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    Extracting Troubles from Daily Reports based on Syntactic Pieces

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    PACLIC / The University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu College Cebu City, Philippines / November 20-22, 200

    SaaS: A situational awareness and analysis system for massive android malware detection

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    A large amount of mobile applications (Apps) are uploaded, distributed and updated in various Android markets, e.g., Google Play and Huawei AppGallery every day. One of the ongoing challenges is to detect malicious Apps (also known as malware) among those massive newcomers accurately and efficiently in the daily security management of Android App markets. Customers rely on those detection results in the selection of Apps upon downloading, and undetected malware may result in great damages. In this paper, we propose a cloud-based malware detection system called SaaS by leveraging and marrying multiple approaches from diverse domains such as natural language processing (n-gram), image processing (GLCM), cryptography (fuzzy hash), machine learning (random forest) and complex networks. We firstly extract n-gram features and GLCM features from an App's smali code and DEX file, respectively. We next feed those features into training data set, to create a machine learning detect model. The model is further enhanced by fuzzy hash to detect whether inspected App is repackaged or not. Extensive experiments (involving 1495 samples) demonstrates that the detecting accuracy is more than 98.5%, and support a large-scale detecting and monitoring. Besides, our proposed system can be deployed as a service in clouds and customers can access cloud services on demand

