Politics, governance, and reconstruction in Yemen

Politics, governance, and reconstruction in Yemen

Yemen’s war has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophes. The preventable consequences of the war have been well-documented and the military conflict is now at a stalemate. For Yemenis, 2018 promises a sustained downward spiral.

Is there another NSA leaker?

Is there another NSA leaker?

This morning a partial analysis of the NSA’s XKEYSCORE code was published in Germany. Jacob Applebaum, an evangelist for the The Onion Project (TOR), was one of the authors. The report details specific rules written for one of the NSA’s data collection tools, XKEYSCORE, which collects the IP addresses of TOR bridges, and users of the TOR network.

Rovio sharpens focus on core businesses

Rovio sharpens focus on core businesses

Rovio Entertainment today announced plans to restructure and concentrate its activities around three primary business areas: games, media and consumer products. As a result of these plans, the company will begin employee negotiations on up to 260 redundancies.

Introduction to Sipadan island park

Introduction to Sipadan island park

It is Malaysia’s only oceanic island, rising 600 metres (2,000 ft) from the seabed and formed by living corals growing on top of a volcanic cone. It lies in the Celebes Sea just off the east coast of Malaysian Borneo, close to the borders of Indonesia and the Philippines. Although, the centre of one of the richest marine habitats in the world. More than 400 species of fish and hundreds of coral

Thesis writing tips

Thesis writing tips

My research supervisor gave us all these general and practical research tips. I thought it should be quite relevant to everyone busy with postgrad studies. 1. Do not make use of informal language. This is an academic work and needs to be written formally. What I mean by this is do not use “we”, “I”, “they”. Write passively. 2. Experimental work and conclusions are written in past tense.

Jerod Shelby explains world record

Jerod Shelby explains world record

On October 10, 2020, SSC North America realized a dream that was a decade in the making, when our Tuatara hypercar achieved an average top speed of 316.11 MPH. In the days since, there has been a swirl of interest and speculation about how and whether the Tuatara had achieved that speed. The good news: we did it, and the numbers are indeed on our side.

21 obnoxious people who absolutely ruin your time at the gym

21 obnoxious people who absolutely ruin your time at the gym

The gym is supposed to be a place where you can go and relieve all of the day’s tension. It gives you a break from your own thoughts and an escape from the real world. It’s a great place to be… until it’s not. The people who infiltrate this space can either be great or your worst nightmare and, unfortunately, when the latter is the case, it becomes your personal hell.

The upcoming Copernicus data and information access services (DIAS)

The upcoming Copernicus data and information access services (DIAS)

The European Commission (EC) has launched an initiative to develop Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) that facilitate access to Copernicus data and information from the Copernicus services. By providing data and information access alongside processing resources, tools and other relevant data, this initiative is expected to boost user uptake.

Pokémon Sun/Moon and PS4 top Japanese sales this week according to media create

Pokémon Sun/Moon and PS4 top Japanese sales this week according to media create

Media Create has released its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market for the post-Christmas week of December 26, 2016 through January 1, 2017, revealing two familiar faces atop the software and hardware charts: Pokémon Sun/Moon and the PS4. Here’s the full software chart: Important to note: Media Create counts only retail sales, meaning digital sales are not included.

Departament of decision sciences

Departament of decision sciences

The Department of Decision Sciences, which continues the tradition of the Istituto di Metodi Quantitativi, is a multidisciplinary research community that promotes the use of quantitative methods to study individual and collective decisions, and the economic and social phenomena that they determine.