This paper proposes a model of tripartite blind quantum computation (TBQC), in which three independent participants hold different resources and accomplish a computational task through cooperation. The three participants are called C,S,T separately, where C needs to compute on his private data, and T has the required quantum algorithm, and S provides sufficient quantum computational resources. ...

This paper presents a new modular multiplication algorithm that allows one to implement modular multiplications efficiently. It proposes a systematic approach for maximizing a level of parallelism when performing a modular multiplication. The proposed algorithm effectively integrates three different existing algorithms, a classical modular multiplication based on Barrett reduction, the modular ...

A new approach to qualitatively describe shapes is introduced. A set of qualitatively distinct polygons is proposed, which can be characterised by a number of predicates. Interesting properties concerning the similarity of different polygons arise. As a result, the difficulty in defining equivalence classes of polygons can be overcome in a special qualitative manner. The usefulness of this appr...

We demonstrate a multipartite protocol to securely distribute and reconstruct a quantum state. A secret quantum state is encoded into a tripartite entangled state and distributed to three players. By collaborating, any two of the three players can reconstruct the state, while individual players obtain nothing. We characterize this (2,3) threshold quantum state sharing scheme in terms of fidelit...

2 Agropolis Fondation is a French foundation for scientific cooperation established in 2007 to promote and support high-level research and higher education (training-through-research) as well as to broaden international partnerships in agricultural sciences and sustainable development research. It supports a research network with scientists working on a continuum of multidisciplinary knowledge ...

The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) represents more than 12 000 physicians and allied health care providers in over 100 countries who are daily caring for and providing support to men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, IAPAC advances advocacy, education, and technical assistance activities in the United States and abroad with the aim of improvin...

Most of us in this room-I dare say most adult Americans-were challenged as children to "make something of ourselves," specifically to "get an education." The fervor of the plea in my own case may have been a bit unusual-you see, unlike Senator Joe Biden, I am the first in my immediate family to get a college education. But I doubt very many haven't heard somewhere along the way the clarion call...

Remote islands have played a central role in the development of evolutionary theory, particularly with regard to the factors responsible for speciation and adaptive radiation (Darwin, 1859; Lack, 1947; Carlquist, 1974; Schluter, 2000). The Hawaiian Islands (about 4000 km from the nearest land mass) are noteworthy in this regard, as adaptive radiation is Department of Biology, Stanford Universit...

Molecular beacons (MBs) are hairpin-like fluorescent DNA probes that have single-mismatch detection capability. Although they are extremely useful for many solution-based nucleic acid detections, MBs are expensive probes for applications that require the use of a large number of different DNA probes due to the high cost and tedious procedures associated with probe synthesis and purification. In...