A welcome but unintended consequence of recent state disclosure laws in the U.S. (most notably California SB 1386), has been a continuous stream of privacy breaches reported in the mass media. In this paper, we provide empirical analysis of disclosed breaches for the period of 2005-2006 to better understand what is happening in aggregate (overall patterns and trends) beyond the often sensationa...

A covert method of assessing perception of health in relation to menstruation was applied prospectively to a group of women aged 20 to 40 years. Of the 1386 randomly selected women contacted, 838 (60%) provided information for the full study period of six weeks and 608 of these respondents menstruated during that time. A clear excess of women demonstrated premenstrual deterioration in perceived...

A policy of preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) for suspected bile duct stones was used in 1507 patients considered for laparoscopic cholecystectomy in three district general hospitals. Altogether 306 patients underwent ERC, and bile duct cannulation was achieved in 276 (90%). Bile ducts were cleared by endoscopic sphincterotomy in 128 of 161 patients (79%) with proven duct...

Context. While [O iii] narrow-band imaging is commonly used to measure the size of the narrow-line regions (NLRs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), it can be contaminated by emission from surrounding starbursts. Recently, we have shown that long-slit spectroscopy provides a valuable alternative approach to probe the size in terms of AGN photoionisation. Moreover, several parameters of the NLR c...

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Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have emerged as a promising alternative to lithium-ion (LIBs) owing their high energy density and economic viability. In addition, all-solid-state LSBs, which use solid-state electrolytes, been proposed overcome the polysulfide shuttle effect while improving safety. However, interfacial resistance poor ionic conductivity exhibited by electrode respectively, are s...