• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.8C
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• pp.756-764
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• 2003

We investigate a probabilistic public key cryptosystem proposed by Paillier. It is based on the discrete logarithmic function and the messages are calculated from the modular product of two those functions, one of which has a fixed value depending on a given public key. The improvement is achieved by a good choice for the public key so that it is possible to get efficient schemes without losing the onewayness and semantic security. Also we suggest the method to get the public key for our schemes.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.346-351
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• 2002

We improve a new probabilistic public key cryptosystem, in which the one wav function was defined only on the discrete logarithmic functions, proposed by Okamoto and Uchiyama. The plaintexts are calculated from the modular product of two these functions, one of which has a fixed value depending on a given public key. The improvement is achieved by a well-chosen public key assuming an unit element 1 as the fixed function value. Because it is possible to reduce the number of operations at the decryption. Also the concrete method for a public key of our improved scheme is suggested.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.383-389
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• 2010

The aim of this study was to determine the methylmercury (MeHg) levels in abyssal fish species. The MeHg in the fishes was extracted with hydrochloric acid and toluene and then purified using an L-cysteine solution. The extract was analyzed with a gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-${\mu}ECD$) with a thermon Hg-capillary column. The detection limit and the recovery of the method were 0.002 and 84.2-98.5% (mean, 93.4%), respectively. The MeHg content in 492 abyssal fishes ranged from 0.037 to 2.009 mg/kg. The levels of MeHg [range, mg/kg (mean)] were significantly dependent on fish species and presented as the following; 0.157-2.009 (0.546) in Scalloped hammerhead shark, 0.211-0.878 (0.501) in Blue shark, 0.121-0.993 (0.482) in Spiny dogfish, 0.243-0.658 (0.397) in Salmon shark, 0.074-1.958 (0.353) in Blacktip shark, 0.038-0.807 (0.302) in Southern hake, 0.099-0.511 (0.300) in Scorpion fish, and 0.037-0.133 (0.067) in Ling. The monitoring results showed that the estimated weekly intake of MeHg from sharks, Southern hake, and Ling were lower than the provisional tolerable weekly intake recommended by the Joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives.