The use of stable isotopes for authentication of gadoid fish species

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(1)H NMR Fingerprinting of Brazilian Commercial Gasoline: Pattern-Recognition Analyses for Origin Authentication Purposes

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Custo Leite para Windows: Software de Controle de Custos para a Pecuária Leiteira

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A video-based biometric authentication for e-learning web applications

In the last years there was an exponential growth in the offering of Web-enabled distance courses and in the number of enrolments in corporate and higher education using this modality. However, the lack of efficient mechanisms that assures user authentication in this sort of environment, in the system login as well as throughout his session, has been pointed out as a serious deficiency. Some studies have been led about possible biometric applications for web authentication. However, password based authentication still prevails. With the popularization of biometric enabled devices and resultant fall of prices for the collection of biometric traits, biometrics is reconsidered as a secure remote authentication form for web applications. In this work, the face recognition accuracy, captured on-line by a webcam in Internet environment, is investigated, simulating the natural interaction of a person in the context of a distance course environment. Partial results show that this technique can be successfully applied to confirm the presence of users throughout the course attendance in an educational distance course. An efficient client/server architecture is also proposed. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

A practical approach for biometric authentication based on smartcards

Cryptographic systems are safe. However, the management of cryptographic keys of these systems is a tough task. They are usually protected by the use of password-based authentication mechanisms, which is a weak link on conventional cryptographic systems, as the passwords can be easily copied or stolen. The usage of a biometric approach for releasing the keys is an alternative to the password-based mechanisms. But just like passwords, we need mechanisms to keep the biometrical signal safe. One approach for such mechanism is to use biometrical key cryptography. The cryptographic systems based on the use of biometric characteristics as keys are called biometrical cryptographic systems. This article presents the implementation of Fuzzy Vault, a biometrical cryptographic system written in Java, along with its performance evaluation. Fuzzy Vault was tested on a real application using smartcards.

Windows into Elementary Mathematics:Alternate public images of mathematics and mathematicians

Research on students’ (and teachers’) images of mathematics and mathematicians reveals a number of stereotypical images, most of which are negative. In this paper we present an overview of some these images and stereotypes and consider the questions: (1) how might the image of mathematics and mathematicians be a problem in mathematics education, and (2) what can be done to remedy the situation? Also, we consider an outreach project called Windows into Elementary Mathematics. In this project mathematicians are interviewed about their perspectives on elementary mathematics topics and their interviews are videotaped and are posted online, along with supporting images and interactive content. In this context we consider the questions: (3) what is the Windows project about, and (4) how might it offer an alternate (and perhaps better) image of mathematics and mathematicians? Lastly, we share an example where activities from the project were used in a math-for-teachers course.

All sol-gel electrochromic smart windows: CeO2-TiO 2/Ormolyte/WO3

A solid state system having the configuration WO 3/Ormolyte/CeO2-TiO2 has been assembled. Syntheses routes for tungsten oxide WO3, and cerium-titanium CeO 2-TiO2 oxide sols, were developed. A novel solid electrolyte - Ormolyte is reported, which were obtained by the sol-gel process, they have a chemical stability due to the covalent bonds between the inorganic and organic phase, and were prepared with different [O]/[L] ratios, being the best for [O]/[L]=15. The variation of transmittance of the electrochromic device using the ormolyte [O]/[L]=15 was 35% (colored state) and 77% (bleached state).

Column generation for a multitrip vehicle routing problem with time windows, driver work hours, and heterogeneous fleet

This study addresses a vehicle routing problem with time windows, accessibility restrictions on customers, and a fleet that is heterogeneous with regard to capacity and average speed. A vehicle can performmultiple routes per day, all starting and ending at a single depot, and it is assigned to a single driverwhose totalwork hours are limited.Acolumn generation algorithmis proposed.The column generation pricing subproblem requires a specific elementary shortest path problem with resource constraints algorithm to address the possibility for each vehicle performingmultiple routes per day and to address the need to set the workday’s start time within the planning horizon. A constructive heuristic and a metaheuristic based on tabu search are also developed to find good solutions.

Client VoIP su Windows Mobile

Quando si parla di VoIP ci si riferisce ad un insieme di protocolli di comunicazione, tecnologie e metodi di trasmissione che permettono di effettuare conversazioni telefoniche attraverso reti a commutazione di pacchetto basata su IP, come Internet. Si tratta di una tecnologia che ha subito un forte crescita sia in ambito lavorativo che in ambito privato, questo fenomeno è in maggior parte dovuto al successo di applicazioni commerciali come Skype. Anche i dispositivi mobili hanno avuto un grande sviluppo e diffusione, sono passati da essere semplici telefoni cellulari a dispositivi in grado di fornire all’utente funzionalità avanzate come ad esempio navigazione internet, posta elettronica, riproduzione video, possibilità di installare applicazioni aggiuntive. Inoltre anche le reti dati sono migliorate in maniera considerevole negli ultimi anni, offrendo agli utenti una larghezza di banda sempre maggiore anche in mobilità. Tutti questi fattori hanno portato ad una crescente richiesta di applicazioni per dispositivi mobili in grado di sfruttare il VoIP. Per questi motivi si è deciso di progettare e sviluppare un applicazione VoIP per Windows Mobile, che offra tutte le funzioni necessarie ad un uso completo del VoIP e con un’interfaccia utente sia di facile utilizzo, per permettere anche agli utenti meno esperti di poter utilizzare la tecnologia VoIP

Studio ed implementazione di un servizio di "Sim Authentication" mediante messaggistica online.

In questa tesi si andrà a presentare la realizzazione di un sistema che permette di autenticare la sim di un cellulare, quindi di verificare che un determinato numero di telefono sia realmente nelle mani dell'utente, attraverso servizi di messaggistica online come WhatsApp o Telegram. Il bisogno di questo progetto nasce dal fatto che molte delle attuali applicazioni presenti sul mercato utilizzano sms per autenticare la reale appartenenza di un numero telefonico ad un determinato utente, ma questo comporta un notevole dispendio di soldi, dato che per inviare un gran numero di sms, bisogna sottoscrivere un abbonamento a servizi Gateway Sms che permettono di inviare sms ad un determinato numero dopo aver ricevuto i relativi dati dal mittente.

Progetto e implementazione di un algoritmo per la navigazione a piedi su un dispositivo Windows Mobile

Presentazione di un'applicazione per Windows Phone in grado di contare il numero dei passi effettuati e stimare la distanza percorsa. Tale stima viene effettuata sulla base della lunghezza del passo calcolata istante per istante tramite un algoritmo in base all'altezza di una persona e alla frequenza di passo.