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IT security is getting more and more in the focus of the development of radar systems, especially due to cyber threats, highly connected systems or governmental regulations. IT security takes place as an integrated activity along the entire life cycle of a product development - a new company challenge!

The security of distributed applications backed by blockchain technology relies mainly on keeping the associated cryptographic keys (i.e. private keys) in well-protected storage. Since they are the unique proof of ownership of the underlying digital assets. If the keys are stolen or lost, there is no way to recover the assets. The cold wallet is a good candidate for basic use cases, but it has a substantial challenge for more complex applications as it does not scale. Warm and hot wallets are more convenient options for blockchain-based solutions that aim to transact in a cloud environment. In this work, we focus on Hardware Security Module (HSM) based wallet. The HSM is the de-facto standard device designed to manage high-value cryptographic keys and to protect them against hacks. In this demonstration, we present an HSM-based working prototype that secures the entire life cycle of Ethereum public and private keys.

used police dogs as partner to solve crimes that would otherwise be difficult for an average police officer. Dogs, known as a man’s best friend, have fulfilled this role remarkably because of their noses that are highly sensitive in detecting smells, even going so far as detecting objects under running water. Unfortunately, not all dogs are suited to be a police dog, also known as K9s. This research aims to help the Philippine Coast Guard K9 (PCGK9) in managing their K9 assets efficiently and effectively throughout the K9s entire life cycle. The main objective of this project is to design, develop, and implement a Management Information System specifically created for the needs of PCGK9. The system developed known as K9MIS mainly focused on monitoring the K9 assets of the organization and their performance. It also includes the management of inventory assets as well as transactional processes. And lastly, the system generates different reports that consist of the consolidated data, which will then be used for managerial decisions.

The multi-signal flow graph model is the most widely used Testability model, but its ability to handle uncertain information is weak, and the failure information utilization rate is low, which cannot provide researchers with more data support. Moreover, the model cannot update the structure and parameters through learning. The model established may not be suitable for all stages of the entire life cycle of the equipment, and there is a risk of requiring multiple modeling. In order to solve the above problems, a Bayesian network was introduced and a MSFG-BN combined model was proposed. The multi-signal flow graph was used to reduce the difficulty of modeling the Bayesian network. The Bayesian network was used to increase the processing of uncertain information and improve the information utilization. At the same time, with the help of Bayesian network learning capabilities, the model can update its own structure and parameters, improving the applicability of the model at all stages. It has been verified that the model can play its role effectively.

With the development of modern technology, the degree of integration between design business and information technology is increasing. The digital design with three-dimensional digital design as the core will become the main axis throughout the whole process and the entire life cycle management. Through the gradual exploration and application in the power industry, certain results have been achieved in three-dimensional digital design, but the main problems remain in the local scope of individual units, and the overall lack of technical standards and development plans. Based on the full understanding and research of transformer substation design status and three-dimensional digital design, this paper draws the design depth of each professional three-dimensional digital design at each design stage by analyzing the application of three-dimensional digital design in the feasibility study, preliminary design and construction drawing stage. This paper provides a reference for comprehensive promotion of applications.

Designed technical systems are considered from the standpoint of the interaction of developing information systems with the external environment. As part of this systematic approach, it is possible to optimize the developed systems by the criterion of cost-effectiveness throughout their entire life cycle.

Designing systems important for NPP safety is basing on fulfilling the demands of normative documents and ensuring the quality of soft- and hardware systems throughout the entire life cycle. The most critical tasks in ensuring the quality of soft- and hardware complex are the phase for the formation of demands for a designed or modifiable system and their consequent verification. An increase in demands for the quality of software (SW) for systems important for NPP safety at all phases of the life-cycle is associated with an increase in the complicity and functionality of the software and has led to the need to develop methods to justify the safety of the systems themselves and the software included in them. The paper discusses a method based on the construction of "safety functions," the implementation of which subsequently verified. This method is using in SW verification for upper-level systems of APCS and can be used to analyze cybersecurity, information, and fault tolerance of soft- and hardware systems.

