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Software development activities are highly collaborative since they involve several people working on different aspects of the same project. Most often, effective collaboration is the key to the success of a software project where development tasks are carried out in a distribut…

With increasing popularity and the need for low-cost green computing systems, new paradigms and models such as volunteer cloud computing (VCC) have recently emerged. Volunteer cloud computing shares the same philosophy as a desktop grid, which uses underutilized or spare resourc…

Before U.S. involvement in the Middle East increased dramatically following World War II, few Americans had direct experience with the region. Those that did came primarily from missionary or government service backgrounds. Between 1945 and 1967 this small group evolved into a l…