Two studies are presented that examine disclosure of sensitive information and personalization in Internet-based surveys. In the first study, the impact of a personalized salutation on two forms of non-disclosure to a sensitive personal question (salary level) is tested. The results revealed that a personalized salutation tends to increase levels of active non-disclosure (measured through use o...

4-G mobile communications system is offering high speed data communications technology having connectivity to all sorts of the networks including 2-G and 3-G mobile networks. Authentication of a mobile subscriber (MS) or a sub network and a main network are an important issue to check and minimize security threats or attacks. An advanced artificial intelligence based mutual authentication syste...

4-G mobile communications system is offering high speed data communications technology having connectivity to all sorts of the networks including 2-G and 3-G mobile networks. Authentication of a mobile subscriber (MS) or a sub network and a main network are an important issue to check and minimize security threats or attacks. An advanced artificial intelligence based mutual authentication techn...

My first encounter with Professor William Bynum was in 1998, as I waited with much nervousness in the corridors outside the lecture theatre at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. A greeting and encouragement, both provided in a booming voice, was just what a young research fellow, keen to impress in what was widely regarded as a mecca of learning, required. My seminar was comple...

The snowcapped Southern Alps formed the magnificent backdrop to the 2006 annual conference of the International Continence Society in Christchurch, on the south island of New Zealand. A welcome reception at the town hall included an age-old Maori ritual welcoming ceremony: the Powhiri, with the traditional hongi (pressing of noses) as a formal salutation, while haunting birdcalls echoed around ...

distribution of magnetic fields in the quiet-sun internetwork areas has been affected by weak polarization (in particular stokes q and u) signals. to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (snr) of the weak polarization signals, several approaches, including temporal integrations, have been proposed in the literature. in this study, we aim to investigate a proper temporal-integration time with which...