Improving the methods of integrated engineering surveys for the design, construction, reconstruction and operation of transport facilities is carried out using the latest methods of information support. They are implemented by presenting real-time data with progressive analytical processes. The article discusses the methods of obtaining primary information using georadar-laser scanning and further processing of the source data in order to create the first module of the Digital Passport of the transport object. The management of a full-fledged "passport" will provide an opportunity to conduct research on the interaction of traffic flows with transport facilities. And the very creation of a "passport" will improve the efficiency of transport facilities, convenience, safety and environmental friendliness of traffic, which will positively affect the reliability of the entire life cycle of a transport facility.

The Korean government has independently developed and operated five types of construction CALS systems since 1999 to enhance business efficiency and competitiveness throughout the entire life cycle of construction projects. Due to the aging of systems and the difficulty of system maintenance, there is a growing demand for system integration. This study identified the relative importance of key success factors to successfully integrate the five types of construction CALS systems using the AHP theory.

Nowadays, the proliferation of smart, communication-enable devices is opening up many new opportunities of pervasive applications. A major requirement of pervasive applications is to be secured. The complexity to secure pervasive systems is to address a end-to-end security level: from the device to the services according to the entire life cycle of devices, applications and platform. In this article, we propose a solution combining both hardware and software elements to secure communications between devices and pervasive platform based on certificates issued from a Public Key Infrastructure. Our solution is implemented and validated with a real device extended by a secure element and our own Public Key Infrastructure.

e-commerce involves a great deal of credit cards, fund transfers, web shopping, and other forms of transmitting private information that needs to remain secure. Although, the knowledge of how to develop a secure e-commerce application is known, the major concern is the insufficiency of the right developmental model and practice. The use of inappropriate methodology in developing an e-commerce application can seriously undermine organizations' confidentiality and integrity. Having said that, many of the web application development models may have some kind of security considerations that may not be applied across the entire Web Application Development Life-cycle. This is unfortunate. This study proposes a web application development model that inculcates security considerations across the Web Application Development Life-cycle which can be adapted by security critical applications like the e-commerce sites. The implementation and evaluation of this proposed model, with previous web application security development models, have shown that a 96 percent security level is achieved, despite some four percent failures. The failures are of information severity status, which are not typically critical to the security of the underlying application.

Methods of improving the efficacy of oil extraction are highly sought after. One way to achieve such an improvement is to reduce the downtime of equipment and to implement measures to increase oil recovery for the entire life cycle of the well based on analysis of operational data. The work we present in this paper is aimed at improving a model of pumping units of the oil preparation and pumping complex. For this purpose, we employ an approach based on computational intelligence techniques and in particular an approach that is based on recurrent neural networks in combination with convolutional neural networks to address the problem of operative analysis of telemetric data from pumping units and to forecast the state of technological equipment. Our proposed approach provides an attractive model of optimizing the parameters of pumping equipment and thus a useful avenue of improving the efficacy of oil extraction.

Environmentally-friendly energy-efficient vehicles are an important contributor to meet future global transportation needs. To minimise the environmental impact of a vehicle throughout its entire life cycle, the life cycle energy optimisation (LCEO) methodology has been proposed. Using the proxy of life cycle energy, this methodology balances the energy consumption of vehicle production, operation and end-of-life scenarios. The overall aim is to design a vehicle where life cycle energy is at a minimum. While previous work only included vehicle production and operation, this paper aims at advancing the LCEO methodology by including an end-of-life phase. A simplified design study was conducted to illustrate how vehicle design changes when end-of-life treatment is included. Landfilling, incineration and recycling have been compared as end-of-life treatments, although the focus was put on recycling. The results reveal that the optimal design not only changes with the inclusion of an end-of-life phase but it changes with specific end-of-life treatment.

