Strengthening economic resilience through ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 100 countries by Muhammad Bilal, Sohaib Aqib, Ahmad Raza

“…We employed a comprehensive ICT index developed by UNCTAD, including indicators such as fixed broadband, mobile phone subscriptions, and secure internet servers, using data from 100 countries between 2017 and 2022. …”
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Britain’s Safety Arguments: French Nuclear Testing in Algeria duringNigerian Decolonisation (1959-60) by Chloë Mayoux

“…In 1959, as African anti-nuclear sentiment grew, Britain suddenly faced the unique situation of having to preserve its relationship with France whilst securing post-independence ties with Nigeria, who was soon to become independent. …”
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Estimation of Minimum Torsional Reinforcement of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Members by Hyunjin Ju, Sun-Jin Han, Dichuan Zhang, Jong Kim, Wei Wu, Kang Su Kim

“…However, since there are many researches, in which even the concrete members with the minimum torsional reinforcement fail to secure sufficient reserved strength after torsional cracking, continuous research needs to be carried out. …”
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Tradeoffs in automated financial regulation of decentralized finance due to limits on mutable turing machines by Ben Charoenwong, Robert M. Kirby, Jonathan Reiter

“…We show via deduction that a decentralized and permissionless Turing-complete system cannot provably comply with regulations concerning anti-money laundering, know-your-client obligations, some securities restrictions and forms of exchange control. …”
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Economic valuation of the thermal inertization of asbestos waste—an Italian case study by Silvia Ferrini, Filippo Pampaloni, Francesco Delogu, Giulia Goffetti, Cecilia Viti, Giancarlo Capitani

“…However, their success is contingent on securing public funding, a thorough examination of hidden environmental costs and risks, and the establishment of supportive regulations fostering a circular economy. …”
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Vitamin D, Essential Minerals, and Toxic Elements: Exploring Interactions between Nutrients and Toxicants in Clinical Medicine by Gerry K. Schwalfenberg, Stephen J. Genuis

“…It appears preferable to secure essential mineral status in conjunction with adequate vitamin D, as intake of vitamin D in the absence of mineral sufficiency may result in facilitation of toxic element absorption with potential adverse clinical outcomes.…”
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Online Auction System for Guma Stocks by Tusingwire, Roseline, Ayebare, Nice

“…The system's objectives include streamlining the online trading process, fostering a sense of community engagement, and providing a user-friendly platform for secure transactions. It incorporates features such as user authentication, product listings, real-time bidding. …”
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La relation économique et commerciale sino-marocaine : De la coopération au partenariat stratégique by Rachid Rhattat

“…Since the 1990s, Morocco has made the opening of its economy a strategic focus of its trade policy. Securely fastened to the European Union, by far its largest trading partner, the Kingdom of Morocco has stepped up trade agreements, especially with emerging powers. …”
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Le sol : enquête sur les mécanismes de (non) émergence d’un problème public environnemental by Juliette Fournil, Juliette Kon Kam King , Céline Granjou, Lauric Cécillon

“…Drawing on an in-depth qualitative investigation in France, including documentary exploitation and interviews, we identified two distinct logics of environmental requalification of soil, respectively in terms of endangered biodiversity and threatened soils in need of conserving, and in terms of soil functions and soil ecosystem services in need of conserving and securing. We finally discuss how those logics tend to unsettle agricultural logics and power relations or to comply with them.…”
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Agriculture Supply Chain Management Based on Blockchain Architecture and Smart Contracts by Adil El Mane, Younes Chihab, Khalid Tatane, Redouan Korchiyne

“…This strategy would be more efficient and secure.…”
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Two-dimensional pseudo-random coupled map lattices system based on partitioned elementary cellular automata and its dynamic properties by Youheng DONG, Geng ZHAO, Yingjie MA

“…To solve the weak chaos in the spatiotemporal chaotic system based on coupled map lattices under some control parameters and the un-uniformity of sequences generated by the coupled map lattices, a two-dimensional pseudo-random coupled map lattices (2D-PRCML) system was proposed.Firstly, the two-dimensional partitioned elementary cellular automata (2D-PECA) was designed to establish pseudo-random coupling.Secondly, iterative results of 2D-PECA were utilized to perturb the 2D-PRCML system.The chaotic behaviors of the proposed system, such as the bifurcation diagram, Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, were investigated.Moreover, the uniformity of sequences generated by the 2D-PRCML system was discussed, and the correlation coefficients between any two sequences generated by different lattices were acquired.The analyses and tests indicate that the 2D-PRCML system exhibits stronger chaotic behavior.Furthermore, the sequence generated by the proposed system possesses better uniformity, randomness, and unpredictability.The outstanding properties of the 2D-PRCML system prove that it is more suitable for applying in cryptography and chaotic secure communication.…”
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Testing the significance of pricing factors of oil and gas companies. by Antonio Garcia-Amate, Laura Molero-González, Miguel Angel Sánchez-Granero, Juan Evangelista Trinidad-Segovia, Andres García-Medina

“…Far from ending this trend, O&G companies continue to be the main fore-runners in providing secure, versatile and widespread energy to the entire world. …”
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Distributed Intrusion Detection of Byzantine Attacks in Wireless Networks with Random Linear Network Coding by Jen-Yeu Chen, Yi-Ying Tseng

“…Recent research efforts have shown that NC can be combined with classical error control codes and cryptography for secure communications or misbehavior detections. Nevertheless, when it comes to Byzantine attacks, these results have limited effects. …”
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Foreign experience of socially responsible investing: trends, problems and prospects by M. N. Korablin

“…It is shown that at present one of the key challenges in the development of the SRI market is lack of a generally accepted integrated methodology, standards and methods for valuation and accounting of the allocation of securities and use of income from them precisely in connection with the ESG (еnvironmental, social, and governance) agenda. …”
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Les rituels : des espaces de marge pour construire sa place by Françoise Hatchuel

“…The present article shows how ritual practices can be considered as secured spaces where individuals can experiment new possibilities. …”
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Скандал в эго-документах позднесоветских писателей: попытка “насыщенного описания” by Maria Mayofis

“…Since the primary audience for such scandals was international public opinion, prominent writers frequently leveraged the threat of an ‘international scandal’ to secure desired outcomes from editors, censors, and – most critically – special ‘curators’ responsible for overseeing literature on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. …”
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Des SIG aux observations de terrain : étude de la « trame jardinée potagère » dans les petites villes du Vexin français by Flora Rich, Yves Petit-Berghem

“…Our results show that the existence of these gardens is rooted in a manual culture associated with the working classes and that their renewal is declining. Securing the tenure of unbuilt land advocated by the Regional National Park does not therefore seem to be enough to maintain the food-growing function of the green belts. …”
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Representing succession: Tudor royal portraits, 1544–1546: context, production and analysis by Susan E. James

“…Evidence suggests that it was Kateryn, who helped achieve for Mary and Elizabeth the dynastic legitimacy that secured their subsequent reigns. In celebration of this achievement, between 1544 and 1546, evidence also suggests that it was the queen who was instrumental in commissioning a campaign of portraits of her stepchildren as a visual affirmation of their enhanced status. …”
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Analyse des défis de la filière viande de brousse sur la durabilité faunique au Gabon by Apolline Medzey Me Sima, Louis Bélanger, Damase P. Khasa

“…In addition, certain legal texts should be updated and rigorously applied to truly meet the objectives of sustainable wildlife management and to secure the professions of these actors.…”
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