TBAS: Token-based authorization service architecture in Internet of things scenarios by Shih-Hsiung Lee, Ko-Wei Huang, Chu-Sing Yang

“…By connecting cloud services, the devices can receive more accurate information so as to be applied in people’s daily life. However, the smart terminal devices access the cloud services via Representational State Transfer (RESTful) application programming interfaces, and how the cloud server authenticates and authorizes billions of devices is an immense challenge. …”
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Russian authority and the Internet: safety vs freedom of speech by I. A. Lavrov, A. V. Sokol

“…The Internet, in the era of its availability and popularity in modern Russia, plays the most important role both in the dissemination of information and in the daily communications of people. Mass media also use Internet platforms as the main ones in their activities, because traditional forms of media already have a smaller audience coverage, than online-editions. …”
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The Relationship between Digital Marketing, Customer Engagement, and Purchase Intention via OTT Platforms by Sufyan Habib, Nawaf N. Hamadneh, Asif Hassan

“…The Internet and digital technologies have grown exponentially and have become a part of billions of people’s daily lives around the world. Over-the-top (OTT) services are delivered directly over the Internet, providing customers access to films and TV series. …”
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An Intelligent Framework Based on Deep Learning for SMS and e-mail Spam Detection by Umair Maqsood, Saif Ur Rehman, Tariq Ali, Khalid Mahmood, Tahani Alsaedi, Mahwish Kundi

“…The use of short message service (SMS) and e-mail have increased too much over the last decades. 80% of people do not read e-mails while 98% of cell phone users daily read their SMS. …”
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Performance Analysis of the Milk Pasteurization Process Using a Flat Plate Solar Collector by Surafel Tigabe, Addisu Bekele, Vivek Pandey

“…Also, an increase in the daily processed milk production of 18% is observed in September and 16% in November by using the solar collector with reflectors integrated. …”
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A Multi-Agent Control Architecture for a Robotic Wheelchair by C. Galindo, A. Cruz-Martin, J. L. Blanco, J. A. Fernńndez-Madrigal, J. Gonzalez

“…The proposed architecture is illustrated with a real assistant robot: a robotic wheelchair that provides mobility to impaired or elderly people.…”
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Reasons why osteoarthritis predicts mortality: path analysis within a Cox proportional hazards model by George Peat, Martin J Thomas, Milica Blagojevic-Bucknall, Ross Wilkie, Simran Singh Parmar, Diane Smith, Bethany Jane Seale, Gemma Mansell

“…The findings also suggest that depression, anxiety and unrefreshed sleep have a role in premature mortality for people with OA; however, this has low clinical significance.…”
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Principles of Rational Nutrition for Managing Constipation by Yu. O. Shulpekova, D. A. Sheptulin, N. V. Shulpekova

“…In countries characterized by the Western-style diet, only about 10% of people consume an optimal amount of fibre daily. As a result, primary normal-transit constipation is a common problem. …”
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Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to PM2.5 during COVID-19 Lockdown in Suburban Malaysia by Eliani Ezani, Peter Brimblecombe, Zulfa Hanan Asha’ari, Amirul Aiman Fazil, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Zamzam Tuah Ahmad Ramly, Md Firoz Khan

“…The implementation of the MCOs slightly reduced daily average of outdoor PM2.5 concentrations (median of 12.63 µg m–3 before and 11.72 µg m–3). …”
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Using a Two-Steps Clustering and PCA Analysis for Stratified Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Care: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Peiró AM, Barrachina J, Escorial M, Aguado I, Margarit C, Grimby-Ekman A

“…Ana M Peiró,1,2 Jordi Barrachina,1 Mónica Escorial,1 Isidro Aguado,1 César Margarit,1,3 Anna Grimby-Ekman4 1Neuropharmacology Applied to Pain (NED), Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, 03010, Spain; 2Institute of Bioengineering, University Miguel Hernández, Elche, 03202, Spain; 3Pain Unit, Alicante Department of Health -General Hospital, Alicante, 03010, Spain; 4School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenCorrespondence: Ana M Peiró, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Hospital General Universitario Doctor Balmis, c/Pintor Baeza, 12, Alicante, 03010, Spain, Email apeiro@umh.esPurpose: Given the number of people who suffer from chronic pain and the impact on healthcare resources, it is imperative that the people with pain receive an appropriate matched treatment due and stratified care. …”
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A comparison of kinesiophobia, pain-activity patterns and fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with chronic low back pain by Egemen Kızılay, Fatma Kızılay, Betül Ergün

