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Proposed Method to Enhance the Security of Blowfish Algorithm

The selective application of technological and related procedural safeguards is an important responsibility of every organization in providing adequate security to its electronic data systems. Protection of data during transmission or while in storage may be necessary to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of the information represented by the data. This paper introduces a proposed method to enhance the complexity of the Blowfish algorithm. This is done by using an operation depends on using eighteen multiple keys, each key consists of a combination of 4 states (0, 1, 2, 3) instead of the ordinary 2 state key (0, 1) applied during the 16 round of Blowfish algorithm, according the analysis of results found the new approach provide more secure and more robustness to cryptanlaysis methods.
Ligand-supported palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of (hetero) aryl chlorides

Abstract The introduction of electron rich and sterically hindered ligands has made otherwise inert aryl chlorides and hetero aryl chlorides viable coupling partners in palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura, Sonogashira, Stille and other types of cross-coupling reactions. This review gives highlights of cross-coupling of aryl chlorides employing in situ generated palladium catalytic systems. Graphical Abstract
Pedestrian Detection Method Based on Convolution Nerve Network

One new pedestrian detection method integrating static high-level features and movement features based on convolution nerve network is proposed in this paper. During the phase of unsupervised deep learning of pedestrian features, the hierarchical static features of pedestrians are extracted from the low to the high with convolution nerve network; the pedestrian movement features are obtained through mean value approach of rectangular block pixel difference. During the logic regression recognition phase, static features and movement features are integrated. The results show that the pedestrian detection algorithm of convolution nerve network integrating movement features greatly improve the pedestrian detection performance under complicated background.
Animals and Humans: Recurrent Symbiosis in Archaeology and Old Norse Religion

Animals have always been an important part of the human life-world, and they stand out as significant forces in the Old Norse mythology – here they became imaginary creatures with strong characters. The relationship between animals and humans in Scandinavia from Roman Iron Age to the Viking Period is explored in the book. Real animals and fantastical creatures in Midgard became mouthpieces for human characteristics and reflections of people’s social position. Animals were of great importance in everyday life and in rituals and as metaphors in social identity and in power relations. In the course of time, however, the human view has changed, and nature has increasingly been subjected to humans. Through detailed analysis questions are raises about the boundary between human and animal, as well as about our ethical and moral precedence.
A Differential Evolution Algorithm for Reporting Cell Problem in Mobile Computing

in this paper we present an approach to solve the Location management problem based on the reporting cells strategy. In the location management problem the objective is to find the optimum cost for the different configuration network. We used the differential evolution algorithm to find the best network configuration, and to improve the performance for the location management. The proposed approach is applied to the different reporting cell network configuration and result is the best configuration of mobile networks.
Anatomically-based human body deformations

These Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne EPFL, n° 2573 (2002)Section d'informatiqueFaculte informatique et communicationsInstitut des systemes informatiques et multimediasLaboratoire de realite virtuelleJury: Kamiar Aminian, Nicolas Ayache, Dominique Bechmann, Pascal Fua, Roger Hersch Public defense: 2002-5-31 Reference doi:10.5075/epfl-thesis-2573Print copy in library catalog Record created on 2005-03-16, modified on 2017-05-12
Análise microbiológica da lavagem de mãos em funcionários de uma unidade de alimentação e nutrição de Fortaleza-CE

Os alimentos frequentemente estao expostos durante seu processo de elaboracao a uma serie de perigos ou oportunidades de contaminacao microbiana, relacionada as praticas inadequadas de processamento e manipulacao. As maos dos manipuladores e um importante vinculo de contaminacao cruzada dos alimentos e a lavagem de maos de forma eficiente e uma medida eficaz de prevencao da transmissao cruzada de microrganismos. Porem, apesar da relativa simplicidade deste procedimento, ainda se observa uma forte resistencia em sua utilizacao por parte dos manipuladores. Logo, este estudo objetivou verificar a eficiencia da lavagem das maos pelo metodo de soap das maos em cinco funcionarios, cada um desenvolvendo uma funcao diferente, sendo colhidas as amostras com swabs durante a realizacao de suas atividades rotineiras e depois de uma lavagem de maos desses funcionarios dentro da unidade de alimentacao e nutricao da cidade de Fortaleza-CE para analisar e apontar as nao conformidades encontradas. De acordo com os resultados obtidos pela analise microbiologica, os manipuladores, em sua totalidade, apresentaram antes e depois da lavagem das maos uma alta contagem de microrganismos, precisamente bacterias e leveduras, possivelmente devido a ineficiencia da higienizacao das maos ou a baixa acao do detergente antisseptico usado na unidade.
Storage and management of object-oriented frameworks

