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La politique européenne d’aide au développement
Authors: Mayaudon Pierre
Published: August 2022

L’aide au développement est sans doute l’une des formes les plus anciennes d’action extérieure de l’Union européenne. Elle n’est pas pour autant la plus visible. Son rang, le premier au monde, la diversité de ses modalités, son vaste champ d’intervention, son impact sur les bénéficiaires, justifieraient une meilleure connaissance et reconnaissance à l’égard tant de l’Union que de ses États membres qui participent à cette entreprise collective. C’est sans doute qu’elle est parfois sur le terrain aussi difficile à identifier que d’autres interventions de l’UE et qu’elle se heurte à divers obstacles, corruption en tête, qui questionnent son efficacité. Il reste qu’associée à d’autres politiques de l’UE, dans le domaine humanitaire notamment, commercial aussi, l’aide au développement constitue l’un des facteurs d’influence les plus tangibles de l’action extérieure de l’UE.
De la légitimité de la justice européenne et de la primauté du droit de l’Union : l’exemple concret du temps de travail des militaires
Authors: Millet François-Xavier
Published: August 2022

Longtemps méconnue, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne fait désormais l’objet de l’attention médiatique. Sa décision récente relatif au temps de travail des militaires a notamment fait l’objet de critiques véhémentes allant jusqu’à suggérer de ne pas l’appliquer. Pourtant, cette décision est un bien mauvais exemple d’activisme de la part de la Cour de justice. Si l’identité constitutionnelle de la France doit pouvoir s’imposer au droit de l’Union, ce n’est que lorsque celle-ci est réellement en jeu et que l’argument est utilisé à bon escient.
Un avenir pour l’idée de progrès
Authors: Cazanave Gilles , Korb Robert
Published: August 2022

Venue en Occident par l’histoire de la philosophie, l’idée de progrès bégaierait-elle, que la réalité des transformations de l’histoire s’imposerait, sociétales comme technique et scientifique. Il est plusieurs acceptions du futur désirable, il n’est qu’un sens au progrès, celui de la personne humaine. La société de progrès est celle du vivre mieux, de l’envie de vivre, qui se révèle devoir être une société des droits de l’homme et de la démocratie ; c’est une société tirée de celle de la connaissance, soit de l’éducation et de la culture, de la formation et de la recherche. Mieux appréhender des acceptions raisonnables du progrès. Cela est su de longue date, le développement durable ne se résume pas à la croissance de la production des biens et services. Le développement durable a été l’objet dès les années 1990 à l’ONU de l’indice du développement humain, et plus récemment à l’OCDE d’un ensemble de 80 ratios et d’enquêtes, ce qui est beaucoup. Une meilleure combinaison de ces outils, dont ceux français, sera opportune, comme leur présentation au Parlement. « L’état annuel de la France » doit, comme en Allemagne, être éclairé par son progrès. Un meilleur emploi de la notion de progrès. Question de méthode, pour que la démarche de progrès soit d’un cout marginal très faible, et aisément fléchable. Une articulation est à concevoir entre les évaluations de politiques publiques et celles du progrès. Le rôle cadre des collectivités locales, incubateurs territoriaux ; la place des entreprises nationales, notamment industrielles, vecteurs du progrès technique et social : les intervenants publics méritent chacun attention, parmi lesquels les grands opérateurs de l’État. Une approche par le progrès (mesurable chez le bénéficiaire de la politique publique) peut décider des contrats d’objectif et de performance conclus avec eux. Il est les situations plus nombreuses, sans lien avec un service public, où la quête d’un progrès technique, par l’ingénieur, par le dirigeant s’il lui est distinct, se lira en comptabilité, avec l’accroissement du résultat, sa distribution aux actionnaires, peut-être l’abaissement du prix de vente, voire l’augmentation des salaires. Les bénéfices du progrès. Une antienne connue, mais qui ici vivra mieux ? un choix à opérer. L’idée de progrès est neutre.
Combattre les déraisons modernes
Authors: Simon-Nahum Perrine
Published: August 2022

Les « déraisons modernes », qu’il s’agisse des pensées effondristes ou des théories différentialistes, en critiquant la notion de progrès nous ont aujourd’hui exclus de l’histoire. Il s’agit de s’y opposer pour reprendre pied dans nos existences en refondant une philosophie de la relation.
La santé démographique de la France : en progrès ou en recul ?
Authors: Dumont Gérard-François
Published: August 2022

L’évolution de la population de la France n’a jamais été un phénomène linéaire compte tenu de la multiplicité des facteurs géopolitiques, politiques, économiques, comportementaux qui s’exercent. En démographie, il convient de prendre en compte la longue durée entre les générations de parents et d’enfants et du renouvellement des populations. Aussi un rappel historique est d’abord nécessaire pour répondre à la question de savoir où en est la santé démographique de la France.
La peur – fin des Lumières ?
Authors: Delsol Chantal
Published: August 2022

