In this work,we propose a multi-attempt successive cancellation list(MA-SCL)decoder for polar codes that achieves identical error-correction performance to standard SCL decoding while reducing average complexity.Unlik...In this work,we propose a multi-attempt successive cancellation list(MA-SCL)decoder for polar codes that achieves identical error-correction performance to standard SCL decoding while reducing average complexity.Unlike CRC-aided SCL,the proposed MA-SCL progressively restarts decoding with increasing list sizes and reuses information from previous attempts.This design eliminates the need for outer CRC codes.The decoder features dynamic searchspace pruning and an early stopping criterion based on path metrics.Simulations show MA-SCL matches SCL performance with lower average complexity,particularly for short polar-like codes with reed-muller(RM)rate profiles and dynamic frozen constraints.Compared to existing adaptive decoders,MA-SCL offers implementation advantages by eliminating the need for stack-/heap management while providing relatively stable latency bounds(1×to|Λ|×SCL latency).展开更多
Aiming at the poor performance of the parity check(PC) aided adaptive successive cancellation list(PC-ASCL) decoding algorithm because the PC code in the polar code can only verify odd errors, an optimized parity chec...Aiming at the poor performance of the parity check(PC) aided adaptive successive cancellation list(PC-ASCL) decoding algorithm because the PC code in the polar code can only verify odd errors, an optimized parity check(OPC) code which can verify all odd errors as well as the half even errors is proposed. The OPC code is used to improve the PC-ASCL decoding algorithm, thus an OPC aided ASCL(OPC-ASCL) decoding algorithm is proposed. In the coding stage, the algorithm divides the information sequence into multiple segments, and places an OPC code at the end of each segment to verify the current information sequence, and places a cyclic redundancy check code at the end of the entire information sequence to verify the entire information sequence. In the decoding stage, the algorithm uses the OPC-ASCL decoder to decode. Simulation results show that compared to the PC-ASCL decoding algorithm, the OPC-ASCL decoding algorithm can reduce the complexity and obtain the certain performance gain.展开更多
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)has long been regarded as a prototypical immune-cold tumor because of its dense desmoplastic stroma,limited cytotoxic lymphocyte infiltration,and poor response to immunotherapy.Ho...Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)has long been regarded as a prototypical immune-cold tumor because of its dense desmoplastic stroma,limited cytotoxic lymphocyte infiltration,and poor response to immunotherapy.However,this definition is increasingly insufficient.Recent advances in single-cell sequencing,T-cell receptor(TCR)and B-cell receptor(BCR)repertoire profiling,single-cell immune receptor sequencing,three-dimensional(3D)genome technologies,spatial transcriptomics,spatial proteomics,and artificial intelligence(AI)-assisted data integration suggest that immune failure in PDAC is not merely a consequence of reduced immune effector cell abundance(1,2).展开更多
The development of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces(BCIs)relies on multidisciplinary integration across neuroscience,artificial intelligence,flexible electronics,and systems engineering.Recent advances in deep l...The development of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces(BCIs)relies on multidisciplinary integration across neuroscience,artificial intelligence,flexible electronics,and systems engineering.Recent advances in deep learning have significantly improved the accuracy and robustness of neural signal decoding.Parallel progress in electrode design—particularly through the use of flexible and stretchable materials like nanostructured conductors and novel fabrication strategies—has enhanced wearability and operational stability.Nevertheless,key challenges persist,including individual variability,biocompatibility limitations,and susceptibility to interference in complex environments.Further validation and optimization are needed to address gaps in generalization capability,long-term reliability,and real-world operational robustness.This review systematically examines the representative progress in neural decoding algorithms and flexible bioelectronic platforms over the past decade,highlighting key design principles,material innovations,and integration strategies that are poised to advance non-invasive BCI capabilities.It also discusses the importance of multimodal data fusion,hardware-software co-optimization,and closed-loop control strategies.Furthermore,the review discusses the application potential and associated engineering challenges of this technology in clinical rehabilitation and industrial translation,aiming to provide a reference for advancing non-invasive BCIs toward practical and scalable deployment.展开更多
Cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)remain the leading global cause of death,but their progression often remains clinically silent until acute events occur.Early warning signs frequently appear as subtle hemodynamic deviatio...Cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)remain the leading global cause of death,but their progression often remains clinically silent until acute events occur.Early warning signs frequently appear as subtle hemodynamic deviations,including changes in pulse-wave morphology,blood pressure(BP)dynamics,vascular stiffness,cardiac output surrogates,and tissue perfusion[1].展开更多
