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Qualitative Analysis of Application Migration to the Public Cloud and Framework for Application Architecture Migration Risks
No full textCloud Computing remains a major area of disruption for Information Technology (IT) Professionals. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure grew by accommodating a migration approach called Lift and Shift (aka Fork-Lift). This scenario leverages server virtualization of On-Premises applications that are simply moved to virtual machines that run within a Public Cloud Provider’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment. Cloud providers recognized the importance of IaaS and provided tooling, expertise, and incentives for organizations to Lift and Shift applications into their Cloud platforms. Opinions differ on the effectiveness of the Lift and Shift migration approach. An On-Premises data center has hardware that achieves performance levels not possible in a Public Cloud Provider’s data center. Issues such as reduced performance levels are often discovered by IT Professionals after a Lift and Shift migration. The performance constraints in the Public Cloud may inhibit an application from running well, or not at all, after migration. For many IT Professionals, knowledge of these additional concerns could assist the decision process when identifying what is needed to Lift and Shift an application. This research provides expert opinions for risk vectors attributed to common methods of design used for On-Premises applications. These risk vectors also influence the approach that cloud experts recognize or avoid when migrating applications, or even building applications on a Public Cloud Provider’s platform
Ministers of Justice and Mass Incarceration
Get PDFOver the past few years, scholars, legislators, and politicians have come to recognize that our current state of “mass incarceration” is the result of serious dysfunction in our criminal justice system. As a consequence, there has been significant attention to the causes of mass incarceration. These include the war on drugs and political decisions based on a “law and order” perspective. Congressional and state legislative enactments increased the financing of the expansion of police powers and provided for severely punitive sentencing statutes, thereby giving prosecutors uniquely powerful weapons in securing guilty pleas. All of this occurred as crime rates dropped.
Where were the lawyers when our criminal justice system was evolving into a system of mass incarceration? Surprisingly, in looking for the causes and cures for the mass incarceration state, very little, if any, attention has been paid to the role of the most powerful actor in the criminal justice system: the prosecutor. It is the prosecutor who exercises virtually unreviewable discretion in seeking charges, determining bail, negotiating a resolution, and fixing the sentence. Now, however, there is data that identifies aggressive prosecutorial charging practices as the major cause of the explosion in our prison population. That is, over the past twenty years prosecutors have brought felony charges in more cases than ever before, resulting in a dramatic increase in prison admissions. If prosecutorial charging practices have been a major cause of the universally recognized mass incarceration problem, what should be done? How does the role of the prosecutor need to change to prevent a continuation, or a worsening, of our mass incarceration problem?
This Article examines the recognized role of the prosecutor as a “minister of justice,” and makes a range of suggested changes to the prosecution function. These include re-calibrating the minister of justice and advocacy role balance in recognition of the current mass incarceration crisis; enacting measures to ensure independence from law enforcement in the charging function; collecting currently non-existent, objective data that breaks down and memorializes available information on each decision to charge as well as its consequences; and drafting written charging procedures and policies based on the collection of that data-driven information
Infusion of Essentail Oils in Agarose Gels to Create Antimicrobial Surfaces
Get PDFThe current use of antibiotics is very excessive in multiple settings, from treating patients to being present in cleaning products. This overuse of antibiotics is resulting in multiple consequences, ranging from having a negative impact on human health to breeding antibiotic-resistant strains of microorganisms. Antimicrobial surfaces are useful today to aid in sterilization, especially in the medical setting. This would help prevent the spread of infection of microorganisms in these settings. In our research, agarose acts as the antimicrobial surface and essential oils would act as the solution incorporated into the surface that has the antimicrobial properties. Agarose is a polysaccharide that derives from red algae. It forms long chains and has charged groups linked to it, like sulfate. These residues are responsible for many of agarose’s properties, such as electroendosmosis, which allows it to undergo gel electrophoresis. Thirty-three essential oils tested against bacteria to see if they had any antimicrobial properties. Many of them have historical uses that include as a medicine to treat infections. To create the agarose plates, agarose powder and the solvent heat up to dissolve. The solution went into the plates and multiple essential oils underwent testing for antimicrobial properties by the dispersion of the oils in the plates. Bacteria inoculated the plates and they grew. The results show that of the thirty-three oils tested, oregano, clove, ginger, lemongrass, and frankincense have antimicrobial properties. Of these oils, oregano, clove, and lemongrass have similar results to others in the same field. Ginger and frankincense oils did not have as much research conducted on their antimicrobial properties to determine, so these experiments helped bring new information about these oils to light. Essential oils can help bring natural products to medicine where natural products are rarely used. Future research on this topic can help us determine more essential oils that can be used and more ways these oils can work in a medical setting
Adopting NoSQL Databases Using a Quality Attribute Framework and Risks Analysis
No full textNoSQL has emerged in recent years to provide increased scalability and performance, and organizations have experienced challenges when considering traditional SQL and NoSQL databases. The research provides a framework for software engineers and architects to select a NoSQL database for a big data environment and domain which best suits the organization. It proposes a Quality Attribute Framework and Risk Analysis of NoSQL databases that can measure quality metrics associated with Availability, Security and Additional Attributes which are critical to choosing the right NoSQL database for a given domain and to making better software development and design decisions. The framework will help IT departments align perceived risks of NoSQL database adoption with actual risks, helping IT managers in their database adoption and in the identification of potential challenges that affect the modern database technologies. The framework developed will be finalized through a qualitative analysis of risk vectors via surveys of top IT leaders and IT companies
Effects of the Application of Low-Voltage Electrical Current on the Physiology of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica.
