Prisoners in the community: the open prison model in Catalonia by Marta Martí

“…Abstract Open prisons are low-security penitentiary institutions in which life conditions are less strict than in closed prisons, and where prisoners have more contact with the outside world. …”
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Challenges of Engineering Skillsets Essential for Driving Circularity of Smart Cities by Benjamin Neale, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Dan Li, Ayfer Donmez Cavdar, Rand Askar, Tatjana Tambovceva, Diana Bajare

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EXPLORING THE INFLUENCES ON DISPLACED CITIZENS' DECISION TO REPATRIATE: A CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FACTORS by Volodymyr Filippov, Iryna Bashynska, Elvin Yangulov

“…Positive factors include the improvement in the security situation, government programmes for displaced persons and the prospects for economic growth in the country as it begins to recover. …”
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Effects of moss restoration on surface runoff and initial soil erosion in a temperate vineyard by C. Gall, S. Oldenburg, M. Nebel, T. Scholten, S. Seitz

“…<p>Soil erosion threatens soil fertility and food security worldwide, with agriculture being both a cause and a victim. …”
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Analysis of community older adult care facility construction and demand differentiation based on residential area and population attribute differences by Yanzhe Liu, Yaolei Wang, Guiping Guo, Tubao Yang, Tubao Yang, Yupeng Liu, Hongmei Gao, Tiejian Jiang, Xiangmin Li

“…To explore the differences in the needs of older adult people in the community for older adult care services, this study selected three basic needs: life care, medical security, and cultural and entertainment, as the primary indicators of community older adult care needs. …”
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Agricultural land use conflict identification and land degradation risk analysis from the perspective of spatial matching in the Ili River Valley by DONG Guanglong, WANG Jue, WANG Han, CHENG Weiya, LIU Zheng, ZHANG Wenxin

“…[Objective] This study aimed to accurately identify agricultural land use conflicts and related potential land degradation risks, and provide a scientific reference for the rational allocation of land resources, optimization of agricultural production spatial layout, and protection of healthy and sustainable agricultural development and national food security. [Methods] In this study, a diagnosis and recognition method for agricultural land use conflicts was constructed from the perspective of spatial matching, and the types, intensity, and spatial distribution patterns of agricultural land use conflicts were quantitatively described. …”
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Slope Aspect Differentiation of Pisha Sandstone Slide Erosion and Its Response to Meteorological Factors by REN Yanan, LI Long, ZHANG Shangxuan, ZHANG Yu, ZHOU Xingchen

“…[Objective] As a typical mode of gravity erosion in the Pisha sandstone area, debris sliding has become a significant source of coarse sand material within gullies, seriously threatening the ecological security of the basin. Clarifying the erosion mechanisms in this region is of great importance for the ecological protection and high-quality development strategy of the Yellow River Basin. …”
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Laryngeal cancer diagnosis based on improved YOLOv8 algorithm by Xin Nie, Xueyan Zhang, Di Wang, Yuankun Liu, Lumin Xing, Wenjian Liu

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Health commodity management information system (Dagu-2 Software) implementation status in public health facilities of South-western Oromia, Ethiopia: a mixed method study by Tadesse Gudeta, Nimona Berhanu, Azmeraw Bekele, Bekele Boche, Tidenek Mulugeta, Gizachew Tilahun, Bodena Bayisa, Julia Kleineidam

“…To ensure an effective healthcare system, leveraging technology tools and securing stakeholder support through training are essential.…”
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Salicylic acid confers cadmium tolerance in wheat by regulating photosynthesis, yield and ionic homeostasis by Umer Hayat, Kaleem ul din, Muhammad Ahmad, Usman Zulfiqar, Maryium Sajjad, Muhammad Faisal Maqsood, Walid Soufan, P. V. Vara Prasad, Ivica Djalovic

