NATIONAL SECURITY AND BORDER MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA: A STUDY OF NIGERIA-NIGER RELATIONS by IYANU-OLUWA AYOBAMI AYODELE, UMARU TOYIN SHIRU

“…Nigeria requires Niger continuous security/military cooperation to ensure its national security is not breached around the border region. …”
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A study of the mediating effect of self-perceived burden between meaning in life and dignity in disabled patients based on a dignity theory model by Tang Rong, Ding Xing, Cheng Xianzong, Liu Ruian

“…Caregivers should pay attention to the level of patients’ self-perceived burden and actively cooperate with treatment and control of disease development as the current goal of life to enhance patients’ meaning of life and improve the loss of dignity.…”
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TURKEY’S FOREIGN TRADE AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT by N. R. Masumova

“…Trade and investment cooperation was developing rapidly. But the conflict of interest during the war in Syria led to growing differences between Russia and Turkey. 24th of November 2015 became a turning point for the Russian-Turkish relations, when Turkish fighter jet F-16 shot down a Russian military jet along the Syrian border. …”
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EUS-guided gallbladder drainage vs dual stent transpapillary gallbladder drainage for management of acute cholecystitis by Dhruval Amin, Katherine M. Cooper, Prashanth Rau, Lea Sayegh, Nouran Mostafa, Ikechukwu Achebe, Zachary DeVore, Daniella Gonzalez, Stephanie Stephanie, Jaroslav Zivny, Savant Mehta, Christopher Marshall, Navine Nasser-Ghodsi, Andrew C Storm, Neil B. Marya

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Counterterrorism Planning in the Shipping Industry Leveraging Competitive Intelligence by Anastasios-Nikolaos KANELLOPOULOS, Anthony IOANNIDIS

“…The proposed framework emphasizes the importance of stakeholder collaboration, public-private partnerships, and international cooperation. This study aims to enhance maritime security, ensure global trade’s safe and efficient operation, and improve global maritime resilience, offering valuable insights for all industry stakeholders. …”
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Enhancing Infrastructure Competitiveness in Alignment With COP-29 Climate Goals by Mustafayeva Gulnisa Alisafa, Mammadova Samira Yashar, Balajayeva Tahmina Pasha

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From fangs to antidotes: A scoping review on snakebite burden, species, and antivenoms in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. by Ali Alshalah, David J Williams, Alessandra Ferrario

“…There is an urgent need for concrete action at national and regional levels to enhance epidemiological surveillance, research, and the collection of clinical, disability and outcomes data to inform policy and public health investment. Greater regional cooperation and collaboration is also crucial for addressing this neglected disease throughout the Region.…”
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A Two-Layer Network Dynamic Congestion Pricing Based on Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram by Bangyang Wei, Daniel(Jian) Sun

“…Nevertheless, limited research has been conducted to address the dynamic tolling scheme at the network level, such as to cooperatively manage two alternative networks with heterogeneous properties, e.g., the two-layer network consisting of both expressway and arterial network in the urban areas. …”
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Laboratory and field assays indicate that a widespread no-see-um, Culicoides furens (Poey) is susceptible to permethrin by Vilma M. Cooper, Eva A. Buckner, Yongxing Jiang, Nathan Burkett-Cadena

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STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN EKOWISATA HUTAN MANGROVE DI DESA PERANCAK KABUPATEN JEMBRANA BALI by Rani Setyaningrum, I Nyoman Sudiarta, I Putu Sudana

“…The development strategies and programs that are considered effective to support the development of Perancak mangrove ecotourism are the diversification of educational tourism products by creating mangrove conservation day and sustainable fishing programs, strengthening the quality of tourism products through infrastructure improvement programs and the recruitment of local tour guides, the use of digital media by creating social media accounts accompanied by videos of ecotourism potential, the preparation of ecotourism branding materials Highlight visual elements and interesting stories of ecotourism, strengthen the quality of local communities through socialization and empowerment of the local economy, partnerships with private institutions and other tourism businesses, add tourist attraction facilities, improve the quality of the ecotourism environment and increase involvement and cooperation with external parties.…”
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The Fight against the Forced Labor and the Human Trafficking in Central Asia by L. Yu. Gusev

