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Fingerprinting codes under the weak marking assumption Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Fingerprinting codes based on the marking assumption provide reliable security against collusion attacks, but lack resilience against channel errors such as symbol erasures or other forms of distortions introduced by transmission over noisy or insecure communication channels. This additional source of distortion errors can be addressed by relaxing the marking assumption. In this paper we examine the restrictions and limitations on the code ...
The social function of English in weak contact situations: Ingroup and outgroup marking in the Dutch reality TV show “Expeditie Robinson” KU Leuven
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. The world-wide spread of English is one of the most visible symptoms of globalization. In weak contact settings such as Western Europe, where contact with English is usually indirect, remote and asymmetrical, a paradigm shift has occurred. Where, previously, Anglicism research has mainly adopted a structuralist perspective, inventorying the number of English loanwords found according to the degree of morphological and ...
Ranking of osteogenic potential of physical exercises in postmenopausal women based on femoral neck strains KU Leuven
The current study aimed to assess the potential of different exercises triggering an osteogenic response at the femoral neck in a group of postmenopausal women. The osteogenic potential was determined by ranking the peak hip contact forces (HCFs) and consequent peak tensile and compressive strains at the superior and inferior part of the femoral neck during activities such as (fast) walking, running and resistance training exercises. Results ...
Microstructural investigation of irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking mechanisms based on focused ion beam analysis of tested and industrial specimens University of Antwerp
Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) is an intergranular cracking effect which can occur in heavily irradiated internal structural components of nuclear reactor cores. It is a complex phenomenon which is not yet fully understood because it occurs through an interplay of several material degradation processes. The factors that influence IASCC susceptibility include irradiation damage (neutrons and other irradiation particles ...
Understanding the influence of externally bonded TRC on the cracking behaviour of a plain concrete beam Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the last decennia there is an increasing interest in the use of external reinforcement for concrete structures made of both Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) and Textile Reinforced Cementitious composites (TRC). Especially for TRC, one of the main applications could be the crack control within the concrete substrate. Despite numerous studies in this field, the influence of an external TRC layer on the cracking behaviour of the concrete ...
Age of peak performance in professional road cycling Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre University of Antwerp KU Leuven
In this study, we investigated the relationship between age and performance in professional road cycling. We considered 1864 male riders present in the yearly top 500 ranking of ProCyclingStats (PCS) since 1993 until 2021 with more than 700 PCS Points. We applied a data-driven approach for finding natural clusters of the rider's speciality (General Classification, One Day, Sprinter or All-Rounder). For each cluster, we divided the riders into ...
The journey to elite success: a thirty-year longitudinal study of the career trajectories of top professional tennis players Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Learning from the career trajectories of the most successful elite players is central to informing effective strategies and long-term career planning to maximise player development and performance. This article examined the junior competition results and the performing age at major career milestones of top-level professional tennis players, utilising this information to forecast a player’s career peak ranking. Thirty years of longitudinal data ...
Combined measurement of the Higgs boson mass in pp collisions $\sqrt{s}=$7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments University of Antwerp
A measurement of the Higgs boson mass is presented based on the combined data samples of the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the CERN LHC in the H --> gamma gamma and H --> ZZ --> 4l decay channels. The results are obtained from a simultaneous fit to the reconstructed invariant mass peaks in the two channels and for the two experiments. The measured masses from the individual channels and the two experiments are found to be consistent ...
Search for pair production of vector-like quarks in the bW(b)over-barW channel from proton-proton collisions at root s=13TeV Ghent University University of Antwerp Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A search is presented for the production of vector-like quark pairs, T (T) over bar or Y (Y) over bar, with electric charge of 2/3(T) or -4/3(Y), in proton-proton collisions at root s= 13 TeV. The data were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.8 fb(-1). The T and Y quarks are assumed to decay exclusively to a W boson and a b quark. The search is based on events with a single isolated ...