Vulnerability in the Context of Migration: a Critical Overview and a New Conceptual Model

in Human Arenas (2022)

The notion of “vulnerability” occupies a central role in academic literature, policymaking, humanitarian debates, and everyday discourses on migration and asylum. Its popularity has led some academics and ... [more ▼]

The notion of “vulnerability” occupies a central role in academic literature, policymaking, humanitarian debates, and everyday discourses on migration and asylum. Its popularity has led some academics and practitioners to use “vulnerability” as a self-explanatory condition or phenomenon. However, a common and systematic understanding of the concept is still missing, and the moral and political meaning often ascribed to this notion may have (un)intended detrimental consequences for those migrants deemed vulnerable. Thus, this paper sets out to critically unpack and highlight the complexities hidden behind this notion in order to provide a conceptual analysis of vulnerability in the context of migration. We do so by (1) providing an overview of definitions of vulnerability across different fields of research, (2) identifying common conceptualizations or types of vulnerability and discussing their implications, and (3) highlighting possible negative societal and psychological consequences of its implementation in the context of migration. Finally, we propose (4) a new conceptual model for understanding vulnerability in the context of migration, showing how this notion can become a useful analytical tool in migration research. [less ▲]

Vulnerability Prediction Models: A case study on the Linux Kernel

in 16th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, SCAM 2016, Raleigh, US, October 2-3, 2016 (2016, October)

To assist the vulnerability identification process, researchers proposed prediction models that highlight (for inspection) the most likely to be vulnerable parts of a system. In this paper we aim at ... [more ▼]

To assist the vulnerability identification process, researchers proposed prediction models that highlight (for inspection) the most likely to be vulnerable parts of a system. In this paper we aim at making a reliable replication and comparison of the main vulnerability prediction models. Thus, we seek for determining their effectiveness, i.e., their ability to distinguish between vulnerable and non-vulnerable components, in the context of the Linux Kernel, under different scenarios. To achieve the above-mentioned aims, we mined vulnerabilities reported in the National Vulnerability Database and created a large dataset with all vulnerable components of Linux from 2005 to 2016. Based on this, we then built and evaluated the prediction models. We observe that an approach based on the header files included and on function calls performs best when aiming at future vulnerabilities, while text mining is the best technique when aiming at random instances. We also found that models based on code metrics perform poorly. We show that in the context of the Linux kernel, vulnerability prediction models can be superior to random selection and relatively precise. Thus, we conclude that practitioners have a valuable tool for prioritizing their security inspection efforts. [less ▲]

Vum Lëtzebuerger Musekerlexikon zu enger Lëtzebuerger Museksgeschicht

Conference given outside the academic context (2017)

Wa mer iwwer eng Lëtzebuerger Museksgeschicht nodenke wëllen, musse mer fir d'éischt iwwer d'Leit schwatzen, déi des Geschicht duerch hiert musikalesch Wierken gepragt hunn. A mengem Virtrag kommen deemno ... [more ▼]

Wa mer iwwer eng Lëtzebuerger Museksgeschicht nodenke wëllen, musse mer fir d'éischt iwwer d'Leit schwatzen, déi des Geschicht duerch hiert musikalesch Wierken gepragt hunn. A mengem Virtrag kommen deemno niewe Musekerperséinlechkeeten an hire Wierker och Tendenzen zur Sprooch, déi mat der Hëllef vun dem Lexikon, den elo virleit, erausgeschafft kënne ginn. Niewe reng musekshistoresche Faite spillen och regionalgeschichtlech motivéiert soziologesch Tendenzen eng Roll. (Konferenz mat extraiten vun Musekstecker) op lëtzebuergesch. [less ▲]

vVote: a Verifiable Voting System

in Jets (2014)

The Pret a Voter cryptographic voting system was designed to be flexible and to offer voters a familiar and easy voting experience. In this paper we present a case study of our efforts to adapt Pret a ... [more ▼]

