Secure sketches are useful in extending cryptographic schemes to biometric data since they allow recovery of fuzzy secrets under inevitable noise. In practice, secrets derived from biometric data are seldom used alone, but typically employed in a multi-factor or a multimodality setting where multiple secrets with different roles and limitations are used together. To handle multiple secrets, we ...

Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), a Florentine architect and Renaissance polymath, not only invented mirror that allowed artists draughtspersons to capture linear perspective, he was also the first beneficiary of modern patent. Governments grant patents as time-limited, monopoly exploitation rights over inventions in exchange for full disclosure details invention. On expiry monopoly, anyone can...

Indonesia's trade balance with China has remained negative since 2010. The current study forecasts deficit for five years using the Even Grey Forecasting model EGM (1,1,α,θ). sample was conducted by collecting data of traded deficits past ten years. Data were collected from official websites Central Bureau Statistics (BPS), Ministry Trade, among others. By building upon literature, argues that ...

background: endotracheal suctioning (ets) is one of the most common supportive measures in intensive care units (icu). ets may be associated with complications including hypoxia and tachycardia. closed system suctioning (css) decreases the rate of cardiorespiratory complication mainly due to continuation of ventilatory support and oxygenation during procedure. css has questionable efficacy, the...

Conventional effluent trading systems (ETSs) between point sources (PSs) and nonpoint sources (NPSs) are often unreliable because of the uncertain characteristics of NPSs. In this study, a new framework was established for PS-NPS ETSs, and a comprehensive analysis was conducted by quantifying the impacts of the uncertainties associated with the water assimilative capacity (WAC), NPS emissions, ...