More and more information systems are now available over the Internet. As a result of rising complexity and network integration, the number of vulnerabilities is increasing. To meet the growing threat situation, a higher amount of security measures is required. For this issue, the question whether and how alternative approaches of vulnerability detection can be developed and optimized, especial...

In communication networks, greater degrees of stability or less vulnerability is required. The vulnerability of communication network measures the resistance of the network to the disruption of operation after the failure of certain stations or communication links. If the network begins losing communication links or processors, then there is a loss in its effectiveness. Thus, communication netw...

background: the safety of rehabilitation centers is of great importance to ensure the well-being of patients. the present study aimed to determine non-structural and functional vulnerability of state rehabilitation centers of tehran city welfare organization in disasters using national standard instruments in 2014. materials and methods: this study has a descriptive and cross-sectional design. ...

Information flow analysis is a powerful technique for reasoning about sensitive information that may be exposed during program execution. One promising approach is to adopt a program as a communication channel model and leverage information theoretic metrics (e.g., mutual information between the sensitive input and the public output) to quantify such information flows. However, recent research ...

BACKGROUND Antisocial behavior and substance dependence disorders exact a heavy financial and human cost on society. A better understanding of the mechanisms of familial transmission for these "externalizing" disorders is necessary to better understand their etiology and to help develop intervention strategies. OBJECTIVES To determine the extent to which the family transmission of externalizi...

Higher-order properties arise naturally in some areas of climate impact research. For example, “vulnerability measures”, crucial in assessing the vulnerability to climate change of various regions and entities, must fulfill certain conditions which are best expressed by quantification over all increasing functions of an appropriate type. This kind of property is notoriously difficult to test. H...

OBJECTIVE To examine the determinants of vulnerability to winter mortality in elderly British people. DESIGN Population based cohort study (119,389 person years of follow up). SETTING 106 general practices from the Medical Research Council trial of assessment and management of older people in Britain. PARTICIPANTS People aged > or = 75 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Mortality (10,123 deat...

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...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the status of schizotypy, neurological soft signs, and cognitive functions as vulnerability markers for schizophrenia and to investigate the potential value of their combination for early identification of people at high risk for schizophrenia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted. Subjects were drawn from first-degree relatives of inpatients and outpatients wi...

The current policy-making on EU level in the field of water resource conservation and flood risk management displays tendency in applying sustainability approach for water status improvement, water scarcity and droughts, as well as reduction of disasters. The appearance of floods as natural disasters is associated mainly with community vulnerability to adverse effects of a natural hazard. There...