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Negative space of things: a practice-based research approach to understand the role of objects in the Internet of Things
Get PDFThis is a practice-based research thesis situated in the research context of the ‘Internet of Things’, and
critiques contemporary theoretical discourse related to the 21st century turn of connecting everyday
objects to the World Wide Web. In the last decade we have seen the ‘Internet of Things’ articulated
predominately through three commercial design fictions, each a response to the shift towards
pervasive”, “ubiquitous” (Weiser 1991), or “context-ware” (Schilit, 1994) computing; where we inhabit
spaces with objects capable of sensing, recording and relaying data about themselves and
their environments. Through reflecting upon these existing design fictions, through a new combination
of theories and practice-based research that embodies them, this thesis proposes a recovery to
understanding the role of objects in the ‘Internet of Things’, which this author believes has been lost
since its conception in the mid 2000s.
In 2000, HP Labs presented Cooltown, which addressed what HP identified as the ‘convergence of
Web technology, wireless networks, and portable client devices provides’. Cooltown’s primary discourse
was to provide ‘new design opportunities for computer/communications systems, through an
infrastructure to support "web presence" for people, places and things.’ (Anders 1998; Barton &
Kindberg 2002). IBM’s Smarter Planet followed this in 2008 and shifted importance from the act of
connecting objects to understanding the value of data as it flows between these objects in a network
(Castells 1996; Sterling 2005; Latour 2005). Finally, Cisco presented The Internet of Everything in 2012
and moved the argument on one stage further, identifying that the importance of connected objects lies
in the sum of their communication across silos of networks, where data can provide potential insight
from which you can improve services (Bleecker 2006).
Despite these design and theoretical fictions, the affordances of the Internet of Things first proposed in
the mid 2000s has regressed from data to product, driven largely by unchanged discourse argued by
those designers at its conception and also the enticement of being the next Google acquisition; instead
of pigeons reporting on the environmental conditions of a city (Da Costa 2006), we have thermostats
controllable from your smartphone (www.scottishpower.co.uk/connect).
Therefore the aim of this thesis is to re-examine the initial potential of the Internet of Things, which is
tested through a series of design interventions as research for art and design, (produced as part of my
EPSRC funded doctoral studies on the Tales of Things and Electronic Memory research project and
also whilst employed as a research assistant on two EPSRC funded research programmes of work Sixth
Sense Transport, and The Connected High Street), to understand how we use data to allow an
alternative discourse to emerge in order to recover the role of a networked object, rather than producing
prototypical systems
The effect of a bilateral training intervention on sprint start performance of experienced male sprinters
Get PDFBilateral transference research has recently shown evidence that the training of the preferred and non-preferred leg can improve overall performance, through the development and adaption of motor processes. The current study used a bilateral training intervention on a sprint start to determine if the same effects were exhibited. Twelve male participants, all of whom were county to national level sprinters took part in the study. An intervention group (n=6) undertook an 8-week bilateral training intervention for the sprint start, consistently changing the foot on the front block between preferred and non-preferred leg. A control group (n=6) used the same programme but only with the preferred leg lead. Participants were assessed Pre, Mid and Post intervention over the 8-week period. The lab-based testing assessed a total of ten sprint starts over a five-metre distance, with both the preferred and non-preferred leg performing five trials when positioned at the front block. Results established no significant change (P= > 0.05) in five-metre sprint performance for the preferred (P = 0.136; ηp2 = 0.181) and non-preferred (P=0.716; ηp2 = 0.033) lead leg trials across stages between groups. Several significant results across stages (P=<0.05) were found for kinematic and ground reaction force variables. A key interaction (P= < 0.05) was found at the block push off during non-preferred leg trials for the intervention group, where the hip had greater extension. Further changes to performance were found across stages for both groups, for hip, knee, and ankle kinematics, as well as the braking impulse (P= < 0.05). Despite these changes the 8-week intervention implemented did not result in any changes to sprint start performance over the five-metre distance. Future research should look to further assess the application of a bilateral training program to sprint start performance, with further assessment over the acceleration phase after the first two strides
