Semantic Web resources — that is, knowledge representation formalisms existing in a distributed hypermedia system — require different addressing and processing models and capacities than the typical kinds of World Wide Web resources. We describe an approach to building a Semantic Web resource protocol — a scalable, extensible logical addressing scheme and transport protocol — by using and exten...

Understanding the structure of identifiers in a particular dataset is critical for users/applications that want to use such a dataset, and connect to it. This is especially true in Linked Data where, while benefiting from having the structure of URIs, identifiers are also designed according to specific conventions, which are rarely made explicit and documented. In this paper, we present an auto...

This paper proposes “URI Immunization” for eluding Web spams like Trackback spams in participatory systems open to the general public. The proposed method is inspired from the immune system of organisms, and by applying the basic strategy of organisms, “change,” on the construction of changing URIs, the author established an effective method for eluding spams. The effectiveness of the method is...

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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention to decrease pediatric emergency department (PED) visits and adverse care practices for upper respiratory infections (URI) among predominantly Latino Early Head Start (EHS) families. METHODS Four EHS sites in New York City were randomized. Families at intervention sites received 3 1.5-hour education modules in their EHS pa...

BACKGROUND USA300 community-associated (CA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains causing necrotizing pneumonia have been reported in association with antecedent viral upper respiratory tract infections (URI). METHODS A case series of necrotizing pneumonia presenting as a primary or coprimary infection, secondary to CA-MRSA without evidence of antecedent viral URI, is pre...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Little is known about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in patients with leukemia. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics, and the outcome of RSV infection with or without therapy with aerosolized ribavirin in leukemia patients. DESIGN AND METHODS We reviewed the records of 52 leukemia patients with RSV infection seen at our institution ...

BACKGROUND The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) has been advocated as an alternative technique to tracheal intubation for airway management of children with recent upper respiratory tract infections (URIs). The authors determined the occurrence of adverse respiratory events and identified the associated risk factors to assess the safety of LMA in children. METHODS During a period of 5 months, pare...