Integrated seismic risk in developing countries: the case-studies of Palestine and Algeria

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
Hazard Exposure ◽  
Integrated Risk ◽  
Definition Of

<p>This paper presents dedicated frameworks, developed within European-funded projects, to create integrated seismic risk models from scratch for developing countries and raise the awareness of the general society. Focusing on the case-studies of Nablus in Palestine and Blida in Algeria, the different components of the risk model (hazard, exposure and vulnerability) are described. In specific, details are provided on: improved Hazard models (considering historical and instrumental catalogues for the West Bank and Northern Algeria); the collection of exposure and fragility data on buildings and bridges throughout the case-study regions, used to develop specific exposure and vulnerability models; the definition of social vulnerability models through census-based and scorecard approaches. Subsequently, the integration of the different components is carried out towards the calculation of integrated risk and considerations on the specificities surrounding developing countries are made. The final products of the seismic risk models can be used by different stakeholders to quantify risk and plan mitigation measures.</p>

An Evaluation of a Test-Driven Security Risk Analysis Approach Based on Two Industrial Case Studies

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gencer Erdogan ◽  
Phu H. Nguyen ◽  
Fredrik Seehusen ◽  
Ketil Stølen ◽  
Jon Hofstad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
First Case ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
Security Risk Assessment

Risk-driven testing and test-driven risk assessment are two strongly related approaches, though the latter is less explored. This chapter presents an evaluation of a test-driven security risk assessment approach to assess how useful testing is for validating and correcting security risk models. Based on the guidelines for case study research, two industrial case studies were analyzed: a multilingual financial web application and a mobile financial application. In both case studies, the testing yielded new information, which was not found in the risk assessment phase. In the first case study, new vulnerabilities were found that resulted in an update of the likelihood values of threat scenarios and risks in the risk model. New vulnerabilities were also identified and added to the risk model in the second case study. These updates led to more accurate risk models, which indicate that the testing was indeed useful for validating and correcting the risk models.

Assessing the Usefulness of Testing for Validating and Correcting Security Risk Models Based on Two Industrial Case Studies

2016 ◽  
pp. 1016-1037
Author(s):  
Gencer Erdogan ◽  
Fredrik Seehusen ◽  
Ketil Stølen ◽  
Jon Hofstad ◽  
Jan Øyvind Aagedal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
First Case ◽  
New Information ◽  
Financial Application

The authors present the results of an evaluation in which the objective was to assess how useful testing is for validating and correcting security risk models. The evaluation is based on two industrial case studies. In the first case study the authors analyzed a multilingual financial Web application, while in the second case study they analyzed a mobile financial application. In both case studies, the testing yielded new information which was not found in the risk assessment phase. In particular, in the first case study, new vulnerabilities were found which resulted in an update of the likelihood values of threat scenarios and risks in the risk model. New vulnerabilities were also identified and added to the risk model in the second case study. These updates led to more accurate risk models, which indicate that the testing was indeed useful for validating and correcting the risk models.

Assessing the Usefulness of Testing for Validating and Correcting Security Risk Models Based on Two Industrial Case Studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-112
Author(s):  
Gencer Erdogan ◽  
Fredrik Seehusen ◽  
Ketil Stølen ◽  
Jon Hofstad ◽  
Jan Øyvind Aagedal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
First Case ◽  
New Information ◽  
Financial Application

The authors present the results of an evaluation in which the objective was to assess how useful testing is for validating and correcting security risk models. The evaluation is based on two industrial case studies. In the first case study the authors analyzed a multilingual financial Web application, while in the second case study they analyzed a mobile financial application. In both case studies, the testing yielded new information which was not found in the risk assessment phase. In particular, in the first case study, new vulnerabilities were found which resulted in an update of the likelihood values of threat scenarios and risks in the risk model. New vulnerabilities were also identified and added to the risk model in the second case study. These updates led to more accurate risk models, which indicate that the testing was indeed useful for validating and correcting the risk models.

E pluribus unum? Language diversity and the harmonization of company law in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-690
Author(s):  
Federico M Mucciarelli
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Company Law ◽  
Language Diversity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Freedom Of Establishment ◽  
First Case ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

