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http://mcm.tzmcm.cn 9 K7 Z4 T2 @: T+ F/ c- Z# X5 qProblem A (MCM) - H" Z/ \9 w# }How Pterosaurs Fly 1 q1 _3 Y" l1 |# kPterosaurs is an extinct clade of flflying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They$ s# D2 w# H% ?% U4 r
existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of- n ^! F% f9 h3 [1 T
the Cretaceous. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved. b) C% L* ^+ v+ V7 H4 f! O
powered flflight. Their wings were formed by a membrane of skin, muscle, and' n4 {% |, k- k/ s% d) A( Y
other tissues stretching from the ankles to a dramatically lengthened fourth 6 W9 n% I! B# Nfifinger[1].3 a- w* F$ S& o- a
There were two major types of pterosaurs. Basal pterosaurs were smaller' X# H/ p& J( x C$ m# C1 k
animals with fully toothed jaws and long tails usually. Their wide wing mem1 p4 s9 b9 C6 ^- [
branes probably included and connected the hind legs. On the ground, they 0 f, K1 _3 x. F3 B- h) ^7 ~would have had an awkward sprawling posture, but their joint anatomy and ; m% e; n0 U+ v. ~' U1 a6 m+ Q" E2 istrong claws would have made them effffective climbers, and they may have lived 9 @$ F6 v, R/ F x; f+ bin trees. Basal pterosaurs were insectivores or predators of small vertebrates. 2 \: ^, v4 | MLater pterosaurs (pterodactyloids) evolved many sizes, shapes, and lifestyles. ( H( c1 U) ?( t2 d4 LPterodactyloids had narrower wings with free hind limbs, highly reduced tails,5 D9 I' ~' z+ |+ m
and long necks with large heads. On the ground, pterodactyloids walked well on {/ }1 o0 a Pall four limbs with an upright posture, standing plantigrade on the hind feet and ) @9 _+ N) R, a3 Hfolding the wing fifinger upward to walk on the three-fifingered “hand”. The fossil) h, v1 S s) u4 v( @* y
trackways show at least some species were able to run and wade or swim[2]. 4 S6 _* @# P' p: v" w! x( H2 iPterosaurs sported coats of hair-like fifilaments known as pycnofifibers, which l( Z2 E) a) B& Qcovered their bodies and parts of their wings[3]. In life, pterosaurs would have# w7 R" `% \ @* d4 T H* [% b- _
had smooth or flfluffffy coats that did not resemble bird feathers. Earlier sug / e3 n9 t9 [: Wgestions were that pterosaurs were largely cold-blooded gliding animals, de- n3 U3 f8 n' U# Y' _, _
riving warmth from the environment like modern lizards, rather than burning 5 f; t R# \& H2 bcalories. However, later studies have shown that they may be warm-blooded/ s' w. c$ E8 u+ \ h( }
(endothermic), active animals. The respiratory system had effiffifficient unidirec, [9 F% E* O. S; @
tional “flflow-through” breathing using air sacs, which hollowed out their bones ! H3 A/ X4 b/ l4 e5 [9 l' |to an extreme extent. Pterosaurs spanned a wide range of adult sizes, from, L R% O) f* W$ ]
the very small anurognathids to the largest known flflying creatures, including 7 r- G# B/ O1 R( O m3 ]Quetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx[4][5], which reached wingspans of at least* w3 I" ~; V! _$ f# k: N) d }
nine metres. The combination of endothermy, a good oxygen supply and strong - q6 ~6 N% Y( q b- g3 J5 F# I1muscles made pterosaurs powerful and capable flflyers. 3 h% s9 H1 ^/ s* ], w" w, MThe mechanics of pterosaur flflight are not completely understood or modeled+ n2 s; |6 T5 S e
at this time. Katsufumi Sato did calculations using modern birds and concluded 9 L8 w& [+ |- P5 n ithat it was impossible for a pterosaur to stay aloft[6]. In the book Posture,, j% x% Z3 \, Z# A
Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs it is theorized that they were able: _2 k( n1 B- f/ U5 M6 U
to flfly due to the oxygen-rich, dense atmosphere of the Late Cretaceous period[7].% y( ]* N/ h5 | }
However, both Sato and the authors of Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology0 T7 G5 [! l) G
of Pterosaurs based their research on the now-outdated theories of pterosaurs( p k* a Y i; g* p* |
