Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are an integral part of the industrial infrastructure providing for the national good. These systems include Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), and devices such as remote telemetry units (RTU), smart meters, and intelligent field instruments including remotely programm...

OBJECTIVES HistoScanning™ (HS) is a method of ecographic diagnosis of prostate cancer. We analyze the effectiveness of the HS realization prior to the biopsies for the prostate adenocarcinoma diagnosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS From August to October 2012 we have carried out a study with HS prior to the biopsies in 32 patients. In all cases sextants transrectal biopsies have been realized (two co...

T h e U n iv e rs ity of N o tre D am e’s C enter for Social Concerns welcom ed hom e Jam es Palazd ino , an a lu m n u s who will serve as the ir new Associate Director . Paladino, a 1974 graduate and resi­ dent of Grace Hall during his years as a s tu d e n t a t N o tre D am e, b ecam e involved with community service work through his rector. Since his re tu rn , he has reaffirm ed his earli...

A sterilised, female calico domestic cat, weighing 4 kg, was presented to a private practitioner for examination. Her mother had produced her first and only litter, comprising 6 kittens, at the age of 3 years. Apart from this particular cat, all of the kittens appeared to be normal. The cat presented appeared to have no problems apart from the structure of her right forelimb, which she did not ...

As the substation communication world searches for the “Promised LAN”, it would be helpful to have a roadmap to give direction to the search. Many are the expectations of a LAN flowing with data and able to connect with any Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) that was ever made. Such expectations must be tempered with the cost and complexity of achieving them. This paper presents an outline of ...

INTRODUCTION In view of the envisaged competitive electricity market era, utilities are examining the application of information technology (IT) as an alternative to support corporate business strategies that focus on improving service, power quality and reducing cost of operation and maintenance. Key issues for the improvement of the overall productivity are more and better information concern...

According to the conclusions of the study “Smart Portugal 2020”, the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can contribute to a reduction of 15% in our ecological footprint. The role of innovation and the early adoption of solutions that could reduce consumption in all economical sectors will be vital to the 20/20/20 European Strategy [1]. Active network management for generation, sto...

The current situation with supervisory control and information procurement (SCADA) framework security is not similar with the vulnerabilities, dangers as on today and potential results. A large number of the SCADA frameworks are moderately shaky frameworks with endless and inescapable vulnerabilities. Seen data security dangers are once in a while talked about and assessed at administration lev...

We present a reduced-order approach for robust, dynamic, and efficient bipedal locomotion control, culminating in 3D balancing and walking with ATRIAS, a heavily underactuated legged robot. These results are a development toward solving a number of enduring challenges in bipedal locomotion: achieving robust 3D gaits at various speeds and transitioning between them, all while minimally draining ...

N o tre D a m e ’s A llia n c e fo r C atholic E d u ca tio n (ACE) w as rec e n tly a w a rd e d a $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 g r a n t f ro m A m e r ic o rp s , a b ran c h of the C l i n t o n A d m i n i s ­ t r a t i o n ’ s C o r p o r a t io n fo r N a tio n a l Service. L a s t y e a r , N o tre D am e w a s o n e o f 11 u n iv e r s i ­ ties in th e nation chosen from 3 7 0 a p p l ic a n ts to r...