The evolution of technology in 1990s resulted in the enormous growth of smartphones and the propagation of mobile applications (App) that marked new opportunities for healthcare centers and medical education. Apps hav...The evolution of technology in 1990s resulted in the enormous growth of smartphones and the propagation of mobile applications (App) that marked new opportunities for healthcare centers and medical education. Apps have altered health services from patient’s health monitoring to specialist’s appointments and consultations from specialized health facilities. It can be argued that a healthy society can bring forth sustainable economic development to its full potential while an unhealthy society cannot. However, a free movement of people, labour and right to residence which was built across East Africa (EA) borders enabled Tanzania and Kenya borders to have enormous interactions. Subsequently, increase the risk of highly communicable diseases such as Tuberculosis and Sexually transmitted infections in such a way that medical attention is unavoidable along the borders. Statistically, Android Operating System (OS) owns 83% of Africa’s mobile OS market. In addition, 25,794,560 internet users reported by Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) together with the 22.86 million internet users provided by Kenya Digital which is equivalent to 46% and 43% of internet penetration in year 2020, disclose the need for Android mobile application for mapping health facilities both online and offline using Google map API, which will solve residents’ need to healthcare services on the presence or shortage of internet connections;using either Swahili or English language via Smartphone devices. The App incorporates Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) tool for tracking application usage which will ease Admin’s task to generate daily and monthly reports in Excel and Comma-Separated Values (CSV) formats. The developed system received positive feedback from EA citizens and residents in the Arusha region and Namanga border crossing where 90.2% of the system evaluation conducted between Dec 2020 and Apr 2021 agreed upon App usage.展开更多
Transportation is the lifeblood of a modern metropolis.Accessibility generally refers to the interconnection between nodes in a regional traffic network.The purpose of the paper is to obtain more realistic and accurat...Transportation is the lifeblood of a modern metropolis.Accessibility generally refers to the interconnection between nodes in a regional traffic network.The purpose of the paper is to obtain more realistic and accurate measures of travel speed and to study the road traffic accessibility potential in cities.This study proposes a method for analyzing road traffic accessibility potential which is based on the average travel speed to city centers in off-peak times and which ranks 80 cities around the world.Based on the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite’s visible-infrared imaging radiometer suite(NPP-VIIRS)night-time light data,urban built-up areas and city centers were extracted.Further,with the aid of the Google Maps application programming interface(API)network crawling technique,travel times and travel distances for several optimal routes to city centers by car were obtained.Feasible proposals for improving road traffic accessibility and planning urban transportation in different cities are presented.The proposed method offers a new possibility of analyzing traffic accessibility using internet data and geo-spatial methods.展开更多
