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Hardware-Oriented Multi-Exposure Fusion Approach for Real-Time Video Processing on FPGA

This paper presents a multi-exposure fusion approach suitable to be hardware implemented and integrated in real-time video processing pipelines. The proposed approach is inspired by the Merten&#x2019;s algorithm for blending images in a multi-exposure sequence through simple quality measures, such as saturation and contrast. However, for the purpose of a hardware-friendly implementation, complex Laplacian and Gaussian pyramid computations are here replaced with simpler operations. The proposed approach is suitable to be integrated within a complete system targeting heterogeneous FPGA SoCs. When implemented within the Xilinx Zynq XC7Z020 chip, it runs 94 Mega pixels per second and occupies just 18493 LUTs, which is at least 25&#x0025; faster and 35.5&#x0025; cheaper than state-of-the-art designs.
A Cyber Taxonomy

As we analyzed the example in the previous chapter, it becomes apparent that there is inherently a problem with the outcomes of research when it is done by people with the wrong context, knowledge experience, or backgrounds. In this chapter, we will explore what sort of people make the right choice when theoretical cybersecurity work, thought, and innovation are necessary. First though, we need to address the taxonomical issue that is plaguing the cybersecurity industry and is at least in part responsible for more widespread issues. If we can understand what the problems are with the way we classify professionals in cybersecurity, we can better find the right people to employ in theoretical exploration of new concepts.
Liberate Your Servers: A Decentralized Content Compliance Validation Protocol

Content compliance validation provides a formal and secure procedure for applications (like emails or social networks) to determine how an intended action can be carried out. By conducting the validation against predefined policies, only compliant content is allowed to be delivered. Unfortunately, current solutions suffer from multiple issues such as intensive server-side overheads, intransparency and centralization. To address these drawbacks, we propose DeCCV, the first decentralized content compliance validation protocol for real-world applications. In our work, the application requires to transparently declare its validation policies ( $${{\textbf {Policy}}^\textsf {Cont}_\textsf {VAL}}$$ ) on the blockchain. Meanwhile, we outsource the resource-intensive validations to multiple decentralized off-chain validation nodes, which verify user’s content locally and issue the proofs (signatures) accordingly. Therefore, the burden of server-end workloads is minimized to merely signature-based verification. Moreover, a dedicated incentive mechanism is proposed to motivate high accountability of validation participants. DeCCV is platform-friendly that can be compatible with most real-world applications. We fully implement DeCCV for Gmail, Twitter and Dropbox to show its versatility.
Binary Trees

In the previous chapter, we examined hash functions and hash tables and looked at several applications including string searching and the implementation of a Set that utilizes hashing.
Discernment of faculty members and researchers towards leveraging research data management services: A study

Advanced stage of Research Repository system in library profession is Research Data Management (RDM) where activities like archiving, retrieving, recycling and conserving research data for future use are taking place. It is not new to the developed countries, many of the academic institutions, research-oriented special institutions are utilising the RDM services. Countries like India identified the need of adopting new tools for its ongoing research explorations in the fields of science, technology and social sciences perhaps the concept of RDM system came into existence. More significance in this manuscript is given to find out how effectively the researchers and faculty are reaching to fulfil their research needs in terms of preservation and sharing of data through RDM. It also looks at various ways how library professionals could extend their support to faculty and researchers within the organisation.
Understanding Pipeline as Code

In the last chapter you learned about GitHub and integrating Jenkins with GitHub. You also learned about parameterized free-style and pipeline jobs. You learned about E-E testing using the UI automation tool called Selenium and managed the web application’s release using upstream and downstream jobs. You also saw how to set up customized email notifications that will send UI automation test reports.
Heap Trees

The previous chapter presented AVL trees. These trees are extremely useful when many fast lookups are needed.
Measuring the Success of the Ngawi District Government Web site Using the Delone and Mclean Model

The purpose of this study is to determine the Web site's success in providing public information for the Ngawi Regency Local Government. The Delone and Mclean approach is used to evaluate a Web site as an information system. The study employs a quantitative methodology. The data were gathered by the distribution of questionnaires to 100 respondents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and Smart PLS 3.0 partial least squares (PLSs) software were used to analyze the data. The findings indicated that all indicators were deemed genuine, and the variables had a high degree of reliability—information quality has an effect on Web site-user happiness. Meanwhile, service quality has a favorable influence on Web site users’ use and satisfaction. Meanwhile, the quality of the system has minimal influence on its usability or user satisfaction.
Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in the Agricultural Sector