The Pret a Voter cryptographic voting system was designed to be flexible and to offer voters a familiar and easy voting experience. In this paper we present a case study of our efforts to adapt Pret a Voter to the idiosyncrasies of elections in the Australian state of Victoria. This technical report includes general background, user experience and details of the cryptographic protocols and human processes. We explain the problems, present solutions, then analyse their security properties and explain how they tie in to other design decisions. We hope this will be an interesting case study on the application of end-to-end verifiable voting protocols to real elections. A preliminary version of this paper appeared as the 10th February 2014 version of "Draft Technical Report for VEC vVote System". This version augments that version with additional message sequence charts. The team involved in developing the vVote design described in this report were: Craig Burton, Chris Culnane, James Heather, Rui Joaquim, Peter Y. A. Ryan, Steve Schneider and Vanessa Teague. [less ▲]

Výkon pravomoci Evropské unie v oblasti ochrany přímých zahraničních investic

Scientific Conference (2015, March 05)

Vzorová sada podpůrných nástrojů pro učitele

E-print/Working paper (2020)

V rámci projektu BMC-EU (Základní pohybové kompetence v Evropě) byl na základě koncepce základních pohybových kompetencí a výsledků sběru dat vytvořen rámec podpory a vzorová sada nástrojů (výsledek první ... [more ▼]

V rámci projektu BMC-EU (Základní pohybové kompetence v Evropě) byl na základě koncepce základních pohybových kompetencí a výsledků sběru dat vytvořen rámec podpory a vzorová sada nástrojů (výsledek první fáze projektu – intelektuální výstup 3). Účelem této sady je nabídnout variabilní přístup k metodice tělesné výchovy. V první fázi projektu byl vytvořen podpůrný rámec pro diagnostiku základních pohybových kompetencí žáků, jejich silných a slabých stránek z pohledu základních pohybových způsobilostí. Na základě tohoto rámce byly vyvinuty podklady ve formě vzorové podpůrné sady (didaktických) materiálů, připravených k implementaci v konkrétních vzdělávacích situacích, jejichž účelem je rozvoj základních pohybových kompetencí diagnostikovaných žáků. Vzorová podpůrná sada nástrojů obsahuje pokyny pro interpretaci výsledků testů MOBAK (Motorische Basiskompetenzen), podpůrný rámec MOBAK, glosář a vzorovou podpůrnou sadu nástrojů s materiály pro učitele tělesné výchovy ve formě karet MOBAK. Karty MOBAK popisují činnosti a aktivity dle principů variace (rozličnosti podnětů) a jsou založeny na přístupu orientovaném na kompetence. [less ▲]

V° Effets des titres étrangers en France

in Crocq, P.; Brenner, C. (Eds.) Lamy Droit de l'execution forcée (2012)

V° Habeas Corpus

in Cadiet, Loic (Ed.) Dictionnaire de la justice (2004)

V° Mesures conservatoires – Droit international

in Cadiet, L. (Ed.) Dictionnaire de la Justice (2004)

vßgift ... gedaen ... vander ſtede wege antreffen Artillerie. Kriegsaufwand und militärische Aufgaben in der Stadt Luxemburg im Mittelalter

in Hemecht: Zeitschrift für Luxemburger Geschichte (2022), 74(2), 166-198

Since the so-called Letter of Liberty of 1244, the burghers of Luxembourg had the duty to defend their town and to go to war with their lord. This contribution examines, based predominantly on medieval ... [more ▼]

Since the so-called Letter of Liberty of 1244, the burghers of Luxembourg had the duty to defend their town and to go to war with their lord. This contribution examines, based predominantly on medieval account books, what concrete tasks this duty entailed. It distinguishes between the construction and maintenance of the city walls, the required services asked of the village dwellers, the sentry duty of the inhabitants, personal arms of the denizens and heavy weaponry of the municipality, concrete war preparations and actual military campaigns. The assessment of empirical historical evidence allows not only to calculate the costs of these military ventures but also to provide a rather detailed evaluation of the technological state of development of the artillery in the 14th to 15th century. [less ▲]