Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Energy Research and Power Engineering (ERPE'14), May 17-18, 2014, Dalian, China. The 477 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Semiconductors, Materials and Processing Technologies in Ener…
Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Computers and Information Processing Technologies (ICCIPT 2014), April 23-24, 2014, Shanghai, China. The 223 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Advanced Computing Technology and Mathematical…
"This study explains the concept of network neutrality and its history as an extension of the rights and duties of common carriers, as well as its policy history as examined in US and European regulatory proceedings from 1999. The book compares national and regional legislation …
Catalytic Sound is a collective of thirty creative improvising musicians working toward creating economic sustainability for themselves through cooperative means. In this thesis, I investigate the ways Catalytic Sound developed to this point from its beginnings as an online musi…
The purpose of this work is to compare the use of technologies for data exploration and data analysis within the field of volcanology. In both exploration and formal analysis, volcanic visualizations apply novel data analysis techniques to geological data. The research presented…
In this thesis I contribute to the growing literature on the structure of covert networks by exploring the organisation and functioning of two new groups. (1) The Right Club, a Right-wing, Pro-German group active in the UK at the outbreak of World War Two, and (2) The leadership…
This dissertation argues for the historical agency of the North Anatolian city of Amasya through an analysis of the social and political history of Islamic mysticism in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Ottoman Empire. The story of the transmission of the Halvetiye Sufi orde…
Network Proxies and Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are tools that are used every day to facilitate various business functions. However, they have gained popularity amongst unintended userbases as tools that can be used to hide mask identities while using websites and web-service…
Network Protocols are critical to the operation of the Internet and hence the security of these protocols is paramount. Our work covers the security of three widely deployed protocols: Domain Name System (DNS), Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security…
Multi User Virtual Environments (MUVE) are a new class of Internet application with a significant user base. This thesis adds to our understanding of how MUVE network traffic fits into the mix of Internet traffic, and how this relates to the application's needs. MUVEs differ fro…
Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is an alternative material that has been widely studied to enhance the mechanical properties of a polymer matrix due to a number of perceived advantages over traditional plant fibre forms. Mechanical properties of MFC networks were found to depen…
