It Is Still Your Shot, Sir

Dwarf Frankenstein is still in your memory: tiny code reuse attacks

Code reuse attacks such as return oriented programming and jump oriented programming are the most popular exploitation methods among attackers. A large number of practical and non-practical defenses are proposed that differ in their overhead, the source code requirement, detection rate and implementation dependencies. However, a usual aspect among these methods is consideration of the common be...

Give It Your Best Shot: Favorite Lectures from Agile Teachers

College instructors are incorporating agile methods into their courses throughout the curriculum. Industrial trainers are focusing on effective ways of introducing agile techniques to their clients. We now have a significant amount of experience from which to draw upon for adding agile to our courses. This panel brings together four experienced teachers of agile methods to present their most ef...

Pathology: is it still necessary?

One may wonder what may be the reasons to ask this apparently odd question. Undoubtedly, the main concern is that we are still far away from being able to precisely identify the target population of patients for tailored interventions. It has been repeatedly shown by the results of large clinical trials that the benefit of new therapeutic approaches is relatively small, and that it is most like...

Is your patient still using rosiglitazone?

Fever in myocardial infarction: is it still common, is it still predictive?

BACKGROUND Before introduction of reperfusion therapy, fever was frequently observed in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Little is known about this symptom during the widespread use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI). The aim of this study was to assess, whether body temperature is a predictor of impaired left ventricular systolic function in patients with AMI....