Smart governance for smart cities and nations by Z.R.M. Abdullah Kaiser

“…Among these, stakeholders particularly emphasize the need for administrative reform, robust smart infrastructure, finance, uninterrupted electricity, strong data privacy and security, and effective big data management as crucial to the success of the country's vision. …”
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Obstetric Caregivers’ Perspectives on Barriers and Perceived Impacts of Male Involvement in Antenatal Care and Labour in Ekiti State, Nigeria: A Qualitative Study by Adetunmise Olajide, Deborah Esan, Ilerioluwa Adeniyi, Carlos Ramos

“…Twelve obstetric caregivers (six doctors and six midwives) were purposivelyselected based on their experience in ANC and labour care. Data were collected through two focusgroup discussions using a semi-structured interview guide. …”
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Messenger-based assessment of empathic accuracy in couples’ smartphone communication by Philipp Steinebach, Miriam Stein, Knut Schnell

“…Methods Data from N = 102 participants (51 couples) was used to investigate how accurate judgments of partners’ affect map their partners’ actual affect. …”
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Optimising resources allocation in implementing school counselling programme at schools in the Ohangwena region by Anna Niitembu Hako, Olaniyi Bojuwoye

“…In-depth semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were used to gather data. Thematic results revealed that teacher-counsellors had no counselling rooms to conduct individual counselling, no separate budget for school counselling programme, and that file cabinets and display boards were only available in very few schools and were inadequate school-counsellor in schools. …”
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Verifiable Threshold Multi-Party Fully Homomorphic Encryption from Share Resharing by Yuqi Xie, Ruwei Huang, Junbin Qiu

“…Threshold multi-party fully homomorphic encryption (TMFHE) schemes enable efficient computation to be performed on sensitive data while maintaining privacy. These schemes allow a subset of parties to perform threshold decryption of evaluation results via a distributed protocol without the need for a trusted dealer, and provide a degree of fault tolerance against a set of corrupted parties. …”
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Asynchronous Quantum-Resistant Blockchain for Secure Intelligence Sharing by Yun-Yi Fan, Chit-Jie Chew, Jung-San Lee

“…Furthermore, the lack of transparency and credibility in intelligence sources has negatively impacted the quality and trustworthiness of shared data. To address these issues, authors aim to leverage blockchain technology, utilizing its decentralized and tamper-proof properties to ensure corporate privacy and the reliability of intelligence sources. …”
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Leveraging Blockchain Technology for Secure 5G Offloading Processes by Cristina Regueiro, Santiago de Diego, Borja Urkizu

“…This paper proposes a Blockchain-based marketplace using Hyperledger Fabric to optimize resource allocation and enhance security. …”
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Lightweight Authentication for Devices in Internet of Thing Environment: A Survey by Sameera Abbas Fadhel, Ahmed Sami Nori

“…The extremely large number of associated devices together through different protocols make it vulnerable to be threatened by several types of attacks, such as; Unauthorized Access and Authentication Attacks, Network Attacks, Data Privacy and Integrity Attacks, and Supply Chain Attacks. …”
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Customer’s Satisfaction via Online Shopping Environment: The Case of China by GholamReza Zandi, Rezvan Torabi, Mohammad Amin Mohammad, Xu Yi Dan

“…The philosophy of positivism was used to evaluate the online shopping behaviour in a Chinese context. …”
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Towards Tamper-Proof Trust Evaluation of Internet of Things Nodes Leveraging IOTA Ledger by Assiya Akli, Khalid Chougdali 

“…To overcome these obstacles, this study offers a novel approach for evaluating trust that uses IOTA Tangle technology. By decentralizing the trust evaluation process, our approach reduces the risks related to centralized solutions, including privacy violations and single points of failure. …”
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Regulating AI in the Energy Sector: A Scoping Review of EU Laws, Challenges, and Global Perspectives by Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen, Zheng Grace Ma

