Secure and efficient ownership verification for deduplicated cloud computing systems by Jay Dave, Kamalesh Ram R., Pratik Patil, Himanshu Patil, Sarvesh Borole, Subhrakanta Panda

“…Abstract Cloud storage services offer a scalable platform to store a large amount of data at a low cost. It attracts a large number of customers to outsource their data to the cloud. …”
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MODELS OF MEASURING SATISFACTION OF CUSTOMERS IN MODERN CONDITIONS by Natalya Velichko

“…In current economical conditionds the business success depends on the ability to assess customer satisfaction and get validm data about it. This article discusses how to assess customer satisfaction allowing not only to learn how the customers value the company at the moment, but also to determine what should be done to increase the index of satisfaction. …”
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FIORA: Local neighborhood-based prediction of compound mass spectra from single fragmentation events by Yannek Nowatzky, Francesco Friedrich Russo, Jan Lisec, Alexander Kister, Knut Reinert, Thilo Muth, Philipp Benner

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Integrating Palliative Care and Heart Failure: the PalliatHeartSynthesis realist synthesis by Tracey McConnell, Carolyn Blair, Geoff Wong, Claire Duddy, Clare Howie, Loreena Hill, Joanne Reid

“…Limitations The realist approach to analysis means that findings are based on our interpretation of the data. …”
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Knowledge management in higher education: a meta-synthesis of success factors, challenges, and implementation strategies by Mohammad Hossein Zerafati, Reza Hosseinpour

“…Technological solutions (implementing knowledge management systems, developing digital repositories)The research culminated in developing a comprehensive conceptual model that illustrates the interrelationships between success factors, challenges, and implementation strategies in academic knowledge management.Research limitations: Several limitations should be considered:- The relatively small sample size of nine studies may not capture all relevant perspectives- Geographic concentration of studies in specific regions may limit global generalizability- Lack of access to raw data from primary studies restricted certain types of analysis- Temporal limitations of selected studies may not reflect the most recent developments- Methodological variations across studies complicated direct comparisonsThese limitations suggest opportunities for future research, including:- Longitudinal studies examining long-term impacts of knowledge management initiatives- Cross-cultural comparative studies of knowledge management implementation- Investigation of emerging technologies' impact on academic knowledge management- Studies focusing on knowledge management's role in achieving sustainable development goals- Research on the relationship between knowledge management and intellectual capital in universitiesPractical implications: The study provides several actionable recommendations for higher education institutions:1. …”
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Evaluating Community Outreach Efforts: A Framework and Approach Based on a National Mental Health Demonstration Project by Brenda M. Joly, Martha Elbaum Williamson, Kimberly Pukstas Bernard, Prashant Mittal, Jennifer Pratt

“…The evaluation design included three components: 1) process, 2) outcomes and 3) context. Data Collection and Analysis: Qualitative data were based on focus groups and key informant interviews.  …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…Methods Workstream 1: developing Embedding Package Mixed-methods development work for the Embedding Package, including: (1) secondary analysis of existing qualitative data, systematic literature review and the merging of the resulting coded data with further analysis; (2) stakeholder consultation through workshops and interviews; and (3) analysis of all collected data. …”
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Associations of road traffic noise with adipose tissue depots and hepatic fat content – Results from the German National Cohort (NAKO) by Fiona Niedermayer, Susanne Rospleszcz, Clara Matthiessen, Barbara Hoffmann, Sophia Stoecklein, Tobias Haueise, Tobias Norajitra, Christopher L. Schlett, Johanna Nattenmüller, Fabian Bamberg, Jürgen Machann, Matthias Günther, Jochen Hirsch, Rajini Nagrani, Henry Völzke, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Norbert Hosten, Tobias Nonnenmacher, Bettina Katalin Budai, Viktoria Palm, Verena Katzke, Karin Halina Greiser, Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Thoralf Niendorf, Beate Endemann, Tobias Pischon, Jeroen Staab, Marco Dallavalle, Alexandra Schneider, Kathrin Wolf, Annette Peters

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The ZTF Source Classification Project. III. A Catalog of Variable Sources by Brian F. Healy, Michael W. Coughlin, Ashish A. Mahabal, Theophile Jegou du Laz, Andrew Drake, Matthew J. Graham, Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Jan van Roestel, Paula Szkody, LeighAnna Zielske, Mohammed Guiga, Muhammad Yusuf Hassan, Jill L. Hughes, Guy Nir, Saagar Parikh, Sungmin Park, Palak Purohit, Umaa Rebbapragada, Draco Reed, Daniel Warshofsky, Avery Wold, Joshua S. Bloom, Frank J. Masci, Reed Riddle, Roger Smith

“…The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) provides time-series observations that record the variability of more than a billion sources. The scale of these data necessitates automated approaches to make a thorough analysis. …”
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The impact of war on people with type 2 diabetes in Ukraine: a survey studyResearch in context by Oksana Sulaieva, Viktoriia Yerokhovych, Sergii Zemskov, Iuliia Komisarenko, Vitalii Gurianov, Volodymyr Pankiv, Oleksandr Tovkai, Tetyana Yuzvenko, Violetta Yuzvenko, Andrii Tovkai, Zlatoslava Shaienko, Tetyana Falalyeyeva, Nadiya Skrypnyk, Taras Romaniv, Nadiya Pasyechko, Taras Krytskyy, Solomiia Danyliuk, Andrii Klantsa, Dmytro Krasnienkov, Oleksandr Gurbych, Nazarii Kobyliak