MACHINE LEARNING FOR MALWARE BOTNET DETECTION IN IOT DEVICES
Get PDFCyber threats against the Department of Defense (DOD) and the greater U.S. public create an ever-increasing security challenge. Advances in information technology provide new capabilities and benefits but also vulnerabilities. Today, the internet of things (IoT) is almost everywhere. Homes, businesses, and government organizations are continuing to add internet-connected devices for increased productivity and convenience. Military IoT devices provide traditional computing as well as specific functional purpose sensors. The DOD will increasingly depend upon a diverse range of IoT devices to gain information dominance over its adversaries. IoT technology in real time can provide entity-level maintenance, logistics, and intelligence data that has the potential to enable command and control decisions with greater confidence and speed. However, IoT devices are vulnerable to attack by malware, which has proven to be a network security concern. There have been many high-profile attacks such as the Mirai botnet and SolarWinds breaches that demonstrate IoT vulnerabilities. Advances in machine learning offer potential solutions to detect the evolving nature of cyber intrusions on internet networks. This thesis examines approaches to detecting malware-infected devices using machine learning and labeled IoT network flow data. It also seeks to determine whether supervised machine-learning models provide generalizable solutions for malware detection on new networks and IoT devices.Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.Major, United States Arm
Making and appreciating art
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Классификации фильтрационных подушек
Get PDFThe bleb is the functional part of trabeculectomy, and the part that largely determines long-term success, failure, and complications. In many studies authors have described bleb appearance after glaucoma surgery in terms of recognized patterns of bleb appearance such as cystic, encysted, flat, and diffuse, usually in conjunction with a global vascularity assessment. Article describes all proposed bleb grading systems: the old ones (Kronfeld, Migdal, Hitchings, Vesti, Lederer and Shingleton), the most popular (Wuerzburg bleb classification score, Indiana bleb appearance grading scale, Moorfields bleb grading system). Also analyzed the modern concepts of bleb morphology using ultrasound biomicroscopy, optical coherence tomography, thermography and digital methods for assessing hyperemia level. In conclusion, the author tried to determine the role of each classification. Which characteristics are to be used as a descriptive, and which of them can predict the duration of the hypotensive effect of the surgery
Phantoms of Anglo-Confederate commerce : an historical and archaeological investigation of American civil war blockade running
No full textDuring the American Civil War Wilmington, North Carolina and the
Bermudian ports of St. Georges and Hamilton served as vital links in a
complex trading network that developed to facilitate the exchange of southern
agricultural products for war materials and civilian merchandise through a
Union blockade of the Confederacy. Although that material contributed
significantly to the Confederate war effort, Anglo-Confederate blockade
running has received limited scholarly attention. Much of the associated
literature is based on memoirs rather than scholarship and does not accurately,
reflect that necessarily clandestine trade. The primary goal of this thesis is to
produce a more comprehensive and detailed picture of blockade running, the
cargoes carried through the Union blockade and the powerful steam vessels
that made Anglo-Confederate commerce possible. Unlike previous treatments,
this thesis combines the results of both archival and archaeological research.
The results illustrate the evolution of strategies involved in both establishing
and maintaining the blockade and those developed for running the blockade.
Assessment of the vessel remains and historical data associated with the
construction and procurement of steamers identifies the vessel types and
confirms that blockade runners adapted extant technology. Contrary to the
popularly held impression, no technological innovations were specifically
developed to address the demands of the trade. The spatial distribution of
wrecks and the minimal amount of cultural material surviving in association
with them, provides strong evidence that cargoes were more valuable than the
vessels. That premise influenced the strategy adopted by blockade runners.
While Confederate salvors left little evidence of cargo, historical research
revealed a wealth of new insight into the specific nature of that material. This
new evidence provides a more accurate and detailed picture of Anglo-
Confederate blockade running and the strategies, ships and cargoes that made
blockade running between Wilmington and Bermuda a success
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