being seabird-like, and the size limit does not apply to terrestrial pterosaurs, 2 b1 a1 e+ H( u& Vsuch as azhdarchids and tapejarids. Furthermore, Darren Naish concluded that 0 V/ d- k" g% ]# Z' S q# u; Aatmospheric difffferences between the present and the Mesozoic were not needed 7 f: H, E: U! D& S& s, l; bfor the giant size of pterosaurs[8].7 l0 P( P8 j- D7 \
Another issue that has been diffiffifficult to understand is how they took offff. ; A- y+ [3 @4 VIf pterosaurs were cold-blooded animals, it was unclear how the larger ones # N8 J' @0 `0 Z% h* z+ ^$ wof enormous size, with an ineffiffifficient cold-blooded metabolism, could manage/ C W4 J+ b$ K$ X- T
a bird-like takeoffff strategy, using only the hind limbs to generate thrust for$ G7 ^( ]+ v% [; A( Y
getting airborne. Later research shows them instead as being warm-blooded - U0 m3 e: m5 z+ ]6 v$ x6 Sand having powerful flflight muscles, and using the flflight muscles for walking as ( ` \. H4 `7 t; t! @$ m# ?4 Nquadrupeds[9]. Mark Witton of the University of Portsmouth and Mike Habib of2 y3 t* o- {5 k o5 r5 X
Johns Hopkins University suggested that pterosaurs used a vaulting mechanism 9 P" a7 e% p) r) G" |to obtain flflight[10]. The tremendous power of their winged forelimbs would . v/ N2 {8 K% denable them to take offff with ease[9]. Once aloft, pterosaurs could reach speeds 4 M; ]3 z, w# Y. S: L8 x% Zof up to 120 km/h and travel thousands of kilometres[10].! y" h, D' W& p
Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model of the 3 C2 \2 @$ w9 ` N# }: qflflight process of at least one large pterosaur based on fossil measurements and $ Y' G8 Z9 w5 D! D0 w( |to answer the following questions.* D# K# R# i8 e
1. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its average speed during nor / Q7 T4 Q2 K" jmal flflight. \0 ?) q+ ?' o! p7 N2 ?2. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its wing-flflap frequency during : ]0 [& ?" Y$ N2 _normal flflight. 0 l+ ]: o$ x: X/ W3. Study how large pterosaurs take offff; is it possible for them to take offff like6 ]% j$ f7 X* j% F5 U
birds on flflat ground or on water? Explain the reasons quantitatively. * w2 ~ V. k0 D* x7 }/ QReferences : T6 s3 Q [* @" g, A) H# l+ H[1] Elgin RA, Hone DW, Frey E (2011). The Extent of the Pterosaur Flight " h9 r! z& T. D/ BMembrane. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (1): 99-111.* `# f0 S/ X+ `
2[2] Mark Witton. Terrestrial Locomotion. - W/ V! J7 Y0 G V8 ~! O( Mhttps://pterosaur.net/terrestrial locomotion.php . Q( B |( q1 I- z5 `* o[3] Laura Geggel. It’s Offiffifficial: Those Flying Reptiles Called Pterosaurs + J$ ?2 R; t- ~# x5 k0 zWere Covered in Fluffffy Feathers. https://www.livescience.com/64324- / K! T' s4 ]: V4 @pterosaurs-had-feathers.html Y6 K. r' c, \ W0 p# I[4] Wang, X.; Kellner, A.W.A.; Zhou, Z.; Campos, D.A. (2008). Discovery of a 7 n% C, u( m2 d1 C% B y" Vrare arboreal forest-dwelling flflying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) 8 X; W$ z& u& b5 W. `/ sfrom China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (6):0 i! a" ~3 y& x; c
1983-87. 0 ]% n4 f7 y+ _3 n/ {. J[5] Buffffetaut E, Grigorescu D, Csiki Z. A new giant pterosaur with a robust ; W1 p, _% `- s! z! i4 \skull from the latest cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften. 89 (4):3 O5 S# Z2 g H& r
180-84. : {3 k, j, E5 A. o9 [/ c[6] Devin Powell. Were pterosaurs too big to flfly?/ N) x5 u* o7 ]/ j
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026763-800-were-pterosaurs , L9 Z$ a i+ `too-big-to-flfly/ 2 z8 Y7 V( n7 |% _8 b3 z5 F" N[7] Templin, R. J.; Chatterjee, Sankar. Posture, locomotion, and paleoecology 3 B8 s4 y' L8 X4 f9 s+ h5 n9 ]% uof pterosaurs. Boulder, Colo: Geological Society of America. p. 60.; _2 K! L) N6 C
[8] Naish, Darren. Pterosaurs breathed in bird-like fashion and had inflflatable2 ?! O) L- v1 d" x) ?
