The device may be able to diagnose asymptomatic and low-density infections, undetectable by microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests and could be deployed for mass screening and treatment or at border control points (a major advantage would be the speed at which results will be available).
In one passage, the report points out that it suffers two high-priority incidents a week – situations when a major component on the system is not available or 30% of border control points are unavailable at a port or airport.
Interpol's database, available via a secure Internet connection, is only useful if it is used at border control points around the world, but few countries have made it available to their immigration services.
Border control points between Hong Kong and mainland China also implement disease prevention and control measures.
Almost every radiation monitor installed at the customs and border control points designed for detection of nuclear fissile materials uses gas neutron counters tracing decay neutrons.
Given biometrics' widespread acceptance [ 22] as a solution for a range of public and private sector applications such as civil identification, network security, border control, and point of sale authentication, the question of liveness detection in leading biometric technologies must be addressed.
Peterson, who once worked at the Llanwern steelworks in Newport, where his father was a union representative, said though it was not a devolved issue, border control was the big talking point in the area.
By all means, this study makes a good case for the importance of border control, but at this point I would caution against drawing any geopolitical conclusions from it.
In Kiev's view, the convoy is at best a cynical ploy; at worst, a kind of Trojan centipede, winding its way into the country at a border point no longer controlled by Ukrainian forces, the nature of its cargo taken only on trust.
Ukip supports a five-year ban on unskilled migrants coming to Britain and allowing highly-skilled people to enter only if they have enough "points" under an Australian-style border control system.
