...disturbance while watching the movie or match. Few organizations develop advertisements on TV mostly give responsibility to other companies to check if the TV commercials are really broadcasted as per the contract. L. Agnihotri et al (2003). There are a few organizations that form advertisements and examine on the present advertised commercials and only keep the significant ones. For a user or a viewer he might want to record the movie or a particular program and would prefer a break free one i.e. without any advertisements. There have been set top boxes or software that detect and discard the commercials on the broadcast TV signal. Study in the field of the advertisement identification is segmented into various manners. It can be dependent on the audio or video information or an amalgamation of both. There are some works by A. G. Hauptmann and M. J. Witbrock (2006) that use the verbatim data achieved from the text streams, or the optical character recognition or speech identification for segmentation. In work proposed by L.-Y. Duan et al (2007) it has been given that using usual features of advertisement blocks like frames and silence amid commercials to identify cuts and categorize commercials dependent on OCR. In this work there have been two varied use cases for the commercial detection 1. Identify broadcast of recognized commercials with large precision something like the use of fingerprinting 2. Identify earlier not known commercials. Next segmentation is to differentiate...
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...Dallas CPA Society IT305 Advanced Networking Network Implementation Plan Nathaniel Conanan 05/22/2016 Table of Contents * Section 1: Implementing IPv6 * Section 2: Networking Infrastructure Design * Section 3: Linux Networking * Section 4: Analyzing Network Traffic * Section 5: Network Security Section 1: Implementing IPv6 The Dallas CPA Society, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (Dallas Chapter) is a not-for-profit professional association serving approximately 6,000 CPA members in the Dallas and surrounding 13 counties. It is the second largest chapter of the Texas Society, Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA), the statewide professional association with over 27,000 members and 20 chapters around the state. A Board of Directors, elected from among the membership, is charged with the responsibility of governing the Chapter. The purposes of the Chapter are to elevate the standard of proficiency, integrity and character of the profession; to cultivate professional cooperation and social interaction among members; and promote cooperation within the TSCPA and other CPA organizations for the advancement of the profession of public accountancy. In fulfilling these purposes, the Chapter heavily relies on its volunteers (members), who serve on committees. The Chapter’s activities and committees are organized in the following categories: Community Affairs, Continuing Professional Education, Management and Quality...
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...may take effect immediately and can lead to many undesirable effects, such as encrypting the user's files or downloading and implementing further malicious functionality. 2. Rootkits Once a malicious program is installed on a system, it is essential that it stays concealed, to avoid detection. Software packages known as rootkits allow this concealment, by modifying the host's operating system so that the malware is hidden from the user. Rootkits can prevent a malicious process from being visible in the system's list of processes, or keep its files from being read. Some malicious programs contain routines to defend against removal, not merely to hide them. 3. Adware Adware is a form of malware which presents unwanted advertisements to the user of a computer. The advertisements produced by adware are sometimes in the form of a pop-up. While some sources rate adware only as an "irritant" others classify it as an "online threat" or even rate it as seriously as computer viruses and Trojans. The precise definition of the term in this context also varies. Adware that observes the computer user's activities without their consent and reports it to the software's author is called spyware. In addition, almost all commercial antivirus software currently detect adware and spyware, or offer a separate spyware detection...
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...Technologies was formed only in November 2008. The development of the TaqMan Influenza A/H5 Detection Kit otherwise known as the avian flu detection kit was produced in 2006 before the merger. Thus, Applied Biosystems would be the more appropriate company for the comparison instead. Applied Biosystems Inc. was first established in 1981, and has a reputation for producing top quality instruments for diagnostic research. Moreover, the scales of both companies differ greatly. Applied Biosystems has approximately 5000 staff that work under them whereas Veredus has about 20-30 staff. The level of technology and expertise that the firm possesses is equivalent to that of a listed company, in order for Veredus Laboratories to be able to compete with such big market players in the industry and to emerge as a formidable force to be reckon with,. Thus, Applied Biosystems is definitely a strong competitor of Veredus Laboratories with its vast experience. Applied Biosystems developed the TaqMan Influenza A/H5 Detection Kit (Taqman) in 2006, which is capable of detecting the avian influenza in laboratory samples reliably and quickly. Instead of the usual traditional testing which requires up to 10 days for the results to be analyzed, the Taqman requires only 2 hours. This detection kit is very similar to the one that catapulted Veredus Laboratories to its position today, the Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Detection Kit, which was also produced in 2006. Both products serve the same purpose in terms of...