Today, information and communications technologies (ICTs) are present in all sectors, and the agricultural sector is no exception. Access to information is important for gaining knowledge and making better decisions. Several factors determine the adoption of ICTs in the agricultural sector. This article presents the literature review on the factors that condition the adoption of ICTs in the agricultural sector. A total of 17 scientific articles were reviewed and analyzed. The results of the review show that some factors mentioned in the literature are education, ICT availability, age of farmers, subjective norm, and farm size. The models that explain the technology acceptance used in the studies were technological acceptance model (TAM) and unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and theory that explains human behavior such as theory of planned behavior (TPB). In future adoption model proposals, the factors, models, and theory can be taken into account.
Experimental Design and Implementation Model of a Cashless Money Transfer Wristband

In today’s era, traditional money transfer systems are more prone to attacks like forging signatures, theft of debit cards, etc. However most of the debit cards which are now being used are RFID-based Tap to Pay cards which therefore are more vulnerable to security risks. Money Transfer Wristband offers a platform where the chances of such attacks are minimized and money can be transferred easily from one user to another at any time. This system contains a Fingerprint Sensor, LCD display and a Serial Communication port for transferring data between any trusted applications to the microcontroller. After linking microcontroller with the application, wallet balance is displayed along with details which are entered by the user on LCD for simple communication and after that registration of authenticated finger is done. After entering amount and user ID, it again asks the user to place the finger for initiating transaction and if the finger matches with the finger previously stored, transaction is successful otherwise transaction fails. Thus, this work proposes a method where the data is being transferred serially and is therefore faster as compared to the data transmission over the Internet. The system designed is independent, cost efficient and powerful which can perform most desired activities of a particular user.
Tapering Malicious Language for Identifying Fake Web Content

The neoteric occurrence, the pandemic, and global crisis entails the extensive use of web portals to unfurl information. While this has built the cognizance of the common man, the infinitely unnoticed enumeration of malicious content on the web has escalated copiously. Spurious data and fake information has done more harm than what is actually unraveled to the public; however, scrupulously meticulous measures to agonize their source and delve into mitigating these data has become quite a challenge. This indignation delves into step-wise analysis of identifying the hoax through systematically programmed algorithms using natural language processing.
Adaptive Bitrate Encoding Strategy for ROI-based Mobile Augmented Reality

The limited capacity battery of smartphones always incurs low-battery anxiety for mobile users, especially for the high energy consumption mobile applications, such as mobile games and videos. They need to render complex content in real-time and transfer heavy data from the server, leading to high energy consumption. As a case study, we investigate Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR), a promising mobile technique that has been applied in many mobile applications. MAR can provide an immersive user experience by rendering real-world scenarios with annotations. However, to provide high-quality rendering services, MAR needs to download massive data from the server. While the unstable network condition and the limited network bandwidth always lead to an unacceptable latency for MAR applications. This paper proposes an adaptive bitrate model based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The goal is to reduce the transfer latency and keep the user perception experience. In detail, we extract the region of interest (RoI) features of the current video and feed them into our predictive model. Then the model outputs the encoding bitrate for the RoI content and the background content. The results show that compared with the download raw rendered 1080p video from the server, the proposed model save an average of 39% downloading latency and keep the user perception experience.
Toward an Agile and Transformational Government, Through the Development of the Tangerang LIVE Application (Case Study of Tangerang City, Indonesia)

This research aims to see how far the application of “Tangerang LIVE” is in realizing the principles of agile governance in the Tangerang City Government. The current era of technology is a challenge for every government to have information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities in the application of public services. The Tangerang City Government answered this challenge by making innovation in an application called “Tangerang LIVE”. The method in this study is a descriptive analysis that explains a clear picture of the application of agile governance principles to applications made by the Tangerang City Government. Researchers analyzed the data using the “Tangerang LIVE” application found on the google play store for users’ smartphone Android. This study’s data collection techniques were carried out through secondary data searches obtained from books, articles, news, comments, government publications (applications), and journals. This research is necessary because it can see how far the Tangerang City Government is in realizing the principles of agile governance through public services. The results of this study indicate that of the three principles, agile governance discussed, the Tangerang City Government has implemented several principles of agile governance, namely based on quick wins and simple design and continuous refinement. However, on the focus of the systematic and adaptive approach, it is still not implemented optimally. This can be seen through the number of user complaints related to the verification process, which takes a long time to respond after registering on the application.
The Effect of Abusive Supervision and Perceived Coworker Support on Knowledge Sharing: A Social Exchange Perspective