在万物互联的云时代,云应用程序编程接口(API)是数字经济建设和服务化软件开发的关键数字基础设施。然而,云API数量的持续增长给用户决策和推广带来挑战,设计有效的推荐方法成为亟待解决的重要问题。现有研究多利用调用偏好、搜索关键...在万物互联的云时代,云应用程序编程接口(API)是数字经济建设和服务化软件开发的关键数字基础设施。然而,云API数量的持续增长给用户决策和推广带来挑战,设计有效的推荐方法成为亟待解决的重要问题。现有研究多利用调用偏好、搜索关键词或二者结合进行建模,主要解决为给定Mashup推荐合适云API的问题,未考虑开发者对个性化高阶互补云API的实际需求。该文提出一种基于个性化张量分解的高阶互补云API推荐方法(Personalized Tensor Decomposition based High-order Complementary cloud API Recommendation,PTDHCR)。首先,将Mashup与云API之间的调用关系,以及云API与云API之间的互补关系建模为三维张量,并利用RECAL张量分解技术对这两种关系进行共同学习,以挖掘云API之间的个性化非对称互补关系。然后,考虑到不同互补关系对推荐结果的影响程度不同,构建个性化高阶互补感知网络,充分利用Mashup、查询云API以及候选云API的多模态特征,动态计算Mashup对不同查询和候选云API之间互补关系的关注程度。在此基础上,将个性化互补关系拓展到高阶,得到候选云API与查询云API集合的整体个性化互补性。最后,利用两个真实云API数据集进行实验,结果表明,相较于传统方法,PTDHCR在挖掘个性化互补关系和推荐方面具有较大的优势。展开更多
Supermarkets and large-scale retail stores are usually subject to huge monetary transactions for certain customers’ purchases. The computerization of these systems is common in supermarkets but the security of these ...Supermarkets and large-scale retail stores are usually subject to huge monetary transactions for certain customers’ purchases. The computerization of these systems is common in supermarkets but the security of these transactions remains a mystery. This article presents an algorithm as an API based on symmetric cryptography that can enable end-to-end encryption of a monetary transaction in a supermarket. This algorithm is the first part of the complete supermarket management system which will be presented in the following article. The Python language and the Flask framework allow us to develop the algorithm as an independent component. Tests have been performed and our algorithm uses 98.49% less memory and 10.18% time saving than the AES algorithm.展开更多
Ransomware,particularly crypto-ransomware,remains a significant cybersecurity challenge,encrypting victim data and demanding a ransom,often leaving the data irretrievable even if payment is made.This study proposes an...Ransomware,particularly crypto-ransomware,remains a significant cybersecurity challenge,encrypting victim data and demanding a ransom,often leaving the data irretrievable even if payment is made.This study proposes an early detection approach to mitigate such threats by identifying ransomware activity before the encryption process begins.The approach employs a two-tiered approach:a signature-based method using hashing techniques to match known threats and a dynamic behavior-based analysis leveraging Cuckoo Sandbox and machine learning algorithms.A critical feature is the integration of the most effective Application Programming Interface call monitoring,which analyzes system-level interactions such as file encryption,key generation,and registry modifications.This enables the detection of both known and zero-day ransomware variants,overcoming limitations of traditional methods.The proposed technique was evaluated using classifiers such as Random Forest,Support Vector Machine,and K-Nearest Neighbors,achieving a detection accuracy of 98%based on 26 key ransomware attributes with an 80:20 training-to-testing ratio and 10-fold cross-validation.By combining minimal feature sets with robust behavioral analysis,the proposed method outperforms existing solutions and addresses current challenges in ransomware detection,thereby enhancing cybersecurity resilience.展开更多
显示器电磁木马是通过控制计算机屏幕电磁辐射达到窃取信息目的的一种新型木马。当前的主流防护思想是用软件防护代替较为成熟但造价昂贵的硬件防护机制,然而目前软防护思想大多侧重于理论方法的探索,在实现机制上相对比较复杂。针对显...显示器电磁木马是通过控制计算机屏幕电磁辐射达到窃取信息目的的一种新型木马。当前的主流防护思想是用软件防护代替较为成熟但造价昂贵的硬件防护机制,然而目前软防护思想大多侧重于理论方法的探索,在实现机制上相对比较复杂。针对显示器电磁木马的工作特点提出了Soft-TEMPEST防护机制,设计了显示器电磁木马的ADFA(API Detection and Frequency Analysis)检测方法。该方法通过API函数序列的周期性挖掘分析,结合对屏幕像素信息的傅里叶变换及频谱分析,达到检测出木马进程的目的。测试结果表明,该方法能够成功检测出多种显示器电磁木马,而且原理简单,方便投入使用。展开更多
