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How Pterosaurs Fly5 b. F9 w' K# W! V* A* C; ]
Pterosaurs is an extinct clade of flflying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They - n9 R# Z! y. J+ y& a8 Yexisted during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of % k) m: n% d2 T' H Fthe Cretaceous. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved# [& w; u. Y# l' n" w; Y! ^
powered flflight. Their wings were formed by a membrane of skin, muscle, and3 L$ E8 \2 C/ z( x9 O, K, J
other tissues stretching from the ankles to a dramatically lengthened fourth- A8 L! t8 w( y* X& n
fifinger[1]. $ u/ {0 F" f O4 W$ o; nThere were two major types of pterosaurs. Basal pterosaurs were smaller6 V' V& H$ C/ K: X4 S( p% y( z2 l$ }
animals with fully toothed jaws and long tails usually. Their wide wing mem " Y/ M8 h) h/ i/ g( F& |; t) l) i3 `! zbranes probably included and connected the hind legs. On the ground, they9 m) {' O: k* x1 e4 ~& T6 Y% L
would have had an awkward sprawling posture, but their joint anatomy and " }7 v7 ?" P# T1 A. K! _" I& I# nstrong claws would have made them effffective climbers, and they may have lived1 j# I; L5 U% d0 z1 T: u9 l" S3 Z: R
in trees. Basal pterosaurs were insectivores or predators of small vertebrates. & Q, V) x! a& f+ i4 Y# q( ^! qLater pterosaurs (pterodactyloids) evolved many sizes, shapes, and lifestyles. + T3 t7 x" w) V/ O+ v: HPterodactyloids had narrower wings with free hind limbs, highly reduced tails,6 f, { ]5 ]7 [! j p' v, ]
and long necks with large heads. On the ground, pterodactyloids walked well on 2 ?6 j5 _& G# f+ n7 u( `+ wall four limbs with an upright posture, standing plantigrade on the hind feet and Q- y! ~) I; d6 `$ [8 w) \& ]2 h% zfolding the wing fifinger upward to walk on the three-fifingered “hand”. The fossil6 ~1 a' C& ?: D$ b
trackways show at least some species were able to run and wade or swim[2]. 6 r( I) \- P& L* Y$ R% K: }! Z2 D' gPterosaurs sported coats of hair-like fifilaments known as pycnofifibers, which $ ? t6 D- c* y& Jcovered their bodies and parts of their wings[3]. In life, pterosaurs would have ) q) X3 H R5 n/ Z5 x5 {had smooth or flfluffffy coats that did not resemble bird feathers. Earlier sug6 h" ~) ]) g/ k9 i
gestions were that pterosaurs were largely cold-blooded gliding animals, de4 N. O3 J: E |' m% s
riving warmth from the environment like modern lizards, rather than burning6 v) E& i C% X1 h% W, f. D5 `3 S9 T
calories. However, later studies have shown that they may be warm-blooded$ L, }3 M8 v- D* E% v9 w
(endothermic), active animals. The respiratory system had effiffifficient unidirec( A5 N8 Q& a% ^- [# [, S
tional “flflow-through” breathing using air sacs, which hollowed out their bones8 U) b) u: P5 m! e% f, m
to an extreme extent. Pterosaurs spanned a wide range of adult sizes, from; ~- o2 H4 F- }- _$ y8 @$ s( U
the very small anurognathids to the largest known flflying creatures, including . n K+ z/ a8 G: l. k+ O2 j* qQuetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx[4][5], which reached wingspans of at least+ I' o) k4 l& e" a/ ]7 E1 R% l
nine metres. The combination of endothermy, a good oxygen supply and strong: c' ~1 {- a% J1 k
1muscles made pterosaurs powerful and capable flflyers. * i/ a0 M# m8 E$ N7 dThe mechanics of pterosaur flflight are not completely understood or modeled r- M. Y9 U, Y- Sat this time. Katsufumi Sato did calculations using modern birds and concluded# ^0 U& M7 g% {7 l