air sacs in their wings. 7 P9 s9 o. p- S7 e. f' G) E" m; b' Chttps://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/02/18/pterosaur 4 ~/ @( ]4 }+ N3 Nbreathing-air-sacs " c; ?# f8 D% m3 }" a% k2 x[9] Mark Witton. Why pterosaurs weren’t so scary after all. / ~0 s w- w% x# Phttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/11/pterosaurs-fossils 2 ?( V7 z5 L5 b; xresearch-mark-witton i8 i) n8 I8 }3 B[10] Jeffff Hecht. Did giant pterosaurs vault aloft like vampire bats?& x% M- S( m4 a; f7 k' ]3 A
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19724-did-giant-pterosaurs5 D7 F+ ~- I. c1 `3 c5 q( C
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Problem B (MCM) 9 v5 g2 W5 @ i. YThe Genetic Process of Sequences1 h1 o9 R5 F0 Y* M
Sequence homology is the biological homology between DNA, RNA, or protein # o/ ?( x ~9 ~( v, M/ B9 Vsequences, defifined in terms of shared ancestry in the evolutionary history of 0 }9 F! Y$ F$ F# k( Z" g9 u# ~' plife[1]. Homology among DNA, RNA, or proteins is typically inferred from their' ?3 C5 q A7 a9 H( C5 N; q' L) z
nucleotide or amino acid sequence similarity. Signifificant similarity is strong 4 C; N/ g6 `/ w. V% ~! S$ Fevidence that two sequences are related by evolutionary changes from a common * n1 P9 s# p9 z& p2 Oancestral sequence[2]. + F! C g' R; f& |Consider the genetic process of a RNA sequence, in which mutations in nu# x9 W# h0 I" w V
cleotide bases occur by chance. For simplicity, we assume the sequence mutation" Y S/ F0 V9 D& J1 ]
arise due to the presence of change (transition or transversion), insertion and ; F2 ]# m0 A( I2 }/ Ldeletion of a single base. So we can measure the distance of two sequences by - z. ~& z `* A* ]# S4 b3 O# u$ rthe amount of mutation points. Multiple base sequences that are close together ! p( P0 [9 P. |' B% o4 n8 j! Acan form a family, and they are considered homologous., i3 L& c5 l* c5 E. R
Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to com : b" E+ x4 t- X7 D$ kplete the following problems. 8 y _1 P" p& _0 z; A' H2 v( i5 q; B1. Please design an algorithm that quickly measures the distance between # l K9 I" C" Q" p8 Qtwo suffiffifficiently long(> 103 bases) base sequences.; g# a2 u5 V- V/ h( @" a9 q) W8 `
2. Please evaluate the complexity and accuracy of the algorithm reliably, and 3 m! G. [, V. _' ~4 y: Zdesign suitable examples to illustrate it. 0 V% J. A& ~; A# d3. If multiple base sequences in a family have evolved from a common an F& n1 n& H. _cestral sequence, design an effiffifficient algorithm to determine the ancestral+ [( U2 j0 J; i; ^2 u0 _
