Verifying the identity of a user, usually referred to as user authentication, before granting access to the services or objects is a very important step in many applications. People pass through some sorts of authentication process in their daily life. For example, to prove having access to the computer the user is required to know a password. Similarly, to be able to activate a mobile phone th...

The term 'Koro' refers to an unfamiliar state of acute anxiety with partial de-personalization leading to the conviction of penile shrinkage and to fears of dissolution. Corresponding female cases have been described, allected women complained of shrinking of the vulval labia and the breasts (Lehmann, 1980). The Koro phenomenon must have spread from China to Indonesia and adjoining lands with C...

Clearly we can solve problems by thinking about them. Sometimes we have the impression that in doing so we use words, at other times diagrams or images. Often we use both. What is going on when we use mental diagrams or images? This question is addressed in relation to the more general multi-pronged question: what are representations, what are they for, how many different types are they, in how...

C ome on, baby. Come on, .little fat girl." "Come on, sweetie. Come here before I slap you down/' "Come on. Mind your manners, young lady. Don't get smart. Put that foot down before I knock the ears off you." It Is 6 in the morning at Barn 22C at Saratoga Raceway. The grooms are in the stalls talking to the horses, shaking out the straw. Spot, the old, subdued dog, sleeps on the dark, raked-ear...

This essay is more a dissertation on "examinology" than on "learning", let alone electrophysiology. The author, Felix Hong, suspects that many modern medical and premedical students work too hard and stay too focused in their studies in response to an information explosion and fierce competition. An alternative approach that is both efficient and effective in coping with this information explos...

Mobile devices have become essential to modern society; however, as their popularity has grown, so has therequirement to ensure devices remain secure. This paper proposes a behaviour-based profiling technique usinga mobile user’s application usage to detect abnormal activities. Through operating transparently to the user,the approach offers significant advantages over traditiona...