Current directions in IS security research: towards socio-organizational perspectives

Abstract. The purpose of this paper is to map the current territory of information systems and security research. It uses the Burrell and Morgan framework as an intellectual map to analyse the socio-philosophical concerns in various information systems and security approaches. The paper's contributions are in its analysis of trends in information systems and security research, the former in stressing the socio-organizational perspectives and the latter in criticizing the preponderance of technical solutions. The paper also sets an agenda for a future research emphasis.     

本原设计观

针对建筑创作在经济快速增长的过程中面临的严峻问题,通过阐述分析建筑乱象及其背后的原因,提出建筑创作应倡导以"健康、高效、人文"为三要素的"本原设计"思想,强调以"全方位人文关怀"为核心观念,最终实现"建筑服务于人"。     

Office layout affecting privacy,interaction, and acoustic quality in LEED-certified buildings

The study investigated differences in worker satisfaction and perceived job performance regarding privacy, interaction, and acoustic quality issues in personal workspaces between five office types in LEED-certified buildings. It finds that people in high cubicles showed significantly lower satisfaction and job performance in relation to visual privacy and interaction with co-workers than both enclosed private and enclosed shared office types. They also showed significantly lower satisfaction with noise level and sound privacy and lower job performance perceived by acoustic quality than enclosed private, enclosed shared, and bullpen types. The bullpen type, open-plan office without partitions, presented significantly higher satisfaction with noise level and higher performance perceived by acoustic quality than both high and low cubicles. Considering the bullpen type also showed higher satisfaction with sound privacy than the high cubicle type, high partitions don't seem to contribute to creating workspaces where people can have a secure conversation. The bullpen type didn't show any difference from the enclosed shared type in all privacy, interaction, and acoustic quality questions, indicating it may be a good option for a small office space instead of the enclosed shared type.     

Assessing mobile phone communication utility preferences in a social support network

While it is generally accepted that the mobile cell phone has become ubiquitous within society for communicating, the actual use of the utilities on a phone have not been reported. Understanding how communication patterns are changing in society as a result of the mobile cell phone will enable the development and/or modification of existing cell phone utilities, the concept of privacy, and a mobile literacy research domain. To explore mobile cell phone utility use, 99 people completed a mobile phone usage questionnaire. Key results from the questionnaire are physical location when using a mobile cell phone, the length of communication episodes, the usage of phone utilities and existing privacy concerns related to mobile cell phones.     

十合院——一种居住新模式的探索

建筑师通过对十户联拼住宅设计的分析，探索了一种新型低层高密度的居住方式，并在空间组合方式上尝试融入传统空间体系与序列．实体营造中尝试了预制混凝土的多种使用方法。     

PAACP: A portable privacy-preserving authentication and access control protocol in vehicular ad hoc networks

Recently, several studies addressed security and privacy issues in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). Most of them focused on safety applications. As VANETs will be available widely, it is anticipated that Internet services could be accessed through VANETs in the near future. Thus, non-safety applications for VANETs would rise in popularity. This paper proposes a novel portable privacy-preserving authentication and access control protocol, named PAACP, for non-safety applications in VANETs. In addition to the essential support of authentication, key establishment, and privacy preservation, PAACP is developed to provide sophisticated differentiated service access control, which will facilitate the deployment of a variety of non-safety applications. Besides, the portability feature of PAACP can eliminate the backend communications with service providers. Therefore, better performance and scalability can be achieved in PAACP.     

Différences individuelles au niveau des croyances erronées à l'égard des inquiétudes.

Erroneous beliefs have been identified as key variables related to the development and maintenance of excessive worry. For example, people presenting a high level of worry often believe that worrying helps them to prevent the occurrence of future negative events or translates a positive characteristic of their personality. They thus develop excessive and uncontrollable worries in order to maintain the perceived advantages. The factors related to the development and the maintenance of erroneous beliefs about worry are however unknown. The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between erroneous beliefs and personal variables (i.e., gender, worry themes, and predominant types of worries) in a sample of 544 participants. Analyses showed that beliefs differed significantly according to the gender, but not according to the predominant types of worries. School concerns were significantly associated with the belief that worry helps to motivate. This study brings preliminary useful information to better understand the presence of erroneous beliefs about worries and suggests conducting further researches using other personal variables and clinical samples. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

安庆市福利中心老年公寓的设计探索

21世纪的中国已经进入老龄化社会,老年公寓的建设方兴未艾该文以安庆市福利中心老年公寓的方案设计为例,以满足老人心理及行为需求为目标,引入"家"的概念,提出了老年公寓空间环境的综合设计方法和策略.     

Reflections on the state of research: indoor environmental quality

More than 30 years after the First International Indoor Climate Symposium, ten researchers from the USA, Slovakia, Sweden, and Denmark gathered to review the current status of indoor environmental research. We initiated our review with discussions during the 1-day meeting and followed that with parallel research and writing efforts culminating with internal review and revision cycles. In this paper, we present our choices for the most important research findings on indoor environmental quality from the past three decades followed by a discussion of the most important research questions in our field today. We then continue with a discussion on whether there are research areas for which we can 'close the book' and say that we already know what is needed. Finally, we discuss whether we can maintain our identity in the future or it is time to team up with new partners. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: In the early years of this field, the accumulated knowledge was small and it was possible for any researcher to acquire a complete understanding. To do so has become impossible today as what we know has grown to exceed the learning capacity of any person. These circumstances challenge us to work collectively to synthesize what we do know and to define clearly what remains to be learned. If we fail to do these things well, we risk repeating research without memory, an inefficiency that we cannot afford.     

Irma Serrano-García: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training.

This document presents the citation awarded to Irma Serrano-García, recipient of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Serrano-García accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)