The Human Factor

Each of these elements can provide insight in the lack of support for homosexuals as it is not something one is born with but rather learned. Two studies, Lingiardi et. al. (2016) & Village and Francis (2008) examine a number of these different factors that aid in predicting homonegativity, including two that provide strong evidence for homonegativity, religion and personality. Both religion and personality have rather broad definitions and luckily the two studies view them in similar ways.…

Authentication With the rapid growth of Web-based applications, the Internet is a perfect target for hackers. Attacking an individual person or a multi-billionaire company is achievable in a click of a button. Today, almost everything is done by means of using the Internet, from simple email access to paying bills online, managing online banking, filling out taxes, shopping, and so on. As a result, the Internet has become a feeding ground for hackers. These presents a great deal of concerns and…

deeper view of psychological science. It begins with the topic of the general factor of intelligence and how it represents all the tests around intelligence. There were two disputes that followed along the general factor. These were established as statistical and psychological disputes. In the statistical sense, it is said that the unrotated factor solutions raise the probability to a maximum of obtaining the general factor. In the psychological sense, Gardner argued…

Threats to officers’ and their families’ safety can be a major stress for officers. Not only are they risking their lives but they also receive numerous threats. Another stress factor is the need to control their emotions even when provoked. This is especially true with social media and the public’s perception. The responsibility of protecting the lives of others on a daily basis can be stressful on its own. Knowing that they have…

avoiding such attacks such as Intrusion Detection System (IDS) which is the most popular method of defense [29]. A defense federation is used in [29] for guarding against such attacks. Under this technique each cloud is loaded with separate IDS. The different intrusion detection systems work on the basis of information that is exchange between these systems. In case a specific cloud is under attack, the cooperative IDS alert all other components in the system. Trustworthiness of a cloud is…

The Negative Impact of the Internet on Intelligence During the First World War, the Chicago tribune wrote an article about the world famous industrialist Henry Ford. In the article, Ford was referred to as ignorant amongst other scathing remarks attacking his intelligence. Ford, obviously, didn’t take kindly to this and filed a lawsuit against the paper for libel. The lawyers for the Tribune were so confident, that they put Mr. Ford on the witness stand, and asked him a long series of questions…

environment” (Wechsler, 1958). Wechsler, often referred to the elements in his research as the “non-intellective” as well as the “intellective elements,” which was explained and well-defined in his research as the affective, personal, and social factors (Wechsler, 1940). With the continuation of his research, in 1943, Wechsler’s main question states, “whether the non-intellective, that is affective…

Abstract— The focus of this paper is to use Mobile-OTP and QR code in online banking authentication system to provide the best hacker security. Recently, personal information has been leaked through a high degree of methods, such as phishing or pharmacy, to capture user IDs and passwords. This will result in an inappropriate ID / password being propagated between different users; thus a secure user authentication system is essential. In this paper, we use a different technology to provide a…

The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales second edition This short paper has the aim of reviewing the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales second edition (RIAS-2). The first edition of this instrument was introduced about 12 years ago, (Beaujean & McGlaughlin, 2014). The new version of the RIAS will be ready for use from mid-2016, (Reynolds & Kamphaus, n.d). The RIAS-2 is an individual administered psychometric instrument designed to evaluate cognitive ability: general intelligence (g),…

Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of The Canterbury Tales, used five methods of characterizations to portray characters in the tale. The methods focused on a central characteristic, touchstone line, use of physiognomy, use of hyperbole, and use of incongruous or inappropriate details. The first method of central characteristic explained an overview of the character such as personality and occupation. The second method of touchstone line provided an impression such that it drew an image of the…