Our goal for most of this class is to derive the properties of optimal taxes in di↵erent context. We will define the tax in a flexible way using the mathematical object T (z), where z is the income reported by the agent. The tax T (z) generates the retention function R (z) = z T (z). R (z) measures how much the agent can retain out of total income z. We denote transfers to income z with T (z) s...

Generally, universities have complex and large websites, which include a collection of many sub-sites related to the different parts of universities (e.g. registration unit, faculties, departments). Managers of academic institutions and educational websites need to know types of usability problems that could be found on their websites. This would shed the light on possible weak aspects on their...

Fourteen strains of S. Typhi (n=13) and S. Paratyphi A (n=1) resistant to ciprofloxacin were compared with 30 ciprofloxacin decreased-susceptibility strains on the basis of qnr plasmid analysis, and nucleotide substitutions at gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE. In ciprofloxacin-resistant strains, five S. Typhi and a single S. Paratyphi A showed triple mutations in gyrA (Ser83-->Phe, Asp87-->Asn, Glu133...

Driven by innovations such as mass customisation, complex supply chains, smart cities and emerging cyber-physical and Internet of Things systems, Big Data is presenting a fascinating range of challenges to Analytics. New fields are emerging such as Big Data Analytics and Data Science. Modeling & Simulation (M&S) is core to Analytics. Arguably, contemporary M&S practices cannot deal with the dem...

Thromb Haemost 2009; 101: 419–421 Greater recognition of the value of oral anticoagulation in a widening range of clinical disorders including atrial fibrillation (AF), has led to increasingly heavy demands for oral anticoagulant control worldwide, putting a great strain on the existing facilities in hospitals and community clinics. Anticoagulation to be safe and effective must conform to defin...

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Hemoglobinopathies are among the most common hereditary blood diseases worldwide and are considered a public health problem in some regions. In Brazil, hemoglobin S (Hb S) has a variable frequency between different regions mainly due to the ethnic composition of local populations. Due to the multiethnic characteristics of the Brazilian people, some regions reflect scenarios that allow us to con...

For far too long an end-user’s interaction with an application using cryptography has been ignored. Cryptography needs to be simplified and evolve such that users do not need to know they are even using it. While the required user-input must remain minimal the difficulties related to securing communication must be resolved automatically. Ubiquitous encrypted communication will not occur until t...

This paper is concerned with reusing and sharing behaviours of component Object Oriented Database Systems in a tightly coupled federated multidatabase system environment. In such a federation, users benefit from exploiting the behaviours available in the participating components that are not available in their local systems so they can capitalise on investment made in writing their code. To fac...