New research efforts are trying to evolve the current Internet. With satisfying communication hardware, the intent is to switch to data oriented networks. In this new vision, data will be the heart of the architecture and protocols have to be changed to dial with this concept. Promising ideas are proposed up in order to develop clean slate design solutions. However, these propositions encounter...

This paper details the development of an automated vision-based solution for identification of paint and substrate defects on painted slates. The developed vision system consists of two major components. The first component of the system addresses issues including the mechanical implementation and interfacing the inspection system with the sensing and optical equipment. The second component inv...

The objective of this study is to understand the calcareous nannoplankton response to past environmental changes in the Strait of Hormuz during the Holocene. Calcareous nannoplankton is well abundant in the living phytoplankton community and a key component of the marine sediments. Due to its distinct reaction to environment changes and its good preservation potential, it is well suited for p...

It is difficult to obtain high quality samples of natural material covering a range of densities and degree of cementation, so study on the sample preparation techniques with similar mechanical properties of natural samples are very important. Experiments were carried out to study the effects of cementation of different materials on the mechanical properties of calcareous sand, e.g., the effect...

Phytoremediation appears to be a promising technique for metal soil clean up, although its successful application on a large scale still remains a challenge. Field experiments for six scented Pelargonium cultivars, conducted on two Pb-contaminated calcareous and acidic soils, revealed vigorous plant growth, with no symptoms of morpho-phytotoxicity in spite of high Pb accumulation levels. Lead c...

Rare calcareous nannofossils from the Cape Roberts Project drillhole CRP-2A indicate that this area was episodically invaded by marginal oceanic surface waters during the late and late early Oligocene. These depauperate assemblages lack most of the biostratigraphic index fossils for the Oligocene, but do provide two datums that aid in constraining the age of the section: the last appearance dat...

Time-dependent natural weathering processes suffered by historic bricks in Toledo (Spain) improve their physicomechanical properties by porous infill with gypsum, ettringite and mainly calcite. Both, these bricks and their experimental replica bricks, made from the original calcareous clays fired at the probable historical temperatures (700o 900oC), have been analyzed by X-ray diffraction, opti...