“…Next, the impact of intrinsic and war-related factors on T2D progression was assessed via logistic regression analysis and machine learning tools. Findings: Two years of war experience was associated with significant increase in the median HbA1c from 7.8% (7.0–8.93) to 8.4% (7.4–9.9; p < 0.001), with the highest value occurring in eastern and northern Ukraine. …”
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Information, social networks and emotions: fear and anger towards Pedro Sánchez 2019–2021 by José Manuel Rivera, Nieves Lagares, Erika Jaráiz, María Pereira

“…This approach proposes both a descriptive and multivariate analysis of data from three databases.ResultsThe analysis of results shows important differences between consuming political information on social networks and not doing so in terms of the type of negative emotions (anger and fear) generated towards Pedro Sánchez. …”
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Kurdish Female Fighters the Western Depiction of YPJ Combatants in Rojava by Valentina Dean

“…The study of YPJ’s representation was pursued with the Analysis of Textual Data (ATD). However, the subject material for the socio-political analysis on the background of YPJ fighters was pursued through reference to books and interviews of Western reporters that were engaged in Rojava. …”
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Leveraging human-AI collaboration to visualize age-related diabetes features using dataset by Yoshiyasu Takefuji

“…This paper explores the synergy between humans and generative AI in the context of diabetes and biochemical analysis for endocrinologists. It underscores the necessity for human intervention to supplement the information that the AI has not yet learned, using search engines as a tool. …”
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Parliamentary research services: mapping the territory by Vicky Ward, Mark Monaghan

“…The map does not claim to provide a definitive picture of PRS but is a resource for facilitating further analysis of what PRS are and do, enabling PRS to connect with and learn from each other.…”
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Presenting the conceptual model of organizational democracy with an emphasis on the development of employees' psychological capital by Sattar jahantabi neghad, Foad Makvandi, ezat allah Kiani, ghanbar Amirnegad, Vahid Chenari

“…The total number of the statistical population under study is equal to 100,000 people, out of which 200 people were selected from all the employees of the National Iranian Oil Company, and the questionnaire was provided to these people in the form of a link and in person and online (Pressline website). Analysis of the obtained data was done using SPSS and Smart Pls software. …”
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Consumer willingness to adopt digital coupons in post-demonetization and COVID-19 in India by C. Anirvinna, Deepak Jha, Rapaka David Goodwin, Deepak Pokhriyal

“…Quantitative data analysis is conducted using SmartPLS 4 software, and the qualitative interview data are analyzed thematically. …”
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Enabling new insights from old scans by repurposing clinical MRI archives for multiple sclerosis research by Philipp Goebl, Jed Wingrove, Omar Abdelmannan, Barbara Brito Vega, Jonathan Stutters, Silvia Da Graca Ramos, Owain Kenway, Thomas Rossor, Evangeline Wassmer, Douglas L. Arnold, D. Louis Collins, Cheryl Hemingway, Sridar Narayanan, Jeremy Chataway, Declan Chard, Juan Eugenio Iglesias, Frederik Barkhof, Geoff J. M. Parker, Neil P. Oxtoby, Yael Hacohen, Alan Thompson, Daniel C. Alexander, Olga Ciccarelli, Arman Eshaghi

“…We developed MindGlide, a deep learning model to extract brain region and white matter lesion volumes from any single MRI contrast. …”
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“Our work is recognized and we are prepared:” A qualitative evaluation of a peer-led research best practices training for community health workers and promotoras by Alexandra E. Harper, Analay Perez, M. Miaisha Mitchell, Daphne Watkins, Gina M. Jay, Vanessa I. Trujillo, Kristen Weeks-Norton, Shannen McIntosh, Brenda Eakin, Elias Samuels, Gretchen Piatt, Catherine Striley, Linda Cottler, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Susan L. Murphy

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Energy‐Efficient Hardware Implementation of Spiking‐Restricted Boltzmann Machines Using Pseudo‐Synaptic Sampling by Hyunwoo Kim, Suyeon Jang, Uicheol Shin, Masatoshi Ishii, Atsuya Okazaki, Megumi Ito, Akiyo Nomura, Kohji Hosokawa, Sungmin Lee, Matthew BrightSky, Sangbum Kim

“…Stochastic sampling is performed to reduce hardware energy consumption and prevent overfitting by reducing parameters, because not all data are required for learning. In this study, a new approach, pseudo‐synaptic sampling (PS2) method, which approximates the conventional synaptic sampling machine (S2M) method through a hardware‐friendly implementation while demonstrating superior efficiency, is introduced. …”
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Minimum and optimal combined variations in sleep, physical activity, and nutrition in relation to all-cause mortality risk by Emmanuel Stamatakis, Nicholas A. Koemel, Raaj K. Biswas, Matthew N. Ahmadi, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Stewart G. Trost, Elif Inan-Eroglu, Borja del Pozo Cruz, Yu Sun Bin, Svetlana Postnova, Mitch J. Duncan, Dorothea Dumuid, Helen Brown, Carol Maher, Luigi Fontana, Stephen Simpson, Peter A. Cistulli

“…Methods This prospective cohort analysis included 59,078 participants from the UK Biobank (median age: 64.0 years; 45.4% male) who wore trackers for 7 days and self-reported dietary data. …”
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