There have been many studies addressed towards various sections in the arena of Android platform. However conducting a digital forensics investigation using Open Source tools in Android platform is still a challenging task. As of the date of this study, there is no standard Open Source or noncommercial tool available to support the entire life cycle of the digital forensics investigation methodology. In order to bridge this gap in open source forensics tool for Android platform, the work implemented a user friendly, feature rich, open source, mobile forensic framework for Android platform that supports all phases of a full digital forensic investigation process.

For a long time, the 10 kV distribution network is gradually built up with the increase of load demand. There's a lack of systematic planning and standardized construction in its structure. Combining local economic development level, grid situation, load characteristics and other factors, the distribution network in some developed areas formed typical structure with local characteristics. But the rationality of the structure has not been systematically demonstrated, especially in lack of quantified conclusion in economy and reliability. This paper introduces the concept of Life Cycle Cost and builds the 10 kV distribution network entire life cycle cost analysis model taking into account the reliability of power supply. On this basis, with full consideration of the load density, line load rate, construction costs, equipment life and many other factors, this paper comparatively studies the reliability and economy of typical structures of overhead network and cable network, and then gets cost difference of typical structures under different load density conditions.

In the bridges' entire life cycle, it is inevitable for bridges to be degraded and damaged because of the environmental factors and the conditions of usage. Taking more than 1500 concrete bridges in Beijing as the background projects, it is summarized that the typical diseases, the manifestations of functional damages and structural damages of concrete bridges. Among them, the functional injury accounted for 80% of bridge defects, and it exacerbated the deterioration of structural damage. Maintenance and Reinforcement technologies were used to a disease overpass bridge, in order to enhancing the durability and improving the bearing capacity of the whole bridge. The conclusion can be given that for ensuring the bridge usability, durability and prolonging the service life of bridge, it is significant to strengthen Bridge Daily Maintenance Management herein

This work uses hybrid life cycle assessment methods to determine the overall energy use of a commercial LED lamp. Life cycle inventory (LCI) data is built up using industry data for a GaN-based white LED lamp designed to replace conventional incandescent bulbs. Appropriate data are also taken from generic processes in the semiconductor manufacturing sector. By considering the entire life cycle of the lamp, the analysis considers the systems-level effects of a large-scale shift to LED lighting technology, as opposed to the marketing emphasis on consumer benefits, which focuses on the use stage.

The data on RFID tags placed on items must be protected to secure the privacy of that information throughout the item life cycle from production to purchase to recycling. Therefore, we propose low cost RFID tags with an access control function of using a password and a system that assigns and manages a different password for each group of RFID tags. We also explain how using the system could protect consumer privacy, and how the RFID tag could be used throughout the entire life cycle of an item.

The aim of this article is brief information about perspectives and futurity of the STEP standard (ISO 10303) in the Czech Republic especially. At present time it is not possible to ignore an important role of international standards in electronic product industry. One of the most important standards in this area is an international ISO 10303 standard also known as a STEP. The term STEP is a short cut for standard for the exchange of product model data. The STEP standard is a very large and powerful standard which is used in the product's entire life cycle. In our article we briefly describe a present status of usage of the STEP standard in Czech Republic. In the last part of our contribution we will pay attention to present time problems and trends in the STEP evolution.

This article is an overview of usage of the STEP standard in Czech Republic. At present time it is not possible to ignore an important role of international standards in electronic product industry. One of the most important standards in this area is an international ISO 10303 standard also known as a STEP. The term STEP is a short cut for Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data. The STEP is a very large and powerful standard which is used in the product's entire life cycle. In our article we briefly describe what the STEP standard is and his history. We also describe a present state of usage of the STEP standard in Czech Republic and at the last part of our contribution we pay attention to present time problems and trends in the STEP evolution

We have undertaken an evaluation of the environmental impact of fixed-line telephone networks in Japan. We chose the life cycle assessment (LCA) method for this evaluation because it can assess the environmental burden quantitatively. Prior to the evaluation, we developed a telecommunication network model including end-user terminals, access facilities, end-offices, repeater stations and transmission facilities. The model for these facilities represents typical networks in the Tokyo metropolitan area. We have evaluated the environmental burden imposed by more than 50 pieces of equipment using life cycle inventory analysis. We found that throughout the entire life cycle, the CO/sub 2/ emissions emanating from fixed-line telephone networks during the use stage accounted for about 77% of the total. The emissions from customers' equipment were particularly heavy. We also estimated the potential recovery available by recycling equipment and facilities and the effect was a reduction of about 6% in CO/sub 2/ emissions.

