Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC) is an active research area in the recent years. The goal is to transform an original dataset X into a protected one X ′, such that X ′ does not reveal any relation between confidential and (quasi-)identifier attributes and such that X ′ can be used to compute reliable statistical information about X. Many specific protection methods have been proposed and an...

We consider analysis of nonlinear systems that can be brought into a state dependent representation known as extended linearization. Under this formulation, conventional linear analysis techniques may be adapted to study the stability, optimality, and robustness properties of nonlinear systems. When subject to system uncertainty, estimating the radius of stability for systems under extended lin...

The oxidation of methane, ethane, propane, and n-butane has been studied over CeO2 and Ce0.8Sm0.2Ox (SDC) catalysts. The rates for methane and ethane were found to be indistinguishable over the two catalysts, while the rates for propane and n-butane were much higher on ceria compared to SDC. The difference between n-butane oxidation over ceria and SDC is shown to result from a low-temperature r...

Abstract Purpose: With the ongoing work on Health Level Seven (HL7) standards and IEEE 11073 Serviceoriented Device Connectivity (SDC) family, demand for open integration of medical devices in operating room (OR) has become clear. Nevertheless, there are very few interoperable available to date. This describes a practical example connecting an intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) device with r...

As described in Chapter 5, there is a plethora of statistical disclosure control (SDC) methods to protect microdata. This chapter provides guidance in choosing a particular SDC method by comparing some of the methods discussed in Chapter 5 on the basis of both information loss and disclosure risk. Information loss can be readily quantified using analytical measures (either generic or data-use-s...

In order to manage the disclosure risk in frequency tables containing population counts, the tables undergo statistical disclosure control (SDC) methods. This results in information loss. We examine quantitative information loss measures for frequency tables and compare them across different SDC methods. We show examples of the information loss measures on real UK 2001 Census tables after they ...

A Black-Box Approach to Dependability Benchmarking of Computer Hardware Examples of silent data corruption (SDC), induced by intermittent faults, are given. Two techniques, based on environmental tests, are used to detect SDC: an operating temperature and voltage test, and an electrostatic discharge test. Systems under evaluation execute a Linpack benchmark, which checks correctness of the calc...

Conference Key Management (CKM) is one of the primary issues in Secure Dynamic Conferencing (SDC). In this paper, we propose a novel CKM scheme for SDC based on the secret sharing principle and the novel concept/introduction of randomised access polynomial. Our scheme is simple, efficient, scalable, practical, dynamic and outperforms existing CKM schemes in overall comparison. Furthermore, if t...

Background and Objectives: Continuity of care between patients their primary providers is associated with improved patient outcomes experience, decreased health costs, provider well-being. Strategies to enhance continuity in residency programs involve electronic record, scheduling, panel management methods. Our study compared physician-patient rates (pre post) for one family medicine residency’...

Abstract This study evaluates examples of hydrothermal dolomitization in the Middle Cambrian Cathedral Formation Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Kilometer-scale dolomite bodies within carbonate platform are composed replacement (RD), with saddle dolomite-cemented (SDC) breccias occurring along faults. These overlain by Stephen (Burgess Shale equivalent) shale. RD is crosscut low-amplitude s...