传统的勒索软件动态检测方法需要收集较长时间的软件行为,难以满足勒索软件及时检测的需求.本文从勒索软件及时检测的角度出发,提出了“勒索软件检测关键时间段(Critical Time Periods for Ransomware Detection,CTP)”的概念,并基于CT...传统的勒索软件动态检测方法需要收集较长时间的软件行为,难以满足勒索软件及时检测的需求.本文从勒索软件及时检测的角度出发,提出了“勒索软件检测关键时间段(Critical Time Periods for Ransomware Detection,CTP)”的概念,并基于CTP的要求提出了一种基于应用程序编程接口(Application Programming Interface,API)短序列的勒索软件早期检测方法(Ransomware Early Detection Method based on short API Sequence,REDMS).REDMS以软件在CTP内执行时所调用的API短序列为分析对象,通过n-gram模型和词频-逆文档频率算法对采集到的API短序列进行计算以生成特征向量,然后运用机器学习算法建立检测模型对勒索软件进行早期检测.实验结果显示,REDMS在API采集时段为前7s且使用随机森林算法时,分别能以98.2%、96.7%的准确率检测出已知和未知的勒索软件样本.展开更多
文摘The evolution of technology in 1990s resulted in the enormous growth of smartphones and the propagation of mobile applications (App) that marked new opportunities for healthcare centers and medical education. Apps have altered health services from patient’s health monitoring to specialist’s appointments and consultations from specialized health facilities. It can be argued that a healthy society can bring forth sustainable economic development to its full potential while an unhealthy society cannot. However, a free movement of people, labour and right to residence which was built across East Africa (EA) borders enabled Tanzania and Kenya borders to have enormous interactions. Subsequently, increase the risk of highly communicable diseases such as Tuberculosis and Sexually transmitted infections in such a way that medical attention is unavoidable along the borders. Statistically, Android Operating System (OS) owns 83% of Africa’s mobile OS market. In addition, 25,794,560 internet users reported by Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) together with the 22.86 million internet users provided by Kenya Digital which is equivalent to 46% and 43% of internet penetration in year 2020, disclose the need for Android mobile application for mapping health facilities both online and offline using Google map API, which will solve residents’ need to healthcare services on the presence or shortage of internet connections;using either Swahili or English language via Smartphone devices. The App incorporates Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) tool for tracking application usage which will ease Admin’s task to generate daily and monthly reports in Excel and Comma-Separated Values (CSV) formats. The developed system received positive feedback from EA citizens and residents in the Arusha region and Namanga border crossing where 90.2% of the system evaluation conducted between Dec 2020 and Apr 2021 agreed upon App usage.
基金supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.LZJWY22E090002)the Zhejiang Provincial Water Conservancy Science and Technology Plan Project(No.RC2141),China。
文摘Transportation is the lifeblood of a modern metropolis.Accessibility generally refers to the interconnection between nodes in a regional traffic network.The purpose of the paper is to obtain more realistic and accurate measures of travel speed and to study the road traffic accessibility potential in cities.This study proposes a method for analyzing road traffic accessibility potential which is based on the average travel speed to city centers in off-peak times and which ranks 80 cities around the world.Based on the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite’s visible-infrared imaging radiometer suite(NPP-VIIRS)night-time light data,urban built-up areas and city centers were extracted.Further,with the aid of the Google Maps application programming interface(API)network crawling technique,travel times and travel distances for several optimal routes to city centers by car were obtained.Feasible proposals for improving road traffic accessibility and planning urban transportation in different cities are presented.The proposed method offers a new possibility of analyzing traffic accessibility using internet data and geo-spatial methods.
