This paper describes automatic protocol generation (APG for short), a novel mechanism to generate security protocols automatically. With APG, the protocol designer inputs the specification of the desired security properties and the system requirements. The system requirements include a metric function which specifies the cost or overhead of protocol primitives, which defines an ordering over pr...

systems of computers and their application in the lives of modern human beings are vastly expanding. in any kind of computer application, failure in computer systems can lead to a range of financial and mortal losses. indeed, the major origin of software failure can be located in designing or implementing software. with regard to these statistics, 30% of the software projects have been prospero...

The accessory parotid gland (APG) is salivary tissue anterior to and anatomically separate from the parotid gland. APG is a common anatomical variation, but APG tumours are extremely rare. The authors report 6 patients with APG tumours emphasizing the diagnosis, clinical features, indications and rationales for different treatment approaches. Patients with primary tumours of the parotid gland o...

Introduction. We are presenting a rare case of a patient who developed simultaneous tumors in the main parotid gland (MPG) and an accessory parotid gland (APG). The APG tumor was not recognized when the more prominent MPG tumor was excised. We will discuss the clinical features of this case. Case presentation. A 66-year-old woman was referred to our department with a painless right cheek mass. ...

Apigenin (APG), a flavone, is known to exhibit antioxidant, antimutagenic and antitumorigenic activity, both in vivo and in vitro. The aim of this study is to investigate the modulatory effects of APG on human lymphocytes after irradiation with gamma rays (3 Gy) or treatment with the antineoplastic agent, mitomycin C (MMC), in vitro. Cytogenetic biomarkers such as chromosome aberrations (CAs), ...

BACKGROUND/AIM Hyperglicemia is common in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and is associated with high risk of mortality and morbidity. Relationship between admission plasma glucose (APG) levels and mortality in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with STEMI needs further investigation. The aim of this study was to analyse the short- and long-term prognostic significance o...

Autologous platelet gel (APG) was developed in the early 1990s as a byproduct of platelet-rich plasma sequestration during cardiac surgery. Although APG has been approved for postoperative healing, there have been no published studies that evaluate the effects of APG on sternal healing postcardiopulmonary bypass. The purpose for this study was to examine the effects of APG on postoperative ster...

OBJECTIVE To compare the healing of full-thickness skin punch wounds treated with topical autologous platelet gel (APG) vs conventional therapy (antibiotic ointment and/or occlusive dressings) in healthy volunteers. METHODS A prospective, single-blind, pilot study comprising 80 full-thickness skin punch wounds (4 mm diameter) was conducted on the thighs of 8 healthy volunteers. With each subj...

BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease. Inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are key regulators of apoptosis and are frequently dysregulated in ovarian cancer. Overexpression of IAPs proteins has been correlated with tumorigenesis, treatment resistance and poor prognosis. Reinstalling functional cell death machinery by pharmacological inhibition of IAPs proteins may represent an attra...

OBJECTIVES Recent studies have emphasized the potential information embedded in peripheral fingertip photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals for the assessment of arterial wall stiffening during aging. For the discrimination of arterial stiffness with age, the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) has been widely used in clinical applications. The second derivative of the PPG (acceleration photop...