that it was impossible for a pterosaur to stay aloft[6]. In the book Posture,1 z( g! T9 | \% l& h+ S) N6 A
Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs it is theorized that they were able# n5 l5 P; b& h$ Y6 m) V6 C
to flfly due to the oxygen-rich, dense atmosphere of the Late Cretaceous period[7]. ; F; L& b; s* m- ?3 eHowever, both Sato and the authors of Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology " d1 i$ \) W t" E+ f! J3 Rof Pterosaurs based their research on the now-outdated theories of pterosaurs% m3 x9 K, j6 z# v- K/ G+ b
being seabird-like, and the size limit does not apply to terrestrial pterosaurs, ) K% i4 r! N' ~4 o' E4 ksuch as azhdarchids and tapejarids. Furthermore, Darren Naish concluded that 3 X6 \ n8 J& z# |! ~atmospheric difffferences between the present and the Mesozoic were not needed 6 J& E$ m# b6 y& l9 J0 Nfor the giant size of pterosaurs[8]. S5 d! |+ Z& N* r
Another issue that has been diffiffifficult to understand is how they took offff." q& o; N! N6 Y1 I% @
If pterosaurs were cold-blooded animals, it was unclear how the larger ones + n, }/ {/ p! K: zof enormous size, with an ineffiffifficient cold-blooded metabolism, could manage% \ n- E \3 ^4 H+ B
a bird-like takeoffff strategy, using only the hind limbs to generate thrust for # b" Y0 e/ s6 D, {1 rgetting airborne. Later research shows them instead as being warm-blooded) c) v" h. V7 o& f% i z, [7 B
and having powerful flflight muscles, and using the flflight muscles for walking as " s+ l6 O- r# M. Bquadrupeds[9]. Mark Witton of the University of Portsmouth and Mike Habib of& T& g0 {+ I2 c
Johns Hopkins University suggested that pterosaurs used a vaulting mechanism1 |, a. |! X/ D' p- F5 H
to obtain flflight[10]. The tremendous power of their winged forelimbs would; P+ B9 \2 R2 p$ U$ ~5 l# r7 K; B' c
enable them to take offff with ease[9]. Once aloft, pterosaurs could reach speeds " e J9 h# t8 @5 v3 w4 Pof up to 120 km/h and travel thousands of kilometres[10].. J, P P, o9 O9 k" L3 B
Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model of the) w: n- \0 u% P, L2 h7 I9 D
flflight process of at least one large pterosaur based on fossil measurements and; A0 @% P) J. p. {5 d5 A
to answer the following questions. + ^3 h- g1 \3 ~; w1. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its average speed during nor7 u0 E3 y! d- I8 s5 d% @0 ]
mal flflight. $ b- w; P2 t3 q* d- A& w5 \' f0 e2. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its wing-flflap frequency during8 m1 T/ y5 \3 j
normal flflight.& N4 _$ }0 ?5 i' i0 u
3. Study how large pterosaurs take offff; is it possible for them to take offff like 1 P/ v" P9 o* C) G; @" Ebirds on flflat ground or on water? Explain the reasons quantitatively.5 T' T5 Q: v* T0 t8 X
References3 b) x B6 z! W( e$ y' B
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Membrane. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (1): 99-111.' C! B/ N4 O a' g% y
2[2] Mark Witton. Terrestrial Locomotion. ( k" g8 v2 g4 u. i! Z7 N$ G. o0 Nhttps://pterosaur.net/terrestrial locomotion.php $ n$ @! r' U( n[3] Laura Geggel. It’s Offiffifficial: Those Flying Reptiles Called Pterosaurs - E/ m1 S) }- V4 WWere Covered in Fluffffy Feathers. https://www.livescience.com/64324- - k) ]% @- A5 o* s3 i; I: O9 J! spterosaurs-had-feathers.html1 S f( d% Q: V1 R
[4] Wang, X.; Kellner, A.W.A.; Zhou, Z.; Campos, D.A. (2008). Discovery of a& V$ H( B. \9 i+ t2 q5 r
