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Data Centers Selection for Moving Geo-distributed Big Data to Cloud

Because of the distributed networking and coexistent abundant computation and storage resources, cloud computing has become a preferred platform for big data analytics, especially for the geo-distributed data across the world. The precondition for data processing is to move the data to the cloud. Due to the large volume of data, high transmission cost across continents and even specific legal prohibition, it is not always feasible to move all data to one data center. Appropriate data centers should be selected while keeping fast data access and low cost. In this paper, four criteria of the problem are explored. A tight 3-approximation algorithm is proposed to address the former two criteria. It can be simplified when the underlying bipartite graph is complete. The latter two criteria are addressed by a heuristic. Comparing to the optimal method and other schemes, extensive simulations demonstrate that the proposed algorithms can find rather good solutions with less time, and hence are more appropriate for large scale applications.
A survey on quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution protocols

As quantum computing matures, it's going to bring unimaginable increases in computational power along with the systems we use to protect our data (and our democratic processes) will become even more vulnerable. It is often said that the power of quantum computer comes from the quantum parallelism, which means instead of processing each input one by one, processor process each input parallelly. Quantum mechanics allow us to do an operation on a superposition of all the possible inputs at the same time. The classical computers have enabled amazing things, but there are still some problems we can’t easily solve like-2^N(optimization problems where it grows exponentially). For transferring the information the protocols are very essential for security. An example is quantum key distribution, and its protocols are like -BB84, SARG04, B92 etc. Moreover, quantum cryptography has proved its standing against many weaknesses in the classical cryptography. One of these weaknesses is the ability to copy any type of information using a passive attack without an interruption, which is impossible in the quantum system.
A Novel Tamper Evident Single Database Information-Theoretic Private Information Retrieval for User Privacy Applications

Providing perfect privacy to the user against analytics enabled trusted-but-curious type of database server during private information retrieval has gained major attention. The major problem with the existing user privacy preserving information retrieval methods is that either server has adopted its own privacy preserving policy (i.e., user privacy is guaranteed through the server privacy policy) or user has conveyed to use intractability assumption based user privacy preserving techniques. Due to this, user privacy is not completely assured till date. We have successfully constructed a perfect user privacy preserving information retrieval scheme in a single database setting called sitPIR using the concept of Private Information Retrieval (PIR). In the proposed scheme, the identically distributed $$\mathcal {O}$$ (5 log N) bits query exhibit perfect privacy where N is the RSA composite. Note that the proposed scheme preserves user privacy (i.e., user interest) using an information-theoretic query against the curious server and preserves data privacy through $$\mathcal {O}(o(n)+ 2\text { log }N)$$ response bits against computationally bounded intermediate adversary using Quadratic Residuosity Assumption (QRA) where n is the database size. We have also extended the proposed scheme to a tamper-evident single database information-theoretic Private Block Retrieval (PBR) scheme called sitPBR.
JiminyPan I __think__ if you have Web Inspector switched on in iOS then iBooks will show as an inspection target in desktop Safari

@JiminyPan I __think__ if you have Web Inspector switched on in iOS then iBooks will show as an inspection target in desktop Safari
Research Guides: Virtual Reality at UAB Libraries: Information, News, and FAQs

This guide is intended to serve as a source of general information about the virtual reality tools and related services provided by the UAB Libraries. Virtual reality tools and services are intended to support UAB Libraries mission and that of the Univers
Identifying the Centers of Interests of User Profiles in a Big Data Context

The idea we propose in this article is a follow-up to our research series in the ontology-based profiling framework. The approach relies on tracking user profile changes for better user connection within a Big Data context. We have worked in our series of research on the identification and qualification of profiles in web 2.0 context based on the ontological approach and multi agent system. Among the limitations of our research is the fact that changing interests over time does not affect the relationships between profiles. The goal of our approach is to follow the change of the interests of internet users and to propose afterwards new relations having changed activities in the same direction. In order to implement this approach, we will first use the ontology approach. The ontology we propose will generate a set of domains and sub domains of activities, used to identify user profiles. On the other hand, we will use the Multi Agents approach to process users’ activities before classifying them in their profiles.
A novel automatic modulation classification method based on dictionary learning

