Homomorphic signatures (HS) allows the derivation of the signature of the message-function pair (m, g), where m = g(m1, . . . ,mK), given the signatures of each of the input messages mk signed under the same key. Multi-key HS (M-HS) introduced by Fiore et al. (ASIACRYPT’16) further enhances the utility by allowing evaluation of signatures under different keys. While the unforgeability of existi...

In this paper, by minimizing the distance between CG direction and of improved Perry conjugate gradient method [Yao et al., Numer. Algorithms 78 (2018) 1255–1269], we propose a descent modified HS method. A remarkable property is that it can produce sufficient property, which independent line search used. Under suitable conditions, prove with standard Armijo globally convergent for uniformly co...

We read with interest the report by Koenig et al. (1 ) showing the value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) assays for predicting long-term cardiovascular events in patients after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or coronary artery bypass grafting. Although studies have demonstrated long-term cardiovascular events with measurements of hs-cTnI or hs-cTnT in patients who present wit...

Inflammation appears to be an integral part of the process of atherosclerosis that leads to coronary artery disease (CAD) and acute ischemic syndromes (1, 2). Data indicate that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and other inflammatory markers are associated with atherosclerosis and that hs-CRP decreases with statin treatment (3, 4). These are important findings that support the infla...

The content of this paper is the proposal of two techniques for the modeling of skin color in images using a combination of spaces of colors HSV with YCbCr and HSV with CIELab. To determine the intervals of pixels nonskin color uses the components H and S, on the other hand, the intervals of pixels skin color uses the components Cb, Cr, a and b. There are compared the results of the technique H...

In this issue of Blood, Nair et al report on a computationally derived hepatocyte-specific cis-regulatory module (HS-CRM8) to accomplish high tissue-specific expression in gene therapy for hemophilia. When HS-CRM8 is introduced upstream of a minimal liver-specific promoter in an adenoassociated virus (AAV) that expresses a codon-optimized hyperactive human factor IX (FIX) mutant (FIX Padua), it...

To the Editor: Ter Haar et al report a new tool, Autoinflammatory Disease Damage Index (ADDI), to measure damage caused by autoinflammatory diseases. Although this preliminary instrument was for patients with familial Mediterranean fever, cryopyrin associated periodic syndrome, tumour necrosis factor receptorassociated periodic fever syndrome and mevalonate kinase deficiency, we found a great u...

CEREBRAL EDEMA IS A SIGNIFICANT cause of mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury and ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Yet our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this condition is rather limited, and new treatments showing promise in laboratory studies have frequently been found ineffective in clinical practice. Two types of edema, namely vasogenic and cel...

Japanese quail selected for reduced (low-stress, LS) rather than exaggerated (high-stress, HS) plasma corticosterone response to brief restraint have consistently shown greater cloacal gland (CG) development, an androgen-dependent trait. In this study, the effects of testosterone implants on levels of plasma testosterone and CG development in castrated LS and HS quail were determined. Stress-li...