Quantum public-key encryption protocol based on single-photon by Wen-jun LUO, Guan-li LIU

“…A quantum public-key encryption protocol based on single-photon was provided.Pseudo random sequence mapping to private keys to implement corresponding quantum operations and then obtaining quantum public-key to encode the plaintext was used.Employ the method of block classification to lower the requirement for storage capacity of the sender.A new quantum source as transmission carrier was introduced and simply encoding and decoding rules were designed based on the laws of quantum non-cloning and ciphertext indistinguishability.On the other hand,classical one-time pad technique is used to ensure the security of quantum key and plaintext in the transmission channel.At the same time,select different updating strategy of quantum public-key according to the results of error detection which can significantly reduce key consumption.Compared with the previous quantum public-key encryption based on entangled states and single-photon,there are no entangled states and decoyed particles are needed,so it is not only efficient to reduce the overhead of communication traffic between legitimate users,but also easier to carry out in practice.The analysis shows that the proposed scheme is secure.…”
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Expertise on the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon: A Hybrid Cultural Boundary Approach by Mireille Manga Edimo

“…The analysis stems from a critical postcolonial perspective, while introducing the ‘hybrid’ cultural contexts, ‘hybrid’ institutional designs, and ‘virtual’ discursive spaces which acknowledge the specific cultural character of a case study in the Global South. …”
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The Discovery of Novel Experimental Therapies for Inflammatory Arthritis by Charles J. Malemud

“…Because of these concerns it is imperative that novel targets be continuously identified and experimental strategies designed to test potential arthritis interventions in vitro, but more importantly, in well-validated animal models of inflammatory arthritis. …”
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Prototype Pendeteksi Kebakaran Hutan Berbasis Internet by Gizan Guswan, Budi Rahmadya

“…Currently,forest fires have been designated as a national natural disaster by the government because theyhave caused significant losses across various sectors. …”
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Synthesis and Humidity Sensing Properties of Sn-Doped Nano-TiO2 by P. Raji, H. S. Binitha, K. Balachandra Kumar

“…They are subjected to dc resistance measurements as a function of relative humidity (RH) in the range of 30%–97% in a self-designed humidity chamber, and the results revealed that the sensitivity factor increased with an increase in tin molar ratio. …”
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Secure federated distillation GAN for CIDS in industrial CPS by Junwei LIANG, Geng YANG, Maode MA, Sadiq Muhammad

“…Aiming at the data island problem caused by the imperativeness of confidentiality of sensitive information, a secure and collaborative intrusion detection system (CIDS) for industrial cyber physical systems (CPS) was proposed, called PFD-GAN.Specifically, a novel semi-supervised intrusion detection model was firstly developed by improving external classifier-generative adversarial network (EC-GAN) with Wasserstein distance and label condition, to strengthen the classification performance through the use of synthetic data.Furthermore, local differential privacy (LDP) technology was incorporated into the training process of developed EC-GAN to prevent sensitive information leakage and ensure privacy and security in collaboration.Moreover, a decentralized federated distillation (DFD)-based collaboration was designed, allowing multiple industrial CPS to collectively build a comprehensive intrusion detection system (IDS) to recognize the threats under the entire cyber systems without sharing a uniform template model.Experimental evaluation and theory analysis demonstrate that the proposed PFD-GAN is secure from the threats of privacy leaking and highly effective in detecting various types of attacks on industrial CPS.…”
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Compliance Risk Assessment in the Banking Sector: Application of a Novel Pairwise Comparison-Based PRISM Method by Ferenc Bognár, Balázs Szentes, Petra Benedek

“…The main finding is that top partial risks can be identified by applying the proposed pairwise comparison-based PRISM technique; therefore, possible optimal risk mitigation strategies and measures can be designed.…”
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Functional Performance Testing to Evaluate Stretching Programs for Sprinters and Jumpers by T. Marinova, D. Popova-Dobreva

“…The warm-up program is designed to facilitate dynamic muscle engagement and prepare the body for activity. …”
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La Patrimonialisation du logement social, observatoire de l’omnipatrimonialisation fragile : le cas de Plaine Commune by Géraldine Djament

“…The Plaine Commune is an intermunicipality of the northern Parisian suburbs, where the heritagization of social housing can be seen as both a site of the delicate omni-heritagization paradigm and a laboratory of heritage processes that are more diverse than the dichotomy between heritagization by designation and heritagization by appropriation. This case proposes alternatives to dominant principles which tend to favor the destruction and reconstruction of social housing. …”
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Ensuring the resilience of health systems in the face of the effects of climate change by Sandrine Bouttier-Stref

“…All stakeholder groups, each with a specific role to play, must be involved in designing and adopting solutions while also accelerating the implementation of “carbon neutral” health systems that are equitable and prioritize patient well-being.…”
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Fixed-Time Sliding Mode Control for Robotic Manipulators Based on Disturbance Observer by Tianli Li, Gang Zhang, Tan Zhang, Jing Pan

