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RFID mutual Authentication Scheme based on Synchronized Secret Information

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is an automatic identification system, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data about objects we want to manage using devices called “RFID tag”. Even though RFID system is widely useful for industrial and individual applications, RFID tag has a serious privacy problem, i.e., traceability. To protect users from tracing, we propose an RFID mutual authentication scheme which utilizes a hash function and synchronized secret information like others. To the best of our knowledge, our scheme offers the most enhanced security feature in RFID mutual authentication scheme with respect to user privacy including resistance against tag cloning allowing an additional hash operation.
Implementing the clausal normal form transformation with proof generation

We explain how we intend to implement the clausal normal form transformation with proof generation. We present a convenient data structure for sequent calculus proofs, which will be used for representing the generated proofs. The data structure allows easy proof checking and generation of proofs. In addition, it allows convenient implementation of proof normalization, which is necessary in order to keep the size of the generated proofs acceptable.
SE2004: Recommendations for Undergraduate Software Engineering Curricula

Universities throughout the world have established undergraduate programs in software engineering, which complement existing programs in computer science and computer engineering. To provide guidance in designing an effective curriculum, the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM have developed the Software Engineering 2004 (SE2004) set of recommendations. The SE2004 document guides universities and colleges regarding the knowledge they should teach in undergraduate software engineering programs. It also provides sample courses and curriculum patterns. SE2004 begins with an overview of software engineering, explaining how it is both a computing and an engineering discipline. It then outlines the principles that drove the document's development and describes expected student outcomes. Next, SE2004 details the knowledge that universities and colleges should teach, known as SEEK (software engineering education knowledge), in a software engineering program. These recommendations are followed by general pedagogical guidelines, sample courses, and sample curriculum patterns
Postdiskogram CT features of lidocaine-sensitive and lidocaine-insensitive severely painful disks at provocation lumbar diskography.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
At lumbar diskography, intradiskal lidocaine can eliminate or reduce provoked diskogenic pain. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the postdiskogram CT features of lidocaine-sensitive and lidocaine-insensitive severely painful disks.


MATERIALS AND METHODS
Intradiskal lidocaine was injected at 182 severely painful levels in 111 patients. Clinical records/imaging studies were reviewed for response to intradiskal lidocaine (complete/substantial, partial, and no pain improvement), evidence of diskographic contrast leakage (fluoroscopic/CT images), and the overall postdiskogram CT appearance in these severely painful disks. The assessed traditional Dallas grade (degeneration/radial tear [RT]) was supplemented by identified postdiskogram CT features of annular derangement (annular gap [AG], RT into peripheral annular tear [PAT], isolated PAT, lamellar annular tear, free/attached annular fragments, bucket-handle tear, and peripheral annular pocket).


RESULTS
Isolated degenerative changes (40%) and radial defects with or without degeneration (60%) subsets were noted. Dallas grade 3 degeneration was most commonly observed (69%) with increased features of annular derangement in disks with a worsening Dallas grade. Complete/substantial versus no pain improvement was significantly associated with disk state (diskographic leakage, contained), radial defect (none, RT, or AG), and "RT-into-PAT" and were statistically significant in univariate models (P < .001). The associations remained significant in multivariate models. Higher Dallas degenerative grade and presence of free annular fragments were associated with a greater chance of no pain relief.


CONCLUSION
Severely painful disks demonstrated complex annular derangement with both radial defects (RTs and AGs) or degenerative changes present, alone or in combination. Complete/substantial pain improvement after lidocaine administration is associated with disk state, radial defect (RT and AG), and RT-into-PAT.
Association of MicroRNA-146a with Autoimmune Diseases

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of approximately 20–22-nucleotide-long non-coding RNAs that repress target gene expression through mRNA degradation and translation inhibition. MiRNA (miR)-146a, located in the second exon of the LOC285628 gene on human chromosome 5, is a negative regulator in immune and inflammatory responses. Studies have indicated that miR-146a is associated with the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjögren’s syndrome. In this review, emphasis will be laid on the recent progress in the functional roles of miR-146a in these autoimmune diseases.
Physics-based face database for color research

