The Clinical Sociology Honours Programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa by Mariam Seedat-Khan, Jayanathan Govender

“…The Clinical Sociology postgraduate programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal produces change agents by designing and implementing clinical and applied models and interventions. …”
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Robustness evaluation of commercial liveness detection platform by Pengcheng WANG, Haibin ZHENG, Jianfei ZOU, Ling PANG, Hu LI, Jinyin CHEN

“…Liveness detection technology has become an important application in daily life, and it is used in scenarios including mobile phone face unlock, face payment, and remote authentication.However, if attackers use fake video generation technology to generate realistic face-swapping videos to attack the living body detection system in the above scenarios, it will pose a huge threat to the security of these scenarios.Aiming at this problem, four state-of-the-art Deepfake technologies were used to generate a large number of face-changing pictures and videos as test samples, and use these samples to test the online API interfaces of commercial live detection platforms such as Baidu and Tencent.The test results show that the detection success rate of Deepfake images is generally very low by the major commercial live detection platforms currently used, and they are more sensitive to the quality of images, and the false detection rate of real images is also high.The main reason for the analysis may be that these platforms were mainly designed for traditional living detection attack methods such as printing photo attacks, screen remake attacks, and silicone mask attacks, and did not integrate advanced face-changing detection technology into their liveness detection.In the algorithm, these platforms cannot effectively deal with Deepfake attacks.Therefore, an integrated live detection method Integranet was proposed, which was obtained by integrating four detection algorithms for different image features.It could effectively detect traditional attack methods such as printed photos and screen remakes.It could also effectively detect against advanced Deepfake attacks.The detection effect of Integranet was verified on the test data set.The results show that the detection success rate of Deepfake images by proposed Integranet detection method is at least 35% higher than that of major commercial live detection platforms.…”
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Optimal Benefit Distribution of a Tontine-like Annuity Fund with Age-Structured Models by Fan Zhang, Ping Chen, Xueyuan Wu

“…This paper introduces a tontine-like annuity fund designed to provide lifelong income to its participants. …”
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Family Aggregation and Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Affected Individuals by Julio Armando Sánchez Delgado, Nailé Edita Sánchez Lara

“…The variables were: personal and family history of oncological disease, age, menarche, age at menopause, contraceptive pill ingestion, first child age of birth, breastfeeding, alcohol intake, smoking, family history. A questionnaire designed for the purposes of the study was applied. …”
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Ethnopharmacology, Biological Evaluation, and Chemical Composition of Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.: A Review by Mahmoud Dogara Abdulrahman, Ali Muhammad Zakariya, Harmand A. Hama, Saber W. Hamad, Sawsan S. Al-Rawi, Sarwan W. Bradosty, Ahmad H. Ibrahim

“…However, the safety and efficacy of Z. spina have not been wholly assessed in humans, and further well-designed clinical trials are needed to corroborate preclinical findings. …”
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Improvement of the Survival of Human Autologous Fat Transplantation by Adipose-Derived Stem-Cells-Assisted Lipotransfer Combined with bFGF by Aimei Jiang, Ming Li, Wenjing Duan, Yilong Dong, Yanmei Wang

“…Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) transplanted along with autologous adipose tissue may improve fat graft survival; however, the efficacy of ASCs has been diluted by low vascularization. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) may improve the effects of ASCs because it owns the property to boost angiogenesis. …”
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Energy transition narratives in the European Union by I. L. Prokhorenko

“…This, in turn, requires the construction and promotion of the compelling and unambiguous energy transition narrative designed to legitimize the EU’s environmental and energy policy. …”
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Effect of Biodegradable Mulch and Different Synthetic Mulches on Growth and Yield of Field-Grown Small-Fruited Tomato (<i>Lycopersicon esculentum</i> Mill.) by Katarzyna Adamczewska-Sowińska, Joanna Bykowy, Janina Jaworska

“…Between 2014 and 2016, field experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of the small-fruited tomato Intrigo F1 cultivated using synthetic mulches. The trials, designed as single-factor experiments employing a randomized block layout with three replicates, assessed plant morphological traits, yield, and the biological value of the tomato fruits. …”
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Defense responses of the green microalgae Chlorella vulgaris to the vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles by Kalehjahi Hanifeh Akbarian, Kosari-Nasab Morteza, Amini Mojtaba, Movafeghi Ali

