This paper analyses the cryptography used in the Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP). The authenticated encryption (AE) scheme deployed by OSGP is a non-standard composition of RC4 and a homebrewed MAC, the “OMA digest”. We present several practical key-recovery attacks against the OMA digest. The first and basic variant can achieve this with a mere 13 queries to an OMA digest oracle and negligible...

This paper presents a comparative study of conventional Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA) and output-only Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) techniques for estimating the modal parameters of a moderately damped truck chassis. The OMA, without its need to measure input forces, would serve as a convenient methodology to test vehicle structures when response data alone is available. Data has been ac...

BACKGROUND Vasopeptidase inhibitors are a new class of compounds that inhibit both angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and neutral endopeptidase. This study determined whether treatment with the vasopeptidase inhibitor omapatrilat (OMA) produced different effects on renal and cardiovascular structure compared with inhibition of ACE by enalapril (ENP) in rats with two-kidney, one clip hypertensi...

It has been observed that even though modal frequencies are well estimated using Operational Modal Analysis (OMA) techniques, damping estimation is not as accurate. The opinions on this aspect of OMA have been widely varying and no consensus or definite answers are available. In this paper the OMA procedure, data processing and modal parameter estimation, is studied with respect to proper dampi...

Second Order Blind Source Separation (SO-BSS) techniques possess several mathematical characteristics making them a viable option for Operational Modal Analysis (OMA). However, on closer scrutiny it is revealed that there are certain subtleties that limit their direct application to OMA applications. This paper continues from past work of the authors, which focussed on understanding SO-BSS tech...

A degradable, cytocompatible bioadhesive can facilitate surgical procedures and minimize patient pain and post-surgical complications. In this study a bioadhesive hydrogel system based on oxidized methacrylated alginate/8-arm poly(ethylene glycol) amine (OMA/PEG) has been developed, and the bioadhesive characteristics of the crosslinked OMA/PEG hydrogels evaluated. Here we demonstrate that the ...

Object: The efficacy of olfactory mucosa autograft (OMA) for chronic spinal cord injury has been reported. New activity in response to voluntary effort has been documented by electromyography (EMG), but the emergence of motor evoked potential (MEP) reflecting electrophysiological conductivity in the central nervous system, including the corticospinal pathway, after OMA, and the best indications...

Unlike tangible goods such as industrial products and food products, digital content distinguish themselves by the fact that it is very easy to duplicate products of the same quality. The copyright law prohibits duplication of content without the permission of the creators can be obtained, but in reality, there are many cases where content are duplicated and used illegally. Properly protecting ...

OBJECTIVES The study included patients suffering from stage III-IV endometriosis complicated by an endometrioma (OMA). We investigated the association between age, presence of dysmenorrhea/dyspareunia, preoperative CA 125 level, size of OMA on ultrasonographic exam and infertility as well as the risk of intraoperative detection of hydrosalpinx that was not suspected on pre-operative assessment....

BACKGROUND At the onset of embryogenesis, key developmental regulators called determinants are activated asymmetrically to specify the body axes and tissue layers. In C. elegans, this process is regulated in part by a conserved family of CCCH-type zinc finger proteins that specify the fates of early embryonic cells. The asymmetric localization of these and other determinants is regulated in ear...