game-based practicing of materials can be seen as a method of capturing an essence of real- life expe-rience which is commonly missing in the conventional face-to-face classrooms. to serve the l2 learn-ers' immediate communicative needs in wider classroom and societal contexts, this study sought to place l2 english learners within an interactional social framework through reinforcing their...

Commodity software components are intrinsically untrustworthy and it is highly insecure to use them directly in mission critical systems. The trustworthiness of a system can be only vaguely specified or achieved without a quantifiable level of assurance measurement of the components used in the system. While large amounts of research efforts have been devoted to establishing a certain quantifia...

Federation of Cloud services is notably landing interests from both Cloud providers and consumers. Cloud providers nowadays are required to form federations to remain competitive, and sustain their market share. Cloud consumers however seek optimized services from Clouds federation. They strive to maximize their satisfaction level, which is often measured by Quality of Service (QoS). Federation...

In March 2012, the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (RMCCDC) was hosted at Regis University and attended by seven colleges from the region. CCDC was developed by the University of Texas in San Antonio to provide a structured environment for practical education tied to established information assurance learning objectives in the implementation of security techniques, strategie...

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This paper describes the experience of our institution in creating a comprehensive undergraduate information assurance (IA) program. An interdisciplinary approach was undertaken in order to include a larger portion of the student body and faculty and thus influence a broader audience. The program includes a wide variety of mutually supporting information assurance activities including a researc...

This paper discusses how the author integrated issues in Information Assurance into parts of the undergraduate curriculum at his university. The emphasis is on his course on computer ethics and the social implications of computing. . Index terms – Integrating information assurance topics into the undergraduate curriculum; visions for the future.

We propose that egotism about one’s abilities may be related to good self-regulation and a lack of self-control may reduce estimations of aptitudes. Self-control depletion should lead to more accurate and therefore less lofty predictions of future performances. In two experiments, self-control depletion was manipulated by having participants either resist tempting cookies or by inhibiting thoug...

Conclusions Quality assurance as such is mainly a question of attitudes and behaviour. It is difficult to induce doctors to modify their behaviour by pressures other than from inside the profession. In France there are three types of understanding of medical evaluation: that of the official bodies and evaluation units of hospitals, who try to define and disseminate actual quality assurance; tha...