Core set inconsistency always causes confusion regarding how to select the proper core set for data reduction in inconsistent decision tables. In this paper, partitions of knowledge granules are introduced to analyze this inconsistency, and it is concluded that there are only three types of effective partitions: those that focus on exact information, those that focus on exact, partial, and nega...

NORX is one of the fifteen authenticated encryption algorithms that have reached the third round of the CAESAR competition. NORX is built using the sponge-based Monkey Duplex construction. In this note we analyze the core permutation F . We show that it has rotational symmetries on different structure levels. This yields simple distinguishing properties for the permutation, which propagate with...

Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) has been the key instrumentation technology on Windows platforms for years. Many core operating system components have been instrumented with ETW, providing a basis for system activity analysis and problem diagnosis for a number of developers and tools. The upcoming Windows Vista ® operating system contains many new events, in response to the growing need to diag...

The instruction footprint of OS-intensive workloads such as web servers, database servers, and file servers typically exceeds the size of the instruction cache (32 KB). Consequently, such workloads incur a lot of i-cache misses, which reduces their performance drastically. Several papers [6, 8, 5, 2, 3] have proposed to improve the performance of such workloads using core specialization. In thi...

Background and aim: Marginal adaptation affects the long-term success of full-coverage restorations. This study aimed to assess the effect of porcelain sintering and zirconia core thickness on the marginal adaptation of all-ceramic restorations. Materials and methods: In this in-vitro experimental study, a standard brass die, 7 mm in length and 5 mm in diameter, was fabricated using a milling ...

Background: Despite the implementation of harm reduction program, some injecting drug users (IDU) continue to engage in high-risk behaviors. It seems that there are some social factors that contribute to risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission in IDUs. The aim of this study was to analysis the social network of IDUs and examines the effect of network location on HIV transmission...

The study of the Internet topology allows us to discover properties that can be exploited in order to improve the performance of network protocols and applications. Thus, Internet mapping is very useful to simulation software focusing on network protocols. Unfortunately Internet mapping has two major drawbacks. First it takes a lot of time to be carried out and secondly it is often incomplete. ...

The last decade has witnessed an animated debate on whether the inner core rotation is a fact or an artifact. Here we examine the temporal change of inner core waves using a technique that compares differential travel times at the same station but between two events. The method does not require precise knowledge of earthquake locations and earth models. The pairing of the events creates a large...

Business Process Management (BPM) aims at supporting the whole life-cycle necessary to deploy and maintain business processes in organisations. An important step of the BPM life-cycle is the analysis of the processes deployed in companies. However, the degree of automation currently achieved cannot support the level of adaptation required by businesses. Initial steps have been performed towards...