Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-15eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.17727.2
Kacper Kubrak, Grigore M Havârneanu
{"title":"Railway security checks at the border: between intrusive security technologies and fundamental traveller rights.","authors":"Kacper Kubrak, Grigore M Havârneanu","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.17727.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17727.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>European railway borders are facing a particular exposure to security threats and need a delicate balance between securitization and free movement, especially amid globalisation, the current geopolitical landscape and increased migrant flows. For example, the war in Ukraine illustrated the challenges experienced at the Eastern EU borders by the refugee migration surge in early 2022. This exploratory focuses on the European border security control process from the rail border perspective. It encompasses a descriptive synthesis of the lessons learned from the UIC Refugee Task Force as well as insights from the ongoing EU-funded Horizon Europe project ODYSSEUS (Unobtrusive Technologies for Secure and Seamless Border Crossing for Travel Facilitation). Project ODYSSEUS aims to support the security and integrity of the European space, reduce illegal movements of people and goods across EU borders, facilitate travelling for citizens all while protecting fundamental rights of travellers. The project will test a combination of multi-behavioural and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant biometric user identity verification tools, allowing, when possible, citizens to cross EU border without any interruption or queue. Further, novel luggage and baggage checks will allow citizens' vehicles and cargos to be remotely checked at land borders to speed up the border check processes in a secure and reliable manner. The project will run three pilot tests at road, rail and water borders. In this paper, we analyse the implementation of project's technologies in the rail border crossing pilot test and discuss the implications for the actors involved in the process of railway border crossing (e.g., border authorities, railway operators and railway travellers).</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11499734/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142514277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-15eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.15174.2
Clémentine Coujard, Karine Laffont Eloire
{"title":"Collaborative design approach to identify research and innovation needs within the European smart building community.","authors":"Clémentine Coujard, Karine Laffont Eloire","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.15174.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15174.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Upgrading the level of smartness in buildings can significantly contribute to improve our quality and sustainability of living, through increased energy efficiency, optimised resource management, and improved air quality and comfort. However, the fragmented nature of the sector makes it challenging to identify what is technically, socially and economically achieved today in Europe in terms of building smartness, and what should be developed and financially supported tomorrow to accelerate the roll-out of smart and energy efficient buildings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This paper introduces the collaborative process developed to involve a large community of experts in detecting and formalising research and innovation gaps related to smart buildings. This process is composed of four successive steps: 1) a communication phase to invite volunteer experts to join the proposed task forces; 2) The organisation and facilitation of online brainstorming workshops to identify research & innovation (R&I) gaps; 3) the collective drafting of a white paper synthesising the brainstorming outcomes; and 4) an open consultation to collect additional external feedback before finalising the white paper.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The collaborative process developed was tested over 18 months and implemented on 12 different topics relying on 27 brainstorming workshops. Building on the collective knowledge of 135 participants, it enabled identification a significant series of R&I gaps related to smart buildings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The collective sessions as well as the open consultation phases showed overall some clear convergence on the gaps identified. It can therefore be concluded the outcome of the collaborative process reached a consensus among the targeted innovation community. The feedback collected on the process, shows that the frequency, duration and attendance of the brainstorming workshops proposed were very relevant, while the selection of online participatory tools could still be improved. This process could be replicated in other frameworks where research and innovation gaps are sought for.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"3 ","pages":"36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11484537/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-15eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.16363.2
Léo Girard, Alexander Wezel, Joël Robin
