The cloud computing is a paradigm involving many disparate stake holders. Any system built upon this paradigm and a business run on such system architecture would have similarly disparate scope of access, activities and responsibilities for the stake holders. Depending on the scope of the activities and responsibilities, a stakeholder has to device the security measures to secure his activity s...

Surface strain rate is best observed by fitting a strain-rate ellipsoid to the measured movement of a stake network,or other collection of surface features, using a least-squares procedure. Error of the resulting fit varies as (LAt/7T)~ , where L is the stake separation, At is the time period between initial and final stake survey, and n is the number of stakes in the network. This relation sug...

A new process is described that assists engineers in making complex decisions during the design process. The Interactive Design Selection Process (iDSP) allows designers to collect design information, compare candidate designs, build user preferences, and ultimately zero in on the best designs. In contrast to traditional black-box optimization approaches, the iDSP involves the designer in each ...

Collective contests are examined permitting heterogeneity of stakes within every competing group. Our first concern is whether unequal distribution of stakes in a group can enhance its win probability. Our second concern is whether a large stake in a group can be individually disadvantageous. We find that if a contest is sufficiently “hard” for a group, the answers to these questions are positi...

The rising number of teenage mothers, especially in rural areas, has become a cause for concern Meghalaya. Young parents are unable to take up the responsibility that comes with parenthood and this leads several undesirable socio-emotional outcomes. A study was planned conducted Meghalaya understand causes consequences motherhood. In depth interviews identified respondents were carried out. dat...

In recent years blockchain consensus mechanisms based on Proof of Stake gained increasing attention as an alternative to Work, which requires high energy consumption. its original version hinges the idea that, for a user, likelihood confirm next block is positively related amount currency units held in wallet, and possibly also time length money has been unspent for. simple framework with risk ...

This study aims at discovering whether university entrance exam (UEE), a high-stake selection test in Iran, influences the high school and pre-university EFL teachers` methodology and test development. The participants of this study included thirty high school and pre-university EFL teachers who were randomly selected from ten different schools. To answer the research questions, five types of m...