This section describes the boundaries and the main physical and socioeconomic characteristics of the region in order to define the area considered in the regional GIWA assessment and to provide sufficient background information to establish the context within which the assessment was conducted. Brazil Current, GIWA region 39, is a tropical/sub-tropical ocean margin governed by western boundary ...

It is indeed becoming more challenging for users to maintain different strong passwords for their ever increasing accounts. The lack of secure access credentials has recently led to the compromise of millions of users passwords stored in popular websites, due to guessing, dictionary, or brute force attacks. In this paper, we address the conventional password problem and propose a novel, simple,...

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the role of networks and clusters in the global economy. Despite being a popular research topic in economics, sociology and urban studies, geographical clustering of human activity has often studied been by means of predetermined geographical units such as administrative divisions and metropolitan areas. This approach is intrinsically time in...

In this paper, an integrative conceptual model of internal and external factors influencing the success of global software development (GSD) projects is proposed. Its intention is to provide a holistic view on factors contributing to success in GSD projects as discussed in the literature. Four external factors (cultural differences, language differences, geographical distance, and time zone dif...