Reversible data hiding scheme based on enhanced image smoothness by Jinghan WANG, Hui ZHU, Helin LI, Hui LI, Xiaopeng YANG

“…With the prosperity of Internet technology and the popularity of social networks, reversible data hiding technology has been widely adopted in concealed information transmission of medical and military fields with its advantages on secret information recovery.Traditional reversible data hiding schemes mainly focus on the enhancement of embedding capacity and the reduction of the distortion rate of stego image, but pay less attention to the understanding of image details with the human eyes.Thus, it is difficult to resist hidden information detection methods.To solve the above challenge, a reversible data hiding algorithm was proposed, which ensured the visual quality of the stego image in the process of data hiding through the image visual smoothness enhancement.Specifically, the original image was divided into reference area and non-reference area.The secret data was embedded through the translation of the difference, which was calculated according to the predicted pixel value and the original pixel value of the non-reference area.To guarantee the visual quality of the image, smoothing mechanism was constructed, in which a Gaussian filter was utilized as a template to filter the predicted value and to add the filter difference into the cover image without loss.The pixel value of the reference region was used as edge information for lossless restoration of the original image.The filtering coefficient in Gaussian function was exploited as the embedded key to ensure the security of secret information.Simulation results regarding a large number of classical image data sets illustrated that the visual smoothness of stego image processed by this scheme was effectively enhanced with lower distortion rate, higher embedding rate, and higher embedding and extraction efficiency.In a typical circumstance, the similarity between the generated stego image and the Gaussian filter image can reach 0.9963.The PSNR and the embedded capacity can be up to 37.346 and 0.3289 BPP, respectively.…”
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BUDGET USE AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Mubaraq Sanni, Oladipo Oluwafolakemi Fasesin

“…The population of the study was 46,652 managers (Managing Director, Account Manager, Human Resources Manager and Production/operation Manager) of manufacturing SMEs operating in Lagos State out of which 397 were randomly selected. …”
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Policy and Culture: From Machiavelli’s Political Philosophy to Kipling’s Political Prophecies by K. M. Dolgov, E. I. Starikova

“…Policy and culture have traditionally been considered almost incompatible spheres of human activity as policy tended to become more and more severe, cynical, "dirty", while culture aspired to develop supreme values and perfect ideals. …”
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Od porodní báby k porodní asistence by Milena Lenderová

“…Midwives were originally only a product of woman solidarity; it was institutionalized because every society tried to protect a beginning human life. Therefore the midwives became the first non-productive professional group that was reglemented by public authority. …”
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Identification and analysis of individuals who deviate from their genetically-predicted phenotype. by Gareth Hawkes, Loic Yengo, Sailaja Vedantam, Eirini Marouli, Robin N Beaumont, GIANT Consortium, Jessica Tyrrell, Michael N Weedon, Joel Hirschhorn, Timothy M Frayling, Andrew R Wood

“…Findings from genome-wide association studies have facilitated the generation of genetic predictors for many common human phenotypes. Stratifying individuals misaligned to a genetic predictor based on common variants may be important for follow-up studies that aim to identify alternative causal factors. …”
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The Impact of the Internet on Relational Goods: Empirical Evidence from European Countries by Keziban Altun Erdoğdu

“…Along with behavioral approaches in economics, a new social concept has emerged which is built on human relationships. Being called relational goods, this concept represents the advantages that people derive from their relationships with each other, such as social approval, friendship, companionship, etc. …”
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Neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome associated with ABCA3 gene mutation and mycoplasma infection: a case report by Oliver Stelzig, Beatrix Mühlegger, Anna Zschocke, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Elke Griesmaier

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Novel delivery systems for phages and lysins in the topical management of wound infections: a narrative review by Pan Yang, Jing Li, Xiumei Ma, Nan Hu, Zhangyong Song, Bin Chen, Shizhu Li

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Consistency between Self-Reported and Recorded Values for Clinical Measures by Joseph Thomas III, Mindy Paulet, Jigar R. Rajpura

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Investigasi Hambatan dan Tantangan Penerapan Sistem Informasi Manajemen di Rumah Sakit by Malahayati Malahayati, Dedy Syamsuar

