A CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODEL TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACTS OF CRITICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS IN MEGAPROJECT CONSTRUCTION by P. Boateng, Z Chen, S Ogunlana

“…As part of a funded research scheme by the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, UK and the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (ECOST), this paper aims to introduce a system dynamic (SD) model to describe the impacts of critical weather conditions in megaproject construction for more accurate construction planning against project delays and cost overrun at the strategic level of megaproject management. …”
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Simulating Heavy Meiyu Rainfall: A Note on the Choice of the Model Microphysics Scheme by Zhimin Zhou, Yi Deng, Yang Hu, Zhaoping Kang

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Construction Projects in the United Arab Emirates: Insights from Construction Professionals by Mariam Abdalla Alketbi, Fikri Dweiri, Doraid Dalalah

“…This research highlights the potential for broader AI integration across the entire lifecycle of aviation projects. By adopting AI in these areas, UAE airports could set new benchmarks for cost effectiveness, sustainability, and project delivery, reinforcing the region’s status as a leader in technological innovation within the aviation industry.…”
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Blockchain-based high transparent PKI authentication protocol by Liquan CHEN, Xiao LI, Zheyi YANG, Sijie QIAN

“…The public key infrastructure (PKI), as an significant component of the current Internet security infrastructure, guarantees the information transmission with the necessary authenticity, integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation.However, the existing PKI also has shortcomings of excessive power of certification authority and difficulties in revoking and querying.Blockchain can be used to solve those problems by leveraging its advantages, such as decentralization, high transparency and flat structure.Furthermore, the ability and efficiency of the entire Internet to establish trust relationships may be improved.The transparent public key infrastructure (PKI) certification protocol based on the blockchain was proposed.The TS-PBFT algorithm was designed in the proposed protocol by adopting the threshold signature technology to the Practical Byzantine fault tolerance (PBFT) algorithm.The TS-PBFT algorithm reduced the communication overhead via reducing the communication complexity, strengthened the supervision via introducing external monitoring mechanism in the master node election of the view change protocol, and also improved the performance of the consensus mechanism via adding a batch processing mechanism.Moreover, a transparent blockchain-based PKI certification protocol was designed.The proposed protocol increased the security of certificate revocation and query, it also improved the efficiency of the certificate query by the introduction of counting bloom filters.Besides, the proposed protocol added audit function into the certificate lifecycle management.Accordingly, it can supervise the behavior of the certificate authority (CA), prompt it to improve security standards, and then achieve the purpose of limiting its authority.According to the security analysis and efficiency experiments, the proposed protocol was equipped with security properties, such as the resistance to spoofing certificate application attacks, and it achieved the best performance on TLS/SSL handshake time compared with existing PKI protocols.…”
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An Energy Storage System for Regulating the Maximum Demand of Traction Substations by Fangyuan Zhou, Zhaohui Tang, Xiaolong Zhang, Lebin Chou, Da Tan

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Refactoring Android Source Code Smells From Android Applications by Muhammad Fawad, Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Bilal Riaz

“…As technology advances and new features emerge, the demand for Android applications continues to grow, leading to rapid release schedules. …”
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Evaluation of environmental impacts of cleanroom construction with a life cycle analysis approach based on energy and material consumption by Pouya Partonia, Sobhan Heidarian, Mohamadreza Sharifi, Ghorbanali Dezvareh, Ahmad Khodadadi Darban

“…Abstract Life Cycle Assessment is an essential tool for evaluating the environmental impacts of products over their entire lifecycle. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, buildings consume the most energy throughout their lifespan. …”
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Issues and Limitations on the Road to Fair and Inclusive AI Solutions for Biomedical Challenges by Oliver Faust, Massimo Salvi, Prabal Datta Barua, Subrata Chakraborty, Filippo Molinari, U. Rajendra Acharya

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Timing Optimization Method for Pumped Storage Plant Construction Considering Capital Expenditure Capacity Feedback by Jie Jiao, Xiaoquan Lei, Puyu He, Qian Wang, Guangxiu Yu, Wenshi Ren, Shaokang Qi

“…Initially, an analysis is conducted on the factors that influence the capital expenditure costs of pumped storage power plants throughout their lifecycle. Next, the value of investing in pumped storage plants is assessed across three different aspects: economics, environment, and reliability. …”
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Data on battery health and performance: Analysing Samsung INR21700-50E cells with advanced feature engineering by Sahar Qaadan, Aiman Alshare, Alexander Popp, Myrel Tiemann, Utz Spaeth, Benedikt Schmuelling

“…These features are indispensable for predictive modelling, lifecycle management, and battery performance optimization, addressing key challenges in battery technology. …”
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Details on the transport of European eel larvae through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea by Marko Freese, Lasse Marohn, Luis Ferrer, Jan-Dag Pohlmann, Klaus Wysujack, Tina Blancke, Reinhold Hanel

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Business Process Modeling Patterns for Blockchain Application Development by Fouzia Alzhrani, Kawther Saeedi, Liping Zhao

“…Despite the significant potential of blockchain technology to transform e-business through smart contracts, developing blockchain applications remains a challenging task. …”
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Survey of attack and detection based on the full life cycle of APT by WANG Zhiwei, HE Xijie, YI Xin, LI Ziyang, CAO Xudong, YIN Tao, LI Shuhao, FU Anmin, ZHANG Yuqing

“…Based on this, a more general APT full lifecycle model was proposed, which was divided into four stages: information gathering, intrusion execution, internal network penetration, and data exfiltration. …”
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Carbon emission and energy risk management in mega sporting events: challenges, strategies, and pathways by Xiao-zhong Su, Xiao-zhong Su, Li Chen, Xin Long Xu, Xin Long Xu

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A Novel Ensemble Classifier Selection Method for Software Defect Prediction by Xin Dong, Jie Wang, Yan Liang

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Policy and regulatory perspectives of waste battery management and recycling: A review and future research agendas by Md Tasbirul Islam, Amjad Ali, Sikandar Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Shahid

“…The findings highlight core policy elements essential for effective waste battery management, including multi-stakeholder collaboration, data-driven decision-making models, eco-friendly technology R&D, government oversight of informal recycling, lifecycle thinking, consumer participation through education campaigns, adoption of global best practices, and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) implementation. …”
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Dynamic Roles of RNA and RNA Epigenetics in HTLV-1 Biology by Emily M. King, Amanda R. Panfil

“…With the emergence of new sequencing technologies in the last decade, our ability to dissect the intricacies of RNA has flourished. …”
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MODERNIZATION OF THE THREE-CYCLE ENGINEERING EDUCATION BASED ON FSES 3++ AND CDIO++ by A. I. Chuchalin

“…The program content, teaching and learning technologies, as well as the conditions of program delivery should meet the FSES 3++ and CDIO++ requirements. …”
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Impact of predictive selection of LbCas12a CRISPR RNAs upon on‐ and off‐target editing rates in soybean by Linda Rymarquis, Chenxi Wu, Diane Hohorst, Miguel Vega‐Sanchez, Thomas E. Mullen, Vijetha Vemulapalli, Douglas R. Smith

“…Abstract Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology has revolutionized creating targeted genetic variation in crops. …”
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A quantitative environmental impact assessment of Australian ultra-processed beverages and impact reduction scenarios by Kim Anastasiou, Michalis Hadjikakou, Ozge Geyik, Gilly A. Hendrie, Phillip Baker, Richard Pinter, Mark Lawrence

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