This book responds to the growing need to secure critical infrastructure by creating a starting place for new researchers in secure telecommunications networks. It is the first book to discuss securing current and next generation telecommunications networks by the security community. The book not only discusses emerging threats and systems vulnerability, but also presents the open questions posed by network evolution and defense mechanisms. It is designed for professionals and researchers in telecommunications. The book is also recommended as a secondary text for graduate-level students in computer science and electrical engineering.
The second edition of this book includes the most up-to-date details on the advantages of Nuclear Air-Brayton Power Plant Cycles for advanced reactors. It demonstrates significant advantages for typical sodium cooled reactors and describes how these advantages will grow as higher temperature systems (molten salts) are developed. It also describes how a Nuclear Air-Brayton system can be integrated with significant renewable (solar and wind) energy systems to build a low carbon grid. Starting with basic principles of thermodynamics as applied to power plant systems, it moves on to describe several types of Nuclear Air-Brayton systems that can be employed to meet different requirements. It provides estimates of component sizes and performance criteria for Small Modular Reactors (SMR). This book has been revised to include updated tables and significant new results that have become available for intercooled systems in the time since the previous edition published. In this edition also, the steam tables have been updated and Chapters 9 and 10 have been rewritten to keep up with the most up-to- date technology and current research.
This book discusses advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as a way to provide safe, clean, and affordable nuclear power options. The advanced SMRs currently under development in the U.S. represent a variety of sizes, technology options and deployment scenarios. These advanced reactors, envisioned to vary in size from a couple megawatts up to hundreds of megawatts can be used for power generation, process heat, desalination, or other industrial uses. In-depth chapters describe how advanced SMRs offer multiple advantages, such as relatively small size, reduced capital investment, location flexibility, and provisions for incremental power additions. SMRs also offer distinct safeguards, security and nonproliferation advantages. The authors present a thorough examination of the technology and defend methods by which the new generation of nuclear power plants known as GEN-IV can safely be used as an efficient source of renewable energy. Provides a unique and innovative approach to the implementation of Small Modular Reactor as part of GEN-IV technology; Discusses how Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) can deliver a viable alternative to Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs); Presents an argument defending the need for nuclear power plant as a source of energy, its efficiency and cost effectiveness, as well as safety related issues.
This revised book covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics required to understand electrical power generation systems, honing in on the application of these principles to nuclear reactor power systems. This text treats the fundamentals of thermodynamics from the perspective of nuclear power systems. In addition to the Four Laws of Thermodynamics, it discusses Brayton and Rankine power cycles in detail with an emphasis on how they are implemented in nuclear systems. Chapters have been brought up-to-date due to significant new results that have become available for intercooled systems and combined cycles and include an updated steam table. The book starts with basic principles of thermodynamics as applied to power plant systems. It then describes how Nuclear Air-Brayton systems will work. It documents how they can be designed and the expected ultimate performance. It describes several types of Nuclear Air-Brayton systems that can be employed to meet different requirements and estimates component sizes and performance criteria for Small Modular Reactors (SMR) based on the Air-Brayton concept. The book provides useful insight into the engineering of nuclear power systems for students and the tabular data will be of great use to practicing engineers.
Energy managers need to learn new and diverse ways to approach energy management in their company’s assets as technology continues to evolve. Built into one cohesive and fundamental resource, Introduction to Energy Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies delivers an informative tool to understand the main steps for introducing and maintaining an energy management system (EnMS). Starting with a high-level introduction, the reference then takes a structured approach and dives into different sources of energy along with their contribution to energy efficiency, focusing on nuclear power, renewable and non-renewable energies. Multiple options are further discussed including economic considerations and cost comparisons per energy source, energy storage technology, and how to introduce an energy management system into your company. More advanced topics include nuclear reactor power plant systems and their thermal hydraulic analysis as well as cyber resiliency for future electric power and well plant control systems. Authored by experts, Introduction to Energy Essentials: Insight into Nuclear, Renewable, and Non-Renewable Energies gives today’s energy managers and engineers a solid starting point to meeting the energy demands of today and in the future. Understand key concepts, techniques, and tools surrounding energy management Learn how to include smarter energy efficiency in your daily management decisions Gain the fundamental technical skills and knowledge on renewable and non-renewable energy systems
