Background: Operational performance in security-force settings depends on maintaining accurate motor–cognitive and shooting performance under acute physical strain. This descriptive pilot study examined pre–post performance patterns durin...
The devastating consequences of successful security breaches that have been observed recently have forced more and more software development enterprises to shift their focus towards building software products that are highly secure (i.e., vulnerabili...
(1) Background: The use of force by public and private security forces is currently an issue of great relevance because of the potential injuries caused by any excessive use of force by either active or passive subjects or a deficit in the real maste...
In recent years, the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol has enjoyed rapid growth as a security protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). In its newest iteration, TLS 1.3, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has standardized a zero round-...
The DPSIR model is a conceptual model established by the European Environment Agency to solve environmental problems. It provides an overall framework for analysis of environmental problems from five aspects: driving force (D), pressure (P), state (S...
This paper delves into the potential of an optimized differential system within an underactuated tendon-driven soft robotic gripper, a crucial component that enhances the grasping abilities by allowing fingers to secure objects adapting to different...
Blockchain technology has emerged as the backbone of cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance, yet its long-term resilience is increasingly threatened by advances in quantum computing. Quantum algorithms, such as Shor’s algorithm, can undermi...
Increasing volatilities within power transmission and distribution force power grid operators to amplify their use of communication infrastructure to monitor and control their grid. The resulting increase in communication creates a larger attack surf...
By virtue of their wide applications in transportation, healthcare, smart home, and security, development of sensors detecting mechanical stimuli, which are many force types (pressure, shear, bending, tensile, and flexure) is an attractive research d...
The increase in terrorism and identity fraud has forced governments worldwide to make a combined effort to enhance the security of national borders. Biometric passports are the emergent identity travel document deployed in guaranteeing the safekeepin...
In recent years, there have been a number of new application architectures developed (examples include microservices and containerisation) that introduce significant security challenges for inter-service communication. Whereas internal calls made wit...
In a dynamically changing socio-economic environment with significant technical and technological progress, the notion of energy security takes on a new, broader meaning. Modern literature presents a variety of operational definitions of energy secur...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed modern life through interconnected devices enabling automation across diverse environments. However, its reliance on legacy network architectures has introduced significant security vulnerabilities and eff...
Digital fingerprints are being used more and more to secure applications for logical and physical access control. In order to guarantee security and privacy trends, a biometric system is often implemented on a secure element to store the biometric re...
In the process of our research, we have identified new methods of processing ultra-wide-band (UWB) radar signals and possibilities of the UWB radar use in aviation security systems. We paid our main attention to finding new algorithms for tracking th...
The uncertain service life of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) imposes constraints on their secure application. In addressing this uncertainty, this study employs the Monte Carlo simulation method for reliability evaluation, quantifying the risk of TB...
Climate change has resulted in increased intensity and frequency of typhoons and storm surges. Accordingly, attention has been paid to securing the breakwater’s stability to protect the safety of the port. Herein, hydraulic model experiments we...
Fentanyl and its analogues represent a severe threat due to their extreme potency and increasing prevalence in illicit drug supplies. Even trace amounts (on the order of a couple of milligrams) can be lethal, contributing to a surge in opioid overdos...
Data security has become indispensable, with a view to keep sensitive information confidential. One important method is through image encryption, upon which features in an image would no longer be visible. The original image with its features could o...
This work presents a method to utilise only haptic information in successfully completing a threaded insertion. We derive the insights for this task from human demonstrations and highlight the sufficiency of haptic data in this application, without t...
The paper presents a method and results of experimental testing of the stability of palletized cargo wrapped in stretch film in laboratory conditions and methods and parameterization of its application for proper cargo securing. Reduction of stretch...
With the wide use of mobile sensing application, more and more location-embedded data are collected and stored in mobile clouds, such as iCloud, Samsung cloud, etc. Using these data, the cloud service provider (CSP) can provide location-based service...
The development of information security mechanisms follows a cyclic refinement model: new cryptographic solutions are proposed, their limitations are studied, and improvements are introduced to overcome those limitations. This paper contributes to th...
Green regeneration of industrial brownfields (GRIB) is an inevitable choice under the collision of industrial structure adjustment and ecological civilization construction. Due to vegetation destruction and industrial pollution, the integrity and hea...
The acoustic properties of keyboard keystrokes are essential for advancing research in human–computer interaction, security, and accessibility, yet existing datasets often lack force variability, detailed metadata, or controlled recording condi...
