Performance Analysis of DAG-Based Blockchain Systems Based on Markovian Arrival Process by Xing-Shuo Song, Shi-Yong Li

“…Meanwhile, we have considered this situation in a newly issued transaction and selected multiple tips for validation. …”
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Sex, ‘soaps’ and HIV by Natalie Ridgard

“…In comparison with their real-world occurrence, MCPs, transactional sex and intergenerational relationships are overrepresented in soap operas. …”
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Islamic Community Empowerment in Economic Growth through Sugar Cane Farming Partnerships by Rini Setiawati, Heni Noviarita, Sri Haryanto, Mubasit Mubasit, Daryono Daryono, Afif Anshori, Agus Dwianto

“…Existing structure, however is embroiled in transaction costs of top-heavy governance contracts and inadequate farmer engagement with a complete contradiction to the basic principles of Islamic economic behaviour. …”
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A Secure Framework for Privacy-Preserving Analytics in Healthcare Records Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Blockchain in Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments by S. Bharath Babu, K. R. Jothi

“…These proofs, integrated into a blockchain network, create a tamper-proof, transparent ledger that ensures secure healthcare transactions. This approach is critical in scenarios such as telemedicine, where secure data sharing and computation are paramount. …”
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Optimal voltage and frequency control strategy for renewable-dominated deregulated power network by Vineet Kumar, Sumit Sharma, Vineet Kumar, Sachin Sharma, Ark Dev

“…A novel Leader Harris Hawks Optimization-based Model Predictive Controller (MPC-LHHO) is implemented, achieving a reduction in frequency deviation undershoot by 67.45% and voltage settling time by 91.11% compared to conventional controllers under poolco and bilateral transactions. Auxiliary devices, including the Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) and grid-connected electric vehicles (EVs), further enhance performance, reducing frequency deviations by 52.18% under stochastic scenarios. …”
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Regulating DeFi: Safeguarding Market Integrity While Managing High Expectations by Luka Orešković, Ivana Bajakić

“…Digital finance has contributed to the dematerialisation and disintermediation of financial transactions. Technological innovations, namely blockchain technology and smart contracts, have generated an additional ecosystem – decentralised finance (DeFi). …”
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Cluster approach to the development of the mechanism of export of agricultural enterprise products by N. R. Suchkova

“…The example of an export-oriented enterprise in the Saratov region shows clustering effectiveness, which consists in minimizing transaction costs by reducing other implementation costs. …”
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Strategic issues of raising international financing by A. A. Tarasov

“…For the solution of one of the key strategic goals of corporate finance – execution of mergers and acquisitions transactions – we present an algorithm of raising financing by using syndicated loans and eurobonds.…”
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Disposal of In-Game Items for Consideration in Polish Personal Income Tax by Michalina Duda-Hyz

“…The considerations serve to prove the hypothesis that the interpretation of the current Polish legislation in the context of transactions with game objects poses problems for both taxpayers and tax authorities, which is evidenced by the numerous doubts of taxpayers expressed in requests for individual tax interpretations, as well as the divergent positions of the tax authorities. …”
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Toward secure and accountable data transmission in Narrow Band Internet of Things based on blockchain by Hanshu Hong, Bing Hu, Zhixin Sun

“…The presented architecture consists of three layers which are sensing layer, transport layer, and transaction layer. We describe the interaction processes between each layer in detail and construct the algorithms which are used to conduct data authentication and blockchain generation. …”
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A Survey on Addressing IoT Security Issues by Embedding Blockchain Technology Solutions: Review, Attacks, Current Trends, and Applications by Nathalie Tan Yhe Huan, Zuriati Ahmad Zukarnain

“…The IoT ecosystem consists of sensors that function as data generators and applications that necessitate financial transactions to compensate the data producers. Security is a highly important concern. …”
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Android and Forking Restrictions: On the Hidden Closedness of “Open” by Simonetta Vezzoso

“…This justification stems from a purely “transactional view” of platforms. The article concludes that this view is only partially suitable to provide an accurate description of complex innovation ecosystems for the purposes of competition policy enforcement. …”
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The Acquisitions of the Chinese State-Owned Enterprises under the National Merger Control Regimes of the EU Member States: Searching for a Coherent Approach by Alexandr Svetlicinii

“… With the rapidly unfolding China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI ) and the ongoing reform of the State-owned enterprises (SOEs), the number of overseas acquisitions by the Chinese SOEs in various industrial and services sectors is gradually on the rise. These transactions have raised a number of questions in terms of the assessment of the economic concentrations’ potential impact on competition and challenged the traditional assessment tools employed by the merger control regimes. …”
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Les boutiques dans les colonies de Lyon et de Vienne entre le i er s. av. et le iii e s. apr. J.-C. by Marine Lépée

“…The shop (taberna), as a space dedicated to commercial transactions for sale, production and/or service activities, was a recurrent feature in the cities of Roman Gaul. …”
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Produzindo casas de papel: As engrenagens da securitização de ativos imobiliários residenciais no Brasil. by Marlon Altavini de Abreu, Everaldo Santos Melazzo, João Vitor de Souza Ferreira

“…It aims to contribute to the debate regarding the mechanisms which turn a physical asset, with low liquidity and high transaction cost, on an asset with high liquidity and free of barriers to its circulation, with emphasis on types of contracts and securitised debts subordinating indicators of housing production, combined with expectations of financial market gain and different real estate markets integration through standardization and compilation of real estate debts into a single securitization term. …”
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Attitude towards violence against women in the relationship and the family social climate in adolescents by María de Jesús Pacheco Vela

“…Method: Not experimental transactional and correlational. 63 students of 4th year high school of which 28 were male (44.4%) and 35 were women (55.6%) was evaluated through the Scale of Attitudes towards violence against women in the couple relationship (Scale VM), and the Family Environment Scale of Moos (FES). …”
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Chaotic Stream Cipher-Based Secure Data Communications over Intelligent Transportation Network by Wei Zhang, Shanyu Tang, Liping Zhang, Zhao Ma, Jun Song

“…In an ETC system, toll transaction data are transmitted over intelligent transportation networks, which is vulnerable to eavesdropping, interfering, and tampering attacks. …”
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Performance Evaluation of NewSQL Databases in a Distributed Architecture by Zhiyao Zhang, Alan Megargel, Lingxiao Jiang

“…In the context of a geographically distributed architecture, our experiment results show that MySQL NDB Cluster is more suited for critical business transactions requiring ACID properties while TIBCO ActiveSpaces is better suited for use cases that require big data ingestion, such as IoT platforms.…”
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Rhein Reduces Fat Weight in db/db Mouse and Prevents Diet-Induced Obesity in C57Bl/6 Mouse through the Inhibition of PPARγ Signaling by Yu Zhang, Shengjie Fan, Na Hu, Ming Gu, Chunxiao Chu, Yiming Li, Xiong Lu, Cheng Huang

“…To elucidate the underlying mechanisms, we used reporter assay and gene expression analysis and found that rhein inhibited peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) transactivity and the expression of its target genes, suggesting that rhein may act as a PPARγ antagonist. …”
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THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES by Gökhan Özkul

“…The level of economic freedom which is expressed as institutions and policies based on market economy is one of the most significant indicators of entrepreneurial activities since the increase in economic freedom has caused a decrease in transaction costs preventing the entrepreneurial activity. …”
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