In this work, channel decoding is considered as a promising way for improvement of cryptographic functions. Use of MAC/H-MAC values and digital signatures is analyzed in a context of code concatenation, together with convolutional codes using MAP decoding algorithm. Soft Input Decryption method, which uses L-values from channel decoder, presents an efficient method for integrating cryptography ...

A new method for generating the stem components of Multiple Alternate Choice (MAC) test items is proposed which makes use of a theory about causal coherence relation primitives. A trial of the Causal Relation Explication, Addition and Manipulation (CREAM) method is described which uses a domain specific evaluation method. The domain expert assigns a usability category to each MAC stem from a ba...

Four eyes of 2 patients with corneal edema due to Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy were treated with CXL using the standard protocol. Since no improvement in visual acuity, corneal clarity, thickness, or pain sensation was evident in any eye at month 12, 2 eyes of the 2 patients were retreated, this time, following intraoperative corneal dehydration with glycerol 70% drops. This retreatment also fa...

We describe a strategy for computing Yukawa couplings and the mirror map, based on the Picard-Fuchs equation. (Our strategy is a variant of the method used by Candelas, de la Ossa, Green, and Parkes [5] in the case of quintic hypersurfaces.) We then explain a technique of Griffiths [14] which can be used to compute the Picard-Fuchs equations of hypersurfaces. Finally, we carry out the computati...

Corneal hydration control was tested in 22 patients with Fuchs' dystrophy, and eight subjects of similar age without the disease, by measuring the corneal thickness recovery from swelling induced by hypoxia or following overnight sleep. Measurement precision was enhanced by using a modified optical pachometer and conducting two test procedures which were analyzed by a coupled exponential model....

PURPOSE To compare long-term keratometric changes after penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for keratoconus and Fuchs endothelial dystrophy. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 168 corneas after PK for keratoconus (85 eyes of 63 subjects) and Fuchs dystrophy (83 eyes of 60 subjects). Patients were examined after final suture removal at 12 months after PK to 30 years after surgery. Operations were p...

introduction: allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) has been reported to be a successful curative treatment in aml patients. myeloablative conditioning (mac) is used more frequent as a preparing regimen. this study attempts to compare the outcome of patients who has received mac and reduced- intensity conditioning (ric). methods: totally, 618 patients with aml underwent hsct...

We describe Java-MaC, a prototype implementation of the Monitoring and Checking (MaC) architecture for Java programs. The MaC architecture provides assurance about the correct execution of target programs at run-time. Monitoring and checking is performed based on a formal speci cation of system requirements. MaC bridges the gap between formal veri cation, which ensures the correctness of a desi...

We describe Java-MaC, a prototype implementation of the Monitoring and Checking (MaC) architecture for Java programs. The MaC architecture provides assurance about the correct execution of target programs at run-time. Monitoring and checking is performed based on a formal speciication of system requirements. MaC bridges the gap between formal veriication, which ensures the correctness of a desi...