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http://mcm.tzmcm.cn ! U" X9 G0 @. K: u' {4 v( VProblem A (MCM) + g8 D0 [% _1 ~ j+ T8 FHow Pterosaurs Fly + W9 V* A: T& J* S2 a+ l$ VPterosaurs is an extinct clade of flflying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They 3 U7 }! @# |( Q( oexisted during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of& O! ?# r( V ?' I' z, a
the Cretaceous. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved / E, B/ s7 N" @" }+ mpowered flflight. Their wings were formed by a membrane of skin, muscle, and( [$ O+ B, t7 d* Z; q
other tissues stretching from the ankles to a dramatically lengthened fourth 0 x3 F* J( F: U8 F- Q2 M% \9 kfifinger[1]. # ^2 F6 j; P# W4 m# p. ~5 BThere were two major types of pterosaurs. Basal pterosaurs were smaller 8 c: s* Q. s$ E7 k, x$ e# Ranimals with fully toothed jaws and long tails usually. Their wide wing mem) _8 \( f. ^0 n3 L* j3 f
branes probably included and connected the hind legs. On the ground, they/ [: F' W* y) O5 E7 P* u5 _% b) Z/ K
would have had an awkward sprawling posture, but their joint anatomy and $ K6 z) {- l/ p, M1 g1 s9 v7 y2 \strong claws would have made them effffective climbers, and they may have lived& Y' K; h7 ]& g1 d% G; c
in trees. Basal pterosaurs were insectivores or predators of small vertebrates. # @, Z8 i8 E. S8 Y" DLater pterosaurs (pterodactyloids) evolved many sizes, shapes, and lifestyles. ) o' `! z: Q- `0 _Pterodactyloids had narrower wings with free hind limbs, highly reduced tails,4 f* Z7 M: K! d
and long necks with large heads. On the ground, pterodactyloids walked well on8 g0 t$ ~4 i* X( H! A Y
all four limbs with an upright posture, standing plantigrade on the hind feet and4 |$ e* B% e1 q) z' v" V8 c% w$ X
folding the wing fifinger upward to walk on the three-fifingered “hand”. The fossil 6 K0 n" a0 E F: `. K% @! utrackways show at least some species were able to run and wade or swim[2]. % u/ P' L, c4 h7 \Pterosaurs sported coats of hair-like fifilaments known as pycnofifibers, which 1 L O- d2 @! y& pcovered their bodies and parts of their wings[3]. In life, pterosaurs would have ; j b! N' _" f4 Z3 Z/ ~1 X% p. Dhad smooth or flfluffffy coats that did not resemble bird feathers. Earlier sug ' s2 R: c) d+ Q0 |( j: |/ Wgestions were that pterosaurs were largely cold-blooded gliding animals, de, }) p2 z, y: m4 `% P0 k
riving warmth from the environment like modern lizards, rather than burning 4 A) m& K( T, x% K1 qcalories. However, later studies have shown that they may be warm-blooded' g8 s4 q E/ g7 D8 h* I
(endothermic), active animals. The respiratory system had effiffifficient unidirec' {$ }5 z, K& g) e8 r, N
tional “flflow-through” breathing using air sacs, which hollowed out their bones7 p. N' r. R! M
to an extreme extent. Pterosaurs spanned a wide range of adult sizes, from! y( C! F5 R# z% {
the very small anurognathids to the largest known flflying creatures, including$ G' G5 D$ J0 ?: |
Quetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx[4][5], which reached wingspans of at least( R7 c5 u9 R6 _% B. s
nine metres. The combination of endothermy, a good oxygen supply and strong & Y, D6 q. F& b& M2 B6 J1muscles made pterosaurs powerful and capable flflyers.* j% ?( i2 M, g8 |- q
