Barbier 1,2 , C. André Lévesque 3 and Patrice Rey 2,4* 3 4 Université Européenne de Bretagne, France 1 ; 5 Université de Brest, EA3882 Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie 6 Microbienne, IFR148 ScInBioS, ESMISAB, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, 7 France 2 ; 8 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, 960 9 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON ...

Principal Investigators Jeanne C. Chambers, E. Durant McArthur, Steven B. Monson, Susan E. Meyer, Nancy L. Shaw, and Robin J. Tausch – USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station Robert R. Blank – USDA Agricultural Research Station Steve Bunting – University of Idaho Richard R. Miller – Oregon State University Mike Pellant – USDI Bureau of Land Management Bruce A. Roundy – Brigham Youn...

This paper explains why existing anonymity models such as k-anonymity cannot be applied to the most common form of private data release on the internet, social network APIs. An alternative anonymity model, PP-anonymity, is presented, which measures the posterior probability of an attacker logically deducing previously unknown private information using a social network API. Finally, the feasibil...

BacKground A number of fire danger rating systems, which integrate selected quantifiable factors contributing to fire danger, have been developed to provide numerical indices relating to fire protection needs. it is important to note that fire danger indices have no real physical manifestation – they are just indices. Calculation of fire danger indices generally rely on information relating to ...