Academic Articles & Research Papers

Effectiveness of cybersecurity audit

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of internal audit of cybersecurity. We developed a Cybersecurity Audit Index composed of three dimensions – planning, performing and reporting – to address this question. We hypothesize ...

Emergence of Fintech and cybersecurity in a global financial centre

Purpose This paper aims to explore how the regulator of a global financial centre (GFC) under an international trend of adopting emerging technologies for financial services (Fintech) articulates such opportunities and risks strategically. ...

Guidelines for usable cybersecurity: Past and present

Usability is arguably one of the most significant social topics and issues within the field of cybersecurity today. Supported by the need for confidentiality, integrity, availability and other concerns, security features have become standar...

Binarized Neural Networks: Training Deep Neural Networks with Weights and Activations Constrained to +1 or -1

We introduce a method to train Binarized Neural Networks (BNNs) - neural networks with binary weights and activations at run-time. At training-time the binary weights and activations are used for computing the parameters gradients. During t...

Neural Networks in Business Forecasting

Neural Network is defined as the ability of a group to solve more problems than its individual members.The idea brings that a group of people can solve problems efficiently and offer greater insight and a better answer than any one individu...

PG-MACO Optimization Method for Ship Pipeline Layout

Aimed at the problem of low efficiency of ship pipeline design, an optimization method of pipeline layout is proposed. An optimization mathematical model is established by comprehensively considering the engineering background of safety, ec...

Neuromodulation Effect According to Lesion Location After Dual-Mode Brain Stimulation in Patients with Subacute Stroke: A Preliminary Study

Dual-mode non-invasive brain stimulation using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation is known to help neurorehabilitation in patients with stroke. However, this neuromodulation effect may v...

Unstructured Grid Computing Acceleration Algorithm Based on Sunway TaihuLight

The performance of unstructured grid computing on Sunway TaihuLight, a domestic heterogeneous many-core platform, is limited by sparse storage, discrete memory access, and data dependency.To relieve the sparse storage and discrete memory ac...

Effectiveness of nurse-led hypertension interventions on retention, adherence, and blood pressure control among adults in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

Enhancing Psychiatry Training Using an Agentic AI Simulated Consultation Tool: Prospective Cohort Study

Abstract BackgroundCanadian psychiatry residents must demonstrate consultation competency, assessed using the standardized assessment of a clinical encounter report (STACER). However, opportunities to practice these skills and r...

The Balanced Opioid Initiative: protocol for a clustered, sequential, multiple-assignment randomized trial to construct an adaptive implementation strategy to improve guideline-concordant opioid prescribing in primary care

Abstract Background Rates of opioid prescribing tripled in the USA between 1999 and 2015 and were associated with significant increases in opioid misuse and overdose death. Roughly half of all opioids are prescribed in primary care. Althoug...

Experimental examination on physical and radiation shielding features of boro-silicate glasses doped with varying amounts of BaO

Investigations were conducted on the addition of barium's impact on the radiation shielding and physical attributes of five different glasses, designated S1–S5, with varying BaO contents. Using two point sources namely Co60 and Cs137 along ...

Political stability and good governance as catalysts for achieving sustainable cities, clean energy, and responsible consumption: evidence from an emerging economy

Abstract This study investigates the pivotal role of political stability, good governance, and institutional support in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 11, and 12 in Pakistan, an emerging economy. SDG 7 deals with affordab...

Advancing sovereign ESG performance in China through renewable energy industrialization and government effectiveness

Abstract This study examines the relationship between renewable energy use, industrialization, governance effectiveness, population growth, and technological innovation, and sovereign environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance,...

Capacity Optimization and Rolling Scheduling of Offshore Multi-Energy Coupling Systems

Increasing penetration of offshore renewable energy has highlighted the challenges posed by strong intermittency, output uncertainty, and insufficient utilization of marine energy resources. To address these issues, this study investigates ...

Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text covering the full range of renewable energy technologies and their implementation worldwide. Energy supplies from renewables (such as from biofuels, solar heat, photovoltaics, w...

Independent Acidic pH Reactivity of Non-Iron-Fenton Reaction Catalyzed by Copper-Based Nanoparticles for Fluorescent Dye Oxidation

The process of hydrogen peroxide decomposition, facilitated by copper oxide nanoparticles, produces reactive oxidants that possess the ability to oxidize multiple pollutants. CuO/Cu2O hybrid nanoparticles were successfully synthesized throu...

Multi-target quantum compilation algorithm

Quantum compilation is the process of converting a target unitary operation into a trainable unitary represented by a quantum circuit. It has a wide range of applications, including gate optimization, quantum-assisted compiling, quantum sta...

Investigating CRYSTALS-Kyber Vulnerabilities: Attack Analysis and Mitigation

Significant advancements have been achieved in the field of quantum computing in recent years. If somebody ever creates a sufficiently strong quantum computer, many of the public-key cryptosystems in use today might be compromised. Kyber is...

ZX-Diagram T-Count Reduction Based on Proximal Policy Optimization

In fault-tolerant quantum computing systems, the T gates consume more fault-tolerant resources. In this paper, we propose an automated optimization method based on the Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm. We first translate quantum...