The mechanics of pterosaur flflight are not completely understood or modeled: w, D% |$ ^/ V
at this time. Katsufumi Sato did calculations using modern birds and concluded) S! s9 c% o# w m9 L
that it was impossible for a pterosaur to stay aloft[6]. In the book Posture,; g8 U# L0 C# ]$ n. k( }
Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs it is theorized that they were able; [$ I5 g7 X5 Y4 y2 V% h% S0 U* E% X
to flfly due to the oxygen-rich, dense atmosphere of the Late Cretaceous period[7]. : @( L" q" ~8 A* ^! yHowever, both Sato and the authors of Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology, u4 e: Z/ v, N5 x0 G
of Pterosaurs based their research on the now-outdated theories of pterosaurs- h" |& [& A R. y) `* y
being seabird-like, and the size limit does not apply to terrestrial pterosaurs, ' K- F a: m; e8 ksuch as azhdarchids and tapejarids. Furthermore, Darren Naish concluded that 4 y! ^4 X4 H7 E' X: ~1 _8 t7 Y- Catmospheric difffferences between the present and the Mesozoic were not needed , ]' O% P3 @+ ofor the giant size of pterosaurs[8]. 1 ^7 ] w9 s* R+ a9 Y8 H8 YAnother issue that has been diffiffifficult to understand is how they took offff.3 F9 s, l8 _! m# o9 \& d
If pterosaurs were cold-blooded animals, it was unclear how the larger ones ( n( t# t4 |7 p2 u5 U" H0 tof enormous size, with an ineffiffifficient cold-blooded metabolism, could manage/ H! ~; k# {' `7 t4 t* x
a bird-like takeoffff strategy, using only the hind limbs to generate thrust for" J" k1 I# {' k, |% H: G8 S( @
getting airborne. Later research shows them instead as being warm-blooded i* a* A+ J6 _" k) e p8 c
and having powerful flflight muscles, and using the flflight muscles for walking as9 V8 |" r8 G) i4 ~
quadrupeds[9]. Mark Witton of the University of Portsmouth and Mike Habib of ! m6 H" n5 A; j; V6 jJohns Hopkins University suggested that pterosaurs used a vaulting mechanism/ t. s1 P# V, T# _
to obtain flflight[10]. The tremendous power of their winged forelimbs would & P# g0 B- j$ B6 S: Aenable them to take offff with ease[9]. Once aloft, pterosaurs could reach speeds ) _# g7 y4 `; z+ g6 M+ c2 lof up to 120 km/h and travel thousands of kilometres[10]. 6 E0 ^9 X! v. P J/ Q, z3 v/ WYour team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model of the) L+ D& v& w1 R5 R$ t. a
flflight process of at least one large pterosaur based on fossil measurements and ! C9 d# A. r( l+ `* ^to answer the following questions. 1 Q/ L% W: x# F' `1. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its average speed during nor & R. K6 e" S3 v( rmal flflight.6 {# b4 \( `, X3 r N) ]
2. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its wing-flflap frequency during$ b+ u3 N: K4 m. ?
normal flflight./ V2 g2 d/ q- `- w% k, X
3. Study how large pterosaurs take offff; is it possible for them to take offff like & h5 M3 G, W3 F6 m$ Rbirds on flflat ground or on water? Explain the reasons quantitatively. * t4 h, |; p7 k! Y- ~References 4 \ ~- ?* H) y[1] Elgin RA, Hone DW, Frey E (2011). The Extent of the Pterosaur Flight / l3 V+ ]) c( T! J/ Q' b$ ]7 ~Membrane. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (1): 99-111.$ D; Z7 n a3 b5 f$ V' h; X
