Fiber-optic hydrophone (FOH) has significant potential in many applications of hydroacoustic sensing and underwater communication. A novel path-matched differential interferometer fiber optic hydrophone (PMDI-FOH) approach incorporating an integrated...
This study develops generalised equations to predict arsenic removal efficiency during adsorption using synthetic sand, based on two key factors: adsorbent dose and temperature. Previous experimental investigations demonstrated that iron oxide coated...
The influence of salinity on the single and binary sorption of Ni and Zn onto iron oxide- and manganese oxide-coated sand (IOCS and MOCS) was investigated at pH = 5. The single sorption experimental data were fitted to Freundlich, Langmuir, Dubinin&n...
Introduction: Balancing hypnosis and antinociception during general anesthesia remains challenging, as traditional clinical and hemodynamic signs incompletely reflect cortical and nociceptive processing. Electroencephalogram (EEG)-derived indices suc...
Cybersecurity teams rely on signature-based scanners such as Loki, a command-line tool for scanning malware, to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), malicious artifacts, and YARA-rule matches. However, the raw Loki log output delivered as CSV or...
22 April 2020
To understand the physical demands of sexual intercourse, it is necessary to monitor the kinematic parameters of this activity using relatively non-invasive technology. The aims of this study are to analyze the validity and reliability of an inertial...
The smart grid (SG) offers potential benefits for utilities, electric generators, and customers alike. However, the prevalence of cyber-attacks targeting the SG emphasizes its dark side. In particular, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) lacks candidates willing to host the Olympic Games (OG) and has reacted to this situation by introducing the Olympic Agenda 2020 (OA)—a reform process making the OG more attractive for potential hosts....
Tsunami hazards pose persistent threats to low-lying coastal settlements in Indonesia, where physical exposure and social vulnerability often intersect. This study integrates tsunami inundation modelling using the Cornell Multi-grid Coupled Tsunami (...
Nowadays, the Olympic Games (OG) are faced with escalating complications and gigantism that frustrate the motivation of potential Olympic bidders, therefore obstructing the sustainable development of the Olympic Movement. The IOC has made numerous ef...
17 February 2023
Introduction: There has been much debate recently on the participation of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) athletes in sport, particularly in relation to fairness, safety and inclusion. The 2021 IOC Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-discri...
This study conducts an in-depth analysis of the disparities in upstream oil and gas asset scale and cost–benefit performance between PetroChina and major international oil companies. By comparing core indicators, including oil and gas asset dis...
Cyber threat intelligence feeds the focus on atomic and computed indicators of compromise. These indicators are the main source of tactical cyber intelligence most organizations benefit from. They are expressed in machine-readable formats, and they a...
Appalachia faces a housing challenge that is not only a shortage of affordable units, but also a regional housing-production capacity problem shaped by workforce availability, financing, regulation, market awareness, technology readiness, and institu...
Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) have become the cornerstone of critical sectors like energy, transportation, and manufacturing. However, the burgeoning interconnectivity of ICSs has also introduced heightened risks from cyber threats. The urgency f...
Recently, the rapid growth of technology and the increased teleworking due to the COVID-19 outbreak have motivated cyber attackers to advance their skills and develop new sophisticated methods, e.g., Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks, to lever...
Based on earlier batch and column experimental results, it was established that Skye sand is suitable for removing arsenic from water through adsorption. As a real-size prototype may not always replicate results from batch and column experiments, thi...
The early diagnosis of biliary atresia (BA) in cholestatic infants is critical to the success of the treatment. Intraoperative cholangiography (IOC), an invasive imaging technique, is the current strategy for the diagnosis of BA. Ultrasonography has...
The increasing complexity and scale of cyber threats demand advanced, automated methodologies for extracting actionable cyber threat intelligence (CTI). The automated extraction of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) from unstructured threat r...
Sulfated polysaccharides extracted from brown algae are unique algal polysaccharides and potential ingredients in the cosmeceutical, functional food, and pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, the present study evaluated the cosmeceutical effects, inc...
A proportion of patients who undergo intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC) do not have bile duct stones at the time of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), either due to the spontaneous passage of stones or a false-positive IOC. Glucag...
River mouths are highly dynamic environments responding very rapidly to changes in wave energy or river floods. While the morphological response during floods or during marine storm events has been widely documented in the literature, little is known...
Active leading indicators (ALIs) have the potential to identify safety hazards and prompt immediate actions to prevent incidents. Currently, there is a major gap in research that incorporates a fully automated ALI system because implementation has be...
Every potential Olympic Games organiser assumers that the games they organise will be special, that they will help to set new, high standards both in the organisation of sports events themselves, as well as in the planning and carrying out of project...
This study was aimed at demonstrating the substantial equivalence of two extra virgin olive oil samples extracted from the same batch of Coratina olives with (OMU) or without (OMN) using ultrasound technology, by performing chemical, biochemical, and...
