SC revenue ruling #16-3

Restaurants in South Carolina have begun utilizing electronic tablet table top ordering and bill payment devices. The purpose and intended use of these devices is to streamline the ordering and bill payment processes by allowing restaurant patrons the ability to order food and beverages through a mobile menu and to pay for meals on demand. This advisory opinion reflects the Department’s official position regarding electronic “table top ordering devices” used by restaurants.

Making Board Meetings More Secure and Efficient: Purging the Paper

The Division of Professional and Occupational Licensing is an administrative unit within the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation that provides support to 40 professional and occupational regulatory boards. All board members need documents to review during the meeting. Some boards use a fleet of dated laptops during the meetings to give board members the meeting materials in PDF format; however many of boards still print the meeting materials and put them into binders. .In today's age, there has to be a more efficient way to conduct meetings without all of the paper. This paper explores alternatives to paper and laptops for use at these meetings. It was concluded that a tablet with a Windows Operating System would be the best way to go.

Efecto del consumo concomitante de inhibidores de bomba protones y levotiroxina : revisión sistemática y metaanálisis

Estudios afirman que la acidez gástrica es importante en la absorción de levotiroxina (LT4) con resultados controversiales sobre la interacción entre inhibidores de bomba de protones (IBP) y LT4. El objetivo del estudio fue establecer el efecto del uso concomitante de LT4 e IBP en los niveles de TSH en pacientes adultos con hipotiroidismo primario. Se realizó una revisión sistemática mediante búsqueda en Medline, Embase, Lilacs, Bireme, Scielo, Cochrane y Universidad de York, Access Pharmacy, Google Scholar, Dialnet y Opengray. La búsqueda no se limito por lenguaje. Se evaluó el efecto en la diferencia de medias de TSH luego del consumo de LT4 y luego del consumo concomitante con IBP. Se hizo un metaanálisis, análisis de subgrupos y análisis de sensibilidad utilizando el programa Review Manager 5.3. Se eligieron 5 artículos para el análisis cualitativo y 3 para el metaanálisis. La calidad de los estudios fue buena y el riesgo de sesgos bajo. La diferencia de medias obtenida fue 0.21 mUI/L (IC95%: 0.02-0.40; p=0.03; I2:0%). En el análisis de subgrupos en pacientes mayores de 55 años la diferencia de medias fue 0.21 mUI/L (IC95%: 0.01-0.40; p=0.27; I2:19%). En el análisis de sensibilidad se excluyo el estudio con mayor muestra y la diferencia de medias fue 0.49 mUI/L (IC95%: -0.12 a 1.11; p=0.12; I2:0%). La diferencia de medias de TSH luego del consumo concomitante no se considera clínicamente significativa pues no representa riesgo para el paciente. Son necesarios estudios clínicos aleatorizados y evaluar el efecto en los niveles de T4 libre.

Exploring the transformative potential of Bluetooth beacons in higher education

The growing ubiquity of smartphones and tablet devices integrated into personal, social and professional life, facilitated by expansive communication networks globally, has the potential to disrupt higher education. Academics and students are considering the future possibilities of exploiting these tools and utilising networks to consolidate and expand knowledge, enhancing learning gain. Bluetooth beacon technology has been developed by both Apple and Google as a way to situate digital information within physical spaces, and this paper reflects on a beacon intervention in a contemporary art school in higher education conducted by the authors intended to develop a situated community of practice in Art & Design. The paper describes the project, including relevant theoretical foundations and background to the beacon technology, with regards to the potential of using these devices to create a connected learning community by enhancing learning and facilitating knowledge creation in a borderless learning space.

Progettazione e simulazione di un attacco sniffing su un dispositivo wearable

Oggigiorno, grazie al progresso tecnologico nel settore informatico e alla vasta diffusione dei dispositivi mobili all'interno del mercato mondiale, numerose sono le persone che utilizzando questi prodotti all'interno della vita di tutti giorni e.g. smartphone, smartwatch, smartband, auricolari, tablet, ecc. Per poter utilizzare questi dispositivi, spesso è necessario l'impiego di applicazioni apposite installate sui cellulari di ultima generazione e collegate ai dispositivi che permettono il controllo, la gestione e la raccolta dei dati relativo all'oggetto in questione. Oltre a facilitare le attività giornaliere, questi programmi, potrebbero causare dei problemi agli utenti a causa della ridotta o mancata sicurezza, poiché le informazioni personali come credenziali d'accesso, dati salutistici oppure quelli inerenti ai metodi di pagamento possono essere soggetti ad attacchi informatici. Questa tesi consiste nell'elaborazione di un software composto da un'applicazione Android, uno script Batch e dall'uso di programmi di terze parti, per poter effettuare la simulazione di un attacco sniffing in modo da poter intercettare i dati trasmessi, quali credenziali di accesso, OTP, tramite la tecnologia Bluetooth Low Energy.