To demonstrate fusion's environmental attractiveness over the entire life cycle, a waste analysis is mandatory. The clearance is recommended by IAEA for releasing activated solid materials from regulatory control and for waste management policy. The paper focus on the approach used to support waste analyses for ITER Generic Site Safety Report. The Material Unconditional Clearance Index of all the materials/zones on the equatorial mid-plane of ITER machine have been evaluated, based on IAEA-TECDOC-855. The Bonami-Nitawl-XSDNRPM sequence of the Scale-4.4a code system (using Vitenea-J library) has been firstly used for radiation transport analyses. Then the Anita-2000 code package is used for the activation calculation. The paper presents also, as an example, an application of the clearance indexes estimation for the ITER vacuum vessel materials. The results of the Anita-2000 have been compared with those obtained using the Fispact-99 activation code.

An industrial activity like manufacturing products inevitably results in some load on the environment such as the fossil fuel depletion, global warming, air pollution and etc. Owing to the new sensitivity arising towards the environment, reuse and recycle for products have to be regarded as important. However, no numerical environmental impact analyses of reuse and recycle have been expressed. As a tool that estimates numerical environmental impacts caused by different environmental problems through the entire life cycle (cradle to grave) of industrial products, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been greatly paid attention. In this paper, we have evaluated environmental impacts of reuse for vending machine and recycling for PET bottle by the aid of the LCA-NETS (Numerical Eco-load Total Standard) software that we have newly proposed as a LCA scheme to analyze quantitatively environmental loads of any industrial products. As the result, it is clarified that LCANETS software is found to be a powerful tool to analyze the quantitative LCA environmental loads for various industrial products and that reuse and recycling of products are greatly needed for ECP (environmentally conscious products).

An industrial activity like manufacturing products inevitably results in some load on the environment such as fossil fuel depletion, global warming, air pollution, etc. Owing to the new sensitivity arising towards the environment, reuse and recycling of products have to be regarded as important. However, no numerical environmental impact analyses of reuse and recycling have been expressed. As a tool that estimates numerical environmental impacts caused by different environmental problems through the entire life cycle (cradle to grave) of industrial products, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been greatly paid attention. In this paper, we have evaluated the environmental impacts of reuse for vending machine and recycling for PET bottle by the aid of the LCA-NETS (Numerical Eco-load Total Standard) software that we have newly proposed as a LCA scheme to analyze quantitatively environmental loads of any industrial products. As the result, it is clarified that LCA-NETS software is found to be a powerful tool to analyze the quantitative LCA environmental loads for various industrial products and that reuse and recycling of products are greatly needed for ECP (environmentally conscious products).

The choice of end of life option for damaged products affects the product's environmental impact. In this study, recycling and refurbishing of household appliances are ecologically and economically compared. The comparisons were conducted by using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and activity base costing (ABC), which are both reliable methods. The results from the analyses show that the refurbishment scenario is preferable from both economic and ecological standpoint. Refurbishment can also be used to a greater extent when the aim is to save nature or to decrease the economic losses that accrue from product defects. Having products refurbished in a central facility gives the manufacturer the opportunity to enhance knowledge about their product's performance throughout its entire life cycle.

Test Program Sets (TPS) are a significant investment in today's complex electronics. Military and commercial services alike are currently exploring new approaches to TPSs. Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques can provide significant cost and performance benefits. This paper identifies the TPS tasks across the entire life cycle, the AI techniques applicable to those tasks, and the resulting obtainable benefits. >