Notre époque – la post-modernité, est marquée par un sentiment de régression et par une peur latente. Notre vision du temps cesse d’être celle du temps fléché pour redevenir celle du temps cyclique – ce qui nous promet des apocalypses. Et pourtant, l’idée du Progrès est toujours vivace à travers le post-humanisme et la mondialisation.
Le wokisme ou le progressisme devenu fou
Authors: Tavoillot Pierre-Henri
Published: August 2022

Le wokisme est un objet idéologique encore mal identifié. Pour ses partisans, il est une pure invention des réactionnaires. Pour ses adversaires, il est une théorie fumeuse, mais de plus en plus prégnante, notamment à l’Université. Il s’agit en fait d’un cortège de théories sur l’identité, le genre ou la race, dont le principe est de dévoiler et de dénoncer les dominations masquées. Car tout est domination ! Tout, sans exception, se réduit à un rapport entre oppresseur et opprimé, coupable et victime. Ne pas le voir, c’est être endormi (et donc complice) ; en prendre conscience, c’est être éveillé (woke) ; et être éveillé ne peut que conduire à exiger la suppression (cancel) de tout ce qui favorise cette oppression : le passé (qui doit être expurgé), la langue (qui doit être inclusive), l’éducation (qui doit être reprogrammée), les relations femme/homme (qui doivent être déconstruites)… On le voit : le wokisme est une théorie qui très vite passe à la pratique.
Notre civilisation est-elle épuisée ?
Authors: Babeau Olivier
Published: August 2022

Soutenir que nous connaissons une forme de déclin vous range dans le camp des pessimistes et de ce que les jeunes appellent avec mépris sur les réseaux sociaux des « boomers ». Il est exact que toute évolution est trop souvent assimilée à une dégradation et il ne faut hasarder ce diagnostic qu’avec précaution. Cependant il existe des signes objectifs de ces valeurs perdues qui n’ont plus désormais droit de cité et que nous pouvons à bon droit regretter. La fin de la figure du héros et la perte du sens du beau en font partie. Ils témoignent d’une forme d’épuisement civilisationnel.
De nouvelles stratégies de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur : l’heure des changements a-t-elle enfin sonné ?
Authors: Abécassis Alain
Published: August 2022

Pour s’inscrire durablement dans le paysage, les structures et les outils liés aux politiques nouvelles de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur ont besoin que leur cohérence, leurs complémentarités, leurs synergies comme leur diversité montrent clairement que sont désormais surmontés la complexité, l’enchevêtrement et les cloisonnements qui ont trop longtemps caractérisé l’organisation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur en France. De nombreux signaux, plusieurs initiatives dessinent, appréhendés ensemble, une transformation en profondeur de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur qui place les universités, la science, l’intégrité scientifique, l’éthique du chercheur, le doctorat, au cœur de l’organisation du dispositif français de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur et de la définition de ses stratégies. C’est sans doute une des dimensions de la mondialisation dont le monde académique a pris conscience plus tôt que les décideurs économiques, administratifs et politiques. Cette nouvelle politique de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur est accompagnée par la création d’outils et de structures dont la multiplicité, la diversité, l’articulation et la simultanéité, plus encore que leur consécration institutionnelle hésitante et sporadique, sont sans doute le signe qu’il ne s’agit plus seulement de la création de structures en imitation artificielle de modèles d’autres pays, mais d’une appropriation de ces outils pour les adapter et les intégrer à un système français en profonde transformation.
W. E. B. Du Bois, « Les âmes du peuple blanc » (1920)
Authors: Martin-Breteau Nicolas
Published: August 2022

Publié en 1920, après une dizaine d’années de reformulations, « Les âmes du peuple blanc » est l›un des plus remarquable texte de W. E. B. Du Bois, approfondissant les analyses qui l›avaient rendu célèbre avec Les âmes du peuple noir (1903). Dans une langue incisive et insurgée, Du Bois propose une explication lumineuse de son époque. Interprétation historique de l’impérialisme colonial et de la Première Guerre mondiale, proposition politique en faveur de la fierté noire et du panafricanisme, théorisation épistémologique de la clairvoyance minoritaire et de la blanchité. « Les âmes du peuple blanc » est un texte qui dissèque de façon radicale la suprématie blanche comme régime de pouvoir fondé la race.
La sidérurgie en transition
Authors: Büttner Anna Luise , Delville Laure Lavigne , de Rivas Lucie
Published: August 2022

Le fonds européen pour une transition juste accompagne les régions industrielles vers la neutralité carbone. Un outil inédit, qui exige de repenser les logiques des firmes d’industrie lourde en dépit de leur lobbying. Étude de cas de la sidérurgie française.
Les étudiants sonnent l’alarme
Authors: Halgand Benoit
Published: August 2022

Au nom de l’urgence écologique, nombre de jeunes diplômés refusent aujourd’hui de travailler pour les entreprises trop peu ambitieuses. Le témoignage d’un polytechnicien.
Shipping Information Modeling (SIM): bridging the gap between academia and industry
Authors: Wang Shuaian
Published: August 2022

