Ideally, a privacy-preserving database-in-the-cloud environment would allow a database owner to outsource its encrypted database to a cloud server. The owner would retain control over what records can be queried and by whom, by granting each authorized user a search token and a decryption key. A user would then present this token to cloud server who would use it to find encrypted matching recor...

Desktop archives are distinct from sources for which shared “Cranfield” information retrieval test collectionshave been created to date. Differences associated with desktop collections include: they are personal to the archive owner, the owner has personal memories about the items contained within them, and only the collection owner can rate the relevance of items retrieved in response to their...

Coastal nations can impose conditions of use on foreign fishing firms that operate in their Exclusive Economic Zone. We develop a game-theoretical model in which a fishery owner maximizes the revenue that it collects from firms that operate in its EEZ by charging them a fishing fee. We find that if the number of firms is exogenous and finite the owner is likely to select a fee that is higher th...

We put forward a novel paradigm for preserving privacy in data outsourcing which departs from encryption. The basic idea behind our proposal is to involve the owner in storing a limited portion of the data, and maintaining all data (either at the owner or at external servers) in the clear. We assume a relational context, where the data to be outsourced is contained in a relational table. We the...

In this paper, installment options on the underlying asset which evolves according to Black-Scholes model and pays constant dividend to its owner will be considered. Applying arbitrage pricing theory, the non-homogeneous parabolic partial differential equation governing the value of installment option is derived. Then, penalty method is used to value the European continuous installment call opt...

Cigarette Brands, Social Function of the Brand, Disuse and Expiry, Administrative Limitation imposed by ANVISA, Flavoring Additives, Absence Just Cause for Disuse, Brand Fame depends on Evidence, Proportionality, Non-proprietary Owner vs. Non-Owner Owner. Prevalence right those who assign a social function to brand.

The history of CA dates back to the forties with Stanislas Ulam. This mathematician was interested in the evolution of graphic constructions generated by simple rules. The base of his construction was a two-dimensional space divided into "cells", a sort of grid. Each of these cells could have two states : ON or OFF. Starting from a given pattern, the following generation was determined accordin...

This paper studies different housing market arrangements in an intertemporal pure consumption economy, consisting of a desirable and an undesirable housing location. Economic agents are heterogenous with respect to the utility premium they derive from living in the desirable location. This utility premium, or match, is drawn independently in every period, and also the popularity ranking of the ...

OBJECTIVE To determine prevalence of owner-directed aggression and identify associated environmental and genetic factors in English Springer Spaniels. DESIGN Prevalence survey. ANIMALS 1,053 adult English Springer Spaniels. PROCEDURE A mail survey was sent to 2,400 randomly selected owners of adult American Kennel Club-registered English Springer Spaniels. Dogs with a history of aggressio...

The overall approach of this research is guided by a principle that the trajectory of a small business is caused by the interrelationship between the business and its external environment. This interaction is manifest in the firm’s actual everyday business relationships. Our proposition is that understanding what these relationships mean to the firm (and specifically the owner-manager as the de...