Academic Articles & Research Papers

A Comprehensive Cybersecurity Audit Model to Improve Cybersecurity Assurance: The CyberSecurity Audit Model (CSAM)

Nowadays, private corporations and public institutions are dealing with constant and sophisticated cyberthreats and cyberattacks. As a general warning, organizations must build and develop a cybersecurity culture and awareness in order to d...

Cybersecurity

This chapter introduces the theme of cybersecurity, its importance in the actual scenario, and the challenges of the new Information Society, whose critical development factors are the technological revolution and innovation. The revolution...

Deep Learning and Autonomous Vehicles: Strategic Themes, Applications, and Research Agenda Using SciMAT and Content-Centric Analysis, a Systematic Review

Applications of deep learning (DL) in autonomous vehicle (AV) projects have gained increasing interest from both researchers and companies. This has caused a rapid expansion of scientific production on DL-AV in recent years, encouraging res...

Key soil attributes and land-management dataset for Australian agroecosystems linking baseline and resampling surveys.

Decentralized intelligence in smart grids: a comprehensive survey of edge computing and federated learning

Modern power grids are becoming more distributed and data-intensive, while centralized, cloud-based analytics struggle to keep pace. Routing everything through a central system introduces delays, strains network capacity, complicates compli...

Robustness of Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting against False Data Injection Attacks

The accuracy of wind power forecasting depends a great deal on the data quality, which is so susceptible to cybersecurity attacks. In this paper, we study the cybersecurity issue of short-term wind power forecasting. We present one class of...

Nieuwe perspectieven in onrustige tijden

Het is niet nodig om in dit voorwoord te vermelden dat de wereld sterk in beweging is. Als MAB-lezer heeft u genoeg informatiebronnen tot uw beschikking, en uiteraard uw eigen observaties, die de enorme veranderlijkheid en soms schokkende a...

Enhanced Intrusion Detection in Drone Networks: A Cross-Layer Convolutional Attention Approach for Drone-to-Drone and Drone-to-Base Station Communications

Due to Internet of Drones (IoD) technology, drone networks have proliferated, transforming surveillance, logistics, and disaster management. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, malware infections, and communication abnormalities i...

Explainable Artificial Intelligence in CyberSecurity: A Survey

Nowadays, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely applied in every area of human being’s daily life. Despite the AI benefits, its application suffer from the opacity of complex internal mechanisms and doesn’t satisfy by design the principles...

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

Abstract Dependence on computers has had a transformative effect on human society. Cybernetics is now woven into the core functions of virtually every basic institution, including our oldest ones. War is one such institution, and the digita...

Occurrence and Residue Concentration of Coccidiostats in Feed and Food of Animal Origin; Human Exposure Assessment

Occurring central Italy, 262 unmedicated feed samples and 353 samples of animal tissues and eggs are tested for coccidiostats between 2012 and 2017. A validated multi-residue HPLC-MS/MS method is applied for the simultaneous determination o...

Degradation of Organophosphorus and Pyrethroid Insecticides in Beverages: Implications for Risk Assessment

Since urinary insecticide metabolites are commonly used as biomarkers of exposure, it is important that we quantify whether insecticides degrade in food and beverages in order to better perform risk assessment. This study was designed to qu...

Lack of Usefulness of Literature-Based Helicobacter pylori Resistance Data for Predicting First-Line Empirical Treatment Effectiveness in the European Registry on H. pylori Management (Hp-EuReg).

Canopies at public transport stops in Belgrade: An example of open public micro-spaces in the city

Micro-spaces - small-scale public city spaces - represent an important element in the structure of the city, both functionally and aesthetically. Due to their small scale, their importance is often overlooked by experts and investors. The p...

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cardiovascular Risk: Retrospective Matched-Cohort Analysis Based on the RECORD Study of the Italian Society for Rheumatology

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increase in cardiovascular (CV) risk. This issue maybe not only explained by a genetic component, as well as by the traditional CV risk factors, but also by an underestimation and ...

Public Health Communication

Contents: Preface. Introduction. R. Hornik, Public Health Communication: Making Sense of Contradictory Evidence. Part I: Deliberate Trials. J.K. Worden, B.S. Flynn, Using Mass Media to Prevent Cigarette Smoking. P. Palmgreen, L. Donohew, E....

Spontaneous anastomosis of esophageal atresia without esophageal stricture formation: A case report

Introduction: Spontaneous esophago-esophageal fistulization is a reported phenomenon in cases of complex esophageal atresia, however, short and long-term complications are common, including stricture formation. Case presentation: A male twi...

Removal of Microcystin-LR by a Novel Native Effective Bacterial Community Designated as YFMCD4 Isolated from Lake Taihu

Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is the most toxic and frequently detected monocyclic heptapeptide hepatotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, which poses a great threat to the natural ecosystem and public health. It is very important to seek environment-...

Identification of wild-caught phlebotomine sand flies from Crete and Cyprus using DNA barcoding

Abstract Background Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are vectors of Leishmania spp., protozoan parasites responsible for a group of neglected diseases called leishmaniases. Two sand fly genera, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia, co...

Electrorefining behavior of a multicomponent copper alloy derived from waste printed circuit boards

Efficient recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a major priority for the circular economy and sustainable resource management. This study proposes and investigates an integrated mechanical, pyrometallurgical, and ...