2[2] Mark Witton. Terrestrial Locomotion. . D' Z& `- j4 p! B, Ehttps://pterosaur.net/terrestrial locomotion.php0 u) r1 @2 C' j5 w) C
[3] Laura Geggel. It’s Offiffifficial: Those Flying Reptiles Called Pterosaurs - w% t4 U {8 O: e0 y# c: UWere Covered in Fluffffy Feathers. https://www.livescience.com/64324- 6 Y$ g) U# |# A/ x0 Lpterosaurs-had-feathers.html1 \7 E! ~; j8 z! @6 z* M
[4] Wang, X.; Kellner, A.W.A.; Zhou, Z.; Campos, D.A. (2008). Discovery of a( e1 {) v0 |2 u7 {- A) W" X/ s- l
rare arboreal forest-dwelling flflying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) ' p# o0 L: C2 U7 ?" I6 }+ `: G9 q2 ]from China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (6): |0 X2 p9 y8 k9 W% g# n$ b1983-87. ; Y/ G5 h& ?( e r3 |9 d8 q6 c$ |[5] Buffffetaut E, Grigorescu D, Csiki Z. A new giant pterosaur with a robust* j/ ~- z/ t$ i( Y4 X: J: P& P
skull from the latest cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften. 89 (4):' r# J& B. [" J; w, ^
180-84. 8 ]6 h, p2 y! }) Y[6] Devin Powell. Were pterosaurs too big to flfly? 3 Y' a+ e- t- W+ Lhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026763-800-were-pterosaurs 5 F9 b$ }9 }; g7 \) {8 y& T2 ]too-big-to-flfly/& [. s9 ?7 U7 k; x& q
[7] Templin, R. J.; Chatterjee, Sankar. Posture, locomotion, and paleoecology4 k) c9 [& b# e, l3 d
of pterosaurs. Boulder, Colo: Geological Society of America. p. 60. ) b7 `' ?' [* ]7 ~ q[8] Naish, Darren. Pterosaurs breathed in bird-like fashion and had inflflatable2 P* k) w4 {0 @9 p
air sacs in their wings. 4 V T8 ]' g1 w& ?https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/02/18/pterosaur8 g0 i3 C+ [. J2 z8 ^6 d
breathing-air-sacs 4 k+ o% u! e2 b; b% [) a[9] Mark Witton. Why pterosaurs weren’t so scary after all. 7 N5 K5 L0 x1 b2 I, P) I* P; l8 N! Ihttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/11/pterosaurs-fossils9 f% A7 p* c4 h# C6 k: L
research-mark-witton4 H9 M" w- } h' o8 G" x$ K& ~2 j
[10] Jeffff Hecht. Did giant pterosaurs vault aloft like vampire bats?8 d, h. W q- G8 D$ f. H4 I
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19724-did-giant-pterosaurs7 M% S; k# ^+ c' R. I
vault-aloft-like-vampire-bats/1 K, u+ ] [7 C
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Problem B (MCM)( Z. c* D; K6 Z5 t8 x Y
The Genetic Process of Sequences + Q0 m$ @0 n- s. d! @2 N9 j: \4 H6 ` ~Sequence homology is the biological homology between DNA, RNA, or protein) S. ]# V; Y% A- P+ l. _
sequences, defifined in terms of shared ancestry in the evolutionary history of 1 a& B8 R# Y4 p8 alife[1]. Homology among DNA, RNA, or proteins is typically inferred from their& O6 G- h3 A2 @( g1 t+ e
nucleotide or amino acid sequence similarity. Signifificant similarity is strong- k- N% f9 D5 {8 q: D b
evidence that two sequences are related by evolutionary changes from a common! U! J) m' \6 n) r* {# e, X
ancestral sequence[2].2 U5 G9 z8 k z( n, R
Consider the genetic process of a RNA sequence, in which mutations in nu" U7 r; j2 m* |' n
cleotide bases occur by chance. For simplicity, we assume the sequence mutation+ @+ [1 X( _3 a
arise due to the presence of change (transition or transversion), insertion and' x. n5 T6 J. t4 X/ Y9 n+ I. g
deletion of a single base. So we can measure the distance of two sequences by& v9 q/ `, D4 x+ N; ?2 _4 E9 J2 w- ?
