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Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background In sub-Saharan Africa, socioeconomic factors such as place of residence, mother’s educational level, or household wealth, are strongly associated with risk factors of under-five mortality (U5M) such as health behavior or exposure to diseases ...
Carine Van Malderen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surveillance society [PDF]

open access: yesEMBO reports, 2006
A massive shift is taking place in the realm of privacy, and we are missing it. We have our eye on Big Brother: governments, many of them democratic, who are increasingly prying into our lives. But we are overlooking Big Dollar: corporations determined to quietly learn more and more about our habits and preferences.
openaire   +2 more sources

Self-tracking modes: reflexive self-monitoring and data practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The concept of ‘self-tracking’ (also referred to as life-logging, the quantified self, personal analytics and personal informatics) has recently begun to emerge in discussions of ways in which people can voluntarily monitor and record specific features ...
Deborah Lupton
core   +2 more sources

Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grids: Re-considering Infrastructural Politics of Urban Space

open access: yesЖурнал Фронтирных Исследований
For many centuries, the principle of linear planning based on a grid pattern has played a significant role in the spatial organization of urban boundaries.
Daria A. Kolesnikova
doaj   +1 more source

Nine principles for assessing whether privacy is protected in a surveillance society

open access: yes, 2008
This paper uses the term “surveillance” in its widest sense to include data sharing and the revealing of identity information in the absence of consent of the individual concerned.
Chris Pounder, Dr. C. N. M. Pounder
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In a free society the purpose of mass surveillance should be to protect the way we live [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Surveillance is not an end in itself. It has a purpose. In a free society the purpose of surveillance should be to protect the way we live, including our privacy, our liberty, and our democracy; and to frustrate those that want to take these things away.
Harrison, Mark
core  

Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

BACK TO KATZ: REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN THE FACEBOOK AGE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Part I of this Note discusses the evolution of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence in reaction to advancing technology, the Supreme Court and circuit courts’ disposition in dealing with electronic “beeper” tracking (the technology that predated GPS), and the ...
Plourde-Cole, Haley
core   +1 more source

Deep-Learning for Classification of Colorectal Polyps on Whole-Slide Images

open access: yes, 2017
Histopathological characterization of colorectal polyps is an important principle for determining the risk of colorectal cancer and future rates of surveillance for patients. This characterization is time-intensive, requires years of specialized training,
Hassanpour, Saeed   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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