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Reimagining Urban River Bathing in Europe: A Multisectoral and Interdisciplinary Dive Into Lyon's Rivers (France)

River Research and Applications, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 224-241, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Urban river bathing is re‐emerging across Europe, driven by social demand and climate change impacts. The Urban Bathing Consortium, an interdisciplinary and intersectoral consortium initiated at the University of Lyon (France), is at the forefront of studying the challenges and opportunities of creating and managing healthy, safe, and ...
Yixin Cao, Patrice Barbiero, François Briat, Benoit Camenen, Frédéric Chambat, Victoria Chiu, Benoit Cournoyer, Magali Delavenne, Benjamin Dewals, Marie Epain, Anne Honegger, Jérôme Le Coz, Gislain Lipeme Kouyi, Célia Maghakian, Oldrich Navratil, Olivier Pillonel, Marion Porcherie, Sara Puijalon, Nicolas Riviere, Marie‐Florence Thomas, Richard Trillat, Laurence Volatier, Jean‐Marie Zanot   +22 more
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A VNF modeling approach for verification purposes [PDF]

, 2019
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) architectures are emerging to increase networks flexibility. However, this renewed scenario poses new challenges, because virtualized networks, need to be carefully verified before being actually deployed in ...
Yusupov, Jaloliddin, Marchetto G., Sisto, Riccardo, Marchetto, Guido, Sisto R., Virgilio, Matteo, Virgilio M., Riccardo Sisto, Yusupov J., Guido Marchetto, Jalolliddin Yusupov   +10 more
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Enhancing E‐Commerce Security Based on Involution Function Using Twin Key AES Cipher

IET Information Security, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
In the realm of surging e‐commerce data and increasing digital transactions, ensuring end‐to‐end security is paramount to protect sensitive information and maintain user trust. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), a cornerstone of network security, relies on symmetric key encryption for secure communication.
Biresh Kumar, Anurag Sinha, Saroj Kumar Pandey, Rishav Dubey, Shubham Shukla, Ahmed Alkhayyat, Sharmistha Roy, Md. Sazid Reza, Ayodele Lasisi, Quadri Noorulhasan Naveed, Ali M. Aseere, Peican Zhu   +11 more
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Cost-aware VNF placement in cloud infrastructures [PDF]

, 2018
The concept of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has been introduced as a new paradigm in the recent few years. NFV offers a number of benefits including increased maintainability and reduced deployment overhead.
Ghrada, Nadir
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Surgical Site Infection in Coronary Artery Bypass: Observational Study

International Journal of Nursing Practice, Volume 32, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Preventing surgical site infections plays a crucial role in ensuring patient safety during coronary artery bypass grafting. To reduce incidence rates, it is essential to implement evidence‐based best practice measures. However, there is a noticeable lack of studies assessing healthcare professionals' adherence to these measures ...
Camila Vieira Gebhardt, Gabriel Lopes Vieira Silva, Amanda Gubert Pereira, Clesnan Mendes Rodrigues, Valéria Nasser Figueiredo, Maria Beatriz Guimarães Raponi   +5 more
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A heterogeneous graph neural network assisted multi-agent reinforcement learning for parallel service function chain deployment

Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences
The deployment of parallel Service Function Chains (SFCs) in Network Function Virtualization (NFV) environments presents significant challenges in jointly optimizing Virtual Network Function (VNF) parallelization and placement decisions.
Yintan Ai, Hua Li, Hongwei Ruan, Hanlin Liu   +3 more
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기계학습 기반 VNF 최적 배치 예측 기술연구

, 2020
NFV (Network Function Virtualization) 환경에서는 소프트웨어로 구현된 가상 네트워크 기능 (VNF: Virtualized Network Function)을 범용 서버에 설치하는 것으로 네트워크 기능을 제공한다. 네트워크 관리자는 VNF를 네트워크 토폴로지 상 적절한 위치의 서버에 배치하고 상황에 따라 동적으로 관리함으로써, 다양한 네트워크 상황에 대해 신속하고 유연하게 대응할 수 있다.
KIMHEEGON, HONG, WON KI, PARK, SUHYUN
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Analyzing Color, Surface Roughness, and Microhardness on the Unpolished and Polished Surfaces of Occlusal Splint Materials From Conventional and CAD–CAM Fabrication Methods

International Journal of Dentistry, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Purpose To evaluate the color, surface roughness, and microhardness of occlusal splints fabricated using conventional and CAD–CAM techniques and to compare the properties of the unpolished and polished surfaces. Materials and Methods A total of 114 specimens (10 × 10 × 5 mm3) were prepared, including one group each of self‐cured (SC) and heat‐cured (HC)
Uthai Uma, Thanchanit Lertyingyos, Tharathip Lilitsuvan, Julfikar Haider   +3 more
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Nitrogen loss to the environment due to various nitrogen-use efficiencies during milk and beef production in Japan

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Reactive nitrogen (Nr) is essential to livestock production, but its excess use can become a source of environment pollution, the extent of which can be evaluated by using a nitrogen (N) footprint model.
Akinori Mori, Sadao Eguchi, Mikito Higuchi, Hideaki Shibata   +3 more
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LSTM-Based VNF resource usage forecasting leveraging SFC resource attribute interdependencies [PDF]

, 2023
As of late, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a research topic garnering a lot of interest, thanks to its many purported benefits to Next-Generation Network (NGN) infrastructures such as 5G, 6G and IoT.
St-Onge, Cédric
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