We demonstrate the first attacks on the SPN ciphers with 6, 7, 8, and 9 secret layers. In particular, we show a decomposition attack on the SASASASAS scheme when the S-box size m and the block length n satisfy the condition m ≤ n (for example, 8-bit S-box and 128-bit block).

We study the behavior of the two-dimensional Ising model in a finite box at temperatures that are below, but very close to, the critical temperature. In a regime where the temperature approaches the critical point and, simultaneously, the size of the box grows fast enough, we establish a large deviation principle that proves the appearance of a round Wulff crystal.

I calculate finite-volume effects for three identical spin-1/2 fermions in a box assuming short-ranged repulsive interactions of 'natural size'. This analysis employs standard perturbation theory in powers of 1/L, where L 3 is the volume of the box. I give results for the ground states in the A 1 , T 1 , and E cubic representations.

Introduction: Radiotherapy plays a vital role in cancer treatment. To establish a new potency in radiosensitize tumor cells, delivery of High-Z materials is offered. To date, several simulation geometries have been applied to define simulation sets. The clustering of nanoparticles (NPs) within the cells is a prominent parameter usually ignored in simulation studies. <stro...

In the present work the recrystallization behavior of deep drawing grade Al-killed low carbon steel sheets produced by Mobarakeh Steel Plant (MSP) has been studied. Salt bath isothermal annealing has b...

A highly non-gaussian cosmological perturbation with a flat spectrum has unusual stochastic properties. We show that they depend on the size of the box within which the perturbation is defined, but that for a typical observer the parameters defining the perturbation ‘run’ to compensate for any change in the box size. Focusing on the primordial curvature perturbation, we show that an un-correlat...

The Scouts, developed at the University of Minnesota, are miniature robots designed mainly for reconnaissance and surveillance tasks. The Scout’s small size and multiple mobility and sensing modes allow it to efficiently navigate and carry out certain missions in indoor environments and on relatively smooth surfaces. However, like many other small-sized robots, its miniature size and limited ba...

We propose a public-key traitor tracing scheme in which (1) the size of a ciphertext is sublinear in the number of receivers and (2) black-box tracing is efficiently achieved against self-defensive pirate decoders. When assuming that a pirate decoder can take some self-defensive reaction (e.g., erasing all of the internal keys and shutting down) to escape from tracing if it detects tracing, it ...