International Association for Cryptologic Research - International Association for Cryptologic Research The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields. The IACR sponsors all the major scientific conferences in the field of cryptography, publishes the Journal of Cryptology, and maintains the Cryptology ePrint Archive. External Resources: IACR webpage.
Journal of Cryptology - is the primary scientific journal in the field of cryptology and cryptography. This journal is published by the International Association for Cryptologic Research..
Cryptology ePrint Archive - archive of new results in the field of cryptography, maintained by the International Association for Cryptologic Research. It contains articles covering many of the most recent advances in cryptography. See http://eprint.iacr.org/ for details..
Union of International Associations (UIA) - Union of International Associations (UIA) This article should be merged with Union of International Associations. 1. History of the UIA Founded 1 June 1907, Brussels, as Central Office of International Associations, by Henri La Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize 1913) and Paul Otlet, Secretary-General of the then International Institute of Bibliography (read more about Paul Otlet), which subsequently became the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID), and with which UIA activities were closely associated. Became a federation, under the present name, at the 1st World Congress of International Organizations (Brussels, 1910). 2. Current status and Constitution The Statutes were modified in 1951 to give the UIA the character of an institute with a world focus, having individuals as full members. It is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit body.
National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality - National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to affirming a complementary, male-female model of gender and sexuality. It supports reparative therapy. See also: International Healing Foundation.
International relations theory - International relations theory This article should be merged with international relations. There are excellent books that are worth having a look to get a good overview: James E. Dougherty and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr, “Contending Theories of International Relations" (New York: Longman, 2001 for the fifth edition) is very well regarded and often shows up on graduate students' reading lists. It provides a solid overview of the field. Martin Hollis; Steve Smith, (1991), Explaining and understanding International Relations, CUP. There is an overview about the growth of the discipline and how the theories reflect the time in which they were made. Also lots of literature for further reading given. A kind of goldmine that is also written very well. While this book provides an excellent grounding.
International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus - International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus "... a swiss architect, Max Bill, has undertaken to restructure the Bauhaus where Klee and Kandinsky taught. He wishes to make an academy without painting, without research into the imagination, fantasy, signs, symbols - all he wants is technical instuction. In the name of experimental artists I intend to create an International Movement For An Imaginist Bauhaus." Asger Jorn to Enrico Baj December 1953 The movement was founded in Alba, Piedmont, Italy in Spetember 1955 by Jorn, Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio, and Piero Simondo. Sergio Dangelo and Elena Verrone were also involved in this movement. Piero Simondo edited the magazine Eristica for the group. Baj sent Jorn a copy of Potlatch, the information bulletin of the Lettrist International in 1954. There was.
International waters - International waters The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands.[1] Marine and freshwater systems, including surface waters and groundwater, constitute the world's water resources, which provide drinking water, sustenance, income, transportation routes and other amenities to a majority of the human population. Much of the Earth's water resources is shared by two or more countries (e.g., 261 international river basins comprise 45% of the earth's total land area; 70% of the world's 50 large marine ecosystems, where 95% of the world's fish are caught). Poorly managed and uncoordinated human activities across.
Operations research - Operations research Operations research, operational research, or simply OR, is the use of mathematical models, statistics and algorithms to aid in decision-making. It is most often used to analyze complex real-world systems, typically with the goal of improving or optimizing performance. It is one form of applied mathematics. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Operations research in context 2 Areas of application 3 Professional Societies 4 Origins and the name 5 See also 6 Finding related topics 7 Other links Operations research in context The terms operations research and management science are often used synonymously. When a distinction is drawn, management science generally implies a closer relationship to the problems of business management. Operations research also closely relates to industrial engineering. Industrial engineering takes more of an engineering.
Kristen Nygaard - computer systems that form the foundation of the modern information society are among the most complex things humans have created. Through his ground-breaking research Nygaard made it possible to manage that complexity. Nygaard got his master's degree in mathematics at the University of Oslo in 1956. His thesis on abstract probability theory was entitled "Theoretical Aspects of Monte Carlo Methods". Nygaard worked full time at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment from 1948 to 1960 - in computing and programming (1948-1954) and operational research (1952-1960). From 1957 to 1960 he was head of the first operations research groups in the Norwegian defense establishment. He was cofounder and first chairman of the Norwegian Operational Research Society (1959-1964). In 1960 he was hired by the Norwegian Computing Center (NCC), responsible for building up the.
Yazhou Zhoukan - "Asia Weekly", is the only international Chinese newsweekly which has been published for over 15 years. It has a broad content which includes both economic and international news. Its prospect is optimistic because of its worldwide readers. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Background 2 Highly Educated Asian Readers 3 Famous and Prestigious 4 External Links Background Yazhou Zhoukan has been published since 1987. It is jointly owned by Ming Pao Group (明報集團) and the TOM group (TOM 集團). It has around 11-15 employees. It has been and is now the world's only International Chinese newsweekly issued on Sundays. It analyses and reports international current issues based on Chinese people's values and perspectives. It covers both Asian news, international news and international business news. Yazhou Zhoukan involves a lot of IT elements..
Jacqueline Cochran - Cochran began taking flying lessons at Roosevelt Airfield on Long Island. A natural, she was quickly flying solo and within two years obtained her commercial pilot's license. Her companion, Floyd Odlum, whom she married in 1936 after his divorce, was an astute financier and savvy marketer who recognized the value of publicity for her business. Calling her line of cosmetics "Wings," she flew her own airplane around the country promoting her products. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get Marilyn Monroe to endorse her line of lipstick. Known by her friends as "Jackie," and maintaining the Cochran name, she began competing in both American and international air races, at first being denied entry at home in the Bendix Los Angeles to Cleveland race because officials restricted entrants to.
