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NBA: defensive distillation for backdoor removal via neural behavior alignment

open access: yesCybersecurity, 2023
Recently, deep neural networks have been shown to be vulnerable to backdoor attacks. A backdoor is inserted into neural networks via this attack paradigm, thus compromising the integrity of the network.
Zonghao Ying, Bin Wu
doaj   +1 more source

Regulatory Intermediation in Times of Crisis: The Impact of Independent Oversight on the Functioning of Professional Accounting Bodies Intermédiation réglementaire en temps de crise : incidence de la surveillance indépendante sur le fonctionnement des organismes comptables professionnels

open access: yesContemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rise of independent oversight of the accounting profession has attracted considerable research attention. Much of this research has studied how professional accounting bodies and the Big 4 firms have shaped the mandate and capabilities of independent oversight bodies.
Brendan O'Dwyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cristiano of Arabia: Did Ronaldo increase Saudi Pro League attendances?

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 260-270, April 2025.
Abstract In December 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo, five‐time Ballon d’Or winner and the most‐followed person on Instagram, signed for Al‐Nassr in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This marked one of several expensive, recent interventions by the kingdom in global sports markets. We exploit the timing of this event to estimate superstar effects.
Dominik Schreyer, Carl Singleton
wiley   +1 more source

Topic Modeling and Sentiment Classification: Perspectives From Libyan Flood Conversations on Social Media

open access: yesIEEE Access
Social media streams related to disasters are a key but difficult source of data to use in real-time situational awareness. This study presents a merged sentiment analysis model, which is based on classical machine learning, transformer models, and a ...
Ebtesam Mus A. Baka, Oguz Ata
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Longitudinal Changes in Transfusion Practice in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: A Population Data‐Linkage Study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Real‐world data on transfusion needs of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and the impacts of disease‐modifying therapies (DMTs) are sparse. In 2011, 5‐azacitidine became the first funded DMT for MDS and chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML) patients in Australia and national patient blood management (PBM) guidelines ...
Allison Mo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consequences of a Spectacle? Alleged Match-Fixing in the National Basketball Association Western Conference Finals of 2002

open access: yesPhysical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, 2018
No major professional sports league epitomizes Guy Debord’s idea of the spectacle more than the NBA. The league was the first to understand the importance of highlights and global expansion, and participated in creating the first branded superstar in ...
Muniowski Łukasz
doaj   +1 more source

Low breeding propensity in a declining Arctic‐breeding swan revealed by telemetry data

open access: yesIbis, EarlyView.
Many migratory bird populations are declining in the face of habitat degradation and climate change, making it important to identify which stages of their annual cycle are most affected in order to guide conservation measures. The Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii, an Arctic‐breeding waterfowl species, has suffered a dramatic population decline
Tohar Tal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status Ambiguity and Multiplicity in the Selection of NBA Awards

open access: yesSociological Science
Sociologists of culture have long noted that contrasting cultural frames can lead to status ambiguity and status multiplicity. We explore these phenomena in the domain of professional sports by first replicating and then extending and challenging ...
Peter McMahan, Eran Shor
doaj   +1 more source

Vitamin D Insufficiency Among Professional Basketball Players: A Relationship to Fracture Risk and Athletic Performance

open access: yesOrthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2018
Background: Vitamin D is believed to play a role in influencing fracture risk and athletic performance. Insufficiency of vitamin D affects an estimated three-quarters of the United States population.
Jason A. Grieshober MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting the Outcome of NBA Playoffs Based on the Maximum Entropy Principle

open access: yesEntropy, 2016
Predicting the outcome of National Basketball Association (NBA) matches poses a challenging problem of interest to the research community as well as the general public.
Ge Cheng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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