Three-neighbourhood Cellular Automata (CA) are widely studied and accepted as suitable cryptographic primitive. Rule 30, a 3-neighbourhood CA rule, was proposed as an ideal candidate for cryptographic primitive by Wolfram. However, rule 30 was shown to be weak against Meier-Staffelbach attack [7]. The cryptographic properties like diffusion and randomness increase with increase in neighbourhood...

It had been known that narcotics are more soluble in fats and oils than in water. With this in mind, yon Bibra and Hatless, 1 in 1847, carried on a series of experiments on rabbits. Half the animals were anesthetized, and the other half were used as controls. All the animals were killed and the fat content of the brains and livers was determined quantitatively by extraction with alcohol and eth...

The most negative effects caused by noise exposure related to the hearing system are well known and may produce professional or even permanent deafness. Since these effects have very important influence on worker’s health and well-being, it is necessary to evaluate the hearing loss caused by occupational exposure to noise in order to propose preventive solutions. A large number of compensation ...

Test statistics for sphericity and identity of the covariance matrix are presented, when the data are multivariate normal and the dimension, p, can exceed the sample size, n. The test statistics are shown to follow an approximate normal distribution for large p, also when p >> n. The statistics are derived under very general conditions, particularly avoiding any strict assumptions on the traces...

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In 1997, faculty from the health science schools, as well as from the College of Arts and Sciences, expressed an interest in promoting the interaction between faculty scientists and students at Creighton University at both the undergraduate and graduate level. A series of discussions resulted in the first St. Albert’s Day celebration, which was held on November 24, 1997. Since 1997, the St. Alb...