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Parenting And Personality Disorder: An Overview And Meta-Synthesis Of Systematic Reviews, Kayla Steele, Michelle L. Townsend, Brin F. S Grenyer

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Background/Objectives: Maladaptive parenting (including childhood maltreatment, abuse and neglect) has been implicated in the scientific literature exploring the aetiology of personality disorder, particularly borderline personality disorder (BPD). Our primary objective was to summarise the evidence on the relationship between parenting and personality disorder, assisting clinical decision-makers to translate this research into clinical policy and practice.

Methods: We conducted an overview of systematic reviews that assessed individuals with personality disorder pathology for experiences of maladaptive parenting, compared to psychiatric or healthy comparisons/controls, and the impact on psychopathological and relational outcomes. Systematic literature searches were conducted in Scopus, Web of Science, MEDLINE, …

Learning To 'Be' A University Student: First In Family Students Negotiating Membership Of The University Community, Olivia Groves, Sarah Elizabeth O'Shea

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An integral part of the higher education (HE) journey is the act of 'becoming' a student, however students who are first in their families (FiF) to attend university have had limited exposure to the HE environment. Innovatively for research with this cohort, this paper draws on situated learning theory to examine how learning to become a university student occurs through participation within the university community of practice. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with FiF learners at the end of their degrees, i.e. successful students, the analysis describes students' movement from initial participation at the periphery of the university community to fuller …

Effects Of Steering Locomotion And Teleporting On Cybersickness And Presence In Hmd-Based Virtual Reality, Jeremy Clifton, Stephen Palmisano

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While head-mounted display-based virtual reality (VR) can produce compelling feelings of presence (or "being there") in its users, it also often induces motion sickness. This study compared the presence, cybersickness and perceptions of self-motion (or "vection") induced when using two common methods of virtual locomotion: steering locomotion and teleporting. In four trials, conducted over two separate days, 25 participants repeatedly explored the "Red Fall" virtual environment in the game Nature Treks VR for 16 min at a time. Although steering locomotion was found to be more sickening on average than teleporting, 9 participants reported more severe sickness while teleporting. On …

The Uk Labour Party Wants To Abolish Private Schools - Could We Do That In Australia?, Paul Andrew Kidson

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The UK's Labour Party recently voted in a policy to effectively abolish private schools and integrate them into the state system. This is a courageous move designed to redress social inequity - many of those working in the top levels of the UK government were educated in private schools. Two of Britain's three most recent prime ministers went to the prestigious Eton College, which charges annual fees of more than £40,000. The UK opposition party's plan will likely warm the hearts of similarly minded Australians. Many of the same arguments about educational inequality have been floated in Australia. Many individuals …

Flexible Learning Spaces Facilitate Interaction, Collaboration And Behavioural Engagement In Secondary School, Katharina Elisabeth Kariippanon, Dylan P. Cliff, Sarah Lancaster, Anthony D. Okely, Anne-Maree Parrish

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Globally, many schools are replacing traditional classrooms with innovative flexible learning spaces to improve academic outcomes. Little is known about the effect on classroom behaviour. Students from nine secondary schools (n = 60, M age = 13.2±1.0y) were observed via momentary time sampling for a 30 minute period, in both a traditionally furnished and arranged classroom and a flexible learning space containing a variety of furniture options to accommodate different pedagogical approaches and learning styles. The teaching approaches in both conditions were documented. In traditional classrooms the approach was predominantly teacher-led and in the flexible learning space it was student-centred. …

Association Of Dairy Product Consumption With Metabolic And Inflammatory Biomarkers In Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From The Labmed Study, Sandra Abreu, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Rute Santos, Carla Moreira, Luis Carlos Oliveira Lopes, Carla Goncalves, Jose Oliveira-Santos, Eduarda Sousa-Sa, Bruno Rodrigues, Jorge Mota, Rafaela Rosario

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This study aimed to investigate the association between dairy product consumption and metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers in Portuguese adolescents, and whether the association differed by weight status. A cross-sectional study was conducted during the school year 2011/2012 with 412 Portuguese adolescents (52.4% girls) in 7th and 10th grade (aged 12 to 18 years old). The World Health Organization cutoffs were used to categorize adolescents as non-overweight (NW) or overweight (OW). Blood samples were collected to analyze C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), leptin, and adiponectin. Dairy product intake was evaluated using a food frequency questionnaire. Participants were divided by tertiles according …

Interventions In Outside-School Hours Childcare Settings For Promoting Physical Activity Amongst Schoolchildren Aged 4 To 12 Years, Rosa Virgara, Carol Maher, Lucy Lewis, Anna Phillips, Luke Wolfenden, Anthony D. Okely, Michael W. Beets, Mandy Richardson, Katherine Baldock

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This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the effects of physical activity interventions for increasing physical activity in children aged 4 to 12 years in outside-school hours childcare settings (i.e. the hours of the day when formal school lessons have either not begun or have finished and/or during school holiday periods). Our secondary objectives are to assess the effects of interventions on markers of children's cardiovascular health, quality of life, process evaluation and to identify any unintended adverse outcomes (e.g. injuries, distress).