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...that it generates analysis information about the customer and the business. Analysis information that could be gathered would consist of cluster analysis, association detection, and statistical analysis (Baltzan & Phillips, 2009). The first analysis that is considered helpful is cluster analysis. A cluster analysis is a technique used to divide information set into mutually exclusive groups such that the members of each group are as close together as possible to one another and the different groups are as far apart as possible. Cluster analysis is used to segment customer information…to help identify customers with similar behavioral traits, such as clusters of best customer or one-time customers (Baltzan & Phillips, 2009). Custer analysis would be beneficial for m-coupons since it would market to regular customer’s items that they normally buy and one-time customer specials of the day. Second is association detection. Association detection reveals the degree to which variables are related and the nature and frequency of these relationships in the information (Baltzan & Phillips, 2009). Association detection for m-coupons would record for instance the frequencies of how often or how quickly customers respond to the advertisement and if other items are normally purchase with them. Association detection would track the habits and the patterns of the customer. Third is...
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...E. SPIN (Sensor Protocols for Information via Negotiation) A. Martorosyan and , Jamal N. Al-Karak et.al SPIN [9, 10] belongs to a family of protocols called adaptive routing. These protocols uses resource-adaptive and data negotiation algorithms. SPIN belongs to the family of data centric routing protocol. It assumes 1) All nodes with in the network are base stations. 2) Close proximity nodes have similar data. The idea behind the SPIN protocol is that to name the data using high- level descriptors. As all nodes with in the network can be assumed as the base stations and all information can be broadcasted to each and every node in the network. So the users can forward the query to any node and can get the required information immediately. A high level name is used to the nodes in this network to describe their collected data called meta-data....
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...Reece 8/22/2015 IPv6 address type- multicast There is are several differences between ipv4 and ipv6 below I will break them down a bit IPV4 is 32 bit over 4 octets doesn’t have built in security uses broadcast and bits extend from 2^32 power IPv6 is 128 bits over 8 quadrats has built in security doesn’t use broadcast and bits extend from 2^128 power Those are the major differences between IPv4 and IPv6 next we get into a function of IPv6 which is unique it’s called multicast Neighbor Discovery Neighbor Discovery uses ICMPv6 messages to manage neighboring node interaction. Neighbor Discovery replaces ARP, ICMP Router Discovery, and ICMP Redirect and provides additional functionality. Neighbor Discovery Messages All functions of Neighbor Discovery are performed with the following messages: * Router Solicitation IPv6 hosts send Router Solicitation messages to discover IPv6 routers present on the link. To prompt IPv6 routers to respond immediately, hosts send multicast Router Solicitation messages rather than waiting for a periodic Router Advertisement message. * Router Advertisement IPv6 routers send Router Advertisement messages either periodically or in response to the receipt of Router Solicitation messages. Router Advertisement messages contain the information required by hosts to determine what the link prefixes are, what the link MTU is, whether or not to use address autoconfiguration, and the duration for which addresses created through address autoconfiguration...
