introduction:with increasing threats of weapons of mass destruction (wmd) in future war especially biological threats against our country necessity of using novel technologies in crisis management against new warfare’s is very important. passive defense as a peaceful and preventive strategy without any warfare is able to not only monitor the prospect of new warfare specially biological warfare ...

agricultural sector experiences the application of automated systems since two decades ago. these systems are applied to harvest fruits in agriculture. computer vision is one of the technologies that are most widely used in food industries and agriculture. in this paper, an automated system based on computer vision for harvesting greenhouse tomatoes is presented. a ccd camera takes images from ...

Prologue. With the advent and progression of process technologies, Computer architects have taken a magical and wondrous ride in enjoying ever larger array of choices in advancing computer performance. Following the almost mystical Moore's law, computer architects have enjoyed the benefit of ever faster transistors that can be packed closer and closer together. They have come to expect that eve...

recovery of gold and other valuable metals from electronic scrap involves a complex metallurgical flow sheet and requires state-of-the-art recovery technologies that are available in large-scale, integrated smelter and refinery operations. at the end of their use, electronic and other electrical product scrap offer an important recycling potential for the secondary supply of gold and silver int...