A Decision Making Paradigm for Software Development in Libraries

Framing a technology question as a simple choice between developing an in- house application system and off-the- shelf proprietary system, or simply put, as a choice between build and buy, runs the risk of ignoring myriad options available in between the two extremes. In this era of cloud computing and run anything-as- a-service model, the very notion of developing an in-house application would raise a few eyebrows among C- level executives. How then can academic libraries, under mounting pressure to demonstrate their value (Oakleaf, 2010), justify investments in software development in particular? What follows in these sections is a brief discussion on the importance of investing in software development in libraries, three mini-case studies demonstrating the wide possibilities of integrating software development in library operations and a non- prescriptive model to assess which projects may be worth pursuing from the software development standpoint.

The vehicle driver safety prediction system

The article presents analysis of road crash accidents. It presents the evolution of safety systems, starting from a description of the curently used vehicle-based systems, with particular emphasis on the prediction of the driver falling asleep. The article also proposes a proprietary system of sleep prediction based on the face detection of drivers. The detection of facial landmarks is presented as a two-step process: an algorithm finds faces in general, and then needs to localize key facial structures within the face region of interest. The article presents the operation of the algorithm to detect driver falling asleep; method of detection and analysis.

Legal Protection of Copyright in the Globalization Era: A Comparison of Indonesia and China

The copyright in reference to the Republic Indonesia Law Number 19 of the Year 2002 on the copyright system is as an exclusive of right which is for a so called creator or a receiver of copyright itself to be able to display or to reproduced a creation or by giving the permission to it by not reducing its own restrictions under applicable copyright law. Hierarchically the copyright system itself belongs to the proprietary system of property that is immaterial because it also includes the ideas of thoughts, ideas, as well as from the imaginative form of a person who has poured it into a form of copyrighted work/copyright, as is the case with the copyright in the form of scientific books, literary works, or in the form of artwork. Many of the countries of the world both individuals and legal entities apply this copyright. Of course the copyright system of each country must vary where this difference is the advantage of the country's copyright system itself compared to other countries copyright systems.

The Integration and Perception of the Rule of Law in Roman Crete

The contrast between Rome’s difficult and bloody conquest of Crete on the one hand and the absence of any conflicts after the island’s integration into the Roman imperium on the other has not escaped the notice of modern scholars. It has often led to the suspicion that the conquerors had, from the start, disempowered the institutional idiosyncrasies of the conquered. However, careful scrutiny of the literary and epigraphic sources allows for the development of a more complex picture. That picture depends partly on the density of political, military, and institutional events that befell Crete in the last third of the first century BCE, and partly on the interaction between Roman legal culture and a Dorian mentality profoundly rooted in the island’s population. From the artificial creation of a provincia Creta-Cyrenaica (following a twofold military campaign and a conflict between Q. Metellus and Cn. Pompeius) to the experience of the confederative Creta libera, led by a Kretarchas, under the triumvirate; from the conservation of the ‘Gortyn code’ at the turn of the first century CE to the syssitia of Lyttos at the end of the second; from the introduction of the Campanian factor on the territory of Cnossos by Octavian to the persistent memory of a semi-proprietary system for the agricultural exploitation of the Messara plain: the composition of the Cretan legal landscape in the time of the Late Republic and the Principate is reminiscent of a Mediterranean fresco. This composition will be outlined in this chapter in order to give a more nuanced picture of Crete’s legal culture.

Editorial: New guidelines in corporate governance studies – Initial signs of reducing the limits of the agency’s theory

The new challenge is to review the behavior of the proprietary system and its relationship with the company; the objective is to fill the great void left by the agency's theory, giving greater consideration to the interests of the company itself, as the bearer of its own expectations and needs, even independent of the ownership system. The possible considerations that arise from it, therefore, must not be limited to studying the relationship between Principal and Agent, but between Principal-Agent-Firms. In this new perspective, research on Corporate Governance must more consider the interest of the firm. In this issue of Corporate Governance and Organizational Behavior Review, the trends highlighted welcome these new considerations. The debate is still on the basic stage, but hopefully, it can contribute to the start of a change of mind.

A Decision Making Paradigm for Software Development in Libraries

Framing a technology question as a simple choice between developing an in- house application system and off-the- shelf proprietary system, or simply put, as a choice between build and buy, runs the risk of ignoring myriad options available in between the two extremes. In this era of cloud computing and run anything-as- a-service model, the very notion of developing an in-house application would raise a few eyebrows among C- level executives. How then can academic libraries, under mounting pressure to demonstrate their value (Oakleaf, 2010), justify investments in software development in particular? What follows in these sections is a brief discussion on the importance of investing in software development in libraries, three mini-case studies demonstrating the wide possibilities of integrating software development in library operations and a non- prescriptive model to assess which projects may be worth pursuing from the software development standpoint.

Nursing Informatics: Ethical Considerations for Adopting Electronic Records

School districts are commonly adopting electronic storage systems, including electronic health records. Included in this adoption is a move toward cloud-based record storage systems to handle the increasing volumes of data. Deciding which system to adopt is especially difficult in times of tightening school district budgets. While there are several options to consider, including the outright purchase of a proprietary system or choosing one of a relatively new group of free programs, lead nurses must work to ensure that student information is protected and that any chosen system complies with privacy laws. This article provides a case study and presents legal and ethical considerations related to maintaining the privacy of health records in the school setting.