Secret sharing is a mechanism by which a trusted dealer holding a secret “splits” the secret into many “shares” and distributes the shares to a collections of parties. Associated with the sharing is a monotone access structure, that specifies which parties are “qualified” and which are not: any qualified subset of parties can (efficiently) reconstruct the secret, but no unqualified subset can l...

In nuclear medicine, there are two methods of imaging, planar and tomography. Single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) shows better image details and therefore is influenced more by image parameters such as resolution, uniformity, sensitivity, etc. Manufacturers provide customers with data which are obtained by complicated and sometimes secret methods. Marketing companies te...

Trees in urban landscapes provide a range of ecosystem services, including habitat, refugia, food, and corridors for other fauna and flora. However, there is some debate whether the richness and abundance of other biodiversity supported is influenced by the provenance of trees, i.e., native or non-native. This study assessed the presence of mistletoes and birds (and nests) in 1261 street trees....

Embedding secret information with song signal may hamper its audible quality as well as originality also would be infringed. Therefore, passing secret code with song signal precisely needs to measure the embedded data volume with song signal within embedding tolerance level. In this paper, embedded secret data with linear coding principles has been applied, enhanced security criteria has been m...

32 Localization of low frequency acoustic stimuli is processed in dedicated neural 33 pathways where coincidence detecting neurons compare the arrival time of sound stimuli 34 at the two ears, or interaural time disparity (ITD). ITDs occur in the submillisecond 35 range and vertebrates have evolved specialized excitatory and inhibitory circuitry to 36 compute these differences. Glycinergic inhi...

Economic unit values of soundscape/acoustic effects have been based on changes in the number of annoyed persons or on decibel changes. The normal procedure has been the application of these unit values to noise-attenuation measures affecting the noisier façade of a dwelling. Novel modular vegetation-based soundscape measures, so-called green walls, might be relevant for both noisy and qui...

At present, the sharp decline in urban biodiversity worldwide is severe. Conducting biological perspective analysis and proposing space construction solutions during regeneration can greatly alleviate contradiction between conservation. In this study, birds were taken as representatives, a certain area Shenzhen with strong conservation needs was used an example. Based on thorough of bird status...