The purpose of this study is to examine the process through which interactions with leaders and colleagues affect knowledge sharing among organizational members, and to verify the mediating effect of psychological safety between two variables. Previous studies related to knowledge sharing have independently studied leadership or interpersonal relationships such as trust or fairness, but have not dealt with them in an integrated way. This study focused on the effect of abusive supervision and perceived colleagues support on knowledge sharing. Also, in this process, psychological safety was set as a mediator and this was verified. To verify this, 163 members of 5 service organizations were surveyed and data were collected. As a result, it was found that abusive supervision had a negative effect on knowledge sharing, and members who recognized the support of their co-worker shared more knowledge. Also, it was confirmed that psychological safety partially mediates between abusive supervision and knowledge sharing, and completely mediates between perceived co-worker support and knowledge sharing. In the conclusion section, the theoretical and practical implications of this study were discussed based on the empirical analysis results, and the limitations of the study and future research directions were presented.
Cost Benefit

In this chapter, we will explore the concept of cost benefit and how it applies within the cybersecurity industry. The term itself is rather self-descriptive. Cost benefit is an assessment of how beneficial something is when offset with cost. Typically, the benefit in cost benefit, when referred to in cybersecurity constructs, is the ability to mitigate risk. Risk could be risk of exploitation or other worries, but they all roll up to either financial risk or loss of life or both. Typically, the cost in cost benefit, when the term is referred to in cybersecurity circles, is a cost in dollars, but this does not necessarily have to be the case; sometimes, it could be in the form of resources or time spent, but ultimately, those too get rolled up into a dollar amount.
Managing Credentials

Jenkins, as a CI/CD automation server, needs to access different third-party tools—like Nexus artifact repository, Git code repository, etc.—to perform its CI/CD tasks. These artifact and code repositories implement different kinds of authentications, including basic authentication, where users are authenticated using their usernames and passwords, SSH authentication, where users are authenticated by matching private and public keys, and API token-based authentication, where users are authenticated based on an API token sent along with the access request. Jenkins needs to provide the required authentication information when accessing these tools. If a tool that Jenkins is trying to access has basic authentication, Jenkins needs to provide a username and password. If the tool's authentication is set to SSH, then Jenkins needs to provide a private key, and so on.
Flex-STEx - An Insight into the Development of a Flexible Smart Textiles Experience Kit for Teaching Engineering Students in an Innovative Way

Successful professionals are expected to adapt to current requirements at all times and keep their knowledge up to date. The Smart Textiles field poses a particular challenge in this respect - in addition to their own specialist knowledge, the focus here is on interdisciplinarity and thinking outside the box. The focus will be on E-Textiles, the combination of electronic with textile products. For this purpose, a flexible Smart Textiles Experience kit called Flex‑STEx is developed using a design thinking approach and involving future users in the development process. This application-oriented construction kit is intended to help extend the limits of individual knowledge, stimulate creativity and provide the ability to initiate product development. A further added value for students will be a deeper understanding of innovation and interdisciplinary challenges. This paper gives an insight into the work in progress concerning the development of this novel kit.
Experimentation

Technology-specific solutions traditionally lend themselves to straightforward assessments of success via measurable results. The ability to determine whether or not a new technology provides a better metric as a solution to a problem is a foundational portion of any argument for its acceptance. The following analysis of established security paradigms and their respective evaluation via experimental methods will highlight the need for a differing process to provide defensible measurement of success or failure of human reliant cybersecurity implementation evaluations, which, given that attackers are humans, is all of them.
The former convergence of two autobiographical works by one writer: «The view from the white mountain» and «Whose stirrup we held» by A.P. Keshokov

