The past years have witnessed an increasing interest and concern regarding the development of security monitoring management mechanisms for Critical Infrastructures, due to their vital role in ensuring availability many essential services. This task is not easy specific characteristics such systems, natural resistance Infrastructures operators against actions implying downtime. Digital Twins, a...

In this paper, we discuss the historical and current perspectives on women in computer science and the recent downward trend of women's participation in this field We then present results from a survey that asked respondents their views on why women's participation in the field of computing is decreasing, what we can do to reverse this trend, and what they predict the future holds for women in ...

The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of a vertical version of horizontally oriented three Appraisal of Violent Situation scales that elicit women's subjective appraisals of severity, dangerousness, and controllability of violence. Construct validity of the vertical scale eliciting 64 abused women's perceptions of severity of violence experienced was supported by a l...