On one hand, the academia has conducted a considerable amount of research on shipping operations but there are not many matches between academia and industry: little academic research is applied to the industry; on the other hand, shipping companies are in urgent need of decision support tools that can generate informed decisions to lower cost, improve profitability, and reduce environmental footprint. We propose that Shipping Information Modeling (SIM) systems will be able to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Adaptive group testing in a compartmental model of COVID-19*
Authors: Tekeli Tamás , Dénes Attila , Röst Gergely
Published: August 2022

Various measures have been implemented around the world to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2. A potential tool to reduce disease transmission is regular mass testing of a high percentage of the population, possibly with pooling (testing a compound of several samples with one single test). We develop a compartmental model to study the applicability of this method and compare different pooling strategies: regular and Dorfman pooling. The model includes isolated compartments as well, from where individuals rejoin the active population after some time delay. We develop a method to optimize Dorfman pooling depending on disease prevalence and establish an adaptive strategy to select variable pool sizes during the course of the epidemic. It is shown that optimizing the pool size can avert a significant number of infections. The adaptive strategy is much more efficient, and may prevent an epidemic outbreak even in situations when a fixed pool size strategy can not.
Cyber Threats in the Healthcare Sector and Countermeasures
Authors: Ahmed Muhammad Mashhood , Maglaras Leandros , Ferrag Mohamed Amine
Published: August 2022

Healthcare is one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals. The healthcare sector is far behind in cybersecurity as compared to other organizations. The vulnerabilities in the system open the door for cybercriminals to exploit it and get unauthorized access into the system or network to do a malicious activity. Healthcare should have to take cyber threats seriously and follow a security framework that detects and mitigates cyber threats. This chapter presents all cyber threat actors that exist in the healthcare sector, common cyber-attacks that can be launched against all actors, and real incidents that took place during the past years. Based on these, the authors propose in a tabular form a set of recommendations that can be used as countermeasures against any type of attack.
Cyber Security in Health
Authors: Santos Bruno J. , Tabacow Rachel P. , Barboza Marcelo , Leão Tarcisio F. , Bock Eduardo G. P.
Published: August 2022

Cyber security in Healthcare is a growing concern. Since it has been a proliferation of IoT devices, data breaches from the healthcare industry are increasing the concern about how cyber security can protect data from connected medical devices. Recent years have seen numerous hacking and IT security incidents. Many healthcare organizations are facing problems to defend their networks from cybercriminals. In the current digital era, the physical world has a cyber-representation. Both the real and virtual worlds are connected in areas, such as informatics and manufacturing. Health 4.0 (H4.0) refers to a group of initiatives aiming to improve medical care for patients, hospitals, researchers, and medical device suppliers. Increasing collaboration in terms of medical equipment, artificial organs, and biosensors is a way to facilitate H4.0. As a result, cyber security budgets have increased, new technology has been purchased, and healthcare organizations are improving at blocking attacks and keeping their networks secure.
Personalized Mobile eHealth Services for Secure User Access Through a Multi Feature Biometric Framework
Authors: Manikis Georgios C. , Spanakis Marios , Spanakis Emmanouil G.
Published: August 2022

Humans have various features that differentiates one person from another which can be used to identify an individual for security purposes. These biometrics can authenticate or verify a person's identity and can be sorted in two classes, physiological and behavioural. In this article, the authors present their results of experimentation on publicly available facial images and the efficiency of a prototype version of SpeechXRays, a multi-modal biometric system that uses audio-visual characteristics for user authentication in eHealth platforms. Using the privacy and security mechanism provided, based on audio and video biometrics, medical personnel are able to be verified and subsequently identified for two different eHealth applications. These verified persons are then able to access control, identification, workforce management or patient record storage. In this work, the authors argue how a biometric identification system can greatly benefit healthcare, due to the increased accuracy of identification procedures.
Role of Wearable Technology and Fitness Apps in Obesity and Diabetes
Authors: Sherwani Shariq I. , Bates Benjamin R.
Published: August 2022

Rapid economic growth, industrialization, mechanization, sedentary lifestyle, high calorie diets, and processed foods have led to increased incidence of obesity in the United States of America. Prominently affected by the obesity epidemic are the most vulnerable such as the rural poor and those who have less access to nutritious and healthy foods due to barriers such as socioeconomic, infrastructural, and organizational. Wearable technology (WT) and health fitness applications (apps) have the potential to address some of the health disparities associated with obesity. Monitoring health parameters through WT and Apps using remote sensing technology generates personal health data which can be captured, analyzed, and shared with healthcare providers and others in social support network. Because captured data include protected health information, and breaches can occur, the concerns about health data privacy, personal ownership, and portability are addressed in this chapter.
A Lightweight Three-Factor Anonymous Authentication Scheme With Privacy Protection for Personalized Healthcare Applications
Authors: Shuai Mengxia , Yu Nenghai , Wang Hongxia , Xiong Ling , Li Yue
Published: August 2022