    Aging and spatial abilities : age-related impact on users of a sign language

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    Introduction. Les fonctions cognitives évoluent avec l’âge : certaines tendent à diminuer dans leur efficacité alors que d’autres se maintiennent. Des recherches ont montré que le vieillissement affecte la rotation mentale, la perception spatiale, la visualisation spatiale et la prise de perspective. Des facteurs sociodémographiques et comportementaux peuvent aussi influencer le cheminement du vieillissement cognitif des personnes âgées. À titre d’exemple, l'expérience langagière, comme le bilinguisme, agit comme un facteur neuroprotecteur contribuant à la réserve cognitive. L’impact de l’utilisation d’une langue des signes sur la cognition spatiale a suscité beaucoup d’intérêt chez les chercheurs s’intéressant aux langues des signes. Pourtant, aucune recherche n’a encore abordé l’effet de l’utilisation à long terme d’une langue des signes sur la cognition spatiale des signeurs aînés. Objectif. Le but de cette thèse est d’examiner s’il existe des différences sur le plan des habiletés spatiales entre signeurs (sourds et entendants) et non-signeurs de différents groupes d’âge. Plus précisément, cette thèse a examiné i) si la performance à des tâches d’habiletés spatiales diffère selon l’âge (jeunes adultes/aînés) et l’expérience linguistique (signeurs sourds/entendants signeurs/entendants non-signeurs) et ii) si la performance diffère selon la sous-composante d’habiletés spatiales ciblée (perception spatiale; visualisation spatiale; rotation mentale; prise de perspective). Méthode. Pour investiguer l’effet de l’âge et de l’expérience linguistique sur les habiletés spatiales, une collecte de données auprès de 120 participants a été effectuée : 60 adultes âgés de 64 à 80 ans (20 sourds signeurs, 20 entendants signeurs, 20 entendants non-signeurs) et 60 jeunes adultes de 18 à 35 ans (20 sourds signeurs, 20 entendants signeurs, 20 entendants non-signeurs). Afin de s’assurer de l’admissibilité des participants, une évaluation de l’acuité visuelle, de l’acuité auditive, des compétences langagières (français et langue des signes québécoise), de la santé cognitive et de l’intelligence a été effectuée. Les participants ont été appariés entre groupes d’expérience linguistique selon leur niveau d’éducation et d’intelligence. Les quatre sous-composantes d’habiletés spatiales ciblées (perception spatiale; visualisation spatiale; rotation mentale; prise de perspective) ont été testées par l’entremise d’une batterie de sept tests psychométriques. Résultats. Conformément à ce qui a été précédemment observé sur l’effet de l’âge sur les habiletés spatiales, les résultats en termes de justesse de la réponse ont révélé que les jeunes signeurs sourds obtiennent globalement de meilleurs résultats que les signeurs sourds aînés dans toutes les tâches d’habiletés spatiales. De plus, les résultats ont montré un avantage des entendants signeurs sur les entendants non-signeurs aux tâches de rotation mentale et de prise de perspective, quel que soit leur âge. Un avantage général des signeurs aînés (sourds et entendants) par rapport aux non-signeurs aînés a été observé uniquement pour les tâches de visualisation spatiale en termes de justesse de la réponse. Ces résultats suggèrent que les changements cognitifs associés au vieillissement ont un effet sur le traitement de l’information spatiale quelle que soit la modalité linguistique utilisée et que l’effet de l’utilisation de la langue des signes sur les processus spatiaux semblent différer entre les signeurs sourds et les signeurs entendants. Discussion. Cette recherche transversale a permis d’étudier pour la première fois l’impact du vieillissement sur les habiletés spatiales des utilisateurs d’une langue des signes. Également, elle explore le facteur potentiellement atténuant de l’utilisation de la langue des signes quant aux effets de l’âge sur la performance à des tâches d’habiletés spatiales. Sur la base des résultats, il est proposé que l’effet de l’utilisation d’une langue des signes sur la cognition spatiale est spécifique aux sous-domaines d’habiletés spatiales (perception spatiale; visualisation spatiale; rotation mentale; prise de perspective), et que l’expérience linguistique, telle que le bilinguisme bimodal, est un facteur d’intérêt dans la relation entre l’utilisation d’une langue des signes et les processus spatiaux. Conclusion. Les résultats rapportés dans la présente thèse seront utiles aux futurs chercheurs intéressés par l’étude de la cognition chez les aînés signeurs. Des recherches futures devraient se poursuivre dans cette direction afin de préciser l’impact du bilinguisme bimodal sur la cognition spatiale à la lumière de ce qui est connu des effets protecteurs du bilinguisme unimodal face au vieillissement. De plus, les recherches futures devraient envisager d’élargir la perspective de l’effet de l’âge sur les habiletés spatiales des signeurs, en tenant compte des données cognitives et linguistiques. Ces recherches pourraient investiguer la cause de la distinction dans le traitement d’informations spatiales sur la production et la compréhension d’une langue des signes.Introduction. Across the adult lifespan, cognitive abilities change: some tend to decrease with age whereas others are maintained. The results of previous studies have shown that performance on tasks spatial perception, spatial visualization, mental rotation and perspective taking are poorer in older adults than in younger adults. Sociodemographic and behavioral factors may influence the cognitive aging trajectories of older adults. For example, language experience, such as bilingualism, may be a neuroprotective factor contributing to the cognitive reserve. The impact of language experience in another modality, as it is the case for visual-spatial language, on spatial cognition has generated much interest. To date, no research has addressed this issue with regards of the potential effect of longtime use of sign language on the spatial cognition of older signers. Aim. The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether there are differences in spatial abilities among signers (deaf and hearing) and non-signers of different age groups. More specifically, this thesis examined i) if performance on tasks of spatial abilities differs according to age (younger/older) and linguistic experience (deaf signers/hearing signers/hearing non-signers) and ii) if performance differs according to the type of spatial abilities subcomponent targeted (spatial perception; spatial visualization; mental rotation; perspective taking). Methods. To examine the effect of age and linguistic experience on spatial abilities, data were collected from 120 participants: 60 older adults from 65 to 80 years of age (20 deaf signers, 20 hearing signers, 20 hearing non-signers) and 60 young adults ranging in age from 18 to 35 years (20 deaf signers, 20 hearing signers, 20 hearing non-signers). Prior to the experiment, participants were tested for visual and hearing acuity, language proficiency (Quebec Sign Language and French), cognitive health and intelligence. Based on their linguistic experience, the participants were matched on the basis of their educational level as well as their level of intelligence. The four subcomponents of spatial abilities were tested using a battery of seven tests. Results. Consistent with previously published data on the effect of age on spatial abilities, accuracy results revealed that the younger deaf signers constantly performed better than the older deaf signers on all tasks. Results also highlighted a specific advantage of hearing signers over hearing non-signers in terms of accuracy on mental rotation and perspective taking tasks regardless of age. A general advantage of older signers (deaf and hearing) over older non-signers was observed on spatial visualization tasks only. These results suggest that age-related cognitive changes impact the processing of spatial information regardless of the linguistic modality used. Also, the effect of sign language use on spatial processes may differ between deaf signers and hearing signers. Discussion. This cross-sectional research made it possible to investigate for the first time the impact of aging on spatial abilities among sign language users, as well as to explore the potential effect of sign language use with regards to performance on tasks of spatial abilities in an older population. Based on the results, it is proposed that the effect of sign language use is subdomain specific and that language experience such as bimodal bilingualism is a factor of interest in the relation between sign language use and spatial processing. Conclusion. The results reported in the present thesis will be helpful to future researchers interested in investigating aspects of cognition throughout the lifespan of older signers. Future research should be pursued in order to investigate the impact of bimodal bilingualism on spatial cognition in the light of the aging factor. In addition, future research should consider broadening the scope of this research area by examining in detail the interaction between cognitive skills and linguistic modality. Researches could address the effect of the distinction observed between deaf signers and hearing signers in terms of spatial processing and investigate links between spatial processing and sign language production and comprehension