“…Based on the domain analysis, the research identifies several problems that are the causes, namely poor infrastructure, commitment to human resources (HR), standard operating procedures (SOP) that have not been implemented, clarity of main tasks and functions, as well as ineffective supervision, supervision from parties. management that is not implemented as well as external systems as the cause of not optimal hospital management information system. …”
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Design of Structural Concrete with Bone China Fine Aggregate Using Statistical Approach by Chandra Prakash Gour, Priyanka Dhurvey, Nagaraju Shaik

“…In this rapidly industrializing world, recycling materials for construction is crucial for protecting natural resources and promoting sustainable human growth. It should be carefully considered because using the waste in the structural concrete is cost-effective but it is also constrained due to its declining qualities. …”
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Serology of Viral Infections and Tuberculosis Screening in an IBD Population Referred to a Tertiary Centre of Southern Italy by Marco Ardesia, Giuseppe Costantino, Placido Mondello, Angela Alibrandi, Walter Fries

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#BlackLivesMatter: by Nusrat Jahan

“…An exact antithesis of humanity, Afropessimism proclaims that the white dominant society simultaneously forgets and exploits the black and the anti-dictatorial apparatus and discourses. …”
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Problem of Description of the Characteristic Features of Discrimination in the Labor Sphere by A. V. Kychko

“…While analyzing legal literature, regulatory base, international legal acts and the judgments of the European Courts of Human Rights the author has established and revealed the features of discrimination in the labor sphere. …”
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Comparison of algorithms for the recognition of ChatGPT paraphrased texts by Aleksandar Kartelj, Miljana Mladenović, Staša Vujičić Stanković

“…Both datasets were subjected to ChatGPT paraphrasing, which allowed us to form two classes of texts: human-written and AI-generated, i.e., AI-paraphrased. …”
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Transgenerational associations between newborn metabolic profiles and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in neonates born to mothers with an obese phenotype by Jonathan D. Reiss, Wei Yang, Alan L. Chang, Jonathan Z. Long, Ivana Marić, Jochen Profit, Karl G. Sylvester, David K. Stevenson, Nima Aghaeepour, Gary M. Shaw

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Demand and Status of a Scientific Degree in the Non-Academic Labour Market: Regional Case by O. S. Ivanchenko, V. V. Sych

“…As a result of the study it was established that: in employment a scientific degree does not give competitive advantages to the applicant; a scientific degree has no value in the non-academic labour market, does not contribute to the advancement and occupation of a higher position in the enterprise; a scientific degree and the presence of employees with a scientific degree in the staff are considered as image-building, status marker and reputation capital of the enterprise; employers have stereotypes regarding scientific employees, which are associated both with the individual organization of labour processes and the compatibility of the scientific, creative and production process; the non-academic sector lacks a human resources strategy for dealing with such employees and a system of their incentives. …”
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Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote M2 Macrophage Phenotype through Exosomes by June Seok Heo, Youjeong Choi, Hyun Ok Kim

“…In this study, adipose-derived MSCs (AdMSCs) and human peripheral blood monocytes (PBMCs) were isolated and cultured to examine the effects of MSC-induced macrophages (iMΦ) on inflammation and immune modulation. …”
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Rural Household Perception of Drought Occurrence and Its Influence on Livelihood Strategy in Northeast Ethiopia by Sisay Demeke Molla, Menberu Teshome Zeleke, Sisay Misganaw Tamiru

“…It increased water stress, livestock morbidity and mortality, insect invasions, fire outbreaks, grazing resource depletion, abnormal migration, school dropout rates, and human health problems. The findings have important policy implications to mitigate drought risk, enhance drought adaptation, and develop pathways out of drought vulnerability, so it is worthwhile to harmonize the household perceptions with climate change policy.…”
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Disease activity, quality of life, and indirect costs of ulcerative colitis in Poland by Paweł Kawalec, Ewa Stawowczyk, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Andrzej Pilc

“…Indirect costs were assessed with the Human Capital Approach and were expressed in Polish zlotys (PLN) as well as in euros (€). …”
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