199 Abstract. Most face databases are meant for pattern recognition use. We report the creation of a unique face database which may be used for color-related studies of faces. We describe it as physicsbased because it not only contains color images but also data on color image formation such as spectral reflectance measurements from facial skin, illuminant spectral power distribution, and camera spectral response. We demonstrate the usefulness of the database by an approach we developed to color correct face images taken under different illumination conditions. © 2000 SPIE and IS&T. [S1017-9909(00)00801-1]
A simplified approach to alar base reduction: a review of 124 patients over 20 years.

OBJECTIVES
To simplify the approach and diagnosis of alar base reduction, suggest a treatment algorithm, and evaluate the long-term outcomes of 3 different techniques used separately or in conjunction with one another.


DESIGN
Retrospective review of 124 patients seen in a private practice by a single surgeon. Patients ranged in age from 15 to 59 years (mean age, 30.4 years). Patients were undergoing primary (83.9%) or revision (16.1%) procedures.


RESULTS
Of the 124 patients undergoing alar base reduction, 31 (25%) were male and 93 (75%) were female. Average follow-up was 2 years. All patients underwent wedge excision, and for 64 patients (51.6%), this was the only technique used on the alar base. Alar wedge and nasal sill excisions were performed in 21 patients (16.9%); 19 (15.3%) underwent alar wedge excision with V-Y advancement, and 20 (16.1%) underwent alar wedge excision, nasal sill excision, and V-Y advancement. Thirty-one patients (25.0%) received dermabrasion for notable postoperative incision scars.


CONCLUSIONS
The data represent the senior author's outcomes of alar base reductions over the past 20 years. The 3 techniques we describe have been effective when used alone or in combination in reducing alar flare and in narrowing the nasal base. Patients should be counseled that dermabrasion of the wedge excision areas in the alar-facial groove may be necessary to diminish visible scars.
Differential expression and regulation of iron-regulated metal transporters in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana--the role in zinc tolerance.

To avoid zinc (Zn) toxicity, plants have developed a Zn homeostasis mechanism to cope with Zn excess in the surrounding soil. In this report, we uncovered the difference of a cross-homeostasis system between iron (Fe) and Zn in dealing with Zn excess in the Zn hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri ssp. gemmifera and nonhyperaccumulator Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis halleri shows low expression of the Fe acquisition and deficiency response-related genes IRT1 and IRT2 compared with A. thaliana. In A. thaliana, lowering the expression of IRT1 and IRT2 through the addition of excess Fe to the medium increases Zn tolerance. Excess Zn induces significant Fe deficiency in A. thaliana and reduces Fe accumulation in shoots. By contrast, the accumulation of Fe in shoots of A. halleri was stable under various Zn treatments. Root ferric chelate reductase (FRO) activity and expression of FIT are low in A. halleri compared with A. thaliana. Overexpressing a ZIP family member IRT3 in irt1-1, rescues the Fe-deficient phenotype. A fine-tuned Fe homeostasis mechanism in A. halleri maintains optimum Fe level by Zn-regulated ZIP transporters and prevents high Zn uptake through Fe-regulated metal transporters, and in part be responsible for Zn tolerance.
Theranostic Upconversion Nanoparticles (I)

This theme issue provides a comprehensive collection of original research articles on the creation of diverse types of theranostic upconversion nanoparticles, their fundamental interactions in biology, as well as their biophotonic applications in noninvasive diagnostics and therapy.
Application of fuzzy logic for modeling surface roughness in turning CFRP composites using CBN tool