rare arboreal forest-dwelling flflying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) D; K0 w' v/ q' C; l. u' d) zfrom China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (6):! y: V2 ?+ K5 b* b
1983-87. " q& I- r8 D$ \) D" F- t[5] Buffffetaut E, Grigorescu D, Csiki Z. A new giant pterosaur with a robust! @7 i8 \7 ?1 m- i6 n+ k
skull from the latest cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften. 89 (4):6 Y2 p! g& J: y8 P- h/ e, m+ ~
180-84. ! ^: F1 [* i0 V8 z+ m/ ~[6] Devin Powell. Were pterosaurs too big to flfly?0 p5 w9 h; A; L1 P- K8 c1 b
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026763-800-were-pterosaurs . a, U5 z$ R1 X# `/ ^too-big-to-flfly/ & V J9 ?0 w9 A5 ^/ I0 h[7] Templin, R. J.; Chatterjee, Sankar. Posture, locomotion, and paleoecology) ]5 T# Z. c8 A3 U6 Q2 u! `
of pterosaurs. Boulder, Colo: Geological Society of America. p. 60. 9 E% F" P- I, ?* d[8] Naish, Darren. Pterosaurs breathed in bird-like fashion and had inflflatable; V% y. k) ~2 A4 g4 f4 b( a5 W" `
air sacs in their wings. 5 ]# T$ [* J( e# M% h7 i2 o* |https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/02/18/pterosaur B' o: a0 X4 b) H6 t) F+ ~
breathing-air-sacs ) j' B7 c0 B; k1 ?4 @ Q$ @[9] Mark Witton. Why pterosaurs weren’t so scary after all. , l. F" A. W& O7 j, Nhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/11/pterosaurs-fossils& \' l+ g' k% @( D' ?' ^9 c- N( c
research-mark-witton& K* r4 U6 d' ]/ O: T
[10] Jeffff Hecht. Did giant pterosaurs vault aloft like vampire bats? ; k" n, R% \( d% R2 Jhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19724-did-giant-pterosaurs 4 d. f( e1 C C$ E }vault-aloft-like-vampire-bats/ : W4 p( }: _+ \2 D/ v4 C! `" a" { " y6 l& H' x2 s7 u# M& }9 |2022+ j: [. J; d* E: c O: x
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http://mcm.tzmcm.cn 8 g( `- K4 r5 O/ P; R. pProblem B (MCM) ! q" k% R2 X5 O0 L! G: kThe Genetic Process of Sequences- [1 U5 f- O$ w+ `. b5 J
Sequence homology is the biological homology between DNA, RNA, or protein+ ]4 m1 T; u8 Q' Q$ E: s3 y! [) h
sequences, defifined in terms of shared ancestry in the evolutionary history of ) J) o: p8 }! u5 ?" O3 {life[1]. Homology among DNA, RNA, or proteins is typically inferred from their* b. e% g/ Y7 C$ e/ b
nucleotide or amino acid sequence similarity. Signifificant similarity is strong: v0 S( c; H5 J* e% J4 Y
evidence that two sequences are related by evolutionary changes from a common" z1 \4 W& T" _, S$ ]5 M0 M: P
ancestral sequence[2].* J; Z: P0 r/ L' W7 _) ~. } v! w
Consider the genetic process of a RNA sequence, in which mutations in nu8 t/ Z0 M6 p' J2 t3 g
cleotide bases occur by chance. For simplicity, we assume the sequence mutation ( u* o5 B+ h6 `8 C0 z! I0 Iarise due to the presence of change (transition or transversion), insertion and , @: o. R( I+ B" I9 @( A0 Edeletion of a single base. So we can measure the distance of two sequences by, N! a ^$ G) X4 o" r6 O
the amount of mutation points. Multiple base sequences that are close together7 A7 [) I2 I: ~: E: E( G4 @9 t0 J
can form a family, and they are considered homologous.% J- C: j7 H% ~' J- c
Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to com" p- b8 l! c0 @- N% L8 q
plete the following problems.5 j1 v9 @5 M6 M0 k7 N1 f) r6 W
1. Please design an algorithm that quickly measures the distance between r; L0 ^* S- K* z
