Software installation provides an attractive entry vector for malware: since installations are performed with administrator privileges, malware can easily get the enhanced level of access needed to install backdoors, spyware, rootkits, or “bot” software, and to hide these installations from users. Previous research has been focused mainly on securing the execution phase of untrusted software, w...

This paper addresses a major challenge in the residential solar industry: automated design of cost-effective, efficient rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations. Optimal designs choose system components, locations, and wiring to minimize cost while meeting desired energy output and complying with all physical and legal constraints. We present a novel lower bound for the energy produced by a PV i...

Our objective was to investigate whether there might be excess cancer mortality in the vicinity of Spanish installations for the production of cement, lime, plaster, and magnesium oxide, according to different categories of industrial activity. An ecologic study was designed to examine municipal mortality due to 33 types of cancer (period 1997-2006) in Spain. Population exposure to pollution wa...

In mixed reality installations we have to integrate a variety of technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, animated virtual agents and robotic agents. In this paper we describe some of our explorations with a game engine as the driving software for mixed reality installations.

Is the soft error rate in ground-level computer installations correlated with the intensity of solar radiation? This problem is already significant for space-borne systems, but recent analysis of FPGA configuration failures show that radiation-induced soft errors might become a problem even at sea level as silicon device integration increases [1]. This problem would be magnified in large or wid...

FOREWORD This guidance has been developed for use in the IAEA's Safety Culture Services, which provides support to Member States in their efforts to develop a sound safety culture of their organizations. It will be of particular use in seminars and training workshops that are part of these services. Much of the information in this publication reflects the approach the IAEA has adopted to assist...