A non-malleable code is a variant of an encoding scheme which is resilient to tampering attacks. The main idea behind non-malleable coding is that the adversary should not be able to obtain any valuable information about the message. Non-malleable codes are used in tamper-resilient cryptography and protecting memories against tampering attacks. Many different types of non-malleability have alre...

OBJECTIVES To identify plausible mechanisms by which resilience (low mortality rates despite persistent economic adversity) was achieved in some areas in Britain between 1971 and 2001. METHODS Mixed method observational study, combining quantitative analyses of cause- and age group-specific mortality rates, and area sociodemographic and environmental characteristics, with case studies of resi...

Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is a relatively new construction material, whose applications can replace natural aggregates. To do so, extensive studies on its mechanical behavior and deformation characteristics are still necessary. RCA is currently used as a subbase material in the construction of roads, which are subject to high settlements due to traffic loading. The deformation character...

As previously shown, rats isolated from weaning develop abnormal social and aggressive behavior characterized by biting attacks targeting vulnerable body parts of opponents, reduced attack signaling, and increased defensive behavior despite increased attack counts. Here we studied whether this form of violent aggression could be reversed by resocialization in adulthood. During the first weak of...

The paper applies a methodological tool able to frame national policies with sustainable financial flows between social groups. In effect, exchange entitlement mapping (E-mapping) shows the interdependency of capital and labor earnings across groups, which is then accounted for in policy planning future green transition. First, highlights extent herd behavior feeds into by social, occupational,...

OBJECTIVES To examine 10-year mortality and hospital use among individuals categorised as resilient and vulnerable to the impact of chronic pain. DESIGN A cohort record linkage study. SETTING Grampian, Scotland. PARTICIPANTS 5858 individuals from the Grampian Pain Cohort, established in 1996, were linked, by probability matching, with national routinely collected datasets. MAIN OUTCOME ...

The minimum distance between Bent functions and Resilient functions is studied. An algorithm for calculating the minimum distance betw een Bent functions and resilient functions is given. We give a new lower bound for the minimum distance be tween Bent functions and 1 resilient functions. This new lower bound is better than that presented by S. Maity etc in 2004, and their conjectures are prove...

We extend the notions of correlation-immune functions and resilient functions to functions over any nite alphabet endowed with the structure of an Abelian group. Thus we generalize the results of Gopalakrishnan and Stinson as we give an orthogonal array characterization and a Fourier transform characterization for resilient functions over any nite alphabet. This leads to a generalization of som...