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Chapter and Conference Paper
Impossible Differential Cryptanalysis on Feistel Ciphers with SP and SPS Round Functions
Impossible differential cryptanalysis is well known to be effective in analyzing the security of block ciphers. Known result shows that there always exists 5-round impossible differentials of a Feistel cipher ...
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Comparison of Edge Segmentation Methods to Tongue Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the human tongue is one of the important organs which contain the information of health status. In order to achieve an automatic tongue diagnostic system, an effective segmenta...
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On the rigidity theorem for harmonic functions in Kähler metric of Bergman type
The paper gives a method to generate the potential functions which can induce Kähler metrics u = u $$ u_{i\bar...
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The Estimation of Standard Molar Enthalpies of Solution for VOSO4⋅nH2O(s) in Water and in Aqueous H2SO4
The molar enthalpies of solution of VOSO4⋅3.52H2O(s) at various molalities in water and in aqueous sulfuric acid (0.1 mol⋅kg−1), Δsol H m, were measured by a soluti...
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Constructal optimization of discrete and continuous-variable cross-section conducting path based on entransy dissipation rate minimization
Using constructal entransy dissipation rate minimization method based on discrete variable cross-section conducting path, constructal optimizations of elemental area with variable cross-section conducting path...
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Open AccessThe relationship of high sensitivity C-reactive protein to percent body fat mass, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference in a Taiwanese population
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is an easily measured inflammatory biomarker. This study compared the association of percent body fat mass (%FM), body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), a...
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The Semi-ideal Solution Theory. 4. Applications to the Densities and Electrical Conductivities of Mixed Electrolyte and Nonelectrolyte Solutions
Densities and electrical conductivities were measured for the ternary systems NaCl–mannitol(C6H14O6)–H2O, KCl–glycine(NH2CH2COOH)–H2O, KCl–mannitol–H2O, and NaBr–mannitol–H2O at 298.15 K. Densities of the binary ...
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Two new triterpenoid acids from Kadsura coccinea
An investigation of EtOAc extracts of Kadsura coccinea (Lem.) A. C. Smith, has led to the isolation of two new compounds characterized as 3-hydroxy-12-hydroxyl coccinic acid (1) and 3-hydroxy-neokadsuranic acid A...
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Study on the Conductivities of Pure and Aqueous Bromide-Based Ionic Liquids at Different Temperatures
Electrical conductivities were measured for the pure ionic liquids [C6mim][Br] (1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide) and [C8mim][Br] (1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide) at 0.1 MPa from 293.15 to 333.15 K. Condu...
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The Semi-ideal Solution Theory. 3. Extension to Viscosity of Multicomponent Aqueous Solutions
Viscosities were measured for the ternary aqueous systems NaCl–mannitol(C6H14O6)–H2O, NaBr–mannitol–H2O, KCl–mannitol–H2O, KCl–glycine(NH2CH2COOH)–H2O, KCl–CdCl2–H2O, and their binary subsystems NaCl–H2O, KCl–H2O...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Neural Fuzzy Forecasting of the China Yuan to US Dollar Exchange Rate — A Swarm Intelligence Approach
Exchange rate fluctuation has a significant effect on the risk of marketing business, economic development and financial stability. Accurate prediction for exchange rate may reduce commercial and economic risk...
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Conductivities of the Ternary Systems Y(NO3)3+La(NO3)3+H2O, La(NO3)3+Ce(NO3)3+H2O, La(NO3)3+Nd(NO3)3+H2O and Their Binary Subsystems at Different Temperatures
Electrical conductivities were measured for the ternary systems Y(NO3)3+La(NO3)3+H2O, La(NO3)3+Ce(NO3)3+H2O, La(NO3)3+Nd(NO3)3+H2O, and their binary subsystems Y(NO3)3+H2O, La(NO3)3+H2O, Ce(NO3)3+H2O, and Nd(NO3)
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The population of a high-virulence strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in subcutaneously infected partridge: a quantitative time-course study using real-time PCR
This research was undertaken to determine the population of a high-virulence strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in partridge by a fluorescent quencher PCR assay and to correlate these findings with...
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Expression and Secretion of the Human Erythropoietin Using an Optimized cbh1 Promoter and the Native CBH I Signal Sequence in the Industrial Fungus Trichoderma reesei
The human erythropoietin (HuEPO) structural gene was fused with the secretion signal of the Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I and controlled by a newly optimized cbh1 promoter in an integrated expression vec...
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An Innovative Method to Measure the Peripheral Arterial Elasticity: Spring Constant Modeling Based on the Arterial Pressure Wave with Radial Vibration
In this study, we propose an innovative method for the direct measurement of the peripheral artery elasticity using a spring constant model, based on the arterial pressure wave equation, vibrating in a radial ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fuzzy PI Speed Controller Optimal Design for PMSM Drives
This paper proposes a new fuzzy PI control optimal design scheme for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive by using particle swarm optimization algorithm with normal cloud mutation (mPSO). The key of...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Impossible Differential Cryptanalysis on Tweaked E2
E2, a 128-bit block cipher, is an AES candidate designed and submitted by NTT corporation. It employs a Feistel structure as global structure and 2-layer Substitution-Permutation Network structure in round fun...
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Optimization of Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cetyl Octanoate in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Cetyl octanoate, a wax ester of 24 carbons, is widely used in the cosmetic industry as a base oil. The current work focuses on lipase-catalyzed synthesis of cetyl octanoate in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2
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Open AccessCharacterization of the 1st and 2nd EF-hands of NADPH oxidase 5 by fluorescence, isothermal titration calorimetry, and circular dichroism
Superoxide generated by non-phagocytic NADPH oxidases (NOXs) is of growing importance for physiology and pathobiology. The calcium binding domain (CaBD) of NOX5 contains four EF-hands, each binding one calcium...
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Open AccessUsing the spring constant method to analyze arterial elasticity in type 2 diabeticpatients
This study tests the validity of a newly-proposed spring constant method toanalyze arterial elasticity in type 2 diabetic patients.
