Composite endpoints, consisting of the union of two or more outcomes, are often used as the primary endpoint in time-to-event randomized clinical trials. Previously, Gómez and Lagakos provided a method to guide the decision between using a composite endpoint instead of one of its components when testing the effect of a treatment in a randomized clinical trial. Consider the problem of testing th...

In many applications, identity management (IdM) is used to associate a subject public key with an endpoint at which the can be contacted (telephone number, email, etc.). decentralized applications based on distributed ledger technologies (DLTes), it desirable for IdM as well. Currently, endpoints are either verified by who needs it, impractical in DLT-based or centralized authority, contrasts s...