Progressive white matter microstructure damage in male chronic heroin dependent individuals: a DTI and TBSS study.

BACKGROUND: To investigate the WM microstructure deficits in heroin dependent individuals (HDIs) with different length of heroin dependence, and to investigate whether these WM deficits can be related to the duration of heroin use and to decision-making deficits in HDIs.METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Thirty-six HDIs [including eighteen sHDIs (dura

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RISK MANAGEMENT FROM THE INFORMATION SECURITY PERSPECTIVE

Risk management has emerged ever since the appearance of human communities and it has developed at a slow rate.Over time, a significant improvement was made, from accepting hazards to the identification, evaluation and control of unwanted events, threat prevention and exploitation of opportunities through scientific risk management actions.The fund

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Cost-Aware IoT Extension of DISSECT-CF

In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), more and more sensors, actuators and smart devices get connected to the network.Application providers often combine this connectivity with novel scenarios involving cloud computing.Before implementing changes in these large-scale systems, an in-depth analysis is often required to identify governance model

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