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Water footprint estimation of selected crops in Laguna province, Philippines

  • Salvador, Johnviefran Patrick;Ahmad, Mirza Junaid;Choi, Kyung-Sook
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.294-294
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    • 2022
  • In 2013, the Asian Development Bank classified the Philippines among the countries facing high food security risks. Evidence has suggested that climate change has affected agricultural productivity, and the effect of extreme climatic events notably drought has worsened each year. This had resulted in serious hydrological repercussions by limiting the timely water availability for the agriculture sector. Laguna is the 3rd most populated province in the country, and it serves as one of the food baskets that feed the region and nearby provinces. In addition to climate change, population growth, rapid industrialization, and urban encroachment are also straining the delicate balance between water demand and supply. Studies have projected that the province will experience less rainfall and an increase in temperature, which could simultaneously affect water availability and crop yield. Hence, understanding the composite threat of climate change for crop yield and water consumption is imperative to devise mitigation plans and judicious use of water resources. The water footprint concept elaborates the water used per unit of crop yield production and it can approximate the dual impacts of climate change on water and agricultural production. In this study, the water footprint (WF) of six main crops produced in Laguna were estimated during 2010-2020 by following the methodology proposed by the Water Footprint Network. The result of this work gives importance to WF studies in a local setting which can be used as a comparison between different provinces as well as a piece of vital information to guide policy makers to adopt plans for crop-related use of water and food security in the Philippines.

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A study on effects of water-cement ratio and crack width on chloride ion transmission rate in concrete

  • Li, Yue;Chen, Xiaohan;Zhang, Guosheng
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.387-394
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    • 2017
  • To study the effects of water-cement ratio changes and cracks on chloride ion transmission rate in cracked concrete, RCM method was adopted to accelerate the diffusion of chloride ion in cracked concrete, and the changes in chloride ion concentration and around the cracks are inferred by finite-element method. The test results show that as far as prefabricated cracks on concrete components are concerned, the width thresholds of two cracks on the concrete specimens with a water-cement ratio of 0.5 and 0.6 are 0.05 mm and 0.1 mm respectively, the width threshold of two cracks on the concrete specimens with a water-cement ratio of 0.4 is 0.05 mm and 0.2 mm respectively; and the results of numerical simulation show that the smaller the water-cement ratio is, the more significant effects of cracks on chloride ion transmission rate are. As a result, more attention shall be paid to the crack prevention, repairing and strengthening for high-strength concrete.

Processes of Outflow of the Boiling Steam-Water Mixture in the Widening Part of Hydro-Steam Turbine Nozzles

  • Leonid, Serejkin;Boris, Shifrin;Victor, Perov;Alexandr, Goldin
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.178-184
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    • 2022
  • Renewable energy sources based on solar radiation, wind energy, geothermal energy, and biomass energy have now reached the level of industrial application. A new way to generate electricity using low-potential heat is to install a hydro-steam turbine. In hydro-steam turbines, hot water is supplied directly to turbine rotor nozzles without prior separation into steam and water in separators, which significantly increases the efficiency of hot water energy use. Such turbines are suggested to be used as autonomous energy sources in geothermal heating systems, heating water boilers and cooling systems of chemical reactors, metallurgical furnaces, etc. The authors conclude that the installation of hydro-steam turbines in heating plants and process boiler plants can also be effective if the used exhaust steam-water mixture at the turbine outlet is used to heat the network water or as return water.

Security-Based Intranet Structure

  • Lee, S. M.;Lee, P. J.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institutes of Information Security and Cryptology Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.265-273
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    • 1997
  • Intranet is an enterprise network using Internet protocols as communication standard and HTML as content standard. The Internet is like a house built on information water. It has a lot of strong points as a future enterprise network. However, companies wish to have confidence in its functional and economic effectiveness and security before adopting it. The security issue especially is a problem to solve inevitably. Enterprises will hold back to adopt Intranet unless there are enough security counter plans and countermeasures against vulnerabilities of Intranet(it is the wise decision !). Nevertheless the researches related to Intranet has been concentrated on techniques for building it. In this paper, we focus the security aspect of Intranet. Intranet security must be considered on the whole from structure design to users' services. We propose a security-based Intranet structure and security management system.

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Water, Energy, Cooperation, and Conflict inthe Kura-Araks Basin of the South Caucasus

