Metals in Spent Mobile Phones (SMP) – a new challenge for mineral resources management

Privacy Rights Management for Mobile Phones

Recent progress in mobile phone technology enables the users to generate and store personal data, for example pictures taken with built-in digital cameras. This personal data can then be forwarded to other mobile devices. Currently, there are no mechanisms available that protect such user-generated content against unauthorized use and distribution, or that enforce the user privacy preferences. ...

Water-energy-food nexus as a new approach for watershed resources management: a review

A Stochastic Model for Water Resources Management

Irrigation water management is crucial for agricultural production and livelihood security in many regions and countries throughout the world. Over the past decades, controversial and conflictladen water-allocation issues among competing municipal, industrial and agricultural interests have raised increasing concerns. Particularly, growing population, varying natural conditions and shrinking wa...

Context-aware Battery Management for Mobile Phones: A Feasibility Study

In this paper, we propose a system for context-aware battery management that warns the user when it detects that the phone battery can run out before the next charging opportunity is encountered. At the heart of this system, are algorithms that predict: (1) when the next charging opportunity will be available, (2) how much call-time will be required by the user in the interim, and (3) how long ...

Review of Biohydrometallurgical Metals Extraction from Polymetallic Mineral Resources

This review has as its underlying premise the need to become proficient in delivering a suite of element or metal products from polymetallic ores to avoid the predicted exhaustion of key metals in demand in technological societies. Many technologies, proven or still to be developed, will assist in meeting the demands of the next generation for trace and rare metals, potentially including the br...