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Symmetry, Volume 7, Issue 3

2015 September - 25 articles

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Articles (25)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,632 Views
9 Pages

14 September 2015

We report predictions for the neutron skin in 208Pb using chiral two- and three-body interactions at increasing orders of chiral effective field theory and varying resolution scales. Closely related quantities, such as the slope of the symmetry energ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Hadrons and Nuclei)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,085 Views
15 Pages

14 September 2015

Using elementary techniques, an algorithmic procedure to construct skew-symmetric matrices realizing the real irreducible representations of so(3) is developed. We further give a simple criterion that enables one to deduce the decomposition of an arb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lie Theory and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,327 Views
13 Pages

10 September 2015

This expository article explores the connection between the polar duality from polyhedral geometry and mirror symmetry from mathematical physics and algebraic geometry. Topics discussed include duality of polytopes and cones as well as the famous qui...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Duality)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,164 Views
20 Pages

8 September 2015

Basener and Ross (2005) proposed a mathematical model that describes the dynamics of growth and sudden decrease in the population of Easter Island. We have applied Lie group analysis to this system and found that it can be integrated by quadrature if...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lie Theory and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,841 Views
18 Pages

7 September 2015

Dynamical symmetries of the collisionless Boltzmann transport equation, or Vlasov equation, but under the influence of an external driving force, are derived from non-standard representations of the 2D conformal algebra. In the case without external...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lie Theory and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,512 Views
8 Pages

2 September 2015

Simple Password Exponential Key Exchange (SPEKE) and Dragonfly are simple password-based authenticated key exchange protocols that use a value derived from a shared password as a generator for modular exponentiation, as opposed to Diffie–Hellman key...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,476 Views
31 Pages

Lie Symmetry Analysis of the Hopf Functional-Differential Equation

  • Daniel D. Janocha,
  • Marta Wacławczyk and
  • Martin Oberlack

27 August 2015

In this paper, we extend the classical Lie symmetry analysis from partial differential equations to integro-differential equations with functional derivatives. We continue the work of Oberlack and Wacławczyk (2006, Arch. Mech. 58, 597), (2013, J. Mat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
11,044 Views
20 Pages

27 August 2015

Unlike CCTV, security video surveillance devices, which we have generally known about, IP cameras which are connected to a network either with or without wire, provide monitoring services through a built-in web-server. Due to the fact that IP cameras...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Cryptography and Security Concerns based on Symmetry for the Future Cyber World)
  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
10,780 Views
17 Pages

Enantioselective Organocatalyzed Synthesis of 2-Amino-3-cyano-4H-chromene Derivatives

  • Isaac G. Sonsona,
  • Eugenia Marqués-López and
  • Raquel P. Herrera

26 August 2015

The structural motif that results from the fusion of a benzene ring to a heterocyclic pyran ring, known as chromene, is broadly found in nature and it has been reported to be associated with a wide range of biological activity. Moreover, asymmetric o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Asymmetric Catalysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,956 Views
44 Pages

Performance Enhancement of Face Recognition in Smart TV Using Symmetrical Fuzzy-Based Quality Assessment

  • Yeong Gon Kim,
  • Won Oh Lee,
  • Ki Wan Kim,
  • Hyung Gil Hong and
  • Kang Ryoung Park

25 August 2015

With the rapid growth of smart TV, the necessity for recognizing a viewer has increased for various applications that deploy face recognition to provide intelligent services and high convenience to viewers. However, the viewers can have various postu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,978 Views
12 Pages

24 August 2015

This research is a natural continuation of the recent paper “Exact solutions of the simplified Keller–Segel model” (Commun Nonlinear Sci Numer Simulat 2013, 18, 2960–2971). It is shown that a (1+2)-dimensional Keller–Segel type system is invariant wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lie Theory and Its Applications)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,805 Views
8 Pages

19 August 2015

Let \(G\) be a simple graph of order \(n\) with eigenvalues \(\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\cdots,\lambda_n\) and normalized Laplacian eigenvalues \(\mu_1,\mu_2,\cdots,\mu_n\). The Estrada index and normalized Laplacian Estrada index are defined as \(EE(G)=\s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,128 Views
26 Pages

17 August 2015

A new definition of conditional invariance for boundary value problems involving a wide range of boundary conditions (including initial value problems as a special case) is proposed. It is shown that other definitions worked out in order to find Lie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lie Theory and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,684 Views
19 Pages

Asymmetry Assessment Using Surface Topography in Healthy Adolescents

  • Connie Ho,
  • Eric C. Parent,
  • Elise Watkins,
  • Marc J. Moreau and ,
  • Douglas Hedden,
  • Marwan El-Rich and
  • Samer Adeeb
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 August 2015

