The effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields (EMFs) were studied on a non-spatial memory task (Object Recognition Task - ORT) that requires entorhinal cortex function. The task was applied to three groups of mice Mus musculus C57BL/6 (exposed, sham-exposed and control) combined with 3 different radiation exposure protocols. In the first protocol designated "acute exposure", mice 45 days o...

OBJECTIVE Prior research has shown that designated drivers (DD) are widely used as a preventive measure for driving under the influence. Despite the prevalence of alcohol involvement in boating accidents, much less is known about the use of a designated boat operator (DBO). The current study investigated the prevalence of DBO use in recreational boating and compared the characteristics of DD us...

In a designated verifier signature (DVS) scheme a signer creates a signature which is only verifiable by a designated verifier. A DVS is a useful scheme for authenticating a signer without disturbing her privacy. In a universal DVS (UDVS) scheme, everyone who holds Alice’s traditional signature on a message (the signature holder), is able to transform it to a DVS for a specific verifier. Non-de...

Caring for the caregivers of patients with cancer is an increasingly important part of cancer care. In the past few years, several cancer centers have started caregiver-focused services and programs. However, the number of centers that offer such programs and what they provide is unclear. This article will review the extent to which the 61 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers tha...

In 2004, Sekhar proposed a new signature scheme with message recovery. Based on this signature scheme with message recovery, they also proposed a designated verifier signature scheme with non-repudiation of origin and a convertible designated verifier signature scheme with non-repudiation of origin. This paper, however, presents a security analysis where Sekhar’s signature schemes are vulnerabl...

Designated verifier signatures are intended to a specific and unique designated verifier, who is the only one person to check their validity. This paper proposes a new efficient non-delegatable strong designated verifier signature scheme based on identity based cryptography. We analyze the security of the scheme and compare its computational aspects with the other ID-SDVS schemes existing in li...

A strong designated verifier signature scheme makes it possible for a signer to convince a designated verifier that she has signed a message in such a way that the designated verifier cannot transfer the signature to a third party, and no third party can even verify the validity of a designated verifier signature. We show that anyone who intercepts one signature can verify subsequent signatures...

This paper looks at some of the domain specific preservation challenges faced by the Archaeology Data Service and how we work with these in order to maximise the re-use potential of the data that we archive. It looks in particular at one of the mandatory responsibilities of an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) and how we try to ensure that the data that we present to our designated commun...

Cancer patients are frequently immunosuppressed and at risk for a wide range of opportunistic and healthcare-associated infections. A good infection prevention program is extremely important to reduce risk of infection. This review focuses on infection prevention measures specific to patients, healthcare personnel, and visitors in the cancer center.

The T cell receptor (TCR) repertoires of cytotoxic responses to the immunodominant and subdominant HLA A11-restricted epitopes in the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen-4 were investigated in four healthy virus carriers. The response to the subdominant epitope (EBNA4 399-408, designated AVF) was highly restricted with conserved Vbeta usage and identical length and amino acid motifs in the...