The currently known constructions of Boolean functions with high nonlinearities, high algebraic degrees and high resiliency orders do not seem to permit achieving sufficiently high algebraic immunities. We introduce a construction of Boolean functions, which builds a new function from three known ones. Assuming that the three functions have some resiliency order, nonlinearity and algebraic degr...

Improving resiliency of airports and seaports can accelerate both humanitarian relief and economic and social recovery in regions struck by natural or manmade disasters. Ports are a critical element of effective disaster response, evacuation, and recovery. They are also essential to social and economic recovery following a disaster, especially on islands dependent on trade and isolated areas su...

We analyze the performance of resilient functions for imperfect input bits. Specifically, we allow more input bits than the resiliency degree of the resilient function to be biased and analyze the output behavior under this new assumption. We develop bounds on the output distribution of resilient functions build from a number of families of linear codes. We develop an explicit formula for the p...

This paper explores the use of risk management techniques to promote the design of resilient services. Success in achieving any benefit from a new service will be directly affected by the resiliency of the supporting service architecture including technical and non-technical domains. The concept of resiliency in services and enterprises is examined. We present a framework to analyze risks and t...

INTRODUCTION Social support and ego resiliency play a great role in maintaining the physical and mental health of patients with burn injuries. The present study has been designed to compare ego resiliency levels and the degree of social support in patients with a burn injury and their healthy counterparts. METHODS This study was conducted in two teaching hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan from May...

BACKGROUND Medical emergency staff complete understanding of the nature of resiliency in burn events is a prerequisite for improving the quality of clinical service delivery in pre-hospital burn events. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to describe resiliency in view of medical emergency staff in burn events. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present qualitative study was performed using a content...

This study aims to examine the effect of a 16-week Pilates exercise program on the ego resiliency and depression in elderly women. Before participating in Pilates exercise programs, researcher explained the purpose and the intention of the research to elderly women who were willing to participate in this research. A total of 148 elderly women agreed to participate in the program and they filled...

One of complementary value propositions of microgrids is to improve power system resiliency via local supply of loads and curtailment reduction. This subject is investigated in this paper by proposing a resiliency-oriented microgrid optimal scheduling model. The proposed model aims at minimizing the microgrid load curtailment by efficiently scheduling available resources when supply of power fr...