BACKGROUND To evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention in improving emergency department (ED) patient privacy and satisfaction in the crowded ED setting. METHODS A pre- and post-intervention study was conducted. A multifaceted intervention was implemented in a university-affiliated hospital ED. The intervention developed strategies to improve ED patient privacy and satisfacti...

Traditional utility metering is to be replaced by smart metering. Smart metering enables fine-grained utility consumption measurements. These fine-grained measurements raise privacy concerns due to the lifestyle information which can be inferred from the precise time at which utilities were consumed. This paper outlines and compares two privacy-respecting time of use billing protocols for smart...

Web Search engines (e.g. Google,Yahoo,Microsoft,Live Search, etc) are widely used to find certain data among a huge amount of information in a minimal amount of time.These useful tools also pose a privacy threat to the users. Web search engine profile their users on the basis of past searches submitted by them. Personalized web search (PWS) has demonstrated its effectiveness in improving the qu...

Web search engines (e.g. Google, Yahoo etc.) are used to find the information among a huge amount of data within a less amount of time. Most of users prefer these search engines for getting information and the data is searched based on the keyword or query given by users over the internet. The data over the internet is growing dramatically and the users spend lot of time to get the information ...

Schools and university administrations pay a lot of attention to the attendance their students since it relates directly academic performance. Many systems have been developed in order ensure an accurate taking, but every system has its shortcomings terms ease use, accuracy, privacy, or cost. In this paper we discuss development automated that ensures taking without human intervention from stud...

Media literacy refers to the ability select, fully absorb, analyze, and react critically multitude of types information disseminated by media. Important components media include avoiding creating or disseminating false news respecting other people's rights privacy. In era Internet, online is a brand-new subset literacy. addition use critical skills found in conventional media, creation, communi...

Title of dissertation: NEW NOTIONS AND MECHANISMS FOR STATISTICAL PRIVACY Adam Groce, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Dissertation directed by: Professor Jonathan Katz Department of Computer Science Many large databases of personal information currently exist in the hands of corporations, nonprofits, and governments. The data in these databases could be used to answer any number of important questio...