Security and privacy issues in wireless medical sensor networks (WMSNs) have attracted lots of attention in both academia and industry due to the sensitiveness of medical system. In the past decade, extensive research has been carried out on these security issues, but no single study exists that addresses them adequately, especially for some important security properties, such as user anonymity and forward secrecy. As a step towards this direction, in this paper, the authors propose a lightweight three-factor anonymous authentication scheme with forward secrecy for personalized healthcare applications using only the lightweight cryptographic primitives. The proposed scheme adopts pseudonym identity technique to protect users' real identities and employs one-way hash chain technique to ensure forward secrecy. Analysis and comparison results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can not only reduce execution time by 34% as compared with the most effective related schemes, but also achieve more security and functional features.
Multiple Blind Watermarking Framework for Security and Integrity of Medical Images in E-Health Applications
Authors: Soualmi Abdallah , Alti Adel , Laouamer Lamri
Published: August 2022

Nowadays, e-health applications carry the most advanced information and communication technologies for ensuring quality, remote healthcare services, and support diagnostics. These applications are sharing and transmitting of medical data over the internet, which makes them serious targets for alteration and illegal access. Image watermarking presents a compelling solution for protecting patient's information and ensures medical image integrity. This paper gives a new secure framework to protect medical data based on blind multiple watermarking schemes. The proposed approach consists of combining LWT (lifting wavelet transform), QR decomposition, and Arnold chaotic map in transform domain for the first watermark, while for the second watermark is encrusted in the spatial domain. During the de-watermarking process, both extracted watermarks are compared to detect any alterations during transmitting. The experimentation results demonstrate that the suggested method achieves good image fidelity and alters detection and robustness contra different kinds of attacks.
Healthcare Information Security in the Cyber World
Authors: Coats Brian S. , Acharya Subrata
Published: August 2022

Integrity, efficiency, and accessibility in healthcare aren't new issues, but it has been only in recent years that they have gained significant traction with the US government passing a number of laws to greatly enhance the exchange of medical information amidst all relevant stakeholders. While many plans have been created, guidelines formed, and national strategies forged, there are still significant gaps in how actual technology will be applied to achieve these goals. A holistic approach with adequate input and support from all vital partakers is key to appropriate problem modeling and accurate solution determination. To this effect, this research presents a cognitive science-based solution by addressing comprehensive compliance implementation as mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the certified Electronic Health Record standard, and the federal Meaningful Use program. Using the developed standardized frameworks, an all-inclusive technological solution is presented to provide accessibility, efficiency, and integrity of healthcare information security systems.
Applicability of WSN and Biometric Models in the Field of Healthcare
Authors: Sharma Nikhil , Kaushik Ila , Bhushan Bharat , Gautam Siddharth , Khamparia Aditya
Published: August 2022

Health is considered as the most important ingredient in human life. Health is wealth is the most frequent used proverb. A healthy person can perform its entire task with full enthusiasm and great energy and can solve all problems as mind is a powerful weapon, which controls all our functioning. But now due to change in our lifestyles, we are becoming prone to all kinds of health hazards. Due to unhealthy mind, we are not able to perform any tasks. Humans are becoming victims of many diseases and one of the most common reason for our degradation in health is stress. In this chapter, the authors present role of WSN and biometric models such as two factor remote authentication, verifying fingerprint operations for enhancing security, privacy preserving in healthcare, healthcare data by cloud technology with biometric application, and validation built hybrid trust computing perspective for confirmation of contributor profiles in online healthcare data. A comparison table is formulated listing all the advantages and disadvantages of various biometric-based models used in healthcare.
Quantum Security for IoT to Secure Healthcare Applications and Their Data
Authors: Kumar Binod , Prasad Sheetal B. , Pal Parashu Ram , Pathak Pankaj
Published: August 2022

Quantum computation has the ability to revolutionize the treatment of patients. Quantum computing can help to detect diseases by identifying and forecasting malfunctions. But there's a threat associated here (i.e., healthcare data among the most popular cybercriminal targets, IoT devices notoriously lacking in effective safeguards, and quantum computers on the brink of an encryption/decryption breakthrough). Health agencies need a security prognosis and treatment plan as soon as possible. Healthcare companies recently worry more about the quantum security threats. The biggest threat of healthcare data breaches has come in the form of identity theft. There should be a strong mechanism to combat the security gaps in existing healthcare industry. If the healthcare data are available on the network, an attacker may try to modify, intercept, or even view this data stream. With the use of quantum security, the quantum state of these photons changes alert the security pros that someone is trying to breach the link.
A New Perspective on the Swiss Cheese Model Applied to Understanding the Anatomy of Healthcare Data Breaches
Authors: Kamoun Faouzi , Nicho Mathew
Published: August 2022