Automatic Modulation Classification (AMC) is an important technology used to recognize the modulation type. A dictionary set was trained via signals with known modulation schemes in cooperative scenarios. Then we classify the modulation scheme of the signals received in the non-cooperative environment according to its sparse representation. Furthermore, we proposed a novel approach called Fast Block Coordinate descent Dictionary Learning (FBCDL). Moreover, the convergence of FBCDL was proved and we find that our proposed method achieves lower complexity. Experimental results indicate that our proposed FBCDL achieves better classification accuracy than traditional methods.
To Be Positive or Not to Be Positive: That Is the Question of Magnetoresistance

Magnetoresistance (MR) of graphene is experimentally observed to be a positive value. Professor T. Ando calculated the magnetoconductivity up to the square of the magnetic field, B2 and obtained the positive MR by integrating the magnetoconductivity on energy at the finite temperature. However, he also obtained negative MR at a lower temperature with double-dip as a function of the Fermi energy. The paper is an important milestone in the calculation of MR of graphene.
Using Sparse Principal Component Methods for Approximating Restricted Isometry Constants of Complex-Valued Tight Frames

For the estimation of constants in the standard restricted isometry condition for a complex-valued tight frame, a generalization of techniques related to Sparse Principal Component Analysis is developed and applied. We consider certain optimization reformulations of the problem and iterative algorithms for approximating sparse solutions. The eciency of methods is veried by numerical results obtained for several important test examples of tight frames.
Visualization and Analysis of Multifields using Pareto Sets

The focus of this work is to provide and evaluate a novel method for multifield topology-based analysis and visualization. Through this concept, called Pareto sets, one is capable to identify critical regions in a multifield with arbitrary many individual fields. It uses ideas found in graph optimization to find common behavior and areas of divergence between multiple optimization objectives. The connections between the latter areas can be reduced into a graph structure allowing for an abstract visualization of the multifield to support data exploration and understanding. The research question that is answered in this dissertation is about the general capability and expandability of the Pareto set concept in context of visualization and application. Furthermore, the study of its relations, drawbacks and advantages towards other topological-based approaches. This questions is answered in several steps, including consideration and comparison with related work, a thorough introduction of the Pareto set itself as well as a framework for efficient implementation and an attached discussion regarding limitations of the concept and their implications for run time, suitable data, and possible improvements.Furthermore, this work considers possible simplification approaches like integrated single-field simplification methods but also using common structures identified through the Pareto set concept to smooth all individual fields at once. These considerations are especially important for real-world scenarios to visualize highly complex data by removing small local structures without destroying information about larger, global trends.To further emphasize possible improvements and expandability of the Pareto set concept, the thesis studies a variety of different real world applications. For each scenario, this work shows how the definition and visualization of the Pareto set is used and improved for data exploration and analysis based on the scenarios.In summary, this dissertation provides a complete and sound summary of the Pareto set concept as ground work for future application of multifield data analysis. The possible scenarios include those presented in the application section, but are found in a wide range of research and industrial areas relying on uncertainty analysis, time-varying data, and ensembles of data sets in general.
Information Culture in Utilizing Digital Libraries for Students of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) Udayana University

The purpose of this study was to determine the information culture in usage of digital libraries on students at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Udayana University and to describe information culture patternson in usage digital library to support academic activities. This research is a descriptive study with qualitative approach. Methods of data collection is done by conducting interviews and literatures studies. The object of this research is the students of the Faculty of Social and Political Science Udayana University. This study gives an overview of the information culture in usage of digital libraries on students at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Udayana University. The digital library as an important component in the academic activities of students,thats why this topic is an interesting aspect that deserves to be observed and studied. Behavior and patterns of students in usage of digital library would provide a schematic representation information culture that is inherent in the academic life of students, especially the students of the Faculty of Social and Political Science Udayana University.
Performance Analysis Of Wavelet Transform Based Image Denoising For Real Time Communication System

One of the most important advantages of the digital transmission systems for voice, data, and video communications is that they are highly reliable. But the major obstacle to higher reliability and high data transmission rate is noisy channel. By this noise, the quality of the images can be reduced and diagnosis becomes critical in case of medical images. In this paper, different test and medical images are transmitted through an channel and the noisy images are denoised by using different wavelet transform techniques (Haar, Daubechies, Coiflet, Symmlet, bi-orthogonal ). From the results it is found that the bi-orthogonal wavelet transform technique performs better in terms of the performance metrics like PSNR, MSE and SSIM compared to other wavelet transforms.
Corporate Social Responsibility in SAARC Countries: A Study on Commercial Banks

