Malaysia\u27s Computer Crimes Act 1997 Gets Tough on Cybercrime But Fails to Advance the Development of Cyberlaws

Malaysia is in the process of developing the Multimedia Super Corridor ( MSC ), a high-tech zone sometimes called the Silicon Valley of the East. As a way of attracting investors to the MSC, Malaysia is adopting business-friendly policies and comprehensive cyberlaws designed to assure MSC participants that they and their technology will be protected. One of Malaysia\u27s many goals is to be a leader in the development of cyberlaws. However, the Computer Crimes Act 1997 is too flawed to place Malaysia in that role. The Computer Crimes Act is designed to prevent computer crimes such as hacking, virus planting and the cracking of passwords. Although the Act contains some progressive provisions that appear in recommendations adopted by organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, some provisions lack clarity and can be interpreted in ways which make them overly broad and unenforceable. Other provisions seem to ignore the needs of corporate victims of computer crimes, thus failing to meet the goal of assuring potential MSC investors that their technology will be protected. By modifying some of the statutory language to clarify the meaning and by adopting provisions which offer more progressive solutions to the problem of computer crime, the Computer Crimes Act 1997 could contribute to Malaysia\u27s standing as a leader in the development of cyberlaws

Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College, Inc., 331 F.2d 1000 (D.C. Cir. 1964)

Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College, Inc

A Qualitative Study Exploring the Perceptions of Social Workers Concerning Independent Living Programs in Conjunction with Post-Secondary Education after New Jersey Foster Youth Age-Out of the Foster Care System

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the perceptions of New Jersey social workers regarding potential barriers that may exist with foster care youth maturity development, independent living programs emphasizing foster care alumni post-secondary education achievement, and social worker departmental training relating to their understanding of independent living programs. The design of this qualitative study focused on New Jersey Division of Children & Family volunteer participants consisting of three district office manager interviews, and three social worker focus group discussions from specific geographic locations throughout New Jersey. The interview and focus group questions were developed after comprehensive research and validated by a jury of experts. The interview questions for the district office managers were designed into four components: background information, New Jersey foster youth development, New Jersey foster youth post-secondary education achievement, and the New Jersey social worker. The focus group questions for the social workers were designed into four components: New Jersey foster youth development, New Jersey foster youth post-secondary education achievement, role of the New Jersey social worker, and summary. Each component included subsidiary questions intended to produce extensive responses from the participants. The data was tape recorded and then transcribed for evaluation. Findings of the data determined that priority needs to be focused on foster care youth personal/social development. The participants agreed that significant enhancements have been established relating to foster care independent living programs, however there is no way to precisely measure the success of these programs. The majority of participants believed that the present New Jersey Division of Children & Family departmental training provides a mediocre understanding of the standard policies and practices pertaining to independent living programs, and also affirmed that the training is both inadequate and ineffective. Recommendations for policy included mandatory training on the topic of independent living programs to all New Jersey social workers, an up to date uniform checklist document explaining independent living programs available to aging out foster care youth, social media/networking opportunities that associate aging out foster care youth to similar foster care alumni, and funding for aging out foster care youth psychological examinations to identify emotional and mental issues that require therapy. Recommendations for practice included random audits to ensure New Jersey Division of Children & Family practice follows policy confirming statewide uniformity, foster care youth compulsory assessment testing to correspond with appropriate social programs, and standardized statewide reports to augment future public funding. Recommendations for future research included a research study into analysis of the uniform checklist document, standardized statewide reports, and random audits to measure the effectiveness based on current statistical information, a case study of adolescents as they progress through the New Jersey foster care system utilizing compulsory assessment testing, and a research study gathering data to determine the efficacy of the New Jersey Division of Children & Family social worker mandatory training on independent living programs

Corporate Control and the Corporate Asset Theory

Corporate Control and the Corporate Asset Theor

Corporate Control and the Corporate Asset Theory

Corporate Control and the Corporate Asset Theor

Calorimetric Studies of Bulk Polymers.

Use of thermodynamic data has been amongst the most reliable of tests for determining the nature of transitions for all materials. Polymers exhibit several solid-state transitions whose origin is often unknown. Some of these are undetectable with commercially available rapid-scanning calorimeters. These unresolved transitions of interest range from (1) glass transitions whose ΔCp is significantly reduced by the presence of crystallinity to (2) transitions connected with polymorphism in polymers, (3) sub-glass transitions detectable by other methods, (4) multiple melting and glass transitions. An existing calorimeter has been suitably modified to obtain high precision thermodynamic data. In this report we review briefly, with limited discussion, some recent results in this area

Housing flexibility effects on rotor stability

Preliminary rotordynamic evaluations are performed with a housing stiffness assumption that is typically determined only after the hardware is built. In addressing rotor stability, a rigid housing assumption was shown to predict an instability at a lower spin speed than a comparable flexible housing analysis. This rigid housing assumption therefore provides a conservative estimate of the stability threshold speed. A flexible housing appears to act as an energy absorber and dissipated some of the destabilizing force. The fact that a flexible housing is usually asymmetric and considerably heavier than the rotor was related to this apparent increase in rotor stability. Rigid housing analysis is proposed as a valuable screening criteria and may save time and money in construction of elaborate housing finite element models for linear stability analyses