The healthcare industry has been lagging behind other industries in protecting its vital data. Over the past few years, researchers and practitioners have been trying to gain a better understanding of the anatomy of healthcare data breaches. In this chapter, the authors show how Reason's swiss cheese model (SCM) provides a powerful analytic model to explain the human, technical, and organizational factors of healthcare data breaches. They also show how the SCM brings forwards the latent conditions of healthcare data breach incidents that have often been overlooked in previous studies. Based on an extensive literature review and an analysis of reported breaches from credible sources, the authors provide an explanation of the cheese layers and the associated holes. Since the SCM endorses the “defenses in depth” approach, it can assist healthcare organizations and business associates in developing a comprehensive and systematic approach to prevent and mitigate data breach incidents.
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Authors: Burrell Darrell Norman , Aridi Amalisha Sabie , McLester Quatavia , Shufutinsky Anton , Nobles Calvin , Dawson Maurice , Muller S. Raschid
Published: August 2022

A Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology facility reported in February 2019 that they lost data because of a ransomware attack. In November 2017, 107,000 healthcare records were exposed from data breaches, and 340,000 records were exposed in December 2017. In 2019, 23,000 patient records at Critical Care, Pulmonary & Sleep Associates were compromised when a hacker gained access to an employee's email account and sent out phishing emails to the other employees, eventually exposing the patient data. On January 11, 2018, Adams Memorial Hospital and Hancock Regional Hospital, both in Indiana, experienced independent ransomware attacks, with Hancock Regional Hospital paying $50,000 in ransom. These incidents point to significant and complex cybersecurity risks for all healthcare organizations. Effectively managing these risks requires healthcare managers to develop system thinking and adaptive leadership skills. This paper explores the nuances and complexities around systems thinking in the healthcare cybersecurity environment.
Adopting Organizational Cultural Changes Concerning Whistle-Blowing in Healthcare Around Information Security in the “Internet of Things” World
Authors: Burrell Darrell Norman , Bhargava Nimisha , Springs Delores , Dawson Maurice , Burton Sharon L. , Anderson Damon P. , Wright Jorja B.
Published: August 2022

Medical labs, hospitals, doctor's offices, and medical devices face significant cyber risks. The insecurity of medical devices, including imaging hardware, threatens patient safety. Health organizations are rich with valuable data as well as weak with information security expertise, protocols, and infrastructure. It is critical for more health organizations to focus creating organizational cultures with processes that offer all employees to fully understand the nature of information security risks and have the ability to be active participants in the minimization and reporting of observable risks. This article will lay a foundation to establish techniques and practices for open door policies.
Opinions on Cyber Security, Electronic Health Records, and Medical Confidentiality
Authors: Adeleke Ibrahim Taiwo , Abdul Qudrotullaah Bolanle Suleiman
Published: August 2022

IoMT has helped to improve health safety and care of billions of people and at least, health-related parameters can now be monitored from home in real time. This chapter deployed a cross-sectional design to determine perceptions of Nigerian healthcare providers toward medical confidentiality and cyber security in the wake of electronic health records and IoMT. Participants' opinions on the workings of EHRs in Nigeria include: security of health records (79.4%); aiding effective healthcare data backup (88.2%); enhancement of medical confidentiality (89.2%); speeding up documentation process (93.1%); and that EHRs will generally bring about positive changes in the country healthcare system. Nearly a third (31.4%) of participants have heard about audit trail, which they admitted (43.1%) have the capabilities to facilitate effective medical confidentiality. Healthcare providers in Nigeria have some concerns over security of patient health information on the Cloud, but are hopeful of the workability of IoMT for its promises to improve healthcare quality.
Blockchain for Healthcare and Medical Systems
Authors: Kaddoura Sanaa , Grati Rima
Published: August 2022

Blockchain is one of the trendy technologies in the current era. All industries are merging blockchain with their production line to benefit from its features such as security and decentralized data. One of the main problems in the healthcare system is the lack of interoperability (i.e., data should be patient-centered and not institution-centered). Healthcare information systems, in the current state, cannot communicate. Each organization works within its boundaries and owns its data. To make this shift, many challenges should be solved such as data privacy, standards, scalability, and others. Blockchain can solve these problems by giving the patients control over their data; therefore, they can share it with any institution for a time period. It is expected that blockchain will improve healthcare data management. In this chapter, the authors study the opportunity of blockchain to leverage biomedical and healthcare applications and research. Blockchain also contributes to the medication manufacturing area.
Security and Privacy for Electronic Healthcare Records Using AI in Blockchain
Authors: Selvanambi Ramani , Bhutani Samarth , Veauli Komal
Published: August 2022

In yesteryears, the healthcare data related to each patient was limited. It was stored and controlled by the hospital authorities and was seldom regulated. With the increase in awareness and technology, the amount of medical data per person has increased exponentially. All this data is essential for the correct diagnosis of the patient. The patients also want access to their data to seek medical advice from different doctors. This raises several challenges like security, privacy, data regulation, etc. As health-related data are privacy-sensitive, the increase in data stored increases the risk of data exposure. Data availability and privacy are essential in healthcare. The availability of correct information is critical for the treatment of the patient. Information not easily accessed by the patients also complicates seeking medical advice from different hospitals. However, if data is easily accessible to everyone, it makes privacy and security difficult. Blockchains to store and secure data will not only ensure data privacy but will also provide a common method of data regulation.
Provably Secure Data Sharing Approach for Personal Health Records in Cloud Storage Using Session Password, Data Access Key, and Circular Interpolation
Authors: John Naveen , Sam Shatheesh
Published: August 2022

