This book introduces Content-Centric Networking (CCN), a networking paradigm that provides a simple and effective solution to the challenging demands of future wired and wireless communications. It provides an overview of the recent developments in the area of future internet technologies, bringing together the advancements that have been made in Information-Centric Networking (ICN) in general, with a focus on CCN. It begins with an introduction to the basics of CCN is followed by an overview of the current internet paradigm and its challenges. Next, an application perspective has been included, where the authors encompass the selected applications for CCN with recent refereed research and developments. These applications include Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Grid, Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs), and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). The book is a useful reference source for practising researchers, and can be used as supporting material for undergraduate and graduate level courses in computer science and electrical engineering.

Systems capable of generating X-rays with specific features such as short pulse duration, small source size, high radiation intensity and a wide range in photon energy, are widely used for non-destructive testing, radiography of dynamic biological objects, dynamical studies of biomedical systems, testing the performance of electronic devices in the high-energy density field of X-rays, sterilization of food and transmutation of organic material. This book provides systematic and comprehensive investigation of the X-ray emission from the plasma focus device and correlates the emission parameters with the operating conditions to obtain high energy/ intensity photons. The information on the X-ray emission characteristics presented in this book indicates that the plasma focus meets the requirements for the abovementioned applications. The findings are extremely important not only for academic studies, but can also serve as a foundation for future applications of X-rays emitted by dense plasma focus devices.