the amount of mutation points. Multiple base sequences that are close together j# t. ?4 H' N, ], f. E6 Lcan form a family, and they are considered homologous.' ^/ z( x/ W! _4 u. b# j3 N
Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to com ( v/ ?1 {) j" s v) i+ \% B+ Vplete the following problems., y$ g" W0 i5 i6 G, |
1. Please design an algorithm that quickly measures the distance between, _4 o& Z e8 l j. ~: o" j
two suffiffifficiently long(> 103 bases) base sequences. : M9 t$ c0 h( ?1 j2. Please evaluate the complexity and accuracy of the algorithm reliably, and7 G7 Q T; T" I8 }
design suitable examples to illustrate it.2 N* h+ z1 @+ k5 u! y' w7 t
3. If multiple base sequences in a family have evolved from a common an - f! L; y5 B0 J/ p& ^+ Dcestral sequence, design an effiffifficient algorithm to determine the ancestral; S/ ]4 v5 x: [' g$ M7 t& @
sequence, and map the genealogical tree. ) o% d# j+ w) L' |% O* W4 K9 zReferences% z2 u# p7 V% t: C2 C
[1] Koonin EV. “Orthologs, paralogs, and evolutionary genomics”. Annual Re 1 [7 L3 {+ m7 l* l, i2 Rview of Genetics. 39: 30938, 2005.. ^4 Q L5 S: F/ R
[2] Reeck GR, de Han C, Teller DC, Doolittle RF, Fitch WM, Dickerson RE, 0 o- a8 F$ f' Q; |! h0 O$ Wet al. “Homology” in proteins and nucleic acids: a terminology muddle and# Y9 y1 d8 r% m
a way out of it. Cell. 50 (5): 667, 1987.( e5 F" E8 p9 |% W* y% j" E6 r
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Problem C (ICM) - X B. z, r. h" B5 O' n; EClassify Human Activities 6 T- z4 M/ c& O* lOne important aspect of human behavior understanding is the recognition and 3 P z h- \$ N9 o0 b2 j% vmonitoring of daily activities. A wearable activity recognition system can im" J3 r0 a0 K1 J- c
prove the quality of life in many critical areas, such as ambulatory monitor) l7 @; s- @3 X* }
ing, home-based rehabilitation, and fall detection. Inertial sensor based activ 7 d( Y. ]4 X/ {3 g p6 e" @ity recognition systems are used in monitoring and observation of the elderly ' E$ z; q9 w% @5 Tremotely by personal alarm systems[1], detection and classifification of falls[2],) C9 T/ K& C9 a7 E
medical diagnosis and treatment[3], monitoring children remotely at home or in5 |7 v \0 R5 E$ o! W' p, ^, x
school, rehabilitation and physical therapy , biomechanics research, ergonomics, 6 z2 K) v/ c$ |sports science, ballet and dance, animation, fifilm making, TV, live entertain/ A. s2 W9 e4 m
ment, virtual reality, and computer games[4]. We try to use miniature inertial' E* A0 K- Z8 C9 S: i3 b
sensors and magnetometers positioned on difffferent parts of the body to classify 7 n- V5 A0 L- |8 T( T: lhuman activities, the following data were obtained.5 r2 N, j* z( Y4 v
Each of the 19 activities is performed by eight subjects (4 female, 4 male,; @ e2 W' l5 j
between the ages 20 and 30) for 5 minutes. Total signal duration is 5 minutes* R! Y& Z! {" B* { A2 c$ i
for each activity of each subject. The subjects are asked to perform the activ U- X/ H9 _( I0 k
ities in their own style and were not restricted on how the activities should be 1 S9 v& G% w0 G' S, V3 M/ I* |performed. For this reason, there are inter-subject variations in the speeds and ) H" Y! o0 C; g' {4 \( {amplitudes of some activities.2 S6 F/ c* p# Y" N3 [: `
