Commentary: Size seems to matter, but it is not clear why

All is not what it seems.

The presented book we offer here is not kind of usual book. You know, reading now doesn't mean to handle the printed book in your hand. You can get the soft file of all is not what it seems in your gadget. Well, we mean that the book that we proffer is the soft file of the book. The content and all things are same. The difference is only the forms of the book, whereas, this condition will preci...

Why self-control seems (but may not be) limited.

Self-control refers to the mental processes that allow people to override thoughts and emotions, thus enabling behavior to vary adaptively from moment to moment. Dominating contemporary research on this topic is the viewpoint that self-control relies upon a limited resource, such that engaging in acts of restraint depletes this inner capacity and undermines subsequent attempts at control (i.e.,...

NSAID intolerance: it is not always what it seems

Case A: 42 year old female patient without asthma or polyposis nasi presented with palmar and plantar pruritus, urticaria, facial angioedema and dyspnea on two occasions: 2 and 4 hours after the intake of two structurally independent NSAIDs (diclofenac 75 mg, mefenamic acid 500 mg). In both instances, pantoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), was prescribed for gastric protection. A non-alle...

Why James ’ Religious Option is Not Forced , and Why It Does Not Matter

A Tale of Two Shares: Why Two-Share Threshold Implementation Seems Worthwhile - and Why It Is Not

In this work, we explore the possibilities for practical Threshold Implementation (TI) with only two shares in order for a smaller design that needs less randomness but is still first-order leakage resistant. We present the first two-share Threshold Implementations of two lightweight block ciphers—Simon and Present. The implementation results show that two-share TI gains in compactness while lo...