The algebraic setting for threshold secret sharing scheme can vary, dependent on the application. This algebraic setting can limit the number of participants of an ideal secret sharing scheme. Thus it is important to know for which thresholds one could utilize an ideal threshold sharing scheme and for which thresholds one would have to use nonideal schemes. The implication is that more than one...

Fe-30Mn-0.05C steel specimens with cold-rolled, partially recrystallized, fine-grained, and coarse-grained microstructures were fabricated by means of 80% cold rolling followed annealing at 550–1000 °C. The initial deformed characterized, the Charpy impact properties tested room temperature (RT) liquid nitrogen (LNT). It was found that absorbed energy increased temperature, while showed differe...

OBJECTIVES Endotracheal tube cuff (ETTc) inflation by standard methods may result in excessive ETTc pressure. Previous studies have indicated that methods of cuff inflation most frequently used to inflate ETTcs include palpation of the tension in the pilot balloon or injection of a predetermined volume of air to inflate the pilot balloon. If a logarithmic relationship exists between ETTc volume...

Biomarkers predicting resistance to particular chemotherapy regimens could play a key role in optimally individualized treatment concepts. PTK7 (protein tyrosine kinase 7) belongs to the receptor tyrosine kinase family involved in several physiological, but also malignant, cell behaviors. Recent studies in acute myeloid leukemia have associated PTK7 expression with resistance to anthracycline t...

Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 21 Number 3 Fall 2016 Diagnostic imaging with low-dose ionizing radiation helps physicians save lives and assist in prolonging good health. Numerous publications1-5 based on clinical, epidemiological, and ecological studies have claimed increased cancer risk associated with low radiation doses such as received from diagnostic imaging and other ...

laffer curve indicates relationship between tax rate and tax income. the aim of this paper is estimating of laffer curve in iranian economy. to do so, we have used threshold regression method. empirical results indicate that since the tax rate is low (the threshold value is less than 0.0848) in two-regime model, tax rate and tax income have a significant positive relationship, but when the tax ...

this paper investigates the possibility of both linear and nonlinear effects of energy consumption on economic growth in iran, using data for the period of 1959–2007 based on threshold regression. some previous studies support the view that energy consumption may promote economic growth. however, the conclusion drawn from this study suggests that such relationship exists only where there is a l...