two suffiffifficiently long(> 103 bases) base sequences. & E( \& U# P- ^9 n2 p" p2. Please evaluate the complexity and accuracy of the algorithm reliably, and : q# v# T) U9 W: z6 L* j0 z. |design suitable examples to illustrate it. 1 @" n0 u. u1 U, e3 _6 d3. If multiple base sequences in a family have evolved from a common an- E1 B. n5 `% {* r, F; H% s+ w7 O$ h9 g
cestral sequence, design an effiffifficient algorithm to determine the ancestral0 a- A0 x3 c9 M/ |( g& V8 @
sequence, and map the genealogical tree. 4 u/ z5 U2 a" r: rReferences ! Y6 `' H0 M, C/ F2 M. l( e0 d5 K[1] Koonin EV. “Orthologs, paralogs, and evolutionary genomics”. Annual Re : j. Y, S$ A2 q" s4 `view of Genetics. 39: 30938, 2005. 0 {# W$ J0 q/ M[2] Reeck GR, de Han C, Teller DC, Doolittle RF, Fitch WM, Dickerson RE,9 C6 a C, _6 w, ]3 o
et al. “Homology” in proteins and nucleic acids: a terminology muddle and4 g# P" }9 `: J9 K/ B4 Z
a way out of it. Cell. 50 (5): 667, 1987.; x8 u# w& N% l1 Q
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2022 ' M" N# N% x% ?% e {! ECertifificate Authority Cup International Mathematical Contest Modeling5 w2 S. s4 { y3 N3 H( m
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Problem C (ICM) ! ]. V' k, `8 L; g, s1 g6 RClassify Human Activities4 I9 @ K, G! O; c
One important aspect of human behavior understanding is the recognition and 3 D, v7 T. ^- k2 B1 x$ ~# K# @+ ~monitoring of daily activities. A wearable activity recognition system can im - Q! y! j: }5 ?) e" Mprove the quality of life in many critical areas, such as ambulatory monitor0 ^1 V7 L% L/ \- j
ing, home-based rehabilitation, and fall detection. Inertial sensor based activ # I4 N* e. [3 L) M6 k) qity recognition systems are used in monitoring and observation of the elderly* u' R- q1 r( J* `+ P/ `! G% n
remotely by personal alarm systems[1], detection and classifification of falls[2], ! f& |0 q8 q8 g* Qmedical diagnosis and treatment[3], monitoring children remotely at home or in" M. L* R& M9 @; e" E- y
school, rehabilitation and physical therapy , biomechanics research, ergonomics, 0 [7 `1 Z' P( n3 nsports science, ballet and dance, animation, fifilm making, TV, live entertain9 N+ v, i: G; a
ment, virtual reality, and computer games[4]. We try to use miniature inertial; d. Q2 e' `/ b. O
sensors and magnetometers positioned on difffferent parts of the body to classify \9 ` E+ t1 C4 T: }
human activities, the following data were obtained.( c: \$ x# {- m- u9 |
Each of the 19 activities is performed by eight subjects (4 female, 4 male,- {' Z) G1 o6 k/ |" b
between the ages 20 and 30) for 5 minutes. Total signal duration is 5 minutes5 C4 Z% G N5 g. B% y5 M5 R
for each activity of each subject. The subjects are asked to perform the activ $ ~, q" `& O7 j1 W! X3 P; l* Rities in their own style and were not restricted on how the activities should be% R2 q5 o9 [% v3 I. \$ I
performed. For this reason, there are inter-subject variations in the speeds and ! T7 ?$ _* B" O+ c6 h! p+ wamplitudes of some activities. ; Q1 C" t) w; l% M, n, zSensor units are calibrated to acquire data at 25 Hz sampling frequency. / d0 S# p! \; |5 Y& U8 ]The 5-min signals are divided into 5-sec segments so that 480(= 60 × 8) signal - N: U+ w+ f& [' isegments are obtained for each activity.5 e" @4 }7 v" [
The 19 activities are: , b3 V3 u9 b) b, Q1. Sitting (A1);6 R* R* P0 ?4 m. g3 q( z. L" S
2. Standing (A2);5 I9 j$ p0 n b* h+ u ~, D
3. Lying on back (A3); * ~6 H$ b% \: x1 l ^6 Y' y4. Lying on right side (A4);( A% {' m. B5 P& M: ^4 d