Transcranial Magnetic and Electrical Brain Stimulation for Neurological Disorders examines the non-invasive application of electrical stimulation of the brain to treat neurological disorders, and to enhance individual/group performance. This volume discusses emerging electro-technologies such as transcranial direct current/alternating current electric fields and pulsed magnetic fields to treat many of these common medical problems. Chapters begin by examining foundations of electromagnetic theory and wave equations that underly these technologies before discussing methods to treat disorders, the impact of technology and mental health and artificial intelligence. Discussing over 40 neurological diseases, this book presents coverage of techniques to treat stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, depression, schizophrenia, and many other diseases of the nervous system. Compares techniques so users can select ideal methods for their experiment Provides a focused tutorial introduction to core diseases of the nervous system, including stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, head and spinal cord trauma, schizophrenia, and more Covers more than 40 diseases, from foundational science to the best treatment protocols Includes discussions of translational research, drug discovery, personalized medicine, ethics and neuroscience Provides walk-through boxes that guide students step-by-step through the experiment
TOAD -- the Tool for Oracle Application Developers -- is an enormously popular interactive environment for Oracle development and administration. It allows developers to build, test, debug, and format their code via an easy-to-use graphical user interface, available in both freeware and commercial versions. TOAD makes developers far more productive; using TOAD, you'll find that program changes that once took hours can now be completed in minutes. In addition to its development features, TOAD also provides extensive facilities for Oracle database administration. Coauthored by the TOADman and TOAD team, and Patrick McGrath of Quest Software, Inc., this pocket reference is a helpful companion for Oracle developers and DBAs. It's packed with quick-reference material: TOAD feature and menu summaries, shortcut keys, suggested changes to TOAD defaults, productivity tips and tricks, and more. The book includes concise discussions of all the basic TOAD components: the SQL Editor, Procedure Editor, Text Editor, SQL Modeler, Schema Browser, and Debugger. It also provides helpful hints on using TOAD to perform database administration and SQL tuning. Whether you're a new or experienced TOAD user, you'll find this quick reference an indispensable companion to the product and its online help files. Book jacket.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Systems Security, ICISS 2007, held in Delhi, India, in December 2007. The 18 revised full papers and 5 short papers presented together with 4 keynote papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The submitted topics in cryptography, intrusion detection, network security, information flow systems, Web security, and many others offer a detailed view of the state of the art in information security. The papers are organized in topical sections on network security, cryptography, architectures and systems, cryptanalysis, protocols, detection and recognition, as well as short papers.
In this book, Electrical Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders, the authors present their embodiment for a closed loop, feedback controlled, non-invasive application of electrical stimulation of the brain to enhance individual/group performance or to treat neurological disorders. Using a combination of modeling and experimental work, the authors have developed a unique approach to the field in combination with new technology from the perspectives of electro-magnetic and electrical engineering, computation of image processing, machine learning and neural networking, and in conjunction with the medicine of neurology and understanding of neuron behavior. They claim that non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) will provide new treatment methods with much greater simplicity, lower cost, improved safety, and in some cases, possibly greater effectiveness than well-established pharmacological methods or more recent invasive electrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques. The authors explain their techniques and the results of their experimental studies and assert that the application of tailored and individualized control of their approach can be combined with other therapy methods to treat neurological disorders while minimizing or even eliminating the use of pharmaceuticals.
A straightforward framework for creating engaging and exciting business meetings Casey McDaniel had never been so nervous in his life. In just ten minutes, The Meeting, as it would forever be known, would begin. Casey had every reason to believe that his performance over the next two hours would determine the fate of his career, his financial future, and the company he had built from scratch. “How could my life have unraveled so quickly?” he wondered. In his latest page-turning work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides readers with another powerful and thought-provoking book, this one centered around a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings. And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary. Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software, is in the midst of a problem he created, but one he doesn’t know how to solve. And he doesn’t know where or who to turn to for advice. His staff can’t help him; they’re as dumbfounded as he is by their tortuous meetings. Then an unlikely advisor, Will Peterson, enters Casey’s world. When he proposes an unconventional, even radical, approach to solving the meeting problem, Casey is just desperate enough to listen. As in his other books, Lencioni provides a framework for his groundbreaking model, and makes it applicable to the real world. Death by Meeting is nothing short of a blueprint for leaders who want to eliminate waste and frustration among their teams and create environments of engagement and passion.
The Reanimation of Malcom: The Little Book of Modern Times , a true story of spiritual phenomena and modern-day prophecy, will build and restore faith in God and Jesus’s name. Beginning in the 1980s, the events chronicled by author and true believer, Patrick Lawrence O’Malley, are well-documented acts of faith the likes of which have not been seen for hundreds of years. Taking place in England and the United States (California, Indiana, and Arizona), as well as other locations, phenomena include the author’s meticulously predicted lightning strike prophecy in 2002. In combination with other events, the courts and community wrongly attributed the author’s demonstrated faith, strength, and power in righteousness to special powers. The Reanimation of Malcom validates the scripture in the Book of Revelation: “For the testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy.”
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