scholarly journals Reinforcing SLA Consensus on Blockchain

Computers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Kapsoulis ◽  
Alexandros Psychas ◽  
Antonios Litke ◽  
Theodora Varvarigou
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Public Cloud ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
Consensus Approach ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Permissioned Blockchains

Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Service Level Agreements (SLAs) assessment constitutes the de facto area of interest and applications in the public cloud infrastructure. However, the domination of colossal corporations tends to monopolize the way metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are measured and determined, leading to governed environments where the clientele is unable to obtain accurate and unbiased assessment of SLAs. Leaning toward SLA self-assessment, this paper provides a fair SLA consensus approach with innate transparency and privacy by leveraging permissioned blockchains that are equipped with Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). The SLA assessment intelligence is performed inside enclaved smart contracts isolated from the on-chain entities views. The result constitutes a permissioned blockchain ecosystem where the IaaS and their clientele commonly agree on all the respective SLA monitoring and computation rules beforehand, as defined in any SLA assessment process, while the SLA consensus scheme constantly audits the SLA metrics based on these pre-approved regulations.

scholarly journals Field-Testing and Refinement of the Organisational Health Literacy Responsiveness Self-Assessment (Org-HLR) Tool and Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Trezona ◽  
Sarity Dodson ◽  
Emma Fitzsimon ◽  
Anthony D. LaMontagne ◽  
Richard H. Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Health Literacy Responsiveness

Health literacy refers to the skills and knowledge that influence a person’s ability to access, understand and use information to make health-related decisions, which are influenced by the complexity of their health needs and the demands health services place on them. The aim of this study was to field-test the Organisational Health Literacy Responsiveness (Org-HLR) tool and process to determine their utility in assessing health literacy responsiveness and for supporting organisations to plan health literacy-related improvement activities. Four organisations in Victoria, Australia, field-tested the Org-HLR tool. Data were collected through direct observation, participant feedback, and focus groups. Forty-three individuals participated in field-testing activities, and 20 took part in focus group meetings. Themes relating to the applicability and utility of the Org-HLR self-assessment tool and process were identified. Field-testing resulted in a number of refinements to the tool and process. Twenty-eight indicators were removed, 29 were rephrased to improve their clarity, and four new indicators were added. The revised Org-HLR self-assessment tool contains six dimensions, 22 sub-dimensions and 110 performance indicators. The Org-HLR tool and process were perceived as useful for assessing health literacy responsiveness, prioritising improvement activities, and establishing a benchmark for monitoring and evaluation of improvements over time. Testing generated an improved Org-HLR tool and assessment process that are likely to have utility across a broad range of health and social service sector organisations.

A Review on Load Balancing Model Using Best Partition Technique

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 284
Author(s):  
M. Chaitanya ◽  
K. Durga Charan
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Fault Tolerance ◽  
Load Balancing ◽  
Load Balance ◽  
Large Impact ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Public Cloud ◽  
The Public ◽  
Partition Technique ◽  
Textual Content

Load balancing makes cloud computing greater knowledgeable and could increase client pleasure. At reward cloud computing is among the all most systems which offer garage of expertise in very lowers charge and available all the time over the net. However, it has extra vital hassle like security, load administration and fault tolerance. Load balancing inside the cloud computing surroundings has a large impact at the presentation. The set of regulations relates the sport idea to the load balancing manner to amplify the abilties in the public cloud environment. This textual content pronounces an extended load balance mannequin for the majority cloud concentrated on the cloud segregating proposal with a swap mechanism to select specific strategies for great occasions.

Web-Based Peer and Self-Assessment System Design and Development for Elementary School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet EMIN KORTAK
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
User Friendly

This research aimed at designing and improving the web-based integrated peer and self- assessment. WesPASS (web-based peer-assessment system), developed in this research, allows students to assess their own or their peers’ performance and project assignments and to report about the result of these assessments so that they correct their assignments. This study employed design-based research. The participants included 102 fourth grade primary school students and their 4 teachers from 2 state and 2 private primary schools in Ankara, Kecioren (Turkey) who employed the system and were engaged in a questionnaire survey to assess its quality. The findings were analyzed through quantitative data analysis. The findings revealed that the system can be used by elementary school students for peer and self-assessment system. The participants stated that WesPASS is simple and user-friendly, and it accelerates the assessment process by employing information technology and allows to share opinions 

End-User-Driven Approach for Regulatory Compliance in the Public Cloud

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Jitendra Singh ◽  
Vikas Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Expert Advice ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Public Cloud ◽  
End User ◽  
The Public ◽  
Limited Budget

Regulatory compliance is equally binding on small and medium business groups. Owing to the small scale and limited budget, such SMBs are unable to seek expert advice. To adequately guard the SMBs in regulatory compliance, the present work proposed a third-party managed-end user-driven approach that renders the list of regulatory acts applicable in one's case according to the country of one's residence, services subscribed, and type of the operations to be carried out in subscribed cloud paradigm. The list of applicable regulatory acts are rendered at the subscriber's end only. In addition, the proposed method notifies the present state of compliance of under-considered cloud providers. Based on the recommendation received, the subscriber can proceed with his decision to subscribe or not to subscribe in the event if desired compliances do not exist. This technological assistance will eliminate the need to possess the required knowledge in regulatory acts or seeking advice from the regulatory expert.

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