Reflective Practice To Guide Teacher Learning: A Practitioner's Journey With Beginner Adult English Language Learners, Skye Playsted

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Reflective practice in TESOL is widely used in pre-service and in-service teacher education contexts and is regarded as beneficial for ongoing professional learning. While models of reflective language teaching vary, they all aim to improve classroom outcomes for teachers and students. A holistic approach to reflective practice includes teachers' beliefs, philosophies and the interaction of their teaching practices with moral and social issues outside the classroom as part of the self-reflective teaching process (Farrell, 2015; Larrivee, 2000). Reflecting on the teaching journey in this way can help teachers make sense of how individual beliefs about teaching interact with professional experiences, …

'Sticky' Foods: How School Practices Produce Negative Emotions For Mothers And Children, Claire E. Tanner, Janemaree Maher, Deana Leahy, Jo Lindsay, Sian Supski, Jan Wright

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This paper addresses health messages that are carried home from school - a space where childhood obesity prevention measures are being transmitted to families, and mothers in particular. We consider what emotions are being produced for mothers and children in the enactment of current school health initiatives, especially those aimed at 'improving' family food practices. Our analysis draws on interviews with parents and primary-school-aged children (n = 50) in Australia collected as part of a project on children's role as health advocates in family contexts. Using Sara Ahmed's work on emotions and John Law's concept of 'collateral realities', we consider …

Childcare Physical Activity Interventions: A Discussion Of Similarities And Differences And Trends, Issues, And Recommendations, Rachel A. Jones, Eduarda Sousa-Sa, Michele Peden, Anthony D. Okely

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Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings have a pivotal role in the promotion of physical activity for young children, and thus, the number of ECEC-based physical activity interventions has exponentially increased in the last two decades. The aim of this study was three-fold: (1) to discuss some of the similarities and differences in ECEC-based physical activity interventions, (2) to highlight current trends and issues in the ECEC sector relating to such interventions, and (3) to provide recommendations for future interventions. Twenty-four individual studies are discussed. Most studies have targeted children aged between 3 and 5 years and involved children …

Sharing Cities: Creating Space And Practice For New Urban Agency, Capacities And Subjectivities, Inka Santala, Pauline M. Mcguirk

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In recent years, cities across the world have witnessed the emergence of alternative economic practices that have come to challenge norms related to production and consumption. Although a plethora of research has started to emerge on this sharing economy, less attention has been paid to community-led and potentially transformative sharing practices that prioritize peer-to-peer collaboration, equity, and increasing social capital above financial benefits. Following the work of a community-based initiative Share Sydney, this research seeks to understand practices of communal sharing as they emerge in the City of Sydney, Australia. Drawing analysis particularly from the group's Sharing Map project, we …

Hydraulic Flushing In Soft Coal Sublayer: Gas Extraction Enhancement Mechanism And Field Application, Hao Zhang, Yuanping Cheng, Liang Yuan, Liang Wang, Zhejun Pan

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

In China, one or several ultrathin soft coal sublayers are widely developed in the coal seam. Therefore, a method of using hydraulic flushing in soft sublayer to enhance the gas extraction in these particular coal seams is developed in this work. We first established a new fully coupled gas extraction model by combing gas diffusion, gas flow, and a permeability model that considers the effect of stress change and plastic failure. By adopting this model, the gas extraction enhancement mechanism and its main influence factors were studied using the numerical simulation method based on the engineering and geological background in …

Factors Affecting Energy Efficiency Investments - A Case Study Of Bhutan, Roshan Chhetri, Young-Ho Lee, Duane A. Robinson, Sumitra Pokhrel

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Energy efficiency is providing the same services consuming less energy. Less energy means less energy bill and less greenhouse emissions. Bhutan presents a unique scenario in promoting the use of energy efficiency equipment and investments. Bhutan enjoys availability of adequate low cost hydropower energy resource that is green and clean and enjoys cheap electrical energy. To aggravate the situation, the domestic tariffs are subsidized and even free up to 100 units in rural parts of the country. Export tariffs are determined independently according to entirely different principles. However for cooking, Bhutan imports LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) from India. With increasing …