No full textHow Book Publicity has Developed in the Digital Age with the Use of Technology and Social Media.
No full textDoes Hard Incompatibilism Really Abolish ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’? Some Thoughts in Response to Larry Alexander
Get PDFIn a challenge to recent writings of Derk Pereboom and Gregg Caruso,3 Larry Alexander makes the following claim: If one accepts the Pereboom-Caruso “hard incompatibilist” view of choice, which regards blame and retributive punishment as morally unjustified because free will is an illusion, then “normativity completely disappears.” In making this claim, Professor Alexander appears to hold that the moral distinction between right and wrong conduct (“normativity”) cannot effectively exist unless those who do wrong “deserve” to receive blame and punishment in response to their misbehavior. This is not, however, necessarily so
Subnational Environmental Constitutionalism and Reform in New York State
Get PDFThe State of New York’s constitution was perhaps the first in the world to embody environmental constitutionalism, most directly in what is known as its “Forever Wild” mandate from 1894. In contrast to many subnational environmental provisions, courts in New York have regularly enforced Forever Wild. New York’s Constitution also contains a remarkable mandate that every twenty years voters decide whether to hold elections for delegates to convene a convention to amend the state’s constitution, with the next such opportunity on November 7, 2017. This article explores how subnational constitutionalism from around the world informs discussions about whether and how to amend the charter, and has three parts. Part I provides a primer to the field of subnational environmental constitutionalism. Part II explores the opportunities and challenges in enforcing existing subnational environmental provisions. Part III then examines a case study involving language to consider at a constitutional convention for the State of New York
Oliari and the European Court of Human Rights: Where the Court Failed
Get PDFThe European Court of Human Rights revisited the issue of legal recognition for same-sex partnerships on July 21, 2015 when it decided Oliari and Others v. Italy. This Note explores the implications of that decision and what it may mean for same-sex couples within Italy and throughout the Council of Europe. Through a careful analysis of the decision, this Note concludes that Oliari provides slight yet important movement on the issue of a Contracting State’s obligation to afford legal recognition for same-sex partnerships, but a practical implementation of the Court’s holding likely will yield little additional movement in more conservative Contracting States, as the factors utilized to find a violation on the part of Italy remain highly unique to the Italian experience, rendering any perception of a victory as merely psychological in nature
Testing Desire for Greater Closeness as a Mediator of the Associations of Attachment Anxiety with Self-Esteem and Depressive Symptoms
No full textWanting to expand the self by incorporating aspects of close others into one\u27s self-concept is a natural human motivation (Aron & Aron, 1986). However, people high in attachment anxiety have a greater desire than those low in attachment anxiety to increase closeness in romantic relationships, causing them to experience greater confusion in their sense of self (Slotter & Gardner, 2012) and greater emotional distress when their relationships end (Barbara & Dion, 2000). The present study sought to investigate how this desire for greater closeness for individuals high in attachment anxiety may result in negative outcomes for the self. Given that anxious attachment is associated with depression and low self-esteem (Hankin, Kassel, & Abela, 2005), the present study aimed to examine desire for greater closeness as a partial mediator of the associations of attachment anxiety with self-esteem and depressive symptoms. A total of 245 participants (167 currently in romantic relationships, and 78 not currently in romantic relationships) completed an online survey containing measures of current and desired closeness for their romantic relationships (if they were in a relationship) and friendships, as well as measures of attachment, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms. I predicted that desire for greater closeness in romantic relationships, but not friendships, would be higher for people high in attachment anxiety, and that this desire would partially mediate associations of attachment anxiety with self-esteem and depressive symptoms. Results were that attachment anxiety in both friendships and romantic relationships was associated with lower self-esteem and greater depressive symptoms. In romantic relationships, desire for greater closeness was not associated with attachment anxiety, self-esteem, or depressive symptoms. Attachment anxiety in friendships predicted desire for greater closeness to one\u27s best friend, but desire for greater closeness in friendships did not mediate associations of attachment anxiety with self-esteem and depressive symptoms because it did not predict these outcomes. Findings suggest that attachment anxiety is an important area of focus in treatment for clients presenting with low self-esteem and/or depressive symptoms. Future research may examine what other factors may serve as mediators of associations of attachment anxiety with self-esteem and depressive symptoms, such as relationship satisfaction or conflict within relationships. Keywords: attachment anxiety; close relationships; depressive symptoms; desire for greater closeness; inclusion of other in self; self-estee