This article presents, by means of computational simulation tools, a full analysis and design of an Interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (IFOG) prototype based on a closed-loop configuration with sinusoidal bias phase- modulation. The complete desig...
This paper focuses on the contribution of mega events onto the development of a green economy at the event host location and discusses how to measure it. The promises of organizers usually are very ambitious but the question remains as to how realist...
The use of intraoperative colonoscopy (IOC) to evaluate the integrity of newly created anastomosis has been advocated by some surgeons. However, whether direct visualization of fresh anastomosis can help reduce anastomotic problems is still unclear....
Variability in the response of individuals to various non-invasive brain stimulation protocols is a major problem that limits their potential for clinical applications. Baseline motor-evoked potential (MEP) amplitude is the key predictor of an indivi...
Using the waste materials in the production of the building materials limits the storage of the wastes, burdensome for the environment and landscape, and makes possible to manufacture the materials and products with the use of the less volume of the...
The United Nations predicted that 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050. Currently, the resources in urban areas are barely enough to cater to the inhabitants’ needs. Scientists believe that automation is the solu...
This study aims to identify which factors affect inter-organizational collaboration (IOC) in interconnected infrastructure projects to enable practitioners to establish a collaborative environment at the project level. This specific form of inter-org...
Background/Objectives: Induction chemotherapy offers limited survival benefit before definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. We compared induction chemoimmunotherapy followed by concurrent chemo...
As an essential domain of project management, inter-organization collaboration (IOC) is crucial for stakeholders in off-site construction (OSC) projects because of the high linkage between design, production, and site construction stages. Current stu...
The stabilization problem of multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (MT-HVDC) systems feeding constant power loads is addressed in this paper using an inverse optimal control (IOC). A hierarchical control structure using a convex optimization mod...
In traditional passive optical network (PON) neighboring, optical network units (ONUs) cannot communicate directly but through optical line terminals, resulting in propagation delays, security hazards and unnecessary use of upstream and downstream ba...
This CT-based study aimed to characterize and explain the existence of two anatomical structures positioned near the maxillary sinuses, which are of clinical relevance in rhinology and maxillofacial surgery. A total of 182 head scans (92 males and 90...
A close collaboration between infrastructure owners is crucial to address challenges in the design and execution of next-generation infrastructure projects for sustainable development. Managing and sharing data among parties involved in infrastructur...
Despite significant advances in hepatobiliary surgery, biliary injury and leakage remain typical postoperative complications. Thus, a precise depiction of the intrahepatic biliary anatomy and anatomical variant is crucial in preoperative evaluation....
The structure of the equatorial atmospheric circulation, as defined by the zonal mass streamfunction (ZMS), computed using the new fifth-generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather (ERA-5) and the National Centers for Environmental...
The increasing adoption of industrialized offsite construction (IOC) offers substantial benefits in efficiency, quality, and sustainability, yet presents persistent challenges related to data fragmentation, real-time monitoring, and coordination. Thi...
In the field of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), the scarcity of high-quality and labelled datasets that include Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) impact the design and implementation of robust predictive models that are capable of classifying IoCs in...
Promoting metacognition in preservice science teachers (PSTs) is necessary for effective science teaching. However, metacognition is an abstract attribute that requires in-depth investigations with qualitative methods. This study aimed to express the...
Coupled metallic-wedge nano-plasmonic (CWP) waveguides were predicted as the best building blocks, which can realize ultra-compact and broadband integrated optical circuits (IOCs) due to the localized near-field distributions at the dielectric/metal...
The International Olive Council (IOC) established that olives must be free of odors, off-flavors, and absent of abnormal ongoing alterations or fermentations. The use of electronic devices could help when classifying defects in a fast, non-destructiv...
Insulated overhead conductor (IOC) faults cannot be detected by the ordinary protection devices due to the existence of the insulation layer. The failure of insulated overhead conductors is regularly accompanied by partial discharge (PD); thus, IOC f...
The occurrence of aroma constituents in sparkling wines, with direct impact on their organoleptic characteristics, is affected by several factors, for example the base-wine particularities, grapes cultivar conditions, inoculated yeasts, the aging sta...
The iron mining regions of Brazil contain thousands of “iron ore caves” (IOCs) that form within Fe(III)-rich deposits. The mechanisms by which these IOCs form remain unclear, but the reductive dissolution of Fe(III) (hydr)oxides by Fe(III) reducing b...
Environmental sustainability (ES) has increasingly become a core focus of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to institutional pressures as well as the threat of climate change. Since the IOC continues to urge candidature cities to undersco...
Background/Objectives: The infraorbital canal (IOC) is a critical anatomical structure that passes through the anterior surface of the maxilla and opens at the infraorbital foramen, containing the infraorbital nerve, artery, and vein. Accurate locali...
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