The Itai-Itai disease case is one of four major pollution-related lawsuits occurring in Japan after World War H. This paper, which is based on investigations of the pollution source, the Kamioka mine, considers (1) the history of the disturbances to the environment caused by the Kamioka mine; (2) the Itai-Itai disease suit; (3) the pollution nprevention measures and methods of the Kamioka mine ...

water has an important role in creating pollution problems in the mining regimes influencing the surrounding surface environment. the purpose of this study is to make an assessment of groundwater quality in an underground mine site in portugal with a view of determining the pollution potential of groundwater. in the corresponding surface area of this underground mine, intersections of fou...

Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is a security technology to prevent exploitations of buffer overflows. But this technology is far from perfect. ”[...] its only up to the creativity of the attacker what he does. So it raises the bar for us all :) but just might make writing exploits an interesting business again.” ([Dul00] about ASLR). This paper is an introduction and a reference abou...

nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide gases together with dust are known as the major pollutants arising during the blasting operations using the ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (anfo) explosive at the sungun surface mine, located in the northwest of iran. the pollutants were monitored during some blasting operations at the mine. it was concluded that the gases and dust clouds initially went up to the ...