Microbial solubilizing of metals in acid environments is successfully used in industrial bioleaching of ores or biomining to extract metals such as copper, gold, uranium and others.This is done mainly by acidophilic and other microorganisms that mobilize metals and generate acid mine drainage or AMD, causing serious environmental problems.However,
An attack resistant key predistribution scheme for wireless sensor networks
Most of the key management schemes do not consider the attacking behavior of the adversary making such schemes less practical in real world.By knowing the adversarial behavior, several countermeasures against them can be effectively and efficiently designed by the defender/network designer.In this paper, we investigate the problem of node capture a
Laughing at robots: synthesising humour and cyber-paranoia in portrayals of artificial intelligence in Welcome to Night Vale
This article addresses the synthesis of humour and paranoia in portrayals of artificial intelligence (AI) in the popular American podcast Welcome to Night Vale (2012-).It argues that contrary to the Collections Relief Theory, fusing humour and cyber-paranoia does not help release the tension (anxious energy) generated within the narrative.Rather, t