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...STUDENT INFORMATION | Your Name Ecology StudentDate August 7, 2012Assignment No. 2 | NEWS ARTICLE INFORMATION | News Article Title TRee Loss Used to Guage Elephant Popultaion HealthNews Article Date August 7, 2012 News Website ENN-Enviornmental News Network URL of News Article http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/44771 | NEWS ARTICLE AUTHOR(S) | Author 1 none listedAuthor 2 Author 3 | SCHOLARLY JOURNAL INFORMATION | *Name of Scholarly Journal Ecology Letters*Journal Article Title Landscape-scale effects of herbivores on treefall in African savannasURL of Journal Article http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01842.x/abstract*Date of Journal Article Publication August 5, 2012Funding Source/Support (if available) This research was funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. The Carnegie Airborne Observatory is supported by the W.M. Keck Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore foundation, the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, and William Hearst III. | RESEARCHER(S) – AFLLIATION(S) | Researcher/Journal Article Author Gregory P. Asner University/Agency Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA, USAResearcher/Journal Article Author Shaun R. Levick University/Agency Affiliation Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA, USA, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany Researcher/Journal...
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...hard to be cracked by hacker. In crating this password I use a combination of word and number to make it stronger I also use about 6 to 8 character. • Example of Strong password : Abc123W 1.2) Microsoft Security Essentials • Microsoft security Essentials are one of utility software or anti-virus software. This software can scan, detect, and remove a few threat such as worm, virus, spyware, malware, and other unwanted software from our computer. Mostly this software are provided by window. It mean every original window will be provide by this software as it utility or virus protection software. This Software can be automatically scan the threat according to our setting. • Example of Microsoft Security Essentials 2) Types of security approach on how...
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...autonomous. Due to these mobile devices are free to move. In other words, the mobile ad hoc network is infrastructure less wireless network. The Communication in MANET is take place by using multi-hop paths. Nodes in the MANET share the wireless medium and the network topology changes dynamically. In MANET, breaking of communication link is very frequent because the nodes are free to move to anywhere. The density of nodes and the number of nodes are depends on the applications in which we are using MANET. Fig-1 Ad-Hoc Network In figure a simple ad-hoc network shown with 3 nodes. Node1 and node 3 are not within range of each other; however the node 2 can be used to forward packets between node 1and nodes 2. The node 2 will act as a router and these three nodes together form an ad-hoc network. 1.2 MANET Characteristics Distributed operation: The control of the network is distributed among the nodes; there is no central background for the control of operations. The nodes should cooperate with each other and communicate among themselves and each node acts as a relay as needed, to implement specific functions such as routing and security Multi hop routing: When a node want to send information to other nodes which is out of its communication range, then the packet should be forwarded via one or more intermediate nodes. Autonomous terminal: In MANET, each mobile node could function as both a host and a router because is an...
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...Scope Statement Project Name: Stroke Awareness Day Project Manager: TEAM A Project Objective: To organize and deliver a public event for 1,500 participants on stroke awareness in Millennium Park on May 11, 2013 for $20,000. Deliverables * Advertisement for event * 2 guest speakers * Volunteers for health screens * Volunteers for walk/run * Bottled water * Educational materials * 5 hours musical entertainment * Local sponsors * Event insurance * Safe environment Milestones * Scope defined and approved May 15, 2012 * Corporate sponsors identified and confirmed June 1, 2012 * Permits and event insurance obtained July 1, 2012 * Guest speakers, volunteers and band secured August 15, 2012 * Nurses and required equipment secured September 1, 2012 * Tables/chairs/tent contract completed October 1, 2012 * Audio/visual company contract completed November 15, 2012 * Advertisements distributed to public January 1, 2013 * Educational material printing completed March 1, 2013 * Fruit/bagels/bottled water purchased May 9, 2013 * Stroke awareness event completed May 11, 2013 Technical Requirements AV Requirements: Since this event is occurring in a park outside, the AV requirements for this event will only consist of an audio amplification system. Lighting and video equipment will not be necessary. In addition to the equipment listed below, a crew of...
