Extracting binary strings from real-valued biometric templates is a fundamental step in many biometric template protection systems, such as fuzzy commitment, fuzzy extractor, secure sketch, and helper data systems.Previous work has been focusing on the design of optimal quantization and coding for each single feature component, yet the binary strin
In the present study we examine the potential use of oligonucleotide probes to characterize Neisseria meningitidis serotypes without the use of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs).Antigenic diversity on PorB protein forms the bases of serotyping method.However, the current panel of MAbs underestimated, by at least 50% the PorB variability, presumably beca
Natural selection is widely noted to drive divergence of phenotypic traits.Predation pressure can facilitate morphological divergence, for example the evolution of both cryptic and conspicuous coloration in animals.In this context Dendrobatid frogs have been used to study evolutionary forces inducing diversity in protective coloration.The polytypic
Humans help each other.This fundamental feature of homo sapiens has been one 5th marine division patch of the most powerful forces sculpting the advent of modern civilizations.But what determines whether humans choose to help one another? Across 3 replicating studies, here, we demonstrate that sleep loss represents one previously unrecognized facto