The article compares two autobiographical works by A.P. Keshokov — the story «The View from the White Mountain» and the story «Whose stirrup we held». This work tracks the specific mani-festations of the writers various hypostases, the peculiarities of the relationship between the au-thor of the depicting and the author of the depicted, the scale of the image of his own image, the "location" that he assigns to his own image in the space and time of the work, emotional contrasts, determining the value vector of the development of events. It is noteworthy that the writer's return to a fragment of his biography once told reveals very significant semantic discrepancies between the two works. The writer could not help but realize that these discrepancies would not escape the attention of his readers. And in these moments, the axiological aspect of the named story and the very fact of returning to the previously illuminated is clarified. The convergence of two autobio-graphical works by the same writer reveals differences not only in the depiction's completeness of events and persons, but also very noticeable changes in the value attitude towards them. relation-ship between the author of the depicting and the author of the depicted, the scale of the image of his own image, the "location" that he assigns to his own image in the space and time of the work, emotional contrasts that determine the value vector of the development of events. It is noteworthy that the writer's return to a fragment of his biography once told reveals very significant semantic discrepancies between the two works. The writer could not help but realize that these discrepan-cies would not escape the attention of his reader. And in these moments, the axiological aspect of the named story and the very fact of returning to the previously illuminated is clarified. The con-vergence of two autobiographical works by the same writer reveals differences not only in the completeness of the depiction of events and persons, but also very noticeable changes in the value attitude towards them.
A Tour of Generics and Concurrency in Go

This chapter introduces the syntax and semantics of generics in Go. Many coding examples are presented that illustrate this new and powerful feature of Go. This sets the stage for the continued use of generics throughout the book.
End-to-End Protection of IoT Communications Through Cryptographic Enforcement of Access Control Policies

It is crucial to ensure the security and privacy of communications in Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios that process an increasingly large amount of sensitive data. In this context, we propose a cryptographic enforcement mechanism of access control policies to guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of messages exchanged with the MQTT protocol in presence of external attackers, malicious insiders and “honest-but-curious” service providers. A preliminary performance evaluation with a prototype implementation in an open-source tool shows the overhead is acceptable in relevant use case scenarios and provides a higher level of security with respect to other approaches.
Mental maps as an effective educational technology for the development of information and legal competence of a person

Mental maps are considered as an effective educational technology for the development of information and legal competence of a person. It is noted that the conditions for the intensive development of the legislative and legal sphere of society and its informatization necessitate the modernization of the education system, partial automation becomes a necessary condition for the successful functioning of organizations and institutions in all spheres of society. The characteristics of the technologies of social and cultural activities, which are aimed at identifying the specifics of a practice-oriented pedagogical system of education, are given. The leading principles of the organization of the pedagogical process are substantiated, among which is the principle of leisure self-organization, determined by the need of the individual to obtain the necessary information and legal knowledge for the implementation of professional activities through the integration of the individual into educational initiatives that contribute to its harmonious development and self-improvement in their free time from learning. The specifics of the development of the information and legal competence of the individual based on the use of modern educational technologies (compilation of mental maps), Internet resources based on the legal framework of the Russian Federation are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the justification of the technological approach to the use of mental maps to enhance professional self-development in the context of extracurricular work. The stages of creating mental maps, the structure and styles of their design are characterized. The interactivity and the possibility of adapting the educational material by the students, taking into account their training, are determined.
Organization of the center for remote monitoring of implantable cardiac devices

Remote monitoring of implantable devices is a solution allowing optimization of treatment in response to changes in the physiological parameters obtained by various sensors locates within the patients’ cardiovascular system. The technical efficiency of transmitting information at a distance, however, does not ensure the complete functionality of the system. The goals of care, i.e. preventing the negative consequences of arrhythmic events, prevention of exacerbation of heart failure, early detection of dysfunction of therapeutic systems, and many others, can only be achieved with the proper response of the staff of remote monitoring center. Organization of the remote monitoring center, the work culture should be based on three elements: competent and educated personnel updating their knowledge correct identification and education of patients – program participants transparent and reliable information flow The effective implementation of these three elements enables safe for patients and employees providing care using the latest technology in the field of electrotherapy.
Effects of Using E-Learning on Students’ Academic Performance in University College of Applied Sciences

In this research, the effect of e-learning on students’ academic performance at the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in Gaza, Palestine has been studied, from the students’ perspective. The descriptive-analytical approach was used, where a questionnaire was prepared to collect data from a snowball and convenience sample of the UCAS students. The data was obtained from 308 students and analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The results showed that there is an effect of the elements of e-learning (synchronous e-learning systems, asynchronous e-learning systems, and e-learning tools and software) on the students’ academic performance at UCAS. While this research builds on prior studies, it also provides results that could aid academics and practitioners in their pursuit of improving the academic performance of students.