Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 19, No. 8, August 2013 1353 compare and locate information. Bacterial pathogens are discussed in separate chapters; viruses and foodborne and waterborne parasitic pathogens are covered in 2 comprehensive chapters. Each chapter includes background information about organism types, tables of published assays, current methods, the use of contro...

MQ—DRBG is a pseudorandom number bit generator proposed for international standardization by the French national organization for Standardization (AFNOR). It makes use of a specific instantiation of a one-way function S : F2 → F 2 based on quadratic multivariate polynomials. We describe two methods for constructing function S, satisfying requirements of the proposed draft, but having less secur...

This study profiles the characteristics and motivations of participants from Luxembourg in national and international formal standardization activities. The study considers both experts and the organizations to which the experts belong. By adopting a qualitative approach, data have been mainly collected through 24 semi-structured interviews with experts and public available register data on the...

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The role of standards is constantly increasing in health services, electronic health records, and eHealth applications. There are many areas of standardization which affect the healthcare work and health information systems. On a national level, the organization of the development and support for standardization should be a key priority. This paper summarizes a national study in Finland which r...

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Standardization organizations in the area of information and telecommunications technology have mushroomed in the last two decades. In addition to new official organizations at the regional level, many private consortiums and forums have been set up that complement and compete with the incumbent national and international organizations. The organizational landscape and the relations between the...

Standardization organizations in the area of information and telecommunications technology have mushroomed in the last two decades. In addition to new official organizations at the regional level, many private consortiums and forums have been set up that complement and compete with the incumbent national and international organizations. The organizational landscape and the relations between the...