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We present the design and implementation of a fully decentralized P2PWNC (Peer-toPeer Wireless Network Confederation) WLAN roaming architecture, enhancing previously published work. We present a proof-of-concept secure VoIP application that is built on top of the existing P2PWNC infrastructure and can provide a low-cost substitute to GSM service. We also augment the P2PWNC scheme with a set of ...

This article reviews the current literature relating to medical outpatient services. It has been produced as part of the RCP/NHS Confederation working party on outpatients departments. The article deals with surveys of patient views on outpatients, suggested ways of improving the service, and how best to accommodate teaching in this setting. An RCP booklet, 'How user friendly is your outpatient...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether a structured process to involve policy makers in designing a research project on a return to work insurance policy would yield evidence that was relevant, useful, and used in policy decisions. STUDY DESIGN Case study. SETTING Norway. PARTICIPANTS Two researchers from the National Institute of Public Health and four representatives from respectively the Na...

1 Associacão EURATOM/IST, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal 2 EDFA Close Support Unit, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, UK 3 Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA 4 Plasma Science and Fusion Centre, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MA 02139, USA 5 Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Euratom Association, D85748 Garching, Germany 6 E...

The concept of plant intelligence has been advanced by Trewavas as a potentially useful framework to guide those seeking to understand plant growth and development. In this short critique, the validity of this concept is critically assessed. Central to this critique is the proposition that the concept of the individual, to which intelligence and behaviour are intimately linked, cannot usefully ...

Objectives: To investigate whether a structured process to involve policy makers in designing a research project on a return to work insurance policy would yield evidence that was relevant, useful, and used in policy decisions. Study design: Case study. Setting: Norway. Participants: Two researchers from the National Institute of Public Health and four representatives from respectively the Nati...

International comparative research has found that strike incidence is higher where two or more unions bargain with an employer ("multi-unionism"), as is common in most European countries, than where only one union does, all else equal. Two pro posed explanations for this relationship, both invoking inter-union rivalry as the main dynamic, are that under multi-unionism, unions (a) make propagand...

Competitive balance is a key concept in sports economics. It postulates the necessity of sporting equilibrium between playing strengths to generate outcome uncertainty and thus fan demand. When looking at national teams, policy political factors can help explain competitive balance. This article interested evolution FIFA women’s football World Cups over 1991–2019 period. aims identify policy, e...