“…Abstract Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) productivity and quality can be threatened by soil cadmium (Cd) contamination, posing a concern to food security. Salicylic acid (SA) is an endogenously produced signaling molecule that activates the defense system imparting abiotic stress tolerance in plants. …”
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Rice blast incidence and morphological variation of Magnaporthe oryzae, Cav. in Ebonyi State, Nigeria by Buliaminu Adeniyi Yekini, Olaitan Chinenye Okechukwu, Clement Gboyega Afolabi

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Mobile health in communication disorders: willingness to use, attitude, advantages, and challenges from the perspective of patients by Taleb Khodaveisi, Hamid Bouraghi, Soheila Saeedi, Marjan Ghazisaeedi, Mohammad-Sadegh Seifpanahi, Shokofeh Ahsanifar, Sara Vafaeeyan

“…Addressing challenges such as inadequate technological infrastructure and data security is crucial for successful implementation.…”
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Advanced glycation end products and risk of mortality in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study by Mohsen Shaygan Tabar, Maryam Nilghaz, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-Khamene, Zeinab Mokhtari, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari

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The Mycobacterium ulcerans toxin mycolactone causes destructive Sec61-dependent loss of the endothelial glycocalyx and vessel basement membrane to drive skin necrosis by Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh, Belinda S Hall, Jane Newcombe, Tom A Mendum, Sonia Santana Varela, Yagnesh Umrania, Michael J Deery, Wei Q Shi, Josué Diaz-Delgado, Francisco J Salguero, Rachel E Simmonds

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FEAR OF SOCIAL ALIENATION OF LOVE AS GENDER CHARACTERISTICS by V. V. Melnyk, L. І. Моzhovyi, I. A. Reshetova

“…The considered phenomenon of the fear of alienation of love is interpreted as the result of the ontological and gender alienation of a person who has lost a sense of security (due to the collapse of the value universe) and plunged into a continuous interindividual rivalry.…”
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The Shiism Dimension in Iran's Relations with Europe: The Example of Germany-France-United Kingdom by Orhan Karaoğlu

“…In this context, Iranian Shiism, which creates a socio-cultural system different from other civilizations around it, has become the main determinant on the security and foreign policy of today's Iran by intertwining with Persian nationalism since the reign of Shah Ismail. …”
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Immunogenicity and safety of the 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gernot Wagner, Gerald Gartlehner, Kylie Thaler, Dominic Ledinger, Johanna Feyertag, Irma Klerings, KM Saif-Ur-Rahman, Declan Devane, Kate Olsson, Karam Adel Ali, Sabine Vygen-Bonnet, Heini Salo, Dace Zavadska, Marta Grgič Vitek, Marje Oona, Robert Cunney, David Tuerlinckx, Frederikke Kristensen Lomholt, Isolde Sommer

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SAR-PATT: A Physical Adversarial Attack for SAR Image Automatic Target Recognition by Binyan Luo, Hang Cao, Jiahao Cui, Xun Lv, Jinqiang He, Haifeng Li, Chengli Peng

“…Deep neural network-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) automatic target recognition (ATR) systems are susceptible to attack by adversarial examples, which leads to misclassification by the SAR ATR system, resulting in theoretical model robustness problems and security problems in practice. Inspired by optical images, current SAR ATR adversarial example generation is performed in the image domain. …”
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Super-twisting sliding mode control of grid-side inverters for wind power generation systems with parameter perturbation by Weiqi Zhang, Yanmin Wang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Fengling Han, Kai Song

“…Wind power generation systems (WPGSs) utilizing permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) are increasingly mandated to deliver more consistent, secure, and efficient electrical power to the grid under unpredictable weather circumstances. …”
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Blockchain Technology Applications in Healthcare Supply Chains&#x2014;A Review by Sarthak Dhingra, Rakesh Raut, Koteswararao Naik, Kamalakanta Muduli

“…Blockchain&#x2019;s features like security, traceability, transparency, cost efficiency etc. can help bring supply chain transparency, health record management and prevent drug counterfeiting. …”
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