OBJECTIVE To describe the differences in socio-economic characteristics and body measurements between low, adequate and high energy reporting (LER, AER and HER) teenagers; furthermore, to investigate the relationship to misreporting mothers. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. Habitual dietary intake was reported in a questionnaire. Classification into LER, AER and HER using the Goldberg equation w...

AbstractThe present work examines numerically the breakup of water droplets exposed to gas flows at Mach numbers Ma>1, which resemble ambient conditions encountered in injection systems ...

In this paper we highlight the benefits of using genus-2 curves in public-key cryptography. Compared to the standardized genus-1 curves, or elliptic curves, arithmetic on genus-2 curves is typically more involved but allows us to work with moduli of half the size. We give a taxonomy of the best known techniques to realize genus-2 based cryptography, which includes fast formulas on the Kummer su...

The influence of line-edge roughness (LER) of an optical photomask on the resulting printed wafer LER is investigated. The LER Transfer function (LTF) proposed by Naulleau and Gallatin, and later corrected by Tanabe, is shown to be a very useful tool for evaluating the low-pass filtering behavior of the imaging tool and its impact on the transfer of mask LER to the wafer. Highfrequency mask LER...

Parameter uctuations found in ultrasmall devices are generally associated with discrete random dopants in semiconductors [1,2]. However, dopants are not the only source of intrinsic uctuations in device characteristics that can impede the traditional scaling approach in sub-100 nm MOSFETs. Other stochastic effects, such as oxide thickness uctuations, can also contribute to variations [3]. Line ...

Background: The Present study was carried out to track and calculate Biomagnification Factor (BMF) of total mercury (T-Hg) between two different trophic levels (i.e., plankton and a planktivorous fish) in a fresh water grazing food chain. Methods: Experimental organisms were planktonic biomass and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) as a planktivorous fish. Silver carp samples were obt...