Privacy and Personal Information Held by Government: A Comparative Study, Japan and New Zealand

2010 ◽  
pp. 93-112
Author(s):  
Rowena Cullen
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Personal Information

F-specific bacteriophage as an indicator of human viruses in natural waters and sewage effluents in Northern New Zealand

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 231-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian D. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Natural Waters ◽  
Sewage Effluents ◽  
Pathogenic Viruses ◽  
Human Viruses ◽  
Specific Bacteriophage ◽  
Beach Water

To assess the F-specific bacteriophage as an indicator of pathogenic viruses, a comparative study has been made of the occurrence of F-phage and human enteroviruses in sewage wastes and the marine environment. Although F-phage seemed in several respects to match pathogen behaviour, its low abundance in bathing beach water, uncertainty as to its source and other detection irregularities make its use as an indicator problematical.

scholarly journals Sun-Tanning Perceptions of a New Zealand Urban Population (1994–2005/6)

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Reeder ◽  
G. F. H. McLeod ◽  
A. R. Gray ◽  
R. McGee
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Skin Cancer Prevention ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Sun Sensitivity

Background. Sun-tanning perceptions are monitored to identify changes and help refine targeting of skin cancer prevention messages.Aim. To investigate associations between perceptions of sun-tanning and demographic factors among a New Zealand urban population, 1994–2006.Methods. A telephone survey series was conducted during summer in 1994, 1997, 1999/2000, 2002/2003, and 2005/2006. Demographic and personal information (sex, age group, skin sun-sensitivity, and self-defined ethnicity) obtained from 6,195 respondents, 50.2% female, 15–69 years, was investigated in relation to six sun-tanning related statements. A total “positive perceptions of tanning” (ProTan) score was also calculated. Regression analyses modelled each component and the ProTan score against survey year and respondent characteristics.Results. Statistically significantly higher ProTan scores were found for age group (strong reverse dose-response effect), male sex, residence (highest in Auckland), ethnicity (highest among Europeans), and sun sensitivity (ann-shaped association). There was no statistically significant change in total ProTan scores from baseline.Conclusions. The development, pretesting, and evaluation of messages for those groups most likely to endorse ProTan statements should be considered for the New Zealand skin cancer prevention program. To achieve and embed significant change, mass media campaigns may require greater intensity and reinforcement with sustained contextual support for settings-based behavioural change.

scholarly journals The State-of-the-Art Technology of Currency Identification

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangyu Wang ◽  
Xiaotian Wu ◽  
WeiQi Yan
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Classification Algorithms ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Us Dollar ◽  
Chinese Yuan

The security issue of currency has attracted awareness from the public. De-spite the development of applying various anti-counterfeit methods on currency notes, cheaters are able to produce illegal copies and circulate them in market without being detected. By reviewing related work in currency security, the focus of this paper is on conducting a comparative study of feature extraction and classification algorithms of currency notes authentication. We extract various computational features from the dataset consisting of US dollar (USD), Chinese Yuan (CNY) and New Zealand Dollar (NZD) and apply the classification algorithms to currency identification. Our contributions are to find and implement various algorithms from the existing literatures and choose the best approaches for use.

The State-of-the-Art Technology of Currency Identification

2018 ◽  
pp. 252-269
Author(s):  
Guangyu Wang ◽  
Xiaotian Wu ◽  
WeiQi Yan
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Classification Algorithms ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Us Dollar ◽  
Chinese Yuan

The security issue of currency has attracted awareness from the public. De-spite the development of applying various anti-counterfeit methods on currency notes, cheaters are able to produce illegal copies and circulate them in market without being detected. By reviewing related work in currency security, the focus of this paper is on conducting a comparative study of feature extraction and classification algorithms of currency notes authentication. We extract various computational features from the dataset consisting of US dollar (USD), Chinese Yuan (CNY) and New Zealand Dollar (NZD) and apply the classification algorithms to currency identification. Our contributions are to find and implement various algorithms from the existing literatures and choose the best approaches for use.

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