5. Ascending stairs (A5);5 p, G1 T8 L- N2 u
16. Descending stairs (A6);6 ^1 u8 Q4 I8 z8 n2 d
7. Standing in an elevator still (A7);0 |9 D2 @; g i5 _) L6 t5 i$ h
8. Moving around in an elevator (A8);& f r$ q6 N+ v& l
9. Walking in a parking lot (A9);0 ?3 v* c! U0 i) i; [5 P
10. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in flflat position and 15 deg0 k/ ]7 y! f7 U2 q* n1 I7 M9 |/ r9 M& D
inclined positions (A10);) t9 v* o% b& ]2 V# z
11. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in 15 deg inclined positions + j1 |2 ]; \2 R5 J- w(A11);2 O: }0 J1 r$ G4 u: I
12. Running on a treadmill with a speed of 8 km/h (A12); 7 t) n. {4 u: o! w" o13. Exercising on a stepper (A13);# F$ T F* ?! t3 @- }* _
14. Exercising on a cross trainer (A14); 9 Z2 B7 `' ?9 F: r" K: x U15. Cycling on an exercise bike in horizontal position (A15); : }. \8 A( U/ R/ f3 s8 G p16. Cycling on an exercise bike in vertical position (A16);7 W0 O, c/ W# ^ k$ u
17. Rowing (A17); 3 a# m: g# X) [18. Jumping (A18);1 }) c# Q- k0 m b* T5 }& A/ J
19. Playing basketball (A19). : d- m! w* N8 \- e/ h/ RYour team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to solve & W, ~- Y, u6 a4 r3 z- ethe following problems.5 {% S/ n6 |$ q: F* q# b7 T# S
1. Please design a set of features and an effiffifficient algorithm in order to classify % s8 D. G2 N# U" b4 Y' Bthe 19 types of human actions from the data of these body-worn sensors. + _7 t* _9 ] n9 y4 r2. Because of the high cost of the data, we need to make the model have ; [& u: r; F* p- aa good generalization ability with a limited data set. We need to study7 f- \4 N7 N' d0 h( [( }( b
and evaluate this problem specififically. Please design a feasible method to( q- } K9 N/ O2 f2 V" [
evaluate the generalization ability of your model.) B- w1 k( R7 h" V9 J! ~2 L4 f2 I
3. Please study and overcome the overfifitting problem so that your classififi-2 P2 L# z3 f7 L
cation algorithm can be widely used on the problem of people’s action $ k5 R0 T: n. P( V- ^ l% n1 Pclassifification. , x. Z5 p5 }( }5 C% w) A/ a& {0 X! xThe complete data can be downloaded through the following link:: X& u( h2 a" ~, S# q+ ~6 ^5 O: ^
https://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CJUOrpy8oq / q" R L# ^2 y/ _4 Y* X2Appendix: File structure . W9 [! t+ E% F6 j% Q• 19 activities (a) & m" v) V) \/ t( h• 8 subjects (p)5 P' K9 i% p! ^# A6 X9 K
• 60 segments (s) " n! g4 e |! v• 5 units on torso (T), right arm (RA), left arm (LA), right leg (RL), left3 r3 R0 A- f* {" |5 g! M# C
leg (LL) " j) Q% Y1 `- R+ C3 a; W% Y; Z• 9 sensors on each unit (x, y, z accelerometers, x, y, z gyroscopes, x, y, z + C. l. E8 m# w& y/ tmagnetometers) # e/ u7 z: L3 A& v, e0 \* F' [1 |Folders a01, a02, ..., a19 contain data recorded from the 19 activities. 7 G9 c6 }5 s+ m, G1 BFor each activity, the subfolders p1, p2, ..., p8 contain data from each of the9 S' @" c% {3 _* F7 Q, t+ G
8 subjects. 2 w2 z! H1 e/ l1 |# L5 z/ OIn each subfolder, there are 60 text fifiles s01, s02, ..., s60, one for each- a% Y) e2 a2 s8 D5 l! o: B
segment. ; K# J5 T0 l9 f( \In each text fifile, there are 5 units × 9 sensors = 45 columns and 5 sec × 256 \1 t, I' a. f- |; h2 b- j
Hz = 125 rows., u% Q: w4 Z/ e
Each column contains the 125 samples of data acquired from one of the8 m' X4 T$ [/ o7 t3 o4 J
sensors of one of the units over a period of 5 sec.$ N5 h, |) |$ m# k7 A! W
Each row contains data acquired from all of the 45 sensor axes at a particular# O! t* T( |: a9 O* b) T
