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Overcoming Technical Constraints for Obtaining Sustainable Development with Open Source Appropriate Technology

by Joshua M. Pearce, Usman Mushtaq
"... Abstract —  Open source appropriate technology (OSAT)  refers to technologies   that  provide  for sustainable development while being designed   in   the   same   fashion   as   free   and   opensource software. Facilitated   by   advances   in   information   technology software and  hardware,   n ..."
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 paper offers solutions in the form of both business models and   tools   to   overcome   technical   constraints   of  OSAT development in the forms of the platforms necessary on which to share and build knowledge about appropriate technologies. These solutions are  open,  easily accessible for those in need,  have a low barrier to   entry   for  both

Learning and the imperative of production in Free/Open Source development

by Evangelia Berdou
"... Abstract. This paper examines the role of learning in structuring access and participation in F/OS communities. In particular it highlights the challenges and barriers to access faced by new developers and the expectations of senior developers regarding the mindsets and capabilities of new contribu ..."
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resources, F/OS communities make significant efforts to lower the barriers to entry for new developers. Nevertheless, new developers face a number of difficulties which are associated with different aspects of development and participation. The paper draws on doctoral research [1] to highlight

Development of an Open Source Urdu Screen Reader for Visually Impaired People

by Madiha Ijaz , Qaiser S Durrani
"... Abstract Speech technology has enabled computer accessibility for users with visual impairments but the language barrier poses a great challenge. This project is an effort to overcome the hurdles faced by visually impaired people, in terms of language barrier, by providing them access to digital in ..."
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Abstract Speech technology has enabled computer accessibility for users with visual impairments but the language barrier poses a great challenge. This project is an effort to overcome the hurdles faced by visually impaired people, in terms of language barrier, by providing them access to digital

An Empirical Analysis of Bug Reports and Bug Fixing in Open Source Android Apps

by Pamela Bhattacharya, Liudmila Ulanova, Iulian Neamtiu, Sai Charan Koduru
"... Abstract—Smartphone platforms and applications (apps) have gained tremendous popularity recently. Due to the novelty of the smartphone platform and tools, and the low barrier to entry for app distribution, apps are prone to errors, which affects user experience and requires frequent bug fixes. An es ..."
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Abstract—Smartphone platforms and applications (apps) have gained tremendous popularity recently. Due to the novelty of the smartphone platform and tools, and the low barrier to entry for app distribution, apps are prone to errors, which affects user experience and requires frequent bug fixes

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by Raphael Pham, Yauheni Stoliar, Kurt Schneider
"... hannover.de New graduates joining the software engineering workforce sometimes have trouble writing test code. Coming from uni-versity, they lack a hands-on approach to testing and have little experience with writing tests in a real-world setting. Software companies resort to costly training camps o ..."
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or men-toring initiatives. Not overcoming this lack of testing skills early on can hinder the newcomer’s professional progress in becoming a high-quality engineer. Studying open source developers, we found that they rely on a project’s pre-existing test code to learn how to write tests and adapt test

Invited Paper IAEA-CN-148/192P A Multilingual Text Mining based content gathering system for Open Source Intelligence F.Neri a, N.Baldini b

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"... Abstract. The number of documents available in electronic format has grown dramatically in recent years, whilst the information that governments provide to the IAEA is not always complete or clear. Independent information sources can balance the limited government-reported information, particularly ..."
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of multilinguality. This paper describes a multilingual indexing, searching and clustering system, designed to manage huge sets of data collected from different and geographically distributed information sources, which provides language independent search and dynamic classification features. The automatic linguistic

The Benefits of and Barriers to Computer Use for Individuals Who Are Visual...: EBSCOhost

by Impaired , By , Elaine Gerber , Bruce Walker
"... Abstract: This article presents data from four focus groups of assistive technology (AT) computer users to understand how individuals who are blind or visually impaired gather information about AT and the kinds of information needs that they may have. Qualitative findings are reported on what the f ..."
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the focus group participants considered to be the benefits of and barriers to computer use. This article further underscores the importance of accessibility and usability as being helpful concepts for exploring the role of technology in people's lives. Cyberspace seems a distillation of America. Both

Design of the Moses Decoder for Statistical Machine Translation

by Hieu Hoang
"... We present a description of the implementation of the open source decoder for statistical machine translation which has become popular with many researchers in SMT research. The goal of the project is to create an open, high quality phrase-based decoder which can reduce the time and barrier to entry ..."
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We present a description of the implementation of the open source decoder for statistical machine translation which has become popular with many researchers in SMT research. The goal of the project is to create an open, high quality phrase-based decoder which can reduce the time and barrier

including © notice, is given to the source. Banking System Stability: A Cross-Atlantic Perspective

by Stefan Straetmans, Casper De Vries, Stefan Straetmans, Casper De Vries , 2005
"... Paper prepared for the NBER project on “Risks of Financial Institutions”. We benefited from suggestions and criticism by many participants in the NBER project on “Risks of financial institutions”, in particular by the organizers Mark Carey (also involving Dean Amel and Allen Berger) and Rene Stulz, ..."
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Paper prepared for the NBER project on “Risks of Financial Institutions”. We benefited from suggestions and criticism by many participants in the NBER project on “Risks of financial institutions”, in particular by the organizers Mark Carey (also involving Dean Amel and Allen Berger) and Rene Stulz

Lessons from the Pura community biogas project

by Amulya K N Reddy
"... Based on a description of almost a decade of experience of the community biogas plant project in Pura village (South India), an overview is presented of the lessons to be learned and the challenges for the replicability of such systems. An indication is also given of the long-term sustainability of ..."
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that the villagers (unfortunately, the greastest impact is on women) had to revert to the pre-project situation of kerosene lamps and unsafe water from the open pond. 4. Finally, a change of feedstock from a biogas source for the dual-fuel diesel engine-cum-generator to vegetable oil from Pongamia pinnata seeds
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