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EPPTA: Efficient partially observable reinforcement learning agent for penetration testing applications
Published 2025-01-01“…Abstract In recent years, penetration testing (pen‐testing) has emerged as a crucial process for evaluating the security level of network infrastructures by simulating real‐world cyber‐attacks. …”
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Optimal location selection for digital television signal booster towers in poorly covered areas: application of the EDIS multi-criteria decision-making method
Published 2024-12-01“…It contributes significant scientific value to the field by providing an effective solution for optimizing the location of digital television signal booster towers, thereby enhancing decision-making processes in this domain.…”
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Research on Flood Control and Drainage Simulation of Artificial Water Networks Based on SWMM Coupled with HEC-RAS
Published 2024-06-01“…Accurate simulation and analysis of hydrology and hydraulic processes in newly constructed urban areas are crucial for the planning and construction of artificial water networks and the prevention of flooding in newly constructed urban areas. …”
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PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN INFRASTRUCTURAL DELIVERY: A CASE STUDY OF GHANAIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Published 2012-08-01“…In their daily decision making process, practitioners rely on their expert judgment, past experience, intuition, acquired and accumulated knowledge and gut feelings to make decisions, the absence of risk management which possess a great level of uncertainty. …”
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The role of digital technologies in increasing the competitiveness of branded products
Published 2023-02-01“…The necessity and possibility of leveling digital garbage through effective brand communications management are examined. …”
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SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL AREAS OF INDIA
Published 2018-06-01“…Findings suggest that provision of finance, materials, equipment, availability of human resources and administrative guidelines do not alone ensure sustainable development of infrastructure. Non-effective or marginal engagement of appropriate stakeholders, disagreement and wrangle among local political leaders, and bureaucratic bottlenecks are the major impediments in the development process. …”
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Monitoring and Evaluation System for Performance Contracts in Nyanza District, Rwanda
Published 2020“…Despite the above strengths in the planning process, there were still some challenges that needed proper consideration from the policy for Imihigo to become more an effective tool of planning. …”
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The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources
Published 2010-07-01“…Water resources are under unprecedented strain. The combined effects of population growth, climate change, and rural industrialization have led to greater demand for an increasingly scarce resource. …”
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A guided approach for cross-view geolocalization estimation with land cover semantic segmentation
Published 2025-06-01“…Geolocalization is a crucial process that leverages environmental information and contextual data to accurately identify a position. …”
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Development of 6 U CubeSat’s Deployable Solar Panel with Burn Wire Triggering Holding and Release Mechanism
Published 2019-01-01“…However, it provides a high loading capability, reliable wire cutting, multiplane constraints, and handling simplicity during the tightening process of wire. A demonstration model of a printed circuit board-based solar panel stiffened by a high-pressure fiberglass-laminated G10 material was fabricated and tested to validate the effectiveness of the design and functionality of the mechanism under various test conditions. …”
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The Light and Shadow of Senescence and Inflammation in Cardiovascular Pathology and Regenerative Medicine
Published 2017-01-01“…During aging, the progressive impairment of the cardiovascular functions results from the compromised tissue abilities to protect the heart against stress. At the molecular level, in fact, a gradual weakening of the cellular processes regulating cardiovascular homeostasis occurs in aging cells. …”
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A blockchain model connecting electricity market and carbon trading market
Published 2025-04-01“…The key innovations of our model include the establishment of a standardized carbon accounting system, enhanced data transparency to reduce the risk of data falsification, and a two-stage differential game framework that optimizes social welfare through effective control of total carbon emissions. Our simulations demonstrate that this blockchain system can effectively stabilize carbon emissions at a desirable level, thereby contributing to more efficient pollution control.…”
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Credit Evaluation of Technology-Based Small and Micro Enterprises: An Innovative Weighting Method Based on Machine Learning and AHP
Published 2025-01-01“…Third, the ML-AHP (Machine Learning-Analytic Hierarchy Process) combined weighting method effectively integrates subjective experience with objective data, providing a more rational assessment. …”
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The Detection of Pest Contaminants in Chocolate Using Visible-Near-Infrared Single-Pixel Imaging Technology
Published 2025-01-01“…Furthermore, this method is cost-effective, offering a practical and efficient solution to improve quality control processes and consumer trust in the food industry.…”
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Hospital pharmacy implementation of a unit dose dispensing system: A qualitative interview study to determine experiences, views and attitudes of nursing staff
Published 2025-03-01“…Background: Evolving automated technologies in the dispensing process promise effective solution to reduce medication error rates. …”
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SP-YOLO: A Real-Time and Efficient Multi-Scale Model for Pest Detection in Sugar Beet Fields
Published 2025-01-01“…The neck utilizes the cross-layer path aggregation network (CLPAN) module, further merging low-level and high-level features. SP-YOLO effectively differentiates between the background and target, excelling in handling scale variations in pest images. …”
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Spontaneous blinking and brain health in aging: Large-scale evaluation of blink-related oscillations across the lifespan
Published 2025-01-01“…The results showed that BRO responses were present in all age groups, and the associated effects exhibited significant age-related modulations comprising an increase in sensor-level global field power (GFP) and source-level theta and alpha spectral power within the bilateral precuneus. …”
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Task-Oriented Leadership and Employee Performance: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu, Uganda
Published 2022“…The conclusion of the study, therefore, was that task-oriented leadership has a more significant positive relationship with employee performance, in which situation leader’s behaviour which involves: inspiring a shared vision through timely communication, emphasizing development and recognizing accomplishments explain some of the determinants in whether employees will ensure timeliness, quality, the quantity of work and cost-effectiveness at BMCDA. The researchers recommend that a more significant and more positive focus should be put on leadership behaviour that involves giving constructive feedback about performance, providing resources to employees to help them accomplish tasks, and implementing procedures to improve work processes, to improve employee performance. …”
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Approaches to the formation of the communicative personality of the future teacher in the classroom of the course «Academic eloquence»
Published 2022-01-01“…The introduction of the considered approaches and techniques into the educational process made it possible to bring training closer to the needs of modern academic practice and showed its effectiveness in the formation of general cultural and general professional competencies necessary for a future teacher.…”
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Civil substantive and procedural legal means of securing reparations for Ukraine
Published 2023-12-01“…The results of the study are a new special approach to determining the relationship between substantive and related procedural legal means of transitional justice that may affect reparations at the national level. The role of amnesties and immunities as legal incentives and means of influencing the effectiveness and accessibility of reparations to victims has been identified and generalised. …”
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