Significant gains in programmer productivity have been achieved through the use of object-oriented frameworks that support reuse of the knowledge from application analysis, design and developments. There has been a great deal of work on building object-oriented frameworks in various application domains. However, little attention has been paid to store and manage frameworks. This paper describes on-going work to develop a framework repository which stores and manages reusable object-oriented frameworks. Key elements and their properties needed to manage frameworks are identified. From the complex nature of framework information structure, integration of retrieval and browsing as a means of accessing information is described also. In addition, the layered architecture for a framework repository is suggested which supports management of diverse granularity of reuse information.
Influence of Auxins on Rooting Efficacy in Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) Cuttings

Effect of various auxins (IBA, IAA and NAA) on different types of cuttings was investigated to determine efficacy of auxins in promoting rooting in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Auxin and type of cutting significantly affected rooting traits. NAA was found to be more effective in promoting early rooting and inducing profuse rooting, root number, fresh and dry weight of roots and longer roots. Among the auxins used, earliest rooting (18.69 days), highest rooting percentage (58.70 %), number of roots (13.18), root length (12.26 cm), and, highest fresh and dry weight of roots (4.93g and 45.08 mg), respectively, were obtained with NAA @ 500 ppm. Tip cuttings responded better in rooting-characteristic of carnation - than basal cuttings, and recorded highest rooting percentage (73.02 %) and number of roots (12.25), longest roots (10.04cm) and maximum fresh and dry weight of roots (4.27 g and 43.19 mg), respectively. Interaction effect of auxin and cutting type was found to the significant, and highest rooting percentage, (85.26%), number of roots (18.36), longest roots (14.81cm), and highest fresh and dry weight of roots (6.85g and 68.02mg), respectively, observed with NAA @ 500 ppm in tip cuttings.
Recent Advances in Layer-by-Layer Assembled Conducting Polymer Based Composites for Supercapacitors

Development of well-designed electrodes is the key to achieve high performance supercapacitors. Therefore, as one of the effective methods, a layer-by-layer (LBL) approach is often fruitfully employed for the fabrication of electrode material. Benefiting from a tunable parameter of the LBL approach, this approach has paved a way to design a highly ordered nanostructured electrode material with excellent performance. Conducting polymers (CPs) are the frontrunners in supercapacitors and notably, the LBL assembly of CPs is attracting extensive attention. Therefore, this critical review covers a comprehensive discussion on the research progress of CP-based composites with special importance on the LBL approach predominately for supercapacitors. Following a brief discussion on supercapacitors and CPs, the most up-to-date techniques used in LBL are highlighted.
Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Ossipee Pine Barrens

Abstract The pine barrens of the American Northeast is a globally rare and endangered landscape. The handful of pine barrens remaining in the Northeast provide valuable habitat to many threatened and endangered plant and animal (including insect) species, yet little is known about the bee fauna in this habitat. Here we present the results of the first faunal bee survey of the Ossipee Pine Barrens (OPB) in New Hampshire. We collected over 800 specimens from pan and sweep samples representing 95 species. We documented 1 species, Megachile mucida, for the first time in the state of New Hampshire and recorded 4 introduced species. In addition to general surveying, we surveyed landscapes with 4 different types of management for the OPB. Landscapes that incorporated both burning and mowing after burning into the management regime supported bee communites that had significantly greater abundance than all other treatments and greater species richness than all other landscapes, though not signficantly higher than those that were mowed without burning.
At the Interface between Sociolinguistic and Grammatical Development: The Expression of Futurity in L2 French : A Preliminary Study

A titre d’exemple de la variation socio-grammaticale en francais langue-cible, la variation morphologique dans l’expression du futur constitue un domaine interessant pour lier le developpement grammatical et sociolinguistique de l’apprenant L2. Cette entite conceptuelle est encore plus interessante puisque des etudes anterieures de cette variable en francais langue maternelle indiquent une certaine divergence entre les normes prescriptive et sociolinguistique dans le choix qu’a le locuteur entre la forme flechie et la forme periphrastique ou meme l’utilisation du present pour marquer le futur : les restrictions semantiques sur l’utilisation de chaque forme mises de l’avant par l’approche prescriptive ne semblent pas tenir pour l’usage de la langue reelle. Le present article s’interesse au defi acquisitionnel que presente le choix entre les trois formes pour l’apprenant L2, en s’appuyant sur une analyse quantitative d’apprenants irlandais du francais en salle de classe et en immersion. Comme des etudes anterieures d’autres variables (voir, par exemple, Dewaele 2004 ; Mougeon et al. 2010), nos resultats indiquent un effet important de l’exposition naturaliste aux normes des locuteurs natifs quant a l’expression du futur, d’une part, et de la variete de la langue-cible a laquelle les apprenants sont exposes, d’autre part.
Elementary science textbooks : their contents, text characteristics, and comprehensibility : longitudinal study

