Most existing location privacy solutions suffer from being binary privacy or constrained to either identity, temporal, or spatial data. Furthermore, solutions which try to embrace location privacy more generally suffer from being overly complex. This limits the expressiveness and general applicability of such solutions, the consequence being that different location privacy implementations are r...

Aims: Previous comparisons of Octopus and Humphrey threshold programmes have shown differences, particularly for depth of defects. Recent developments have altered the Octopus background illumination. Thus, we sought to determine the subsequent extent of differences in results from commonly used central static programmes using Octopus and Humphrey perimeters. Study Design: Diagnostic accuracy s...

This paper, based upon a case-study of three Indian villages, studies whether households within the same market pay different prices for identical goods. It is found that not only are unit prices for food heterogeneous, but that the poor pay more for the same goods than the rich. This is because liquidity constraints force poorer households to purchase goods in small quantities and consequently...

This paper uses data on actual returns on taxable bonds, tax-exempt bonds, and a small sample of equity mutual funds over the 1962-1998 period to compare two asset location strategies for retirement savers who invest in equities through equity mutual funds. The first strategy, ‘defer stocks first,’ gives priority to holding equity mutual funds in a saver’s tax-deferred account, while the second...

A Sustainability Index for Traditional Agroecosystems (SITA) applied in Yaonáhuac, Puebla, Mexico was built. The index composed of 16 indicators, with which the analysis diversity-resilience, self-management-autonomy, integration, and self-sufficiency carried out. To determine type sustainability, 62 in-depth interviews were to inhabitants municipality Yaonáhuac. results showed that following i...