sequence, and map the genealogical tree. / |1 b1 }% }3 y/ N3 gReferences 3 I8 e' u' Y( F% U+ M8 K3 z! }[1] Koonin EV. “Orthologs, paralogs, and evolutionary genomics”. Annual Re$ u4 z7 `) m5 Y
view of Genetics. 39: 30938, 2005.* a( n1 l3 Q5 w2 L
[2] Reeck GR, de Han C, Teller DC, Doolittle RF, Fitch WM, Dickerson RE,8 q9 p( {# [/ _
et al. “Homology” in proteins and nucleic acids: a terminology muddle and) \+ s( N" P$ r& {4 [
a way out of it. Cell. 50 (5): 667, 1987. 2 r" k8 {! [' g% F5 R& b! V, P4 R2 M8 y# ~8 q. d `; \3 S+ x
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Problem C (ICM)3 u% k9 r' j/ _8 l3 ]
Classify Human Activities 4 l9 [3 M, L! ?9 SOne important aspect of human behavior understanding is the recognition and4 N" l1 d! k9 @& ^2 I$ g
monitoring of daily activities. A wearable activity recognition system can im * J- G9 d6 G. _3 h0 k" ]prove the quality of life in many critical areas, such as ambulatory monitor( e4 ^2 i0 {+ s: R7 _
ing, home-based rehabilitation, and fall detection. Inertial sensor based activ6 A/ q6 \' r2 L) i
ity recognition systems are used in monitoring and observation of the elderly) a+ W" Z* k7 J7 @# i
remotely by personal alarm systems[1], detection and classifification of falls[2], 2 x8 V9 x7 f/ j/ {medical diagnosis and treatment[3], monitoring children remotely at home or in0 C& t" {' |0 Z8 V
school, rehabilitation and physical therapy , biomechanics research, ergonomics,) O# a: H- U! [
sports science, ballet and dance, animation, fifilm making, TV, live entertain 3 b) s5 P) L1 |) e' B: Iment, virtual reality, and computer games[4]. We try to use miniature inertial. l5 S6 D: a d; E$ O- M$ f3 K
sensors and magnetometers positioned on difffferent parts of the body to classify " v8 b0 Q% P; h9 C, ~7 Chuman activities, the following data were obtained. , Z/ B7 @( y+ q, OEach of the 19 activities is performed by eight subjects (4 female, 4 male, + y# P2 U/ c* [% i' c jbetween the ages 20 and 30) for 5 minutes. Total signal duration is 5 minutes ; `7 c8 u4 q2 b7 q3 S- pfor each activity of each subject. The subjects are asked to perform the activ$ ~& H7 y/ N; F9 Y* C. E% c
ities in their own style and were not restricted on how the activities should be; p. Q Z6 E/ A, k
performed. For this reason, there are inter-subject variations in the speeds and 7 \: k5 [; U- _ ]/ S8 namplitudes of some activities.$ W" H* @$ N' |" Y- g2 ?
