STEP against AD

ISPs and Ad Networks Against Botnet Ad Fraud

Botnets are a serious threat on the Internet and require huge resources to be thwarted. ISPs are in the best position to fight botnets and there are a number of recently proposed initiatives that focus on how ISPs should detect and remediate bots. However, it is very expensive for ISPs to do it alone and they would probably welcome some external funding. Among others, botnets severely affect ad...

Pre-existing immunity against Ad vectors

Pre-existing immunity against human adenovirus (HAd) serotype 5 derived vector in the human population is widespread, thus hampering its clinical use. Various components of the immune system, including neutralizing antibodies (nAbs), Ad specific T cells and type I IFN activated NK cells, contribute to dampening the efficacy of Ad vectors in individuals with pre-existing Ad immunity. In order to...

A first step against idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

I diopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic devastating disease affecting 50 to 300 individuals per million with a median survival time of ,3 yrs [1]. The recent publication of evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with IPF did not provide patients and care givers with any reason for optimism [2]. The only recommended procedures in this document were: long...

A Survey of Solutions to Protect Against All Types of Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

In recent years mobile networks have expanded dramatically, compared with other wireless networks. Routing protocols in these networks are designed with the assumption that there is no attacker node, so routing protocols are vulnerable to various attacks in these networks. In this paper, we review the network layer attacks and then we simulate the impact of black hole attack on ad hoc on demand...

Dr. Adoniram J. Shurtleff: How "Uncle Ad" Became an "Ad" Against Self-Administration of Anesthesia.