Murine typhus is classified as a febrile illness that has been eradicated from the United States since the1940s. The vector responsible for its transmission is a flea that infests rats and opossums. The main symptoms are similar to those of other common viral illnesses, including headache, fever, and rash (Doppler…

When the stable democracy concept is under the spotlight in the specialized literature, there is a common sense that is transversal to many authors. The idea of preservation of a generalized condition composed by multi-factors permeating a society is the core of many definitions related to a stable democracy. The…

Security flaws that can introduce vulnerabilities in a software under development are normally repaired in the source code itself. Although it is not always possible to classify a vulnerability as being of only one type, Seacord and Householder (2005) describe three broad classes that have been used to categorize the…

Many are the variables to be considered in order to describe the relevance of a topic as cybercrimes. All of them represent a justification for employing efforts toward the development of a programming code each more secure. In this context, a very representative example is the costs related to crimes…

Software security is a critical topic that has been the focus of attention of many researchers and professionals over the years. One of the reasons this subject does not lose relevance is the number of vulnerabilities that become known each day. According to NVD (2006), a vulnerability can be defined…

Happiness and career have been seen as being on opposite sides of a tug of war. If one is looking for a job that offers more than the enough to pay bills, so a happiness restriction is considered as unavoidable. On the other hand, when one is pursuing the job…

Since the computer was introduced in modern society, mankind has been experiencing an increasing influence from its power of leveraging changes. Looking at this scenario in perspective, it would not be unreasonable to assert that there no more exists sectors in society or interpersonal interactions that have not been modified…

Ebola has been considered one of the most harmful illnesses amongst the virus-borne ones. The damage caused by its virulence is made even worse if its epidemic potential is considered. The 2013–2016 outbreak in West Africa was a tragic event that shown clearly the harm power of such a virus…

Although it is not reasonable to pinpoint the origin of racism in the United States, many authors have referenced the Civil War as a possible milestone for racism wide-spreading. After the defeat of the southern Confederate states, the racial segregation was accepted as pattern behavior for the people of the…