Fair e-lottery system proposal based on anonymous signatures

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (27) ◽  
pp. 2921-2933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin Medeleanu ◽  
Ciprian Răcuciu ◽  
Madlena Nen ◽  
Zieduna Liepe ◽  
Narcis Florentin Antonie
Keyword(s):  
Anonymous Signatures ◽  
Lottery System

Breaking Ground

2021 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
Chris Dupuis
Keyword(s):  
Selection Process ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Tomson Highway ◽  
Gradual Introduction ◽  
Lottery System

This text is an interview by Chris Dupuis with Benj Gallander, Greg Holmgren, Robert Sherwood, Ben Stadelmann, and Carol Pauker, the founders of the SummerWorks Festival. The team first assembled after being unable to secure slots at the Toronto Fringe Festival, with the idea of starting an alternative summer theatre event that would offer space to artists unable to get into the Fringe. They discuss the first conversations around launching the event through its early years, including the challenges of starting from scratch and running the project collectively and the various triumphs and failures they experienced. They outline changes in the selection process, the move from a first come, first served, model to a lottery system similar to the Fringe, and the gradual introduction of curation through the Parallel Lab initiative. Finally, they discuss how the festival shaped them personally and the event’s lasting impacts on the Toronto theatre sector. The text also includes references the late eighties Toronto theatre scene, including Tomson Highway, Hillar Littoja, and Buddies in Bad Times.

More Efficient Construction of Anonymous Signatures

2021 ◽  
pp. 394-411
Author(s):  
Yunfeng Ji ◽  
Yang Tao ◽  
Rui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Anonymous Signatures ◽  
Efficient Construction

scholarly journals Intubating Conditions with Rocuronium Bromide and Suxamethonium in Elective Surgeries: A Randomized Comparative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Kanchan Prakash Paudyal ◽  
Pawan Puspa Baral ◽  
Laxmi Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Tracheal Intubation ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Intubation Attempt ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Intubating Conditions ◽  
Airway Trauma ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
American Society ◽  
Lottery System

INTRODUCTION: Adequate  intubating  condition  is  required  to  avoid  airway  trauma  and  adverse  sympathetic  responses. Though, Succinylcholine is considered as ideal drug, it has many contraindications. In search of alternative, rocuronium is found to have similar responses in higher doses. Therefore, our aim was to compare the effect of different dosages of rocuronium with sucinylcholine for tracheal intubation and the haemodynamic variables.  MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective randomized comparative study was conducted in Universal College of Medical Sciences (UCMS-TH) in 90 (American Society of Anaesthesiologists Physical Status I and II) patients with age between 18 to 60 years scheduled for elective surgeries under general anesthesia. They were divided into 3 groups of 30 each using lottery system. Groups 1 and 2 received intravenous rocuronium 0.6mg/kg and 1mg/kg respectively whereas patients in group 3 received intravenous succinylcholine 1.5mg/kg. Under continuous monitoring, tracheal intubation attempt was done at 60 seconds after the administration of drug and intubating conditions were assessed according to Cooper et al four point scale.  RESULTS: Only 26.7% of patients in group 1 exhibited excellent intubating condition whereas in groups 2 and 3, excellent intubating condition was exhibited in 100% when muscle relaxant was administered at 60 seconds with highly significant statistical difference between groups 1 and 3 with p value <0.001 without any adverse effects in any of these patients. CONCLUSION: This study concluded that intubating response with inj. succinylcholine 1.5mg/kg is similar to rocuronium 1.0mg/kg and is superior to inj rocuronium 0.6mg/kg, for intubating condition at 60 seconds following the drug administration while using Cooper et al. Score.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Taalishadi Churna Compared with Sitopaladi Churna in the Management of Kasa

2021 ◽  
pp. 463-470
Author(s):  
Sirjana Shrestha ◽  
Shankar Gautam ◽  
Sabbu Thasineku ◽  
Jitendra Shrestha ◽  
D.L. Bharkher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutrophil Count ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Treatment Time ◽  
Blood Parameters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
Group A ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Group B ◽  
Lottery System