Sensor units are calibrated to acquire data at 25 Hz sampling frequency. 0 R1 [( B$ X' U7 E' S& zThe 5-min signals are divided into 5-sec segments so that 480(= 60 × 8) signal % m) T4 z! I$ P) }) o+ y6 s3 L4 p& K( Ysegments are obtained for each activity." W0 H; H$ D+ k+ o
The 19 activities are: 9 m7 V; P9 {& t+ |8 [6 P7 y1. Sitting (A1); 4 \* j6 v/ _: ~9 i2. Standing (A2); 8 e8 `/ V1 Y+ J4 w) p1 ~3. Lying on back (A3);( n1 _/ e0 y" T
4. Lying on right side (A4);2 `& t5 C6 z! }: R; k* I
5. Ascending stairs (A5);, H- y. S* | ?+ H
16. Descending stairs (A6); . q$ @4 b& H' w4 v* x! [7. Standing in an elevator still (A7);' a" R- P. x* f
8. Moving around in an elevator (A8);" ^5 u8 q b( L
9. Walking in a parking lot (A9);& S$ H- m$ W; f+ Y
10. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in flflat position and 15 deg + O! J* e. n* g) q$ H" R9 ^8 U1 q; Einclined positions (A10);% C E9 H7 _ ^0 W3 b s" I1 Y
11. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in 15 deg inclined positions* W/ [2 B5 t. P6 Q6 C2 g
(A11); $ L, j7 @- c, U12. Running on a treadmill with a speed of 8 km/h (A12); & W7 Q, `: N7 a" m$ V# x: P13. Exercising on a stepper (A13);8 n( S. \+ G G
14. Exercising on a cross trainer (A14); 2 K% W$ t0 w. |' r( W7 f% m15. Cycling on an exercise bike in horizontal position (A15); ' `3 A% |* e% X1 _5 M } S16. Cycling on an exercise bike in vertical position (A16);: H5 q7 ~" {! i
17. Rowing (A17);" S$ d$ M2 z, V1 u7 d
18. Jumping (A18); ' }' v; T2 D4 ?; I% l19. Playing basketball (A19). ' w+ g' f2 W$ n3 f. j( ?Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to solve \: P; K1 P) f7 W! X
the following problems.3 P3 d+ K8 T* o$ D) n$ m
1. Please design a set of features and an effiffifficient algorithm in order to classify - l8 K6 C$ {( A3 b* g4 |the 19 types of human actions from the data of these body-worn sensors.$ S; v: J# J* p. {
2. Because of the high cost of the data, we need to make the model have % e# p ~! _' u- {1 {- ba good generalization ability with a limited data set. We need to study1 ]# ~4 f( O5 P1 q; a
and evaluate this problem specififically. Please design a feasible method to " A2 |' c4 U# P+ Xevaluate the generalization ability of your model. & G v$ d$ S3 q3. Please study and overcome the overfifitting problem so that your classififi- " j! t! F$ q" Ncation algorithm can be widely used on the problem of people’s action $ p! ]9 D N# Y s G9 I. Pclassifification. % l. V: g* m @0 KThe complete data can be downloaded through the following link:9 Q9 D& b+ O2 V7 g" D0 |2 L
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2Appendix: File structure ( J4 U: x3 n# @' k4 f B• 19 activities (a) , g8 C$ Y4 X1 U, A# r• 8 subjects (p) ! V2 e/ B# ]. k0 g: v• 60 segments (s); H: @* c# l& Q' c: @$ O- A
• 5 units on torso (T), right arm (RA), left arm (LA), right leg (RL), left 9 n& i& t- H; W6 o' Tleg (LL)0 ?- U3 \( _2 g& W& Y6 w# J
• 9 sensors on each unit (x, y, z accelerometers, x, y, z gyroscopes, x, y, z 8 G2 d |1 d; F3 {5 e1 _9 ~+ g! W: omagnetometers) : g" q3 ?8 @) A* zFolders a01, a02, ..., a19 contain data recorded from the 19 activities. 8 w7 v9 G/ w; xFor each activity, the subfolders p1, p2, ..., p8 contain data from each of the 3 H" V7 S4 I. ?) i1 W8 subjects. 8 N" x$ j# t- S J/ c, A' G, d% SIn each subfolder, there are 60 text fifiles s01, s02, ..., s60, one for each( f" n5 Y" l0 r: V" d1 n9 j
