1Director of Phlebolymphologic Diseases Centre, Monza Polyclinic, Via Amati 111, Monza 20900, Italy 2Biostatistics Unit, San Gaudenzio Clinic (Monza Polyclinic Group), Novara 28100, Italy 3Angiology Unit, Villa Cimarosa Medical Centre, Milan 20144, Italy *Corresponding author Massimiliano Farina, MD Director of Phlebolymphologic Diseases Centre Monza Polyclinic Via Amati 111 Monza (MB) 20900, I...

Ideal observer models have proven useful in investigating assumptions about human information processing in a variety of perceptual tasks. However, these models have not been applied in the area of higher-order category learning. We describe a simple Bayesian ideal observer and apply it to empirical data on category learning. We describe an experiment in which we found that acquisition of famil...

Background and Aim: Different attachment designs have been developed to connect implant to natural teeth in partial dentures; however, adequate studies have not been performed to determine stress distribution patterns in these designs. The present study aimed to assess stress distribution patterns in natural tooth and implant supported removable partial denture with different attachment designs...

This work addresses the general problem of resilient control of unknown stochastic linear time-invariant (LTI) systems in the presence of sensor attacks. Motivated by a vehicle cruise control application, this work considers a first order system with multiple measurements, of which a bounded subset may be corrupted. A frequency-domain-designed resilient parameter-invariant controller is introdu...

this paper addresses adaptive observer design problem for joint estimation of the states and unknown parameters for a class of nonlinear systems which satisfying one-sided lipschitz and quadratic inner bounded conditions. it’s shown that the stability of the proposed observer is related to finding solutions to a quadratic inequality consists of state and parameter errors. a coordinate transform...

Network-based computer systems play increasingly vital roles in modern society; they have become the target of intrusions by our enemies and criminals. Intrusion detection system attempts to detect computer attacks by examining various data records observed in processes on the network. This paper presents a hybrid intrusion detection system models, using Learning Vector Quantization and an enha...

A leakage resilient encryption scheme is one which stays secure even against an attacker that obtains a bounded amount of side information on the secret key (say λ bits of “leakage”). A fundamental question is whether parallel repetition amplifies leakage resilience. Namely, if we secret share our message, and encrypt the shares under two independent keys, will the resulting scheme be resilient...

A Boolean function on n variables is q-resilient if for any subset of at most q variables, the function is very likely to be determined by a uniformly random assignment to the remaining n − q variables; in other words, no coalition of at most q variables has significant influence on the function. Resilient functions have been extensively studied with a variety of applications in cryptography, d...

A major challenge in designing resilient infrastructure is to meet the needs of sustainable development (Kennedy & Corfee-Morlot, 2013). Sustainable development requires a high degree of energy efficiency. Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), in particular, have the potential to be much more sustainable. In the U.S., 3 – 4% of the total energy consumed is dedicated to WWTPs and drinki...

PROBLEM STATEMENT When designing and evaluating asphalt pavements, engineers must have an understanding of how the pavement materials will react to the stresses and strains of vehicle loads at varying temperatures. When a load is applied to asphalt concrete at a certain temperature, to what degree will the pavement "bounce back" to its original height? Pavement designers predict this spring-lik...