressed connections,with optimal material compositions identified to enhance mechanical properties;(ii)base layer discrete units include block-type,plate-type,and beam-type elements,highlighting their contributions to sustainability by incorporating recycled materials(iii)planar assembly connection types are assessed,ranking them by load transfer efficiency,with specific dimensions provided for optimal performance;and(iv)vertical assembly connections are defined by their leveling and sealing layers,suitable for both new constructions and repairs of existing roads.The insights gained from this review not only clarify the distinctions between various structural layers but also provide practical guidelines for enhancing the design and implementation of PCP.This work contributes to advancing sustainable and resilient road construction practices,making it a significant reference for researchers and practitioners in the field.
文摘Ensuring digital media security through robust image watermarking is essential to prevent unauthorized distribution,tampering,and copyright infringement.This study introduces a novel hybrid watermarking framework that integrates Discrete Wavelet Transform(DWT),Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform(RDWT),and Möbius Transformations(MT),with optimization of transformation parameters achieved via a Genetic Algorithm(GA).By combining frequency and spatial domain techniques,the proposed method significantly enhances both the imper-ceptibility and robustness of watermark embedding.The approach leverages DWT and RDWT for multi-resolution decomposition,enabling watermark insertion in frequency subbands that balance visibility and resistance to attacks.RDWT,in particular,offers shift-invariance,which improves performance under geometric transformations.Möbius transformations are employed for spatial manipulation,providing conformal mapping and spatial dispersion that fortify watermark resilience against rotation,scaling,and translation.The GA dynamically optimizes the Möbius parameters,selecting configurations that maximize robustness metrics such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio(PSNR),Structural Similarity Index Measure(SSIM),Bit Error Rate(BER),and Normalized Cross-Correlation(NCC).Extensive experiments conducted on medical and standard benchmark images demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed RDWT-MT scheme.Results show that PSNR exceeds 68 dB,SSIM approaches 1.0,and BER remains at 0.0000,indicating excellent imperceptibility and perfect watermark recovery.Moreover,the method exhibits exceptional resilience to a wide range of image processing attacks,including Gaussian noise,JPEG compression,histogram equalization,and cropping,achieving NCC values close to or equal to 1.0.Comparative evaluations with state-of-the-art watermarking techniques highlight the superiority of the proposed method in terms of robustness,fidelity,and computational efficiency.The hybrid framework ensures secure,adaptive watermark embedding,making it highly suitable for applications in digital rights management,content authentication,and medical image protection.The integration of spatial and frequency domain features with evolutionary optimization presents a promising direction for future watermarking technologies.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62001391)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Grant No.2024A1515010308)+1 种基金the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(Grant No.2024JC-YBQN-0464)the Scientific Research Program Funded by Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government(Grant No.24JK0559).
文摘This paper proposes a universal impulse-function-based method for extending discrete chaotic maps,enabling flexible construction of multicavity chaotic attractors.The proposed method achieves one-directional(1D)/two-directional(2D)extensions without introducing additional nonlinear terms or altering system stability.Theoretically,the cavity quantity in arbitrary directions is controlled by adjusting impulse levels N,while the amplitude regulation is implemented through modifications to the proportionality parameter r.Theoretical analyses,including Lyapunov exponents(LEs)and bifurcation diagrams,are conducted,confirming that the extended maps retain the intrinsic dynamics of five rational map classes.The field-programmable gate array(FPGA)implementation results are consistent with the numerical simulation results,verifying the correctness of the theoretical analysis.The method enables the expansion of unipolar attractors and enhances entropy metrics,offering a robust framework for applications in secure communication,encryption,and chaos-based technologies.
