A Method for Trust Quantification in Cloud Computing Environments by Xiaohui Li, Jingsha He, Bin Zhao, Jing Fang, Yixuan Zhang, Hongxing Liang

“…Thus, cloud security has received a great deal of attention in recent years. In this paper, we propose a method for trust quantification based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation theory for cloud computing to protect user data through trust quantification of cloud services after we introduce trust ontology for cloud services and define user preference trust values. …”
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Provision with time and its use as essential households resource by I. A. Kulkova, N. P. Neklyudova

“…Household members who experience problems in terms of leisure activities are in this paper also…”
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Modeling of masonry infilled RC frames with different aspect ratios using plastic hinge and equivalent strut by Ahmed M. El-Kholy, Sayed M. Sayed, Mohamed M. El-Assaly, Mohamed K. Ismail

“…Abstract The existence of diverse modeling approaches for masonry-infilled frames causes uncertainty among practicing engineers when seeking a definitive model for their design practice. This paper presents a practical and simple approach to modeling the masonry-infilled frames. …”
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A New Model for Locating Plate Recognition Devices to Minimize the Impact of the Uncertain Knowledge of the Routes on Traffic Estimation Results by Santos Sánchez-Cambronero, Fernando Álvarez-Bazo, Ana Rivas, Inmaculada Gallego

“…A number of research papers have recently shown that the use of techniques based on the installation of vehicle identification devices allows us to address the observability problem of a traffic network in a much more efficient way than if it were done with traditional techniques. …”
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Smart Sustainable City: Concept, Aspects and Indices by afshar hatami, farzaneh sasanpour, alberto ziparo, mohammad soleymani

“…The contradiction between economic growth and environmental protection, encountering ultra-modern citizens with industrial cities and lack of responsibility to current citizens has led to a smart sustainable city that thanks to ICT such as IoT following to solve mentioned problems. This paper beside introducing smart sustainable approach as a counterpoint to Neoliberal approach, assessing emergence, evolution, aspects, indices, and differences between similar approaches like smart city. …”
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Development of a scenario-based fuzzy robust decision support system by Safar Fazli, Ali Niknam

“…Also, fuzzy logic can be used in the form of fuzzy Delphi and other fuzzy calculations in different parts of scenario planning and strategy robustness evaluation.Originality/Value: In this paper, a method was presented according to which a robust decision support system can be developed using the GBN scenario planning method and fuzzy logic. …”
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GPA-MDS: A Visualization Approach to Investigate Genetic Architecture among Phenotypes Using GWAS Results by Wei Wei, Paula S. Ramos, Kelly J. Hunt, Bethany J. Wolf, Gary Hardiman, Dongjun Chung

“…In order to address this challenge, in this paper, we propose a novel approach, GPA-MDS, to visualize genetic relationships among phenotypes using the GPA algorithm and multidimensional scaling (MDS). …”
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Timber Harvesting in Community Forest (Case Study in Ciamis, West Java) by Sukadaryati Sukadaryati, Yuniawati Yuniawati, Dulsalam Dulsalam

“…Efficient timber harvesting in community forests can provide efficient use of Naskah masuk (received): 30 Nopember 2017 forest resources and provide financial benefits for community forest Diterima (accepted): 27 Maret 2018 managers. This paper aims to provide information on forest harvesting activities in the Ciamis area (West Java), such as aspects of tree felling, timber extraction, and timber utilization efficiency. …”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES AND SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES (2010 - 2019) OF THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON NON-PERFORMING LOAN by Ercan Özen, Ajshe Komoni, Fisnik Morina, Simon Grıma, İbish Mazreku

“…The main purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of unemployment on non-performing loans through a comparative analysis between the Western Balkans countries and some selected OECD countries. …”
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Designing Channel Attention Fully Convolutional Networks with Neural Architecture Search for Customer Socio-Demographic Information Identification Using Smart Meter Data by Zhirui Luo, Qingqing Li, Ruobin Qi, Jun Zheng

“…<b>Methods:</b> In this paper, we propose a new method that harnesses the power of neural architecture search to automatically design deep neural network architectures tailored for identifying various socio-demographic information of customers using smart meter data. …”
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An Automated Approach for Epilepsy Detection Based on Tunable Q-Wavelet and Firefly Feature Selection Algorithm by Ahmed I. Sharaf, Mohamed Abu El-Soud, Ibrahim M. El-Henawy