Drought stands as the foremost abiotic constraint on global crop productivity.With climate change increasing the frequency and severity of drought events,a paradigm shift toward faster,more predictive,and mechanistica...Drought stands as the foremost abiotic constraint on global crop productivity.With climate change increasing the frequency and severity of drought events,a paradigm shift toward faster,more predictive,and mechanistically informed breeding is urgently required.This review synthesizes current advances to propose a connected'pixels-to-genes-to-fields'framework,integrating early drought phenotyping,causal gene discovery,AI-assisted laboratory engineering,and field-scale validation.We first examine how multimodal monitoring platforms,from satellites and UAVs to in-field sensors,coupled with advanced AI models,enable early stress detection and predictive risk mapping.We then distill the complex mechanistic pathways of drought response,spanning perception(e.g.,OSCA,MSL),signaling(ROS,CLE-ABA),stomatal regulation,and epigenetic memory,into structured biological priors.These priors,we argue,are crucial for guiding graph-based AI in identifying high-confidence genetic intervention points.At the field scale,we survey strategies where AI integrates genotype,environment,and phenomics data to model genotype-by-environment interactions and optimize trials via digital twins.At the laboratory scale,we summarize the role of AI in accelerating the design-build-test cycle through precision CRISPR design,synthetic expression engineering,and automated phenotyping.Finally,we highlight critical translational challenges,emphasizing the need for standardized data sharing,explainable AI,and responsible governance to bridge these innovations into the development of scalable,drought-resilient crop varieties.展开更多
Constituted by BCH component codes and its ordered statistics decoding(OSD),the successive cancellation list(SCL)decoding of U-UV structural codes can provide competent error-correction performance in the short-to-med...Constituted by BCH component codes and its ordered statistics decoding(OSD),the successive cancellation list(SCL)decoding of U-UV structural codes can provide competent error-correction performance in the short-to-medium length regime.However,this list decoding complexity becomes formidable as the decoding output list size increases.This is primarily incurred by the OSD.Addressing this challenge,this paper proposes the low complexity SCL decoding through reducing the complexity of component code decoding,and pruning the redundant SCL decoding paths.For the former,an efficient skipping rule is introduced for the OSD so that the higher order decoding can be skipped when they are not possible to provide a more likely codeword candidate.It is further extended to the OSD variant,the box-andmatch algorithm(BMA),in facilitating the component code decoding.Moreover,through estimating the correlation distance lower bounds(CDLBs)of the component code decoding outputs,a path pruning(PP)-SCL decoding is proposed to further facilitate the decoding of U-UV codes.In particular,its integration with the improved OSD and BMA is discussed.Simulation results show that significant complexity reduction can be achieved.Consequently,the U-UV codes can outperform the cyclic redundancy check(CRC)-polar codes with a similar decoding complexity.展开更多
Aiming at the problem that the bit error rate(BER)of asymmetrically clipped optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(ACO-OFDM)space optical communication system is significantly affected by different turbule...Aiming at the problem that the bit error rate(BER)of asymmetrically clipped optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(ACO-OFDM)space optical communication system is significantly affected by different turbulence intensities,the deep learning technique is proposed to the polarization code decoding in ACO-OFDM space optical communication system.Moreover,this system realizes the polarization code decoding and signal demodulation without frequency conduction with superior performance and robustness compared with the performance of traditional decoder.Simulations under different turbulence intensities as well as different mapping orders show that the convolutional neural network(CNN)decoder trained under weak-medium-strong turbulence atmospheric channels achieves a performance improvement of about 102compared to the conventional decoder at 4-quadrature amplitude modulation(4QAM),and the BERs for both 16QAM and 64QAM are in between those of the conventional decoder.展开更多
Space laser communication(SLC)is an emerging technology to support high-throughput data transmissions in space networks.In this paper,to guarantee the reliability of high-speed SLC links,we aim at practical implementa...Space laser communication(SLC)is an emerging technology to support high-throughput data transmissions in space networks.In this paper,to guarantee the reliability of high-speed SLC links,we aim at practical implementation of low-density paritycheck(LDPC)decoding under resource-restricted space platforms.Particularly,due to the supply restriction and cost issues of high-speed on-board devices such as analog-to-digital converters(ADCs),the input of LDPC decoding will be usually constrained by hard-decision channel output.To tackle this challenge,density-evolution-based theoretical analysis is firstly performed to identify the cause of performance degradation in the conventional binaryinitialized iterative decoding(BIID)algorithm.Then,a computation-efficient decoding algorithm named multiary-initialized iterative decoding with early termination(MIID-ET)is proposed,which improves the error-correcting performance and computation efficiency by using a reliability-based initialization method and a threshold-based decoding termination rule.Finally,numerical simulations are conducted on example codes of rates 7/8 and 1/2 to evaluate the performance of different LDPC decoding algorithms,where the proposed MIID-ET outperforms the BIID with a coding gain of 0.38 dB and variable node calculation saving of 37%.With this advantage,the proposed MIID-ET can notably reduce LDPC decoder’s hardware implementation complexity under the same bit error rate performance,which successfully doubles the total throughput to 10 Gbps on a single-chip FPGA.展开更多