基金partially supported by the Science Technology Development Fund,Macao Special Administrative Region(0029/2023/RIA1)the National Research Foundation Singapore under its AI Singapore Programme(AISG2-GC-2023-007)
文摘With the development of cyber-physical systems,system security faces more risks from cyber-attacks.In this work,we study the problem that an external attacker implements covert sensor and actuator attacks with resource constraints(the total resource consumption of the attacks is not greater than a given initial resource of the attacker)to mislead a discrete event system under supervisory control to reach unsafe states.We consider that the attacker can implement two types of attacks:One by modifying the sensor readings observed by a supervisor and the other by enabling the actuator commands disabled by the supervisor.Each attack has its corresponding resource consumption and remains covert.To solve this problem,we first introduce a notion of combined-attackability to determine whether a closedloop system may reach an unsafe state after receiving attacks with resource constraints.We develop an algorithm to construct a corrupted supervisor under attacks,provide a verification method for combined-attackability in polynomial time based on a plant,a corrupted supervisor,and an attacker's initial resource,and propose a corresponding attack synthesis algorithm.The effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated by an example.
基金supported in part by the IN2CCAM project that has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme(101076791)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62403378)the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province(2024JC-YBQN-0669)
文摘In this work, we address the codiagnosability analysis problem of a networked discrete event system under malicious attacks. The considered system is modeled by a labeled Petri net and is monitored by a series of sites, in which each site possesses its own set of sensors, without requiring communication among sites or to any coordinators. A net is said to be codiagnosable with respect to a fault if at least one site could deduce the occurrence of this fault within finite steps. In this context, we focus on a type of malicious attack that is called stealthy intermittent replacement attack. The stealthiness demands that the corrupted observations should be consistent with the system's normal behavior, while the intermittent replacement setting entails that the replaced transition labels must be recovered within a bounded of consecutive corrupted observations(called as K-corruption intermittent attack). Particularly, there exists a coordination between attackers that are separately effected on different sites, which holds the same corrupted observation for each common transition under attacks. From an attacker viewpoint, this work aims to design Kcorruption intermittent attacks for violating the codiagnosability of systems. For this purpose, we propose an attack automaton to analyze K-corruption intermittent attack for each site, and build a new structure called complete attack graph that is used to analyze all the potential attacked paths. Finally, an algorithm is inferred to obtain the K-corruption intermittent attacks, and examples are given to show the proposed attack strategy.
基金supported by the researcher supporting Project number(RSPD2025R636),King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.
文摘Image watermarking is a powerful tool for media protection and can provide promising results when combined with other defense mechanisms.Image watermarking can be used to protect the copyright of digital media by embedding a unique identifier that identifies the owner of the content.Image watermarking can also be used to verify the authenticity of digital media,such as images or videos,by ascertaining the watermark information.In this paper,a mathematical chaos-based image watermarking technique is proposed using discrete wavelet transform(DWT),chaotic map,and Laplacian operator.The DWT can be used to decompose the image into its frequency components,chaos is used to provide extra security defense by encrypting the watermark signal,and the Laplacian operator with optimization is applied to the mid-frequency bands to find the sharp areas in the image.These mid-frequency bands are used to embed the watermarks by modifying the coefficients in these bands.The mid-sub-band maintains the invisible property of the watermark,and chaos combined with the second-order derivative Laplacian is vulnerable to attacks.Comprehensive experiments demonstrate that this approach is effective for common signal processing attacks,i.e.,compression,noise addition,and filtering.Moreover,this approach also maintains image quality through peak signal-to-noise ratio(PSNR)and structural similarity index metrics(SSIM).The highest achieved PSNR and SSIM values are 55.4 dB and 1.In the same way,normalized correlation(NC)values are almost 10%–20%higher than comparative research.These results support assistance in copyright protection in multimedia content.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41977233,U22A20601)Student Research Training Program of Fuzhou University(S202210386061).
文摘Fragmentation is a common phenomenon in the runout process of large rockslides.Rocks have different strengths under the influence of the rock type and weathering degree,resulting in varying fragmentation characteristics.However,the limited understanding of how rock strength influences the postfragmentation kinematic characteristics of rockslides is limited.Taking a natural rockslide as an example,this paper quantitatively analyzes the runout and deposition of the rockslide using the discrete element method(DEM)and examines the impacts of the rock strength on the runout and deposition characteristics of the rockslide.The results reveal that(1)Rock strength significantly influences fragmentation and runout characteristics:medium-to-high strength rocks exhibit two-stage fragmentation(10-20 s and 55-65 s),while weak-strength rocks achieve 98%fragmentation within 20 s.Optimal kinetic energy conversion occurs in medium-strength rocks,with a maximum velocity difference of 39.3 m/s between the anterior and posterior edges.(2)The sudden change in the cross-sectional dimensions of high-strength rocks under a high spreading velocity(>60 m/s)may amplify air blast hazards.(3)Deposition patterns reveal that the spatial distribution of fragments preserves original positional order;high-strength rocks produce larger fragments(nominal fragment size increases from 0.028 of weak-strength rocks to 0.607);and centroid displacement increases from 1907 m to 2117 m with rock strength in open terrains.(4)Energy dissipation analysis shows that frictional dissipation(>60%)>collisional dissipation(~37%)>>fragmentation dissipation(<2%)in the process of rockslide runout.The rock strength induces<5%variation in partitioning of energy dissipation.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFB3002800).
文摘The primary concern in stealth aircraft design is the very large electrical size objects.However,the computational and storage requirements of these objects present significant obstacles for current highfidelity design methods,particularly when addressing high-dimensional complex engineering design problems.To address these challenges,we developed a surface sensitivity technique based on the multilevel fast multipole algorithm(MLFMA).An access and storage of sparse partial derivative tensor was improved to significantly enhanced the computation performance.The far-field interactions of the surface sensitivity equation were realized by differential the multipole expansion.In addition,we proposed a fast far-field multiplication method to accelerate the multiplication process.The surface mesh derivative with respect to the design variables was calculated by analytical and complex variable methods,substantially improving computational efficiency.These advancements enabled the MLFMAbased surface sensitivity method to millions meshes and large-scale gradients,extending gradientbased optimization for very large electrical size problems.Test cases have verified the effectiveness of this method in optimizing very large electrical objects in terms of both accuracy and efficiency.
文摘This paper presents the dynamical properties of a discrete-time prey-predator model with refuge in prey under imprecise biological parameters.We consider the refuge concept of prey,which is proportional to the density of prey species with interval parameters.The model develops with natural interval parameters since the uncertainties of parameters of any ecological system are a widespread phenomenon in nature.The equilibria of the model are obtained,and the dynamic behaviours of the proposed system are examined.Simulations of the model are performed for different parameters of the model.Numerical simulations show that the proposed discrete model exhibits rich dynamics of a chaotic and complex nature.Our study,through analytical derivation and numerical example,presents the effect of refuge on population dynamics under imprecise biological parameters.
文摘The flexible satellite batch production line is a complex discrete production system with multiple cross-disciplinary fields and mixed serial parallel tasks.As the source of the satellite batch production line process,the warehousing system has urgent needs such as uncertain production scale and rapid iteration and optimization of business processes.Therefore,the requirements and architecture of complex discrete warehousing systems such as flexible satellite batch production lines are studied.The physical system of intelligent equipment is abstracted as a digital model to form the underlying module,and a digital fusion framework of“business domain+middleware platform+intelligent equipment information model”is constructed.The granularity of microservice splitting is calculated based on the dynamic correlation relationship between user access instances and database table structures.The general warehousing functions of the platform are divided to achieve module customization,addition,and configuration.An open discrete warehousing system based on microservices is designed.Software architecture and design develop complex discrete warehousing systems based on the SpringCloud framework.This architecture achieves the decoupling of business logic and physical hardware,enhances the maintainability and scalability of the system,and greatly improves the system’s adaptability to different complex discrete warehousing business scenarios.