This work addresses the impact of language diversity and nation-specific doctrinal structures on harmonized company law in the EU. With this aim, two emblematic case studies will be analysed. The first case study is related to the definition of ‘merger’ adopted in the Company Law Directive 2017/1132 (originally in the Third Company Law Directive and the Cross-Border Merger Directive); by relying on the example of the SEVIC case decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), it will be shown that scholars’ and courts’ conception of the definition of ‘merger’ varies according to own domestic doctrinal structures. The second case study is related to the notion of ‘registered office’, which is key for establishing the scope of several harmonizing provisions and the freedom of establishment; this paper analyses terminological fluctuations across language versions of EU legislation and the impact of domestic taxonomies and legal debates upon the interpretation of these notions. These case studies show that company law concepts, despite their highly technical nature, are influenced by discourse constructions conducted within national interpretative communities, and by the language used to draft statutory instruments and discuss legal issues. The task of the CJEU is to counterbalance these local tendencies, and yet it is unlikely that doctrinal structures, rooted in national languages and legal cultures, will disappear.

scholarly journals Threshold Approaches to Architectural Design Studio

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 01046
Author(s):  
Ebru Alakavuk
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Architectural Design Studio ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Student Projects

Threshold is a popular design theory in architecture that can be defined in many ways. One definition is “a barrier space that is located for separating the volumes”. This is “dictionary definition” of the threshold, but in fact this term can has various meanings according to the different perspectives. The threshold can be physical, psychological, emotional, social, economic, etc. definitions. There are many ways of expressing threshold in to architectural design considering the terms mentioned above. In this paper different ways of expressing “threshold” term in to the architectural design is discussed. For this purpose third year architecture design studio is taken as a case study. The student projects by the ways of defining and expressing the threshold term in to design is taken in consideration. The aim of this paper to put forward the integration of various meanings of threshold in to the architectural design by the case studies that are obtained from the architectural design studio.

Making the Case for Case Studies in Deaf Education Research

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Enns
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Deaf Education ◽  
Deaf Students ◽  
Deficit Model ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Definition Of

When done well, case studies can provide rigorous and powerful evidence. This chapter provides a definition of case studies and outlines the process of conducting case study research in five stages: (1) determining the research questions, (2) designing the study (case selection and preparation), (3) collecting the data, (4) analyzing the data, and (5) reporting on the findings. In addition, the ways that case studies are uniquely suited to addressing particular questions in the field of deaf education are addressed. The contributions and benefits of conducting case studies to promote strength-based perspectives rather than deficit-model views of deaf students are highlighted throughout the chapter.

Definition of a Protocol for Implementing Lean Production Methodology in Textile and Clothing Case Studies

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Costa Maia ◽  
Anabela Carvalho Alves ◽  
Celina P. Leão
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Lean Production ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
National Framework

This paper presents a protocol used in case studies with the objective to validate a Lean Production methodology in Textile and Clothing Industry (TCI) in North of Portugal. The methodology was developed under a Doctoral Program on Industrial Engineering and Systems. During the development of the methodology, the TCI contextualization was studied in parallel with the development of a survey applied to the TCI companies. The development of the methodology (structured in three phases) was followed by its validation in case studies. Thus, this paper objective is to describe and explain the case study designed and conducted to attain feedback from companies. These case studies demanded a protocol constituted by an overview of the project, the field procedures (meetings and visits, interviews, questionnaires and checklist form), the preliminary questions of the project and the guide for the reports from the case studies. From the field procedures, the interviews was the first instrument used and it allowed the identification of the needs of change, the workers and management role in this change, the expected and achieved results. These preliminary results are presented in this paper. The questionnaire, adapted from others studies, would be used for a better context in the national framework and it would be applied in a following phase as the checklist. It will enable the data and metrics collection related with several aspects, namely work ergonomic conditions. This protocol will allow the knowledge of the work environment for a good implementation of the Lean Production.

Practical applications of risk theory. Seminar, 29–30 September 1992

1993 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-214
Author(s):  
A. S. Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Model Compound ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Risk Theory ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
Compound Poisson ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Collective Risk Model ◽  
Actuarial Mathematics ◽  
Collective Risk

A seminar on ‘The Practical Applications of Risk Theory’ was held at Staple Inn on 29–30 September 1992, organised jointly by the Institute and the Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics at Heriot-Watt University. The aim of the seminar was to combine introductory talks on several aspects of risk theory with detailed presentations of case studies by practitioners.The first three sessions dealt with risk models.Ms Mary Hardy gave a short survey of the classical collective risk model, compound Poisson distributions, and some simple approximations to such distributions.

New Problems in Banking

2011 ◽  
pp. 109-129
Author(s):  
Enid Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of

In the last three case studies there has been a logical progression through the management of change, considering first the definition of the problem; second, the development of a strategy for handling it; and third, the creation of an appropriate organizational structure. But, in today’s fast-moving world, there are many situations in which it is difficult to carry out this systematic approach. For example what do we do if change involves a technological jump, bringing with it new problems and challenges which have not been experienced before and which are poorly understood? This happened to white-collar work in the next case study. It has also happened many times in the past and is likely to happen many times in the future.

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