Sensor units are calibrated to acquire data at 25 Hz sampling frequency. 1 m5 J/ t! t4 p9 Y$ NThe 5-min signals are divided into 5-sec segments so that 480(= 60 × 8) signal 8 [) m1 {- X, t/ Tsegments are obtained for each activity. 2 l* n! g- E' Z: c8 _* xThe 19 activities are: i# d( Q4 J/ c* V
1. Sitting (A1);* s8 Z( Z0 f% ^
2. Standing (A2); ! ^7 n3 n" U- U: K; y4 @3. Lying on back (A3);. b5 p( F2 J' y; C. R3 n
4. Lying on right side (A4); % A; S: ]$ y& [% I% V5. Ascending stairs (A5);/ a' b% _ d% [( f. Y9 Q
16. Descending stairs (A6);- W0 X9 w& w" K$ {5 y9 G
7. Standing in an elevator still (A7); 2 G7 Q q3 K8 o# I1 U8. Moving around in an elevator (A8);# ?0 I) T' R. I& o0 _, \
9. Walking in a parking lot (A9); % E, m* ^9 H5 a10. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in flflat position and 15 deg 4 m4 @3 u% w1 E Z% C! Oinclined positions (A10); 8 a( s- Z) j3 z5 V; |$ L* u11. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in 15 deg inclined positions * `( W5 @- p1 C* v* H1 {; c8 U# {(A11);( a; d8 |4 f/ q. t9 G
12. Running on a treadmill with a speed of 8 km/h (A12); + |2 W4 J+ p( W8 w9 v13. Exercising on a stepper (A13); * }# M- R! w7 v( F; z2 b14. Exercising on a cross trainer (A14);7 `! T% G5 |$ U: ~$ r$ x L. g
15. Cycling on an exercise bike in horizontal position (A15);( v. W' H) T P+ t3 V
16. Cycling on an exercise bike in vertical position (A16);: C: U5 t# L/ ?8 O0 s j! G
17. Rowing (A17); / A3 A9 _- A' P2 x18. Jumping (A18);4 ] f4 @- R8 p( b2 y
19. Playing basketball (A19).& ?0 g# D7 e6 j9 l
Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to solve9 ~7 x' S+ U" ~) ]% m4 P
the following problems. ; x1 @ I0 G; @+ _9 z1. Please design a set of features and an effiffifficient algorithm in order to classify% i2 M) G% S* N( K; I
the 19 types of human actions from the data of these body-worn sensors. ) v# L+ u' ~% Q; m O) {. j2. Because of the high cost of the data, we need to make the model have+ B* d: W9 N, g' D: i/ A' n: \
a good generalization ability with a limited data set. We need to study! v7 R5 [3 I* v; m
and evaluate this problem specififically. Please design a feasible method to 7 T# C4 e' G ~evaluate the generalization ability of your model. ) T6 L2 I" r3 j3. Please study and overcome the overfifitting problem so that your classififi-! C1 F1 i a. F4 @$ K+ q5 p
cation algorithm can be widely used on the problem of people’s action , j/ p* y1 p2 O' b1 b! lclassifification. 1 L: \2 h$ d& f- \' Y( DThe complete data can be downloaded through the following link:0 b) r) |9 W2 ~/ J
https://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CJUOrpy8oq : n6 c- u* n' j. y+ L# ]& L2Appendix: File structure ! E8 A; [$ ~( O8 w' B3 A* \• 19 activities (a)7 d4 V& ]3 b6 N5 \+ U9 R
• 8 subjects (p) / p1 u+ \% q4 y• 60 segments (s)0 ^$ U# V0 P) d% S C
• 5 units on torso (T), right arm (RA), left arm (LA), right leg (RL), left0 N% ?, |: \; ^8 g$ S. Q: p/ b& K
leg (LL)" d( u, |" U3 J% w2 N
• 9 sensors on each unit (x, y, z accelerometers, x, y, z gyroscopes, x, y, z \. @$ I: j7 `* Pmagnetometers) ; C! g! C4 r7 k; D' NFolders a01, a02, ..., a19 contain data recorded from the 19 activities. + `% C% ?3 o$ C0 {( cFor each activity, the subfolders p1, p2, ..., p8 contain data from each of the 7 ~' {. d. k5 c8 subjects. + P, S- r0 R) t/ m8 MIn each subfolder, there are 60 text fifiles s01, s02, ..., s60, one for each2 R6 K) {' @4 t$ \- a- d
