Smartphones are multi-purpose ubiquitous devices, which face both, smartphone-specific and typical security threats. This paper describes a method for risk assessment that is tailored for smartphones. The method does not treat this kind of device as a single entity. Instead, it identifies smartphone assets and provides a detailed list of specific applicable threats. For threats that use applica...

A new method to assess noise reduction algorithms with respect to their ability to enhance the perceived quality of speech is presented. Such algorithms consist of both single-microphone systems and multiple microphone systems. Tests of the presented method show a higher correlation with subjective assessments than any other objective system known by the authors. It is believed that this method...

Algorithms and Programming Languages is a core subject in the BS Degree in Mathematics at the authors’ university. Some of the students are very interested in computer programming but most of them find the subject quite hard. This situation is particularly stressed when concerning theoretic and, in fact, many students point at these contents as the main difficulty of the subject. Because of thi...

During software development, many decisions need to be made to guarantee satisfaction of the stakeholders’ requirements and goals. The full satisfaction of all of these requirements and goals may not be possible, requiring decisions over conflicting human interests as well as technological alternatives, with an impact on the quality and cost of the final solution. This work aims at assessing th...

A method to probe the guiding characteristics of waveguides formed in real-time is proposed and evaluated. It is based on the analysis of the time dependent light distribution observed at the exit face of the waveguide while progressively altering its index profile and probed by a large diameter optical beam. A beam propagation method is used to model the observed dynamics. The technique is app...

The Authors Miriam Friedman Ben David is Professor of Medical Education, formerly Co-Director of the Clinical Skills Certification Programme at the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and Associate Dean at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Professor Friedman Ben David is currently at the Centre for Medical Education, Dundee, Scotland. Her main areas of ...

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This paper describes a multi-method approach to assessment of similarity of categorical maps. The assessment incorporates several newly developed comparison methods. Some are related to the Kappa statistic, others are applications of Fuzzy Set theory. By combining the methods a broad assessment of similarity will be obtained, which makes it possible to find the magnitude, nature and spatial dis...

We propose the PeerRank method for peer assessment. This constructs a grade for an agent based on the grades proposed by the agents evaluating the agent. Since the grade of an agent is a measure of their ability to grade correctly, the PeerRank method weights grades by the grades of the grading agent. The PeerRank method also provides an incentive for agents to grade correctly. As the grades of...

every society has its own culture, values, and ideology. translations convey the meaning as well as cultural and ideological values, beliefs, ideas and norms from source culture to target culture. one type of translation which nowadays is popular among people, and can attract so many audiences in different ages is audiovisual translation (avt), particularly dubbing. if there is difference betwe...