“…Therefore, computer-aided detection provides an asset to the neurophysiologist in interpreting the EEG. This paper introduces a novel approach to recognize and classify the epileptic seizure and seizure-free EEG signals automatically by an intelligent computer-aided method. …”
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DVGEDR: a drug repositioning method based on dual-view fusion and graph enhancement mechanism in heterogeneous networks by Dongjiang Niu, Lianwei Zhang, Beiyi Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Shanyang Ding, Hai Wei, Zhen Li

“…Existing methods integrate diverse biological information into heterogeneous networks, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding complex drug–disease associations, which also will introduces noise into the data and affect the performance of the model. In this paper, first, a novel drug repositioning method, namely DVGEDR, is proposed, which generates two subgraphs of the target drug–disease pair to fuse biological information and integrate drug–disease associations from two distinct perspectives: drug–disease heterogeneous network and similarity networks. …”
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DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE ON WOOD FUEL IN RURAL SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA: A CASE IN ABELA ABAYA DISTRICT. by Deginet Berhanu, Biruk Birhan, Gemedo Furo, Gezahegn Seyoum

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Using FinBERT as a refined approach to measuring impression management in corporate reports during a crisis by Caroline Cherry, Waheeda Mohamed, Yogesh Brahmbhatt

“… This paper presents the findings of sentiment analysis as a refined approach to detecting impression management that may be present in the Chairman’s Statements of companies during an exogenous event such as the Corona virus pandemic. …”
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Research progress of health education of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at stable stage (中西医结合健康教育在慢性阻塞... by ZHU Suran (朱素然)

“…Health education is an important component of pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients at stable stage. This paper reviewed domestic and foreign studies on health education for COPD patients, analyzed the role of constitution and Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome differentiation in individualized health education, and provided reference for establishment of health education of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for phlegm-dampness syndrome patients with COPD at stable stage. …”
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Analysing the role of the perceptual dimension in the formation of the urban third place by Upendra Joshi, Snehal Nagarsheth

“…Thus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of the perceptions that users generate in the formation of urban third places. …”
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Optimization of Ultimate Tensile Strength with DOE Approach for Application FSW Process in the Aluminum alloys AA6061-T651 & AA7075 -T651 by Mohammed Chaib, Abdelkader Slimane, Sid Ahmed Slimane, Abdelakder Ziadi, Benattou Bouchouicha

“…But we noted the difficulty of containing its many parameters such as the welding speed, the rotation speed and the type of pin used during the operation to optimize mechanical properties and in particular to obtain high rupture strength with the tensile test. This why in this paper we treat carefully this process in order to define it drastically, by using the design of experiment method which is an original approach that resides in the possibility of interpretation of experimental results with a minimal effort on the experimental level whichever generates the minimization of the necessary number of experiments and allows a saving in time and in financial cost.…”
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Discretized Impedance-Based Modeling of Converter-Interfaced Energy Resources for State-Variable-Based Real-Time EMT Simulators by Taleb Vahabzadeh, Seyyedmilad Ebrahimi, Juri Jatskevich

“…Design, analysis, and reliable operation of such systems require extensive offline and real-time electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulations. This paper proposes discretized impedance-based modeling (DIBM) of VSCs for efficient time-domain transient analysis in state-variable (SV)-based EMT simulators. …”
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Research Progress of Heavy Metals in Marine Environment and Organisms of Beibu Gulf in Guangxi by WANG Yi, LI Shi

“…In order to understand the situation of heavy metal pollution of Beibu Gulf in Guangxi,this paper collects the relevant research results of seven heavy metals in seawater, sediments andorganisms of Beibu Gulf in Guangxi in recent years, compares and analyzes the pollution level andspatial distribution of heavy metals in seawater and sediments, discusses the pollution level,enrichment and accumulation of heavy metals in organisms, and finally assesses the pollution ofseven heavy metals in seawater, sediments and organisms.The results show that:①In seawater, theconcentrations of Cu、Zn、Cd、Cr and As are up to the Class I marine water quality standards. …”
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Study on Model and Tests of Sheet Pile Wall with a Relieving Platform by Ming Zhang, Wei Wang, Ronghua Hu, Ziyi Wang

“…A new type of retaining wall, the sheet pile wall with a relieving platform, is introduced in this paper. Based on the prototype retaining wall with a height of 12 meters, the model tests with a geometric similarity ratio of 7 are designed and we focus on the model production and analysis on the test results. …”
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