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Montgomery curve arithmetic revisited
A one-third century ago, as a means to speed up the elliptic curve method (ECM) for integer factoring, Montgomery suggested using a special elliptic curve form over prime fields and developed an addition chain...
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Visibly transparent UV protection and adjusted mechanical properties of films composed of lignin-derived wastes and poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid]
Blended films composed of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] (P3HB) and lignin wastes were prepared to adjust the mechanical and optical properties of P3HB films. In addition to the organosolv lignin extracted fr...
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Open AccessThe development progress of multi-array colourimetric sensors based on the M13 bacteriophage
Techniques for detecting chemicals dispersed at low concentrations in air continue to evolve. These techniques can be applied not only to manage the quality of agricultural products using a post-ripening proce...
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Motivated by recent works on the butterfly structure, particularly by its generalization introduced by Canteaut et al. (IEEE Trans Inf Theory 63(11):7575–7591, 2017), we first push further the study of permuta...
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Open AccessHybrid nanostructured PAN@NiCu(CO3)(OH)2 composite for flexible high-performance supercapacitors
A binder-free porous NiCu(CO3)(OH)2 composite was grown on a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber substrate using a hydrothermal method. PAN nanofibers were fabricated by the electrospinning method, thus producing a...
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Preimages of p −Linearized Polynomials over \({\mathbb {F}}_{p}\)
Linearized polynomials over finite fields have been intensively studied over the last several decades. Interesting new applications of linearized polynomials to coding theory and finite geometry have been also...
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A direct proof of APN-ness of the Kasami functions
Using recent results on solving the equation \(X^{2^k+1}+X+a=0\) ...
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Open AccessUltrasonic Plasma Engineering Toward Facile Synthesis of Single-Atom M-N4/N-Doped Carbon (M = Fe, Co) as Superior Oxygen Electrocatalyst in Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries
Single-atom M-N4/N-doped carbons (M = Fe, Co) prepared as OER/ORR catalysts.
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Open AccessGinsenoside ameliorated ventilator-induced lung injury in rats
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Differential histopathological and immunohistochemical findings between palmar psoriasis and chronic hand eczema
The differential diagnosis between palmar psoriasis (PP), chronic hand dermatitis (CHE), and hyperkeratotic hand dermatitis (HHD) is challenging.
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Open AccessDefect structure evolution of polyacrylonitrile and single wall carbon nanotube nanocomposites: a molecular dynamics simulation approach
In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to understand the defect structure development of polyacrylonitrile-single wall carbon nanotube (PAN-SWNT) nanocomposites. Three different models (c...
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This paper presents an explicit representation for the solutions of the equation ∑ i = 0 k l − 1 x 2 l i = a ∈ F 2 n ${\sum }_{i=0}^{\frac kl-1}x^{2^{li}} = a \in \mathbb ...
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Determine the number of the rational zeros of any given linearized polynomial is one of the vital problems in finite field theory, with applications in modern symmetric cryptosystems. But, the known general th...
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Controlled nanosheet morphology of titanium carbide Ti3C2Tx MXene via drying methods and its electrochemical analysis
The different temperature drying processes were carried out at −60 °C, 15 °C, and 60 °C to control the nanosheet morphology of MXene matrix. The MXene electrode prepared at −60 °C (denoted as LT-Ti3C2Tx) produced...
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On the Menezes-Teske-Weng conjecture
In 2003, Alfred Menezes, Edlyn Teske and Annegret Weng presented a conjecture on properties of the solutions of a type of quadratic equations over the binary extension fields, which had been confirmed by exten...
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A proof of the Beierle–Kranz–Leander conjecture related to lightweight multiplication in \(\mathbb {F}_{2^n}\)
Lightweight cryptography is an important tool for building strong security solutions for pervasive devices with limited resources. Due to the stringent cost constraints inherent in extremely large applications...
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Botulinum toxin type A suppresses pro-fibrotic effects via the JNK signaling pathway in hypertrophic scar fibroblasts
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High energy and power density of self-grown CuS@Cu2O core-shell supercapattery positrode
A self-grown copper sulfide@copper oxide (CuS@Cu2O) positrode synthsis by a hydrothermal method followed by 2 h of air annealing method (at 300 °C) from copper-foam (Cu-F) is envisaged as supercapattery electrode...
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As a carbon source for hot filament chemical vapor deposition of boron-doped diamond (BDD), cost-effective acetone (C3H6O) was used instead of commonly used methane gas. In this case, tantalum filaments turned ou...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Low-Temperature Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction Grown Anatase TiO2 Nanocrystalline Films for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cell and Gas Sensor Applications
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