Peer-to-peer systems have emerged as a popular way to share huge volumes of data. The usability of these systems depends on effective techniques to find and retrieve data; however, current techniques used in existing P2P systems are often very inefficient. In this paper, we present three techniques for efficient search in P2P systems. We present the design of these techniques, and then evaluate...

The National Immunization Program (NIP) begun in 1962 has considerably reduced the infectious disease burden in Cuba over the years, especially among children. The Ministry of Public Health estimates that some 560,000 children would have contracted these diseases, some with fatal outcomes, had it not been for the aggressive vaccination strategy begun 45 years ago and developed since then.

Privacy preserving record linkage (PPRL) is the process of integrating data across multiple heterogeneous data sources without compromising their privacy. While many techniques have been developed for PPRL, there has not been, up to now, a universally accepted method providing both performance and quality of results in all cases. To this end, we present PRIVATEER, a toolkit which aims at enabli...

Home Blood Pressure Measurement: Ensuring Quality and Interpreting Results Donald W. McKay, Ph.D. Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1B 3V6 Running Title: Quality Home Blood Pressure Measures