Search for Turbulent Gas through Interstellar Scintillation

Stars twinkle because their light propagates through the atmosphere. The same phenomenon is expected when the light of remote stars crosses a Galactic - disk or halo - refractive medium such as a molecular cloud.We present the promising results of a test performed with the ESO-NTT and the perspectives.Comment: Tenth Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, Los-Angeles : \'Etats-Unis (2012

Cryptanalysis of two mutual authentication protocols for low-cost RFID

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is appearing as a favorite technology for automated identification, which can be widely applied to many applications such as e-passport, supply chain management and ticketing. However, researchers have found many security and privacy problems along RFID technology. In recent years, many researchers are interested in RFID authentication protocols and their security flaws. In this paper, we analyze two of the newest RFID authentication protocols which proposed by Fu et al. and Li et al. from several security viewpoints. We present different attacks such as desynchronization attack and privacy analysis over these protocols.Comment: 17 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, International Journal of Distributed and Parallel system

Search for hidden turbulent gas through interstellar scintillation

Stars twinkle because their light propagates through the atmosphere. The same phenomenon is expected when the light of remote stars crosses a Galactic - disk or halo - refractive medium such as a molecular cloud. We present the promising results of a test performed with the ESO-NTT and the perspectives of detection.Comment: Structure and dynamics of disk galaxies, Petit Jean Mountain : United States (2013). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1208.637

Sensor fault detection and isolation: a game theoretic approach

This paper studies sensor fault detection using a game theoretic approach. Sensor fault detection is considered as change point analysis in the coefficients of a regression model. A new method for detecting faults, referred to as two-way fault detection, is introduced which defines a game between two players, i.e. the fault detectors. In this new strategic environment, assuming that the independent states of the regression model are known, the test statistics are derived and their finite sample distributions under the null hypothesis of no change are derived. These test statistics are useful for testing the fault existence, as well as, the pure and mixed Nash equilibriums are derived for at-most-one-change and epidemic change models. A differential game is also proposed and solved using the Pontryagin maximum principle. This solution is useful for studying the fault detection problem in unknown state cases. Kalman filter and linear matrix inequality methods are used in finding the Nash equilibrium for the case of unknown states. Illustrative examples are presented to show the existence of the Nash equilibriums. Also, the proposed fault detection scheme is numerically evaluated via its application on a practical system and its performance is compared with the cumulative sum method

Detecting Surface Interactions via a Wearable Microphone to Improve Augmented Reality Text Entry

This thesis investigates whether we can detect and distinguish between surface interaction events such as tapping or swiping using a wearable mic from a surface. Also, what are the advantages of new text entry methods such as tapping with two fingers simultaneously to enter capital letters and punctuation? For this purpose, we conducted a remote study to collect audio and video of three different ways people might interact with a surface. We also built a CNN classifier to detect taps. Our results show that we can detect and distinguish between surface interaction events such as tap or swipe via a wearable mic on the user\u27s head

Hak-hak Penyandang Disabilitas dalam Bidang Pendidikan Berdasarkan Pasal 9 Undang-undang Nomor 19 Tahun 2011 Tentang Pengesahan Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities (Studi Pelaksanaan Pemenuhan Sarana Pendidikan oleh Universitas Brawijaya

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis pelaksanaan hak-hak dasar bagipenyandang disabilitas serta kendala dan upaya yang dilakukan oleh Universitas Brawijayaagar sesuai dengan Pasal 9 UU No. 19 Tahun 2011 tentang Pengesahan Convention On TheRights Of Persons With Disabilities (Konvensi Mengenai Hak-Hak Penyandang Disabilitas),didalam penelitian ini bermaksud bersama-sama menemukan solusi dan melaksanakannya.Penulisan skripsi ini menggunakan metode yuridis-empiris dengan metode pendekatanyuridis sosiologis. Kemudian menggunakan bahan hukum primer, sekunder, dan tersier yangdiperoleh penulis dan dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik interpretasi teleologis atausosiologis dengan interpretasi yang berpandangan makna dari sebuah peraturan harusdiimplementasikan. Penulis memperoleh jawaban atas permasalahan yang ada bahwapelaksanaan hak-hak dasar bagi penyandang disabilitas menurut Pasal 9 UU No. 19 Tahun2011 di Universitas Brawijaya Malang meliputi membangun aksesibilitas dilingkunganUniversitas Brawijaya yang ramah terhadap penyandang disabilitas, menyediakan akomodasibagi penyandang disabilitas, melakukan penelitian tentang isu-isu disabilitas danmeningkatkan sensitivitas civitas akademika terhadap isu-isu disabilitas. Adapun kendalayang dihadapi oleh Universitas Brawijaya dalam pelaksanaan tersebut diatas diantaranya:belum tersedianya rem disemua gedung-gedung fakultas, kurangnya kesadaran mahasiswaUB, terbatasnya jumlah volunter, dan kurangnya keikutsertaan mahasiswa dan civitasakademik serta kurangnya sensitivitas terhadap isu-isu disabilitas. Solusi yang dilakukan olehUniversitas Brawijaya adalah melalui Alternative Action, memberikan aturan yang jelasterhadap aksesibilitas di UB, menambah jumlah volunteer terutama yang bukan berasal darimahasiswa, dan lebih sering mengadakan kegiatan-kegiatan tentang disabilitas.Kata Kunci: penyandang disabilitas, pendidikan, aksesibilita

Sex steroids and intestinal amino acid transport in rainbow trout, Salmo airdneri Richardson

The effects of sane anabolic and naturally-occuring sex steroids on intestinal transport of leucine have been studied in rainbow trout (Sallno gairdneri), in vivo (gut perfusion), and in vitro (everted gut sacs or intestinal strips). Administration of 17a-methyltestosterone (Mr) by injection for a prolo03ed period of time, enhanced intestinal transport and accumulation of leucine. 11-ketotestosterone (KT) or MT treatment in vitro, by direct addition to incubation media, elicited significant short-term increases in active transport of leucine, without effecting intestinal accumulation. Luminal administration of Mr in vivo similarly elicited short-term responses, without effecting leucine accumulation in the intestine or other peripheral tissues. However; neither MT nor KT significantly affected intestinal transport of water in trout. Although long term injection of oestradiol (E2) enhanced intestinal transport and accumulation of leucine, E2 treatment in vitro was without effect. Addition of ouabain or 2,4,dinitrophenol in the presence of MT abolished steroid-stimulated leucine transform, in vitro. No significant differences were observed between immature male or female trout with respect to either transport of leucine and water, or intestinal granular cell density. However, 'apparent' Na+ absorption and percentage fold height were higher in females, while total intestinal thickness and enterocyte heights were greater in males. These sex differences were essentially abolished. after gonadectany. It is suggested that the short-term effects of the androgenic steroids might be partly mediated through increased activity of Na+,K+,ATPase, and that steroid-induced growth promotion in fish may,to sane extent, be a consequence of enhanced efficiency of intestinal function