Perceived Stigmatization of Children with Speech-Language Impairment and Their Parents

Objective: Developmental disorders in childhood are generally assumed to have stigmatizing effects. The goal of the present study was to assess whether parents of children with speech-language impairment perceive stigmatization of their child or themselves and which variables influence the degree of negative labeling. Subjects and Methods: The study was based on 362 questionnaires completed by parents of children with speech-language impairment. The questionnaires concerned perceived stigmatization by other children, other adults and family members as a result of the child's developmental problems. Results: In our sample, about 50% of the parents reported negative labeling of their child and about 30% felt they were involved in the stigmatizing process. Parents whose children also had behavioral problems more often reported negative labeling than parents whose children did not. Conclusion: The findings suggest that parents of children with speech-language disorders often perceive stigmatization of their children or themselves. In counseling such families, professionals should therefore address stigmatization and its consequences as a separate and important issue. Copyright (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Base

Migration-by-Emulation Planets Web-Service

The availability of migration tools for older formats is often limited. Thus we suggest a different approach: using the original applications to access the object and transfer the latter into formats which can be accessed in today's environments. The appropriate environment for the digital artefacts could be provided through emulation. With the reproduction of the original environment, a large and diverse set of migration input/output paths becomes available. Working for the Open Planets Project the authors the authors created remotely accessible Web services integrated into the PLANETS testbed. These services demonstrate preservation workflows using migration together with the emulation of original environments

Das Softwarearchiv – Eine Erfolgsbedingung für die Langzeitarchivierung digitaler Objekte

This paper emphasizes the need for legacy software archives to support digital preservation strategies as they depend on additional software components. Such a repository should contain past applications, pre-configured general software environments, special object dependent additions like fonts, codecs and required helper applications. Same applies to metadata like operation manuals and license keys. Up to now not much strategic software archiving takes place. The issue is best solved on an inter-organizational level. Beside this proper legal frameworks not just on the national level are required

COVID-19 lockdowns and children's health and well-being

Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the seed grant from the institute of human development and social change, Steinhardt school of culture, education and human development, that partially funded this project.Peer reviewe

Das Softwarearchiv – Eine Erfolgsbedingung für die Langzeitarchivierung digitaler Objekte

This paper emphasizes the need for legacy software archives to support digital preservation strategies as they depend on additional software components. Such a repository should contain past applications, pre-configured general software environments, special object dependent additions like fonts, codecs and required helper applications. Same applies to metadata like operation manuals and license keys. Up to now not much strategic software archiving takes place. The issue is best solved on an inter-organizational level. Beside this proper legal frameworks not just on the national level are required

Feeding the Masses: DNBD3. Simple, efficient, redundant block device for large scale HPC, Cloud and PC pool installations

In computer center operations many sites operate large PC lecture pools or HPC clusters which can require similar or identical operating system images and software packages. Booting over the LAN allows instantaneously usable systems but requires the efficient provisioning of the root file system. Traditionally, general purpose file systems like NFS are used, but read-only Network Block Devices like the presented DNBD3 provide a range of attractive features, which can outperform alternatives across a range of situations. DNBD3 not only allows for caching and proxying at various levels, but it comes with a built-in performance monitor, versioning, and failover functionality. DNBD3 has been under development at Freiburg University for the past few years. It is released under a GPLv2 license, and consists of a Linux kernel module for the clients, and a user space executable for the servers. It is running in production for two highly heterogeneous use cases: as a distributed setup of campus-wide computer pools with more than 400 connected machines, and in the 1000+ node compute cluster backing the Freiburg HPC and Clouds. Aggressive local caching might even allow the use of mobile clients on WLAN infrastructures in stateless Linux operation