A Federated Learning Framework for Enhanced Data Security and Cyber Intrusion Detection in Distributed Network of Underwater Drones by Mansahaj Singh Popli, Rudra Pratap Singh, Navneet Kaur Popli, Mohammad Mamun

“…Unlike centralized approaches, FL enables underwater drones to collaboratively train a global intrusion detection model by processing data locally and sharing only model updates with the central server. …”
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Simplified Physical Stability Assessment of Chilean Mine Waste Storage Facilities Using GIS and AI: Application in the Antofagasta Region by Gabriel Hermosilla, Gabriel Villavicencio, Giovanni Cocca-Guardia, Vicente Aprigliano, Manuel Silva, Juan Carlos Quezada, Pierre Breul, Vinicius Minatogawa, Jaime Morales

“…Chile’s mining industry, a global leader in copper production, faces challenges due to increasing volumes of mining waste, particularly Waste Rock Dumps (WRD) and Leaching Waste Dumps (LWD). …”
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Japanese Popular Culture and Digimodernism by N. B. Afanasov

“…Pointing out the unique position of the latter, the author believes that the experience of a number of successful Japanese projects that have become global phenomena can be used by social and cultural theorists to analyze modernity. …”
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Development of a PM2.5 Forecasting System Integrating Low-cost Sensors for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Nguyen Ky Phung, Nguyen Quang Long, Nguyen Van Tin, Dang Thi Thanh Le

“…To increase the accuracy of WRF and the meteorological forecasting, the global DEM and land use data were replaced by Lidar data, and land use data were also retrieved from MODIS. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation priorities in mitigating agricultural threats to China’s vertebrates by Can Yang, Geli Zhang, Xi Zhang, Yuzhe Li, Zhichao Li, Qinghao Wang, Jinwei Dong

“…Conservation priorities (CPs), considered at least 44 % of the terrestrial area globally, would be a critical tool for avoiding a dramatic collapse of biodiversity. …”
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What Makes the Indian Megacity Chennai’s Air Unhealthy? - A Bottom-up Approach to Understand the Sources of Air Pollutants by Poonam Mangaraj, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Gufran Beig, Ashirbad Mishra, Som Sharma

“…Abstract In recent years, air quality in Indian megacities has emerged as the most pressing global concern, with Asian megacities being the most polluted. …”
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Historical simulations of temperature and precipitation from the CORDEX Africa model in the Wabi Shebele Basin by Sisay Guta Alemu, Chala Hailu Sime, Tamene Adugna Demissie

“…Rising global temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns have significant socio-economic consequences if not properly studied and predicted. …”
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Optimizing Structural Integrity of Fighter Aircraft Wing Stations: a Finite Element Analysis Approach by Aun Haider Bhutta

“…To perform this analysis, the wing station is extracted from the comprehensive global wing model, creating a sub-model with equivalent stiffness properties. …”
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Improvements in pig agriculture through gene editing by Kristin M. Whitworth, Jonathan A. Green, Bethany K. Redel, Rodney D. Geisert, Kiho Lee, Bhanu P. Telugu, Kevin D. Wells, Randall S. Prather

“…Given the need to sustainably improve animal production to feed an anticipated 9 billion global population by 2030 against a backdrop of infectious diseases and a looming threat from climate change, there is a pressing need for responsive, precise, and agile breeding strategies. …”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Preterm Birth in Urban Areas: Case-Control Study by Rozhan Khezri, Shaker Salarilak, Sepideh Jahanian

“…Background: Preterm birth (PTB) is a significant global health issue, with the majority of preterm births occurring in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Iran. …”
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Unexpected species diversity in the understanding of selenium-containing soil invertebrates by Bin Mao, XiangLiang Fang, HongLing Lei, YunLi Xiao, Yue Fu

“…Abstract Yutangba, situated in Enshi City, Hubei Province, is globally noted for its high selenium (Se) content. …”
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Genotype B of deformed wing virus and related recombinant viruses become dominant in European honey bee colonies by Fabrice Sircoulomb, Eric Dubois, Frank Schurr, Pierrick Lucas, Marina Meixner, Alicia Bertolotti, Yannick Blanchard, Richard Thiéry

“…The most recent studies have reported the greater prevalence of DWV-B over DWV-A in several countries, including European ones, while C and D genotypes appear rare or extinct. However, no global evaluation of DWV-A and DWV-B distribution was available at the European level to date. …”
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The roles of a peer-led collaborative learning approach in Ethiopian secondary schools by Feyisa Mulisa, Simeret Kassahun Mekonnen

“… A collaborative learning with a heightened reputation that enables learners to become competent in the global economy. More than a decade ago, along with this growing concern, peer-led collaborative learning (PLCL) approach has been adopted and stuck into Ethiopian educational systems. …”
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Assessing awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of hubbly bubbly smoking health risks among South African university students by Aniekie Motloutsi, Elizabeth Lubinga

“… Globally, the smoking of hubbly bubbly tobacco pipes is a growing trend among young people. …”
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Sensitivity analysis of fractional order SVEIR Lumpy Skin Disease model by Savita Rathee, Yogeeta Narwal, Komal Bansal, Homan Emadifar

“…The model’s feasibility is verified using the Laplace transformation, demonstrating both local stability, using the Matignon criterion, and global stability, employing Lyapunov functions and LaSalle’s invariance principle. …”
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Reproductive performance and increased fecundity in the chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger Molina) by M. V. Novikov, N. N. Shumilina

“…Our overview of the global practice of breeding chinchillas systematizes information about performance and reproduction conditions that determine the profitability of fur farms. …”
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Dual intent view contrastive learning for knowledge aware recommender systems by Jianhua Guo, Zhixiang Yin, Shuyang Feng, Donglin Yao, Shaopeng Liu

“…DIVCL employs a dual-view representation learning approach using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), consisting of two distinct views: a local view based on the user-item interaction graph and a global view based on the user-item-entity knowledge graph. …”
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The Impact of Anglicisms on Ukrainian Undergraduates as Consumers of Social Media Content by Yasser Al Tamimi, Yanina Lisun

“…Based on descriptive analysis, using Google Analytics tools, of a survey of 385 Ukrainian university matriculated and prospective students, the study reveals a high diffusion rate of English as a foreign language and a relatively high level of proficiency, averaging between B1 and B2 (on the CEFR Global Scale) among 75% of the target audiences, which creates favourable conditions for English use in the processes of communication and creation of media content for the Ukrainian higher education institution. …”
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Dynamical Downscaling of Climate Change Impacts on Wind Energy Resources in the Contiguous United States by Using a Limited-Area Model with Scale-Selective Data Assimilation by Bin Liu, Katelyn B. Costa, Lian Xie, Fredrick H. M. Semazzi

“…By using a limited-area model (LAM) in combination with the scale-selective data assimilation (SSDA) approach, wind energy resources in the contiguous United States (CONUS) were downscaled from IPCC CCSM3 global model projections for both current and future climate conditions. …”
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Functional Prediction of Hypothetical Proteins from and Validation of the Predicted Models by Using ROC Curve Analysis by Md. Amran Gazi, Sultan Mahmud, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Mohammad Golam Kibria, Parag Palit, Md. Rezaul Islam, Humaira Rashid, Subhasish Das, Mustafa Mahfuz, Tahmeed Ahmeed

“…Shigella spp. constitutes some of the key pathogens responsible for the global burden of diarrhoeal disease. With over 164 million reported cases per annum, shigellosis accounts for 1.1 million deaths each year. …”
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