New hash function based on C-MD structure and chaotic neural network by Liquan CHEN, Yuhang ZHU, Yu WANG, Zhongyuan QIN, Yang MA

“…In recent years, widely used hash algorithms such as MD5 and SHA-1 have been found to have varying degrees of security risks.The iterative structure of the SHA-2 algorithm is similar to that of SHA-1, making it vulnerable to attacks as well.Meanwhile, SHA-3 has a complex internal structure and low implementation efficiency.To address these issues, a keyed hash function was designed and implemented based on chaotic neural network and C-MD structure.The approach involved improving the Merkle-Damgard structure by proposing the chaotic neural network Merkle-Damgard (C-MD) structure.This structure can be used to design a hash function that can withstand attacks such as the middle attack, multiple collision attack, and second pre-image attack for long information.Besides, the chaotic neural network was used as the compression function to increase the complexity of the hash function and improve its collision resistance, while also enabling it to output multiple lengths.Moreover, a plaintext preprocessor was designed, which used the coupled image lattice to generate chaos sequence related to the length of the plaintext to fill the plaintext, thus enhancing the ability of the hash function to resist length expansion attacks.Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed hash function performs faster than SHA-2, SHA-3 and the same type of chaotic hash function proposed by Teh et al.It can resist second pre-image attack, multi-collision attack and differential attack, while also exhibiting better collision resistance and mapping uniformity.In addition, the proposed Hash function can output Hash values of different lengths, making it suitable for use in digital signature, key generation, Hash-based message authentication code, deterministic random bit generator, and other application fields.…”
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Mirizzi Syndrome with Cholecystobiliary Fistula: Observation of Development from Asymptomatic Cholecystolithiasis to Surgery by Hiroyuki Sugo, Yuuki Sekine, Naoki Iwanaga, Shigefumi Neshime, Michio Machida

“…A 68-year-old woman presented at our hospital with right upper quadrant pain. She had been diagnosed as having asymptomatic cholecystolithiasis 4 years previously. …”
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Il paliotto d’argento di Olimpia Aldobrandini su disegno di Carlo Fontana nella Chiesa del Gesù di Roma. by Elisa Marangon

“… Gli studi realizzati a partire dai primi anni Ottanta sulla figura e le funzioni degli agenti nelle diverse epoche dell’Europa moderna hanno offerto la possibilità ad un numero sempre maggiore di studiosi di approcciarsi alla ricerca mediante l’utilizzo di numerosi modelli interpretativi e approcci interdisciplinari. …”
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Rare Pathology Case Report: Low-Grade Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Forming Sex Cord– and Endometrioid Gland–Like Differentiation in Metastatic Foci by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Ghadeer Mokhtar, Jaudah Al-Maghrabi

“…They are commonly present in a younger demographic compared to other uterine tumors, with patients’ ages typically between 42 and 58 years old. …”
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A Case of Atopic Myelitis with Cervical Cavernous Angioma by Miyuki Fukuda, Hiroaki Manabe, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Masayuki Kuroda, Minoru Hoshimaru, Shigeo Ueda

“…A 37-year-old woman suffered from hand swelling caused by a house cat licking. At the same time when cavernous angioma had grown, she experienced a numbness in her four extremities, and multifocal peritumoral hyperintense spinal cord signals were seen. …”
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D. João III e D. Miguel da Silva, bispo de Viseu: novas razões para um ódio velho by Ana Isabel Buescu

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Benign mature teratoma of the conus medullaris in a 57-year-old-female: case report and literature review by Daniel Yamba Yamba, Dramane Cissé, Oualid Mohammed Hmamouche, Faycal Lakhdar, Mohammed Benzagmout, Khalid Chakour, Mohammed El Faiz Chaoui

“…Abstract Background The diagnosis of a mature teratoma in the conus medullaris is extremely rare, and few cases are reported in the literature. Case presentation We present a case of a 57-year-old woman who was referred from the neurology department for sudden weakness of the lower limbs. …”
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A Prospective Open-Label Multicentre Trial on the Use of 1 G, Once Daily Ceftriaxone in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections by Donald E Low, Lionel A Mandell

“…This prospective. single open-label sludy was conducted in 14 Canadian centres to assess lhe efncacy of I g, once a day intravenous ceftriaxone treatment administered for a minimum of three days in patients with lower respiratory tract infection. …”
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Removal of Nutrients from Fertilizer Plant Wastewater Using Scenedesmus sp.: Formation of Bioflocculation and Enhancement of Removal Efficiency by Thanh-Luu Pham, Manh Ha Bui

“…The algal species was able to remove ammonium (NH4+), nitrate (NO3−), phosphate (PO43−), total phosphorus (TP), COD, and BOD5 with removal rates up to 93%, 84%, 97%, 96%, 93%, and 84%, respectively. …”
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Fine as a type of disciplinary penalty against prisoners of war by Yu. V. Orel

“…A clearly defined number of days (term), during which he or she is obliged to pay the corresponding amount of money has been set. …”
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Diagnostic Challenge in a Patient with Severe Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis by Eugene M. Tan, Ejaaz Kalimullah, M. Rizwan Sohail, Kannan Ramar

“…Differential diagnoses include toxic alcohol ingestion, diabetic or starvation ketoacidosis, or 5-oxoproline acidosis. We present a 76-year-old female with type 2 diabetes mellitus, who was found at home in a confused state. …”
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The magnesium-palladium-silver system: Thermodynamic properties of the liquid phase by Dębski A., Gąsior W., Gierlotka W., Baran A., Polański M.