To improve the decoding performance of quantum error-correcting codes in asymmetric noise channels,a neural network-based decoding algorithm for bias-tailored quantum codes is proposed.The algorithm consists of a bias...To improve the decoding performance of quantum error-correcting codes in asymmetric noise channels,a neural network-based decoding algorithm for bias-tailored quantum codes is proposed.The algorithm consists of a biased noise model,a neural belief propagation decoder,a convolutional optimization layer,and a multi-objective loss function.The biased noise model simulates asymmetric error generation,providing a training dataset for decoding.The neural network,leveraging dynamic weight learning and a multi-objective loss function,mitigates error degeneracy.Additionally,the convolutional optimization layer enhances early-stage convergence efficiency.Numerical results show that for bias-tailored quantum codes,our decoder performs much better than the belief propagation(BP)with ordered statistics decoding(BP+OSD).Our decoder achieves an order of magnitude improvement in the error suppression compared to higher-order BP+OSD.Furthermore,the decoding threshold of our decoder for surface codes reaches a high threshold of 20%.展开更多
Among the four candidate algorithms in the fourth round of NIST standardization,the BIKE(Bit Flipping Key Encapsulation)scheme has a small key size and high efficiency,showing good prospects for application.However,th...Among the four candidate algorithms in the fourth round of NIST standardization,the BIKE(Bit Flipping Key Encapsulation)scheme has a small key size and high efficiency,showing good prospects for application.However,the BIKE scheme based on QC-MDPC(Quasi Cyclic Medium Density Parity Check)codes still faces challenges such as the GJS attack and weak key attacks targeting the decoding failure rate(DFR).This paper analyzes the BGF decoding algorithm of the BIKE scheme,revealing two deep factors that lead to DFR,and proposes a weak key optimization attack method for the BGF decoding algorithm based on these two factors.The proposed method constructs a new weak key set,and experiment results eventually indicate that,considering BIKE’s parameter set targeting 128-bit security,the average decryption failure rate is lowerly bounded by.This result not only highlights a significant vulnerability in the BIKE scheme but also provides valuable insights for future improvements in its design.By addressing these weaknesses,the robustness of QC-MDPC code-based cryptographic systems can be enhanced,paving the way for more secure post-quantum cryptographic solutions.展开更多
Neural machine translation(NMT)has advanced with deep learning and large-scale multilingual models,yet translating lowresource languages often lacks sufficient training data and leads to hallucinations.This often resu...Neural machine translation(NMT)has advanced with deep learning and large-scale multilingual models,yet translating lowresource languages often lacks sufficient training data and leads to hallucinations.This often results in translated content that diverges significantly from the source text.This research proposes a refined Contrastive Decoding(CD)algorithm that dynamically adjusts weights of log probabilities from strong expert and weak amateur models to mitigate hallucinations in lowresource NMT and improve translation quality.Advanced large language NMT models,including ChatGLM and LLaMA,are fine-tuned and implemented for their superior contextual understanding and cross-lingual capabilities.The refined CD algorithm evaluates multiple candidate translations using BLEU score,semantic similarity,and Named Entity Recognition accuracy.Extensive experimental results show substantial improvements in translation quality and a significant reduction in hallucination rates.Fine-tuned models achieve higher evaluation metrics compared to baseline models and state-of-the-art models.An ablation study confirms the contributions of each methodological component and highlights the effectiveness of the refined CD algorithm and advanced models in mitigating hallucinations.Notably,the refined methodology increased the BLEU score by approximately 30%compared to baseline models.展开更多
Shortening is a standard rate-matching method for polar codes in wireless communications.Since polarization-adjusted convolu⁃tional(PAC)codes also have a block length limited to the integer powers of two,they also req...Shortening is a standard rate-matching method for polar codes in wireless communications.Since polarization-adjusted convolu⁃tional(PAC)codes also have a block length limited to the integer powers of two,they also require rate-matching.To this end,we first analyze the limitations of existing shortening patterns for PAC codes and explore their feasibility.Subsequently,we propose a novel shortening scheme for PAC codes based on list decoding,where the receiver is allowed to treat the values of the deleted bits as undetermined.This ap⁃proach uses a specialized PAC codeword and activates multiple decoding paths during the initialization of list decoding,enabling it to achieve the desired reliability.展开更多
Linear programming(LP)decoding is a classic decoding method for linear block codes,and has attracted recent researches because its potential in joint channel processing.However,for polar codes,LP decoders has long bee...Linear programming(LP)decoding is a classic decoding method for linear block codes,and has attracted recent researches because its potential in joint channel processing.However,for polar codes,LP decoders has long been outperformed by CRCaided successive cancellation list(CA-SCL)decoders.To increase the competitiveness of 5G NR LP polar decoding,it is possible to gain performance improvements by exploiting the cyclic redundancy check(CRC)setup.In this paper,we propose a combined scheme of reduced sparsified factor graph-sparsified CRC(RSFG-SCRC)and augmented generator matrix-CRC(AGM-CRC),for polytope generation in adaptive linear programming(ALP)decoder for 5G polar codes.Augmented generator matrix(AGM)polytope and improved maximum cycle strategy-auxiliary node pairs 4(MCS-ANP-4)algorithm are proposed,to make efficient use of CRC constraints and minimize the constraint size for the decoder.Numerical simulations show that adaptive linear programming decoders with our proposed RSFG-SCRC and AGM-CRC polytopes can achieve significantly better block error rate(BLER)performance than a benchmark CA-SCL-8 decoder especially in harsh low-to-medium SNR regions.展开更多
