Targeting Those Already Vulnerable

Targeting the vulnerable in emergency situations: who is vulnerable?

BACKGROUND Emergencies such as wars and natural disasters increase the vulnerability of affected populations and expose these populations to risks such as disease, violence, and hunger. Emergency public health interventions aim to mitigate these effects by providing basic minimum requirements, reducing vulnerability, and reducing exposure to risk. Targeted services are generally aimed at childr...

From the Editor: Web Systems Community--To Those Who Believe We are Done Already

Friends can sometimes be the harshest reviewers. The torture usually starts during a dinner party or other pleasant get together. One of them asks, "Could you tell me once more what your job is about?" At that point, it's already too late. Many of my friends aren't computer scientists, so I typically answer something along the lines of, "Well, I am doing research to improve the Web." Inevitably...

The Risky Business of Conducting Risk Assessments for Those Already Civilly Committed as Sexually Violent Predators

Flipping 419 Cybercrime Scams: Targeting the Weak and the Vulnerable

Most of cyberscam-related studies focus on threats perpetrated against the Western society, with a particular attention to the USA and Europe. Regrettably, no research has been done on scams targeting African countries, especially Nigeria, where the notorious and (in)famous 419 advancedfee scam, targeted towards other countries, originated. However, as we know, cybercrime is a global problem af...

Facilitated acquisition of eyeblink conditioning in those vulnerable to anxiety disorders

Behavioral inhibition (BI) increases vulnerability to develop anxiety disorders and is typified by avoidance and withdrawal from novel objects, people, and situations. The present study considered the relationship between BI and temperamental risk factors, such as trait anxiety and acquisition rate of a classically conditioned eyeblink response. One-hundred seventy-four healthy undergraduate st...