Geography of Sand and Gravel Mining in the Lower Mekong River by Jean-Paul Bravard, Marc Goichot, Stéphane Gaillot

“…Currently, the most important issue in the Mekong basin is certainly the threat to the delta coastline because of its importance in terms of food security for the growing populations of Vietnam and Cambodia. …”
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Addressing technology-mediated stigma in sexual health-related digital platforms: Insights from design team members. by Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai, Amanda Fuchsia Howard, Paul J Yong, Leanne M Currie

“…., pop-up notifications, infographics, and video-based testimonials, and avoiding the use of cookies or other security-risk features) and non-functional design considerations (i.e., adopting an interprofessional and collaborative approach to design, educating software designers on domain knowledge about stigma, and ensuring consistent user testing of content). …”
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Managing agricultural water use in the Western United States: A search for efficient climate adaptation institutions by Frank A. Ward, Nicholas A. Potter, R. Aaron Hrozencik

“…The contribution of this work is to fill a gap in previous research by assessing the economic performance of various water trading arrangements for adapting to water shortages. We secured U.S. Department of Agriculture data on irrigation water use patterns in the central part of the Rio Grande Basin of the American Southwest to support formulation of a mathematical model predicting water use patterns to assess impacts on farm income associated with a range of water shortages and water trading arrangements for adapting to these shortages. …”
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Human drone interaction in delivery of medical supplies: A scoping review of experimental studies. by Franziska Stephan, Nicole Reinsperger, Martin Grünthal, Denny Paulicke, Patrick Jahn

“…Users must become integral part of the whole development process of medical drone services to reduce concerns, and to improve security, usability and usefulness of the system. Human drone interaction should be developed according to the identified categories of human drone interaction by using demand- and technology-driven approaches.…”
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Advancing Sustainable Development Goals through Earth Observation Satellite Data: Current Insights and Future Directions by Qiang Zhao, Le Yu

“…For example, Sentinel data support both marine ecosystem monitoring (SDG 14) and climate adaptation (SDG 13), while Landsat data contribute to food security (SDG 2) and water resource management (SDG 6). …”
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War and Peace of Peter the Great by E. V. Anisimov

“…Petersburg, the transfer of the capital to it, the construction of a defensive system at the mouth of the Neva all this was aimed at securing the mouth of the Neva for Russia. Russia agreed to the conclusion of a peace, according to which it received only Ingria and Karelia – the old Russian provinces.After the victory under Poltava in 1709, a new struggle for peace began. …”
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Factors influencing academic staff satisfaction and continuous usage of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in higher education by Maria Ijaz Baig, Elaheh Yadegaridehkordi

“…The social influence did not correlate positively with the use of GenAI. Security and privacy were positively associated with staff satisfaction. …”
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Process of effective management of the Eurasian transport system on the terms of integration by E. V. Pustynnikova

“…Ensuring stability, security and prosperity in the Eurasian region meets interests of many states, primarily Russia and China, as well as their closest partners. …”
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Batch-in-Batch: a new adversarial training framework for initial perturbation and sample selection by Yinting Wu, Pai Peng, Bo Cai, Le Li

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Simultaneous Classification of Objects with Unknown Rejection (SCOUR) Using Infra-Red Sensor Imagery by Adam Cuellar, Daniel Brignac, Abhijit Mahalanobis, Wasfy Mikhael

“…Recognizing targets in infra-red images is an important problem for defense and security applications. A deployed network must not only recognize the known classes, but it must also reject any new or <i>unknown</i> objects without confusing them to be one of the known classes. …”
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Public Perception of Genetically Modified Organisms and the Implementation of Biosafety Measures in Kenya by Kunyanga Nkirote Catherine, B. Roy Mugiira, N. Josephat Muchiri

“…Fifty-seven percent of the respondents indicated GMOs and genetically modified (GM) foods are a solution to food security in Africa. A majority believe that the introduction of GMO technology and the use of GM food is beneficial (52.3%). …”
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Genotypic Profiling of Bacillus cereus Recovered from Some Retail Foods in Ogun State, Nigeria, and Their Phylogenetic Relationship by Titilayo O. Adesetan, Moses O. Efuntoye, Olubukola O. Babalola

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Philosophical Ideas of Arne Næss in the Humanitarian Diplomacy of Norway by M. G. Zubov

“…The author of the arcticle makes it a point to show on separate examples to what extend the ideas of Næss A. are compatible with the basic principles of Norway's contemporary humanitarian diplomacy - humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, - as well as with the aims put forward by Norway in this respect which are to encure the needed with the necessery security and assistance; to finance humanitarian actions based on the international principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence; to prepare international community to responses to global humanitarian challenges of the future; to prevent and respond to humanitarian crises and participate in eleminating their aftermath. …”
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Effects of intravaginal curcumin gels combined with electroporation on vulvovaginal candidiasis by Yizhi Zhang, Xiao Chen, Jing Dai, Chenyun Wang, Shan Ma, Lina Du

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Current Aspects of Legal Regulation for Monitoring Electronic Communications and Removal of Information from Electronic Communication Networks in Ukraine by V. M. Lazebnyi

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Neural Networks Application for the Data of PID Controller for Acrobot by Nguyen Cong Danh

“…The purpose of this method is to increase the security of the system against the attack of hackers on facilities of the automatic control system. …”
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The concept and significance of forensic characteristics of the unlawful seizure of enterprise, institution or organisation property by S. V. Stetsenko

“…This criminal offence causes economic losses to both business entities and the state as a whole, reduces the level of economic security and, as a result, the level of investment, discredits the work of government agencies, undermines the authority of the state at the international level, etc. …”
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Mediterranean refugee traffic: main routes and problems of control by Vasily D. Ostanin-Golovnya, Anna A. Pavliukova

“…The authors also cited forecasts from the European Union Agency for the Security of its External Borders for 2023–2024, which say that the pandemic and the economic crisis have affected migration flows, which will grow in the near future. …”
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A Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Approach for Selecting Open-Source ERP Systems in SMEs Using Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS by Dana Marsetiya Utama, Muhammad Faisal Ibrahim, Ahmed Nedal Abid Al Kareem Jabari

“…System quality has been identified as a critical factor in the selection of an open-source ERP system, with particular emphasis on aspects such as security and reliability. These sub-criteria are considered the most influential in determining the suitability of a system. …”
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Major heavy metals and human gut microbiota composition: a systematic review with nutritional approach by Mahsa Rezazadegan, Bita Forootani, Yeganeh Hoveyda, Niloufar Rezazadegan, Reza Amani

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