Personal health record (PHR) system has become the most important platform to exchange health information, in which the patients can share and manage personal health information more effectively in cloud storage. However, the cloud server is unreliable, and the secure data of users may be disclosed. Therefore, a secure data sharing mechanism is developed in this research using the proposed session password, data access key, and circular interpolation (SKC)-based data-sharing approach for the secure sharing of PHR in the cloud. The proposed SKC-based data sharing approach provides high efficiency and high-security guarantee. It effectively satisfies various security properties, such as tamper resistance, openness, and decentralization. The proposed SKC-based data sharing approach is the reliable mechanism created for the doctors to share the PHR and to access the patient historical data while meeting the privacy preservation.
Risk Reduction Privacy Preserving Approach for Accessing Electronic Health Records
Authors: Saxena V. K. , Pushkar Shashank
Published: August 2022

In the healthcare field, preserving privacy of the patient's electronic health records has been an elementary issue. Numerous techniques have been emerged to maintain privacy of the susceptible information. Acting as a first line of defence against illegal access, traditional access control schemes fall short of defending against misbehaviour of the already genuine and authoritative users: a risk that can harbour overwhelming consequences upon probable data release or leak. This paper introduces a novel risk reduction strategy for the healthcare domain so that the risk related with an access request is evaluated against the privacy preferences of the patient who is undergoing for the medical procedure. The proposed strategy decides the set of data objects that can be safely uncovered to the healthcare service provider such that unreasonably repeated tests and measures can be avoided and the privacy preferences of the patient are preserved.
Cybercrime and Private Health Data
Authors: Pitoglou Stavros , Giannouli Dimitra , Costarides Vassilia , Androutsou Thelma , Anastasiou Athanasios
Published: August 2022

As the adoption of electronic health records has reached unprecedented levels and continues to rise rapidly, the issue of criminal activity related with unauthorized patient data acquisition, black market distribution, and illegal exploitation/use becomes increasingly important. This article will provide a historical review of recorded data breaches that resulted in extensive patient data leaks as well as subsequent efforts of monetization via black market structures that utilize the anonymity and counter-tracking environment that the dark/deep web and cryptocurrency provide. It will also focus on the methods and tools used by the villains, the types of vulnerabilities that can result in a successful attack, as well as latest developments and future trends in the field of scientific, technical, and legal/regulatory countermeasures that can be employed in order to prevent sensitive health data from falling into the wrong hands.
Electronic Healthcare Records
Authors: Bhardwaj Aashish , Kumar Vikas
Published: August 2022

Patient data is very valuable and must be protected from misuse by the third parties. Also, the rights of patient like privacy, confidentiality of medical information, information about possible risks of medical treatment, to consent or refuse a treatment are very much important. Individuals should have the right to access their health records and get these deleted from hospital records after completing the treatment. Traditional ways of keeping paper-based health records are being replaced by electronic health records as they increase portability and accessibility to medical records. Governments and hospitals across the world and putting huge efforts to implement the electronic health records. The present work explores the different aspects of health privacy and health records. Most important stakeholders, technological and legal aspects have been presented from both the Indian and international perspectives. A comparative analysis has been presented for the available EHR standards with a focus on their roles and implementation challenges.
Structural Domination and Quest for Jewish Identity
Authors: Gupta Diksha
Published: August 2022

The most distinct outcome of structural domination can be examined through the major historical event of the Holocaust that took place against the Jews. Imre Kertesz was a historical writer who diligently chronicled the injustice and discrimination against Jewish women in his works to highlight the barbarity that they have encountered. The study gives a poignant depiction of the deplorable condition of the women characters, who struggled and quested for their Jewish identity, equality, and liberty. Kertesz's Fateless and Kaddish for an Unborn Child depict marginalization, discrimination, and victimization of the Jewish women. Hence, the chapter will discuss the texts of Imre Kertesz from the theoretical perspectives of trauma in order to understand the indelible scars and other traumatic disorders of women characters. Along with this, the major concern of the study is to depict the dispossessedness of voice of Jewish women in particular, as a result of which they are at a loss to articulate the recurrence of discrimination, injustice, and oppression they witness.
Gender and Sexuality in Toni Morrison's Home
Authors: Ahanthem Anita Devi
Published: August 2022

Before venturing into the term “gender,” the biological differentiation of male and female as “sex” is inevitable. Moreover, if “sex” is a biological categorization based primarily on reproductive potential, then “gender” is the social elaboration of biological sex. Hence, gender gradually builds on biological sex, but it exaggerates biological difference, and it carries biological difference into domains in which it is completely irrelevant. For reference, in a heterosexual society, “masculine men” are seen as sexually dominant, active, and initiating whereas “feminine women” are sexually passive, receptive, and submissive. In this chapter, the author has taken up Toni Morrison's novel Home in order to discuss the dynamics of “gender” and “sexuality” based on “race,” as it gives false perception of self, identity, and trauma. It will also analyze how women of any race are always the victims of violence associated with male sexuality.
Recognizing Contemporary Tribal Women's Writings
Authors: T. Raam Kumar , B. Padmanabhan
Published: August 2022

