Distributed and biometric signature-based identity proofing system for the maritime sector

The maritime sector is an industry that faces significant and various challenges related to cyber security and data management, such as fraud and user authentication. Therefore, there is a need for a secure solution that can effectively manage data transactions while resolving digital identity. A biometric signature application in blockchain for fighting fraud and fake identities may provide a solution in the maritime sector. This research proposes a biometric signature and an IPFS network-blockchain framework to address these challenges. This paper also discusses the proposed framework's cyber security challenges that threaten behavioral biometric security

Detecting User Behavior in Cyber Threat Intelligence: Development of Honeypsy System.

This research demonstrates a design of an experiment of a hacker infiltrating a server where it is assumed that the communication between the hacker and the target server is established, and the hacker also escalated his rights on the server. Therefore, the honeypot server setup has been designed to reveal the correlation of a hacker’s actions with that of the hacker’s experience, personality, expertise, and psychology. To the best of our knowledge, such a design of experiment has never been tested rigorously on a honeypot implementation except for self-reporting tests applied to hackers in the literature. However, no study evaluates the actual data of these hackers and these tests. This study also provides a honeypot design to understand the personality and expertise of the hacker and displays the correlation of these data with the tests. Our Honeypsy system is composed of a Big-5 personality test, a cyber expertise test, and a capture-the-flag (CTF) event to collect logs with honeypot applied in this sequence. These three steps generate data on the expertise and psychology of known cyber hackers. The logs of the known hacker activities on honeypots are obtained through the CTF event that they have participated in. The design and deployment of a honeypot, as well as the CTF event, were specifically prepared for this research. Our aim is to predict an unknown hacker's expertise and personality by analyzing these data. By examining/analyzing the data of the known hackers, it is now possible to make predictions about the expertise and personality of the unknown hackers. The same logic applies when one tries to predict the next move of the unknown hackers attacking the server. We have aimed to underline the details of the personalities and expertise of hackers and thus help the defense experts of victimized institutions to develop their cyber defense strategies in accordance with the modus operandi of the hackers

in a premature neonate

Endotracheal intubation is a common daily procedure used for sustaining life in premature and term neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit. This procedure can be associated with some iatrogenic complications. One of these complications is ingesting a laryngoscope light bulb, and it is an extremely rare complication in neonates. The consequences of ingestion or aspiration may be serious and life-threatening. Herein, a male premature neonate, ingested a laryngoscope light bulb during endotracheal intubation because of surfactant replacement therapy, is reported. This case re-affirms the importance of checking the integrity of equipment before intubation effort

in a premature neonate

Endotracheal intubation is a common daily procedure used for sustaining life in premature and term neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit. This procedure can be associated with some iatrogenic complications. One of these complications is ingesting a laryngoscope light bulb, and it is an extremely rare complication in neonates. The consequences of ingestion or aspiration may be serious and life-threatening. Herein, a male premature neonate, ingested a laryngoscope light bulb during endotracheal intubation because of surfactant replacement therapy, is reported. This case re-affirms the importance of checking the integrity of equipment before intubation effort

A different aspect of corrosive ingestion in children: socio-demographic characteristics and effect of family functioning.

OBJECTIVE: Corrosive ingestion is thoroughly investigated in terms of its complications and treatment modalities but to date family functioning, behavior, attitude and knowledge of mothers of children who ingested corrosives has not been investigated and socio-demographic data has rarely been mentioned. Therefore a study was planned to investigate the socio-demographic data, family functioning, knowledge, behavior and attitude of mothers of children who ingested corrosive materials. METHODS: The mothers of 50 children who ingested corrosive materials and 60 controls were asked to answer a questionnaire which included socio-demographic data and questions about their attitude, behavior and knowledge of corrosive ingestion. The mothers were also asked to reply family assessment device (FAD) and parental attitude research instrument (PARI). RESULTS: The average ages of the children were 5.31+/-2.32 in the corrosive group with an M:F ratio of 1:1. The level of education of both mothers (p=0.000) and fathers (p=0.000) in the corrosive group were lower than that of the controls. There was no difference between the two groups in terms of number of working mothers (p=0.085). In the corrosive group the families used to have three or more children (42%) and the socioeconomic status of this group was lower than the controls (p=0.001). In the corrosive group these substances were purchased unlabeled (64%) and kept mainly in coke bottles. The affective involvement dimension of the FAD and the attitude of over-parenting and democratic attitude dimensions of the PARI tests were significantly different in the corrosive group among mothers from lower educational level whereas no difference was detected among mothers from higher educational level in this regard. CONCLUSION: It was found that both level of education of the parents and socioeconomic factors played important role in shaping the habits that might lead to corrosive ingestion in children. For the prevention of corrosive ingestion broad based strategies including education are required

Integrated control of fire blight in a pear orchard in Turkey using prohexadione-Ca and bacterial antagonists

Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, has threatened pear cultivation in Turkey since 1985. Biological control with epiphytic bacteria against E. amylovora has been considered as a potential method for controlling the disease on pear blossoms. Pantoea vagans strain C9-1 (formerly Pantoea agglomerans C9-1), and Pantoea agglomerans strain Eh24, and Pseudomonas fluorescens strain A506 were produced as freeze dried bioformulations. The efficacy of these bioformulations against blossom infections from natural populations of E. amylovora in a commercial pear orchard was evaluated. The freeze-dried formulations of antagonistic bacteria were applied as single strains and in combination at 30 and 100% bloom in a pear orchard. In the pear orchard trial conducted in 2010, freeze-dried formulations of antagonistic bacteria, applied as single strains, reduced the percentage of blighted blossoms in the pear orchard by 27 to 54%, and strain C9-1 was more efficacious than PfA506 and Eh24, as significant reductions in blossom blight were observed in the orchard experiment. Two different combinations of bioformulations such as C9-1+PfA506, Eh24+PfA506 and C9-1+Eh24 which were applied on pear blossoms were found as effective as the treatment of C9-1 alone on a pear orchard to protect the blossom infections. Antagonistic bacteria successfully colonized on pear blossoms and resulted in a 10- to 100-fold increase in surviving bacteria within 14 days after the last application. Prohexadione-Ca (ProCa, Regalis, BASF), which was a new plant bioregulator for application in pome fruit trees was also applied to the same pear orchard at the beginning of petal fall and 14 days after the first application to test the control of shoot blight by E. amylovora. Application of P. vagans strain C9-1 and then ProCa treatment on pear trees gave the best reduction in the incidence of shoot blight on trees under conditions of natural infection

An unusual complication of endotracheal intubation: ingestion of a bulb in a premature neonate.

Endotracheal intubation is a common daily procedure used for sustaining life in premature and term neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit. This procedure can be associated with some iatrogenic complications. One of these complications is ingesting a laryngoscope light bulb, and it is an extremely rare complication in neonates. The consequences of ingestion or aspiration may be serious and life-threatening. Herein, a male premature neonate, ingested a laryngoscope light bulb during endotracheal intubation because of surfactant replacement therapy, is reported. This case re-affirms the importance of checking the integrity of equipment before intubation effort

On the cryptographic patterns and frequencies in Turkish language

2nd International Conference on Advances in Information Systems -- OCT 23-25, 2002 -- IZMIR, TURKEYWOS: 000181470200014Although Turkish is a significant language with over 60 million native speakers, its cryptographic characteristics are relatively unknown. In this paper, some language patterns and frequencies of Turkish (such as letter frequency profile, letter contact patterns, most frequent digrams, trigrams and words, common word beginnings and endings, vowel/consonant patterns, etc.) relevant to information security, cryptography and plaintext recognition applications are presented and discussed. The data is collected from a large Turkish corpus and the usage of the data is illustrated through cryptanalysis of a mono-alphabetic substitution cipher. A new vowel identification method is developed using a distinct pattern of Turkish-(almost) non-existence of double consonants at word boundaries.Fdn Dokuz Eylul Univ, Sci & Tech Res Council Turke

Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation: Case Report

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) is characterized by disorganized, hamartomatous and adenomatoid proliferation of primary bronchiole and occurs with the frequency of 1/11000-1/35000. Histopathologically, there are three types of CCAM, differing in the number and size of the cysts. Usually, surgical management for the symptomatic cases and clinical follow up for the asymptomatic cases are recommended. In this article, a 35-week-old premature infant with CCAM presenting with respiratory distress on postnatal fifth day was reported. A mass covering the 2/3 of the right lung and pushing the mediastinum to the left was determined by the chest radiography and the thorax computerized tomography. When the infant was 12 days old, right upper lobectomy and right lower lobe posterobasal segmentectomy were performed. Histopathologic examination was consistent with CCAM type I. The postoperative period was uneventful. On account of this patient, the importance of early surgical treatment for the symptomatic cases with CCAM was emphasized

intestinal neuronal dysplasia

A single case of colonic atresia (CA) associated with type A intestinal neuronal dysplasia has been reported in the literature. This article describes a newborn with CA associated with diffuse type B intestinal neuronal dysplasia. A 2-day-old fullterm boy presented with marked abdominal distention, milk intolerance, and bilious vomiting. Type III CA was detected at laparotomy, and a mucous fistula colostomy was performed. The colostomy functioned poorly postoperatively, so an ileostomy was performed. Pathology reported that ganglion cells were evident in the specimens, however, the ileostomy did not function adequately. A second laparotomy was performed, and a re-stoma was fashioned. All previous pathology slides were reviewed, and diffuse type B intestinal neuronal dysplasia was detected. The patient died of septicemia at 34 d old. Specimens of patients with CA should be examined carefully so that dysganglionoses can be ruled out.C1 [Corduk, Nergul; Koltuksuz, Ugur; Karabul, Murat; Herek, Ozkan; Sarioglu-Buke, Alkille] Pamukkale Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat Surg, TR-20100 Denizli, Turkey