The main research subject of this dissertation is Open Source Software (OSS). It is an industry-driven case study aiming to understand OSS business in international context. As the purpose of this dissertation is to better understand OSS business in international context generally, it includes discussions concerning aspects of strategies, opportunities and challenges of OSS firms. These firms f...

We present the quantitative investigation of submicron structure in bulk porous graphite by using dark-field x-ray imaging with Hartmann masks. By scanning correlation length and measuring mask visibility reduction, we obtain average pore size, relative fraction, fractal dimension, Hurst exponent a simple flexible setup relaxed requirements on beam coherence. Profiting from dimensionality mask,...

A once-in-a-century pandemic has sparked an unprecedented health and economic crisis. Less examined is how predatory financial investors have shaped the crisis profited from it. We examine U.S. shadow banks, such as private equity, venture capital, hedge fund firms, affected hardship inequality during First, we identify these helped to hollow out care industry disenfranchise low-wage service se...