Two-Dimensional Solid-State Array Detectors: A Technique For In Vivo Dose Verification In A Variable Effective Area, Kananan Utitsarn, Giordano Biasi, Nauljun Stansook, Z A. Alrowaili, Marco Petasecca, Martin G. Carolan, Vladimir Perevertaylo, Wolfgang Tome, Tomas Kron, Michael L. F Lerch, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

Purpose:We introduce a technique that employs a 2D detector in transmission mode (TM) to verify dose maps at a depth of dmaxin Solid Water. TM measurements, when taken at a different surface‐to‐detector distance (SDD), allow for the area at dmax(in which the dose map is calculated) to be adjusted.Methods:We considered the detector prototype"MP512"(an array of 512 diode‐sensitive volumes, 2 mm spatial resolution). Measurements in transmission mode were taken at SDDs in the range from 0.3 to 24 cm. Dose mode (DM) measurements were made at dmaxin Solid Water. We considered radiation fields in the range from 2x2cm2to 10x10 cm2, produced …

3-E Analysis And Optimization Of An Organic Rankine Flash Cycle Integrated With A Pem Fuel Cell And Geothermal Energy, Zhixiong Li, Shoaib Khanmohammadi, Saber Khanmohammadi, Abdullah Al-Rashed, Pouria Ahmadi, Masoud Afrand

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC The current research deals with thermodynamic and economic analyses and optimization of a geothermal system integrated with organic Rankine flash cycle (ORFC) and a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM-FC). A thermodynamic model for ORFC and PEM-FC is developed to investigate employing the PEM-FC in a combined geothermal ORFC. A comparative study is carried out to determine the effect of applying PEM-FC in a geothermal based ORFC. The validation of PEM-FC simulation with experimental data from the literature shows a good agreement. The results of numerical modeling indicate that using the rejected heat in the …

Enhancing Goldreich, Goldwasser And Halevi's Scheme With Intersecting Lattices, Arnaud Sipasseuth, Thomas Plantard, Willy Susilo

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

We present a technique to enhance the security of the Goldreich, Goldwasser and Halevi (GGH) scheme. The security of GGH has practically been broken by lattice reduction techniques. Those attacks are successful due to the structure of the basis used in the secret key. In this work, we aim to present a new technique to alleviate this problem by modifying the public key which hides the structure of the corresponding private key. We intersect the initial lattice with a random one while keeping the initial lattice as our secret key and use the corresponding result of the intersection as the …

Experimental Testing And Modelling Of A Rotary Variable Stiffness And Damping Shock Absorber Using Magnetorheological Technology, Lei Deng, Shuaishuai Sun, Matthew Christie, Jian Yang, Donghong Ning, Xiaojing Zhu, Haiping Du, Shiwu Zhang, Weihua Li

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This article presents a novel rotary shock absorber which combines the abilities of variable stiffness and variable damping by assembling a set of two magnetorheological damping units, one of which being placed in series with a rubber spring. This allows the damping and stiffness to be controlled independently by the internal damping and the external damping units, respectively. A test bench was established to verify the variable stiffness and damping functionality. The experimental results for variable damping test, variable stiffness test and co-working test are presented. At the amplitude of 10° and the frequency 0.5 Hz, increases of 141.6% and …

The Vulnerability Of Multiplicative Noise Protection To Correlation-Attacks On Continuous Microdata, Yue Ma, Yan-Xia Lin, Rathin Sarathy

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When multiplicative noises are used to protect values of a sensitive attribute in a microdata, it is frequently assumed that data intruders use the noise-multiplied value to estimate the corresponding unobservable original value of a target record. In this paper, we show that, data intruders could easily construct another estimate instead of using the noise-multiplied value to attack an original value. The new estimate, namely "correlation-attack" estimate, is obtained by exploiting the potentially high correlation between the noise-multiplied data and the original data. We provide a detailed comparison between the two estimates (noise-multiplied value and the correlation-attack estimate) by comparing …

A Case Study On Pricing Foreign Exchange Options Using The Modified Craig-Sneyd Adi Scheme, Chittaranjan Mishra, Xiaoping Lu

