Marvel, Star Wars and the Risk of Being a Hero: Social Responsibilities for Transmedia Storytellers in the Age of Collective Journey by Webster Luke

“…In 2018, James Gunn and Chuck Wendig both lost lucrative jobs as storytellers for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and Star Wars, respectively, as a result of their aggressively political social media communications. This paper argues that these events can be understood in part by Gunn and Wendig’s social media profiles being blurred with their role as custodians for their respective franchises, and their interactions being out of sync with the aspirational themes associated with the MCU and Star Wars storyworlds. …”
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Polarization-independent isotropic metasurface with high refractive index, low reflectance, and high transmittance in the 0.3-THz band by Sato Kento, Suzuki Takehito

“…The proposed metasurface would offer optical components with attractive functionalities such as wavefront control, directivity enhancement, and optical vortices for 6G communications.…”
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Personal OAuth authorization server and push OAuth for Internet of Things by Seung Wook Jung, Souhwan Jung

“…In personal OAuth, the smartphones that communicate with remote servers to deliver information on Internet of Things devices can be the OAuth authorization server. …”
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The Role of European Equestrian Institutions in Training Professionals: Outcomes from a Workshop on Horse Welfare in Equestrian Education by Gabriella Torell Palmquist, Nina Känsälä Alveheim, François Huot-Marchand, Lisa Ashton, Victoria Lewis

“…The study also emphasizes the importance of communicating ’good news stories’ to promote evidence-based practices in training and competition.…”
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Single-cell sequencing in diabetic retinopathy: progress and prospects by Tianshu Yang, Ningzhi Zhang, Ning Yang

“…Single-cell RNA sequencing overcomes this limitation by providing transcriptomic data at the individual cell level and distinguishing novel cell subtypes, developmental trajectories, and intercellular communications. Researchers can use single-cell sequencing to draw retinal cell atlases and identify the transcriptomic features of retinal cells, enhancing our understanding of the pathogenesis and pathological changes in diabetic retinopathy. …”
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Modeling Nonusers’ Behavioral Intention towards Mobile Chatbot Adoption: An Extension of the UTAUT2 Model with Mobile Service Quality Determinants by Gatzioufa Paraskevi, Vaggelis Saprikis, Giorgos Avlogiaris

“…Artificial intelligence agents (chatbots), which are programs to communicate with users primarily in customer service contexts, are an alternative interaction channel supporting businesses in the digital environment and vital components in customer service. …”
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A review on the microbiology of Ethiopian traditional fermented beverage products by Guesh Mulaw, Trhas Gebregziabher, Teklemichael Tesfay

“…The fermented foods and beverages are important in preventing non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal tissues, immune disorders, and cancer. …”
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"The Horse on which Words Ride": Proverbial Narrative in Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt by Felicia Ohwovoriole

“…In both the traditional and modern context, the African prov­erb fulfils its social and communicative function in various forms. Faiola pres­ents an inseparable relationship of mutual exchange between the oral and written traditions. …”
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Distributed Cooperative Path Planning for Multi-UAV in Information-Rich and Dynamic Environments by Pengfei Duan, Dawei Chen

“…Subsequently, we introduce an algorithm to mark and divide the environment and hazardous areas, therefore enhancing overall situational awareness and eliminating visual blind spots in emergency communications scenarios. Furthermore, we develop an efficient, intelligent path-planning algorithm founded on objective functions and optimization methods at different stages, enabling UAVs to navigate safely while minimizing energy expenditure. …”
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Low Mismatch Key Agreement Based on Wavelet-Transform Trend and Fuzzy Vault in Body Area Network by Yang Wu, Yongmei Sun, Lei Zhan, Yuefeng Ji

“…By exploiting the high correlation of received signal strength index (RSSI) between peer-to-peer communications, our scheme can provide a shared symmetric cryptographic key under the presence of an eavesdropper. …”
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Thoracic Radicular Pain Caused by Extravertebral Gas and Fluid Collections Associated with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture Containing a Vacuum Cleft by Kazunobu Kida, Toshikazu Tani, Tateo Kawazoe, Michio Toda

