Are Patched Machines Really Fixed?

Building Security In Are Patched Machines Really Fixed ?

Dozens of previously undetected software vulnerabilities are discovered in a variety of programs and systems every day.1 Once information about a security vulnerability becomes available to a vendor, or particularly to the public, the vendor typically is expected to provide a means of remediation promptly. A common way to do this is to patch or upgrade the software. Quick, effective remediation...

Roles Are Really Great!

We present a new role system for specifying changing referencing relationships of heap objects. The role of an object depends, in large part, on its aliasing relationships with other objects, with the role of each object changing as its aliasing relationships change. Roles therefore capture important object and data structure properties and provide useful information about how the actions of th...

Are Methods Really Useful?

Roles Are Really Great!

Are Cannabinoids Really Analgesics?

Acute pain conditions: Only inconsistent data exist from controlled clinical trials with cannabinoids on acute pain. In the 80ies, two small-sized studies investigated the parenterally applied synthetic cannabinoid levonandradol in postoperative pain. Two other, more recent trials were performed with oral cannabinoids. Whereas in the smaller trial by Buggy et al. no significant analgesia was pr...