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A statistic w, the differential coefficient of the mean absolute difference of an observed lightcurve, is proposed for timescale analysis of shot widths. The shortest width of random shots can be measured by the position of the lower cut-off in the timescale spectrum of w. We use the statistic to analyze X-ray lightcurves from a sample of neutron star and black hole binaries and the results sho...

Visual cryptography is a new secure technology that distributes a secret image by separating it into a number of shares using different visual cryptography schemes (VCS). Early VCS schemes mainly focused on black-and-white secret images. Using a black & white VCS normally degrade the image quality and also suffered from a major drawback of pixel expansion, which means that the size of each secr...

or Does the 2D black hole have tachyonic or W–hair? Abstract We solve the equations of motion of the tachyon and the discrete states in the background of Witten's semiclassical black hole and in the exact 2D dilaton-graviton background of Dijkgraaf et al. We find the exact solutions for weak fields, leading to conclusions in disagreement with previous studies of tachyons in the black hole. Dema...

Visual cryptography is a new secure technology that distributes a secret image by separating it into a number of shares using different visual cryptography schemes (VCS). Early VCS schemes mainly focused on black-and-white secret images. Using a black & white VCS normally degrade the image quality and also suffered from a major drawback of pixel expansion, which means that the size of each secr...

Visual cryptography is a new secure technology that distributes a secret image by separating it into a number of shares using different visual cryptography schemes (VCS). Early VCS schemes mainly focused on black-and-white secret images. Using a black & white VCS normally degrade the image quality and also suffered from a major drawback of pixel expansion, which means that the size of each secr...

OBJECTIVES To examine the epidemiology of HIV among black and minority ethnic (BME) men who have sex with men (MSM) in England and Wales (E&W). METHODS Ethnicity data from two national HIV/AIDS surveillance systems were reviewed (1997-2002 inclusive), providing information on new HIV diagnoses and those accessing NHS HIV treatment and care services. In addition, undiagnosed HIV prevalence amo...