“…An awareness of the possibility that the intravertebral cleft could communicate with the extravertebral space close to the nerve root will help avoid neurologic complications caused by bone cement leakage during vertebroplasty.…”
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Cyclic Evolution of Synergized Spin and Orbital Angular Momenta by Lei Liu, Xiao‐Chen Sun, Yuan Tian, Xiujuan Zhang, Ming‐Hui Lu, Yan‐Feng Chen

“…This study unveils a fundamental connection between SAM and OAM, promising avenues for their novel applications in trapping, coding, and communications.…”
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Usability test of the “Denia-IS” mobile application for sustainability high-risk pregnancy early detection in rural areas by Dwi Anggraeni Mekar, Triyanto Endang, Iskandar Asep, Fatoni Amin, Niyomdecha Najwa

“…This App has reasonably good usability to asses and communicate high risk during pregnancy in a typically hard-to-reach population and personalized distance obstetrical care in rural areas.…”
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Distributed Intrusion Detection of Byzantine Attacks in Wireless Networks with Random Linear Network Coding by Jen-Yeu Chen, Yi-Ying Tseng

“…Recent research efforts have shown that NC can be combined with classical error control codes and cryptography for secure communications or misbehavior detections. Nevertheless, when it comes to Byzantine attacks, these results have limited effects. …”
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The Need for a Model of Accompanying Family Members for Elderly with Covid-19 During Isolation at Sembiring Delitua Public Hospital North Sumatera, Indonesia to Avoid Anxiety by Herri Novita Br Tarigan, Afrizal Afrizal, Andani Eka Putra, Adang Bachtiar, Rusdiana Rusdiana

“…To ensure effective recovery for their elderly loved ones, family members must visit, communicate with, and aid them during hospital isolation. …”
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A Proposed Chaotic-Switched Turbo Coding Design and Its Application for Half-Duplex Relay Channel by Tamer H. M. Soliman, Fengfan Yang, S. Ejaz

“…Both reliability and security are two important subjects in modern digital communications, each with a variety of subdisciplines. …”
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LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: DYAD AND UNITY by A. L. Semenov, V. I. Ershov, D. A. Gusarov

“…Projecting such a position on the verbal behavior, the authors highlight the leading role of culture in the process of producing a speech act played when choosing the individual models of behavior on the basis of the knowledge of the communicative situation. Based on F. Mayor`s opinion that culture unites rather than divides people, the authors note the presence of universal and unique linguoethnic elements in the cultural knowledge of the representatives of various ethnic groups which determine the degree of similarities and differences in the ways of expressing knowledge in different languages. …”
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Medizinischer Fachwortschatz in deutschsprachigen Kinderwunschforen by Hanna Stypa

“…This article focuses on the fertility forum, a type of online forum in which mainly women who need medical assistance to become pregnant can communicate with each other. The fertility forum has so far received little attention in linguistic research, although its specific nature makes it worthy of linguistic analyses from different perspectives. …”
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A certificateless aggregate signature scheme for security and privacy protection in VANET by Eko Fajar Cahyadi, Tzu-Wei Su, Chou-Chen Yang, Min-Shiang Hwang

“…In the vehicular ad hoc network, moving vehicles can keep communicating with each other by entering or leaving the network at any time to establish a new connection. …”
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Digitalized Optical Sensor Network for Intelligent Facility Monitoring by Esther Renner, Lisa-Sophie Haerteis, Joachim Kaiser, Michael Villnow, Markus Richter, Torsten Thiel, Andreas Pohlkötter, Bernhard Schmauss

“…In this paper, we propose a solution for the digitalization of an optical fiber sensor system realized by the Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) protocol and the Internet of Things (IoT) platform Insights Hub. …”
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