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Chronic alcohol consumption often induces hepatic steatosis but rarely causes severe inflammation in Kupffer cells (KCs) despite the increased hepatic influx of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), suggesting the presenc...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Blockchain Based Authentication Method for ThingsBoard
The X.509 certificate is generally used for a device authentication of the internet of things platforms. X.509 certificates use the device’s public key based communication for device integrity. However, this p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Blockchain-Based Multi-fogcloud Authentication System
Multi-fogcloud, which comprises the cloud system, is a centralized system in which regional fogclouds are managed by a master fogcloud. In a multi-fogcloud, authentication for a regional fogcloud requires send...
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Virtual machine placement with (m, n)-fault tolerance in cloud data center
Scalable computing resources are provided via the Internet in the cloud computing environment. A growing number of application providers begin to deploy their applications in cloud to save the infrastructure m...
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Open AccessCX3CR1 differentiates F4/80low monocytes into pro-inflammatory F4/80high macrophages in the liver
The expression of chemokine receptor CX3CR1 is related to migration and signaling in cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage. The precise roles of CX3CR1 in the liver have been investigated but not clearly eluci...
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Toward a fair indictment for sealed-bid auction with self-enforcing privacy
In a sealed-bid auction, bidders simultaneously submit their sealed bids to the auctioneer without knowledge of the others’ bids. The auctioneer will then declare the bidder with the highest price (or second-h...
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Open AccessPro-inflammatory hepatic macrophages generate ROS through NADPH oxidase 2 via endocytosis of monomeric TLR4–MD2 complex
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. ROS generation by infiltrating macrophages involves multiple mechanisms, including Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-...
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Towards a respondent-preferred k i -anonymity model
Recently, privacy concerns about data collection have received an increasing amount of attention. In data collection process, a data collector (an agency) assumed that all respondents would be comfortable with...
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Fabrication of Al2O3 dispersion strengthened copper alloy by spray in-situ synthesis casting process
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sensor Data Management for Driver Monitoring System
Road accident becomes a threat to all drivers around the world. According to the study, fatigue or drowsiness is one of the causes to road accident. As the rapid development of the mobile devices and sensor ne...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Practical Biometrics On-Card Matching for Remote User Authentication Using Smart Cards
Advances in both smart card and biometric technologies have encouraged the development of multi-factor remote authentication schemes. For example, the usage of smart cards with biometrics allows the verificati...
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On private Hamming distance computation
Finding similarities between two datasets is an important task in many research areas, particularly those of data mining, information retrieval, cloud computing, and biometrics. However, maintaining data prote...
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Privacy-Preserving Data Collection with Self-Awareness Protection
Data privacy protection is an emerging issue in data collection due to increasing concerns related to security and privacy. In the current data collection approaches, data collector is a dominant player who en...
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Development of a concentration measurement technique for steady state solid-liquid mixing using a neural network
A measurement technique that can measure the concentration of the solid particles in liquid flow was developed. The measurement system consists of a color camera and three LCD displays. The solid particles wer...
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Secure Re-publication of Dynamic Big Data
Dynamic data re-publication is now an emerging issue in data publishing due to the awareness of privacy disclosure in data sharing. Existing models such as k-anonymity and l-diversity only aim to provide data pro...
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Secure Biometric-Based Authentication for Cloud Computing
Over the past several years, many companies have gained benefits from the implementation of cloud solutions within the organization. Due to the advantages such as flexibility, mobility, and costs saving, the n...
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Electrical properties in lanthanides substituted (Bi0.9 A 0.1)(Fe0.975Co0.025)O3−δ (A = La, Eu, Gd) thin films
Multiferroic BFO and (Bi0.9 A 0.1)(Fe0.975Co0.025)O3−δ (A = La, Eu, Gd) thin films were prepared on Pt(111)/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrates by using a chemical solution...
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Enhanced electrical properties of rare-earth-substituted (Bi0.9RE0.1)(Fe0.975Cr0.025)O3 (RE = Nd, Gd, Eu) thin films
BiFeO3 and (Bi0.9 RE 0.1)(Fe0.975Cr0.025)O3 (RE = Nd, Gd and Eu, BNFCr, BGFCr, and BEFCr, respectively) thin films were fabricated on Pt(111)/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrates by using a ...
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Characteristics of A356/SiCp and A390/SiCp composites
Aluminum alloy matrix composites reinforced with SiC particles (AMC) are potential materials applicable to weight reduction of friction materials. We developed two AMC: A356/SiC and A390/SiC. 30 μm and 60 μm S...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Privacy Preserved Model for Medical Data Sharing in Telemedicine
In the converged Information and Communication Technology (ICT) era, medical data sharing has emerged as an important element in the healthcare industry. Hospitals within a Telemedicine system would like to sh...
