Personal and organizational performance is determined by commitment and both technical and general competencies, including leadership skills. Academia, however, mainly targets technical aspects in its curricular programs. On the other hand, the inter-disciplinary and multi-sector nature of Nutrition necessitates high levels of collaboration between stakeholders. Leadership development is theref...

PURPOSE To identify the personal strengths of Canadian physical therapists who hold leadership positions and compare them with the strengths of Canadian physical therapists who do not occupy positions of leadership. METHODS A quantitative, cross-sectional online survey was distributed to registered Canadian physical therapists. We used the Clifton StrengthsFinder to evaluate 34 characteristic...

This research in progress investigates the antecedents of effective Information Security (IS) of an organization following an extreme event. The motivation for this research is the rife of information security incidents, which pose increasing risks to business continuity especially in the aftermath of an extreme event when organizations may lack sufficient resources to effectively safeguard the...

Virtually every aspect of modern life is shaped by advancements in technology. While there are undeniable benefits to this ubiquitous use of technology and the Internet, we must also understand the security risks that come with them and take appropriate measures for preparedness. The challenges faced by government, industry, and academia continues to grow in volume and complexity as cyber secur...

This document is an attempt to describe the landscape of cyber-security. It starts from a specific framing–why the technology associated with cyberspace is insecure. The central conclusion is that improving the security posture of the technology is not itself a simple technical problem, but requires an understanding of economic issues, incentives and externalities, coordination and leadership, ...

The standardization work has been successfully achieved under the leadership of CableLabs, with the successful launch of DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 products, and the finalization of the DOCSIS 2.0 [1] specification. Definition of an interoperable Voice over IP architecture covering signaling, provisioning, security has been achieved [2], allowing MSO to deploy data and voice access systems on an econom...

The foreign policy of states determines the way they behave in the international arena. Accurate analysis of official foreign policy documents of a country is helpful in that it shows what the international priorities of a country are at specific periods. This article reviews the U.S. National Security Strategy documents published in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2015 from the perspective of the percept...