There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.

Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

I and i

抗原变异可使得多种致病微生物易于逃避宿主免疫应答。表达在感染红细胞表面的恶性疟原虫红细胞表面蛋白1（PfPMP1）与感染红细胞、内皮细胞、树突状细胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用，在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作用。每个单倍体基因组var基因家族编码约60种成员，通过启动转录不同的var基因变异体为抗原变异提供了分子基础。

疟原虫var基因转换速率变化导致抗原变异[英]／Paul H, Robert P, Christodoulou Z, et al//Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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A valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography, this book provides easy and rapid access of information and includes more than 200 algorithms and protocols; more than 200 tables and figures; more than 1,000 numbered definitions, facts, examples, notes, and remarks; and over 1,250 significant references, including brief comments on each paper.

Handbook of Applied Cryptography

Resolving the molecular details of proteome variation in the different tissues and organs of the human body will greatly increase our knowledge of human biology and disease. Here, we present a map of the human tissue proteome based on an integrated omics approach that involves quantitative transcriptomics at the tissue and organ level, combined with tissue microarray-based immunohistochemistry, to achieve spatial localization of proteins down to the single-cell level. Our tissue-based analysis detected more than 90% of the putative protein-coding genes. We used this approach to explore the human secretome, the membrane proteome, the druggable proteome, the cancer proteome, and the metabolic functions in 32 different tissues and organs. All the data are integrated in an interactive Web-based database that allows exploration of individual proteins, as well as navigation of global expression patterns, in all major tissues and organs in the human body.

Tissue-based map of the human proteome

Cryptosystem designers frequently assume that secrets will be manipulated in closed, reliable computing environments. Unfortunately, actual computers and microchips leak information about the operations they process. This paper examines specific methods for analyzing power consumption measurements to find secret keys from tamper resistant devices. We also discuss approaches for building cryptosystems that can operate securely in existing hardware that leaks information.

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Differential Power Analysis

Cryptanalysis of a hybrid authentication protocol for large mobile networks

Phospholipase C-gamma mediates the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol, but not of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphoshate, in carbamylcholine-stimulated islets of langerhans.

Evidence for selective coupling of alpha1-adrenergic receptors to phospholipase C-beta1 in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes

Arapinis et al. [1] have recently proposed modifications to the operation of 3G mobile phone security in order to address newly identified threats to user privacy. In this paper we critically examine these modifications. This analysis reveals that the proposed modifications are impractical in a variety of ways; not only are there security and implementation issues, but the necessary changes to the operation of the system are very significant and much greater than is envisaged. In fact, some of the privacy issues appear almost impossible to address without a complete redesign of the security system. The shortcomings of the proposed ‘fixes’ exist despite the fact that the modifications have been verified using a logic-based modeling tool, suggesting that such tools need to be used with great care.

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Another Look at Privacy Threats in 3G Mobile Telephony

The security provided by the XCBC, TMAC and OMAC schemes is analysed and compared with other MAC schemes. The results imply that there is relatively little to be gained practically through the introduction of these schemes by comparison with other well-established MAC functions. Moreover, TMAC and OMAC possess design weaknesses which enable part of the secret key to be recovered much more easily than would ideally be the case — design changes are suggested which alleviate this problem. Whether or not the proofs of security are retrievable for the modified designs remains an open question, although the need for change would appear to be clear.

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Chris J. Mitchell

Papers

Cryptanalysis of a hybrid authentication protocol for large mobile networks

Phospholipase C-gamma mediates the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol, but not of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphoshate, in carbamylcholine-stimulated islets of langerhans.

Evidence for selective coupling of alpha1-adrenergic receptors to phospholipase C-beta1 in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes

Another Look at Privacy Threats in 3G Mobile Telephony

On the security of XCBC, TMAC and OMAC