With new cases of avian influenza H5N1 (H5N1AV) arising frequently, the threat of a new influenza pandemic remains a challenge for public health. Several vaccines have been developed specifically targeting H5N1AV, but their production is limited and only a few million doses are readily available. Because there is an important time lag between the emergence of new pandemic strain and the develop...

What do you do to start reading life would be easy if it werent for other people? Searching the book that you love to read first or find an interesting book that will make you want to read? Everybody has difference with their reason of reading a book. Actuary, reading habit must be from earlier. Many people may be love to read, but not a book. It's not fault. Someone will be bored to open the t...

This is a study on the ecology of poliomyelitis in the State of Connecticut. It has been undertaken to see what the experience with this disease has been in this state, with particular reference to certain local epidemiologic features, such as (a) its geographic, seasonal, and age distribution, and (b) a comparison of the findings with those of typhoid fever. In particular, the effort has been ...

An astute metropolis is an urbanized region that accumulates data through diverse numerical and experiential understanding. Cloud-connected Internet of Things (IoT) solutions have the potential to aid intelligent cities in collecting from inhabitants, devices, residences, alternative origins. The monitoring administration carrying systems, plug-in services, reserve managing, H2O resource scheme...

S o you want to be a whistle blower. Just gen up a strong PGP key, hide your IP address with Tails and the Tor browser (running off your USB stick), and use a secure email such as Hushmail (www.hushmail.com) or Hide My Ass (www.hidemyass.com). Make sure you're using HTTPS. Done, yes? So, why did Edward Snowden have to flee? Not only did he know that they would find him sooner or later, but that...

Two years ago, the distribution of the world’s people reached the point at which over half now live in cities. Some social scientists and urban planners (but few political leaders other than those of large municipalities) had seen this change coming. With one group of exceptions, philosophers have paid less attention to the subject. I would like to advance some ideas about how to think philosop...

A quantum digital signature (QDS) protocol is investigated in respect of an attacker who can impersonate other communicating principals in the style of Lowe’s attack on the Needham-Schroeder public-key authentication protocol. A man-in-the-middle attack is identified in respect of a classical variant of the protocol and it is suggested that a similar attack would be effective against the QDS pr...