background: in recent decades many guidelines has been conducted by radiation protection organizations about radiation protection in dentistry. this study aimed to evaluate the observance of these guidelines in educational clinics of all dental schools in iran. material and methods: in this cross-sectional study a self-administered questionnaire, based on national radiation protection board (nr...

This paper presents a decision support system (DSS) for sustainable development and environmental protection of agricultural regions developed in the framework of the Interreg-Archimed project entitled WaterMap (development and utilization of vulnerability maps for the monitoring and management of groundwater resources in the ARCHIMED areas). Its aim is to optimize the production plan of an agr...

Introduction Large-scale irrigation systems are central to the socio-economic development in developing countries. The systems not only support the livelihood of farmers who rely on them to water their crops, but also determine the amount of resources that the agricultural sector can generate to fuel industrial development in urban areas (Small and Svendsen 1992). In the last few decades, due t...

The meaning of the terms “security” and “safety” varies considerably from one context to another, leading to potential ambiguities. These ambiguities are very problematic in the critical infrastructure protection domain, which involves multiple actors and engineering disciplines. Avoiding misunderstandings caused by the ambiguities during the early stages of system design and risk assessment ca...

A damage or breakage of Critical Infrastructure or CI will have a huge effect on humanity and economy. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA) play a big role on Critical Infrastructure since most of these infrastructures are controlled by control systems like SCADA. In this paper, we assess vulnerabilities of a SCADA system, its effect to the society and the ways to prevent su...

China’s population has reached 1.25 billion, ranking No.1 in the world. Along with rapid economic increase during the past 20 years, there is increasing pressure on the energy industry from limited mineral energy resources and regulations for environmental protection regulations. The development and utilization of renewable energy is becoming one important option to realize sustainable developm...

The growing concern about wide area power system disturbances and their impact on power systems have reinforced interest in the new generation of system protection tools. Their application depends on their reliability, which, in turn, depends on the reliability of the hardware infrastructure on which they rely. In this paper, we propose a modification of a Voltage Instability predictor (VIP) [1...

This study illustrates how remotely-sensed data and GIS can be utilized to allow planners to evaluate the relationship between land use, environmental protection policies, and resource availability. The case study examines St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana which has experienced tremendous population growth and land use change in the past two decades. To date, work has been completed on developing...

A problem statement is first provided. Then, the document describes example applications scenarios identified by Service Providers where existing MPLS Traffic Engineering mechanisms fall short and Diff-Serv-aware Traffic Engineering can address the needs. The detailed requirements that need to be addressed by the technical solution are also reviewed. Finally, the document identifies the evaluat...