The aim of the study was to define the relationship between maximal power of lower limbs, the biomechanics of the forward handspring vault and the score received during a gymnastics competition. The research involved 42 gymnasts aged 9-11 years competing in the Poland's Junior Championships. The study consisted of three stages: first -estimating the level of indicators of maximal power of lower...

BACKGROUND The dorsal hump and dorsal aesthetic lines have been considered bony and cartilaginous structures. Knowledge of the anatomy of the osseocartilaginous vault is essential for obtaining aesthetically pleasing results of rhinoplasty. OBJECTIVES The authors described the morphology, embryology, and clinical relevance of the nasal vault and the changes that occur in this area during rhin...

METHODS: Patients with large cranial vault defects (>50cm) were studied preoperatively and postoperatively (6 months) after cranial vault reconstruction using both: 1) Cognistat Active Form and 2) The FIM instrument (Functional Independence Measure) (n=35). Cranial vault reconstructive techniques varied from split cranial bone to alloplastic implants (PEEK) to titanium implants. Complications, ...

This paper describes the packet vault, a cryptographically secured archiver of network packet data. The vault captures network packets, encrypts them, and writes them to long-term CD-ROM storage for later analysis and for evidentiary purposes. The cryptographic organization of the vault permits selected traffic to be made available without exposing other traffic.

In this paper a method for the biometric based secret sharing problem using the fuzzy vault construct is described. The secret is protected using the biometric data of the sharing parties, revealing a secret when a predetermined number of the sharing parties collaborate. The distinction between biometric cryptosystems is discussed. The basic idea of the fuzzy vault scheme is discussed. Finally ...

Security of a biometric system is of paramount importance considering increased commercial use for allowing access to sensitive areas. In this context protection of stored biometric templates is of particular interest as these templates are irrevocable once leaked. Fuzzy vault has emerged as a novel cryptographic construct for the protection of biometric templates. But like every other techniqu...

Security of stored templates is a critical issue in biometric systems because biometric templates are non-revocable. Fuzzy vault is a cryptographic framework that enables secure template storage by binding the template with a uniformly random key. Though the fuzzy vault framework has proven security properties, it does not provide privacy-enhancing features such as revocability and protection a...

Vault poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (VPARP) was originally identified as a minor protein component of the vault ribonucleoprotein particle, which may be involved in molecular assembly or subcellular transport. In addition to the association of VPARP with the cytoplasmic vault particle, subpopulations of VPARP localize to the nucleus and the mitotic spindle, indicating that VPARP may have other ce...

A 45-year-old woman with a prior history of hysterectomy due to adenomyosis and leiomyomas was presented at our outpatient gynecology clinic 13 months later with sudden lower pelvic discomfort and vaginal bleeding symptoms. The patient underwent vaginal vault biopsy however diagnosis was still uncertain. Additional evaluation was required due to massive rebleeding incidents. After an emergent e...

By adopting a non-interactive information-theoretic secure verifiable secret sharing scheme in an unorthodox way, a verifiable fingerprint vault scheme is presented in this paper. Fuzzy vault scheme is a novel cryptographic construct which can increase the security of the biometric template in a biometric authentication system. It can be also used to bind the cryptographic key and the user in a...