  • Campana, Michael E.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.3-3
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    • 2011
  • After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Kra-Araks Basin (KAB) became an international river basin with respect to the South Caucasus states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. However, there are no agreements regarding water allocation, water quality, or ecosystem maintenance among the aforementioned riparians. The main water problems in the basin include not only water quantity and quality, but also the lack of joint management. The aforementioned countries share many similar circumstances: location in a politically unstable but strategic region bureaucratic and structural issues; and more importantly, ongoing ethnic and related conflicts. Despite these obstacles, the countries recognize that they depend greatly on the basin, whose waters they must share. To that end, they proposed and participated in the joint NATO-OSCE South Caucasus River Monitoring (SCRMP) project between 2002 and 2009.The SCRMP sought to investigate and characterize the surface water quality in the KAB by providing equipment and training to all three countries. Several years' worth of water quality data were collected in the KAB: major ions; heavy metals; POPs (persistent organic pollutants); and radionuclides; The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (primary funder) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europesupported the SCRMP not only to build capacity but also to promote cooperation and minimize conflict over water and other resources, thus providing a measure of security for Europe and other regions. The South Caucasus is a strategically-important region, functioning as a bridge between Asia and Europe. Energy-rich Azerbaijan seeks to become a key player in trade by serving as a transportation and energy hub between the energy and mineral-rich Central Asian KUT countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan) and Western Asia, Europe, and other areas. The presentation will summarize the scientific results of the SCRMP, elucidate the regional water-energy-security nexus, discuss future work in the region, and explain why the world needs to be concerned about the KAB and the entire South Caucasus.

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K-water Cyber Security Center for Information Security Strengthening (정보보안 강화를 위한 K-Water 사이버 보안센터 구축)

  • Lee, Young-Woo;Oh, Seung-Hyueb
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.176-177
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    • 2008
  • 곳곳에 산재한 컴퓨터를 시간과 장소에 상관없이 자유롭게 이용함으로써, 편리하고 쾌적한 정보이용환경을 구현하게 해주는 유비쿼터스 사회(Ubiquitous Society)는 동시에 예측 불가능한 위험이 곳곳에 산재한 '고도화된 정보위험사회'로의 진입을 의미한다. 본 논문에서는 인터넷을 통해 날로 지능화 고도화되는 사이버 위협으로부터 정보자산에 대한 안정성 강화와 분산 운영되는 보안관리 시스템(ESM)을 통합 모니터링하여 사이버위협상황에 대한 실시간 감시 대응을 체계적이고 효율적으로 수행하기 위한 K-water 사이보안센터(Cyber Security Center, CSC)를 구축하였으며 이를 통한 신뢰성 잇는 사이버보안체계를 제시하고자 한다.

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A Study on Encryption Module for Remote Terminal Security of Smart Water-Grid Network (스마트 워터그리드 네트워크의 원격 단말기 보안을 위한 암호화 모듈에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Seung-Hwan;Park, Hyung-Mo;Kim, Chang-Bok
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.712-719
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    • 2013
  • This paper studies the security module for the reliable transmission of the meter reading and the control data between the remote terminals and the upper server-side in smart water grid. The proposed security module was implemented to make it attachable to the remote terminal without security function. In particular, unlike the smart grid of electric field, the low power is considered due to the use of battery power in the smart water grid, and the ARIA-GCM-128 symmetric key method is adopted taking into the account that the damp and constrictive environments by the installed meter location in the underground occur a communication obstacle on building of the large-scale network system. The encryption module of this paper was devised to ensure the safety between the reading data on the terminal and the control data from the upper server, and secure the stability of the remote meter reading system by taking protection against an arbitrary alteration or modification.

Water Detection in an Open Environment: A Comprehensive Review

  • Muhammad Abdullah, Sandhu;Asjad, Amin;Muhammad Ali, Qureshi
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2023
  • Open surface water body extraction is gaining popularity in recent years due to its versatile applications. Multiple techniques are used for water detection based on applications. Different applications of Radar as LADAR, Ground-penetrating, synthetic aperture, and sounding radars are used to detect water. Shortwave infrared, thermal, optical, and multi-spectral sensors are widely used to detect water bodies. A stereo camera is another way to detect water and different methods are applied to the images of stereo cameras such as deep learning, machine learning, polarization, color variations, and descriptors are used to segment water and no water areas. The Satellite is also used at a high level to get water imagery and the captured imagery is processed using various methods such as features extraction, thresholding, entropy-based, and machine learning to find water on the surface. In this paper, we have summarized all the available methods to detect water areas. The main focus of this survey is on water detection especially in small patches or in small areas. The second aim of this survey is to detect water hazards for unmanned vehicles and off-sure navigation.

Digital Twin based Household Water Consumption Forecasting using Agent Based Modeling

  • Sultan Alamri;Muhammad Saad Qaisar Alvi;Imran Usman;Adnan Idris
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2024
  • The continuous increase in urban population due to migration of mases from rural areas to big cities has set urban water supply under serious stress. Urban water resources face scarcity of available water quantity, which ultimately effects the water supply. It is high time to address this challenging problem by taking appropriate measures for the improvement of water utility services linked with better understanding of demand side management (DSM), which leads to an effective state of water supply governance. We propose a dynamic framework for preventive DSM that results in optimization of water resource management. This paper uses Agent Based Modeling (ABM) with Digital Twin (DT) to model water consumption behavior of a population and consequently forecast water demand. DT creates a digital clone of the system using physical model, sensors, and data analytics to integrate multi-physical quantities. By doing so, the proposed model replicates the physical settings to perform the remote monitoring and controlling jobs on the digital format, whilst offering support in decision making to the relevant authorities.