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A Light-Weight Group Signature Scheme for Wireless Networks Based-on BBS Short Group Signature [PDF]

In the natural context of wireless network environment, the communications between wireless nodes are more easily observed for the goal of the network traffic analysis.
Amang, Sudarsono, Mike , Yuliana
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That's Not Fair! Navigating the Duality of Fairness in Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insurance serves as a social good, providing financial protection against disasters whilst operating within a profit‐driven market. This dual role highlights the complex intersection of social and commercial interests, raising a fairness puzzle often portrayed as a trade‐off between solidarity and actuarial fairness.
Konstantinos Chalkias, Paula Jarzabkowski, Mustafa Kavas, Elisabeth Krull   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identity-based roaming protocol with anonymity for heterogeneous wireless networks

Tongxin xuebao, 2010
The security flaws of an identity-based authentication model were analyzed.The scheme failed to achieve entity authentication due to identity impersonation attack.Then,an improved authentication scheme was proposed to realize anonymous roaming in ...
JIANG Qi1, MA Jian-feng1, LI Guang-song1, LIU Hong-yue1   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Pass‐Through of Cocoa Prices Along the Supply Chain: What's Left for Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire?

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are trapped in a cycle of poverty and farming practices that degrade the environment. This paper aims to provide an in‐depth understanding of the price formation process for cocoa at each stage of the supply chain in the world's largest cocoa‐producing country.
Kathrin Kaestner, Gunther Bensch, Colin Vance   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Freedom and Audit Fees: Evidence From the USA

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the association between US state‐level economic freedom and audit fees. We argue that economic freedom lowers clients' perceived business risk, thereby requiring reduced audit effort and exposing auditors to a lower probability of litigation risk, which enables auditors to charge lower audit fees to clients headquartered in states ...
Mahmud Hossain, Ahsan Habib, Dinithi Ranasinghe, Marlissa Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harvesting benefits: Exploring the effects of second‐best policies on enhancing soil organic carbon stocks in agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural subsidies can be an effective policy tool to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the effectiveness of a second‐best hypothetical policy which subsidizes additional canola hectares optimally for each soil zone in Saskatchewan in an effort to increase soil organic carbon.
Devin A. Serfas
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Human Group 9 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Response to Allergen Immunotherapy in Patients With Allergic Rhinitis

Allergy, EarlyView.
We aimed to report the existence and profile of group 9 innate lymphoid cells (ILC9s). Overall, ILC9 proportions in AR patients show differences compared to healthy subjects and responder SCIT patients. IL‐9 expression decreases after siRNA inhibition of Bach2 suggesting Bach2 could display as a transcription factor of ILC9.
Ya‐Qi Peng, Te Zhang, Xiao‐Qing Liu, Ismail Ogulur, Qi Sun, Beate Ruckert, Bi‐Xin He, De‐Hua Chen, Hideaki Morita, Hui‐Jing Ye, Qing‐Ling Fu, Cezmi A. Akdis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

On account of doomsday

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, Berlin has emerged as an epicenter of climate activism in Germany. There, a range of groups have mobilized in opposition to the role of the German state and the EU in accelerating the climate crisis. Many activists now see conventional political responses as exhausted and have turned to increasingly radical forms of civil ...
Max Jack
wiley   +1 more source

Sperm Telomere Interactions Are Impaired in Testicular Cancer Before and After Adjuvant Therapy

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background No study has yet explored telomere length or interaction in sperm nuclei of testicular cancer (TC) patients exposed to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. However, sperm telomere dynamics have emerged as a potential marker in male infertility.
Benoit Berby, Sylvianne Hennebicq, Jacqueline Saias, Florence Brugnon, Isabelle Berthaut, Myriam Daudin, Louis Bujan, Ludovic Dumont, Christine Rondanino, Aurélie Feraille, Nathalie Rives   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on certificateless anonymous authentication and key agreement scheme of vehicle network based on CPN

Tongxin xuebao
To address the shortcomings of existing authentication schemes in vehicle networks, which commonly suffer from key escrow issues, as well as the lack of consideration for lightweight deployment and secure rapid authentication of compute-constrained ...
ZHENG Lu, FENG Tao, SU Chunhua
doaj   +2 more sources