segment.' Z" B/ L, P9 U j x
In each text fifile, there are 5 units × 9 sensors = 45 columns and 5 sec × 25 5 p! t& V, f8 v @Hz = 125 rows.0 P4 y, K% e- R
Each column contains the 125 samples of data acquired from one of the . s! D* M; G- X+ }' n" A& u: v$ R, qsensors of one of the units over a period of 5 sec.8 w3 w3 z* X4 h
Each row contains data acquired from all of the 45 sensor axes at a particular & V* P4 K& p" A" i3 E( ksampling instant separated by commas. ( S! F: ]0 h) X! {Columns 1-45 correspond to: : l4 A" O, X* `9 }- @• T_xacc, T_yacc, T_zacc, T_xgyro, ..., T_ymag, T_zmag, 5 ]3 k+ K) j. W3 v' i! F$ J. k4 j• RA_xacc, RA_yacc, RA_zacc, RA_xgyro, ..., RA_ymag, RA_zmag,( T/ ?. N1 C! M/ G8 J) D+ ^
• LA_xacc, LA_yacc, LA_zacc, LA_xgyro, ..., LA_ymag, LA_zmag,6 R" w6 j1 C; ]- a" {- o9 W2 T N; \
• RL_xacc, RL_yacc, RL_zacc, RL_xgyro, ..., RL_ymag, RL_zmag,/ O: `. y5 |- c
• LL_xacc, LL_yacc, LL_zacc, LL_xgyro, ..., LL_ymag, LL_zmag. . R; } o! I) V$ b* RTherefore,- J$ V# W2 [/ q
• columns 1-9 correspond to the sensors in unit 1 (T),+ V( W+ M- B+ N
• columns 10-18 correspond to the sensors in unit 2 (RA), 6 b* ]8 X5 q* y" S• columns 19-27 correspond to the sensors in unit 3 (LA), X- v7 }# h: G2 x- F
• columns 28-36 correspond to the sensors in unit 4 (RL),, I$ ]0 j. c8 }
• columns 37-45 correspond to the sensors in unit 5 (LL). 9 [, |/ ?7 J$ x, h5 @3References9 p y4 w7 y3 J& l
[1] Mathie M.J., Celler B.G., Lovell N.H., Coster A.C.F. Classifification of basic % X6 F: ~9 V# ]4 Pdaily movements using a triaxial accelerometer. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 6 t$ q5 U& _. p* x+ ~% g8 }$ U3 O" C42(5), 679-687, 2004 * y/ ?+ A$ y a% n2 s. C3 k[2] Kangas M., Konttila A., Lindgren P., Winblad I., Ja¨msa¨ T. Comparison of : y# }+ H/ x, M' Ylow-complexity fall detection algorithms for body attached accelerometers. " [) \. t/ A" g9 L$ QGait Posture 28(2), 285-291, 20081 B B+ c1 f* o' S) Z+ E, y
[3] Wu W.H., Bui A.A.T., Batalin M.A., Liu D., Kaiser W.J. Incremental diag ! ~2 }, S- R( L9 t! Nnosis method for intelligent wearable sensor system. IEEE T. Inf. Technol. 8 j& X& {8 p% t( g7 w0 w1 xB. 11(5), 553-562, 2007- A7 @3 k# x0 ]6 m7 \
[4] Shiratori T., Hodgins J.K. Accelerometer-based user interfaces for the con, j5 k# ^: c5 C! R( z r8 x Z% k
trol of a physically simulated character. ACM T. Graphic. 27(5), 2008/ ]2 q* }- n" A* Q; a% @5 X( M
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Wild-animal markets are the suspected origin of the current outbreak and the 6 Q, _1 r2 y. D3 @! x2002 SARS outbreak, And eating wild meat is thought to have been a source " R% Q0 o5 j% v. d. Jof the Ebola virus in Africa. Chinas top law-making body has permanently : z8 j" V0 q! T4 ~! t2 qtightened rules on trading wildlife in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, {) J% a' {+ pwhich is thought to have originated in a wild-animal market in Wuhan. Some+ A% t% d' @, E- {. K+ \& Z
scientists speculate that the emergency measure will be lifted once the outbreak : h& i4 w$ T) ]ends.8 c% T( w4 l0 _8 ?" U9 {* h! ?