    Holistic recommender systems for software engineering

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    The knowledge possessed by developers is often not sufficient to overcome a programming problem. Short of talking to teammates, when available, developers often gather additional knowledge from development artifacts (e.g., project documentation), as well as online resources. The web has become an essential component in the modern developer’s daily life, providing a plethora of information from sources like forums, tutorials, Q&A websites, API documentation, and even video tutorials. Recommender Systems for Software Engineering (RSSE) provide developers with assistance to navigate the information space, automatically suggest useful items, and reduce the time required to locate the needed information. Current RSSEs consider development artifacts as containers of homogeneous information in form of pure text. However, text is a means to represent heterogeneous information provided by, for example, natural language, source code, interchange formats (e.g., XML, JSON), and stack traces. Interpreting the information from a pure textual point of view misses the intrinsic heterogeneity of the artifacts, thus leading to a reductionist approach. We propose the concept of Holistic Recommender Systems for Software Engineering (H-RSSE), i.e., RSSEs that go beyond the textual interpretation of the information contained in development artifacts. Our thesis is that modeling and aggregating information in a holistic fashion enables novel and advanced analyses of development artifacts. To validate our thesis we developed a framework to extract, model and analyze information contained in development artifacts in a reusable meta- information model. We show how RSSEs benefit from a meta-information model, since it enables customized and novel analyses built on top of our framework. The information can be thus reinterpreted from an holistic point of view, preserving its multi-dimensionality, and opening the path towards the concept of holistic recommender systems for software engineering

    The Revival of Long Reading: A New Multimodal Narrative Format

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    The goal of this study is to specify nature, the "heart and soul" of a process referred to as a "long reading", to indentify reasons for the interest in the so-called longread narrative formats, unexpectedly going up in times of obviously reverse trends, such as, for example, short and speed reading techniques. The cyclic recurrence registered in case of ‘lengthy twist’ in the reading matters demonstrates that each transfer to shorter-size books gives a chance, probability, to become a step to long books. The key research findings indicate that longread formats are increasingly more and more popular, as these texts enable readers to keep out of the information pollution. The outcomes and conclusions are focusing on expanding the conceptional fields towards new policies stimulating reading and to more creative methods producing reading effects into the sphere of quality online journalism, education, publishing industries and popularization of science, at large. This article is the result of a collaboration made possible by the COST Action IS1404 E-READ (Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation), supported by the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020, and the research project DCOST 01/13 - 04.08.2017 of the National Scientific Fund of Bulgaria

    Interpersonal pragmatics and the therapeutic alliance : the collaborative work in email counseling

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    Online communication has become ever more present in our lives and has encompassed the personal as well as the professional sphere. This expansion has continued into the professional workspace of mental healthcare workers who conduct counseling online. Special emphasis needs to be given on how mental healthcare workers utilize online communication to work collaboratively with clients. Previous research has shown that the quality of the therapeutic alliance significantly impacts the outcome of counseling. In this book, the therapeutic alliance is examined from an interpersonal pragmatic perspective. Using a mixed methods approach, five naturally occurring email counseling threads are scrutinized to shed light on how the counselor and her clients work collaboratively to improve the clients' well-being. The content analysis reveals the specific topics that are dealt with in the counseling exchanges. The subsequent discursive moves analysis uncovers systematic discursive patterns that occur within the exchanges. Zooming in on specific aspects through a discourse-analytic approach finally allows for an in-depth description of three captivating phenomena: the use of a metaphor to combat unhelpful thoughts, the use of narratives to construct varying identities, and the intricate process of exiting the actual counseling process once clients have improved. By employing two notions from interpersonal pragmatics - relational work and identity construction - empirical evidence is provided to show how they are linked. Thereby, the book adds to research on interpersonal pragmatics, but also on online and mental health communication. Importantly, it serves as a guide to mental health practitioners by demonstrating how language in online counseling can be analyzed and utilized to negotiate the therapeutic alliance and support clients in their endeavor to improve their well-being. Franziska Thurnherr is a researcher in the public health sector in Switzerland. She has published on interpersonal pragmatics, (online) mental health and computer-mediated communication
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