Optimization tool for small hydropower plant resource planning and development: A case study by Antans Sauhats, Hasan Huseyin Coban

“…In order to decrease carbon dioxide emissions, fight climate change, not being attached to fuel resources, and increase energy security while decreasing dependence on foreign countries, governments of many countries are increasing the share of renewable energy in electricity production and have taken actions to exploit their domestic resources, which is why renewable energy is an essential and important issue in today‘s world and also in the future it may continue to play a globally essential role. …”
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Discovery of Nanosota-EB1 and -EB2 as Novel Nanobody Inhibitors Against Ebola Virus Infection. by Fan Bu, Gang Ye, Kimberly Morsheimer, Alise Mendoza, Hailey Turner-Hubbard, Morgan Herbst, Benjamin Spiller, Brian E Wadzinski, Brett Eaton, Manu Anantpadma, Ge Yang, Bin Liu, Robert Davey, Fang Li

“…The Ebola filovirus (EBOV) poses a serious threat to global health and national security. Nanobodies, a type of single-domain antibody, have demonstrated promising therapeutic potential. …”
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Advances and Challenges in Islet Transplantation: Islet Procurement Rates and Lessons Learned from Suboptimal Islet Transplantation by Annette Plesner, C. Bruce Verchere

“…Once the islets are engrafted, both prompt revascularization and protection from beta-cell death and graft rejection are key to secure long-term survival and function. To facilitate the engraftment of more robust islets suitable for combating the challenging isolation period and proinflammatory transplantation milieu, numerous approaches have been employed to prevent beta-cell dysfunction and death including immune modulation, prevention of apoptosis and hypoxia, as well as stimulation of growth factors, angiogenesis, and reinnervation. …”
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A framework to evaluate public green spaces with an emphasis on recreational values for sustainable urban and rural areas: A systematic review and content analysis by Amirmohammad Ghavimi, Frank Schuessler, Roland Pesch

“…Employing a systematic review of 130 publications sourced from Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar and ensuing content analysis, we identified and elaborated on 14 distinct qualities, including accessibility, connectedness, responsiveness, variety of activity, social interactions, facilities, safety and security, spaciousness, biodiversity, perceptual value, aesthetic value, and symbolic value. …”
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Reusable and robust fuzzy extractor for CRS-dependent sources by Yucheng Ma, Peisong Shen, Xue Tian, Kewei Lv, Chi Chen

“…Our construction is built upon some well-studied cryptography, including a collision resistant hash function, a symmetric key encryption that keeps secure with respect to auxiliary input, a public key encryption and simulation-sound non-interactive zero-knowledge argument. …”
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Drivers influencing the adoption of cryptocurrency: a social network analysis approach by K. Kajol, Srijanani Devarakonda, Ranjit Singh, H. Kent Baker

“…It has the potential to be faster, cheaper, and more secure than existing payment networks, making it a game-changer in the global economy. …”
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Optimal Pest Control Strategies with Cost-effectiveness Analysis by Ihza Rizkia Fitri, Farida Hanum, Ali Kusnanto, Toni Bakhtiar

“…Pest and plant diseases cause damages and economic losses, threatening food security and ecosystem services. Thus, proper pest management is indispensable to mitigate the risk of losses. …”
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Advancements in Chemical Materials: Exploring Smart Storage Equipment and Protection Systems (Review) by Samah Kamil, Mohammed Al-Turfi, Riyadh Almukhtar

“…However, prices, integration issues, and data security concerns were noted. Overall, this review sheds light on chemical smart storage systems and their future. …”
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Young people involved in criminal justice are associated with housing instability by Bushra Abd Al-Lattif, Alaa Shawkat Ibraheem, Shaker Jameel Sachet, Alla Hotsalyuk

“…The association between the involvement of young individuals in the criminal justice system and their absence of secure housing is evident, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to address this problem effectively. …”
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Contracting account audit on social networks by Jakovljević Nemanja, Jakovljević Stefan

“…Social network account audit is an independent review of social network activities to express a professional opinion on the fulfillment of objectives, business compliance, and information security of orders on social networks. It is in principle a voluntary activity and is not subject to legal obligation like some other types of audit such as the audit of financial statements. …”
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Public attitude and media governance of biometric information dissemination in the era of digital intelligence by Wenyi Zhang, Hengtian Zhang, Zhouyang Deng

