Pasternak, J., Alekou, A, Aslaninejad, M., Chudzinski, R., Jenner, L. J., Kurup, A., Shi, Y., Uchida, Y., Appleby, R., Owen, H.L., Barlow, Roger, Hock, K. M., Muratori, B. D., Kelliher, D.J., Machida, S., Prior, C.R., Kuno, Y, Sato, A, Lagrange, J­B, Mori, Y., Lancaster, M., Ohmori, C., Planche, T., Smith, S.L., Witte, H. and Yokoi, T. (2012) Status of the PRISM FFAG Design for the Next Generat...

In this study, propagation characteristics of surface acoustic waves in a layered piezoelectric structure (AlN/128°Y-X LiNbO3) are investigated. The phase velocity and coupling coefficient of the layered structure with interdigital transducers and/or metal thin films deposited at various interfaces will be calculated numerically. The effects of the polarity of 128°Y-X LiNbO3 on SAW characterist...

In this paper, assuming that (X, Y1, Y2)T has a trivariate normal distribution, we derive the exact joint distribution of ( X, Y(1), Y(2))^T, where Y(1) and Y(2) are order statistics arising from (Y1, Y2)T . We show that this joint distribution is a mixture of truncated trivariate normal distributions and then use this mixture representation to derive the best (nonlinear) predictiors of X...

An important concern in the design of validation experiments is how to incorporate the mathematical model in the design in order to allow conclusive comparisons of model prediction with experimental output in model assessment. In this paper, an integrated Bayesian cross entropy methodology is proposed to perform the optimal design of validation experiments incorporating the computational model....

The potential weakness of the Y-00 direct encryption protocol is demonstrated in a fast correlation attack by S. Donnet et al in Phys. Lett. A 35 6 (2006) 406-410, when the encryption box ENC in Y-00 is not chosen properly. In this paper, we show how this weakness can be eliminated with a proper design of ENC. In particular, we present a Y-00 configuration that is more secure than AES. It is al...

Quasi-symmetric 3-designs with block intersection numbers x, y (0 ≤ x ≤ y < k) are studied. It is proved that the parameter λ of a quasi-symmetric 3-(v, k, λ) design satisfies a quadratic whose coefficients are polynomial functions of k, x and y. We use this quadratic to prove that there exist finitely many quasi-symmetric 3-designs under either of the following two restrictions: 1. The block i...

Theoretical constructs of logical gates implemented with plant roots are morphological computing asynchronous devices. Values of Boolean variables are represented by plant roots. A presence of a plant root at a given site symbolises the logical True, an absence the logical False. Logical functions are calculated via interaction between roots. Two types of two-inputs-two-outputs gates are propos...

analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing Ping Qiu: Conception and design, data interpretation, manuscript writing Jiao Jiao: Conception and design, manuscript writing Hiroyuki Hirai: Conception and design, administrative support Wei Xiong: Conception and design Jifeng Zhang: Conception and design, administrative support Tianqing Zhu: Administrative support Peter X. Ma: Conception and des...

Despite the widespread adoption of Internet banking there are no validated guidelines on the functionality the younger, techno-savvy Generation-Y customer segment (18-35 year age bracket) expect from Internet banking websites. This research investigated the functionality the Generation-Y customer segment require from South-African Internet banking websites. The User Centred Design (UCD) philoso...