Academic Articles & Research Papers

BFLP: blockchain-based federated learning protocol with verifiable contribution proof

Abstract Cross-institutional federated learning suffers from centralized trust fragility, poisoning attacks, and the lack of verifiable contribution-based incentives. This paper proposes BFLP, a blockchain-based federated learning protocol ...

Development and validation of the Customer Engagement Orientation scale: Assessing firms’ customer engagement orientation and its impact on performance

Objective: The article aims to develop and validate a new scale – Customer Engagement Orientation (CENOR) – to measure a firm’s customer engagement orientation and to provide evidence of its impact on firm performance. Although customer eng...

Design of an improved model using federated learning and LSTM autoencoders for secure and transparent blockchain network transactions

Abstract With the advancement of this digital era and the emergence of DApps and Blockchain, secure, robust and transparent network transaction has become invaluable today. These traditional methods of securing the transactions and maintain...

An innovative and sustainable design of intangible Miao wax printing patterns in combination of diffusion model and fuzzy TOPSIS

Abstract Miao wax printing is a dyeing and weaving process in which natural dyes replace chemical dyes. It is renowned for its unique patterns and exquisite craftsmanship. However, with the development of industrialization and the decreasin...

PEMBENTUKAN KOMUNITAS YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL ACCELERATION CENTER (YEAC) SEBAGAI USAHA AKSELERASI WIRAUSAHA MUDA MAHASISWA FAKULTAS KEWIRAUSAHAAN UNIKA WIDYA MANDALA SURABAYA DALAM MENGHASILKAN PRODUK INOVATIF

Pengangguran telah menjadi persoalan bagi pemerintah dan masyarakat dari masa ke masa. Berbagai upaya dilakukan untuk mengurangi pengangguran dan meningkatkan kesejahteraan. Salah satu upaya yang dilakukan adalah dengan memperkenalkan dan m...

Discovery of sulfone-resistant dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) as a target enzyme for kaempferol, a natural flavanoid

Kaempferol is a ubiquitous flavonoid, found in various plants having a wide range of known pharmacological activities, including antioxidant, antiinflammatory, anticancer, antiallergic, antidiabetic, neuroprotective, cardioprotective and an...

Guidelines for information about therapy experiments: a proposal on best practice for recording experimental data on cancer therapy

Abstract Background Biology, biomedicine and healthcare have become data-driven enterprises, where scientists and clinicians need to generate, access, validate, interpret and integrate different kinds of experimental and patient-related dat...

Quantifying the Impact of Adaptive Space and Inclusive Design on User Experience in Exhibition Halls: A Mixed-Methods Study in Wuhan, China

As exhibition halls become highly adaptable and technology-driven, they risk excluding aging demographics due to cognitive barriers. Addressing the empirical gap regarding this tension, this study validates a quantitative evaluation model b...

Colonic stenting as bridge to surgery versus emergency surgery for management of acute left-sided malignant colonic obstruction: a multicenter randomized trial (Stent-in 2 study)

Abstract Background Acute left-sided colonic obstruction is most often caused by malignancy and the surgical treatment is associated with a high mortality and morbidity rate. Moreover, these operated patients end up with a temporary or perm...

Efficient Massive Contents Distribution Strategy for P2P Using Sensor Smart Network

An important problem in many P2P applications is how to efficiently disseminate massive contents from multiple sources to multiple receivers on the Internet. A successful model used for analyzing this problem is a graph that consisted of no...

RETHINKING PROCESSES: THE UPCYCLING METHOD FOR SUSTAINABLE APPAREL

The concepts of sustainability highlight the importance of socio-environmental responsibility, and fashion companies have been adopting more conscious production models to reduce environmental impact. In this context, upcycling has gained p...

Symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis in Women during Early Pregnancy Are Associated with Higher Prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis in Their Offspring

Background: Epigenetic control of gene expression profiles is a ubiquitous mechanism during cell differentiation, organogenesis and chronic inflammatory reactions. Recent studies have shown that allergen exposure during very early pregnancy...

Cascading Training Model to Promote Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Across South Africa: Rollout in an HIV Service Organization

Background In South Africa, rates of HIV and alcohol use are among the highest globally, with a detrimental synergistic relationship. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based, cost-effective appr...

Assumption-free estimation of heritability from genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing between full siblings.

The study of continuously varying, quantitative traits is important in evolutionary biology, agriculture, and medicine. Variation in such traits is attributable to many, possibly interacting, genes whose expression may be sensitive to the e...

Calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA) genes family: Genome-wide survey and phylogenetic analysis in flax (Linum usitatissimum).

Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a member of family linaceae with annual growth habit. It is included among those crops which were domesticated very early and has been used in development related studies as a model plant. In plants, Calmodulin...

Multiscale Perspectives on Char Oxidation: Reaction Regimes, Transport Phenomena, and Modeling Challenges.

Early Depression Detection in Social Media: Monitoring of Individual Nighttime Dynamics and Large Language Model Analysis.

A prognostic model for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma based on eosinophil extracellular trap related genes.

Screening of serum biomarkers for coronary artery calcification using DIA quantitative proteomics and construction of a regression model.

An evaluation of the impact of a double preceptorship model on nursing students' career adaptability: a quasi-experimental study.