Northeast India is known for its diverse ethnic traits, natural landscapes, and regional and political conflicts. These factors were brought to light through diverse literary narratives. Women's contribution to English writing plays a prominent role in protecting the complex multi-ethnic and multi-cultural issues of their regions and captures the multicoloured historical and collective spaces. Their writing primarily focuses on the issues of nature, landscape, culture, oppression, conflict, turmoil, insurgency, and identity. Women's writings from these regions have attained visibility and acclaim across the nation. They are deeply concerned about the brutal violence happening in their society, which acts as a barrier to achieving progress. This chapter attempts to analyse the select contemporary tribal women's writings and their unique contribution to the betterment of their native land. This study also explores the struggle of indigenous identity and psychosocial experiences undergone by tribal communities of Northeast India through select tribal writers in English.
Table, Chair, and the Persistent Patriarchy
Authors: Bhalla Kanika
Published: August 2022

The chapter deals with the short story “Going by Tables and Chairs,” which is in fact an excerpt from the long essay “Meju Kurchiya Moolaka,” translated into English by Prakash Belawadi. The essay written by Vaidehi, one of the most significant names in Kannada literature, is a mixture of the writing styles of a short story and an essay. It deals with the gender politics revolving around the most common of the objects in our lives today: a table and a chair. The chapter attempts to analyze the operation of patriarchal norms in most Indian households; it also provides an insight into the minds of elder women, who with time have learned to discipline the younger women and girls into obedience and submission to men.
Effects of Gamification on Learning Outcomes, Satisfaction, Engagement, and Motivation in Virtual Learning Environments Between 2020 and 2022
Authors: Zhang Kexin , Yu Zhonggen
Published: August 2022

The most popular media of content delivery in online learning and education in the post-pandemic time has been learning management systems (LMS) or virtual learning environments (VLEs). Since few studies comprehensively presented the impact of gamification in the VLEs/LMS (GVLEs/GLMS) on learning outcomes, satisfaction, engagement, and motivation, this review aims to identify the effects of gamification in the contexts of VLEs/LMS. The authors adopted a systematic review method based on the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P). The results showed that the GLMS had positive influences on learning motivation, engagement, and satisfaction while it did not necessarily improve learning outcomes due to various factors. Implications and suggestions were given to researchers, developers, educators, and institutions based on the findings.
Study on Optical Properties of Cu-MOF Nano Metal Oxide Composites
Authors: Challa Maalathi , Ambika M.R. , Usharani S.R. , Yallur Basappa C. , Adimule Vinayak
Published: August 2022

A copper metal organic frame work (MOF) is synthesized by taking equimolar terephthalic acid and copper nitrate and its MOF /nanocomposite are fabricated with silver oxide and reduced graphene oxide nanocompounds. It is characterized by XRD, UV-Vis spectroscopy and FTIR. The band gap of the MOF/ nanocomposites is reduced when compare to individuals. This reduction of band gap is due to a slight change in their individual band gaps or lattice distortion hybridization leads to shifting of the energy level.
Modified Auto-Combustion Synthesis of Mesoporous TiO2-NiO Nanosheets for Selective Adsorption and Photodegradation of Alizarin Yellow Dye under Direct Sunlight and Reaction Kinetic Study
Authors: Padmavathy N. , Narasimhamurthy B. , Manjunatha M. , Hemakumar K.H.
Published: August 2022

The application of a photocatalyst with effective adsorption capacity and higher photocatalytic activity under direct sunlight for the treatment of industrial effluent contaminated with dyes has received increased attention. In this work, mesoporous TiO2-NiO nanosheets were synthesized by a modified auto-combustion technique followed by thermal post-treatment at 400°C. The XRD pattern for modified auto-combusted resulting TiO2 (sc) and TiO2-NiO (sc) [5wt%NiO] nanosheets comprised of mixed-phase anatase and rutile for TiO2 and cubic for NiO. The result of SEM demonstrated that the morphology of TiO2 is a sheet and TiO2-NiO is a rod-like structure. UV-vis spectroscopy results imply that the bandgap of TiO2 and TiO2-NiO mixed phase is 3.1eV and 2.7eV. N2 sorption (BET) showed a mesoporous structure and interpret specific surface areas of 19.528m2/g and 63.215 m²/g. Adsorption of the dye on the solid catalyst is inexpensive and efficient but disposing of the adsorbed dye is challenging. Among various dye removal techniques, photocatalytic degradation under direct sunlight is significant, cost-effective, and sustainable. Photocatalytic experiments using alizarin yellow as a model pollutant showed that the degradation percentage of AY was 93.54% in 120min for 100mg of TiO2(sc) and 97% in 90min for 60mg of TiO2-NiO(sc). Degradation of AY using TiO2(sc) and TiO2-NiO(sc) follows a pseudo-first-order reaction, whereas adsorption of AY on TiO2-NiO(sc) follows the second-order kinetics, fits well in the Freundlich Isotherm model. Therefore, nanosized mesoporous TiO2-NiO(sc) nanosheets with a p-n junction are considered efficient photocatalysts under direct sunlight due to narrowing down in bandgap, larger surface, and mixed-phase.
Single Point Incremental Forming as a Cost-Effective Sheet Forming Process for Small Batch Production
Authors: Kosimov Nodirbek , Bhandari Krishna Singh , Li Si Jia , Chen Wen Ning , Jung Dong Won
Published: August 2022

