An elliptic curve addition law is said to be complete if it correctly computes the sum of any two points in the elliptic curve group. One of the main reasons for the increased popularity of Edwards curves in the ECC community is that they can allow a complete group law that is also relatively efficient (e.g., when compared to all known addition laws on Edwards curves). Such complete addition fo...

The aims of this study are to experimentally characterize the passive elastic behaviour of the rabbit abdominal wall and to develop a mechanical constitutive law which accurately reproduces the obtained experimental results. For this purpose, tissue samples from New Zealand White rabbits 2150±50 (g) were mechanically tested in vitro. Mechanical tests, consisting of uniaxial loading on tissue sa...

Fractal patterns are observed in computational mechanics of elastic-plastic transitions in two models of linear elastic/perfectly plastic random heterogeneous materials: (1) a composite made of locally isotropic grains with weak random fluctuations in elastic moduli and/or yield limits and (2) a polycrystal made of randomly oriented anisotropic grains. In each case, the spatial assignment of ma...

background:  radiochromic film is used for radiation dose measurement, xr-rv3 is used in fluoroscopy and ebt2 film in radiation therapy. the aim was to determine if the dosimetric properties of these two films are comparable in megavolt photon beams. materials and methods: comparison measurements included: calibration curves, heterogeneous phantom dose profiles, and nasopharynx dose distributio...

the kinetics of hydrogen evolution reaction (her) was studied in 1m naoh at various temperatures (298 to 358 k) on ni-p-c (composite electrodes. the electrochemical efficiency of the electrodes has been evaluated on the basis of electrochemical data obtained from the steady-state polarization tafel curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (eis) and cyclic voltammetry (cv) in 1m naoh solut...

We present a systematic study of the steep decay emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by the Swift X-Ray Telescope (XRT). In contrast to the analysis described in recent literature, we produce composite Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) and XRT light curves by extrapolating the XRT data (2–10 keV) into the BAT energy range (15–25 keV) rather than extrapolating the BAT data into the XRT ener...

A general program was written which simulates radioactive labeling of RNA in viva. The program was used to determine the effect that different -distributions of half-lives would have on the composite decay curve observed in a pulse-chase experiment. Four biologically relevant points emerge: 1) The published, experimentally determined composite decay curves for eukaryotic mRNA are not compatible...

in the United Kingdom of those days. There was a time when Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister was told by a President of one of the then Royal Colleges: "No man who has an academic education ought to practise obstetrics." The same gentleman stated amidst applause in a subsequent meeting: "Obstetrics is no calling for a gentleman". The story in the book tells us how in 1946 in the same kingdom ...