The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Testing the Cenozoic multisite composite ¡sup¿18¡/sup¿O and ¡sup¿13¡/sup¿C curves: new monospecific Eocene records from a single locality, Demerara Rise (Ocean Drilling Program Leg 207) Journal Article (2006). Testing the Cenozoic multisite composite 18O and 13C curves: new monospecific Eocene records from a si...

A reconstruction technique of the gate capacitance from anomalous capacitance-voltage (C–V) curves in high leakage dielectric MOSFETs is presented. An RC network is used to accommodate the distributed nature of MOSFETs and an optimization technique is applied to extract the intrinsic gate capacitance. Applicability of the method is demonstrated for ultra-thin nitride/oxide (N/O 1.4 nm/0.7 nm) c...

In this paper, an algorithm on Goldbach’s conjecture is newly defined for computing a large even number as a sum of two primes or a sum of prime and composite. Using the conjecture, an ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) protocol is newly proposed for authentication. The protocol describes the process of key generation, signature generation and signature verification as well as s...

Here cI . . . . . c~ are vectors (control points) in some s-dimensional linear space, say W. The control polygon is then determined by the composite vector c r R "~ and we can think of c geometrically as a polygonal line. Various algorithms for the manipulation and computation of such curves take the form of successive geometric alterations of the control polygon. In particular, in the case of ...

In this paper we investigate the efficiency of the function field sieve to compute discrete logarithms in the finite fields F3n . Motivated by attacks on identity based encryption systems using supersingular elliptic curves, we pay special attention to the case where n is composite. This allows us to represent the function field over different base fields. Practical experiments appear to show t...

This study focuses on the fabrication and electrical characterization of a polymer composite based on nano-sized varistor powder. The polymer composite was fabricated by the melt-blending method. The developed nano-composite was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FeSEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spect...

A novel, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) modified white C3N4 composite (CNT/white C3N4) with enhanced visible-light-response photoactivity was prepared. The white C3N4 and CNT combined together and formed the CNT/white C3N4 composite due to electrostatically-driven self-assembly with the hydrothermal method. The as-prepared white C3N4 and CNT/white C3N4 composite photocatalyst were characte...

Composite manufacturing processes such as automated tape placement (ATP) and filament winding process (FW) put forward specific requirements for the geodesic curvature along layup paths of composite tows tapes. In this paper, a non-uniform cubic b-spline element method is proposed solving boundary value problem curves with prescribed curvature. The differential equation system target curve disc...

The effects of changing stimulus frequency on the interaural phase sensitivity of neurons in the inferior colliculus (IC) were studied in barbiturate-anesthetized cats in order to reexamine the issue of characteristic delay (CD). Since the results obtained with the interaural delay and binaural beat stimuli are similar, we used the averaged interaural delay curves and binaural beat period histo...