“…The exponential form in the integral terms can provide an appropriate control force for tracking systems when the position errors are far from the sliding surface for a long time. Then, an FTDO is designed to obtain a precise estimation of lumped disturbances which can be used to weaken the impact of disturbances on the control accuracy. …”
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Joint channel and impulsive noise estimation method based on approximate message passing for NOMA systems by LI Youming, MA Chongya, WU Yonghong, GUO Qiang

“…To address this hyperparameter nonlinear non-convex problem, an expectation maximization (EM) implementation algorithm based on Gaussian generalized approximation message passing and sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) theory was designed. Simulation results show that compared to the SBL method based on EM, the proposed algorithm exhibited a slight degradation in terms of mean square error (MSE) for channel and impulsive noise estimation, bit error rate (BER). …”
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Radiation Characteristics of 3D Resonant Cavity Antenna with Grid-Oscillator Integrated Inside by L. A. Haralambiev, H. D. Hristov

“…A three-dimensional (3D) rectangular cavity antenna with an aperture size of 80 mm × 80 mm and a length of 16 mm, integrated with a four-MESFET transistor grid-oscillator, is designed and studied experimentally. It is found that the use of 3D antenna resonant cavity in case of small or medium gain microwave active cavity antenna leads to effective and stable power combining and radiation. …”
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Research on Drilling and Sealing Technology for Cross Bedding of Superthick Coal Seam by Yao-bin Li, Cai-Hao Yue, Xin Guo

“…Through the simulation and comparison of gas pressure at different extraction time and the gas pressure changes when the spacing of boreholes is 8 m, 10 m, and 12 m, the results show that, under the designed parameters, when the pressure value at the middle of the two boreholes starts to be less than 0.74 Mpa, the standard extraction time of the upper and lower cross strata boreholes is 160 days, and the most suitable spacing of boreholes is 10 m. …”
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Multi-node cooperative distributed offloading strategy in V2X scenario by Dun CAO, Yingbao ZHANG, Dian ZOU, Jin WANG, Qiang TANG, Baofeng JI

“…In order to cope with the dynamic changes of the offloading environment for computing resource-intensive and separable tasks in Internet of vehicle and deal with the problem that different collaborative nodes had different communication and computing resources, a distributed offloading strategy that multiple collaborative nodes had serial offloading mode and parallel computing mode in vehicle to everything (V2X) scenario was proposed.Utilizing the predictable motion trajectories of vehicle, the tasks were split into unequal parts, finally each part was computed on itself, mobile edge server, and vehicles in parallel.Then an optimization problem of the system time delay minimization was established.To solve the optimization problem, an offloading scheme based on the game theory was designed to determine the serial offloading execution order of the cooperative nodes.Considering the dynamic characteristics of Internet of vehicles, a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm was adopted to optimally split tasks.Finally, the simulation results show that the proposed strategy can effectively reduce system delay, and when multiple cooperative nodes offload in parallel, the proposed strategy can still maintain the stable system performance under the different parameter conditions.…”
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Enhancing Teacher Beliefs through an Inquiry-Based Professional Development Program by Tammy R. McKeown, Lisa M. Abrams, Patricia W. Slattum, Suzanne V. Kirk

“…Professional development activities included participation in a week long summer academy, designing and implementing inquiry-based lessons within the classroom, examining and reflecting upon practices, and documenting ways in which instruction was modified. …”
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BEYOND ENERGY: THE ROLE OF COLONIAL LEGACY IN THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN WEST AFRICA by Musa Ilias Biala, Ololade Mistura Aromasodun

“…Policymakers and international organisations should consider the unique historical and institutional context of West African countries while designing renewable energy policies and programmes. …”
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A New Chaotic System with Only Nonhyperbolic Equilibrium Points: Dynamics and Its Engineering Application by Maryam Zolfaghari-Nejad, Mostafa Charmi, Hossein Hassanpoor

“…Finally, chaos-based encoding/decoding algorithms for secure data transmission are developed by designing a state chain diagram, which indicates the applicability of the new chaotic system.…”
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Evaluation of pH, Calcium Ion Release, and Dimensional Stability of an Experimental Silver Nanoparticle-Incorporated Calcium Silicate-Based Cement by Teena Sheethal Dsouza, Aditya Shetty, Neevan Dsouza

“…An experimental calcium silicate-based root-end filling material incorporated with silver nanoparticles intended for use in periapical surgeries was developed with the purpose to overcome the drawbacks of existing materials and to satisfy the ideal requirements of root-end filling materials. This study was designed to evaluate the physicochemical properties, pH, calcium ion release, and dimensional stability of the experimental cement, and compare the results with commercially available ProRoot MTA (Dentsply). …”
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Effect of stadium service quality on the club value perceived by the supporter: sample of Konyaspor Büyükşehir Torku Arena by Ali Sevılmıs, Erkan Faruk Sırın

“…This study, which aims at introducing the relationships between the quality perceived in stadium services and the value the supporters perceive toward the club and how much the value attributed by supporters to the sport club was affected from the stadium service quality perceived by supporters, was designed in the relational scanning model taking place in quantitative study. …”
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