In this paper we develop a technique that allows to obtain new effective constructions of highly resilient Boolean functions with high nonlinearity. In particular, we prove that the upper bound 2n−1 − 2 on nonlinearity of m-resilient n-variable Boolean functions is achieved for 0.6n− 1 ≤ m ≤ n− 2.

In this paper we develop a technique that allows us to obtain new effective construction of 1-resilient Boolean functions with very good nonlinearity and autocorrelation. Our strategy to construct a 1-resilient function is based on modifying a bent function, by toggling some of its output bits. Two natural questions that arise in this context are “at least how many bits and which bits in the ou...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the bonding properties of denture bases to silicone-based soft denture liners immersed in isobutyl methacrylate (iBMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) for various lengths of time. MATERIALS AND METHODS Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) test specimens were fabricated (75 mm in length, 12 mm in diameter at the thickest section, and 7 mm a...

Exact solutions are derived for sound radiation from four kinds of infinitely-long strips: namely a rigid strip in a baffle of finite width, a resilient strip in free space, and a resilient or rigid strip in an infinite baffle. In one limit, the strip in a finite baffle becomes a rigid strip in free space and in the other, a line source in a finite baffle. Here "rigid" means that the surface ve...

Nowadays, companies are struggling to find an appropriate supply chain strategy to achieve competitiveness. Among the available strategies lean, green and resilient are considered as a new management strategies for the supply chain management to achieve competitiveness. The major issues with theses strategies are the integration and identification of critical issues related to the strategies. T...

1 2 Resilient modulus test is the recommended test to characterize subgrade soil for 3 pavement design in 1993 AASHTO pavement design guide as well as new proposed 4 Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). This test requires significant 5 resources including high level of technical capability to conduct. For smaller projects where 6 costly and complex resilient modulus testing is n...

The strongest standard security notion for digital signature schemes is unforgeability under chosen message attacks. In practice, however, this notion can be insufficient due to “side-channel attacks” which exploit leakage of information about the secret internal state. In this work we put forward the notion of “leakage-resilient signatures,” which strengthens the standard security notion by gi...

The impact of catastrophic events on hospitals and communities is huge and continues to hinder progress in developing nations and industrialized countries alike. Over the last 10 years, the UN/ISDR has sponsored a series of global conferences to increase awareness of the importance of risk and vulnerability reduction and the need to build disaster resilient communities. In recognition that hosp...