The creation of multitrack mixes by audio engineers is a time-consuming activity and creating high-quality mixes requires a great deal of knowledge and experience. Previous studies on the perception of music mixes have been limited by the relatively small number of human-made mixes analysed. This paper describes a novel “mix-space”, a parameter space which contains all possible mixes using a fi...

Cohesion properties of the binder matrix within asphalt mixes and adhesion characteristics of the asphalt binder and aggregate particles are the two major mechanisms resisting against cracking in asphalt mixes. This study is focused on estimating crack resistance of asphalt mixes at intermediate temperatures through evaluation of cohesion and adhesion properties of binder-aggregate systems usin...

This report evaluates the effectiveness of rubber-asphalt and ebonite-asphalt mixes based on a review of published literature and unpublished reports. It discusses in detail various aspects of these mixes, including: diffe ent applications, physical properties, experiences of state highway agencies, and claimed advantages and problems associated with their use. The addition of ground tire rubbe...

the current research intends to study the possibility of producing fiber recycled self-compacting concrete (frscc) using demolitions as a coarse aggregate (crushed red brick and crushed ceramic). steel fibers were used in recycled self-compacting concrete (rscc) to improve fresh and hardened properties of this type of concrete. thirty nine concrete mixes were prepared to achieve the aim propose...

We propose Mixcoin, a protocol to facilitate anonymous payments in Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies. We build on the emergent phenomenon of currency mixes, adding an accountability mechanism to expose theft. We demonstrate that incentives of mixes and clients can be aligned to ensure that rational mixes will not steal. Our scheme is efficient and fully compatible with Bitcoin. Against a pas...

We propose Mixcoin, a protocol to facilitate anonymous payments in Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies. We build on the emergent phenomenon of currency mixes, adding an accountability mechanism to expose theft. We demonstrate that incentives of mixes and clients can be aligned to ensure that rational mixes will not steal. Our scheme is efficient and fully compatible with Bitcoin. Against a pas...

MIXes are a means of untraceable communication based on a public key cryptosystem, as published by David Chaum in 1981 (CACM 24/2, 84-88) (=[6]). In the case where RSA is used as this cryptosystem directly, i.e. without composition with other functions (e.g. destroying the multiplicative structure), we show how the resulting MIXes can be broken by an active attack which is perfectly feasible in...

This research was conducted in order to evaluate fatigue behavior of asphalt mixes containing Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel slag. After initial evaluation of the properties of EAF steel slag using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electric Microscope (SEM), six sets of laboratory mixtures were prepared. Each set were treated replacing various portions of limestone aggregates of the mix wi...

We propose Mixcoin, a protocol to facilitate anonymous payments using the Bitcoin currency system. We build on the emergent phenomenon of currency mixes, adding an accountability mechanism to expose theft. Unlike other proposals to improve anonymity in Bitcoin, our scheme can be deployed immediately with no changes to Bitcoin itself. We demonstrate that incentives of mixes and clients can be al...