This paper presents the design and calibration of a new force/tactile sensor for robotic applications. The sensor is suitably designed to provide the robotic grasping device with a sensory system mimicking the human sense of touch, namely, a device s...
In the age of fast digital transformation, Docker containers have become one of the central technologies for flexible and scalable application deployment. However, this has opened a new dimension of challenges in security, which are skyrocketing with...
With the profound transformation of the global energy structure and the continuous advancement of the dual-carbon goal, virtual power plants (VPPs), with distributed energy as their core, have become a key technological path to improving grid flexibi...
As a key load-bearing element in a prestressed structure, the anchor should be appropriately monitored to secure its as-built prestressing force. In previous studies, the impedance-based prestress force monitoring technique through a mountable lead–Z...
Robots are increasingly entering the social sphere and taking on more sophisticated roles. One application for which robots are already being deployed is in civilian security tasks, in which robots augment security and police forces. In this domain,...
The increasing demand for secure and efficient encryption algorithms has intensified the exploration of alternative cryptographic solutions, including biologically inspired systems like cellular automata. This study presents a symmetric block encrypt...
In the context of the global active pursuit of sustainable development and the heightened priority placed on sustainable energy, renewable energy systems, as a crucial solution to energy crises and environmental challenges, are of increasing signific...
Deep learning models can produce unstable results by introducing imperceptible perturbations that are difficult for humans to recognize. This can have a significant impact on the accuracy and security of deep learning applications due to their poorly...
The circulation of digital assets has become increasingly crucial in today’s digital economy, reflecting both its growing importance and the challenges it faces. Blockchain technology, with its inherent symmetry, has emerged as a transformative...
Rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves forces the global energy sector to transition to sustainable energy sources. Specifically, distributed energy markets have emerged in the renewable energy sector in recent years, partly because blockchain techn...
In this paper, we propose a navigation approach for smartphones that enables visitors of major events to avoid crowded areas or narrow streets and to navigate out of dense crowds quickly. Two types of sensor data are integrated. Real-time optical ima...
Classical approaches to cryptography exhibit several limitations when applied to scenarios involving more than two users. The One-Time User Key (OTUK) meta-cryptographic model addresses these limitations by enabling multi-user encryption that is flex...
Digitalization has become a driving force for significant advancements in property/facility management (PFM). It is necessary to identify the research gaps and future research directions, which could enable the effective development of digital techno...
The discrete Shmaliy moment transform (DST) is a type of discrete orthogonal moment transform that is widely used in signal and image processing. However, DST is not suitable for lossless image applications due to its non-integer reversible nature. T...
COVID-19 has made eHealth an imperative. The pandemic has been a true catalyst for remote eHealth solutions such as teleHealth. Telehealth facilitates care, diagnoses, and treatment remotely, making them more efficient, accessible, and economical. Ho...
In the current context, classic software licensing and protection mechanisms based exclusively on host application checks can be circumvented by patching, emulation and replay attacks in user-controlled environments. This paper presents an adaptive h...
The purpose of this paper is to propose legal and policy enhancements that may prevent the cancellation of the legal force of zoning due to discord with the Korean Land Use Regulation Map (LURM) and secure legal stability. The legal force of zoning h...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become one of the most attractive domains nowadays. It works by creating a special network between physical devices such as vehicles, home equipment, and other items. In recent days, the common technologies of communi...
Due to the variety and multiplicity of electronic devices, the issue of electromagnetic environment protection is becoming more and more important. We often hear about how necessary it is for electronic devices to meet appropriate requirements. Meeti...
Image abstraction simplifies complex images, highlights specific features, and preserves different levels of structures to achieve a desired style. This paper presents a constructive and adjustable data hiding algorithm to convey various secret messa...
In current industrial production, robots have increasingly been taking the place of manual workers. With the improvements in production efficiency, accidents that involve operators occur frequently. In this study, a flexible sensor system was designe...
Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has emerged as a transformative force in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), addressing limitations of traditional AI such as reliance on large labeled datasets and narrow task applicability. This paper aims to sy...
Situational awareness (SA) is defined as the perception of entities in the environment, comprehension of their meaning, and projection of their status in near future. From an Air Force perspective, SA refers to the capability to comprehend and projec...
Nowadays, the Internet of Things (IoT) concept plays a pivotal role in society and brings new capabilities to different industries. The number of IoT solutions in areas such as transportation and healthcare is increasing and new services are under de...
The Software-Defined Network (SDN) is a next-generation network that uses OpenFlow to decouple the control plane from the data plane of forwarding devices. Other protocols for southbound interfaces include ForCES and POF. However, some security issue...
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