Thorax

Disparities in lung function trajectories among tobacco-exposed individuals

Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...
IEEE

CD-BFT: Canonical Decomposition-Based Belief Functions Transformation in Possibility Theory

Abstract: Based on subjective possibilistic semantics, an agent’s subjective probability mass function is dominated by a qualitative Possibility Mass Function (PossMF), which can also be transformed ...
IEEE

Verifiable Random Function Schemes Based on SM2 Digital Signature Algorithm and its Applications for Committee Elections

Abstract: A verifiable random function (VRF) is a pseudorandom function that enables source verification. By providing a public verification key and accompanying proof with the output, all parties can ...
CNN

Two mass shootings many time zones apart shatter communities and expose fraught politics

At about 4:20 p.m. on a cold Rhode Island Saturday, a message from Brown University flashed up on cellphones all over campus — everyone should run or take cover from an active shooter. Hours later, ...
The Hill

Beshear: Kentucky State University incident ‘not a mass shooting or a random incident’

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and local authorities said Tuesday that the shooting at Kentucky State University (KSU) was an isolated incident. Earlier in the afternoon, two individuals, both KSU ...