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

One of the prominent alternating direction implicit (ADI) schemes for numerically pricing financial options, the modified Craig-Sneyd scheme, is put to test for its reliability and efficiency for solving non-trivial problems with empirical market data. The Heston equation for pricing foreign exchange options of European style, a two-dimensional convection-diffusion-reaction equation with a mixed derivative term, is numerically solved for various parameter values observed in the market by employing the said scheme. Numerical stability and convergence issues of this scheme is compared with another popular Hundsdorfer-Verwer ADI scheme. From among a total of 56 options on 8 currency pairs, it is …

Comparison Of The Mineralogy Of Iron Ore Sinters Using A Range Of Techniques, Tom Honeyands, James Manuel, Leanne Matthews, Damien O'Dea, David J. Pinson, J Leedham, Guangqing Zhang, Huibin Li, Brian J. Monaghan, Xinliang Liu, Eugene Donskoi, Nathan A.S. Webster, Mark Pownceby

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

Many different approaches have been used in the past to characterise iron ore sinter mineralogy to predict sinter quality and elucidate the impacts of iron ore characteristics and process variables on the mechanisms of sintering. This paper compares the mineralogy of three sinter samples with binary basicities (mass ratio of CaO/SiO₂) between 1.7 and 2.0. The measurement techniques used were optical image analysis and point counting (PC), quantitative X‐ray diffraction (QXRD) and two different scanning electron microscopy systems, namely, Quantitative Evaluation of Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy (QEMSCAN) and TESCAN Integrated Mineral Analyser (TIMA). Each technique has its …

A 7r Spatial Linkage For Ankle Rehabilitation With An Arbitrary Ankle Rotation Axis, Chih-Ching Hsieh, Chin-Hsing Kuo, Daisuke Matsuura, Yukio Takeda

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In this paper, a 7R spatial linkage for ankle rehabilitation was proposed. Thanks to its kinematic geometry, the output joint, which is accommodated by the patient's ankle, of the linkage can possess an arbitrary joint axis at any configuration. This advantage allows the patient achieving a flexible ankle motion in 3-D space while performing the rehabilitation exercise. The design concept of the 7R linkage is explained, and the displacement and force relationships between the input and output joints (i.e., the motor and patient's ankle) are analyzed through an equivalent RSSR linkage. A prototype is built to validate the proposed design …

Coupled Cfd-Dem Modelling Of Mine Dust Dispersion In Underground Roadway, Lihai Tan, Ting X. Ren

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Dust particles floating inside roadways are characterized by various sizes. However, it is difficult to replicate the dust environment with such factors taken into consideration in laboratory experiments. Fortunately, computational technology provides an alternative way for that. In this study, in order to investigate the movement mechanism of dust with different diameters from heading face in the underground roadway, a three-dimensional CFD-DEM coupling numerical model is presented using the Eulerian-Lagrangian method. A numerical roadway model based on a practical engineering case has been established for the purpose of studying the dust diffusion under single-forced ventilation condition in roadway underground. The …

A Survey On What Australians With Upper Limb Difference Want In A Prosthesis: Justification For Using Soft Robotics And Additive Manufacturing For Customized Prosthetic Hands, Benjamin Stephens-Fripp, Mary Jean Walker, Eliza Goddard, Gursel Alici

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

Purpose: Upper limb prostheses are part of a rapidly changing market place. Despite development in device design, surveys report low levels of uptake and dissatisfaction with current prosthetic design. In this study, we present the results of a survey conducted with people with upper limb difference in Australia on their use of current prostheses and preferences in a prosthetic in order to inform future prosthetic hand design.

Methods: An online survey was conducted on upper limb amputees, with 27 respondents that completed the survey. The survey was a mixture of open-ended questions, ranking design features and quantitative questions …

Effect Of Temperature And Strain Rate On The Hot Deformation Behaviour Of Ferritic Stainless Steel, Guoqing Zu, Yukuan Lu, Yi Yan, Xiaoming Zhang, Jingwei Zhao, Wei Du, Xu Ran, Zhengyi Jiang

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The flow behaviour and microstructure characteristics of a ferritic stainless steel were investigated using plain strain compression test on a Gleeble 3500 thermo-mechanical test simulator with a hydrawedge system in the temperature range of 850-1100 °C and strain rate range of 0.1-50 s⁻¹. The phenomenological constitutive model and the relationship between the Zener-Hollomon (Z) parameter and flow stress were established. The results reveal that the flow softening phenomenon occurs at high strain rate, which is caused by the coupling effect of the adiabatic heating and dynamic recrystallisation (DRX). New grains nucleate preferentially at the original grain boundaries by …