Quantum key distribution(QKD)is a method for secure communication that utilizes quantum mechanics principles to distribute cryptographic keys between parties.Integrated photonics offer benefits such as compactness,sca...Quantum key distribution(QKD)is a method for secure communication that utilizes quantum mechanics principles to distribute cryptographic keys between parties.Integrated photonics offer benefits such as compactness,scalability,energy efficiency and the potential for extensive integration.We have achieved BB84 phase encoding and decoding,time-bin phase QKD,and the coherent one-way(COW)protocol on a planar lightwave circuit(PLC)platform.At the optimal temperature,our chip successfully prepared quantum states,performed decoding and calculated the secure key rate of the time-bin phasedecoding QKD to be 80.46 kbps over a 20 km transmission with a quantum bit error rate(QBER)of 4.23%.The secure key rate of the COW protocol was 18.18 kbps,with a phase error rate of 3.627%and a time error rate of 0.377%.The uniqueness of this technology lies in its combination of high integration and protocol flexibility,providing an innovative solution for the development of future quantum communication networks.展开更多
A novel dual-branch decoding fusion convolutional neural network model(DDFNet)specifically designed for real-time salient object detection(SOD)on steel surfaces is proposed.DDFNet is based on a standard encoder–decod...A novel dual-branch decoding fusion convolutional neural network model(DDFNet)specifically designed for real-time salient object detection(SOD)on steel surfaces is proposed.DDFNet is based on a standard encoder–decoder architecture.DDFNet integrates three key innovations:first,we introduce a novel,lightweight multi-scale progressive aggregation residual network that effectively suppresses background interference and refines defect details,enabling efficient salient feature extraction.Then,we propose an innovative dual-branch decoding fusion structure,comprising the refined defect representation branch and the enhanced defect representation branch,which enhance accuracy in defect region identification and feature representation.Additionally,to further improve the detection of small and complex defects,we incorporate a multi-scale attention fusion module.Experimental results on the public ESDIs-SOD dataset show that DDFNet,with only 3.69 million parameters,achieves detection performance comparable to current state-of-the-art models,demonstrating its potential for real-time industrial applications.Furthermore,our DDFNet-L variant consistently outperforms leading methods in detection performance.The code is available at http://gffzz188fe103f8f1460as5p90bcvbc6nv6uxp.ffgz.tsg.suse.edu.cn/13140W/DDFNet.展开更多
Quantum algorithms have demonstrated provable speedups over classical counterparts,yet establishing a comprehensive theoretical framework to understand the quantum advantage remains a core challenge.In this work,we de...Quantum algorithms have demonstrated provable speedups over classical counterparts,yet establishing a comprehensive theoretical framework to understand the quantum advantage remains a core challenge.In this work,we decode the quantum search advantage by investigating the critical role of quantum state properties in random-walk-based algorithms.We propose three distinct variants of quantum random-walk search algorithms and derive exact analytical expressions for their success probabilities.These probabilities are fundamentally determined by specific initial state properties:the coherence fraction governs the first algorithm’s performance,while entanglement and coherence dominate the outcomes of the second and third algorithms,respectively.We show that increased coherence fraction enhances success probability,but greater entanglement and coherence reduce it in the latter two cases.These findings reveal fundamental insights into harnessing quantum properties for advantage and guide algorithm design.Our searches achieve Grover-like speedups and show significant potential for quantum-enhanced machine learning.展开更多
Transfer RNAs(tRNAs)adopt a stable L-shaped tertiary structure crucial for their involvement in protein translation.Among various divalent metal ions,magnesium ions play a pivotal role in preserving the tertiary struc...Transfer RNAs(tRNAs)adopt a stable L-shaped tertiary structure crucial for their involvement in protein translation.Among various divalent metal ions,magnesium ions play a pivotal role in preserving the tertiary structure of tRNA.However,the precise location of the Mg2+binding pocket in human tRNA remains elusive.In this investigation,we identified the Mg2+binding site within human tRNAGln using suppressor tRNAGln.This variant of tRNA recognizes premature stop codons(specificlly UAG)and facilitates the expression of fll-length proteis.By mutating sites 8 and C72 in supprssr tRNAcl,we assessed the decoding efficiency of the resulting mutant suppressor tRNAs,which serves as a measure of tRNA's ability to decode genetic information.Our analysis revealed that the U8C mutant suppressor tRNA exhibited a significantly lower Mg2+content compared to the C72U mutant.Furthermore,we observed a notable reduction in decoding efficiency in the U8-mutated suppressor tRNA,as evidenced by GFP fluorescence and Western blotting analysis.Conversely,mutations at the C72 site had a comparatively minor impact on decoding efficiency.These findings underscored the tight binding of Mg2+to the U8 site of human tRNAGln,crucial for maintaining the stability of tRNA tertiary structure and translation efficacy.Additionally,our investigation delved into the influence of glutamine availability on tRNA decoding efficiency at the cellular level.The results indicated that both the concentration of amino acids and the codon context of TAG could modulate tRNA decoding efficiency.This study provided valuable insights into the structure and function of tRNA,laying the groundwork for further exploration in this field.展开更多
The 51st China Beijing International Gifts,Premium and Houseware Exhibition(hereinafter referred to as the Gifts Exhibition) officially opened the kaleidoscope of creative gifts at China International Exhibition Cente...The 51st China Beijing International Gifts,Premium and Houseware Exhibition(hereinafter referred to as the Gifts Exhibition) officially opened the kaleidoscope of creative gifts at China International Exhibition Center (Chaoyang Pavilion) on March 20th.More than 900 exhibitors built an aesthetic corridor of quality life with 200,000 gifts.展开更多