“…While PT and perceived availability (PA) significantly enhance the adoption of biometric technologies, TP exhibited an unexpected positive influence, suggesting that cautious users may still embrace biometrics if perceived as secure and trustworthy. These results emphasize the urgency of refining legal and regulatory frameworks, improving risk mitigation strategies, and enhancing user confidence to foster the responsible adoption and utilization of biometric technologies. …”
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AN INVESTIGATION OF RURAL URBAN LINKAGES OF THE LAGOS MEGACITY, NIGERIA by Taibat Lawanson, Omoayena Yadua, Idris Salako

“…Furthermore, environmental challenges especially poor infrastructure and security concerns had exacerbated. The paper concluded by suggesting strategies for mitigating these challenges and they include the introduction of participatory planning mechanisms as well as the enforcement of development control …”
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Examining Doctrinal Strategies to Counter the Promotion of Western Lifestyles through Ayatollah Khamenei's Quranic Perspective by Hossein Rezaei

“…This article explores monotheistic strategies within the Supreme Leader’s thought to pave the way for a new Islamic civilization and secure both worldly and eternal well-being. The research findings categorize these strategies into various dimensions, focusing on reforming monotheistic perspectives and attitudes in individual and societal contexts. …”
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A Static State Estimation Scheme in Microgrid Utilizing μPMU Measurements by Kunal Kumar, Prince Kumar, Susmita Kar, Aashish Kumar Bohre, Samuel Amde Gebereselassie

“…The operation of power systems needs uninterrupted and precise wide-area real-time monitoring for secure and automated control of power networks, therefore, there is a requirement of robust state estimation (SE) by the smart control centre. …”
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IMPROVING THE BUSINESS TRAJECTORY AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN SOUTH AFRICA by L WENTZEL, John SMALLWOOD, Fidelise EMUZE

“…It is notable that the initial findings suggest that construction SMEs often encounter difficulty in securing projects, fail to realise core organisational objectives and goals, and are unable to gain cost advantages over their immediate rivals, which affects their business performance. …”
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Enhancing plant disease detection through deep learning: a Depthwise CNN with squeeze and excitation integration and residual skip connections by Asadulla Y. Ashurov, Mehdhar S. A. M. Al-Gaashani, Nagwan A. Samee, Reem Alkanhel, Ghada Atteia, Hanaa A. Abdallah, Mohammed Saleh Ali Muthanna

“…In light of increasing global challenges related to food security and sustainable agriculture, this research focuses on developing a highly efficient and accurate automated system for identifying plant diseases, thereby contributing to enhanced crop protection and yield optimization. …”
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Prompt injection attacks on vision language models in oncology by Jan Clusmann, Dyke Ferber, Isabella C. Wiest, Carolin V. Schneider, Titus J. Brinker, Sebastian Foersch, Daniel Truhn, Jakob Nikolas Kather

“…However, here, we demonstrate that current VLMs applied to medical tasks exhibit a fundamental security flaw: they can be compromised by prompt injection attacks. …”
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Consequences of water and land scarcity and unhealthy diets on the productive capacity of the middle East and North Africa by Alireza Hadipour, Seyed Hamid Ahmadi, Ali Reza Sepaskhah

“…Water and land scarcity and their impacts on global food and water security and healthy diet represents a paramount challenge, especially for vulnerable regions like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region A significant research gap persists in understanding the impact of climate change, population growth, and the overexploitation of water resources on the socioeconomic and political performance of countries. …”
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Comparative analysis of impedance and time-domain protection in HVAC and HVDC interconnected systems: A case study in Colombia by Alejandra Garzón, David Celeita, Gustavo Ramos, Marc Petit, Trung Dung Le, Juan Pablo Hoyos, Alexandre Bach

“…High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems are essential for effective energy transition and electrification, introducing significant challenges in ensuring the reliability and security of power networks. This paper presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of impedance-based and time-domain protection schemes in the context of HVAC and HVDC interconnected systems. …”
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Voluminous Intrapericardial Lipoma Mimicking Pericardial Effusion by Fabíola Prado de Morais, Noah Romero Nakajima, Olívia Félix Marconi Andalécio, Pedro de Santana Prudente, Guilherme Emílio Ferreira, Andrea de Martino Luppi, Fernando Costa Mundim, Olga Maria Lima Aguiar, Juliana Salomão Daud Melo, Bruno de Carvalho Dornelas

“…The diagnosis of a pericardial effusion should be secured by imaging exams to avoid unnecessary medications. …”
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