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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53570#.VMnUGCzQrzE Author(s)    Duy-Thinh Tran , Sung Je Hong Affiliation(s) Department of Computer Science and Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea . ABSTRACT Counterfeiting is one of the most serious problems in the consumer market. One promising approach for anti-counterfeiting is to attach a low-cost Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) tag to the product authentication. In this paper, we propose an RFID system for detecting counterfeiting products. This RFID system consists of the tag authentication protocol and the database correction protocol. We use the tag authentication protocol for authenticating tags without revealing their sensitive information. This protocol also allows the customer to freely inquire the tag. To prevent the widespread of the counterfeit products, we use the tag status inform...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52209#.VIj6CcnQrzE Author(s)   Pei Yang 1 , Xiwen Li 1,2 , Hong Zhou 1 , Hao Hu 3 , Hui Zhang 4 , Wei Sun 2 , Yitao Wang 3 , Hui Yao 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China . 2 Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China . 3 State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China . 4 Development Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Bioengineering, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China . ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51703#.VHVlzWfHRK0 Author(s)    Ana Paula Rocha da Costa , Mariana de Lira Nunes , Carina Lucena Mendes-Marques , Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida , Nilma Cintra Leal Affiliation(s) Departamento de Microbiologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, FIOCRUZ-PE, Recife, Brazil . ABSTRACT Rapid identification and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes are required for the food industry, epidemiological studies, and disease prevention and control. However, typing procedures are labor-intensive and time-consuming, and they require technical expertise, a panel of sera and reference culture strains or sophisticated and expensiv...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49048#.VDYinVfHRK0 Author(s)    Karim Errouaki Affiliation(s) Foundation for the Culture of Peace, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain . ABSTRACT The recent failure of commonly accepted, inductive, econometric models to provide insights into real, macroeconomic phenomenon during economic crises has provoked a debate concerning contemporary econometric methodology. Based on the foundations laid by Haavelmo, and Hollis and Nell, an assessment of Edward J. Nell’s (1998) “unifying methodological framework” (UMF) is offered. Nell’s UMF places socioeconomic institutions and interdependencies, and technological realities as basis of analysis. U si...