Impacts of Soil and Water Management Measures on Crop Production and Farm Income of Rural Households in the Damota Area Districts, Southern Ethiopia by Mamush Masha, Teshome Yirgu, Mulugeta Debele

“…Improving crop productivity and farm income of rural households and ensuring food security through soil and water conservation (SWC) measures are one of the integral parts of sustainable livelihood approaches. …”
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A Method for Trust Quantification in Cloud Computing Environments by Xiaohui Li, Jingsha He, Bin Zhao, Jing Fang, Yixuan Zhang, Hongxing Liang

“…In such environments, ownership and control over the data may lead to potential conflict between the protection of data and the provision of services. Thus, cloud security has received a great deal of attention in recent years. …”
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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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Generative AI, IoT, and blockchain in healthcare: application, issues, and solutions by Tehseen Mazhar, Sunawar khan, Tariq Shahzad, Muhammad Amir khan, Mamoon M. Saeed, Joseph Bamidele Awotunde, Habib Hamam

“…Blockchain verifies and secures IoT data, improving medical care and treatment, according to case studies. …”
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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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Business Process Modeling Patterns for Blockchain Application Development by Fouzia Alzhrani, Kawther Saeedi, Liping Zhao

“…To address this gap, this study proposes a comprehensive collection of data-driven patterns for business process modeling, comprising nine patterns that capture various blockchain-specific aspects, including token circulation, supply, and authorization, as well as smart contract security and authorization. Through a trend analysis of real-world blockchain applications, we identified recurring business processes across domains and validated our patterns by comparing them to existing literature and a proof-of-concept application. …”
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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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The Evaluation of LSB Steganography on Image File Using 3DES and MD5 Key by Ilham Firman Ashari, Eko Dwi Nugroho, Dodi Devrian Andrianto, M. Asyroful Nur Maulana Yusuf, Makruf Alkarkhi

“… Information security is paramount for individuals, companies, and governments. …”
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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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Determinants of food insecurity among Syrian refugee women and their coping strategies by Kübra Esin, Feride Ayyıldız

“…Results It was found that 28% of the women who participated in the study had food security, 35% had mild, 24% had moderate, and 13% had severe food insecurity. …”
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Blasting Vibration Generated by Breaking-Blasting Large Barriers with EBBLB by Wang Zhen-xiong, Gu Wen-bin, Liang Ting, Liu Jian-qing, Xu Jing-lin, Liu Xin

“…The study can predict ground vibration generated by EBBLB and assess its damaging effects of blasting vibration for security and protection.…”
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Sistem Keamanan Multi Mail Server dengan Teknik Enkripsi OPENPGP pada Zimbra Exchange Open Source Software by Amrul Faruq, Khaeruddin Khaeruddin, Merinda Lestandy

“…The test results show that the OpenPGP  method works well for the security of the email sending/receiving system on a multi-mail server. …”
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