In [4], the authors give two public key encryptions based on third order linear sequences modulo n, where n = pq is an RSA integer. In their scheme (3), there are two mistakes in the decryption procedure: (1) The owner of the private key does not know the value of m such that C1 = sm(a, b) and C2 = s−m(a, b), and thus he/she can not compute L(C1, C2). (2) If sλ(a, b) = 3 modulo n , then L(a, b)...

In allogeneic HSCT, NK-cell alloreactivity is determined by the presence in the donor of NK cells expressing inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptors (KIRs) that recognize HLA class I allotypes present in the donor but lacking in the recipient. Dominant KIR ligands are the C1 and C2 epitopes of HLA-C. All HLA-C allotypes have either the C1 epitope, the ligand for KIR2DL2/L3, or the C2 epitope, ...

Conventional protein kinase Cs have two conserved regulatory domains, C1 and C2, shared by many other membrane-interacting proteins. The structures of a C1 and a C2 domain provide insights into how they function.

For self-containment, we briefly recall the lifted ElGamal encryption scheme with the non-interactive zero-knowledge proof (NIZK) system which proves that the plaintext is either 0 or 1, proposed in [1], and provide some intuition for it. Let G be a group of prime order p such that the Decisional DiffieHellman assumption holds (i.e., the resulting encryption scheme provides a standard security ...

This study aimed at monitoring the changes of fluorescent components in wastewater samples from 22 Korean biological wastewater treatment plants and exploring their prediction capabilities for total organic carbon (TOC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and the biodegradability of the wastewater using an optical sensing technique bas...

A 79-year-old female presented with incapacitating chronic neck pain. The patient's pain which was greatest on the left side persisted for 18 months and was described as stabbing in nature (10/10 intensity). In addition to her neck pain, the patient described having frequent headaches. After six weeks of physical therapy and undergoing a rhizotomy procedure, she showed no prolonged improvement....

BACKGROUND Pterodon pubescens Benth seeds are commercially available in the Brazilian medicinal plant street market. The crude alcoholic extracts of this plant are used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anti-rheumatic preparations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of geranylgeraniol (C1) and 6alpha, 7beta-dihydroxyvouacapan-17beta-oate methyl ester (C2)...

A comparison of several reported methods for detection and quantitation of left-to-right shunts by radionuclides was performed in 50 children. Count ratio (C2/C1) techniques were compared with the exponential extrapolation and gamma function area ratio techniques. C2/C1 ratios accurately detected shunts and could reliably separate shunts from normals, but there was a high rate of false positive...