The development of plastic card printers has led to the widespread use of identity documents printed on plastic cards, such as ID cards, driving licenses and access key cards. This paper presents a new security feature based on a technique for embedding a personalized microstructure into an image. This microstructure takes the form of a pattern embedded into the original photograph as a success...

Chest C Guilleminault, R Stoohs, A Clerk, M Cetel and P Maistros upper airway resistance syndrome. A cause of excessive daytime sleepiness. The http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/104/3/781 can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services ) ISSN:0012-3692 http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml...

1996;109;312-315 Chest Galassetti and Felice Manfredi Edward T. Mannix, Mark O. Farber, Paolo Palange, Pietro Skaters Exercise-Induced Asthma in Figure http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/109/2/312 and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ISSN:0012-3692 ) http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/reprin...

This document outlines a PHY proposal for IEEE 802.16.3 using a combined synchronous DSCDMA (S-CDMA) and FDMA scheme. The proposed PHY features adaptive QAM modulation, high-rate trellis and/or turbo coding, linear equalization along with power and timing control. Purpose To provide a description of a proposed physical layer specification for consideration by the IEEE 802.16.3 Task Group. Notic...

OBJECTIVES To determine if a plano lens could be the test lens for all prescription (Rx) lenses and to investigate why Rx lenses pop out of safety eyewear. DESIGN Plano and Rx polycarbonate lenses (n = 641) with varying thickness and edge geometry, mounted on steel lens holders, and Rx safety eyewear (n = 128) placed on headforms were impacted with test objects of varying diameter and hardnes...

1995;108;299-301 Chest Richard W. Light Effusions and Empyema A New Classification of Parapneumonic http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/108/2/299.citation and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ISSN:0012-3692 ) http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml ( without the prior written permis...

Studies on gender and telephony tend to be quantitative and depict the purposes for which women and men use mobile telephones and landlines. Qualitative studies on the topic predominantly rely on face-to-face interviews to examine how telephone use genders space. We suggest these traditional methods of data collection leave unexamined the emotional and social relationships that emerge and are e...

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in MedImmune v. Genentech shifts the balance of power in license agreements from patent holders to their licensees. This iBrief outlines the potential implications of the new rules on all stages of patent prosecution and protection. Further, it evaluates remedial contract provisions patent holders may include in future license agreements and how these provisi...

Chest Harvey J. Sugerman, Robert M. Rogers and Leonard D. Miller Indications and Physiologic Considerations Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP); http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/62/5_Supplement/86S can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services ) ISSN:0012-3692 http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc...

2009;136;910-917 Chest Lewis A. Eisen and Richard H. Savel From the Crew of US Airways Flight 1549 What Went Right : Lessons for the Intensivist http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/136/3/910.full.html services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and ISSN:0012-3692 ) http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/rep...