Effects Of Ni And Cr On Cryogenic Impact Toughness Of Bainite/Martensite Multiphase Steels, Zishan Yao, Guang Xu, Zhengyi Jiang, Junyu Tian, Qing Yuan, Hongwei Ma

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In the present research, the effects of Nickel (Ni) and Chromium (Cr) on cryogenic impact toughness (CIT) of low-carbon bainite/martensite multiphase steels [processed by two different cooling processes: isothermal transformation process (ITP) and continuous cooling process (CCP)] were investigated. It was found that due to the formation of carbides during isothermal treatment, the addition of Ni and Cr yielded no significant improvements in CIT. However, during CCP treatment, the addition of Ni manifested a considerable enhancement in CIT, whereas the addition of both Ni and Cr caused a decrease in CIT. Further, after ITP treatment, the microstructure of all steels …

Experimental Investigation On The Mechanical And Tribological Coupled Behaviour Of Bimetal Composite Under Different States, Zhou Li, Jingwei Zhao, Hui Wu, Fanghui Jia, Ye Yao, Qingfeng Zhang, Sihai Jiao, Zhengyi Jiang

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Wear resistance and excellent mechanical properties are the main requirements in industrial applications of bimetal composites. The interfacial evolution of duplex stainless steel/low carbon steel (2205/AH36) bimetal composite after annealing and its tribological behaviour in a 3.5 wt% NaCl solution were investigated in this study. The bonding interface evolution between two layers plays a critical role in mechanical properties of composite, and the surface microstructure of stainless steel layer determines the wear and corrosion resistance. The hot-rolled composite samples were heat treated at temperatures ranging from 850 to 1150 °C in steps of 100 °C for 1 h. Optical microscopy …

Experimental Characterization Of Wildfire Sprinkler Sprays Using High-Speed Videography, Alan Green, Paul Cooper

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External sprinkler systems are one of a relatively small number of measures that are frequently recommended for the protection of houses from wildfires. However, very little scientific work appears to have been undertaken to evaluate their effectiveness. Numerical simulation techniques such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) could be used to investigate spray performance in the conditions of a wildfire; however, detailed characteristics of the sprays typically implemented in wildfire sprinkler systems must first be known so that they can be accurately represented in such simulations. This paper presents the results of an in-depth experimental investigation into the spatiotemporal distributions of …

Optimum Mix Design Of Geopolymer Pastes And Concretes Cured In Ambient Condition Based On Compressive Strength, Setting Time And Workability, Muhammad N. S Hadi, Haiqiu Zhang, Shelley Parkinson

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In this study, the effects of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) content, alkaline solution to binder (Al/Bi) mass ratio, sodium silicate solution to sodium hydroxide solution (SS/SH) mass ratio, and additional water to binder (Aw/Bi) mass ratio on the compressive strength, setting time and workability of geopolymer pastes were studied. A series of mini-size specimen compression tests, setting time tests and mini-slump tests were conducted at ambient condition (23 ± 2 °C). The GGBFS and Class F fly ash (FA) were used as aluminosilicate source. The alkaline activator was a blend of sodium silicate solution and sodium hydroxide solution. …

Geogrid-Confined Pervious Geopolymer Concrete Piles With Frp-Pvcconfined Concrete Core: Concept And Behaviour, Haiqiu Zhang, Muhammad N. S Hadi

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The use of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as strengthening materials for piles was found to be a promising scheme, due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, high durability and high anti-corrosion ability. This study presents an experimental investigation of a new form of composite piles: geogrid-confined pervious geopolymer concrete piles (GPGCPs) with fibre reinforced polymer (FRP)-polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-confined concrete core (FPCC). The GPGCP with FPCC consists of a circular geogrid outer tube, a FRP-PVC-confined normal geopolymer concrete core, and pervious geopolymer concrete (PGC) filled in between. The reason for applying PGC into piles is to increase the …

Authorized Equality Test On Identity-Based Ciphertexts For Secret Data Sharing Via Cloud Storage, Hongbo Li, Qiong Huang, Sha Ma, Jian Shen, Willy Susilo

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

With the higher rate of using cloud storage, protecting data privacy becomes an important issue. The most effective solution is to encrypt data before uploading to the cloud. However, how to efficiently search over data encrypted with different keys is still an open problem. To address this problem, we introduce a new notion of the identity-based encryption with equality test supporting flexible authorization (IBEET-FA). It supports the test of whether two ciphertexts encrypted under the different keys encapsulate the same message, and in the meanwhile supports fine-grained authorization of the test. Based on the equality test on ciphertexts, there is …