{"title":"Drying out fish ponds, for an entire growth season, as an agroecological practice: maintaining primary producers for fish production and biodiversity conservation.","authors":"Léo Girard, Alexander Wezel, Joël Robin","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.16363.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.16363.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Agroecology largely focusses on terrestrial agroecosystems, but it can also be applied to fish farming. Indeed, ponds are typically used for fish production in Europe, but are also important reservoirs of biodiversity. Numerous studies demonstrate that both fish production and biodiversity are strongly determined by human management. One key practice in extensive fish farming, although more rare in Europe, is to dry out ponds. They are left dry for a complete year after several years of fish production. However, the extent to which this practice affects the functioning of the ecosystem, its biodiversity and fish production remain unclear. We investigated data from 85 fish ponds in the Dombes region, France, sampled between 2007 and 2014. We related variation in key abiotic characteristics to the time since last dry out. The dataset included organic matter content in pond sediments and concentrations of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in the water column, and biotic components such as macrophytes cover and richness, phytoplankton concentration and richness, macroinvertebrates density, and fish yield. Our results show that drying out facilitates the mineralization of organic matter in sediments and results in higher concentrations of inorganic nitrogen in the water column. Macrophytes cover is highest during the first year after drying out, and gradually declines after at the expense of increasing phytoplankton concentration. The diversity of both is highest in the first year after drying out and declines rapidly, especially for macrophytes. Fish yield is at its maximum in the second year. Drying out fish ponds appears to be an important agroecological practice in extensive fish farming with an application every three to four years. By nutrient recycling, this practice has a positive impact on the balance between primary producers and indirectly on the whole food web during two years. It optimizes fish production and allows biodiversity conservation.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"3 ","pages":"125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11519614/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-14eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.17436.2
Elisabeth Unterfrauner, Claudia Magdalena Fabian, Gary Hemming, Beatriz Garcia
{"title":"What's in it for citizen scientists? An analysis of participant's gains from a democratisation perspective.","authors":"Elisabeth Unterfrauner, Claudia Magdalena Fabian, Gary Hemming, Beatriz Garcia","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.17436.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17436.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Citizen science projects optimise the democratisation of the production of scientific knowledge. In these initiatives, research processes do not rely solely on scientists' but on citizens' engagement likewise with benefits on both sides. As previous work shows, the democratisation perspective of citizen science projects might be viewed critically as some groups of citizens tend to be overrepresented in these initiatives while other are left out. This paper explores the claim of democratisation and the citizens' benefits based on four citizen science projects in the fields of astrophysics and particle physics on the citizen science platform Zooniverse. Besides a general engagement strategy, the citizen science projects addressed two groups specifically, the elderly and people with visual impairments. The claim for democratisation is reflected in the analysis of citizens' demographic variables as an indicator for accessibility of the research projects. We used a pre-post design with questionnaires on science attitudes, motivations, skills, self-efficacy, and knowledge to assess what citizen scientists gained from participating in the project. The demographic analysis of the data reveals that participants were quite heterogeneous and that people who feel that they belong to a group that is discriminated against are particularly motivated to participate in citizen science projects. In terms of benefits, the results indicate knowledge and scientific skills gains, but no changes on other evaluative dimensions. Their attitude towards science was, in general, already rather positive when joining the projects, thus not leaving much room for change. These results confirm the importance of and call for a diversified citizen science engagement strategy and show that even in citizen science projects where the citizens' task is limited to classifying data lead to scientific knowledge and skills gains.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11549546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142634242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-14eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.16360.2
Sylvain Lansou, Luca Ammirabile, Nikolai Bakouta, Jeremy Bittan, Sebastian Buchholz, Jean-Yves Brandelet, Etienne Courtin, Frans Davelaar, Stanislav Dombrovsky, Jean-Baptiste Droin, Sophie Ehster-Vignoud, Houda Hamama, Atte Helminen, Thorsten Hollands, Andriy Iskra, Sebastien Israel, Stefano Lorenzi, Liviusz Lovasz, Valerie Paulus, Isabelle Pichancourt, Joachim Miss, Thuy Nguyen, Antti Rantakaulio, Federico Rocchi, Juan-Carlos de-la-Rosa-Blul, Marco Ricotti, Armin Seubert, Oleksandr Sevbo, Stanislav Sholomitsky, Olli Suurnäkki, Marton Szogradi, Ville Tulkki, Andreas Wielenberg