“…These intercellular reactions designated the activation of the antioxidant defense system in response to the induced oxidative stress by V2O5 NPs.…”
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A knowledge graph for crop diseases and pests in China by Rongen Yan, Ping An, Xianghao Meng, Yakun Li, Dongmei Li, Fu Xu, Depeng Dang

“…However, there is currently a lack of knowledge graphs specifically designed for this field. In this paper, we propose CropDP-KG, a knowledge graph for crop diseases and pests in China, which leverages natural language processing techniques to analyze data from the Chinese crop diseases and pests image-text database. …”
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Ecological niche modelling using MaxEnt for riparian species in a Mediterranean context by Jean Stephan, Melissa Korban

“…Despite their key environmental role, riparian tree and shrub species gained little attention in ecological niche modeling (ENM), especially in semi-arid environments.This study examines the performance of selected climatic, topographic, and geographic predictors in ENM of obligate and non-obligate riparian tree and shrub species in perennial and intermittent streams in the Mediterranean biome.MaxEnt algorithm was used for ENM. Three models were designed with different sets of predictors with cropped and non-cropped backgrounds around the riparian zone.The models generated different predicted distribution maps by species and compared them with the presence points of the studied species. …”
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Application of circular economy for sustainable waste management in the carpet industry by Fereshteh Parvaresh, Mohamad Amini

“…In general, within the scope of this research and its results, it is concluded that designing carpets with a long lifespan and recyclability, along with educating customers on the proper use of products and promoting the repair and reuse of second-hand products, can lead to a more flourishing and sustainable economy in this industry.…”
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Effect of 940 nm Diode Laser Irradiation and Dentin Bonding Agent on Permeability of Furcation Area in Primary Molars by Mohammad Atif, Nitesh Tewari, Vijay P. Mathur, Kalpana Bansal, Morankar Rahul

“…Therefore, this study was designed to compare the effect of 940 nm diode laser and dentin bonding agent on the dye penetration of furcation area in primary molars. …”
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Diclofenac Potassium in Acute Postoperative Pain and Dysmenorrhoea: Results from Comprehensive Clinical Trial Reports by R. Andrew Moore, Sheena Derry

“…Stable efficacy estimates with standard study designs reduce the need for updating reviews.…”
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The role of developing management decisions process and structuring investment projects analysis in ensuring the sustainability of various types of companies by D. A. Borisyuk, O. E. Astafyeva

“…During the restart of the investment cycle in the new economic reality, the Government of the Russian Federation has adopted and is preparing to implement a number of measures designed to simplify the implementation of investment projects and thereby create prerequisites for maintaining interest in investing in the real sector of the economy. …”
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What Makes the Indian Megacity Chennai’s Air Unhealthy? - A Bottom-up Approach to Understand the Sources of Air Pollutants by Poonam Mangaraj, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Gufran Beig, Ashirbad Mishra, Som Sharma

“…Unlike India’s pollution capital, Delhi, Chennai is a megacity significantly impacted by industrial and transportation activities and has been designated as a non-attainment city by the Government of India under the National Clean Air Programme. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL-CULTURAL CONCEPTION OF TELEVISION AS A VISUAL PRACTICES OF XX-XXI CENTURY by A. M. Tormakhova

“…Deployment of the author's position within the designated issues is presented as a historical digression – from the first attempts at understanding the phenomenon of television to the newest scientific theories that have found expression in contemporary American philosophical and cultural thought. …”
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Enhancing lane detection in autonomous vehicles with multi-armed bandit ensemble learning by J. Arun Pandian, Ramkumar Thirunavukarasu, L. Thanga Mariappan

“…Abstract This study introduces a novel ensemble learning technique namely Multi-Armed Bandit Ensemble (MAB-Ensemble), designed for lane detection in road images intended for autonomous vehicles. …”
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Experimental Study on RC Deep Beams with Non-Prestressed Tendons as Main Reinforcement by Seyed Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Milad Shakiba

“…An experimental program, as well as a computational program, was designed to see the behavior of such concrete reinforced beams. …”
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Care guide for patients with class II malocclusion with actively growing permanent dentition by Félix Adjei Tannor, Olga Lidia Véliz Concepción, Waldo Pérez Garcia, Armando San Miguel Pentòn

“…Finally, a care guide was designed for patients with class II malocclusion with actively growing permanent dentition, rated by specialists as excellent.…”
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