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Abstract This paper presents a security aware design methodology to design secure generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) hardware intellectual property (IP) core for electrocardiogram (ECG) detector against IP piracy and fraudulent claim of IP ownership threats. Integrating authentic (secure version) GLRT hardware IP core in the system-on-chip (SoC) of ECG detectors is paramount for reliable operation and estimation of ECG parametric data, such as Q wave, R wave and S wave (QRS) complex detection. A pirated GLRT hardware IP integrated into an ECG detector may result in an unreliable/erratic estimation of ECG parametric data that can be hazardous and fatal for the end patient. The proposed methodology presents an integrated design flow to secure micro GLRT and GLRT cascade hardware IP cores for the ECG detector, using the colored interval graph (CIG) framework based fingerprint biometric, during high level synthesis (HLS). The proposed approach integrates a fingerprint biometric based security constraint generation process for securing the GLRT hardware IP core. This paper also presents a secure register transfer level (RTL) datapath design corresponding to micro GLRT and GLRT cascade hardware IP cores with embedded IP vendor's fingerprint. The proposed secure GLRT hardware IP core embedded with fingerprint biometric achieves superior results in terms of probability of coincidence and tamper tolerance than other security approaches. More explicitly, the proposed approach reports a significantly lower value of probability of coincidence and stronger value for tamper tolerance. Further, the proposed approach incurs zero design cost overhead.

Understanding the condition, spatial arrangement, and changing patterns of vegetation cover holds significant scientific and economic importance. Satellite platforms offer a highly convenient means to study how vegetation reacts to atmospheric influences by gauging reflectance in the visible and near-infrared spectra. Given the numerous potential origins of environmental land cover variability, this study seeks to examine how vegetation cover influences water separation. This is achieved by identifying the chlorophyll index (CIG) and global environmental monitoring index (GEMI) to enhance the vital safeguarding of water sector against the encroachment of excessive vegetation. To gain deeper insights into the impact of extensive vegetated areas, we have analyzed the CIG and GEMI within Swansea County, situated in Wales, United Kingdom. These emphasized indices are applied and their effectiveness is evaluated using geographic information systems and remote sensing technology. The outcomes of the CIG and GEMI analyses reveal that the indexes exhibit their lowest and highest values at (-1.38) and (1.75105, -9.61413e+008) respectively. These findings indicate the presence of extensive vegetated regions with a substantial proportion of chlorophyll emissions being reflected into the atmosphere. The dispersion of chlorophyll concentrations across the environment implies a significant risk to the water sector, potentially resulting in severe shortages and the potential for future water scarcity. Elevated readings of the CIG and GEMI indicate extensive coverage of Earth's surface by vegetation, impacting the crucial water resources essential humanity. It is prudent to safeguard freshwater reserves and utilize it wisely to maintain its permanence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Power systems around the globe are undergoing a transformation characterized by a massive deployment of converter-interfaced generation (CIG) to effectively combat climate change. However, achieving a seamless transition from current power systems dominated by synchronous generators (SGs) to future ones with high levels of CIG requires overcoming several technical challenges. From a frequency stability perspective, reduced system inertia increases the frequency nadir after a loss of generation thereby endangering frequency stability. In this context, this paper proposes a novel methodology for determining control requirements to impose on CIG as their penetration in the network increases. Results of a case study based on the Chilean grid projected for the year 2046 show that, if only grid-following converters without frequency control capability are deployed, a maximum CIG penetration level of 75% can be achieved without threatening frequency stability. The Chilean system can reach a 99% CIG penetration, provided that the remaining CIGs are deployed in grid-following with frequency support capability. Finally, we show that if the last SG is replaced with a grid-forming converter, the system can still sustain frequency stability and exhibits a good dynamic performance. These results demonstrate that, at least from a frequency stability viewpoint, achieving a 100% based CIG system is technically possible. The proposed methodology can be used by energy regulators to define the control requirements necessary to impose on CIG for achieving renewable energy targets in a secure way. Although the obtained results are particular for the Chilean system, the proposed methodology can be applied to any power system.

