E-CHEQUE: Re-Defined Era for Financial Transactions

Cheques are used to transfer money from one party to another, has the potential to capture a massive amount of financial value but on the other hand is a piece of paper which can be tarnished and torn into pieces and is fragile. The main objective is to create a E-Cheque application, where the mentioned issues will be eradicated by simply digitizing the cheque. Using an E-Cheque would raise a handful of security questions but utilizing the help of four security technologies these problems are minimized. The approach for dynamic password generation is to generate a password which would be resistant to a selected cyber security attack and would be a key-helping hand to remember the password. Secondly, with the use of OTP together with Voice Biometrics, where an OTP would be used as the first level of security and voice biometrics as the second level to increase security. To cover the compliance point of view, a comprehensive compliance policy is created hence applied to the application. Finally, QR Code generation which is generated with a E-cheque details received from user, then encrypted to generate the QR code and transferred through a chat socket where digital signature will be mandatory to transfer the QR based E-cheque, and therefore when all components are paired together creating a world security standard E-Cheque application. &nbsp

Associations between Lifestyle Factors and Parkinson's Disease in an Urban Sri Lankan Clinic Study.

BACKGROUND: Associations between certain environmental and lifestyle factors and Parkinson's disease (PD) have been reported in several studies, but information on these factors and Parkinson's Disease (PD) in South Asia, is limited. OBJECTIVE: To determine associations between lifestyle factors and PD in an urban clinic-based study in Sri Lanka. METHODS: In this case-control study, demographic and lifestyle factor data (including diet, coffee/tea drinking, smoking, alcohol status) was collected from an unselected cohort of PD patients and age and gender-matched controls attending clinics in Greater Colombo, Sri Lanka. Associations between lifestyle factors and PD status were assessed using Logistic Regression analysis, while links with age of PD onset were explored with Kaplan Meier and Cox Regression survival analyses. Results with p<0.05 were considered to be statistically significant. FINDINGS: Of 229 patients with parkinsonism, 144 had Idiopathic PD using standard diagnostic criteria. Controls numbered 102. Coffee drinkers and smokers were significantly less likely to have PD (coffee, p<0.001; Odds Ratio (OR)=0.264; smoking, p=0.043; OR=0.394). Coffee drinkers were older at PD onset (p<0.001). Similar trends seen with tea drinking were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first formal study of PD and these lifestyle factors in South Asia. It demonstrates an inverse association between coffee drinking, smoking and PD, and an association between coffee drinking and later age of PD onset. This is in line with other studies done worldwide, suggesting biological associations with global relevance.Financial support –: University of Sri Jayewardenepura and The World Health Organisation, Sri Lanka. NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and MRC-Wellcome Trust Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, UK