{"title":"ELSMOR - towards European Licensing of Small Modular Reactors: Methodology recommendations for light-water small modular reactors safety assessment.","authors":"Sylvain Lansou, Luca Ammirabile, Nikolai Bakouta, Jeremy Bittan, Sebastian Buchholz, Jean-Yves Brandelet, Etienne Courtin, Frans Davelaar, Stanislav Dombrovsky, Jean-Baptiste Droin, Sophie Ehster-Vignoud, Houda Hamama, Atte Helminen, Thorsten Hollands, Andriy Iskra, Sebastien Israel, Stefano Lorenzi, Liviusz Lovasz, Valerie Paulus, Isabelle Pichancourt, Joachim Miss, Thuy Nguyen, Antti Rantakaulio, Federico Rocchi, Juan-Carlos de-la-Rosa-Blul, Marco Ricotti, Armin Seubert, Oleksandr Sevbo, Stanislav Sholomitsky, Olli Suurnäkki, Marton Szogradi, Ville Tulkki, Andreas Wielenberg","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.16360.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16360.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Decarbonization of energy production is key in today's societies and nuclear energy holds an essential place in this prospect. Besides heavy-duty electricity production, other industrial and communal needs could be served by integrating novel nuclear energy production systems, among which are low-power nuclear devices, like small modular reactors (SMRs). The ELSMOR (towards European Licensing of Small Modular Reactors) European project addresses this topic as an answer to the Horizon 2020 Euratom NFRP-2018-3 call. The consortium includes 15 partners from eight European countries, involving research institutes, major European nuclear companies and technical support organizations. The 3.5-year project, launched in September 2019, investigates selected safety features of light-water (LW) SMRs with focus on licensing aspects. Providing a comprehensive compliance framework that regulators can adopt and operate, the licensing process of such SMRs could be optimized, helping their deployment. In this prospect, as a result of ELSMOR's work, this article gives an overview of the specific issues that LW-SMRs may bring about in the different domains of nuclear safety, in terms of: •Methodological standpoints: safety goals, safety requirements, safety principles (defence-in-depth implementation);•Main safety functions of reactivity control, decay heat removal and confinement management;•Severe accident management;•Other safety issues particular to SMRs: use of shared systems; performing of multi-unit probabilistic safety assessment (PSA); spent fuel management, transport and disposal management. In this article, adequate methodologies are developed to deal with these issues and to help assess the safety of LW-SMRs. This work gives a precious synthesis of the safety assessment issues of LW-SMRs and of the associated methodologies developed in the context of the ELSMOR European project.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"3 ","pages":"158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11487226/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-07eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.16686.2
Raffaela Puggioni
{"title":"COVID-19 and (ir)responsible (im)mobility: Reading counter-practices through Levinas and Derrida.","authors":"Raffaela Puggioni","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.16686.2","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.16686.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtually all daily activities, relations and practices. People were expected to act responsibly by following social distancing, masking, sanitation and stay-home rules. The prevailing ethos of the time was that to protect others, one must first protect oneself. By examining the creative modalities through which (a few) people in Paris circumvented mobility restrictions to help and support those in need, this article investigates the relation between (im)mobility and (ir)responsibility. Is mobility, during a time of forced immobility, an irresponsible act? What does it mean to act responsibly during a life-threatening emergency? Does responsibility always require complete and unequivocal compliance with extant norms, or should responsibility <i>also</i> be evaluated in light of the motives that inspire (unauthorised) mobility? The issue of (ir)responsible (im)mobility is scrutinised here by drawing upon the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida. While the former furthers our understanding of ethical relations, the latter makes us rethink the concept of response-ability and, in particular, the aporia this concept entails. As Derrida highlights, truly ethical acts are impossible for the very reason that all ethical acts are, at the very same time, responsible towards some and irresponsible towards others.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11487237/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-07eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.17131.2
Christian Ohmann, Steve Canham, Kurt Majcen, Vittorio Meloni, Luca Pireddu, Alessandro Sulis, Giovanni Delussu, Francesca Frexia, Petr Holub
{"title":"Linking the ECRIN Metadata Repository with the BBMRI-ERIC Directory to connect clinical studies with related biobanks and collections.","authors":"Christian Ohmann, Steve Canham, Kurt Majcen, Vittorio Meloni, Luca Pireddu, Alessandro Sulis, Giovanni Delussu, Francesca Frexia, Petr Holub","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.17131.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17131.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is much value to be gained by linking clinical studies and (biosample-) collections that have been generated in the context of a clinical study. However, the linking problem is hard because usually no direct references between a clinical study and an associated collection are available.