sampling instant separated by commas. W& F8 X0 Q, v# X6 BColumns 1-45 correspond to:* s* H, N; M; Z' U$ z
• T_xacc, T_yacc, T_zacc, T_xgyro, ..., T_ymag, T_zmag,4 e9 {7 {, ^1 c! s# a: U
• RA_xacc, RA_yacc, RA_zacc, RA_xgyro, ..., RA_ymag, RA_zmag,! x( V5 m7 h0 e M
• LA_xacc, LA_yacc, LA_zacc, LA_xgyro, ..., LA_ymag, LA_zmag, " L/ N# b. x# i0 C0 s+ x• RL_xacc, RL_yacc, RL_zacc, RL_xgyro, ..., RL_ymag, RL_zmag, Y$ [2 v& w8 J: S5 s' m
• LL_xacc, LL_yacc, LL_zacc, LL_xgyro, ..., LL_ymag, LL_zmag.; f5 d- V4 q: k2 E& e
Therefore,; G# \( Q& K/ g) s8 M
• columns 1-9 correspond to the sensors in unit 1 (T),( z. I6 r- g! p' E& P
• columns 10-18 correspond to the sensors in unit 2 (RA), 6 }4 k! j, `2 M8 }) \• columns 19-27 correspond to the sensors in unit 3 (LA), 3 ^+ a0 x- ?6 h8 i• columns 28-36 correspond to the sensors in unit 4 (RL), 5 f! a6 F2 A) a7 i/ t) q• columns 37-45 correspond to the sensors in unit 5 (LL). 2 E" x: V7 n; m! ]- M3References % `; ^+ P) s, F0 a[1] Mathie M.J., Celler B.G., Lovell N.H., Coster A.C.F. Classifification of basic - |0 K! h1 p* @: Adaily movements using a triaxial accelerometer. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. . i$ M' |6 {% Z42(5), 679-687, 20043 Z7 ~! a$ e: N$ V$ Z' w
[2] Kangas M., Konttila A., Lindgren P., Winblad I., Ja¨msa¨ T. Comparison of, k% |0 j( k6 k$ n* ^
low-complexity fall detection algorithms for body attached accelerometers. # z, {* `. i [2 ]Gait Posture 28(2), 285-291, 2008 % H) J6 R. ~4 |0 F: O[3] Wu W.H., Bui A.A.T., Batalin M.A., Liu D., Kaiser W.J. Incremental diag7 J3 s( U5 s+ H/ w6 i) E6 `9 `! _
nosis method for intelligent wearable sensor system. IEEE T. Inf. Technol.; t" R7 M- l$ h
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trol of a physically simulated character. ACM T. Graphic. 27(5), 2008 # u0 C% _" D+ B + Z9 N& ?. a4 A8 D7 j2022 5 `, t# R6 u* O1 i$ R5 lCertifificate Authority Cup International Mathematical Contest Modeling . j4 ?0 f& A# r+ _# D. \- \http://mcm.tzmcm.cn1 c+ W Q9 M* b+ R
Problem D (ICM), w( P9 I( B0 X
Whether Wildlife Trade Should Be Banned for a Long & W% E- l/ h8 w9 a2 i4 ?Time 2 K* D" f# d" N" nWild-animal markets are the suspected origin of the current outbreak and the6 E# A- W. P/ r2 w9 o! T4 Q
2002 SARS outbreak, And eating wild meat is thought to have been a source - t$ A" z( N {/ n; T6 N2 ~of the Ebola virus in Africa. Chinas top law-making body has permanently 7 H9 |$ O: D' s+ D% P+ {6 S" M7 Dtightened rules on trading wildlife in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, 2 s6 S7 t; @* F* p5 f3 J$ h5 awhich is thought to have originated in a wild-animal market in Wuhan. Some 2 I+ ^4 ^8 v* D* y% C$ A4 [scientists speculate that the emergency measure will be lifted once the outbreak: z2 ?/ t7 f3 t0 Y
ends. L5 @# |# J# p A- K6 ]4 fHow the trade in wildlife products should be regulated in the long term?% G: [' C8 i' H: o4 t; @2 a
Some researchers want a total ban on wildlife trade, without exceptions, whereas1 I. p- { K; [/ x
others say sustainable trade of some animals is possible and benefificial for peo- {/ F0 [) ?2 I$ G# j+ r. }
ple who rely on it for their livelihoods. Banning wild meat consumption could 5 r7 I+ L* f* t) _% T- ccost the Chinese economy 50 billion yuan (US $ 7.1 billion) and put one mil 2 l! s) ^5 J' N. z/ s% g1 vlion people out of a job, according to estimates from the non-profifit Society of& E) J5 X, U9 _! J0 m9 {' Y
Entrepreneurs and Ecology in Beijing.2 T$ x8 T) i4 W9 s
