Often a data holder, such as a hospital or bank, needs to share person-specific records in such a way that the identities of the individuals who are the subjects of the data cannot be determined. One way to achieve this is to have the released records adhere to kanonymity, which means each released record has at least (k-1) other records in the release whose values are indistinct over those fie...

Developing countries have embarked on the promotion of “ICT access for all” through subsidized Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), especially in underserviced areas of such countries. The main aim of the “ICT access for all” is to extend the communication services to the large areas of underserviced regions through subsidized communication services. In some instances, subsidies m...

If uniform coding (Gödelization) of potentially infinite sequences of numbers can be performed in PSPACEF, then PSPACE = EXPTIME 6= EXPSPACE = 2-EXPTIME, and, for all p, we have p−EXPSPACE = p+1-EXPTIME; if it can be performed in LINSPACEF, we also have LINSPACE = DTIME(2); the proof fails, when relativized to oracle-TM’s. A by-product of this research is that PTIMEF is not closed under number-...

In this note, we propose a parametric inferential procedure for predicting future order statistics, based on record values, which takes inter-record times into account. We utilize the additional information contained in inter-record times for predicting future order statistics on the basis of observed record values from an independent sample. The two parameter exponential distribution is assume...

To assess the environmental perturbation induced by the impact event that marks the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary, concentrations and isotopic compositions of bulk organic carbon were determined in sedimentary rocks that span the terrestrial K–T boundary at DogieCreek,Montana, and Brownie Butte,Wyoming in theWestern Interior of the United States. The boundary clays at both sites are not bo...

Meyers, P.A., 1992. Changes in organic carbon stable isotope ratios across the K/T boundary: global or local control? In: S.A. Macko and M.H. Engel (Guest-Editors), Isotope Fractionations in Organic Matter: Biosynthetic and Diagenetic Processes. Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sect. ), l 01: 283-29 I. A global shift in carbonate carbon j~3C-values from heavier values in the Maastrichtian to lighter ...