“…The experiments were performed for six separate series of liquid alloys starting from the binary alloys with constant xAg/xMg ratios equal to 1/9, 1/3, 1/1, and 3/1 for (Ag0.10Mg0.90)1-xPdx and (Ag0.25Mg0.75)1-xPdx at 1116 K and (Ag0.50Mg0.50)1-xPdx and (Ag0.75Mg0.25)1-xPdx at 1279 K and xMg/xPd ratios of 9/1 and 4/1 for (Mg0.90Pd0.10)1-xAgx and (Mg0.80Pd0.20)1-xAgx at 1116 K. Then, using the thermodynamic properties of the binary systems in the form of the Redlich-Kister equations and the changes in mixing enthalpies provided by this study, the ternary interaction parameters were determined with the Muggianu model and our own software (TerGexHm). …”
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New trends in teaching foreign languages by Gennadiy V. Glukhov, Yulia D. Yermakova, Lyubov V. Kapustina

“…The main problem of this article is related to the fact that, despite the available methods of teaching foreign languages, the level of forming students’ language competencies remains extremely low; the methods proposed by the authors help the teacher to create a unique experience of teaching foreign languages in almost every lesson, provided that he / she is aware of the possible options for their use and how to configure them in a specific educational situation of teaching; not all modern methods in teaching foreign languages serve the needs of the student.The results of the study showed that the target and project methods of teaching foreign languages are effective tools to improve the students’ level of language proficiency and can be used both separately and in conjunction with the traditional methods of teaching foreign languages by teachers, specialists in the field of pedagogy and methods of teaching foreign languages, students and others.…”
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Atmospheric air plasma pre-activation and customizable covalent functionalization of PVDF-membranes of microtiter filter plates by Bálint Árpád Ádám, Sára Spátay, Bálint Jávor, Szabolcs László, Levente Illés, Péter Fürjes, Tünde Tóth, Péter Huszthy, Ádám Golcs

“…Abstract Microtiter-plate-based systems are unified platforms of high-throughput experimentation (HTE). These polymeric devices are used worldwide on a daily basis—mainly in the pharmaceutical industry—for parallel syntheses, reaction optimization, various preclinical studies and high-throughput screening methods. …”
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Long-Term Survival of More than 5 Years with Maintenance Therapy Using Single-Agent Pemetrexed in a Patient with Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma by Yasuo Otsuka, Yoriaki Komeda, Masayuki Takeda, Takayuki Takahama, Masashi Kono, Mamoru Takenaka, Satoru Hagiwara, Naoshi Nishida, Hiroshi Kashida, Masatoshi Kudo

“…The tumor cells were positive for AE1/AE2, calretinin, WT-1, D2-40, HEG1, EMA, BAP1, and MTAP and negative for carcinoembryonic antigen, MOC-31, Ber-Ep4, ER, PgR, TTF-1, claudin 4, and desmin. …”
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Atypical Lipomatous Tumor/Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma Developed in a Patient with Progressive Muscular Dystrophy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ryo Miyagi, Toshihiko Nishisho, Shinjiro Takata, Yoshimitsu Shimatani, Shunichi Toki, Koichi Sairyo

“…A 73-year-old woman with a diagnosis of limb-girdle MD visited our department for recurrence of a huge tumor in her left thigh. She had undergone resection of a lipoma at the same site more than 20 years earlier. …”
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The Potential of Online Tasks to Facilitate Autonomous Language Learning with the Use of Online Dictionaries in a Higher Education ESP Classroom by Carolina Girón-García

“…Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses…”
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The role of France in strengthening science in Serbia and the Western Balkans: Between scientific cooperation and science diplomacy by Kolaković Aleksandra

“…The aforementioned influence, which followed its economic and political influence, was founded not only on the basis of the Alliance in the Great War (1914-1918), but primarily on the basis of the education and training of the Serbs and Balkans at the Sorbonne and at other French universities. After returning to their homeland, they not only occupied key positions in the state administration and reached ministerial positions, but also founded scientific disciplines and continued cooperation with their French professors and scientists. …”
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Malignant glomus tumor of jejunum with liver and peritoneum metastasis: a rare case report by Shilan Peng, Nan Yang, Zifan Xu, Guomiao Su, Xiaoyu Tuo, Shiyue Liu, Zi Lei, Guoqing Pan

“…Regrettably, the patient declined additional treatment, subsequently developing liver and peritoneal metastases one year later. She eventually died within 18 months of initial diagnosis. …”
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Lack of robustness of hydrological models: a large-sample diagnosis and an attempt to identify hydrological and climatic drivers by L. Santos, V. Andréassian, T. O. Sonnenborg, G. Lindström, A. de Lavenne, A. de Lavenne, C. Perrin, L. Collet, L. Collet, G. Thirel

“…This paper presents a large-scale application of the robustness assessment test (RAT) for three hydrological models with different levels of complexity: GR6J, HYPE and MIKE SHE. …”
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