physical and chemical properties of  crude oil, including viscosity and api gravity, are commonly inherited  from the  early organic matter, environmental conditions in which they were deposited and depth of burial of the source beds. api gravity increases in deeper burial due to higher thermal maturation of organic matter in the source rocks and consequently, generation of lighter saturated hy...

We examine the security of a protocol on cryptographic key distribution proposed by Yuen and Kim (Yuen H P and Kim A M 1998 Phys. Lett. A 241 135). Theoretical and experimental analysis shows that, even if the eavesdropper can receive more photons than the legitimate receiver, secure key distribution is possible as long as the signal-to-noise ratio of the eavesdropper does not exceed eight time...

background: to evaluate the association of apolipoprotein b (apob), apolipoprotein a (apoa), and apob/apoa ratio with the body fat indicators in patients with stable angina pectoris (sa). materials and methods: one hundred and twenty two participants aged 40-60 years old, with a mean age of 52.1 ± 7.2 years and sa, were recruited for the present study. body weight, height, and waist circumferen...