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Misreporting Attacks Against Load Balancers in Software-Defined Networking
Load balancers enable efficient use of network resources by distributing traffic fairly across them. In software-defined networking (SDN), load...
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A portable scanner for magnetic resonance imaging of the brain
Access to scanners for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is typically limited by cost and by infrastructure requirements. Here, we report the design...
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Misreporting Attacks in Software-Defined Networking
Load balancers enable efficient use of network resources by distributing traffic fairly across them. In software-defined networking (SDN), load...
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Improving Robustness of a Popular Probabilistic Clustering Algorithm Against Insider Attacks
Many clustering algorithms for mesh, ad hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks have been proposed. Probabilistic approaches are a popular class of such...
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Advanced Smaller Modular Reactors An Innovative Approach to Nuclear Power
This book discusses advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as a way to provide safe, clean, and affordable nuclear power options. The advanced...
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Application Transiency: Towards a Fair Trade of Personal Information for Application Services
Smartphone users are offered a plethora of applications providing services, such as games and entertainment. In 2018, 94% of applications on Google...
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Advanced Small Modular Reactor and Environment Consideration
Some proponents of nuclear power are advocating for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) as the solution to the problems facing large...
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Integrating Energy Storage with Advanced Small Modular Reactors
Nuclear reactors produce heat and thus can couple to heat storage systems to provide dispatchable electricity, while the reactor operates at full...
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Reliable Electricity Grids and Renewable Source of Energy
The electric power grid is rapidly changing due to the penetration of renewable energy sources, primarily solar and wind, into the supply mix. This...
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Design and Analysis of Core Design for Small Modular Reactors
The pronuclear energy and advocates are lobbying that the sustainable development of the world’s energy sector cannot be achieved without extensive...
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Combustion
Chemical combustion is the major source of energy used for transportation and the production of electricity. In this chapter, thermodynamic concepts...
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Circulating Water Systems
Nuclear power plants are usually built next to lakes, rivers, and oceans. Not for the scenic views that such locales provide, but because water can...
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The Economic Future of Nuclear Power
From the global viewpoint and urgent need to support rising demand for electricity, many countries recognize the substantial role which nuclear power...
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Nuclear Power Plants
Currently, about half of all nuclear power plants are located in the United States. There are many different kinds of nuclear power plants, and we...
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Properties of Pure Substances
This chapter deals with the relationship between pressure, specific volume, and temperature for a pure substance.
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Thermodynamic Relations
In this chapter, we will discuss mathematical relationship of thermodynamics in exact formulation using differential formation of these relations.
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Work and Heat
This chapter deals with two quantities that affect the thermal energy stored in a system. Work and heat represent the transfer of energy to or from a...
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Energy Resources and the Role of Nuclear Energy
Energy is broadly defined as the ability to produce a change from the existing conditions. Thus, the term energy implies that a capacity of action is...
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The Electricity: An Essential Necessity in Our Life
Early man relied on fire for the luxuries of light, heat, and cooking. Today, we take all these luxuries for granted. At the flick of a switch, a...
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Advanced Power Conversion System for Small Modular Reactors
The major growth in the electricity production industry in the last 30 years has centered on the expansion of natural gas power plants based on gas...