Introduction: Kasa is a Vata-kapha pradhana disease, caused due to Vata vimargagaman and Pranavaha shrotodusti. Due to the various similarities in its clinical presentation, Kasa can be correlated with cough (bronchitis). According to National center for health statistics, 62 million cases of common cold and cough occurs each year. Methodology: A total of 44 patients diagnosed as Kasa were randomly divided as per the lottery system of randomization. The patients of Group A were given 5 gram of Sitopaladi Churna twice a day for 30 days. The patients of Group B were given 5 gram of Taalishadi Churna twice a day for 30 days. The patients of both the groups were supposed to follow the dietary and behavioural advices. The response of the drug was assessed at pre-treatment and post-treatment time. Results: There was equal significant change in all of the Roga bala, Agni bala and Deha bala parameters by both Sitopaladi and Taalishadi Churna. It was revealed that all other blood parameters except Hb, TLC and Neutrophil count used in the study were not significant in both the groups. Both drugs were found equally highly significant (p< 0.0001) in Sushka kasa and Swarabheda. Sitopaladi churna was more effective in relieving Hritparswashool (p=0.002) whereas Taalishadi churna is more effective in reducing Pitanisthivanam (p=0.007). In case of Nirghosh, Sitopaladi churna was more effective (p<0.0001). On the other hand, Taalishadi churna was more effective in relieving Peenasa (p<0.001). Conclusion: Both Sitopaladi Churna and Taalishadi Churna were found to be equally effective in the treatment of Kasa.

scholarly journals Making summer matter: The impact of youth employment on academic performance

10.3982/qe883 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-504
Author(s):  
Amy Ellen Schwartz ◽  
Jacob Leos-Urbel ◽  
Joel McMurry ◽  
Matthew Wiswall
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Youth Employment ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Level Data ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Lottery System ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). SYEP provides jobs to youth ages 14–24, and due to high demand for summer jobs, allocates slots through a random lottery system. We match student‐level data from the SYEP program with educational records from the NYC Department of Education and use the random lottery to estimate the effects of SYEP participation on a number of academic outcomes, including test taking and performance. We find that SYEP participation has positive impacts on student academic outcomes, and these effects are particularly large for students who participate in SYEP multiple times.

scholarly journals Analyse expérimentale du comportement des producteurs de céréales sèches face au risque financier dans un contexte de changement climatique

2021 ◽  
Vol 88 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Pape Bilal Diakhate
Keyword(s):  
Risk Aversion ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Production Loss ◽  
Changement Climatique ◽  
Insurance Policies ◽  
Lottery System ◽  
Tolerable Level

This study has two objectives: to characterize farmers according to their level of financial risk aversion and to analyze the factors explaining their propensity to take financial risk. Using a lottery system inspired by the work of Allais (1953) on 540 farmers in the groundnut basin of Senegal, the results show that 81.38 % of farmers are financially risk averse and only 8.57 % are risk lovers. Estimates with the probit model show that the propensity to take financial risk decreases if the farmer sets himself a high tolerable level of production loss. These results suggest that demand components should be considered in public agricultural financing and insurance policies.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION AND IMPORTANCE OF MENTOR-MENTEE PROGRAMME IN INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT, JODHPUR) TO FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddhant Attri
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Indian Institute ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Feedback Questionnaire ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
High Level ◽  
Emotional Immaturity ◽  
Lottery System

Background: Mentoring is a crucial step for career success and there is lot of stress of different engineering courses in the new environment along with emotional immaturity and new challenges. A well-designed and structured mentoring programme for the budding engineers has been introduced at IIT. A specialized institutional support is required for an IIT student to facilitate success. To facilitate this high level of success for every student, the approach should be active and antecedent. Mentoring has always been an important part in an engineering students’ career.                                                                Material and methods: A mentorship programme was designed for engineering students (n-120) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur. Two-day workshop was conducted to sensitize senior students of third semester (n-15) who volunteered to be dedicated mentors. After sensitization, 120 B.Tech first semester students were divided among these mentors by a lottery system. At the end of the mentorship programme, perception of mentors and mentees was done by content analysis of all the data collected by open ended and close ended questionnaire. Results: A total of 120 students and 15 mentors completed the feedback questionnaire. Mentors themselves consider   this programme helpful in their self-improvement as role models, advisors or career counselors and in improving their communication skills and mentees were of the view that the programme helped them emotionally and academically. Conclusion: Mentor-mentee programme in IIT enhanced the engineering students professional and personal development and both mentors and mentees were extremely satisfied with this programme for career development.

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