41 research outputs found
Web engineering security: essential elements
No full textSecurity is an elusive target in today’s high-speed and extremely complex, Web enabled, information rich business environment. This paper presents the idea that there are essential, basic organizational elements that need to be identified, defined and addressed before examining security aspects of a Web Engineering Development process. These elements are derived from empirical evidence based on a Web survey and supporting literature. This paper makes two contributions. The first contribution is the identification of the Web Engineering specific elements that need to be acknowledged and resolved prior to the assessment of a Web Engineering process from a security perspective. The second contribution is that these elements can be used to help guide Security Improvement Initiatives in Web Engineering
A comparison of forensic toolkits and mass market data recovery applications
No full textDigital forensic application suites are large, expensive, complex software products, offering a range of functions to assist in the investigation of digital artifacts. Several authors have raised concerns as to the reliability of evidence derived from these products. This is of particular concern, given that many forensic suites are closed source and therefore can only be subject to black box evaluation. In addition, many of the individual functions
integrated into forensic suites are available as commercial stand-alone products, typically at a much lower cost, or even free. This paper reports research which compared (rather than individually evaluated) the data recovery function of two forensic suites and three stand alone `non-forensic' commercial applications. The research demonstrates that, for this function at least, the commercial data recovery tools provide comparable performance to that of the forensic software suites. In addition, the research demonstrates that there is some variation in results presented by all of the data recovery tools
From Attractio and Impulsus to Motion of Liberty: Rarefaction and Condensation, Nature and Violence, in Cardano, Francis Bacon, Glisson and Hale
No full textThere was a particular way of understanding and explaining changes in matter's quantity whose first exposition can be traced back to the Renaissance in Girolamo Cardano's classification of the natural motions of the universe, particu- larly in the motions of impulsus (impenetrability) and attractio (abhorrence of a vacuum). Cardano's exposition was read attentively by Francis Bacon, whose idea of "motion of liberty" both modified and retained elements of the Cardanian view. The Baconian treatment of the motion of liberty made its way well into the seven- teenth century in the works of Francis Glisson and Matthew Hale, who draw heavily on it to provide their own account of rarefaction and condensation. The aim of this essay is to reconstruct the history of the accounts of the processes of rarefaction and condensation held by these authors in order to examine the ramifications of the Cardanian approach in the seventeenth century. This history will not only provide us with new instruments for understanding the intellectual relationship between the Renaissance and the early modern period but also improve our understanding of the transformation of the world picture across the emergence of early modern science.Fil: Manzo, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina
An objective assessment of the human detection of micro-structures in digitised film mammographic images
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Navigating Child-rearing with a Physical Disability: An Occupational Therapy Approach with Lived Experience
No full textParenting is a difficult occupation for anyone, but parenting with a physical disability presents additional challenges. Despite there being a similar rate of pregnancy for women with disabilities as non-disabled mothers, there is limited information available for parenting with a physical disability. The author theorized that by providing the needed educational resources on adaptive parenting, including the use of activity and environmental modifications and assistive technology, to parents with physical disabilities, knowledge of adaptive parenting would increase. This capstone incorporates a thorough literature review and is guided by the Model of Human Occupation and Human Activity Assistive Technology Model to provide education on parenting with a physical disability. Evidence-based methods along with the author\u27s personal navigation of parenting with a congenital limb deficiency served to create an educational presentation for parents with physical disabilities on adaptive parenting~ focusing on activity modifications, environmental modifications. and assistive technology. A mixed methods study with 10 participants with physical disabilities was implemented, and a Likert scale was utilized to measure agreement rating to identify outcomes of the educational presentation. Growth was shown in all statements as evidenced by a post-survey increase, exhibiting increased knowledge and effectiveness of the capstone project. The study highlighted the need for adaptive parenting resources and education, for not only patients, but also providers, and provided education on adaptations for the child-rearing tasks identified most difficult by parents with physical disabilities: Bathing, night-care, carrying the baby, and additional parenting tasks
Mobile Press-Register sleeve MP0118493
No full textStoke / Parsons wedding / Bragg Mitchell Mansion, Springhill Avenue, Mobile / Stokke / Parsons wedding. She pronounces it Stokey with a long "o." Their reception will begin at about 7 p.m. at the Bragg-Mitchell. Please also look for her mother as contact. Her name is Karen Stokke. She will lead you to the Norwegian relatives in authentic costumes - Ruby is one of them. / High Profile lead bride. / Jessica Purvis / Haley Sikes / Kids Griffin Gainer / Mary Claire Sikes / Thomas Parsons / Dewey Parsons / William Parsons / Nick Purvis / Chad Herring / Beth Glisson / Natalie Herring (fruit girls) / Emily Heisler / Bride / Heather Herrington (with food) / Randy Dunn / Rubi Seim / Matthew White / (At food table) / Ann Bassett bridesmaid / Griffin ringbearer / [Work order included
Digital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections
No full textDigital Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections examines
digital forensics and its relevance for contemporary research. The applicability
of digital forensics to archivists, curators, and others working within
our cultural heritage is not necessarily intuitive. When the shared interests of
digital forensics and responsibilities associated with securing and maintaining
our cultural legacy are identified—preservation, extraction, documentation,
and interpretation, as this report details—the correspondence between
these fields of study becomes logical and compelling.Council on Library and Information Resource
Use of High-Strain Dynamic Testing to Efficiently Design and Construct Bridge Foundations in Glacial Soils
No full textPlaying catch and juggling with a humanoid robot
No full textAbstract—Entertainment robots in theme park environments typically do not allow for physical interaction and contact with guests. However, catching and throwing back objects is one form of physical engagement that still maintains a safe distance between the robot and participants. Using a theme park type animatronic humanoid robot, we developed a test bed for a throwing and catching game scenario. We use an external camera system (ASUS Xtion PRO LIVE) to locate balls and a Kalman filter to predict ball destination and timing. The robot’s hand and joint-space are calibrated to the vision coordinate system using a least-squares technique, such that the hand can be positioned to the predicted location. Successful catches are thrown back two and a half meters forward to the participant, and missed catches are detected to trigger suitable animations that indicate failure. Human to robot partner juggling (three ball cascade pattern, one hand for each partner) is also achieved by speeding up the catching/throwing cycle. We tested the throwing/catching system on six participants (one child and five adults, including one elderly), and the juggling system on three skilled jugglers. I