The ability to assess geometric asymmetry in the torsos of individuals is important for detecting Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). A markerless technique using Surface Topography (ST) has been introduced as a non-invasive alternative to standar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Asymmetry in Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,497 Views
15 Pages

Enantioselective Organocatalysis in Microreactors: Continuous Flow Synthesis of a (S)-Pregabalin Precursor and (S)-Warfarin

  • Riccardo Porta,
  • Maurizio Benaglia,
  • Francesca Coccia,
  • Sergio Rossi and
  • Alessandra Puglisi

4 August 2015

Continuous flow processes have recently emerged as a powerful technology for performing chemical transformations since they ensure some advantages over traditional batch procedures. In this work, the use of commercially available and affordable PEEK...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Asymmetric Catalysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
6,727 Views
24 Pages

Integrable (2 + 1)-Dimensional Spin Models with Self-Consistent Potentials

  • Ratbay Myrzakulov,
  • Galya Mamyrbekova,
  • Gulgassyl Nugmanova and
  • Muthusamy Lakshmanan

3 August 2015

Integrable spin systems possess interesting geometrical and gauge invariance properties and have important applications in applied magnetism and nanophysics. They are also intimately connected to the nonlinear Schrödinger family of equations. In this...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry Breaking)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,732 Views
19 Pages

3 August 2015

We study the Bäcklund transformations of integrable geometric curve flows in certain geometries. These curve flows include the KdV and Camassa-Holm flows in the two-dimensional centro-equiaffine geometry, the mKdV and modified Camassa-Holm flows in t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lie Theory and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,163 Views
44 Pages

Computing with Colored Tangles

  • Avishy Y. Carmi and
  • Daniel Moskovich

20 July 2015

We suggest a diagrammatic model of computation based on an axiom of distributivity. A diagram of a decorated colored tangle, similar to those that appear in low dimensional topology, plays the role of a circuit diagram. Equivalent diagrams represent...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diagrams, Topology, Categories and Logic)
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,542 Views
19 Pages

A Framework for Symmetric Part Detection in Cluttered Scenes

  • Tom Lee,
  • Sanja Fidler,
  • Alex Levinshtein,
  • Cristian Sminchisescu and
  • Sven Dickinson

20 July 2015

The role of symmetry in computer vision has waxed and waned in importance during the evolution of the field from its earliest days. At first figuring prominently in support of bottom-up indexing, it fell out of favour as shape gave way to appearance...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry: Theory and Applications in Vision)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,992 Views
14 Pages

16 July 2015

Big data refers to informationalization technology for extracting valuable information through the use and analysis of large-scale data and, based on that data, deriving plans for response or predicting changes. With the development of software and d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Symmetry Modelling and Services in Future IT Environments)
  • Obituary
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,723 Views
14 Pages

In Memoriam: Slavik Jablan 1952–2015

  • Donald Crowe,
  • György Darvas,
  • Dirk Huylebrouck,
  • Jay Kappraff and ,
  • Louis Kauffman,
  • Sofia Lambropoulou,
  • Jozef Przytycki,
  • Ljiljana Radović,
  • Radmila Sazdanovic and
  • Symmetry Editorial Office
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

15 July 2015

After a long and brave battle with a serious illness, our dear friend and colleague Slavik Jablan passed away on 26 February 2015. [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
17,687 Views
50 Pages

14 July 2015

The similarity patterns of the genetic code result from similar codons encoding similar messages. We develop a new mathematical model to analyze these patterns. The physicochemical characteristics of amino acids objectively quantify their differences...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Asymmetry in Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
89 Citations
13,377 Views
35 Pages

Real Time MODBUS Transmissions and Cryptography Security Designs and Enhancements of Protocol Sensitive Information

  • Aamir Shahzad,
  • Malrey Lee,
  • Young-Keun Lee,
  • Suntae Kim and ,
  • Naixue Xiong,
  • Jae-Young Choi and
  • Younghwa Cho
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

2 July 2015

Information technology (IT) security has become a major concern due to the growing demand for information and massive development of client/server applications for various types of applications running on modern IT infrastructure. How has security be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Cryptography and Security Concerns based on Symmetry for the Future Cyber World)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,373 Views
12 Pages

1 July 2015

This paper presents a novel hierarchical clustering method using support vector machines. A common approach for hierarchical clustering is to use distance for the task. However, different choices for computing inter-cluster distances often lead to fa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Symmetry Modelling and Services in Future IT Environments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,393 Views
13 Pages

26 June 2015

Frequent graph pattern mining is one of the most interesting areas in data mining, and many researchers have developed a variety of approaches by suggesting efficient, useful mining techniques by integration of fundamental graph mining with other adv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Symmetry Modelling and Services in Future IT Environments)
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