We statistically investigated the DNS query access traffic from a university campus network toward the top domain DNS (tDNS) through March 14th, 2009, when the hosts in the campus network were under inbound SSH dictionary attack. The interesting results are obtained, as follows: (1) the several hosts generated the DNS query packet traffic, taking a rate of more than 1,000 hour−1, through 07:30-...

This special issue is dedicated to Innovations for Community Services. The issue highlights papers selected from the presentations given during the 2014 14th International Conference on Innovations for Community Services (I4CS), held in Reims, France, June, 2014. The goal of this conference was to bring together researchers, professionals and practitioners at all levels, including students, fac...

BACKGROUND Initial studies have shown that low-energy ultrasound stimulates living tissue cells to reduce regeneration or speed up their recovery. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of various ultrasound parameters on the speed of recovery in injured sciatic nerves. METHODS NMRI mice (n = 200) with injured left paw, caused by crushing their sciatic nerves, were randomly sele...

BACKGROUND There are no available studies describing the possible resistance of strongyles to ivermectin in horses in Poland. One hundred seventy three horses from nine stud farms from South-Western Poland were studied. The effectiveness of ivermectin was studied on the 14th day after ivermectin administration using the fecal egg count reduction test, and a long-term observation of the egg reap...

The aim of the study was to establish whether the physicians' strike, which took place in Croatia in 2003, had an impact on the mortality of the population. Mortality data from the National Bureau of Statistics relating to the strike period (15 January - 14 February 2003) were selected and compared with the previous and subsequent periods of the same duration in 2001, 2002 and 2004. Of the 52,5...