It is needless to mention that there is great potential area for regional cooperation among south Asian nations.Since the formation of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in the year 1985 discussion form time to time for future cooperation among them has taken place.The scope of regional cooperation had been identified in twelve areas: (i) agriculture; (ii) health and rural development; (iii) meteorology; (iv) telecommunication; (v) postal services; (vi) transport; (vii) scientific and technological development; (viii) sports; (ix) art and culture; (x) prevention of drug trafficking and abuse; (xi) women and development and (xii) education.This paper attempts to focus upon how and what way Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices are being discharged by the banking sector of the countries involved in the SAARC.The study based on secondary data.Secondary data have been collected from different published sources.The study observed that there is a similarity among SAARC countries sectors of national involvements of CSR initiatives.By CSR activities, every bank has ensured social development.The study recommended that banks should extend their CSR activities in less privileged areas rather than concentrate in resource rich areas.
Book review—Distinctive approaches to exceptional achievement

Global Business and Organizational ExcellenceVolume 38, Issue 3 p. 56-59 CURRENTS Book review—Distinctive approaches to exceptional achievement Kathy Anne Cowie, Kathy Anne CowieSearch for more papers by this author Kathy Anne Cowie, Kathy Anne CowieSearch for more papers by this author First published: 12 February 2019 https://doi.org/10.1002/joe.21924Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume38, Issue3March/April 2019Pages 56-59 RelatedInformation
Application of Social Networking and Cloud-Based Services to Smart Education

SMART education also known as Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is the abbreviation for Self-directed, Motivated, Adaptive, Resource-enriched, and Technologies-embedded (SMART) education. This SMART education is not SMART device education, but rather an educational paradigm shift for digital natives. Social networking and cloud-based services such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Slideshare, Office Web Apps, Sky Drive, Google Drive, Office 365 and many more promote students’ communication and collaboration skills which are important to the 21 st century education. But many education institutions do not understand how germane the application of these technologies is to the classroom to promote students’ communication and collaboration skills which are important to the 21 st century education. The only option left to face the challenges confronting the preparation and delivering of contents-rich academic curriculum in the 21 st century by educators is the application of these technologies. The understanding of the use of these devices, applications, and services do not only help students know how to manage their abilities and careers for good purpose but assists educators as communication facilitator, collaboration coordinator, challenge promoter and mistake acceptor. Presented in this paper is application of social networking and cloud-based services to SMART education. Teaching/learning tools involving hardware and software technologies for SMART education were revealed to enhance classroom and outside classroom communication and collaboration. Findings show that students and educators were perplexed by the fact that they could use their mobile devices in the class for academic purpose because to them, smartphones are just for calling, texting, watching movies, listening to songs, playing games, and chatting. They realized the importance of social networking and cloud-based activities to their schoolwork.
A Study on the Perception of Education by the Convergence of Blended Learning

This study started with questions about the fact that the education activation is not done smoothly despite the program flow and core-core spokes that have proven educational effects of blended learning.BR The purpose of this study is to examine the educational flow and methods of the verified programs and to identify the problems of activation of learning management system(LMS) and blended learning.BR In addition, it seeks to grasp the perception of education practitioners and to identify practical problems to realize the blended learning. BR Therefore, this paper analyzed various approaches such as learning method of blended learning, role and execution of learning management system(LMS), literature on recognition of education practitioner, statistical analysis data, and execution of educational program.BR The results showed that there was a difference in perception of blended learning between teachers and students.BR Teachers
Pathology at the clinical bedside: Bringing digital microbiology to the intensive care unit

Background: Total laboratory automation (TLA) and consolidation of laboratories risks distancing pathology testing from clinicians, and pathologists from patients. Understanding of pathology is vital for test interpretation and patient care.
LibGuides: Printing/Copying: Services

Information on printing and copying in the Library. Information on printing and copying in the Library
An Evaluation Of Textbook “Passport To The World 2” Used by Eighth Grade Of Students in SMP Muhammadiyah Al-Kausar Program Khusus Gumpang Kartasura

