Installing a financial service outlet (e.g. automated teller machine (ATM)) is an expensive affair due to the need of dedicated network connectivity. In the existing model, the users are forced to trust a service outlet to be authentic. A spoofed outlet can collect the account information and use it in some way later. In this paper, we propose a new model that would overcome these cost and secu...

Using data on known tobacco outlets throughout NZ, GIS was used to map outlets, deprivation and secondary schools. A total of 5008 tobacco outlets were identified, giving a density of one outlet per 617 people or one outlet per 129 smokers. One-half of secondary schools had an outlet within 500 m. Tobacco outlets were more densely located in areas of higher socioeconomic deprivation. One third ...

A 32-year-old man, without previous medical history, presented with a 2 month history of severe RP involving his right hand, which was exacerbated when he practised his profession of house painter. On examination, his right hand was normal; the right wrist pulse decreased with Wright’s hyperabduction test. General physical examination was otherwise normal. Autoantibody screening tests (RF, ANA)...