基金supported by the 2025 Start-up Research Fund(Grant No.JIH2333002Y)from Fudan Universitysupported in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities+3 种基金the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Community Joint Research(Basic Research)Project under Grant BK20244006111 project BP0719010STCSM 22DZ2229005supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No.62595745
摘要In this work,we propose a multi-attempt successive cancellation list(MA-SCL)decoder for polar codes that achieves identical error-correction performance to standard SCL decoding while reducing average complexity.Unlike CRC-aided SCL,the proposed MA-SCL progressively restarts decoding with increasing list sizes and reuses information from previous attempts.This design eliminates the need for outer CRC codes.The decoder features dynamic searchspace pruning and an early stopping criterion based on path metrics.Simulations show MA-SCL matches SCL performance with lower average complexity,particularly for short polar-like codes with reed-muller(RM)rate profiles and dynamic frozen constraints.Compared to existing adaptive decoders,MA-SCL offers implementation advantages by eliminating the need for stack-/heap management while providing relatively stable latency bounds(1×to|Λ|×SCL latency).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U21A20447 and 61971079)。
摘要Aiming at the poor performance of the parity check(PC) aided adaptive successive cancellation list(PC-ASCL) decoding algorithm because the PC code in the polar code can only verify odd errors, an optimized parity check(OPC) code which can verify all odd errors as well as the half even errors is proposed. The OPC code is used to improve the PC-ASCL decoding algorithm, thus an OPC aided ASCL(OPC-ASCL) decoding algorithm is proposed. In the coding stage, the algorithm divides the information sequence into multiple segments, and places an OPC code at the end of each segment to verify the current information sequence, and places a cyclic redundancy check code at the end of the entire information sequence to verify the entire information sequence. In the decoding stage, the algorithm uses the OPC-ASCL decoder to decode. Simulation results show that compared to the PC-ASCL decoding algorithm, the OPC-ASCL decoding algorithm can reduce the complexity and obtain the certain performance gain.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82541012 and No.82571996)。
摘要Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)has long been regarded as a prototypical immune-cold tumor because of its dense desmoplastic stroma,limited cytotoxic lymphocyte infiltration,and poor response to immunotherapy.However,this definition is increasingly insufficient.Recent advances in single-cell sequencing,T-cell receptor(TCR)and B-cell receptor(BCR)repertoire profiling,single-cell immune receptor sequencing,three-dimensional(3D)genome technologies,spatial transcriptomics,spatial proteomics,and artificial intelligence(AI)-assisted data integration suggest that immune failure in PDAC is not merely a consequence of reduced immune effector cell abundance(1,2).
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars(62325403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62504103 and 82002454)+4 种基金the Basic Research Program of Jiangsu(BK20251214)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20230498)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant Number 2025T180143 and 2025M770547the Medical Scientific Research Project of Jiangsu Health Commission(ZD2021011)the Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent(2024ZB427)。
摘要The development of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces(BCIs)relies on multidisciplinary integration across neuroscience,artificial intelligence,flexible electronics,and systems engineering.Recent advances in deep learning have significantly improved the accuracy and robustness of neural signal decoding.Parallel progress in electrode design—particularly through the use of flexible and stretchable materials like nanostructured conductors and novel fabrication strategies—has enhanced wearability and operational stability.Nevertheless,key challenges persist,including individual variability,biocompatibility limitations,and susceptibility to interference in complex environments.Further validation and optimization are needed to address gaps in generalization capability,long-term reliability,and real-world operational robustness.This review systematically examines the representative progress in neural decoding algorithms and flexible bioelectronic platforms over the past decade,highlighting key design principles,material innovations,and integration strategies that are poised to advance non-invasive BCI capabilities.It also discusses the importance of multimodal data fusion,hardware-software co-optimization,and closed-loop control strategies.Furthermore,the review discusses the application potential and associated engineering challenges of this technology in clinical rehabilitation and industrial translation,aiming to provide a reference for advancing non-invasive BCIs toward practical and scalable deployment.
基金upported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62574131)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(YG2025ZD18)+1 种基金the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission(2024ZZ2002)the Innovative Research Team of high-level local universities in Shanghai.
摘要Cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)remain the leading global cause of death,but their progression often remains clinically silent until acute events occur.Early warning signs frequently appear as subtle hemodynamic deviations,including changes in pulse-wave morphology,blood pressure(BP)dynamics,vascular stiffness,cardiac output surrogates,and tissue perfusion[1].
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32271913)the National Tropical Agriculture Science and Technology Innovation Project for the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences(CATAS202617)the Project of State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding(NKLTCBZRJJ6).
