In this paper we will analyze and propose some solutions for potential issues implementing a partially cryptographic voting system called Scratch & Vote designed by Ben Adida and Ron Rivest from the perspective of creating an improved voting system in the United States. We will briefly analyze issues with current voting systems and make a case that Scratch and Vote provides marked improvement w...

Extensive study on multilayered coating systems has been carried out to understand the scratch-induced damage mechanisms. The experimental results show that increase in soft base layer thickness improves the scratch resistance. The numerical analysis of the stress and strain field explains the mechanics behind the improvement in scratch resistance in the multilayered coating systems. Usefulness...

information technologies as “the ability to reformulate knowledge, to express oneself creatively and appropriately, and to produce and generate information (rather than simply to comprehend it).” Fluency, according to the report, “goes beyond traditional notions of computer literacy...[It] requires a deeper, more essential understanding and mastery of information technology for information proc...

Itch is immensely frustrating. Most studies focus on the cause of itch. In this issue of Neuron, Kardon et al. (2014) find that itch can be modulated by inhibitory neurons that produce dynorphin, an endogenous agonist of κ-opioid receptors.

Scratch is a programming environment and an online community where young people can create, share, learn, and communicate. In collaboration with the Scratch Team at MIT, we created a longitudinal dataset of public activity in the Scratch online community during its first five years (2007-2012). The dataset comprises 32 tables with information on more than 1 million Scratch users, nearly 2 milli...

Title of dissertation: HEAP DATA ALLOCATION TO SCRATCH-PAD MEMORY IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS Angel Dominguez Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Professor Rajeev K. Barua Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering This thesis presents the first-ever compile-time method for allocating a portion of a program’s dynamic data to scratch-pad memory. A scratch-pad is a fast directly a...