“…The commission, in cooperation with international organizations doing some work to inform the public, the search for victims of sexual business, return and rehabilitation of these persons. …”
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Robust reinforcement learning algorithm based on pigeon-inspired optimization by Mingying ZHANG, Bing HUA, Yuguang ZHANG, Haidong LI, Mohong ZHENG

“…Reinforcement learning(RL) is an artificial intelligence algorithm with the advantages of clear calculation logic and easy expansion of the model.Through interacting with the environment and maximizing value functions on the premise of obtaining little or no prior information, RL can optimize the performance of strategies and effectively reduce the complexity caused by physical models .The RL algorithm based on strategy gradient has been successfully applied in many fields such as intelligent image recognition, robot control and path planning for automatic driving.However, the highly sampling-dependent characteristics of RL determine that the training process needs a large number of samples to converge, and the accuracy of decision making is easily affected by slight interference that does not match with the simulation environment.Especially when RL is applied to the control field, it is difficult to prove the stability of the algorithm because the convergence of the algorithm cannot be guaranteed.Considering that swarm intelligence algorithm can solve complex problems through group cooperation and has the characteristics of self-organization and strong stability, it is an effective way to be used for improving the stability of RL model.The pigeon-inspired optimization algorithm in swarm intelligence was combined to improve RL based on strategy gradient.A RL algorithm based on pigeon-inspired optimization was proposed to solve the strategy gradient in order to maximize long-term future rewards.Adaptive function of pigeon-inspired optimization algorithm and RL were combined to estimate the advantages and disadvantages of strategies, avoid solving into an infinite loop, and improve the stability of the algorithm.A nonlinear two-wheel inverted pendulum robot control system was selected for simulation verification.The simulation results show that the RL algorithm based on pigeon-inspired optimization can improve the robustness of the system, reduce the computational cost, and reduce the algorithm’s dependence on the sample database.…”
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Building relational well-being: empowering street-connected young people to transition from precarity to security through youth associations by Kate McAlpine, Isabel Cooper, Raphael Dennis

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Editorial: ticks & tick-borne parasites and diseases by Ala E. Tabor, Ala Tabor

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Acute exacerbation of COPD: Physiotherapy practice and factors that influence management by Motheo Phalatse-Taban, Heleen van Aswegen

“…Enablers of physiotherapy management included supportive workplace relations, conducive work environment, physiotherapists’ competence, familial support and patient cooperation. Barriers identified included limited communication, nurses’ attitudes, work environment, disease burden, mental health challenges and limited professional development opportunities. …”
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University and Professional Society of Social Workers as Subjects of Personnel Training by I. M. Vorotilkina, I. V. Koroleva

“…The article highlights the cooperation experience of the Department of Service, Advertising and Social Work of Sholom-Aleichem Priamursky State University with the professional community of social workers. …”
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UKRAINE’S ENERGY POLICY IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA by Y. V. Borovsky

“…Ukraine, initially involved in the multilateral energy cooperation with the Russian participation, decided to change its camp and join the pro-Western international energy institutions: GUAM, the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy community. …”
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Evaluating interdisciplinary breastfeeding and lactation knowledge, attitudes and skills: An evaluation of a professional graduate programme for healthcare professionals. by Denise McGuinness, Kate Frazer, Karl F Conyard, Paula Cornally, Lauren Cooper, Niamh Vickers

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Ecosystem services valuation for supporting sustainable life below water by Phoebe Koundouri, George Halkos, Conrad Felix Michel Landis, Angelos Alamanos

“…This, in turn, strengthens coordinated management and cooperation.…”
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Some aspects of foreign practice in counteracting premeditated murders by criminal police units by Ye. S. Khyzhniak

“…The main ways to promote the participation of citizens in the provision of voluntary free police assistance in combating criminal offenses can be: a) the creation of appropriate social advertising, which must be distributed on the Internet; b) popularization of the volunteer movement and voluntary groups of student youth in higher education institutions; c) organization of media projects to cover information on the number of volunteer units in Ukraine and individual cities, the results of their activities, achievements and future plans, speeches by the Minister of Internal Affairs, National Police Chief and other leaders on the specifics of police cooperation with citizens and benefits law enforcement agencies with the public and more.…”
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