Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic optimization techniques that aim at improving locality in the peer selection process have attracted great interest in the research community and have been the subject of much discussion. Some of this discussion has produced controversial myths, some rooted in reality while others remain unfounded. This document evaluates the most prominent myths attributed to P2P opti...

An important component of Empirical Software Engineering (ESE) research involves the measurement, observation, analysis and understanding of software engineering in practice. Results analyzed without understanding the contexts in which they were obtained can lead to wrong and potentially harmful interpretation. There exist several myths in software engineering, most of which have been accepted ...

This paper describes some issues concerning assessment and the corresponding motivation for students to work in a desired manner. The issues came from studying assessment in the Runestone project, but are, as we see them, of general interest. Our findings illustrate the need to not take the effects of assessment, nor what it measures, for granted. It is our intention to promote Computer Science...

Iranian myths in children’s literature are the reflection of believers and principles of different groups and they are used as literary and artistic treasure house within the framework of children’s books. By using this method, a child cannot be taught directly while communication with the previous world acquaints with cultural history of epic literature and national myth. Nowadays most of the ...

Corresponding author: Prabhjot Saini, Professor, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, DMCH College of Nursing, DMC & Hospital, Ludhiana., Punjab, India. Email: [email protected] This article may be cited as:Kaur S , Thapar K,Saini P,Kaur H , Kaur J. Myths & Misconceptions of Mental Illness and Health Seeking Behaviour of Adults..Int J Com Health and Med Res 2016;2(3):3-9 Article Received: ...

Three times as many cases of measles were reported in the United States in 2014 as in 2013. The reemergence of measles has been linked to a dangerous trend: parents refusing vaccinations for their children. Efforts have been made to counter people's antivaccination attitudes by providing scientific evidence refuting vaccination myths, but these interventions have proven ineffective. This study ...

This paper reviews and discusses some key concept and principles of risk analysis and risk management, based on a set of statements, formulated as myths about risk. Examples of such myths are: risk is equal to the expected value, risk equals uncertainty, risk can be expressed by probabilities, risk is equal to an event, risk acceptance criteria contribute to obtaining a high safety standard, an...

tournier, in the novel friday or the other island which can be assigned as the recreation of the novel robinson crusoe by daniel defoe, expresses his own philosophic standpoints by utilizing myths. the writer delineates the solitude and miscellaneous difficulties that the hero of the novel faces, but he depicts the spiritual changing ways in the pacific ocean. making an acquaintance with the is...