Consensus protocols stand behind the success of blockchain technology. This is because parties that distrust each other can make secure transactions without oversight a central authority. The first consensus protocol emerged with Bitcoin. Since then, many others have appeared. Some them been implemented by official platforms, whereas others, for time being, remain as proposals. A trade-off. new...

The notion of symmetry is the main property a metric function. area fixed point theory has suitable structure for in mathematics. goal this paper to find and common results bicomplex valued b-metric space mixed type rational contractions with control functions. Some well-known literature findings were generalized our findings. We provide an example strengthen validate results. As example, conte...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Local nasal hyperthermia or inhalation of heated water vapor is often recommended as a home remedy for various rhinitis disorders such as the common cold and allergic rhinitis. Inhaled heated vapor treatments and simple saline solution nasal irrigation were investigated for their effect on inflammatory mediator production in nasal secretions. DESIGN Three treatments were given...