Copyright of Turkish Journal of Geographic Information Systems / Türkiye Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri Dergisi is the property of Mersin University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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Background: The Canadian Immunization Guide (CIG) is a comprehensive resource on immunization for health professionals and vaccine program decision-makers. It is developed based on the evidence-based recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). The NACI Vaccine Safety Working Group (VSWG) is comprised of NACI members, liaison members and external experts. The World Allergy Organization now recommends that antihistamines should not be used in the initial treatment of anaphylaxis. The update of the chapter was also used to provide further information and clarity to several tables in the chapter.Methods: In updating the CIG anaphylaxis guidance, VSWG conducted an environmental scan, a review of relevant literature and consulted international and Canadian experts and professional societies.Results: The use of diphenhydramine hydrochloride as adjunctive treatment in the management of anaphylaxis in a community setting is no longer recommended. Other notable changes made to the chapter include the following: 1) retitled: "Anaphylaxis and other acute reactions following vaccination"; 2) inclusion of new tables: "Key distinguishing features of anaphylaxis and vasovagal syncope" and "Signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis"; and 3) updated tables: "Anaphylaxis management kit: recommended items" and "Dosage of intramuscular EPINEPHrine 1:1000 (1 mg/mL) solution, by age or weight".Conclusion: The updated CIG chapter provides healthcare providers with further clarity in recognizing and managing anaphylaxis in community settings. The updated intramuscular epinephrine dosage table will aid in optimal epinephrine administration, while the revised guidance against the use of diphenhydramine hydrochloride will prevent its unnecessary stockpiling in preparation for potential mass vaccination clinics related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High-efficiency video coding (HEVC) is the state-of-the-art video compression standard designed to handle the storage and transmission requirements of next-generation multimedia services. In the lossless mode HEVC, prevailing sample-based prediction algorithms in the literature have shown better prediction accuracy compared to the conventional block-based prediction within the HEVC anchor. This work proposes a sample-based prediction technique to modify the planar prediction mode of HEVC and a complete sample-based predictive encoder for the lossless mode of HEVC. In this work, we propose gradient adaptive sample-based intraprediction (GASP) as a replacement for the block-based planar prediction in HEVC. To obtain the benefits of sample-based prediction methods in both angular and planar prediction modes, we also propose a combination of ISAP, a sample-based angular prediction in the literature, with the newly proposed GASP (CIG). The experimental results demonstrate the superiority of GASP and CIG over other state-of-the-art sample-based prediction strategies in angular and planar prediction modes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights: [•] This paper proposes a novel color cue called CIG. [•] CIG computes weights based on spatial Context Information and Global tracking skills. [•] CIG is effective and can be computed pixel by pixel efficiently. [•] Weights by CIG have high stability and precision under low-contrast scenes with complex motions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Flow cytometric analysis of abnormal lymphocyte populations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has been widely reported to show weak expression of surface immunoglobulin (sIg). The international scoring system to help discriminate between CLL and other B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders lists this as the first of 5 criteria worth 1 point each. In the present study, 30 cases of CLL were studied for surface and cytoplasmic Ig expression. 23 of these 30 (76.7%) cases were positive for sIg. Of these 23, 14 cases (60.9%) showed moderate to bright sIg expression. All of these 23 cases were positive for CD5 and CD23; all were negative for CD10 and only 6 (26.1%) were positive for FMC7. 27 of 30 (90.0%) cases expressed cytoplasmic immunoglobulin (cIg) compared to 5% reported by others. This shows that cytoplasmic Ig occurs in a much greater percentage of cases than reported previously. 23 of 30 (76.7%) cases showed positivity for both surface and cytoplasmic Ig, with 15 showing kappa light chain restriction and 8 showing lambda light chain restriction. Six expressed cytoplasmic Ig only, with 4 showing kappa light chain restriction and 2 showing lambda light chain restriction. One case expressed neither cytoplasmic nor surface Ig. CD38 positivity portends a worse prognosis. Of the 29 cases tested for CD38, 13 (44.8%) were positive. Of these 13 cases, 12 were in the surface Ig/cytoplasmic Ig+ group and 1 in the cytoplasmic Ig+ group only. Also, of the 23 cases tested for CD22 expression, 16 (69.6%) were positive. These data question the use of both “weak” surface Ig expression and lack of CD22 expression as valid scoring criteria for CLL. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Full waveform inversion (FWI) has been used successfully to build high-resolution acoustic velocity models for imaging but can fail when the starting model is far from accurate because the absence of low frequency information can lead to conversion to local minima. Wave-equation based migration velocity analysis (WEMVA), is an iterative method that has successfully been used to provide low-frequency starting models for full waveform inversion (FWI) and avoid cycle-skipping. In this work, we extend WEMVA to the common-offset domain by minimizing an image residual in the common-offset domain, which can be formed after either reverse-time migration (RTM) or least-squares migration (LSM). Although very expensive in comparison to RTM, LSM has an increased amplitude fidelity that helps to ensure that the image residual used in WEMVA is largely a function of moveout instead of errors in amplitude, thus increasing the likelihood of converging to a global minimum. We demonstrate the method, theory and results on three synthetic models of increasing complexity. • Surface common-offset WEMVA avoids cycle-skipping in FWI by solving for low-frequencies in model space using image gathers. • Residuals formed using least-squares migration provide an uplift over RTM-generated image residuals for this type of WEMVA. • A finite-difference approximation to the tomographic operator can reduce the computational cost of WEMVA by one third. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]