Reservoir water level decline accelerates ground subsidence: InSAR monitoring and machine learning prediction of surface deformation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area by Jiaer Yang, Jiaer Yang, Pinglang Kou, Pinglang Kou, Xu Dong, Xu Dong, Ying Xia, Qinchuan Gu, Yuxiang Tao, Jiangfan Feng, Qin Ji, Weizao Wang, Ram Avtar

“…IntroductionSurface deformation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area poses significant threats to infrastructure and safety due to complex geological and hydrological factors. …”
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Using knowledge translation to support the use of evaluation findings: A case study of the linda mama free maternity program in Kenya. by Fatuma H Guleid, Stacey Orangi, Angela Kairu, Brian Arwa, Janet Keru, Anne Musuva, Ileana Vilcu, Anooj Pattnaik, Nirmala Ravishankar, Edwine Barasa

“…Challenges such as the COVID-19 restrictions, lack of infrastructure and delayed reimbursement of funds hindered the full implementation of the action plans. …”
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Scan-to-BIM-to-Sim: Automated reconstruction of digital and simulation models from point clouds with applications on bridges by Yunping Fang, Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis, Daniel Boddice, Jialiang Yu, Jelena Ninic

“…The automation of 3D geometric model reconstruction from point clouds is essential for efficient management of critical infrastructure assets like bridges, significantly streamlining and enhancing inspection and structural analysis tasks. …”
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Creative tourism and residents: interactions in the context of artistic residencies in the Center region of Portugal by Inês Almeida, Carlos Cardoso Ferreira, Luís Silveira

“…In the three cases, the dynamics with residents appear to generate several benefits in terms of economic growth, infrastructure and service development and, primarily, social sustainability. …”
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Theoretical Foundations of Digital Content Integrity Expertise by Bobok I.I., Kobozieva A.A.

“… In the context of the rapid development of information technologies, their implementation in the process of functioning of critical infrastructure, in particular energy, of any state is extreme-ly relevant. …”
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Adopting Pillar One: an ideal model for the transformation of Indonesia’s Tax Law to realize SDGs goal XVII and it’s challenges by Amelia Cahyadini, Tasya Safiranita, Sherly Ayuna Putri, Josep Irvan Gilang Hutagalung, Fahriza

“…However, this adoption poses challenges, mainly related to the long bureaucracy in the formation process as well as the need for adequate technology, information, and communication infrastructure in the implementation stage.…”
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Charging Station Distribution Optimization Using Drone Fleet in a Disaster by Zohaib Hassan, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Ahsan Sarwar Rana

“…These charging stations should be transported using road infrastructure and preinstalled in disaster-prone areas, as access to these areas may be denied once the disaster hits. …”
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A Digital Twin Framework to Improve Urban Sustainability and Resiliency: The Case Study of Venice by Lorenzo Villani, Luca Gugliermetti, Maria Antonia Barucco, Federico Cinquepalmi

“…As several scientific studies have shown, DTs can be developed for infrastructure and city management, facing the challenges of global changes. …”
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Influence Factors of Reproductive Organ Maintenance Among Adolescent Girls in Coastal Areas by Armyla Eka Wahyu Yuliani, Lu'lu Nafisah, Bambang Hariyadi

“…There is a relationship between the availability of facilities and infrastructure (p-value=0.049) and attitudes (p-value=0.012) with reproductive organ maintenance behavior among adolescent girls in coastal areas in Buluspesantren District. …”
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Risk-based bridge life cycle cost and environmental impact assessment considering climate change effects by Sang Hyeon Lee, Lee-Sak An, Ho-Kyung Kim

“…Abstract To enhance sustainability and resilience against climate change in infrastructure, a quantitative evaluation of both environmental impact and cost is important within a life cycle framework. …”
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Modeling “Wrong Side” Failures Caused by Geomagnetically Induced Currents in Electrified Railway Signaling Systems in the UK by C. J. Patterson, J. A. Wild, D. H. Boteler

“…The effects on railway signaling infrastructure remain a sparsely covered aspect even though these systems are known to have experienced adverse effects in the past as a result of geomagnetic activity. …”
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EPPTA: Efficient partially observable reinforcement learning agent for penetration testing applications by Zegang Li, Qian Zhang, Guangwen Yang

“…Abstract In recent years, penetration testing (pen‐testing) has emerged as a crucial process for evaluating the security level of network infrastructures by simulating real‐world cyber‐attacks. …”
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Trade and Scientific-Technical Cooperation with the USSR on the U.S. Leadership’s Agenda During the Era of Détente (1969–1980) by V. T. Yungblyud

“…The third stage, initiated in December 1979 and solidified by January 1980, witnessed the dismantling of the infrastructure supporting bilateral scientific and technical cooperation. …”
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Ten years of ear, nose and throat (ENT) services in Southern Africa: a scoping review by Lufunda Lukama, Colleen Aldous, Warren Kuhn, Charles Michelo, Chester Kalinda

“…Deficiencies in ENT infrastructure, equipment, and medication, 3. Inadequate ENT disease screening, management, and rehabilitation and 4. …”
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Establishment of Trust in Internet of Things by Integrating Trusted Platform Module: To Counter Cybersecurity Challenges by Mohammad Faisal, Ikram Ali, Muhammad Sajjad Khan, Su Min Kim, Junsu Kim

“…The current IOT computing infrastructure brings some security challenges concerned with the users/customers and CSP. …”
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Organisational career conversations: exploring the experiences and perceptions of professional services line-managers in higher education by Sarah Allbeson

“…The discussion identifies that line-managers value career conversations and feel equipped to hold them but consider they need more support in terms of the organisational infrastructure that lies behind a career conversation. …”
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Decoupling and Collaboration: An Intelligent Gateway-Based Internet of Things System Architecture for Meat Processing by Jun Liu, Chenggang Zhou, Haoyuan Wei, Jie Pi, Daoying Wang

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Towards AI-Based Traffic Counting System with Edge Computing by Duc-Liem Dinh, Hong-Nam Nguyen, Huy-Tan Thai, Kim-Hung Le

“…The recent years have witnessed a considerable rise in the number of vehicles, which has placed transportation infrastructure and traffic control under tremendous pressure. …”
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Improvement of information support for formation of management reporting on the example of the activities of an energy company by M. N. Belousova, M. N. Oreshina

“…To build a reporting system, the following tasks has been set and solved: the conceptual and datalogical models of the data warehouse were created, data areas have been selected from the general data model, the data warehouse has been designed and developed, universes for report groups have been created, a mechanism for integrating data with the data warehouse has been implemented.The paper analyses the information and technological infrastructure of an energy company as well as formulates the basic requirements for the system being created for generating reporting. …”
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Centrifuge Model Test on the Settlement of Valley-Type Loess Filled after Construction and Subjected to Rainfall Infiltration by Jiwen Zhang, Jie Cao, Bo Li, Kunye Zhou, Xilin Lü

“…With the rapid development of infrastructure construction in western China where hilly and gully areas are distributed, there are lots of large-scale filling engineering in recent years. …”
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