A team led by Shi Zheng-Li and Cui Jie of the Wuhan Institute of Virology( [! Q' Y6 b7 B% e+ Z5 J2 L
in China, chasing the origin of the deadly SARS virus, have fifinally found their # P3 F5 [7 Q, g6 t; w7 Osmoking gun in 2017. In a remote cave in Yunnan province, virologists have* e; [5 V9 P6 g. S1 n8 t
identifified a single population of horseshoe bats that harbours virus strains with ! B5 t' @6 s( W3 L+ D0 Lall the genetic building blocks of the one that jumped to humans in 2002, killing ) L2 a$ `) {- b: ~$ walmost 800 people around the world. The killer strain could easily have arisen# K! \7 V4 {& g K5 C
from such a bat population, the researchers report in PLoS Pathogens on 30 ' a* i6 ?0 `2 I( T# bNovember, 2017. Another outstanding question is how a virus from bats in 6 t( ?9 |& S0 dYunnan could travel to animals and humans around 1,000 kilometres away in4 z$ h D4 T/ j' d
Guangdong, without causing any suspected cases in Yunnan itself. Wildlife 8 \0 d+ e* P/ T F, O3 _trade is the answer. Although wild animals are cooked at high temperature# l& P: u2 S2 P! v, D% h: H# [ J
when eating, some viruses are diffiffifficult to survive, humans may come into contact* S8 [: ~7 W& e$ V9 \7 C2 _
with animal secretions in the wildlife market. They warn that the ingredients. y) V/ e! F" h# }9 E
are in place for a similar disease to emerge again. 1 y4 U$ T4 L; |# T) @1 BWildlife trade has many negative effffects, with the most important ones being:% W0 {2 n7 S# G6 V
1Figure 1: Masked palm civets sold in markets in China were linked to the SARS k2 s7 t5 c. O @& d; o
outbreak in 2002.Credit: Matthew Maran/NPL ) k6 w) j G8 e• Decline and extinction of populations ! i- ?8 {2 J% T! X: w• Introduction of invasive species0 P' M/ v2 F2 o9 R) N! a M! q
• Spread of new diseases to humans 0 {& Y% V3 {' ^1 A) F1 ]We use the CITES trade database as source for my data. This database 7 b" P. |( o+ G8 V/ [8 qcontains more than 20 million records of trade and is openly accessible. The 1 U) g; P- `4 z* _! {# cappendix is the data on mammal trade from 1990 to 2021, and the complete3 |: a! d3 _" g, M" Y6 }2 e+ _0 r+ ^
database can also be obtained through the following link:5 B& k1 C# j% T0 L& p$ y" k
https://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CKACoDDpEJ) [3 o O! ]2 K$ v. c
Requirements Your team are asked to build reasonable mathematical mod ( c4 G: m+ W* W. W& o1 t+ Vels, analyze the data, and solve the following problems: ( R5 V; `- J1 U7 H7 P1 i* l! {1. Which wildlife groups and species are traded the most (in terms of live. b1 w: u4 Z3 S
animals taken from the wild)? * D) z) Q9 k0 C/ U4 q9 d2. What are the main purposes for trade of these animals? ; F. }) ^8 Z/ x# R3. How has the trade changed over the past two decades (2003-2022)? ' X: ]& V4 x( J3 @% z$ b! u+ z$ \4. Whether the wildlife trade is related to the epidemic situation of major% W, J% _! O: X n* r) m
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25. Do you agree with banning on wildlife trade for a long time? Whether it9 A, n& g+ l) G& Y4 y E
will have a great impact on the economy and society, and why? 7 s" t& R4 g' H6. Write a letter to the relevant departments of the US government to explain% n+ [; G- m4 ~4 w& T6 ? }
your views and policy suggestions. + r. U! g: S% [8 G8 {: C, a+ m! r ( Q* E0 C$ y/ u9 z% a& @+ I & j8 _9 U- c& p( Q5 ?/ b; @: A4 x( s6 T; U: w$ u
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