Advising parents when their child has a fever: a phenomenographic analysis of nurses’ perceptions when working at a telephone helpline, at primary care or at a paediatric emergency... by Carina Elmqvist, Anders Svensson, Marta Sund-Levander, Emma Westin, Ingrid L Gustafsson

“…What dominates are the nurses’ perceptions of the inner qualities required to achieve a balance in the process, for example, the importance of experience and security in their professional role, while it is also necessary to get support from colleagues.…”
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Adaptation to climate change in pastoral communities: a systematic review through a social-ecological lens by Matilda Azong Cho, Onisimo Mutanga, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

“…These limitations may potentially affect pastoral livelihoods adversely, with severe consequences for food security and poverty levels in Africa. Social implications – A comprehensive understanding of the challenges pastoralists face in Africa to adapt to climate change will assist in defining high-level policies and interventions to improve pastoral communities’ adaptation actions. …”
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Analysis of Spatial Distribution Pattern and Driving Factors of Nature Reserves in Xinjiang by Yue Yang, Zhaoping Yang, Fang Han

“…Establishing nature reserves is fundamental to promoting ecological civilization and ensuring the ecological security of sustainable development, as well as a key strategy for maintaining the integrity of the national ecosystem. …”
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Cascading Failures Analysis Considering Extreme Virus Propagation of Cyber-Physical Systems in Smart Grids by Tao Wang, Xiaoguang Wei, Tao Huang, Jun Wang, Luis Valencia-Cabrera, Zhennan Fan, Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez

“…This paper focuses on cascading failures in interdependent systems from the perspective of cyber-physical security. In the interdependent fault propagation model, the complex network-based virus propagation model is used to describe virus infection in the scale-free and small-world topologically structured communication networks. …”
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The Impact of Protective Policies on Farmers’ Black Soil Conservation Behaviors: Empirical Insights from Sanjiang Plain, China by Tianyi Wang, Linghui Liu, Shanlin Huang, Wanting Jiang

“…Understanding the logic of farmers’ black soil conservation behaviors and promoting these actions are crucial measures for enhancing soil quality and ensuring national food security. This article uses survey data from 676 farmers in typical black soil areas of the Sanjiang Plain, China, employing binary logistic regression and mediation effect models to empirically examine the impact of protective policies on farmers’ black soil conservation behaviors and the mediating effect of their perceptions. …”
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A novel deep synthesis-based insider intrusion detection (DS-IID) model for malicious insiders and AI-generated threats by Hazem M. Kotb, Tarek Gaber, Salem AlJanah, Hossam M. Zawbaa, Mohammed Alkhathami

“…Abstract Insider threats pose a significant challenge to IT security, particularly with the rise of generative AI technologies, which can create convincing fake user profiles and mimic legitimate behaviors. …”
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Physics-Informed Denoising Model for Dynamic Data Recovery of Power Systems by Jian Li, Guoqiang Lu, Yongbin Li, Dongning Zhao, Huaiyuan Wang, Yucheng Ouyang

“…However, the actual data may be corrupted by noise in the process of measurement or transmission, and the accuracy of dynamic security assessment (DSA) will be affected. In light of the poor interpretability exhibited by traditional machine learning (ML) methods in denoising, a physics-informed denoising model (PIDM) for dynamic data recovery is proposed. …”
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A Cryptographic Scheme for Construction of Substitution Boxes Using Quantic Fractional Transformation by Abid Mahboob, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Nadeem, Aysha Saleem, Sayed M. Eldin, Imran Siddique

“…In the new era of cryptography, Substitution Boxes (S-Boxes) are very important to raise confusion in cipher text and the security of encryption directly depends on the algebraic strength of S-box. …”
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Deep Learning Framework for Advanced De-Identification of Protected Health Information by Ahmad Aloqaily, Emad E. Abdallah, Rahaf Al-Zyoud, Esraa Abu Elsoud, Malak Al-Hassan, Alaa E. Abdallah

“…Comprehensive evaluations are conducted across 23 PHI categories, as defined by HIPAA, ensuring thorough security across critical domains. The optimized model achieves exceptional performance metrics, with a precision of 99%, recall of 98%, and F1-score of 98%, underscoring its effectiveness in balancing recall and precision. …”
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Recent Advances in Sharding Techniques for Scalable Blockchain Networks: A Review by Brandon Liew Yi Quan, Nur Haliza Abdul Wahab, Arafat Al-Dhaqm, Ahmad Alshammari, Ali Aqarni, Shukor Abd Razak, Koh Tieng Wei