Jeanne Sauvé - married Maurice Sauvé. Later that year, they moved to Europe, where she earned a diploma in French civilization at the Université de Paris. The couple had one child. Sauvé was a founding member of the Institute of Political Research and for over 20 years had a distinguished career as a journalist and broadcaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She was elected Liberal MP from Montreal in 1972, becoming the first woman cabinet member from Quebec as Minister of State for Science and Technology. She was re-elected in July 1974 and given the environment portfolio. In 1975, she was appointed Minister of Communications with responsibility for French speaking countries in the Department of External Affairs. She also opened the first daycare on Parliament Hill. In 1980 she became the first woman Speaker.
Institute for Effective Therapy of Homosexuality - Homosexuality The Institute for Effective Therapy of Homosexuality (IETH) was created by the International Healing Foundation "for the purpose of developing, implementing and teaching successful methods for healing homosexuality". They state: "We believe that a homosexual orientation represents a developmental (gender identity deficit) disorder. We further believe that by discovering the root causes, healing the wounds and fulfilling the unmet needs, anyone can actualize his or her full heterosexual potential. What was learned can be unlearned." While the IETH does not formally endorse a religion, its mother organization, the IHF, states that it "seeks to help each man, woman, and child in healing from past and present wounds, and empower them with the understanding of their value as a child of God." The view that homosexuality is a disease is rejected.
Information science glossary of terms - comments about what each resource covered and how useful it was. An appendix is a group of supplementary material appended to a text. It is usually related to the material in the main part of the text but not so closely related to it that it should be put into the main text. Put background information and supporting facts in the appendices. An example of a file that should be put in an appendix is a file of detailed charts and graphs of resent research closely related to the paper's main topic. An archive is a place in which historical documents and other records are preserved. Usually operated by large organizations, they may or may not be open to the public. The University of Toronto, for example has an archive that.
Infantile spinal muscular atrophy - from it. I wanted to learn more about the disease. Spinal Muscular Atrophies (SMA) are inherited disorders. Spinal muscular atrophy, as defined by international criteria, requires the weakness to be symmetrical and greater in the proximal muscles than in the distal ones. (5) It is when nerves fail to function normally and the muscle cells with which they are connected deteriorate. SMA is when muscles weaken and waste away from degeneration or motor neurons (1). It is a progressive, symmetrical muscle weakness which usually presents itself within the first six months of life. Death usually occurs between six and twenty months, either of respiratory failure or secondary to chest infection (3). There are different forms according to age of onset the forms include: Infantile SMA- Type 1 SMA or Werdnig-Hoffman disease.
Israeli attack on USS Liberty - of the current situation The USS Liberty was an American intelligence ship which was attacked in international waters near the Sinai Peninsula by Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats during the Six Day War between Israel and the Arab States. Thirty-four men died and 172 were wounded. Surviving crew members, as well as several Western observers, assert that the attack was premeditated and deliberate: i.e., that Israel knew the ship was American. Israel maintains that the incident was entirely due to error: i.e., Israeli forces misidentified the ship at various stages as a Russian spy ship providing intelligence to the Arabs, or as an Egyptian freighter. The US and Israel exchanged diplomatic notes after several inquiries, and the US accepted an indemnity of $13 million. The NSA intelligence ship USS Liberty was.
ITESM - 1967, the Campus Guaymas is inaugurated, becoming the first Campus outside of the city of Monterrey. In 1968, the first Ph.D. degree is granted, in chemistry with specialty in organic chemistry. In 1973, two new campus are inagurated. One in Mexico City, and another in Obregon City. In 1978, the Medicine School is founded, next to the San Jose Hospital, in Monterrey. In 1980, the ITESM introduces in Mexico personal computers as a tool for learning. In 1987, the ITESM gets hooked to Bitnet. In 1989, a new Icon for the city of Monterrey is inaugurated at the Campus Monterrey: The Cetec. In 1997, the Virtual University is founded. In 1998, President Ernesto Zedillo honors the 2nd largest campus, ITESM-CEM (near Mexico City), with the "National Quality award." In 2003, President.
History of swimming - in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 the trudgen was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In 1908, the world swimming association, Federation Internationale de Natation de Amateur (FINA), was formed. Butterfly was first a variant of breaststroke, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Ancient Times 2 Middle Ages to 1800 3 The Pre-Olympic Era to 1896 4 The Modern Olympic Era after 1896 Ancient Times Drawings from the Stone Age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt near Libya. These pictures seem to show breaststroke or dog paddle, although.
History of the Comecon - more industrialized and the more trade dependent of the East European countries (Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Poland) had belatedly recognized the need to adapt the Soviet autarkic model to their own requirements. New approaches to foreign trade emerged during discussions of economic reform. Given their isolation from the rest of the world and the dominance of intrabloc trade in their external relations, interest in these countries inevitably centered on new forms of regional cooperation. For small, centrally planned economies, this meant the need to develop a mechanism through which to coordinate investment and trade policies. Instability in Eastern Europe and integration in Western Europe increased the desirability of regularizing intrabloc relations in a more elaborate institutional framework. The 1955 Warsaw Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance and its implementing machinery.