Recently, developing flexible and economical sheet forming processes and technologies is very important. Incremental forming is one of the promising sheet forming processes and it can be valid for these purposes. Especially, single-point incremental forming (SPIF) becomes popular because of its low expenses and rapidly adaption to customers’ needs. In this study, first a brief overview of SPIF will be given and then, outcome of implementing this sheet forming process with minimum costs will be presented. During the study, tool path for forming process is generated using free student version of CAD/CAM software package and low-cost CNC machine used to forming sheet workpiece. Aluminum AA3003 is used as material and combination of oil with grease used as a lubrication for experiments. The result indicated that SPIF is cost-effective process for small batch and prototype production.
The Effect of Technological Damage on the Properties and Reliability of Construction Materials and Structures
Authors: Dorofeev Vitaliy , Myronenko Igor , Pushkar Natalya
Published: August 2022

The effect of the quantitative and qualitative composition of mixed binders on the physical and mechanical properties of cement compositions has been experimentally established. A cement stone with a different amount and dispersion of mineral fillers was considered. The research results showed that the plastic strength of the hardening system depends on its initial composition. The defects embedded in the material during its technological processing into the product determine the local stress-strain state of the structure, the nature of cracking and the fracture surface. The effect of technological damage on the mechanical characteristics and the nature of cracking of cement compositions are shown. The possibility of reducing the material consumption of construction materials by 15-21 wt.% due to the use of fillers that are optimal in appearance and quality composition has been proved.
Optical Graphene for Biosensor Application: A Review
Authors: Pai Maya , Batakurki Sheetal , Adimule Vinayak , Yallur Basappa C.
Published: August 2022

One of the most often credited materials for opening up new possibilities in the creation of next-generation biosensors is graphene oxide (GO). GO has good water dispersibility, biocompatibility, and high affinity for specific biomolecules due to the coexistence of hydrophobic domains from pristine graphite structure and hydrophilic oxygen containing functional groups, as well as properties of graphene itself that are partly dependent on preparation methods. The high signal output and a strong potential for rapid industrial growth rate, graphene-based materials, such as graphene oxide (GO), are receiving substantial interest in bio sensing applications. Some of graphene's most enticing qualities are its superior conductivity and mechanical capabilities (such as toughness and elasticity), as well as its high reactivity to chemical compounds. The existence of waves on the surface (natural or created) is another property/variable that has immense potential if properly utilized. Single cell detection can be performed by optical biosensors based on graphene. The present state of knowledge about the use of graphene for bio sensing is reviewed in this article. We briefly cover the use of graphene for bio sensing applications in general, with a focus on wearable graphene-based biosensors. The intrinsic graphene ripples and their impact on graphene bio sensing capabilities are extensively examined.
A rare case of cytomegalovirus parotitis and possible encephalitis in an immunocompetent child
Authors: Vithanage N. D. , Prabawitha C. , Jayantha U. K.
Published: August 2022

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Enigma of a bony hard lump in the scalp of an infant
Authors: Sinhabahu V. P. , Parakrama K. M. , Kumara K. M. T.
Published: August 2022

No abstract available
Distal pancreatectomy: comparison of open and laparoscopic techniques
Authors: Dhanuksha D. C. , De Silva S. , Dharmapala A. D. , Dassanayake B. K. , Udupihille J. J. K. H. , Sitheeque F. , Tennakoon S .U. B. , Galketiya K. B.
Published: August 2022

Introduction: Distal pancreatectomy [DP] is the curative treatment for tumours of the body and tail of the pancreas. It may be with en-bloc splenectomy or spleen preserving. Latter is technically more challenging. The procedure may be performed by open surgery or by laparoscopy. We evaluated the outcomes in a cohort of patients comparing open surgery versus laparoscopy for DP.
Objective: Compare open surgery vs laparoscopy for DP.
Method: A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent DP at a single surgical unit was done. The study period was from 2015 January to 2022 January.
Results: Thirteen patients underwent the procedure, eight by laparoscopy and four by open surgery while one had a conversion to open.
Conclusions: Distal pancreatectomy is feasible with laparoscopy and reduces postoperative morbidity. The blood loss is less and has cosmetic advantages, especially in young patients.