segment. , }0 }, d, T) B4 B3 ?In each text fifile, there are 5 units × 9 sensors = 45 columns and 5 sec × 258 e: j1 P7 z4 ~! Q* @
Hz = 125 rows. $ v; ]; Y2 N+ f5 _9 HEach column contains the 125 samples of data acquired from one of the 0 \" Y) X3 O! j8 C4 A, I/ j$ lsensors of one of the units over a period of 5 sec., M1 j/ Q$ Z/ U5 K6 w
Each row contains data acquired from all of the 45 sensor axes at a particular " p* f: O' t! N& d$ e; T% Esampling instant separated by commas.) n4 L$ g3 x1 b. h
Columns 1-45 correspond to: 3 k9 U& F5 ?# ~( f& S# ]2 l• T_xacc, T_yacc, T_zacc, T_xgyro, ..., T_ymag, T_zmag, k2 i) \- D5 p' L• RA_xacc, RA_yacc, RA_zacc, RA_xgyro, ..., RA_ymag, RA_zmag, / M( p4 _% T5 d. q• LA_xacc, LA_yacc, LA_zacc, LA_xgyro, ..., LA_ymag, LA_zmag,5 e- G3 ]4 \6 `* m# U( x* i
• RL_xacc, RL_yacc, RL_zacc, RL_xgyro, ..., RL_ymag, RL_zmag, O3 H" @2 \. E& j: w. Q v( M* g• LL_xacc, LL_yacc, LL_zacc, LL_xgyro, ..., LL_ymag, LL_zmag.9 y- m# p. o! P, T; `3 R$ _1 o
Therefore, 4 G& h* E# T9 e# W( a& K9 U$ Z7 U4 r" i5 @• columns 1-9 correspond to the sensors in unit 1 (T),$ L5 e$ @! b! l- p% o; b) e
• columns 10-18 correspond to the sensors in unit 2 (RA),& I) f3 }7 s1 N
• columns 19-27 correspond to the sensors in unit 3 (LA), * ]' P* f6 l* B) y; F, y$ i• columns 28-36 correspond to the sensors in unit 4 (RL), " S" I9 p1 Y6 l% l$ Y• columns 37-45 correspond to the sensors in unit 5 (LL). ( h H/ ~0 U7 Y8 Q2 W1 M9 s3References ' L q# e4 b# E[1] Mathie M.J., Celler B.G., Lovell N.H., Coster A.C.F. Classifification of basic& Z( d& c6 m- ~" J& n( Y. @
daily movements using a triaxial accelerometer. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput.' S% @: B0 y$ E. U
42(5), 679-687, 2004 - Z$ o! O% q- T$ T[2] Kangas M., Konttila A., Lindgren P., Winblad I., Ja¨msa¨ T. Comparison of ; J$ [, h2 X8 w8 N7 g+ Slow-complexity fall detection algorithms for body attached accelerometers.8 L9 c$ M; t% v
Gait Posture 28(2), 285-291, 20089 E$ B5 I" W( K8 [
[3] Wu W.H., Bui A.A.T., Batalin M.A., Liu D., Kaiser W.J. Incremental diag! c0 ?' V( H( R$ a! h* l& q
nosis method for intelligent wearable sensor system. IEEE T. Inf. Technol.0 C; G4 p8 u: v
B. 11(5), 553-562, 2007 1 {0 I2 c* T, A5 Y[4] Shiratori T., Hodgins J.K. Accelerometer-based user interfaces for the con& n7 i. p& C& b0 L/ A( l" G% K+ R
trol of a physically simulated character. ACM T. Graphic. 27(5), 2008 7 ? Z5 E+ b2 ]+ E/ O& W" F/ M/ ~2 ^) X
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Problem D (ICM)5 S9 x- R8 p0 p% p( n/ \: S
Whether Wildlife Trade Should Be Banned for a Long V" \' m/ q2 R# {; ^6 ^Time j6 ~% I! f- n: |" AWild-animal markets are the suspected origin of the current outbreak and the ; J0 h; b& D$ X/ E% ~$ L! o( X2 M2002 SARS outbreak, And eating wild meat is thought to have been a source : B! Z* m: x1 f, P, oof the Ebola virus in Africa. Chinas top law-making body has permanently4 t9 ]9 r w0 ?1 Z v
tightened rules on trading wildlife in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, 7 p1 f# ?* E' ^! }6 S. ]which is thought to have originated in a wild-animal market in Wuhan. Some$ U- {& S9 D- K
scientists speculate that the emergency measure will be lifted once the outbreak" z5 ~+ l5 C: }- @/ e6 J6 X2 g
