We present a control plane for operators of Top-level Domains (TLDs) in the Domain Name System (DNS), such as “.org” and “.nl”, that enables them to increase the security and stability of their TLD by taking on the role of a threat intelligence provider. Our control plane is a novel system that extends a TLD operator’s traditional services and detects potential threats in the TLD by continuousl...

To incentivize users’ participations and steer their online activities, online social networks start to provide users with various kinds of rewards for their contributions to the sites. The most frequently distributed rewards include account levels, reputation scores, different kinds of badges, and even material awards like small gifts and cash back, etc. Attracted by these rewards, users will ...

Mutations in the Drosophila tolloid (tld) gene lead to a partial transformation of dorsal ectoderm into ventral ectoderm. The null phenotype of tld is similar to, but less severe than decapentaplegic (dpp), a TGF-beta family member required for the formation of all dorsal structures. We have cloned the tld locus by P element tagging. At the blastoderm stage, tld RNA is expressed dorsally, simil...

BACKGROUND Third Location Decompression (TLD) is the process through which personnel, returning from combat operations, begin to psychologically 'unwind'. Decompression comprises welfare activities, such as contacting home, beach events, social events, psycho-educational briefings and controlled re-introduction to alcohol. AIMS To assess the subjective utility of decompression by surveying al...

We present Open Badges, an open-source framework and toolkit for measuring and shaping face-to-face social interactions using either custom hardware devices or smart phones, and real-time web-based visualizations. Open Badges is a modular system that allows researchers to monitor and collect interaction data from people engaged in real-life social settings. In this paper we describe the technic...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported that children score better in language tasks using sung rather than spoken stimuli. We examined word detection ease in sung and spoken sentences that were equated for phoneme duration and pitch variations in children aged 7 to 12 years with typical language development (TLD) as well as in children with specific language impairment (SLI ), and hypothesiz...

The objective of calibrating TLD badges and radiation survey meters demand that accurate dose gets to the TLDs and radiation survey meters. A lead block mould and an ICRU slab phantom had been designed and constructed to collimate the panoramic Cs-137 source at the secondary standards dosimetry laboratory (SSDL) by experts at the National Nuclear Research Institute (NNRI) workshop of the Ghana ...

The whole-body and hand radiation doses to our technical staff were retrospectively compared for three distinct 4-mo periods when either 201TI or 99mTc-sestamibi were exclusively used for stress myocardial perfusion imaging. During the initial 4-mo period when 99mTc-sestamibi replaced 201TI, the mean whole-body film badge readings increased from 100 to 450 microSv/mo (p < 0.001) for nuclear med...

This editorial announces the decision of the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (CJEP) to offer Open Science Framework (OSF) Badges. The Centre for Open Science provides tools to facilitate open science practices. These include the OSF badges. The badges acknowledge papers that meet standards for openness of data, methods, or research process. They are now described in the CJEP Submiss...

The Radiological Physics Center (RPC) has been utilizing TLD to verify photon-beam output, and electron-beam output and energy for many years. The RPC currently monitors over 1200 institutions, monitoring 4000 photon and 3500 electron beams per year. Control TLD, irradiated on one specific Co-60 machine, are used for a performance check of our TLD system. Analysis of these data over 5 years, re...