In order to sketch, why steganography is such an important topic, and has received far too little attention from the hacker community in the past, let me quickly challenge our view of cryptosystems as commonly built in the context of military or commercial applications: Cryptosystems are designed to protect our sensitive data from evil arbitrators. Wrong. Well, maybe not. But then again, what i...

BACKGROUND Physical fighting is an assaultive behaviour that can lead to injury. Family affluence is a health determinant that can influence injury. This study examines the relationship between family affluence and two outcomes: physical fighting and fighting-related injury in Canadian adolescents. Three measurements were used to represent family affluence and assess whether these measures demo...

Despite documented benefits, the processes described in the new product development literature often prove difficult to follow in practice. A principal source of such difficulties is the phenomenon of fire fighting–the unplanned allocation of resources to fix problems discovered late in a product's development cycle. While it has been widely criticized, fire fighting is a common occurrence in m...

OBJECTIVES To assess youth perceptions of the causes and consequences of violence generally, the causes and consequences of fighting specifically, and to determine how best to approach fighting in the context of violence prevention activities. METHODS Thirteen structured focus group interviews with youths from three high violence urban settings: a large, urban high school, a training center f...

OBJECTIVES To identify violence related behaviors associated with injuries among adolescent males involved in fights. METHODS Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to develop weighted estimates of injury prevalence and associations between injury and violence related behaviors. RESULTS Forty seven per cent injured others and 18% were themselves injured in ...