This paper reports evidence from an experiment that was conducted to test the influence of non-binding default rules on voluntary cooperation. We find that contributions to a public good increase significantly when a cooperative default is implemented. Non-binding defaults particularly influence contribution decisions of participants with lower levels of cognitive reflection whereas contributio...

In estimating frequencies given that the signal waveforms are undersampled multiple times, Xia and his collaborators proposed to use a generalized version of Chinese remainder Theorem (CRT), where the moduli are dm1, dm2, · · · , dmk with m1,m2, · · · ,mk being pairwise coprime. If the errors of the corrupted remainders are within d 4 , their schemes are able to construct an approximation of th...

We construct electronic oscillator from acellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum. The slime mould oscillator is made of two electrodes connected by a protoplasmic tube of the living slime mould. A protoplasmic tube has an average resistance of 3 MOhm. The tube’s resistance is changing over time due to peristaltic contractile activity of the tube. The resistance of the protoplasmic tube oscil...

Based on the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT), Quisquater and Couvreur proposed an RSA variant, RSA-CRT, to speedup RSA decryption. According to RSA-CRT, Wiener suggested another RSA variant, Rebalanced RSA-CRT, to further speedup RSA-CRT decryption by shifting decryption cost to encryption cost. However, such an approach will make RSA encryption very time-consuming because the public exponent e...

A method and apparatus for carrying out highly efficient exothermal reaction between nickel and hydrogen atoms in a tube, preferably, though not necessary, a metal tube filled by a nickel powder and heated to a high temperature. preferably, though not necessary, from 150 to 5000 C are herein disclosed. In the inventive apparatus, hydrogen is injected into the metal tube containing a highly pres...

It may be maintained by some that a discussion of the benefits of computer assisted cartography for map reading is premature, and in fact, it may correctly be pointed out that the testing by cartographers of map reading abilities on computer produced maps has not even begun as yet in a systematic way. This state of affairs is especially true of the testing of map reading abilities on 'temporary...

Background Capillary refill time (CRT) was introduced in 1947. In the 1980`s, it was proposed as one of five elements in the Trauma Score and defined as two seconds or less in all adult patients. An alternative definition (sex and age dependent) has been introduced by Schriger and Baraff. We performed a prospective observational cohort study to assess the relationship between CRT and 30day mort...

In this work we collect the strongest known algebraic attacks on multi-prime RSA. These include factoring, small private exponent, small CRT exponent and partial key exposure attacks. Five of the attacks are new. A new variant of partial key exposure attacks is also introduced which applies only to multi-prime RSA with more than two primes.

Using NIRS, we investigated brain activity in subjects searching for target characters in given text. Visual stimuli consisted of two different contrasts: positive and negative. Both stimuli were displayed for 30 sec on a cathode-ray tube (CRT: 21 inches). The subjects were instructed to watch a visual display on the CRT. This display included text without meaning. When target characters were d...

A matching task was used to measure the effects of ambient illumination, raster luminance, and target size on color discriminability in a CRT display. A set of ten easily distinguishable colors was presented under two conditions of ambient illumination (dark and bright) and two conditions of raster luminance (low and intermediate). Below this set, a target color was presented as either a circle...