Stéphanie Le Gallic, Lumières publicitaires. Paris, Londres, New York

Infant mortality and income in 4 world cities: New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo.

OBJECTIVES We investigated the association between average income or deprivation and infant mortality rate across neighborhoods of 4 world cities. METHODS Using a maximum likelihood negative binomial regression model that controls for births, we analyzed data for 1988-1992 and 1993-1997. RESULTS In Manhattan, for both periods, we found an association (.05% significance level) between income...

Powassan Meningoencephalitis, New York, New York, USA

Disease caused by Powassan virus (POWV), a tick-borne flavivirus, ranges from asymptomatic to severe neurologic compromise and death. Two cases of POWV meningoencephalitis in New York, USA, highlight diagnostic techniques, neurologic outcomes, and the effect of POWV on communities to which it is endemic.

Stéphanie Delaune

We propose a symbolic semantics for the finite applied pi calculus.The applied pi calculus is a variant of the pi calculus with extensions formodelling cryptographic protocols. By treating inputs symbolically, oursemantics avoids potentially infinite branching of execution trees due toinputs from the environment. Correctness is maintained by associatingwith each process a se...

Le Centre de Reanimation respiratoire de l'Hopital Claude-Bernard, Paris.

Aerospace Sciences Meeting New York, New York