How the trade in wildlife products should be regulated in the long term?1 l0 z' C. t) A
Some researchers want a total ban on wildlife trade, without exceptions, whereas $ @0 [1 ~1 b# Q$ y5 Rothers say sustainable trade of some animals is possible and benefificial for peo 9 A$ V3 ] M& c: x$ u- m& \6 N) r3 kple who rely on it for their livelihoods. Banning wild meat consumption could ; U I0 e8 \1 R5 P4 @cost the Chinese economy 50 billion yuan (US $ 7.1 billion) and put one mil & \$ f: W+ q# B1 \) s0 flion people out of a job, according to estimates from the non-profifit Society of " v' o4 l! {! u7 X; ~Entrepreneurs and Ecology in Beijing.: A. L( v8 x% l, G
A team led by Shi Zheng-Li and Cui Jie of the Wuhan Institute of Virology " B' L) L9 B& @2 _in China, chasing the origin of the deadly SARS virus, have fifinally found their 2 v2 M K/ }1 G! V8 nsmoking gun in 2017. In a remote cave in Yunnan province, virologists have2 a; Q( i0 Q S4 }; p
identifified a single population of horseshoe bats that harbours virus strains with 3 A' S; }, K& N8 x% n& ~2 @: vall the genetic building blocks of the one that jumped to humans in 2002, killing* b N- T7 c0 G
almost 800 people around the world. The killer strain could easily have arisen $ n, D: v! Q% ffrom such a bat population, the researchers report in PLoS Pathogens on 30 # u4 z& p |1 {November, 2017. Another outstanding question is how a virus from bats in 9 }/ i/ R: f2 N2 H( k. o( ]5 o R2 j& MYunnan could travel to animals and humans around 1,000 kilometres away in) h4 k' `3 L& o( X/ ?& t. O
Guangdong, without causing any suspected cases in Yunnan itself. Wildlife " s; v1 C2 A$ \+ S p' Strade is the answer. Although wild animals are cooked at high temperature* a0 F" l I/ L- W W; Z
when eating, some viruses are diffiffifficult to survive, humans may come into contact, b* s6 j+ {6 {/ K, N
with animal secretions in the wildlife market. They warn that the ingredients / c- R: V& X+ eare in place for a similar disease to emerge again. 6 H2 I: m: `+ f3 s3 cWildlife trade has many negative effffects, with the most important ones being: % O7 t0 k' M; i6 W1Figure 1: Masked palm civets sold in markets in China were linked to the SARS2 W7 z% T* B/ [% b4 B
outbreak in 2002.Credit: Matthew Maran/NPL 6 s' i1 n6 a; i5 A. f• Decline and extinction of populations 8 h/ Z0 }/ b8 Y- U• Introduction of invasive species: [- g J0 G: m" k# J: {
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We use the CITES trade database as source for my data. This database . Y5 N7 M ~" }7 w7 x# h) j" u5 Ycontains more than 20 million records of trade and is openly accessible. The* w U* n' \# H4 [0 s+ [
appendix is the data on mammal trade from 1990 to 2021, and the complete $ P- ?. K9 J+ t9 A; V& j* P& gdatabase can also be obtained through the following link:/ \" p! x/ g7 R0 U
https://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CKACoDDpEJ * f$ e/ m- \, j% V* GRequirements Your team are asked to build reasonable mathematical mod 9 C# c/ P1 l- E8 gels, analyze the data, and solve the following problems: ) J# _4 a: O' R& e1. Which wildlife groups and species are traded the most (in terms of live1 u1 W* j8 w# R, S( X- d! ^9 N
animals taken from the wild)? / {1 j1 K, N+ d- k; k2. What are the main purposes for trade of these animals? w' Z- W" Z* }4 a5 E: [! j: u3. How has the trade changed over the past two decades (2003-2022)? ( V2 i/ V, F; z3 O0 ~4. Whether the wildlife trade is related to the epidemic situation of major+ ?8 W: A, ?* `
infectious diseases? & C( A" P% }/ [- L5 v25. Do you agree with banning on wildlife trade for a long time? Whether it z, M: ]; ~ j: j$ e; k( gwill have a great impact on the economy and society, and why?8 d! X0 [$ @) J' \. ~0 ~
6. Write a letter to the relevant departments of the US government to explain % q! m- q ?7 B ^& P; wyour views and policy suggestions.5 V7 v2 ]% j" p( M6 I. @
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