摘要Drought stands as the foremost abiotic constraint on global crop productivity.With climate change increasing the frequency and severity of drought events,a paradigm shift toward faster,more predictive,and mechanistically informed breeding is urgently required.This review synthesizes current advances to propose a connected'pixels-to-genes-to-fields'framework,integrating early drought phenotyping,causal gene discovery,AI-assisted laboratory engineering,and field-scale validation.We first examine how multimodal monitoring platforms,from satellites and UAVs to in-field sensors,coupled with advanced AI models,enable early stress detection and predictive risk mapping.We then distill the complex mechanistic pathways of drought response,spanning perception(e.g.,OSCA,MSL),signaling(ROS,CLE-ABA),stomatal regulation,and epigenetic memory,into structured biological priors.These priors,we argue,are crucial for guiding graph-based AI in identifying high-confidence genetic intervention points.At the field scale,we survey strategies where AI integrates genotype,environment,and phenomics data to model genotype-by-environment interactions and optimize trials via digital twins.At the laboratory scale,we summarize the role of AI in accelerating the design-build-test cycle through precision CRISPR design,synthetic expression engineering,and automated phenotyping.Finally,we highlight critical translational challenges,emphasizing the need for standardized data sharing,explainable AI,and responsible governance to bridge these innovations into the development of scalable,drought-resilient crop varieties.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)with project ID 62071498the Guangdong National Science Foundation(GDNSF)with project ID 2024A1515010213.
摘要Constituted by BCH component codes and its ordered statistics decoding(OSD),the successive cancellation list(SCL)decoding of U-UV structural codes can provide competent error-correction performance in the short-to-medium length regime.However,this list decoding complexity becomes formidable as the decoding output list size increases.This is primarily incurred by the OSD.Addressing this challenge,this paper proposes the low complexity SCL decoding through reducing the complexity of component code decoding,and pruning the redundant SCL decoding paths.For the former,an efficient skipping rule is introduced for the OSD so that the higher order decoding can be skipped when they are not possible to provide a more likely codeword candidate.It is further extended to the OSD variant,the box-andmatch algorithm(BMA),in facilitating the component code decoding.Moreover,through estimating the correlation distance lower bounds(CDLBs)of the component code decoding outputs,a path pruning(PP)-SCL decoding is proposed to further facilitate the decoding of U-UV codes.In particular,its integration with the improved OSD and BMA is discussed.Simulation results show that significant complexity reduction can be achieved.Consequently,the U-UV codes can outperform the cyclic redundancy check(CRC)-polar codes with a similar decoding complexity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12104141).
摘要Aiming at the problem that the bit error rate(BER)of asymmetrically clipped optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(ACO-OFDM)space optical communication system is significantly affected by different turbulence intensities,the deep learning technique is proposed to the polarization code decoding in ACO-OFDM space optical communication system.Moreover,this system realizes the polarization code decoding and signal demodulation without frequency conduction with superior performance and robustness compared with the performance of traditional decoder.Simulations under different turbulence intensities as well as different mapping orders show that the convolutional neural network(CNN)decoder trained under weak-medium-strong turbulence atmospheric channels achieves a performance improvement of about 102compared to the conventional decoder at 4-quadrature amplitude modulation(4QAM),and the BERs for both 16QAM and 64QAM are in between those of the conventional decoder.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1005000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62101308 and 62025110).
摘要Space laser communication(SLC)is an emerging technology to support high-throughput data transmissions in space networks.In this paper,to guarantee the reliability of high-speed SLC links,we aim at practical implementation of low-density paritycheck(LDPC)decoding under resource-restricted space platforms.Particularly,due to the supply restriction and cost issues of high-speed on-board devices such as analog-to-digital converters(ADCs),the input of LDPC decoding will be usually constrained by hard-decision channel output.To tackle this challenge,density-evolution-based theoretical analysis is firstly performed to identify the cause of performance degradation in the conventional binaryinitialized iterative decoding(BIID)algorithm.Then,a computation-efficient decoding algorithm named multiary-initialized iterative decoding with early termination(MIID-ET)is proposed,which improves the error-correcting performance and computation efficiency by using a reliability-based initialization method and a threshold-based decoding termination rule.Finally,numerical simulations are conducted on example codes of rates 7/8 and 1/2 to evaluate the performance of different LDPC decoding algorithms,where the proposed MIID-ET outperforms the BIID with a coding gain of 0.38 dB and variable node calculation saving of 37%.With this advantage,the proposed MIID-ET can notably reduce LDPC decoder’s hardware implementation complexity under the same bit error rate performance,which successfully doubles the total throughput to 10 Gbps on a single-chip FPGA.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62371240,61802175,62401266,and 12201300)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFB3103800)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20241452)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.30923011014)the fund of Laboratory for Advanced Computing and Intelligence Engineering(Grant No.2023-LYJJ-01-009)。
摘要To improve the decoding performance of quantum error-correcting codes in asymmetric noise channels,a neural network-based decoding algorithm for bias-tailored quantum codes is proposed.The algorithm consists of a biased noise model,a neural belief propagation decoder,a convolutional optimization layer,and a multi-objective loss function.The biased noise model simulates asymmetric error generation,providing a training dataset for decoding.The neural network,leveraging dynamic weight learning and a multi-objective loss function,mitigates error degeneracy.Additionally,the convolutional optimization layer enhances early-stage convergence efficiency.Numerical results show that for bias-tailored quantum codes,our decoder performs much better than the belief propagation(BP)with ordered statistics decoding(BP+OSD).Our decoder achieves an order of magnitude improvement in the error suppression compared to higher-order BP+OSD.Furthermore,the decoding threshold of our decoder for surface codes reaches a high threshold of 20%.
