In this paper, the authors propose a new chaotic block cryptosystem based on multiple one-dimensional chaotic maps. In the proposed cryptosystem, the authors establish map-to-task relations between the multiple chaotic maps and the tasks, which must be performed in the encryption rounds. The encryption process is based on these map-to-task relations. The authors enhance the security of the cryp...

The main objective of this work is to exploit the relationship between the information findability problem and a subject-based organization of information. Identification of a subject is involved when one wants to say something about that subject or when he or she tries to comprehend what was said by others about it. An example of this type of duality can be seen in the information world where ...

The aim of this paper is to prove the following results: a continuous map f : [0, 1]→ [0, 1] is chaotic iff the shift map σf : lim ← ([0, 1], f)→ lim ← ([0, 1], f) is chaotic. However, this result fails, in general, for arbitrary compact metric spaces. σf : lim ← ([0, 1], f) → lim ← ([0, 1], f) is chaotic iff there exists an increasing sequence of positive integers A such that the topological s...

Houston Anglos of all ages show advanced degrees of /u/-fronting. However, a close acoustic analysis of the fronted /u/ of younger and older Anglo Houstonians reveals two distinct types: a more monophthongal type, consistent with prior descriptions of fronted /u/ in the rural South, and a more diphthongal type, consistent with descriptions of /u/-fronting in non-Southern speakers. The two types...

Concern for environmental issues has become a reality in all sectors of society, mainly among researchers and professionals who work directly with environmental status. In this context, several studies have been undertaken on sustainable development of the Brazilian Amazon, generating a large amount of data and information. Environmental area characterization involves the knowledge about their ...

Science mapping aims to build bibliometric maps that describe how specific disciplines, scientific domains, or research fields are conceptually, intellectually, and socially structured. Different techniques and software tools have been proposed to carry out science mapping analysis. The aim of this article is to review, analyze, and compare some of these software tools, taking into account aspe...

Seiberg-Witten maps and a recently proposed construction of noncommutative Yang-Mills theories (with matter fields) for arbitrary gauge groups are reformulated so that their existence to all orders is manifest. The ambiguities of the construction which originate from the freedom in the Seiberg-Witten map are discussed with regard to the question whether they can lead to inequivalent models, i.e...

A group memory of a project is an information space storing the documents produced and exchanged by members of the group, which may include the electronic discussions that took place during the life of the project. Accessing the information in the group memory using a traditional text search method is not always effective as the relationship between the documents and emails (for example the con...