a) If a block cipher is used in ECB mode, the encryption of two equal n-bit blocks (aligned at n-bit boundaries) of the plaintext will yield the same n-bit blocks in the ciphertext. This can be hazardous for security in applications: If the plaintext encodes a bitmap with a schematic image (think of Mickey Mouse ears), then most of the n-bit blocks will either be 0n or 1n, so the ciphertext wil...

Infants’ sensitivity to visual prosodic motion in infant-directed speech was examined by testing whether 8-month-olds can match an audio-only sentence with its visual-only schematic point-light display. The visual stimuli were sentence pairs of equal duration but unequal syllable number recorded using Optotrak. Twelve of the fourteen 8-month-olds tested looked longer at visual speech motion tha...

This paper studies the creation of schematic maps from traditional vector-based, carto-graphic information. An algorithm is proposed to modify positions of lines in the original input map with the goal of producing as output a schematic map that meets certain geometric and aesthetic criteria. Special emphasis is placed here on preserving topological structure of features during this transformat...

The EPICS based control system of the ISAC radioactive beam facility uses the CapFast schematic editor to construct the IOC function-block databases. This allows a self-documenting graphical representation of the IOC software using a hierarchical, object-like software structure with reusable components. On the other hand, the control system is quarterbacked by a relational database, which conta...