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Efficient unimodality test in clustering by signature testing
This paper provides a new unimodality test with application in hierarchical
clustering methods. The proposed method denoted by signature test (Sigtest),
transforms the data based on its statistics. The transformed data has much
smaller variation compared to the original data and can be evaluated in a
simple proposed unimodality test. Compared with the existing unimodality tests,
Sigtest is more accurate in detecting the overlapped clusters and has a much
less computational complexity. Simulation results demonstrate the efficiency of
this statistic test for both real and synthetic data sets
Cryptanalysis of an Efficient Signcryption Scheme with Forward Secrecy Based on Elliptic Curve
The signcryption is a relatively new cryptographic technique that is supposed
to fulfill the functionalities of encryption and digital signature in a single
logical step. Several signcryption schemes are proposed throughout the years,
each of them having its own problems and limitations. In this paper, the
security of a recent signcryption scheme, i.e. Hwang et al.'s scheme is
analyzed, and it is proved that it involves several security flaws and
shortcomings. Several devastating attacks are also introduced to the mentioned
scheme whereby it fails all the desired and essential security attributes of a
signcryption scheme.Comment: 5 Pages, 2 Figure
LPKI - A Lightweight Public Key Infrastructure for the Mobile Environments
The non-repudiation as an essential requirement of many applications can be
provided by the asymmetric key model. With the evolution of new applications
such as mobile commerce, it is essential to provide secure and efficient
solutions for the mobile environments. The traditional public key cryptography
involves huge computational costs and is not so suitable for the
resource-constrained platforms. The elliptic curve-based approaches as the
newer solutions require certain considerations that are not taken into account
in the traditional public key infrastructures. The main contribution of this
paper is to introduce a Lightweight Public Key Infrastructure (LPKI) for the
constrained platforms such as mobile phones. It takes advantages of elliptic
curve cryptography and signcryption to decrease the computational costs and
communication overheads, and adapting to the constraints. All the computational
costs of required validations can be eliminated from end-entities by
introduction of a validation authority to the introduced infrastructure and
delegating validations to such a component. LPKI is so suitable for mobile
environments and for applications such as mobile commerce where the security is
the great concern.Comment: 6 Pages, 6 Figure
Effect of vitamin C and quercetin treatment on the liver histopathologic profile in congenital lead exposed male rat pups
Introduction: Lead is one of the most important environmental pollutants due to its vast use in various industries. Lead accumulation in different organs, especially the brain, liver and kidneys can cause serious health problems. Lead exposure is more dangerous during fetal period and childhood. Materials and Methods: Timed pregnant female rats divided into 6 groups. Group 1served as control group and received tap water, group 2 received 500 mg/liter lead acetate in the drinking water from 5th day of gestation up to 25th day post-partum, group 3 received the same dose of lead acetate along with daily IP injection of 40mg/kg quercetin, Group 4 received the same dose of lead acetate along with 2g/liter vitamin C, groups 5 and 6 received vitamin C and quercetin respectively like groups 2 and 3 but without lead acetate. On the 25th day postpartum, 6 male pups in each group were deeply anesthetized by chloroform; livers were removed and processed for Hematoxyline- Eosin staining. The microscopic slides were photographed and liver tissue morphological characteristics were evaluated. Results: Lead exposure caused extensive histopathologic changes in liver tissue including hepatocyte degradation, cell nucleus bifurcation and inflammation around hepatic veins. Quercetin and vitamin C treatment could prevent these pathologic changes to a considerable extent. Conclusion: Vitamin C in drinking water and quercetin via IP injection could protect the liver tissue against lead hepatotoxic effects. © 2015, Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology. All rights reserved
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