The study aimed to describe the view of teacher in SMP Muhammadiyah Al-Kausar Program Khusus Gumpang Kartasura concerning the quality of “Passport to the World 2” according to Greene & Petty’s criteria of good English textbook. The data were collected through interview with one teacher of eighth grade of SMP Muhammadiyah Al-Kausar Program Khusus Gumpang Kartasura. The result showed that the teacher agree that the book has fullfilled the criteria of good English textbook according to Greene and Petty because the book fullfilled 7 out of 10 criteria.
Towards a New Prison: Facilitating the cyber crime threat

Digitalization and automation brings many amazing things; games, social media, navigation. However, it also makes us more vulnerable. The facelessness of cyber space and the emancipation of place makes it hard to grasp. Additionally, our personal data becomes more valuable and thereby more lucrative to criminalize. The combination of these factors make for an increasing criminalization of data. There are already several facilities to track and judge international and cyber criminals, however there is no specialized facility for punishing the perpetrators of the cyber realm. That lead me to the question: what role can Schiphol (and it’s no-man’s land) play in facilitating the increasing threat of cybercrime in the future? Schiphol’s no man’s land, and the emphasize we put on it in our group strategy, creates the perfect conditions for a cybercrime (a no-man’s land crime) prison. Architecturally the typology of the traditional prison and the principle of punishment and translated it into the appropriate measures for a cyber prison. Dealing with security, surveillance, privacy, punishment and rehabilitation.
Unpredictable maternal sensory signals and child's self-regulation - findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study

This chapter explores the lesser understood aspects of systems that are open not only to physical exchanges but also to information in terms of processes, ideas, behaviors, creativity, opportunities, constraints, etc. Examples are given from everyday life experience and music as well as seminal scientists who have written on the topic. The chapter reviews the contribution of Elsasser moving these concepts from physics into biology, including the concepts of (1) ordered heterogeneity numerical explosions, immense numbers, and the adjacent consequences, (2) creative selection, (3) holistic memory, and (4) operative symbolism. The take home lesson for environmental managers is to employ a precautionary principle that prepares for and anticipates the intrinsic and unavoidable: variation, uncertainty, indeterminacy, nondirectionality, patterns, hierarchy, and voidness.
Wow is Google going to get in ...

Wow is Google going to get in the annotation game using I'd text selectorfragmentions? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19168442 here is some background on #IndieWeb fragmentions https://indieweb.org/fragmentionsBeen experimenting with
@danicotillas @skotperez @hulyaertas @matteodic et al at ...

@danicotillas @skotperez @hulyaertas @matteodic et al at #digitautonomy In fact almost everyone ignores Google misguided directions for metadata and believe semantic HTML is better for
LINDAT Translation service

Source code of the LINDAT Translation service frontend. The service provides a UI and a simple rest api that accesses machine translation models served by tensorflow serving.The most recent version of the code is available at https://github.com/ufal/lindat_translation.
Inhumanity Reflected In The Hunger Games Trilogy Novel By Suzanne Collins (2008-2010): A Sociological Study

The major problem of this study is inhumanity. The objective of this study is to analyze the trilogy novel of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins based on the structural elements and analyze this novel based on the Sociological Study. The researcher employs descriptive qualitative method. The researcher uses two data sources is primary and secondary data. The primary data source is about the novels itself. Then, the secondary data sources are books about sociological, references from internet about The Hunger Games trilogy novel. The analysis references about inhumanity theory, and other sources, which are have relations. The technique of data collection is descriptive technique and the method of data collection is library research. Based on the analysis, the researcher gets some conclusion. The study shows that there are character and characterization, setting, plot and theme. The result from this research showed that there is inhumanity viewed from sociological aproach. Inhumanity consists of physical, psychology and Deprivation, within The Hunger Games Trilogy novel there are physical inhumanity appears such as the killing field in the battle field where a lot of people (tributes) dies because they want to free and win the game. The inhumanity through psychology attack also appears, when Katnis the major character must make decision between helping, surviving her friend and sacrifice herself like (changing Prim position, killing the boy of other district after he kills Rue, choosing to die together with Peeta rather killing him). Inhumanity deprivation also appears when the capitol (President Snow) tries to kill Katniss, he tries to take all of Katniss friend especially people who is close with her. Based on sociological approach it can be found that all of kind of inhumanity action physically, psychologically and deprivation coming from the influence of old America tradition. Where its like the continuation of old America where the structure of American society consists of rich, middle and poor. Based on economy aspect, where people who live in capitol can live luxurious and do whatever they want, or event watching the game while drinking and laughing.