In recent days, carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites play a vital role in various engineering and technological applications. They are replacing conventional materials due to their excellent properties. Tubes made of these materials are made up of either hand layup process or filament winding processes and are widely used in aircraft, automobile, sports industries, etc., The objective of this study is to examine the influence of machining parameters combination so as to obtain a good surface finish in turning of CFRP composite by cubic boron nitride (CBN) cutting tool and to predict the surface roughness values using fuzzy modeling. The results indicate that the fuzzy logic modeling technique can be effectively used for the prediction of surface roughness in machining of CFRP composites.
Investigations of the Working Process in a “Lean-Burn” Gas Turbine Combustor With Plasma Assistance

Theoretical and experimental investigations of the working processes in a gas turbine low-emission combustor, in which the principle of lean burning of a partially premixed mixture is realized, have been conducted. The selected concept of a gas turbine combustor can provide higher performance and lower emission of nitrogen oxides and demonstrate satisfactory major gravimetric and volumetric parameters. The obtained results and recommendations can be used for the gas turbine combustor operation mode modeling, geometry optimization, prospective propulsion, and power generation unit design and engineering.
Comparison of quality-of-life measures after radial versus femoral artery access for cardiac catheterization in women: Results of the Study of Access Site for Enhancement of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Women quality-of-life substudy.

BACKGROUND
In the SAFE-PCI for Women trial, patient preference for radial access for future procedures was greater than for femoral access. We sought to assess whether radial or femoral access impacts formal measures of quality-of-life (QOL) among women undergoing cardiac catheterization.


METHODS
We assessed QOL using European quality of life-5 dimensions (EQ-5D) and EQ visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) scores among 304 women randomized to radial or femoral arteriotomy in the SAFE-PCI for Women trial at sites with QOL substudy approval. Patient surveys were administered at baseline, hospital discharge, and 30 days (for percutaneous coronary intervention patients).


RESULTS
Women randomized to both treatments had similar EQ-5D index and EQ-VAS scores at baseline, hospital discharge, and 30-day follow-up. After adjustment for baseline scores, there was no effect of assigned treatment on EQ-5D (discharge 0.004; 95% CI -0.03 to 0.04; 30 days -0.03; 95% CI -0.09 to 0.02) or EQ-VAS (discharge -1.31; 95% CI -4.74 to 2.12; 30 days -2.10; 95% CI -8.92 to 4.71) scores. At discharge, 60.5% versus 63.5% (P = .60) of patients in radial and femoral groups were free from access site pain; at 30 days, rates were 85.7% versus 77.6% (P = .30), respectively. Patient preference for the same access strategy for repeat procedures was greater in the radial versus femoral group (77.2% vs 26.8%; P < .0001).


CONCLUSIONS
Using established QOL instruments, we did not measure any difference in QOL or functional status according to access site strategy in women undergoing cardiac catheterization, yet patient preference for the radial approach was significantly greater. Other factors influencing patient choice for radial access should be investigated.
Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) by Binary Secondary Dopants.

UNLABELLED
To simultaneously increase the electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrenesulfonate (


PEDOT
PSS) was a challenge for realizing efficient organic thermoelectrics. In this study, for the first time, we report both increased electrical conductivities and Seebeck coefficients, hence, enhanced thermoelectric properties of


PEDOT
PSS thin films by doped with binary secondary dopants, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). Without modifying film morphology, the molar ratios of PEDOT to PSS are tuned by PEO, resulting in increased proportions of PEDOT in the bipolaron states. Our study provides a facile route to optimizing thermoelectric properties of


PEDOT
PSS thin films.
Spectral Deconvolution and Feature Extraction With Robust Adaptive Tikhonov Regularization

Raman spectral interpretation often suffers common problems of band overlapping and random noise. Spectral deconvolution and feature-parameter extraction are both classical problems, which are known to be difficult and have attracted major research efforts. This paper shows that the two problems are tightly coupled and can be successfully solved together. Mutual support of Raman spectral deconvolution and feature-extraction processes within a joint variational framework are theoretically motivated and validated by successful experimental results. The main idea is to recover latent spectrum and extract spectral feature parameters from slit-distorted Raman spectrum simultaneously. Moreover, a robust adaptive Tikhonov regularization function is suggested to distinguish the flat, noise, and points, which can suppress noise effectively as well as preserve details. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, quantitative and qualitative analyses were carried out by visual inspection and quality indexes of the simulated and real Raman spectra.
Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo.