基金funded by Beijing Institute of Electronic Science and Technology Postgraduate Excellence Demonstration Course Project(20230002Z0452).
摘要Among the four candidate algorithms in the fourth round of NIST standardization,the BIKE(Bit Flipping Key Encapsulation)scheme has a small key size and high efficiency,showing good prospects for application.However,the BIKE scheme based on QC-MDPC(Quasi Cyclic Medium Density Parity Check)codes still faces challenges such as the GJS attack and weak key attacks targeting the decoding failure rate(DFR).This paper analyzes the BGF decoding algorithm of the BIKE scheme,revealing two deep factors that lead to DFR,and proposes a weak key optimization attack method for the BGF decoding algorithm based on these two factors.The proposed method constructs a new weak key set,and experiment results eventually indicate that,considering BIKE’s parameter set targeting 128-bit security,the average decryption failure rate is lowerly bounded by.This result not only highlights a significant vulnerability in the BIKE scheme but also provides valuable insights for future improvements in its design.By addressing these weaknesses,the robustness of QC-MDPC code-based cryptographic systems can be enhanced,paving the way for more secure post-quantum cryptographic solutions.
基金M.Faheem is supported by VTT Technical Research Center of Finland.
摘要Neural machine translation(NMT)has advanced with deep learning and large-scale multilingual models,yet translating lowresource languages often lacks sufficient training data and leads to hallucinations.This often results in translated content that diverges significantly from the source text.This research proposes a refined Contrastive Decoding(CD)algorithm that dynamically adjusts weights of log probabilities from strong expert and weak amateur models to mitigate hallucinations in lowresource NMT and improve translation quality.Advanced large language NMT models,including ChatGLM and LLaMA,are fine-tuned and implemented for their superior contextual understanding and cross-lingual capabilities.The refined CD algorithm evaluates multiple candidate translations using BLEU score,semantic similarity,and Named Entity Recognition accuracy.Extensive experimental results show substantial improvements in translation quality and a significant reduction in hallucination rates.Fine-tuned models achieve higher evaluation metrics compared to baseline models and state-of-the-art models.An ablation study confirms the contributions of each methodological component and highlights the effectiveness of the refined CD algorithm and advanced models in mitigating hallucinations.Notably,the refined methodology increased the BLEU score by approximately 30%compared to baseline models.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Sciences Foun⁃dation of China(NSFC)under Grant Nos.62301185 and 62027802in part by ZTE Industry⁃University-Institute Cooperation Fundsin part by The Major Key Project of PCL under Grant No.PCL2024A01.
摘要Shortening is a standard rate-matching method for polar codes in wireless communications.Since polarization-adjusted convolu⁃tional(PAC)codes also have a block length limited to the integer powers of two,they also require rate-matching.To this end,we first analyze the limitations of existing shortening patterns for PAC codes and explore their feasibility.Subsequently,we propose a novel shortening scheme for PAC codes based on list decoding,where the receiver is allowed to treat the values of the deleted bits as undetermined.This ap⁃proach uses a specialized PAC codeword and activates multiple decoding paths during the initialization of list decoding,enabling it to achieve the desired reliability.
基金supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020M670469)National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFB1803303,No.2020YFB1806702).
摘要Linear programming(LP)decoding is a classic decoding method for linear block codes,and has attracted recent researches because its potential in joint channel processing.However,for polar codes,LP decoders has long been outperformed by CRCaided successive cancellation list(CA-SCL)decoders.To increase the competitiveness of 5G NR LP polar decoding,it is possible to gain performance improvements by exploiting the cyclic redundancy check(CRC)setup.In this paper,we propose a combined scheme of reduced sparsified factor graph-sparsified CRC(RSFG-SCRC)and augmented generator matrix-CRC(AGM-CRC),for polytope generation in adaptive linear programming(ALP)decoder for 5G polar codes.Augmented generator matrix(AGM)polytope and improved maximum cycle strategy-auxiliary node pairs 4(MCS-ANP-4)algorithm are proposed,to make efficient use of CRC constraints and minimize the constraint size for the decoder.Numerical simulations show that adaptive linear programming decoders with our proposed RSFG-SCRC and AGM-CRC polytopes can achieve significantly better block error rate(BLER)performance than a benchmark CA-SCL-8 decoder especially in harsh low-to-medium SNR regions.
基金supported by the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0300701)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFA0306403)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB43000000).
