A network security gateway protects the computers of a home or small office from Internet-based attacks by remote adversaries. It allows all the protected machines to share a single connection to the Internet and may allow secure access, via a VPN tunnel, into a remote corporate network. It may provide other services as well. Because its main job is security, it is critical to have high confide...

The extension of the mains to marginal urban areas does indeed require considerable investment and implies supplying disadvantaged population groups whose ability to pay presents significant collection problems (Lyonnaise des Eaux, Lyonnaise des Eaux also suggests the use of order of priority within contracts, in order to prioritise services in the order of most pressing need, as follows (Lyonn...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between insurance type (Medicaid vs private insurance) and access to physician care for youth with type 2 diabetes mellitus by quantifying whether these youth saw a physician during the year before their first diabetes documentation. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Youth with Medicaid or private insurance aged 5 to 19 years with type 2...

Telework is the engagement in work outside of a regular office setting by means of the use of information and communication technology (ICT). Findings reported in the literature are mixed with some studies having argued that telework provides workers the opportunity to better balance work and private roles. In contrast others have argued telework blurs the boundaries between work and private li...

This paper models a key aspect of real estate market uncertainty, i.e. the frequent mismatch between office demand and supply under the impact of the macro economy, macroeconomic policy and the domestic stock market. The dynamic interaction of this aspect of the office sector’s market uncertainty is structured under the demand-side and supply-side aspects. Prices in the form of office rents, to...

The laissez faire environment of private medical practice, however, has changed, due in part to pressures from thirdparty payors, health maintenance organizations and the federal government. Widespread adoption of managed care and its practices has caused a need for evaluation of care given in the surgeon's office and establish guidelines for the management of a surgical facility. Managed care ...

A computer system that improves the quality, user-friendliness, accessibility, and management of radiology data (images, reports, databases, knowledge) was implemented at a private institute. A picture archiving and communication system (PACS) was integrated with the radiology information system (RIS). Two servers and 12 personal computers form the integrated system. The first server is dedicat...

Die Nutzung von Mobilfunktechnologie ist nahezu zwangsläufig mit der Generierung und Nutzung privater Daten gekoppelt. Dies gilt insbesondere für zukünftige komplexe Anwendungsszenarien, die über das bloße Telefonieren hinausgehen. Wie diese Szenarien aussehen und welche Rolle dabei private Daten spielen, ist Gegenstand dieses Beitrags. Dabei wird deutlich, dass isolierte Lösungen für den Umgan...