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...Thing that a virus, a worm, spyware, and malicious code have in common? What are the differences among these four threats: They are all created to create a threat to the security of you system. A virus – A small program designed to infect your computer and cause errors, computer crashes, and even destroy your computer hardware A worm – Software applications designed to spread via computer networks Spyware – Tracking software that hides itself (runs in the background) and gathers information without the computer owner's or user's knowledge or permission for the benefit of someone else. Malicious code – Malware short for "Malicious" software is designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. 2. How often should you update your anti-virus protection? Must be updated regularly to stay effective against new viruses, and most anti-virus software is designed to update automatically, but you can also update your software manually. 3. Why is it a best practice to have and to carry an antivirus boot-up disc or CD? So that there is not a chance of anti-virus program to have issues (with virus, malware, etc.). Installed on the workstation already there could be virus’s already in there. 4. What other anti-malicious software and anti-malicious code applications are included with Avira under the Real-Time Shields application? What risk and threats do these help mitigate? Real-Time Shield (with Avira) shields the possibility of...
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...techniques to derive results. Although, this might sound easy but data mining is a lengthy process and requires loads of time and patience. It requires a lot of man-hours as an application can mine the data from the databases but it is the responsibility of the human to describe the data to look for to the application and also to find and collect the databases. (Naxton, n.d.) Analysis is key to outperforming your competition in today’s world. Almost all businesses rely on data to figure out the future market trends, know more about their customers and their preferences etc. An example of data mining is why companies advertise on Facebook as they get to reach a vast audience and learn about their habits. The information is derived from the advertisements the people click on, the time spent on that specific advert, the type of adverts they hide or like, and all this data is of value to companies to understand the market. Data mining comprises of 5 elements (“Data Mining—Why is it Important?,” n.d.): • “Extract, transform, and load transaction data onto the data warehouse system” • Store data in a MDB system to manage • Supply the data to professionals such as Business Analysts, Data Scientists etc. • Understand the data using applications • Represent the data in the form of graphs, charts or tables making it easy to understand According to Connolly, Beg and Holowczak (2008), the important features of data mining tools are as follows: Data preparation: Of all the aspects of data...
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...services. The IT team will study the limits that current security network have and upgrade the system for better output for the company. Riordan’s WAN security system information at moment is scattered. The company has provided the IT team with a diagram of their current system setup, including the port and router configuration, the security software is not available at the moment. The IT team will view each site and we have provided a brief description of security settings for each Riordan sites below. The corporate headquarters network in San Jose (see attachment 1) has 2 WAN connections. The first one is a T1 wired connection protected by an unknown firewall. The second connection is a satellite link to China no security devices noted. The network inventory includes: * 2 each VoIP/Data routers model Cisco * 2 each 24 ports switch Cisco 5950 * 1 each 24 port hub Linksys EF2H24 * 2 each gateway/switch model Cisco * 1 each Uninterruptible...
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...Running head: THE BROADWAY CAFE The Broadway Cafe Ursula Wallace Strayer University Information Systems for Decision Making CIS 500 Dr. Jim Dollens The Broadway Café Introduction The Broadway Café is a family inherited coffee shop located in Atlanta, Georgia. The business specializes in coffees, teas, a full service bakery, and homemade sandwiches, soups, and salads. It was once a hotspot for many years but for the past five years the business has been declining. Although Mr. Wallace had conducted a good business in his time, it appears as though new and improves methods needed to be in place to keep the business thriving. Mr. Wallace had acquired a wealth of knowledge about the coffee business and unfortunately before he passed way he was unable to share the information with us (his heir/successor). His system for record keeping consisted of a note pad that tracked inventory along with payroll and coupons. His advertising plan was by word-of-mouth only and since he had an exceptional memory, he never recorded any family recipes or made a client list. In order to bring the Café into the 21 Century, quite a few changes need to be made. The business needs to gain a competitive advantage though technology, deploy a wireless network for customers, use CRM to implement marketing campaigns and sales strategies, and develop project management activities for implementing solutions. Competitive Advantage A competitive...
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