“…Using the PRISMA-ScR methodology, this scoping review systematically analyzes how EU laws and regulations influence the development, adoption, and deployment of AI-driven digital solutions in energy generation, transmission, distribution, consumption, and markets. …”
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Teenage Motherhood and its Effect on the Social Welfare of The Victims: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Kwesiga, Siifa

“…Hence the study offers an in-depth analysis of the relative contribution of some socio¬demographic factors in explaining adolescent pregnancy in Kabale Municipality. Using primary data collected from different parts of the district, a sample of 30 female adolescents in the age range of 10-19 years was studied. …”
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Evaluating Factors Affecting Interior Architectural Space Quality to Enhance Spatial Resilience and Human Productivity: An Application of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Moharam Ghahremani Drvish, Farhang Mozafar, Ceyed bagher Hoseini, Fateme Mahdizadeye seraj

“…Data collection continued until the point of data saturation, at which no new theme was identified. …”
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DualBranch-AMR: A Semi-Supervised AMR Method Based on Dual-Student Consistency Regularization with Dynamic Stability Evaluation by Jiankun Ma, Zhenxi Zhang, Linrun Zhang, Yu Li, Haoyue Tan, Xiaoran Shi, Feng Zhou

“…While deep learning has substantially improved the performance of Automatic Modulation Recognition (AMR), it heavily relies on large amounts of labeled data. Given the high annotation costs and privacy concerns, researching semi-supervised AMR methods that leverage readily available unlabeled data for training is of great significance. …”
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Effectiveness of Health Management Information System in Selected Sub-Counties of Ryakarimira Town Council and Rubaya Sub-County. by Ayebare, Esther Loy

“…The research utilized a cross-sectional design, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data were collected from 70 healthcare professionals in the selected sub-counties using questionnaires, interviews, and a thorough review of existing reports, policies, and other literature. …”
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Leveraging deep neural network and language models for predicting long-term hospitalization risk in schizophrenia by Yihang Bao, Wanying Wang, Zhe Liu, Weidi Wang, Xue Zhao, Shunying Yu, Guan Ning Lin

“…In this study, we developed a deep learning model that integrates demographic, behavioral, and blood test data from admission to forecast extended hospital stays using a retrospective cohort. …”
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Resilience in the Internet of Medical Things: A Review and Case Study by Vikas Tomer, Sachin Sharma, Mark Davis

“…Issues such as latency, bandwidth constraints, and concerns regarding security and privacy are critical in IoMT owing to the sensitive nature of patient data, including patient identity and health status. …”
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Alternatives to continuous positive airway pressure treatment in sleep apnoeas and hypopnoeas syndrome related to myofunctional and postural reeducation therapy: protocol for a sys... by Montserrat Solera-Martínez, Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Rocio Palomo-Carrión, Marta Maria Guijarro-Herráiz, Natalia María Arias-Palencia, Lidia Lucas- de la Cruz, Beatriz Guijarro-Herráiz, Jose Luis García-Klepzig

“…Finally, several patient-related outcomes, namely sleep quality, quality of life and sleep Apnoeas and Hypoapnoeas Index, will be examined.Ethics and dissemination In this case, ethical approval is not necessary. The data used in the review will be exclusively obtained from published studies, implying there are no privacy concerns. …”
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Information Technology in Nursing Practice: A Scoping Review of Assessment Tools for Evaluating Nurses’ Competencies by Cachata D, Costa M, Magalhães T, Lucas P, Gaspar F

“…This has driven the need to develop specific competencies and maintain a balance between ethical aspects, social and legal challenges related to privacy and data security, as well as the challenge of ensuring person-centered care practice. …”
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Technology-enabled CONTACT tracing in care homes in the COVID-19 pandemic: the CONTACT non-randomised mixed-methods feasibility study by Carl A Thompson, Thomas A Willis, Amanda Farrin, Adam Gordon, Amrit Daffu-O’Reilly, Catherine Noakes, Kishwer Khaliq, Andrew Kemp, Tom Hall, Chris Bojke, Karen Spilsbury

“…Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistical methods, and qualitative data were thematically analysed using normalisation process theory. …”
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