DESTiny, an online farm-wide tool to estimate the net carbon emissions of a pasture-based dairy farms in South Africa by Riana Reinecke, Riana Reinecke, James N. Blignaut, James N. Blignaut, James N. Blignaut, Heinz H. Meissner, Pieter A. Swanepoel

“…The dairy farming industry is an important contributor to both South Africa’s economy and food security. However, dairy in South Africa, like elsewhere in the world, has come under scrutiny because of animal welfare concerns and contributions to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …”
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Integrating farmers’ perception of sustainable agricultural technologies towards the development of sustainable tea production in China by Ishmael Arhin, Elizabeth Yeboah, Xinqiu Liu, Aijun Liu, Xuan Chen, Xinghui Li

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Empowerment in structures. Practical-ethical considerations of the preconditions for technology-assisted dementia care in Germany based on an expert-interview study by Johannes Welsch, Silke Schicktanz

“…In the field “technology”, they identified progress in basic technical research and improved customizability and interconnectivity as accelerators, while deficient digital infrastructure, a lack of user participation, dementia-specific challenges and challenges regarding data collection and security were seen as inhibitors.ConclusionsTADC promises an empowerment of persons with dementia, e.g. by enhancing their self-determination, increasing their independence from social control and by allowing more social participation. …”
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Salt stress and its eco-friendly management using biostimulants in grain legumes: a review by Narayan Singh, Vasudha Maurya, Kriti Gupta, Indu Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, Rahul Kumar

“…Abstract Grain legumes are a rich source of dietary proteins and hence are essential for achieving food and nutritional security, worldwide. Grain legumes are negatively affected by salt stress, which results in decreased growth, yield, productivity, and other financial losses. …”
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Zero-day exploits detection with adaptive WavePCA-Autoencoder (AWPA) adaptive hybrid exploit detection network (AHEDNet) by Ahmed A. Mohamed, Abdullah Al-Saleh, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Ghanshyam G. Tejani

“…Additionally, a novel “Meta-Attention Transformer Autoencoder (MATA)” for enhancing feature extraction which address the subtlety issue, and improves the model’s ability and flexibility to detect new security threats, and a novel “Genetic Mongoose-Chameleon Optimization (GMCO)” was introduced for effective feature selection in the case of addressing the efficiency challenges. …”
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Processing streams in a monitoring cloud cluster by Alexey N. Nazarov

“…Hadoop web-programming environment is the technological basis for the development of algorithmic and software solutions for the synthesis of monitoring clusters, including information security and information counteraction systems. The International Telecommunication Union’ (ITU) recommendations Y. 3510 present the requirements for cloud infrastructure that require monitoring the performance of deployed applications based on the collection of real-world statistics. …”
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Lock-out, lock-in, and networked sovereignty. Resistance and experimentation in Africa’s trajectory towards AI by Iginio Gagliardone

“…African governments “borrowed concepts from the Western lexicon such as “national interest”, “risks”, “threats” or “national security” [which] refer to a philosophy of movement and a philosophy of space entirely predicated on the existence of an enemy in a world of hostility” disregarding Africa’s “long held traditions of flexible, networked sovereignty” (Mbembe, 2017). …”
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Red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus), a superfruit rich in betacyanins pigments with antioxidative potential for hepatoprotection: A review by Teck Wei Lim, Renee Lay Hong Lim, Liew Phing Pui, Chin Ping Tan, Chun Wai Ho

“…Yet, RDF is a vital alternative source of betacyanins that can be developed into functional food products to take part in functional food security for the prevention of non-communicable diseases caused by oxidative stress to address the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…”
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Значение и особенности инвентаризации нефинансовых активов в системе обеспечения экономической безопасности учреждений правоохранительных органов... by Марина Викторовна Феськова, Дарья Валерьевна Бузова

“…The Importance and Peculiarities of Inventorying Non-Financial Assets in the System of Ensuring Economic Security of Law Enforcement Agencies // Research in Economic and Financial Problems. 2024. № 4. …”
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Evaluation and Prediction of Agricultural Water Use Efficiency in the Jianghan Plain Based on the Tent-SSA-BPNN Model by Tianshu Shao, Xiangdong Xu, Yuelong Su

“…The Jianghan Plain (JHP) is a key agricultural area in China where efficient agricultural water use (AWUE) is vital for sustainable water management, food security, environmental sustainability, and economic growth. …”
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Trade-off or synergy? The impacts of coal energy consumption on compound system vulnerability: A perspective from coal resource base assessment by Zhaorui Jing, Xiangyu Min, Sijia Li, Junying Li, Wen Song

“…The management partition will be divided into five zones and the capacity reduction trajectory into advancing, developmental, and stable phases, aims to ensure national energy security and foster sustainable coordinated development in the region.…”
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Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Cervical and Facial Massive Emphysema Secondary to Colonoscopy: A Rare Complication of Colonoscopy by Ruben Daniel Perez Lopez, Julian Vargas Flores, Lenin de Jesus Orbe Garibay, Hugo Fernando Narvaez Gonzalez

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Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on a Synchrosqueezing Wavelet Transform and a Transfer Residual Convolutional Neural Network by Zihao Zhai, Liyan Luo, Yuhan Chen, Xiaoguo Zhang

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DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL TRENDS IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC by Pavel M. Dashkevich, Natalia A. Flud, Irina I. Eliseeva

“…The implementation of national policy in the Arctic plays a multifaceted role in ensuring national security and sovereignty across diverse domains, including resource management, transportation, environmental protection, military strategy, and others. …”

Evaluating the Impact of Commonly Used Pesticides on Honeybees (Apis mellifera) in North Gonder of Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Zewdie Abay, Amssalu Bezabeh, Alemayehu Gela, Asaminew Tassew

“…Global honeybee losses and colony decline are becoming continuous threat to the apicultural industry, as well as, for food security and environmental stability. Although the putative causes are still unclear, extensive exposure of bees to pesticides could be the possible factor for worldwide colony losses. …”
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Experience-based food insecurity in Bangladesh: Evidence from Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2022 by Faria Rauf Ria, Md. Muhitul Alam, Md. Azad Uddin, Mohaimen Mansur, Md. Israt Rayhan

“…Key factors found to be significantly associated with food security include the wealth index, land ownership, education of the household head, family size, remittance income and exposure to shocks. …”
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Effects of water level changes on the hydrological connectivity and water quality of a lake-type wetland by Yemiao Lin, Junfeng Dai, Xinyue Peng, Zheqing Li, Zupeng Wan

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PRESIDENT TRUMPS’ STRATEGY: CONTINUITY AND NEW APPROACHES by O. V. Prikhodko, P. Ye. Smirnov

“…Power projection, as well as maintaining the U.S. - led security alliances – no matter how deeply they may be divided – is the key element of continuity in Washington’s strategy. …”
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Ecological Management Zoning Identification by Coupling Blue-Green and Gray Infrastructure Networks: A Case Study of Guizhou Province, China by Shuang Song, Xuanhe Zhang, Shaohan Wang, Yue Gong

“…Ecological management zoning is crucial for maintaining regional ecological security and realizing differentiated urban ecological governance. …”
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Understanding ChatGPT: Impact Analysis and Path Forward for Teaching Computer Science and Engineering by P. Banerjee, Anurag K. Srivastava, Donald A. Adjeroh, Ramana Reddy, Nima Karimian

“…In this paper, common classroom problems and their respective responses from ChatGPT in the domains of Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, and Electrical Engineering are analyzed to determine the categories of queries for which ChatGPT offers reliable responses and those for which it may be factually incorrect. …”
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