NSF funds switched to facilities

Using e-coins to ensure fair sharing of donor funds amongst HIV healthcare facilities

Donor funds are available for treatment of many diseases such as HIV. However, privacy constraints make it hard for donor organisations to verify that they have not sponsored the same patient twice — or sponsored a patient whose treatment was also sponsored by another donor. This paper presents a protocol based on digital cash that enables donor organisations to obtain a proof (in the form of a...

The Impact of Check Sequencing on NSF (Not-Sufficient Funds) Fees

In a wave of litigation that has escalated into several class-action lawsuits, banks have been charged with sequencing checks unfairly to obtain higher fees for not-sufficient funds (NSF). The point of contention is the banks’ use of the high-low check-sequencing procedure, which presents checks for payment in descending dollar amounts. While it is likely that sequencing plays an important role...

Proposal to NSF CISE

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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) facilitate largescale identification of genomic variants that are associated with complex traits. However, susceptibility loci identified by GWAS so far generally account for a limited fraction of the genotypic variation in patient populations. Predictive models based on identified loci also have modest success in risk assessment and therefore are of limit...

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