文摘在万物互联的云时代,云应用程序编程接口(API)是数字经济建设和服务化软件开发的关键数字基础设施。然而,云API数量的持续增长给用户决策和推广带来挑战,设计有效的推荐方法成为亟待解决的重要问题。现有研究多利用调用偏好、搜索关键词或二者结合进行建模,主要解决为给定Mashup推荐合适云API的问题,未考虑开发者对个性化高阶互补云API的实际需求。该文提出一种基于个性化张量分解的高阶互补云API推荐方法(Personalized Tensor Decomposition based High-order Complementary cloud API Recommendation,PTDHCR)。首先,将Mashup与云API之间的调用关系,以及云API与云API之间的互补关系建模为三维张量,并利用RECAL张量分解技术对这两种关系进行共同学习,以挖掘云API之间的个性化非对称互补关系。然后,考虑到不同互补关系对推荐结果的影响程度不同,构建个性化高阶互补感知网络,充分利用Mashup、查询云API以及候选云API的多模态特征,动态计算Mashup对不同查询和候选云API之间互补关系的关注程度。在此基础上,将个性化互补关系拓展到高阶,得到候选云API与查询云API集合的整体个性化互补性。最后,利用两个真实云API数据集进行实验,结果表明,相较于传统方法,PTDHCR在挖掘个性化互补关系和推荐方面具有较大的优势。
文摘Supermarkets and large-scale retail stores are usually subject to huge monetary transactions for certain customers’ purchases. The computerization of these systems is common in supermarkets but the security of these transactions remains a mystery. This article presents an algorithm as an API based on symmetric cryptography that can enable end-to-end encryption of a monetary transaction in a supermarket. This algorithm is the first part of the complete supermarket management system which will be presented in the following article. The Python language and the Flask framework allow us to develop the algorithm as an independent component. Tests have been performed and our algorithm uses 98.49% less memory and 10.18% time saving than the AES algorithm.
基金funded by the National University of Sciences and Technology(NUST)supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF),funded by the Ministry of Education(2021R1IIA3049788).
文摘Ransomware,particularly crypto-ransomware,remains a significant cybersecurity challenge,encrypting victim data and demanding a ransom,often leaving the data irretrievable even if payment is made.This study proposes an early detection approach to mitigate such threats by identifying ransomware activity before the encryption process begins.The approach employs a two-tiered approach:a signature-based method using hashing techniques to match known threats and a dynamic behavior-based analysis leveraging Cuckoo Sandbox and machine learning algorithms.A critical feature is the integration of the most effective Application Programming Interface call monitoring,which analyzes system-level interactions such as file encryption,key generation,and registry modifications.This enables the detection of both known and zero-day ransomware variants,overcoming limitations of traditional methods.The proposed technique was evaluated using classifiers such as Random Forest,Support Vector Machine,and K-Nearest Neighbors,achieving a detection accuracy of 98%based on 26 key ransomware attributes with an 80:20 training-to-testing ratio and 10-fold cross-validation.By combining minimal feature sets with robust behavioral analysis,the proposed method outperforms existing solutions and addresses current challenges in ransomware detection,thereby enhancing cybersecurity resilience.
文摘显示器电磁木马是通过控制计算机屏幕电磁辐射达到窃取信息目的的一种新型木马。当前的主流防护思想是用软件防护代替较为成熟但造价昂贵的硬件防护机制,然而目前软防护思想大多侧重于理论方法的探索,在实现机制上相对比较复杂。针对显示器电磁木马的工作特点提出了Soft-TEMPEST防护机制,设计了显示器电磁木马的ADFA(API Detection and Frequency Analysis)检测方法。该方法通过API函数序列的周期性挖掘分析,结合对屏幕像素信息的傅里叶变换及频谱分析,达到检测出木马进程的目的。测试结果表明,该方法能够成功检测出多种显示器电磁木马,而且原理简单,方便投入使用。
文摘传统的勒索软件动态检测方法需要收集较长时间的软件行为,难以满足勒索软件及时检测的需求.本文从勒索软件及时检测的角度出发,提出了“勒索软件检测关键时间段(Critical Time Periods for Ransomware Detection,CTP)”的概念,并基于CTP的要求提出了一种基于应用程序编程接口(Application Programming Interface,API)短序列的勒索软件早期检测方法(Ransomware Early Detection Method based on short API Sequence,REDMS).REDMS以软件在CTP内执行时所调用的API短序列为分析对象,通过n-gram模型和词频-逆文档频率算法对采集到的API短序列进行计算以生成特征向量,然后运用机器学习算法建立检测模型对勒索软件进行早期检测.实验结果显示,REDMS在API采集时段为前7s且使用随机森林算法时,分别能以98.2%、96.7%的准确率检测出已知和未知的勒索软件样本.
