With the boom of information technology represented by computers since the 1960s, computer technology has begun to be used in the fingerprint identification field, bringing new thoughts, implementation methods, and processing approaches for automated fingerprint identification. Authorities, institutions, and universities have begun implementing fingerprint analysis and processing using computer...

A surge in federal funding combined with a perceived heightened vulnerability at the local level since September 11, 2001, is pushing personal protective tech­ nology acquisitions into new territory for many communities. Decisions regard­ ing how personal protection technologies are identified, acquired, and used in the field vary significantly among agencies, many study participants noted. Num...

Computer-based information systems in general, and Internet e-commerce and e-business systems in particular, employ many types of resources that need to be protected against access by unauthorized users. Three main components of access control are used in most information systems: identification, authentication, and authorization. In this paper we focus on authentication, which is the most prob...

Natural language analysis of patents holds promise for the development of tools designed to assist analysts in the monitoring of emerging technologies. One component of such tools is the identification of technology terms. We describe an approach to the discovery of technology terms using supervised machine learning and evaluate its performance on subsets of patents in three languages: English,...

With the evolution of consumer electronics technologies, personal information in consumer devices is becoming increasingly valuable. To protect private information from misuses due to the loss or theft, secure user identification mechanisms should be equipped into the consumer devices. Biometrics based personal identification is regarded as an effective method for automatically recognizing, wit...

new advances in mass spectrometry-based proteomics technology are having amajor impact on our understanding of how human spermatozoa acquire their capacity for fertilization. a complete analysis of the proteins found in the human spermatozoa is essential for understanding the events leading up to, and including, fertilization and early embryo development. in this short review, we have collected...

Significant growth in broadband wireless services, as well ever-increasing demand on the spectrum caused by Internet of Things (IoT) have overstretched limited available space for services. Heterogeneous networks (HetNets)—wherein multiple technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, LTE, and GSM) coexist share spectrum—are a promising solution enhancing sharing. An essential element developin...

background: lipophilic yeasts of the genus malassezia has been placed among the basidiomycota phylum in the family of cryptococcaceae. the genus malassezia comprises yeasts with a natural habitat of the skin of many warm-blooded vertebrates, and human, but they are also associated with several skin diseases such as tinea versicolor, seborrehoeic dermatitis and even systemic infections. the genu...