“…The increasing volume of transactions in blockchain networks has caused issues in terms of scalability, transaction efficiency, storage, and security, which obstruct the global adoption of blockchain technology. …”
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Drivers and barriers to adoption of regenerative agriculture: cases studies on lessons learned from organic by Shawna Lemke, Nathan Smith, Christian Thiim, Katie Stump

“…Growers identified issues of complex and unpredictable regulation, labour, inability to predict market trends and secure needed premiums, cost and effectiveness of natural fertilizers and lack of effectiveness in pest control. …”
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Power Prioritization and Load Shedding in an Island with RESs Using ABC Algorithm by L. O. Mogaka, G. N. Nyakoe, M. J. Saulo

“…In instances where power demand exceeds generation within islanded microgrid or due to an occurrence of a contingency, optimum load shedding should be put in place so as to enhance system security and stability of the power system. Load shedding is traditionally done based on undervoltage measurements or underfrequency measurements of a given section of the grid. …”
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How does agricultural insurance influence grain production scale? An income-mediated perspective by Dainan Hou, Xin Wang, Xin Wang

“…This study applies the von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility model, coupled with theories on economies of scale, technology diffusion, and rational choice, to examine the theoretical links between agricultural insurance, farmers’ income, and grain production scale.ResultsUsing panel data from 27 Chinese provinces between 2011 and 2021, analyzed through fixed-effects and mediation models, the study finds that agricultural insurance positively, albeit moderately, impacts the scale of grain production, with farmers’ income serving as a partial mediating factor.DiscussionBased on these findings, we recommend expanding agricultural insurance coverage, developing a multi-level insurance framework, and enhancing insurance protection levels to bolster sustainable agricultural development and food security in China.…”
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Factors associated with the quality of service in Peruvian public hospitals by Álvaro Danny Benites Bernabé, Ericson Felix Castillo Saavedra, Cinthia Rosales Márquez, Rosa María Salas Sánchez, Cecilia Elizabeth Reyes Alfaro

“…There was a difference in the quality of the service, represented by the dimensions of reliability, responsiveness, security, empathy and tangible elements. In the correlation analysis, only in the Eleazar Guzmán Barrón Hospital was a significant and positive association found between the type of user and the quality of service.…”
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IoT-based automated system for water-related disease prediction by Bhushankumar Nemade, Kiran Kishor Maharana, Vikram Kulkarni, Surajit mondal, G S Pradeep Ghantasala, Amal Al-Rasheed, Masresha Getahun, Ben Othman Soufiene

“…As a result, it is necessary to permit enough infrastructure to ensure the security of a reliable supply of potable water. Thus, a real-time WBPCB dataset with 17 features and a proposed IoT-based system to collect data are used in this research to address the issue. …”
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Digital Health Technologies for Optimising Treatment and Rehabilitation Following Surgery: Device-Based Measurement of Sling Posture and Adherence by Joss Langford, Ahmed Barakat, Engy Daghash, Harvinder Singh, Alex V. Rowlands

“…Methods: Four participants were asked to wear a GENEActiv triaxial accelerometer on their non-dominant wrist for four hours in an office environment, and, for two of those hours, they also wore a sling in which an additional GENEActiv accelerometer was secured. During sling wear, they were asked to move their arm in the sling through a series of pre-specified arm postures. …”
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Novel Frostbite Cooling Device for Real-time Assessment and Prevention of Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy by Yuki Matsui, MD, PhD, Hirotaka Kishi, MD, Chihiro Matsui, MD, Jun Morita, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Mizuno, MD, PhD, Hatan Mortada, MBBS, Haruaki Sasaki, MD, PhD, Takashi Fukagai, MD, PhD

“…The CECS effectively provides secure cooling, offering a promising approach for CIPN prevention without frostbite risk. …”
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Enhancing Agricultural Disease Detection: A Multi‐Model Deep Learning Novel Approach by Muhammad Khalid Hamid, Said Khalid Shah, Ghassan Husnain, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Shahab Ahmad Al Maaytah, Ayman Qahmash

“…These crops are widely grown and crucial for food security, with disease outbreaks threatening yield and quality. …”
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A Comprehensive Survey of Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Forecasting Techniques by Mamunur Rashid, Tarek Elfouly, Nan Chen

“…Additionally, existing studies often overlook several critical areas such as overcoming data scarcity, security and privacy concerns, managing the inherent stochasticity of demand data, selecting forecasting methods for a specific feature, and developing standardized performance metrics. …”
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Return Mode Selection and Pricing Strategy for a Dual-Channel Retailer by Xiaojian Hu, Shuai Feng, Jiqiong Liu, Aifeng Yang, Guanxiong Wang, Hui Xu

“…A selective return policy can not only improve the flexibility of business operations and enhance competitive advantage but also provide convenient customer returns and enhance consumers’ sense of security.…”
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