The Fuzzy Vault scheme is an encryption scheme, which can tolerate errors in the keys. This leads to the possibility of enhancing the security in environments where these errors can be common, such as biometrics storage systems. Although several researchers have provided implementations, we find that the scheme is vulnerable to attacks when not properly used. This paper describes an attack on t...

In this paper, we develop an algorithm that may be used as a stepping-stone detection tool. Our approach is based on analyzing correlations between the cumulative number of packets sent in outgoing connections and that of the incoming connections. We present a study of our method’s effectiveness with actual connections as well as simulations of time-jittering (introduction of inter-packet delay...

Fructification and yield of the edible mushrooms Pleurotus pulmonarius and Stropharia rugosoannulata are clearly enhanced when wheat straw is supplemented with 30% Lolium perenne grass chaff. The bioactive compound in the methanol extract of grass chaff was identified as beta-adenosine. In vitro biological activity tests showed that 0.012 mg of beta-adenosine per ml of medium stimulated earlier...

Motivated by the representation of biometric and multimedia objects, we consider the problem of hiding noisy point-sets using a secure sketch. A point-set X consists of s points from a d-dimensional discrete domain [0, N−1]. Under permissible noises, for every point 〈x1, .., xd〉 ∈ X, each xi may be perturbed by a value of at most δ. In addition, at most t points in X may be replaced by other po...

Feeding fibre and branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) to sows during late gestation lactation, respectively, have been shown improve litter weights at weaning. Therefore, supplementing primiparous sow diets with lucerne chaff, a feedstuff high in fibre, BCAA tryptophan, may the performance of their progeny. Experiment 1 investigated effects feeding (n = 118) either (i) control diet (CON); (ii) CO...