“…Kinesiophobia is a psychological factor that attracts attention in people with persistent pain, is related to the severity and persistence of pain. …”
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Design of a Medium Scale Ambient PM2.5 Cleaning System by Sheng-Chieh Chen, Qingfeng Cao, Thomas H. Kuehn, Charles Lo, Manoranjan Sahu, Yelia S. Mayya, David Y. H. Pui

“…As PM pollution is hurting people’s health on daily basis in many countries, a fast and inexpensive control technology should be developed to remedy the slow pace of source control. …”
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Rehabilitation needs screening to identify potential beneficiaries: a scoping review by Carla Sabariego, Wouter De Groote, Melissa Corso, Kent Murnaghan, Antony Duttine

“…When mapping screening items with the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), almost all ICF chapters for body functions and activities and participation have been included across screening tools, with the following most frequently included ICF categories: emotional functions (b152), acquiring, keeping and terminating a job (d845), sensation of pain (b280) and carrying out daily routine (d230).Conclusions Rehabilitation need screening tools commonly include the screening for current functioning limitations among people with selected health conditions. …”
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‘Will my fingerprint be enough?’: secondary school students struggle to purchase a healthy, tasty and sustainable meal on the UK free school meal allowance by Sundus Mahdi, Annie Connolly, Bob Doherty, Maria Bryant

“…Citizen scientists were given a daily budget equivalent to the FSM allowance and asked to purchase a ‘tasty, healthy and sustainable’ school lunch for a week. …”
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Air Quality Improvement during COVID-19 Lockdown in Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand: Effect of the Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants by Parichat Wetchayont, Tadahiro Hayasaka, Pradeep Khatri

“…Air quality improvements with regard to restrictions of daily movement among Bangkok people have been reported. …”
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Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control Programmes on Antibiotic Usage and A. baumannii resistance: A 2016–2023 Multicentre Prospective Study by Liu L, Liu B, Li L, Li Y, Zhou X, Li Q

“…Lei Liu,1,2,* Bin Liu,1,2,* Liang Li,1,2 Yu Li,3 Xiangdong Zhou,1,2 Qi Li1,2 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, People’s Republic of China; 2Hainan Province Clinical Medical Center of Respiratory Disease, Haikou, Hainan, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qi Li, Email lqlq198210@sina.comObjective: This study assesses the efficacy of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and infection prevention and control programmes (IPCP) in guiding the use of antibiotics and the control of A. baumannii (AB) resistance at multiple medical centres.Methods: We evaluated the effectiveness of the policy on antibiotic consumption and AB resistance by determining the relationship between the defined daily doses (DDD) for antibiotics – or alcohol-based hand gel (ABHG) consumption – and the incidence of carbapenem-resistant AB (CR-AB), multidrug-resistant AB (MDR-AB) and extensively drug-resistant AB (XDR-AB) at two medical centers from 2016– 2023.Results: In total, 4057 AB isolates were collected; 64.95% of the AB isolates were CR, 59.48% were MDR and 1.41% were XDR. …”
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Health risk assessment and microplastic pollution in streams through accumulation and interaction by heavy metals by A.M. Sabilillah, F.R. Palupi, B.K. Adji, A.P. Nugroho

“…A thorough analysis of the extent of the health risks that people who consume fish from these rivers may experience is urgently needed. …”
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A decomposition analysis of sociodemographic factors and non-cigarette tobacco use as contributors to the change in smoking rates in South Africa between 2017/18 and 2021 by K Kali, O Ayo-Yusuf

“…The sociodemographic correlates of current daily and non-daily use of factory-manufactured cigarettes (FMCs), roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes, waterpipe/hubbly, electronic cigarettes (ECigs), snuff (a smokeless tobacco) and any combination of FMCs, RYO cigarettes and waterpipe/hubbly (‘current smoking’) in 2017/18 (pre-pandemic) were compared with those for 2021 (during the pandemic). …”
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The portrayal of Rohingya refugees in Indonesian news media: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis by Imam Munandar, Yunie Amalia Rakhmyta, Rahmanita Zakaria, Sungkawati Kardi Wahyuningsih

“…The narrative is expected to influence people’s attitudes and behaviours toward refugees in the province of Aceh.…”
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MAF-CNER : A Chinese Named Entity Recognition Model Based on Multifeature Adaptive Fusion by Xuming Han, Feng Zhou, Zhiyuan Hao, Qiaoming Liu, Yong Li, Qi Qin

“…In order to fully test the entity recognition performance of this model, we compared the basic model and other mainstream models on Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) and “China People’s Daily” dataset from January to June 1998. …”
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