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Quantum cryptography as a retrodiction problem
We propose a quantum key distribution protocol based on a quantum
retrodiction protocol, known as the Mean King problem. The protocol uses a two
way quantum channel. We show security against coherent attacks in a
transmission error free scenario, even if Eve is allowed to attack both
transmissions. This establishes a connection between retrodiction and key
distribution.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
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The effect of missing values using genetic programming on evolvable diagnosis
Medical databases usually contain missing values due the policy of
reducing stress and harm to the patient. In practice missing values has been a
problem mainly due to the necessity to evaluate mathematical equations obtained
by genetic programming. The solution to this problem is to use fill in methods to
estimate the missing values. This paper analyses three fill in methods: (1) attribute
means, (2) conditional means, and (3) random number generation. The methods
are evaluated using sensitivity, specificity, and entropy to explain the exchange in
knowledge of the results. The results are illustrated based on the breast cancer
database. Conditional means produced the best fill in experimental results
Detection of non-radial g-mode pulsations in the newly discovered PG1159 star HE 1429-1209
We performed time-series photometry of the PG1159-type star HE 1429-1209,
which was recently discovered in the ESO SPY survey. We show that the star is a
low-amplitude (about 0.05 mag) non-radial g-mode pulsator with a period of
919s. HE 1429-1209 is among the hottest known post-AGB stars (Teff=160000 K)
and, together with the known pulsator RX J2117.1+3412, it defines empirically
the blue edge of the GW Vir instability strip in the HRD at high luminosities.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in A&
Risk evaluation using evolvable discriminate function
This essay proposes a new approach to risk evaluation using disease mathematical modeling. The mathematical model is an algebraic equation of the available database attributes and is used to evaluate the patient condition. If its value is greater than zero it means that the patient is ill (or in risk condition), otherwise healthy. In practice risk evaluation has been a very difficult problem mainly due its sporadic behavior (suddenly, the patient has a stroke, etc as a condition aggravation) and its database representation. The database contains, under the label of risk patient data, information of the patient condition that sometimes is in risk condition and sometimes is not, introducing errors in the algorithm training. The study was applied to Atherosclerosis database from Discovery Challenge 2003 - ECML/PKDD 2003 workshop
Strain Hardening in Polymer Glasses: Limitations of Network Models
Simulations are used to examine the microscopic origins of strain hardening
in polymer glasses. While traditional entropic network models can be fit to the
total stress, their underlying assumptions are inconsistent with simulation
results. There is a substantial energetic contribution to the stress that rises
rapidly as segments between entanglements are pulled taut. The thermal
component of stress is less sensitive to entanglements, mostly irreversible,
and directly related to the rate of local plastic arrangements. Entangled and
unentangled chains show the same strain hardening when plotted against the
microscopic chain orientation rather than the macroscopic strain.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Disease modeling using Evolved Discriminate Function
Precocious diagnosis increases the survival time and patient quality of life. It is a binary classification, exhaustively studied in the literature. This paper innovates proposing the application of genetic programming to obtain a discriminate function. This function contains the disease dynamics used to classify the patients with as little false negative diagnosis as possible. If its value is greater than zero then it means that the patient is ill, otherwise healthy. A graphical representation is proposed to show the influence of each dataset attribute in the discriminate function. The experiment deals with Breast Cancer and Thrombosis & Collagen diseases diagnosis. The main conclusion is that the discriminate function is able to classify the patient using numerical clinical data, and the graphical representation displays patterns that allow understanding of the model
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Disease modelling using evolved discriminate function
Precocious diagnosis increases the survival time and patient quality of life. It is a binary classification, exhaustively studied in the literature. This paper innovates proposing the application of genetic programming to obtain a discriminate function. This function contains the disease dynamics used to classify the patients with as little false negative diagnosis as possible. If its value is greater than zero then it means that the patient is ill, otherwise healthy. A graphical representation is proposed to show the influence of each dataset attribute in the discriminate function. The experiment deals with Breast Cancer and Thrombosis & Collagen diseases diagnosis. The main conclusion is that the discriminate function is able to classify the patient using numerical clinical data, and the graphical representation displays patterns that allow understanding of the model
Non-LTE spectral models for the gaseous debris-disk component of Ton 345
For a fraction of single white dwarfs with debris disks, an additional
gaseous disk was discovered. Both dust and gas are thought to be created by the
disruption of planetary bodies. The composition of the extrasolar planetary
material can directly be analyzed in the gaseous disk component, and the disk
dynamics might be accessible by investigating the temporal behavior of the Ca
II infrared emission triplet, hallmark of the gas disk.
We obtained new optical spectra for the first helium-dominated white dwarf
for which a gas disk was discovered (Ton 345) and modeled the non-LTE spectra
of viscous gas disks composed of carbon, oxygen, magnesium, silicon, sulfur,
and calcium with chemical abundances typical for solar system asteroids. Iron
and its possible line-blanketing effects on the model structure and spectral
energy distribution was still neglected. A set of models with different radii,
effective temperatures, and surface densities as well as chondritic and
bulk-Earth abundances was computed and compared with the observed line profiles
of the Ca II infrared triplet.
Our models suggest that the Ca II emission stems from a rather narrow gas
ring with a radial extent of R=0.44-0.94 Rsol, a uniform surface density
Sigma=0.3 g/cm2, and an effective temperature of Teff=6000 K. The often assumed
chemical mixtures derived from photospheric abundances in polluted white dwarfs
- similar to a chondritic or bulk-Earth composition - produce unobserved
emission lines in the model and therefore have to be altered. We do not detect
any line-profile variability on timescales of hours, but we confirm the
long-term trend over the past decade for the red-blue asymmetry of the
double-peaked lines.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, 2 table
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