The case for cloud service trustmarks and assurance-as-a-service

Cloud computing represents a significant economic opportunity for Europe. However, this growth is threatened by adoption barriers largely related to trust. This position paper examines trust and confidence issues in cloud computing and advances a case for addressing them through the implementation of a novel trustmark scheme for cloud service providers. The proposed trustmark would be both active and dynamic featuring multi-modal information about the performance of the underlying cloud service. The trustmarks would be informed by live performance data from the cloud service provider, or ideally an independent third-party accountability and assurance service that would communicate up-to-date information relating to service performance and dependability. By combining assurance measures with a remediation scheme, cloud service providers could both signal dependability to customers and the wider marketplace and provide customers, auditors and regulators with a mechanism for determining accountability in the event of failure or non-compliance. As a result, the trustmarks would convey to consumers of cloud services and other stakeholders that strong assurance and accountability measures are in place for the service in question and thereby address trust and confidence issues in cloud computing

Aspects of Meiji Culture Represented in the Poetry and Prose of Huang Zunxian\u27s \u27\u27Riben zashi shi\u27\u27 <1877-1882>

Historiography and Japanese Consciousness of Values and Norms, カリフォルニア大学 サンタ・バーバラ校, カリフォルニア大学 ロサンゼルス校, 2001年1

Sanetō Keishū and the History of Early Modern Chinese-Japanese Cultural Relations

Historical Consciousness, Historiography, and Modern Japanese Values, 2002年10月末-11月, カナダ, アルバータ州バン

黄遵憲（1848－1905）と明治時代の日本人の文人との交流

Huang Zunxian arrived as Counselor to the Imperial Qing Legation to Tokyo in 1877. Already well-known in China as a poet and prose writer, he quickly began to write poems and prose works about his new experiences in Meiji Japan. During the five years he was in Japan, ge also made the acquaintance of many leading Japanese literati of the day, such as Ōkōchi Teruna, Ishikawa Kōsai, Shigeno Yasutsugu, Nakamura Masanao, Mori Mainan, and Ukai Tetsujō, seventy-fifth Chief Priest of the Chion\u27in in Kyoto. Hung\u27s writings and kanbun and kanshi works by his Japanese acquaintances as well as a voluminous collection of hitsudan (brush talks) kept by Ōkōchi all reflect the culturally rich, intellectually sophisticated, and personally friendly relationship between Huang and his Chinese colleagues and these Japanese bunjin. Exploration of these sources also provides a window into early modern Japanese-Chinese cjltural relations and intellectual history

黄遵憲と明治時代の文人との交流 : 明治初期における名家詩選の形成

The great Chinese poet Huang Zunxian, who served from 1877 to 1882 as a high-ranking member of the staff of the Qing legation in Tokyo, became closely acquainted with and spent much time in the company of prominent Japanese literati (bunjin). Huang’s experiences with these men provide an extremely valuable window of information and insight into the intellectual atmosphere of early Meiji Japan. Equipped with the unique bundle of skills of a Chinese literatus, Huang shared with his hosts something that they all referred to as siwen (Jp. shibun), “This Culture of Ours.” With first-hand access to the modes of discourse and thought of his hosts, he formed discriminating views of almost all aspects of Japanese life in a rapidly changing era. Even after the Meiji Restoration, “This Culture of Ours” showed considerable enduring power. Japanese bunjin of the early Meiji, many of whom had won distinction in political affairs, had thoroughly assimilated and were devoted to carrying on the great tradition. Although this study focuses on the formation of a canon of kanshi poetry in early Meiji Japan and the poets who contributed to it, it has implications that go beyond the world of poetry and poetics

The Case for Cloud Service Trustmarks and Assurance-as-a-Service

Cloud computing represents a significant economic opportunity for Europe. However, this growth is threatened by adoption barriers largely related to trust. This position paper examines trust and confidence issues in cloud computing and advances a case for addressing them through the implementation of a novel trustmark scheme for cloud service providers. The proposed trustmark would be both active and dynamic featuring multi-modal information about the performance of the underlying cloud service. The trustmarks would be informed by live performance data from the cloud service provider, or ideally an independent third-party accountability and assurance service that would communicate up-to-date information relating to service performance and dependability. By combining assurance measures with a remediation scheme, cloud service providers could both signal dependability to customers and the wider marketplace and provide customers, auditors and regulators with a mechanism for determining accountability in the event of failure or non-compliance. As a result, the trustmarks would convey to consumers of cloud services and other stakeholders that strong assurance and accountability measures are in place for the service in question and thereby address trust and confidence issues in cloud computing.Comment: 6 pages and 1 figur

Acupuncture and Chiropractic Care: Utilization and Electronic Medical Record Capture

Objectives: To describe acupuncture and chiropractic use among patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) at a health maintenance organization, and explore issues of benefit design and electronic medical record (EMR) capture. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: Kaiser Permanente members meeting EMR diagnostic criteria for CMP were invited to participate. The survey included questions about self-identified presence of CMP, use of acupuncture and chiropractic care, use of ancillary self-care modalities, and communication with conventional medicine practitioners. Analysis of survey data was supplemented with a retrospective review of EMR utilization data. Results: Of 6068 survey respondents, 32% reported acupuncture use, 47% reported chiropractic use, 21% used both, and 42% used neither. For 25% of patients using acupuncture and 43% of those using chiropractic care, utilization was undetected by the EMR. Thirty-five percent of acupuncture users and 42% of chiropractic users did not discuss this care with their health maintenance organization (HMO) clinicians. Among chiropractic users, those accessing care out of plan were older (P \u3c.01), were more likely to use long-term opioids (P = .03), and had more pain diagnoses (P = .01) than those accessing care via clinician referral or self-referral. For acupuncture, those using the clinician referral mechanism exhibited these same characteristics. Conclusions: A majority of participants had used acupuncture, chiropractic care, or both. While benefit structure may materially influence utilization patterns, many patients with CMP use acupuncture and chiropractic care without regard to their insurance coverage. A substantial percentage of acupuncture and chiropractic use thus occurs beyond detection of EMR systems, and many patients do not report such care to their HMO clinicians

Labeling, rehearsal, and short-term memory in retarded children

A short-term memory task was used to explore the effects of verbal labeling and rehearsal on serial-position recall in mildly retarded 9- to 11-year-old children. A stimulus array consisting of seven cards depicting familiar animals was presented for seven trials. In Expt I, recall when subjects labeled the pictures as they were shown was compared to recall when no labeling occurred. Total recall was not affected, but for the older CA group primacy recall was hindered and recency recall was facilitated by labeling. In Expt II, three variations of rehearsal of the names to be recalled were compared. When prompting accompanied rehearsal, recall improved at both recency and primacy positions. When prompting occurred for the primacy positions only, recall was higher for these positions but not for other positions. These results support the view that verbal skills affect recall in mildly retarded children similarly to normal children.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/22264/1/0000701.pd

LMDA Review, volume 8, issue 1

Contents include: From the President, Jayme Koszyn, Blaulapalooza in Imilwaukee, Notes from Avignon: Diary of a Francophile Theatre Junkie, 1997 Conference News, Canadian Regional News, A Letter to My Colleagues from Lynn M. Thomson, ATHR Group Meets, Proposes Panel for New \u27Turgs, Regional News: The Chicago Gang Meets Again, Member News, and Regional VP\u27s.https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdareview/1015/thumbnail.jp