BACP-LRS: Blockchain and IPFS-based Land Record System by Insaf Boumezbeur, Abdelhalim Benoughidene, Imane Harkat, Farah Boutouatou, Dounia Keddari, Karim Zarour

“…Background: Land records have traditionally derived their credibility from a central database of local government records, with copies issued to land owners. Physical records are the only credible source of any information related to land ownership that has been in existence for a long time. …”
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Survey of Multimodal Federated Learning: Exploring Data Integration, Challenges, and Future Directions by Mumin Adam, Abdullatif Albaseer, Uthman Baroudi, Mohamed Abdallah

“…Federated Learning (FL) is a promising decentralized alternative for addressing these issues. However, FL predominantly handles unimodal data, which limits its applicability in environments where devices collect and process various data types such as text, images, and sensor output. …”
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Wastewater Denitrification with Solid-Phase Carbon: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Electron Donors by Dorsa Barkhordari, Jithin Mathew, Basem Haroun, Lars Rehmann, Sudhir Murthy, Domenico Santoro

“…Nitrate pollution in aquatic environments poses significant environmental and public health issues, mostly due to industrial activities and agricultural runoff. …”
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Continuous decoupled redox electrochemical CO2 capture by Tao Liu, Yunpeng Wang, Yifan Wu, Wenchuan Jiang, Yuchao Deng, Qing Li, Cheng Lan, Zhiyu Zhao, Liangyu Zhu, Dongsheng Yang, Timothy Noël, Heping Xie

“…However, the widespread adoption of this approach is currently limited by issues such as instability, discontinuity, high energy demand, and challenges in scaling up. …”
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Development of a Fingerprint-Based Attendance Monitoring System by Gerard Nonso Obiora, Isreal Oluwaseun Aladejare, Godwin Osariemen Igbinosa, Collins Belouebi Fiemobebefa, Oluwaseun Amos Bamido

“… This paper presents the design and execution process of a fingerprint-based attendance system at Bells University of Technology for Electrical/Electronics Engineering Department, to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of student attendance monitoring. …”
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Mobile Mapping System for Point Cloud Acquisition in a Forest Environment with an Action Camera by A. Pinhal, C. Lázaro, C. Lázaro, J. A. Gonçalves, J. A. Gonçalves

“…Frames are extracted from the video at an appropriate rate and processed using a structure-from-motion algorithm. …”
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Handover decision with multi-access edge computing in 6G networks: A survey by Saeid Jahandar, Ibraheem Shayea, Emre Gures, Ayman A. El-Saleh, Mustafa Ergen, Mohammad Alnakhli

“…MEC optimises communication and computational resources by hosting application processes close to the user equipment (UE) at the network edge, improving communication reliability and stability while reducing latency. …”
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Hierarchical Attention Module-Based Hotspot Detection in Wafer Fabrication Using Convolutional Neural Network Model by Mobeen Shahroz, Mudasir Ali, Alishba Tahir, Henry Fabian Gongora, Carlos Uc Rios, Md Abdus Samad, Imran Ashraf

“…Wafer mappings (WM) help diagnose low-yield issues in semiconductor production by offering vital information about process anomalies. …”
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Stress levels, hematological condition, and productivity of plasma-producing horses used for snake antivenom manufacture: A comparison of two industrial bleeding methods by Ana Margarita Arias-Esquivel, Edwin Moscoso, Deibid Umaña, Mauricio Arguedas, Daniela Solano, Gina Durán, Aarón Gómez, José María Gutiérrez, Guillermo León

“…In Costa Rica, the traditional method involves stimulating the antibody response of horses by periodically injecting venoms, collecting hyperimmune plasma over three consecutive bleeding days, and repeating this process every eight weeks. While this method does not cause major physical or hematological issues in horses, the associated stress has not been evaluated. …”
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Impact of ISTA and FISTA iterative optimization algorithms on electrical impedance tomography image reconstruction by Nguyen Diep Quoc Tuan, Huynh Hoang Nhut, Ven Huynh Thanh, Cao Dinh Minh Quan, Tran Anh Tu, Tran Trung Nghia

“…However, current iterative methods have notable limitations, such as the arbitrary and subjective selection of initial parameters, lengthy computational times due to numerous iterations, and the generation of reconstructions that suffer from shape blurring and a lack of higher-order detail. To address these issues, this study investigates the impact of using ISTA and FISTA iterative algorithms on the image reconstruction process in EIT. …”
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A collaboratively-derived science-policy research agenda. by William J Sutherland, Laura Bellingan, Jim R Bellingham, Jason J Blackstock, Robert M Bloomfield, Michael Bravo, Victoria M Cadman, David D Cleevely, Andy Clements, Anthony S Cohen, David R Cope, Arthur A Daemmrich, Cristina Devecchi, Laura Diaz Anadon, Simon Denegri, Robert Doubleday, Nicholas R Dusic, Robert J Evans, Wai Y Feng, H Charles J Godfray, Paul Harris, Sue E Hartley, Alison J Hester, John Holmes, Alan Hughes, Mike Hulme, Colin Irwin, Richard C Jennings, Gary S Kass, Peter Littlejohns, Theresa M Marteau, Glenn McKee, Erik P Millstone, William J Nuttall, Susan Owens, Miles M Parker, Sarah Pearson, Judith Petts, Richard Ploszek, Andrew S Pullin, Graeme Reid, Keith S Richards, John G Robinson, Louise Shaxson, Leonor Sierra, Beck G Smith, David J Spiegelhalter, Jack Stilgoe, Andy Stirling, Christopher P Tyler, David E Winickoff, Ron L Zimmern

