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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"FOSS"”.
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Software Vulnerabilities in FOSS: From Assessment to Forecasting and Effective Usability
Free Open Source Software libraries are ubiquitous and their security is crucial. Many assessment methodologies and tools have been proposed to evaluate the security of these libraries. However, many of these methodologies are hard to be applied in practice as they lack context information. This …
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SYMPHONY NO. 2 “SYMPHONY OF CHORALES” BY LUKAS FOSS: A STUDY IN COLLAGE AND MUSICAL BORROWING
… symphony, the Symphony of Chorales (1958), Foss seems to be struggling to merge two identities, his Stravinskian Neoclassicism and his improvisation-influenced experimentalism. The mature Foss is first able to blend these two disparate styles with the premiere of American Cantata in 1976, …
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Security assessment of open source third-parties applications
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) components are ubiquitous in both proprietary and open source applications. In this dissertation we discuss challenges that large software vendors face when they must integrate and maintain FOSS components into their software supply chain. Each time a …
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Acquired status in free and open source software user groups
… concepts on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) participation into an integrated substantive framework. The research demonstrates how patterns of behaviour amongst FOSS participants serve as currency for the acquisition of status. Stages of the Basic Social Process (BSP) that lead to the …
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Decision Support of Security Assessment of Software Vulnerabilities in Industrial Practice
… both commercial and free open-source software (FOSS) projects. In this dissertation, we are aiming to facilitate the security assessment process in an industrial context. We start from the level of the own code of an individual software project, for which we propose a differential benchmarking …
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Developing open source tools and support materials to measure geographical accessibility to screening and cancer support services
… of this PhD is to create free and open-source (FOSS) accessibility tools which can be utilised by non-experts in the field and provide meaningful insights into the provision of cancer services in Wales. The objectives of the project are to investigate the use of accessibility methods within …
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Submerged habitats from space: increasing map production capacity with new methods and software.
… with the free and open source software (FOSS) Benthic Photo Survey (BPS), through to depth estimation, image processing, water column correction, and accuracy assessment with the FOSS OpticalRS Python library. BPS expedites and greatly simplifies the processing of field data. The novel …
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Konzeption und Implementierung eines multimodalen Campusroutenplaners am Beispiel der Universität Potsdam
… freier Daten und freier, quelloffener Software (FOSS), die für diesen Zweck aufbereitet werden. Ergebnis ist eine webbasierte Applikation, die über eine Entwicklerschnittstelle (API) in andere Projekte eingebunden werden kann.
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A narrative criticism of Christian identity's Who killed Christ?"
… a method of narrative criticism as outlined by Foss ( 1996) in examining Howard B. Rand's "Who Crucified Jesus?" and "The Verdict of Time"; Wesley A. Swift's "Who Crucified Christ?"; and Sheldon Emry's "Who Killed Christ?" Howard B. Rand was the leader of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America …
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Polarography of mercury in aliphatic diamines
… from a previous diamine investigation by Foss (21) were found in the laboratory. After reading the dissertation in which they had been used, it was decided to reproduce some of the results that had been previously obtained. Following preparation of the chemicals and several polarographic …
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Prescription drug advertisements as fantasies: A cultural critique using a visualization model
Foss' (1994) rhetorical schema for the evaluation of visual images in conjunction with elements of Bormann's (1982) theories on fantasy theme analysis provides a framework for the creation of the included Visualization model which enables the examination of prevalent advertising images. The …
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Graduate Recital, Cello
… previous pieces. The Capriccio piece by Lukas Foss (1922 - 2009), a recently deceased American composer, will lighten the recital's mood with its exciting rhythmic momentum and major mode, while the Concerto in A minor, Op. 14 by Karl Davidov is a beautiful off-the-beaten-path work with a …
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Platform leadership in open source software
… these relationships. The open nature of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) also allow new technologies to emerge and change the definition of the platform's boundaries. This creates a further strategic challenge for open source platform contenders. Keywords: platform strategy, platform …
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Ideology in California : the role of oppositional interaction as a strategy in the campaign for Proposition 8
… legislative initiative Proposition·8. Using Foss' method of ideological criticism the campaign is read prior after the opposition response to determine if an ideological shift occurs. The study is framed to identify this shift as a potential product of oppositional interaction, a …
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The effects of hypermedia annotations on incidental vocabulary learning and reading comprehension
… of an illustration (Chun & Plass, 1997; Kost, Foss, & Lenzini, 1999) may optimize conditions for inferring words that were requested through hypermedia annotations. The current study examined the effect of hypermedia annotations on incidental vocabulary acquisition by learners of Spanish as a …
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Seeing the supplements : a rhetorical visual analysis with fitness advertisements
… as determined through application of Sonja Foss' rhetorical visual analysis methodology. Previous research has identified various analyses of visual images within the fitness culture, however, rhetorical visual analysis of supplement advertisement does not appear to have been investigated …
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Bangladeshi Political Cartoons as Visual Rhetoric in the Context of Anti-Free Speech Laws
Guided by Sonja Foss' (2005) theory of visual rhetoric, this thesis is an exploration of political cartoons from Bangladesh, published between October 2016 - October 2020. The study is framed by the Digital Security Act (DSA), an anti-freedom of speech law enacted by the ruling Awami League …
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Cybersecurity Strategy and Strategic Decision-making: An Examination from Dynamic Capability and Judgment-based View Perspectives
… dynamic capability (1997 onwards) tradition and Foss and Klein’s (2012, 2015) judgment-based theory. Since dynamic capabilities determine the firm's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external resources and functional competencies to address turbulent and everchanging …
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Exploring The Concept of Unfairly Prejudicial Conduct as A Minority Shareholder Remedy Under the South African Company Law
… relief. That is the stringent common law rule in Foss v Harbottle. The quest to mitigate the burden placed on the minority shareholders by the application of that rule has led to the evolution of the remedy against oppression, which is now codified in section 163 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008. …
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Relationships between Posttraumatic Stress, Acculturation, and Maternal Sensitivity in Vietnamese and Hmong Mothers
… (1984) work, provided the theoretical framework (Foss, 1996). The sample was divided evenly between Vietnamese and Hmong participants. Ages ranged from 17–43 years, time lived in the United States ranged from 3–21 years, and education ranged from no formal education to completion of college. …
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