Modern systems keep long memories. As we show in this paper, an adversary who gains access to a Linux system, even one that implements secure deallocation, can recover the contents of applications’ windows, audio buffers, and data remaining in device drivers—long after the applications have terminated. We design and implement Lacuna, a system that allows users to run programs in “private sessio...

The dynamic range of a scene is the contrast ratio between its brightest and darkest parts Low dynamic range images usually represent pixels with pixel values ranging as integers between and High dynamic range pixels are capable of representing light quantities of one to a million and beyond and can express more exact than the usual dynamic range But it was di cult to model an object with high ...

Copyright © 2008 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.713339 2008;118;1476-1485 Circulation Diane E. Wallis, Sue Penckofer and Glen W. Sizemore The "Sunshine Deficit" and Cardiovascular Disease http://circ.ahajournals.org/...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the report of pain is influenced by meteorological conditions. METHODS A population-based study (Epidemiology of Functional Disorders) was conducted in North West England. Subjects were mailed a questionnaire that enquired about pain on the day of completion ('any pain') and chronic widespread pain (CWP) as defined by the ACR, as well as about the potential medi...

We must create a world in which the best experts are those that are free from commercial influence. And Europe needs legislation along the lines of the US Sunshine Act to combat both real and perceived commercial influence in science and health care. Sunshine Act, which became federal law in the United States in January 2012. 2 The Act requires drug and medical manufacturers who participate in ...

BACKGROUND Previously, we compared the hyperthymic scores of residents in Sapporo, Koshigaya, and Oita (which are located at latitudes of 43°N, 36°N, and 33°N in Japan, respectively) using the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-auto questionnaire version (TEMPS-A). We found that residents who lived at lower latitudes had higher hyperthymic temperament scores; however, ...

—Feeds rich in saturated (SFAs) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) appear to maximize the retention of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) in the fillets of sunshine bass (female white bass Morone chrysops 3 male striped bass M. saxatilis). To determine whether different sources of SFA and MUFA have equivalent effects on tissue fatty acid (FA) profile change, coconut (CO) and p...

BACKGROUND Cycling has the potential to provide health, environmental and economic benefits but the level of cycling is very low in New Zealand and many other countries. Adverse weather is often cited as a reason why people do not cycle. This study investigated temporal and seasonal variability in cycle volume and its association with weather in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. METHODS T...

There are substantial geographic variations in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates in England that may in part be due to differences in climate and air pollution. An ecological cross-sectional multi-level analysis of male and female CHD mortality rates in all wards in England (1999-2004) was conducted to estimate the relative strength of the association between CHD mortality rates and ...