The purpose of this article is to present findings from a systematic analysis of elementary-school science textbooks. Comparisons of content domains and vocabulary are presented for the Merrill (1982) and Silver-Burdett (1985) science programs, grades 1–5 as well as the fourth-grade Holt (1980) and fifth-grade McGraw-Hill (1974) texts. Analyses of how each publisher presents information, types of questions, and various text characteristics reveal striking differences between programs. Systematic comparisons of content domains between programs also reveal few instances of “inconsiderate” texts. The textbooks analyzed were selected because they are used in the three school districts participating in our longitudinal study. Results are discussed in light of the differences found between programs regarding textbook content and opportunity to learn, the greater amounts of text and activities within each program, and teachers' probable uses of textbooks, the long-term results of students' exposure to various textbooks, and the need for careful examination of materials in order to determine their quality.
Dai musei di collezione ai musei di narrazione

The sensitive environments , which Studio Azzurro has been developing in an artistic context since 1994, bring an open dialogue between physical elements and intangible aspects, through interactive technology. We came to realize that these works could also be extended in educational terms and could be successfully adapted to the museums thematic paths. The concept of the sensitive environment in the museum project is considered as a place in which there is an interrelation between the virtual component and the physical presence. It is a narrative habitat where the person is supposed to play an active role and where a collective enjoyment is preferred in order that the story proceeds through the effect of more than one decision and so that as well as the human relationship with technology, there also remains a powerful interpersonal relationship. The interactive systems are natural interfaces which react without the use of technological intermediaries but through traditional methods of communication- touch, the voice, a gesture, etc.- so as to create a more natural situation. The museum becomes more a dynamic place, not just a place for collecting and exhibiting: this is a distinguishing feature in the passage from an idea of a museum as a collection to that of a museum as narration .
Release management in free and open source software ecosystems

Releasing software is challenging. To decide when to release software, developers may consider a deadline, a set of features or quality attributes. Yet, there are many stories of software that is not released on time. In large-scale software development, release management requires significant communication and coordination. It is particularly challenging in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystems, in which hundreds of loosely connected developers and their projects are coordinated for releasing software according to a schedule. In this work, we investigate the release management process in two large-scale FOSS development projects. In particular, our focus is the communication in the whole release management process in each ecosystem across multiple releases. The main research questions addressed in this dissertation are: (1) How do developers in these FOSS ecosystems communicate and coordinate to build and release a common product based on different projects? (2) What are the release management tasks in a FOSS ecosystem? and (3) What are the challenges that release managers face in a FOSS ecosystem? To understand this process and its challenges better, we used a multiple case study methodology, and colleced evidence from a combination of the following sources: documents, archival records, interviews, direct observation, participant observation, and physical artifacts. We conducted the case studies on two FLOSS software ecosystems: GNOME and OpenStack. We analyzed over two and half years of communication in each ecosystem
A perspective on managing uncertainty in geographic information systems with fuzzy sets

The knowledge based land information manager and simulator is used as the basis for providing a perspective on using fuzzy sets as the basis for managing certain kinds of uncertainty in a geographic information system. A brief perspective is presented on the implications for the terrain analysis, object model and query model of the system. Small portions of the system may exploit the rich research of fuzzy sets to address very specific problems such as model self-evaluation and control. Addressing the issue of representation and management of uncertainty at both the terrain analysis and query level leads to a process of formalizing and managing uncertainty that cascades through the system warranting changes at the object model level subsequently forcing substantial additions to the knowledge base.
Method use is relatively high in Egypt but so are levels of unwanted births.

This paper presents the findings of the Egypt Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 1992. The survey included 10760 households and involved 9864 ever-married women and 2466 currently married men. Data on marriage and fertility contraceptive knowledge and use and maternal and infant health were reported. Overall it is noted that in a country where family planning methods are easily accessible nearly all (99%) ever-married Egyptian women know of a contraceptive method 65% have used a method and 47% are contraceptive users. For the men 84% approve of family planning. In addition it was found that one-fifth of all married women want to end or delay childbearing but are not using a contraceptive method. It was also indicated that despite the reduction in the total fertility rate to 3.9 lifetime births per woman the rate could further decrease to 2.7 births per woman if all unwanted births were prevented. Finally the survey showed that fertility rates and unmet need for family planning are much higher in rural areas than in urban areas as are infant mortality rates.
The Reliability and Validity of the Pacer for 3rd and 4th Grade Males

THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE PACER FOR 3 AND 4 GRADE MALES May 2001 JENNIFER A HINELY B.S. GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY M S GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Directed by: Professor A Barry Joyner BACKGROUND: FITNESSGRAM recommends the use of the PACER, a 20-meter shuttle run, to assess the aerobic ability of children in physical education classes. OBJECTIVES: To examine the reliability and validity of the PACER for 3 and 4 grade males. In addition, the reliability and validity of the criterion-referenced standards will be examined. METHODS: 22 students ran 3 trials of the FITNESSGRAM PACER while wearing the Cosmed K4b2 system. RESULTS: From the 22 students, the intraclass correlation for the number of laps for trial 2 to trial 3 was 0.81. The reliability of the estimated VO2 from trial 2 to trial 3 was 0 83. For validity, the correlation for the estimated V02 max to peakV02 from the Cosmed was 0.42 for trial 2. For trial 3, the correlation was 0.60. The correlation between laps and peakV02 was 0.57 for trial 2. For trial 3, the correlation was 0.69. The consistency of the classification for the criterionreferenced standards was 0.91 with a modified kappa of 0.85. The accuracy of the
Multi-sensor control system for rescue robot

This paper describes the multisensor control system for rescue robot, which is necessary to save a human life at the great disaster. Basically this type of robot is controlled by human operator, but it needs an autonomous control function for safe and fast reaction. Here, we made a model of rescue robot whose hand provides the distributed tactile sensors; the force/torque sensor and the slip sensor. The signal processing method and controlling method of the robot hand are investigated By the fundamental experiments of grasping and pulling up a dummy, which are the first few steps of the rescue work, the system works well in the restricted condition.
Proactive Eavesdropping With Jamming and Eavesdropping Mode Selection

In this paper, we study a legitimate proactive eavesdropping scenario where a central monitor covertly wiretaps the communications between a pair of suspicious users via multiple intermediate nodes. For this system, it is necessary to ensure the eavesdropping channel capacity higher than the data rate of the suspicious users so that the central monitor can reliably decode the intercepted information. To this end, the intermediate nodes operate in either eavesdropping or jamming modes. The eavesdropping nodes forward the intercepted data from the suspicious users to the central monitor, while the jamming nodes transmit jamming signals to control the data rate of the suspicious users if necessary. We optimize the mode selection and transmit power of each intermediate node to achieve the maximum eavesdropping rate. Two different scenarios are investigated, in which the intermediate nodes communicate with the central monitor through wired links or wireless channels. For both configurations, globally optimal solutions are developed for joint mode selection and transmit power optimization problems. We also propose low-complexity methods which achieve near-optimal performance with reduced computational complexity. The numerical results validate the efficiency of our proposed algorithms.
An Analysis of User Technology Acceptance Process in Social Networking Service

This paper is a survey report about how users accept new social networking services (SNS). Questionnaires based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with some extended factors were given to students for three years. With these questionnaire results, the changes of users' intention to use SNS are described, influences between factors in TAM are compared by structural equation modeling (SEM).
P11 Loss-of-Function is Associated with Decreased Cell Proliferation and Neurobehavioral Disorders in Mice

Although depression is associated with anxiety and memory deficit in humans, the molecular mechanisms of the complication remain largely unknown. In this study, we generated P11 knockout mice using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, as well as P11 knockout MEF cell lines, and confirmed depression-like phenotype. We observed that knockout of P11 in MEFs led to a decreased cell proliferation compared with P11+/+ MEFs. Moreover, P11 knockout resulted in a larger cell size, which resulted probably from accumulated F-actin stress fibers. The number of proliferating cells was decreased in the hippocampus of P11 KO mice. We observed anxiety-like disorder in addition to depression phenotype in the knockout mice. In addition, knockout of P11 led to memory deficit in female mice, but not in males. These data indicated that P11 is involved in regulating cell proliferation and cell size. The molecular associations of depression behavior with anxiety and memory deficit suggested a potential approach to improve therapeutic intervention through P11 in these disorders.
MicroRNA-885-5p promotes osteosarcoma proliferation and migration by downregulation of cell division cycle protein 73 homolog expression

Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common primary malignant bone tumor. Numerous studies have strongly implicated the ectopic expression of microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs), including miR-885-5p, which is aberrantly expressed in several cancer types, in multiple cancer-related processes. However, the role of miR-885-5p in OS remains unknown. In the present study, it was found that the expression of miR-885-5p was markedly upregulated in OS cell lines and clinical tissues. Moreover, high expression of miR-885-5p was significantly associated with the development of OS. The human OS MG-63 cell line was transfected with recombinant lentivirus to regulate miR-885-5p expression. Overexpressed miR-885-5p significantly promoted the proliferation and migration of MG-63 cells in vitro, while downregulating miR-885-5p expression reversed these effects. Furthermore, bioinformatic analysis was used to predict the potential target genes of miR-885-5p, and cell division cycle protein 73 homolog (CDC73) was identified as a novel and direct target of miR-885-5p. This interaction was further confirmed using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, western blotting and luciferase activity assays. These findings suggest that miR-885-5p serves a critical role in facilitating OS proliferation and migration, and can regulate CDC73 expression in OS cells and tissues. Thus, miR-885-5p could be a promising novel therapeutic biomarker for OS.