ends. ! b# Z- `' k3 ^: J1 |How the trade in wildlife products should be regulated in the long term? 2 I! }5 Q3 c; G OSome researchers want a total ban on wildlife trade, without exceptions, whereas& @% ?/ Q/ O2 Y
others say sustainable trade of some animals is possible and benefificial for peo . U2 o# k5 F4 `; Z* e1 G: \2 a' lple who rely on it for their livelihoods. Banning wild meat consumption could 8 r% A( c& @2 Pcost the Chinese economy 50 billion yuan (US $ 7.1 billion) and put one mil# M% Q: A- f% D
lion people out of a job, according to estimates from the non-profifit Society of % M' M0 ], @7 t T% D) h- TEntrepreneurs and Ecology in Beijing. ( L3 p/ ?0 W' o. [A team led by Shi Zheng-Li and Cui Jie of the Wuhan Institute of Virology : S" p8 _; y1 P) \, m/ Bin China, chasing the origin of the deadly SARS virus, have fifinally found their 1 T( W# \- c% Q# A& s2 zsmoking gun in 2017. In a remote cave in Yunnan province, virologists have- S3 c' b {: W; ]5 S5 R
identifified a single population of horseshoe bats that harbours virus strains with & B/ y' P' w0 Q- c; R" I9 Aall the genetic building blocks of the one that jumped to humans in 2002, killing $ u; ]0 y& Z R: M/ q }3 valmost 800 people around the world. The killer strain could easily have arisen' [+ t# U/ ~+ C
from such a bat population, the researchers report in PLoS Pathogens on 304 h" V/ ?/ Z+ t
November, 2017. Another outstanding question is how a virus from bats in+ d* `& p a9 e
Yunnan could travel to animals and humans around 1,000 kilometres away in0 N$ @2 P# q* X$ A/ h
Guangdong, without causing any suspected cases in Yunnan itself. Wildlife 7 M/ `6 A/ m, V2 b' g1 G# Utrade is the answer. Although wild animals are cooked at high temperature2 h4 o+ L6 q3 Z* V# x, W9 B
when eating, some viruses are diffiffifficult to survive, humans may come into contact& O7 n1 J& s. H/ x7 N( q
with animal secretions in the wildlife market. They warn that the ingredients 8 w4 |& C, v0 j1 m0 F+ Hare in place for a similar disease to emerge again.: V) @2 |9 ], _) M
Wildlife trade has many negative effffects, with the most important ones being: 1 y! |( T9 Q1 l: Q! ^7 o. j1Figure 1: Masked palm civets sold in markets in China were linked to the SARS 8 ~! w: Q2 A2 I( x8 L' y i3 Y6 |4 Coutbreak in 2002.Credit: Matthew Maran/NPL6 |# J+ `: K; [7 E2 J/ a" G$ T
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contains more than 20 million records of trade and is openly accessible. The ! o) B1 _' m8 Q6 ^ Q4 D- @appendix is the data on mammal trade from 1990 to 2021, and the complete; B' }9 e) x6 e0 L, k/ T
database can also be obtained through the following link:3 i& j; l/ L2 W) F2 L
https://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CKACoDDpEJ ( O4 Z) v2 ~& M w* k- p2 ORequirements Your team are asked to build reasonable mathematical mod' R% {" Q5 s4 O0 u! j4 Z$ V
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25. Do you agree with banning on wildlife trade for a long time? Whether it % j+ {+ |% q, K& {- |will have a great impact on the economy and society, and why? / y. g5 U( f! G4 Y% z; q. f6. Write a letter to the relevant departments of the US government to explain 4 a' k; p, h9 u/ N) vyour views and policy suggestions. 9 a+ J5 B! g0 U$ W M" v3 h/ U2 g& ]) c9 }. E( C3 `
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