“…The need for policy makers to understand science and for scientists to understand policy processes is widely recognised. However, the science-policy relationship is sometimes difficult and occasionally dysfunctional; it is also increasingly visible, because it must deal with contentious issues, or itself becomes a matter of public controversy, or both. …”
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Enhancement of membrane distillation performance by porous organic and inorganic materials: a state-of-the-art review by Yehia Manawi, Jasir Jawad, Abdelaziz Hussain, Saad Aljlil, Jenny Lawler, Viktor Kochkodan

“…Abstract Membrane distillation (MD) is an attractive thermally driven separation process due to its efficiency to treat highly concentrated feed streams in desalination and different industrial applications. …”
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AquaE-lite Hybrid-Solar-Cell Receiver-Modality for Energy-Autonomous Terrestrial and Underwater Internet-of-Things by Meiwei Kong, Jiaming Lin, Yujian Guo, Xiaobin Sun, Mohammed Sait, Omar Alkhazragi, Chun Hong Kang, Jorge A. Holguin-Lerma, Malika Kheireddine, Mustapha Ouhssain, Burton H. Jones, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi

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Adapting MOVED as a web-based moral elevation intervention for veterans with PTSD: Using feedback from a pilot trial and subject matter experts by Adam P. McGuire, Alexander Riera, Xrystyan Lascano

“…In this paper, we outline the process and final adaptations decisions in preparation for a future efficacy trial to assess the impact of MOVED on targeted outcomes for veterans with PTSD. …”
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A Robust Cross-Channel Image Watermarking Technique for Tamper Detection and its Precise Localization by Muhammad Ashraf, Adnan Nadeem, Oussama Benrhouma, Muhammad Sarim, Kashif Rizwan, Amir Mehmood

“…This study introduces a novel cross-channel image watermarking technique that randomly scatters the watermark pattern across a 24-bit image structure so that no emergence of embedding signatures and fidelity issues occurs after the process. Chaotic systems are employed to leverage their sensitivity to initial conditions and control parameters, resulting in high confusion and diffusion properties in the proposed scheme. …”
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Primary health care as the main guarantor of a healthy population in the country and a global challenge in the world: a systematic review [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 app... by Gulnara Abashidze-Gabaidze, Lasha Loria, Lali Khurtsia, Mishiko Gabaidze

“…Results The study identifies gaps in PHC services, including issues with access to care, affordability, and quality of care. …”
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Energy efficiency and productivity improvements analysis in a Brazilian steel plant: simulation model using JaamSim open source software by Rodrigo de Paula Oliveira, Wilson Trigueiro de Sousa Júnior, Roberta Alves, Alexandre Ferreira de Pinho, Helio Tavares de Sá Neto

“…Abstract The Brazilian steel sector, inserted in a scenario of crisis and competitiveness, is going through a moment when optimization procedures in the production process are well regarded. However, issues related to sustainability, such as controls on energy consumption and carbon dioxide ( $$\hbox {CO}_{2}$$ CO 2 ) emissions, are also fundamental to be considered as analysis variables since the demand for actions that preserve the ecosystem and aim at the conscientious consumption of resources has increased. …”
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Water Balance Effect of Urbanization and Countermeasures for Enhancing Urban Water Security Resilience by Qingfang Hu, Jianyun Zhang, Junliang Jin, Xiumin Chen, Xing Su

“…Over the past four decades, the rapid urbanization process in China, coupled with the impact of global climate change, has significantly affected the water balance in urban areas and their adjacent regions. …”
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Harnessing loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) for sustainable biofuels and bioenergy: A review of biomass feedstock potential, conversion technologies, and forest management in the US by Chioma Edwina Ogbuka, Pradip Saud, Marco Yáñez, Rajan Parajuli, Sagar Godar Chhetri, Matthew Pelkki

“…Additionally, it identifies the main challenges for feedstock production and conversion, and environmental and socio-economic issues. Lignin recalcitrance and pretreatment costs hinder the conversion process; however, pine derivatives, such as pine terpenes and biochar, offer niche opportunities in biofuel markets. …”
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Identifying Inefficient Urban Residential Land within Shenzhen City: An Approach Using Gaussian Mixture Model and Multi-Source Big Data by Y. Liu, S. Liang, R. Guo, W. Wang, D. Ma, Y. Zheng, L. Zhang, Q. Liu, X. Li

“…With the rapid urbanization process and uneven resource allocation, China currently faces a declining trend in residential land use efficiency, significantly impacting urban residents' quality of life and satisfaction. …”
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