摘要Quantum key distribution(QKD)is a method for secure communication that utilizes quantum mechanics principles to distribute cryptographic keys between parties.Integrated photonics offer benefits such as compactness,scalability,energy efficiency and the potential for extensive integration.We have achieved BB84 phase encoding and decoding,time-bin phase QKD,and the coherent one-way(COW)protocol on a planar lightwave circuit(PLC)platform.At the optimal temperature,our chip successfully prepared quantum states,performed decoding and calculated the secure key rate of the time-bin phasedecoding QKD to be 80.46 kbps over a 20 km transmission with a quantum bit error rate(QBER)of 4.23%.The secure key rate of the COW protocol was 18.18 kbps,with a phase error rate of 3.627%and a time error rate of 0.377%.The uniqueness of this technology lies in its combination of high integration and protocol flexibility,providing an innovative solution for the development of future quantum communication networks.
基金supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2023YFB3307604)the Shanxi Province Basic Research Program Youth Science Research Project(Grant Nos.202303021212054 and 202303021212046)+3 种基金the Key Projects Supported by Hebei Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.E2024203125)the National Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52105391)the Hebei Provincial Science and Technology Major Project(Grant No.23280101Z)the National Key Laboratory of Metal Forming Technology and Heavy Equipment Open Fund(Grant No.S2308100.W17).
摘要A novel dual-branch decoding fusion convolutional neural network model(DDFNet)specifically designed for real-time salient object detection(SOD)on steel surfaces is proposed.DDFNet is based on a standard encoder–decoder architecture.DDFNet integrates three key innovations:first,we introduce a novel,lightweight multi-scale progressive aggregation residual network that effectively suppresses background interference and refines defect details,enabling efficient salient feature extraction.Then,we propose an innovative dual-branch decoding fusion structure,comprising the refined defect representation branch and the enhanced defect representation branch,which enhance accuracy in defect region identification and feature representation.Additionally,to further improve the detection of small and complex defects,we incorporate a multi-scale attention fusion module.Experimental results on the public ESDIs-SOD dataset show that DDFNet,with only 3.69 million parameters,achieves detection performance comparable to current state-of-the-art models,demonstrating its potential for real-time industrial applications.Furthermore,our DDFNet-L variant consistently outperforms leading methods in detection performance.The code is available at http://gffzz188fe103f8f1460as5p90bcvbc6nv6uxp.ffgz.tsg.suse.edu.cn/13140W/DDFNet.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12371132,12075159,12171044,12071179,and 12405006)the specific research fund of the Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province.
摘要Quantum algorithms have demonstrated provable speedups over classical counterparts,yet establishing a comprehensive theoretical framework to understand the quantum advantage remains a core challenge.In this work,we decode the quantum search advantage by investigating the critical role of quantum state properties in random-walk-based algorithms.We propose three distinct variants of quantum random-walk search algorithms and derive exact analytical expressions for their success probabilities.These probabilities are fundamentally determined by specific initial state properties:the coherence fraction governs the first algorithm’s performance,while entanglement and coherence dominate the outcomes of the second and third algorithms,respectively.We show that increased coherence fraction enhances success probability,but greater entanglement and coherence reduce it in the latter two cases.These findings reveal fundamental insights into harnessing quantum properties for advantage and guide algorithm design.Our searches achieve Grover-like speedups and show significant potential for quantum-enhanced machine learning.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U23A20106)National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.91510100MA6CG8UJ4K)。
摘要Transfer RNAs(tRNAs)adopt a stable L-shaped tertiary structure crucial for their involvement in protein translation.Among various divalent metal ions,magnesium ions play a pivotal role in preserving the tertiary structure of tRNA.However,the precise location of the Mg2+binding pocket in human tRNA remains elusive.In this investigation,we identified the Mg2+binding site within human tRNAGln using suppressor tRNAGln.This variant of tRNA recognizes premature stop codons(specificlly UAG)and facilitates the expression of fll-length proteis.By mutating sites 8 and C72 in supprssr tRNAcl,we assessed the decoding efficiency of the resulting mutant suppressor tRNAs,which serves as a measure of tRNA's ability to decode genetic information.Our analysis revealed that the U8C mutant suppressor tRNA exhibited a significantly lower Mg2+content compared to the C72U mutant.Furthermore,we observed a notable reduction in decoding efficiency in the U8-mutated suppressor tRNA,as evidenced by GFP fluorescence and Western blotting analysis.Conversely,mutations at the C72 site had a comparatively minor impact on decoding efficiency.These findings underscored the tight binding of Mg2+to the U8 site of human tRNAGln,crucial for maintaining the stability of tRNA tertiary structure and translation efficacy.Additionally,our investigation delved into the influence of glutamine availability on tRNA decoding efficiency at the cellular level.The results indicated that both the concentration of amino acids and the codon context of TAG could modulate tRNA decoding efficiency.This study provided valuable insights into the structure and function of tRNA,laying the groundwork for further exploration in this field.
摘要The 51st China Beijing International Gifts,Premium and Houseware Exhibition(hereinafter referred to as the Gifts Exhibition) officially opened the kaleidoscope of creative gifts at China International Exhibition Center (Chaoyang Pavilion) on March 20th.More than 900 exhibitors built an aesthetic corridor of quality life with 200,000 gifts.