In 2010, Romaine lettuce grown in southern Arizona was implicated in a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O145:H28 infections. This was the first known Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak traced to the southwest desert leafy green vegetable production region along the United States-Mexico border. Limited information exists on sources of STEC and other enteric zoonotic pathogens ...

Ticks and tick-borne infections are global medical and veterinary public health concerns. Thailand has economically and environmentally changed markedly over the past several decades. The magnitude of free roaming carnivores such as dogs and cats is still represents a considerable problem. Stray animals serve not only as reservoirs for infectious diseases to all pet but also as carriers for zoo...

In this paper, a novel mutual authentication and key exchange protocol based on self-certified mechanism is proposed for roaming services in the global mobility network (GLOMONET). The main new features of the proposed protocol include identity anonymity, one-time session key renewal, and distributed security management scheme. Identity anonymity protects location privacy of mobile users in the...

In a future, existing wireless access technologies such as WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) will coexist on daily basis. Nevertheless, this daily coexistence does not imply that they will be able to fully interoperate. We considered that in a future, the roaming landscape will be characterized ...

The dog (Canis familiaris) is one of the most common predators in world with a population about 900 million, which continues to grow. Only 20% dogs are considered pets. There irresponsibly cared, free-roaming, or completely homeless individual their groups natural environment Lithuania. paper represents study into distribution free-ranging hunting areas Lithuania and impact on wild fauna. A tel...

The principal tools currently used in Italy to limit stray dog populations are dog registration and identification, birth control and increasing public awareness. Since 1991, national legislation does not permit euthanasia of unwanted roaming dogs unless they have an incurable condition or are proven to be dangerous. Unattended dogs are placed in long-term shelters in questionable conditions wh...

Wireless broadband communication has the potential to revolutionize emergency response. While public safety wireless systems and commercial wireless systems have historically employed incompatible technologies, recent developments make it likely that both will adopt LTE technology, thereby creating a unique opportunity to supplement dedicated public safety infrastructure with roaming access to ...

A majority of the Indian dogs are ‘community dogs’, semiferal dogs which are partially dependent on the human population and feral dogs. Communicable diseases may be a problem due to overcrowding, minimal veterinary care, and a climate favouring parasites and vectors. Some reports suggest that the vectorborne diseases, such as filariosis, babesosis and ehrlichiosis, are endemic throughout India...

National roaming is a form of infrastructure sharing in mobile communication networks, where an operator opens his network for a competitor’s customers and is compensated by a usage based charge. Arguments in favour of national roaming include the reduction of network investments or faster network rollout. This paper examines the effects of national roaming on competition, network investments a...