Confidential enquiries into maternal deaths aim to identify areas where clinic cal practice is deficient. This approach thi can improve practice and prevent maternal deaths.1 Despite the general acceptance of the utility of confidential enquieries, achieving a high level of colc lective interest in their practical applicac bility as an evidencecbased approach in developing countries will requir...

In this paper, bounds to the rate-equivocation region for the general 3-receiver broadcast channel (BC) with degraded message sets, are presented for confidential messages to be kept secret from one of the receivers. This model is more general than the 2-receiver BCs with confidential messages with an external wiretapper, and the recently studied 3-receiver degraded BCs with confidential messag...

In this paper we discuss a new theoretical basis for perturbation methods. In developing this new theoretical basis, we define the ideal measures of data utility and disclosure risk. Maximum data utility is achieved when the statistical characteristics of the perturbed data are the same as that of the original data. Disclosure risk is minimized if providing users with microdata access does not ...

This is the non-confidential version. Confidential information has been redacted. Redactions are indicated by [  ]. Pay TV statement – Annex 3 – non-confidential version Contents Section Page 1 Introduction 1 2 The use of IRR in profitability analysis 7 3 Have Sky's returns exceeded its cost of capital? 12 4 Why have Sky's returns exceeded its cost of capital? 16 5 Are Sky's returns likely to ...

Personal Health Record (PHR) refers to the internet-based portals or computer-based applications that records patient confidential information in electronic version. The patient’s privacy and security is important in the protection of healthcare privacy. The patients confidential information sent through the public network should be protected and secure. Patient can control who will use his/her...

The spectacular nature of accidents involving aircraft has obliged the aviation industry to introduce a process of confidential reporting to identify situations that may lead to poor work or even an accident. The information so gathered can then be used to reduce the likelihood of such problems occurring. Confidential reporting allows an individual to bring information relevant to safety to the...

1,2 Department of Electronics & Telecommunication, D. N. Patel College of Engineering, Shahada Abstract-In the application of telemedicine, ECG signal without any patient details is sent to the Doctor end. Consequently, confusion is arisen between signal and patient’s identity. To avoid this confusion, it is necessary to combine ECG signals with patient confidential information when sent. In th...

When drawn into other parties' litigation or investigations, journals often receive requests or subpoenas for confidential peer review documents. We describe reasons for such requests and reasons that journals resist producing confidential documents, ways that journals respond, and steps that journals can take to minimize third-party breaches of journals' confidential processes. We discuss lega...