Recent humans and their fossil relatives are classified as having thick molar enamel, one of very few dental traits that distinguish hominins from living African apes. However, little is known about enamel thickness in the earliest members of the genus Homo, and recent studies of later Homo report considerable intra- and inter-specific variation. In order to assess taxonomic, geographic, and temporal trends in enamel thickness, we applied micro-computed tomographic imaging to 150 fossil Homo teeth spanning two million years. Early Homo postcanine teeth from Africa and Asia show highly variable average and relative enamel thickness (AET and RET) values. Three molars from South Africa exceed Homo AET and RET ranges, resembling the hyper thick Paranthropus condition. Most later Homo groups (archaic European and north African Homo, and fossil and recent Homo sapiens) possess absolutely and relatively thick enamel across the entire dentition. In contrast, Neanderthals show relatively thin enamel in their incisors, canines, premolars, and molars, although incisor AET values are similar to H. sapiens. Comparisons of recent and fossil H. sapiens reveal that dental size reduction has led to a disproportionate decrease in coronal dentine compared with enamel (although both are reduced), leading to relatively thicker enamel in recent humans. General characterizations of hominins as having 'thick enamel' thus oversimplify a surprisingly variable craniodental trait with limited taxonomic utility within a genus. Moreover, estimates of dental attrition rates employed in paleodemographic reconstruction may be biased when this variation is not considered. Additional research is necessary to reconstruct hominin dietary ecology since thick enamel is not a prerequisite for hard-object feeding, and it is present in most later Homo species despite advances in technology and food processing.
Optimizing Segmentation Strategies for Simultaneous Speech Translation

In this paper, we propose new algorithms for learning segmentation strategies for simultaneous speech translation. In contrast to previously proposed heuristic methods, our method finds a segmentation that directly maximizes the performance of the machine translation system. We describe two methods based on greedy search and dynamic programming that search for the optimal segmentation strategy. An experimental evaluation finds that our algorithm is able to segment the input two to three times more frequently than conventional methods in terms of number of words, while maintaining the same score of automatic evaluation.1
Assessing agreement between salivary alpha amylase levels collected by passive drool and eluted filter paper in adolescents with cancer.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES
To assess the validity of filter paper (FP) against the gold standard of passive drool (PD) for collecting salivary alpha amylase as a surrogate biomarker of psychological stress in adolescents with cancer.


DESIGN
Part of a longitudinal, descriptive study of symptoms in adolescents with cancer during chemotherapy.


SETTING
A pediatric hematology/oncology treatment center.


SAMPLE
33 saliva sample pairs from nine adolescents with cancer, aged 13-18 years.


METHODS
Salivary alpha amylase was collected by PD and FP at four time points during a cycle of chemotherapy: days 1 (time 1) and 2 (time 2) of chemotherapy, day 7-10 (time 3), and day 1 of the next cycle (time 4). A random effects regression was used to assess the correlation between PD and FP values, and a Bland Altman analysis was conducted to assess agreement between the values.


MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES
Salivary alpha amylase.


FINDINGS
The estimated correlation between PD and FP values was r = 0.91, p < 0.001. Regression results were also used to rescale FP values to the levels of the PD values because the FP values were on a different scale than the PD values. The Bland Altman analysis revealed that the agreement between the rescaled FP values and PD values was not satisfactory.


CONCLUSIONS
Eluted FP may not be a valid method for collecting salivary alpha amylase in adolescents with cancer.


IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING
Psychological stress in adolescents with cancer may be linked to negative outcomes, such as greater symptom severity and post-traumatic stress disorder. Nurses need valid, efficient, biobehavioral measures to assess psychological stress in the clinical setting.
Does the Market Value Value-Added? Evidence from Housing Prices After a Public Release of School and Teacher Value-Added

We study a public release of school and teacher value-added data in Los Angeles to identify how this information is capitalized into housing prices. Via difference-indifferences, we find no evidence of a response to either school or teacher value-added rank, even though test score levels are capitalized into home prices. Given ample evidence that this information was new to residents, widely dispersed, and was easily available, our results suggest that either homeowners do not understand value-added models, leading people to discount value-added in decision making or, if they do understand value-added, that they do not value it on the margin. ∗We would like to thank seminar participants at the AEA Annual Meetings, the APPAM Fall Meetings, CESIfo, Duke, Georgetown, the NBER Economics of Education Meetings, Texas A&M University, the University of Houston, and the University of Michigan along with Julie Cullen, Susanna Loeb, Stephen Machin, Steven Rivkin, Guido Schwerdt, Gary Solon, and Kevin Stange for helpful comments and suggestions. We would also like to thank the Los Angeles County Tax Assessor’s Office, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and Richard Buddin for providing us the data and for their assistance with the data. Finally, we would like to thank Margaret O’Rourke and Michael Naretta for excellent research assistance on this project. c ⃝2014 by Scott Imberman and Michael Lovenheim. All errors and omissions are our own.
Bioactivity of endophytic Trichoderma fungal species from the plant family Cupressaceae

Trichoderma fungal species are universal soil residents that are also isolated from decaying wood, vegetables, infected mushroom and immunocompromised patients. Trichoderma species usually biosynthesize a plethora of secondary metabolites. In an attempt to explore endophytic fungi from healthy foliar tissues of the plant family Cuppressaceae, we explored Cupressus arizonica, C. sempervirens var. cereiformis, C. sempervirens var. fastigiata, C. sempervirens var. horizontalis, Juniperus excelsa, Juniperus sp. and Thuja orientalis plants and recovered several endophytic Trichoderma fungal strains from Trichoderma atroviride and Trichoderma koningii species. We found that the host plant species and biogeographical location of sampling affected the biodiversity and bioactivity of endophytic Trichoderma species. Furthermore, the bioactivity of Trichoderma isolates and the methanol extracts of their intra- and extra-cellular metabolites were assessed against a panel of pathogenic fungi and bacteria. Fungal growth inhibition, conidial cytotoxicity, minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration were evaluated and analyzed by statistical methods. Our data showed that both intra- and extracellular secondary metabolites from all endophytic isolates had significant cytotoxic and antifungal effects against the model target fungus Pyricularia oryzae and the cypress fungal phytopathogens Diplodia seriata, Phaeobotryon cupressi and Spencermartinsia viticola. Further research indicated their significant antimicrobial bioactivity against the model phytopathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae, Erwinia amylovora and Bacillus sp., as well. Altogether, the above findings show for the first time the presence of T. atroviride and T. koningii as endophytic fungi in Cupressaceae plants and more importantly, the Trichoderma isolates demonstrate significant bioactivity that could be used in future for agrochemical/drug discovery and pathogen biocontrol.
Pope and Prior Park: A study in landscape and literature

Abstract Introduction Prior Park is an important and early example of a surviving, small-scale, eighteenth-century landscape, the seat at Bath of Ralph Allen (1693-1764), owner of the stone quarries from which Bath was built. It reflects the hand of Alexander Pope (1688-1744), and later Sanderson Miller (1716-1780) and Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown (1716-1783). This paper exarnines Alexander Pope's involvement at Prior Park, and in doing so reassesses the garden as of national importance. Completed around 1742, approximately one year before Pope's death, it was the last garden that he was involved with, and it is here that he put into practice his theories on gardening from 1713, the summation of his experience. The thesis is that Prior Park, whilst containing emblematic and iconographic meaning, expresses at the same time a Romantic character that was not fulfJled to such an extent elsewhere by this date and as a consequence it is also argued that Pope's theories, as expressed at his own garden at Twickenh...