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The BBMRI-ERIC Directory and the ECRIN Metadata Repository (MDR), already include much of the information required to link clinical studies and related sample collections. In this study, we present the work performed to find and implement those links across existing corresponding records in the two systems. The linking process between MDR studies and related collections in the BBMRI-ERIC Directory started with exploring linkage in both directions - searching the BBMRI-ERIC Directory for candidate hits to try to link with MDR records, and searching the ECRIN MDR for candidate hits to try to link with Directory collections. Thereafter, a systematic search through the BBMRI-ERIC Directory was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The investigation of linkages in both directions resulted in a limited but promising number of linkages. The results of the systematic search of the Directory identified linkage of 202 studies, spanning 284 collections.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The analysis with existing data sources indicated that links between the BBMRI-ERIC and ECRIN collections exist, but also that they would be difficult to continuously identify and maintain without a great deal of manual work which neither organisation could support. The question arises whether, in the future, systems could be put into place to make the exchange of information and the linkage of identifiers almost automatic.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11467644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.17826.2
Jean-Baptiste P Koehl, Eirik M B Stokmo, Jhon M Muñoz-Barrera
{"title":"On the Billefjorden fault zone in Garmdalen, central Spitsbergen: implications for the mapping of major fault zones during geological fieldwork and for the tectonic history of Svalbard.","authors":"Jean-Baptiste P Koehl, Eirik M B Stokmo, Jhon M Muñoz-Barrera","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.17826.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.17826.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The present contribution reexamines the geometry of a segment of a presumably long-lived fault in Svalbard, the Balliolbreen Fault segment of the Billefjorden Fault Zone, along which presumably two basement terranes of Svalbard accreted in the early-mid Paleozoic after thousands of kilometers strike-slip displacement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed structural fieldwork to Billefjorden in central Spitsbergen and interpreted satellite images.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Field observations demonstrate that the Balliolbreen Fault formed as a top-west thrust fault in the early Cenozoic and that weak sedimentary units such as shales of the Lower Devonian Wood Bay Formation and coals of the uppermost Devonian-Mississippian Billefjorden Group partitioned deformation, resulting in significant contrast in deformation intensity between stratigraphic units. For example, tight early Cenozoic folds are localized in shales of the Wood Bay Formation and contemporaneous top-west brittle-ductile thrusts within coals of the Billefjorden Group, whereas Pennsylvanian deposits of the Hultberget (and/or Ebbadalen?) Formation are simply folded into gentle open folds. Rheological contrasts also resulted in the development of décollements locally, e.g., between tightly folded strata of the Wood Bay Formation and Billefjorden Group and flat-lying, brecciated limestone-dominated strata of the Wordiekammen Formation. Despite the limited quality and continuity of outcrops in the area, the eastward-thickening character (i.e., away from the fault) of Pennsylvanian deposits of the Hultberget, Ebbadalen, and Minkinfjellet formations suggests that the fault did not act as a normal fault in Pennsylvanian times.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study suggests that strain partitioning of early Cenozoic Eurekan contraction alone may explain the deformation patterns in Paleozoic rock units in central Spitsbergen, i.e., that Late Devonian Svalbardian contraction is not required, and that a major segment of the Billefjorden Fault Zone formed in the early Cenozoic. The present work illustrates the crucial need for interdisciplinary approaches and composite educational backgrounds in science.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541080/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.18200.2
Elissa Mollakuqe, Shasivar Rexhepi, Ridvan Bunjaku, Hasan Dag, Ikechukwu John Chukwu
{"title":"Algorithm for Key Transparency with Transparent Logs.","authors":"Elissa Mollakuqe, Shasivar Rexhepi, Ridvan Bunjaku, Hasan Dag, Ikechukwu John Chukwu","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.18200.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.18200.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cryptography plays a crucial role in securing digital communications and data storage. This study evaluates the Transparent Key Management Algorithm utilizing Merkle trees, focusing on its performance and security effectiveness in cryptographic key handling.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research employs simulated experiments to systematically measure and analyze key operational metrics such as insertion and verification times. Synthetic datasets are used to mimic diverse operational conditions, ensuring rigorous evaluation under varying workloads and security threats. Implementation is carried out using R programming, integrating cryptographic functions and Merkle tree structures for integrity verification.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Performance analysis reveals efficient insertion and verification times under normal conditions, essential for operational workflows. Security evaluations demonstrate the algorithm's robustness against tampering, with approximately 95% of keys verified successfully and effective detection of unauthorized modifications. Simulated attack scenarios underscore its resilience in mitigating security threats.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Transparent Key Management Algorithm, enhanced by Merkle trees and cryptographic hashing techniques, proves effective in ensuring data integrity, security, and operational efficiency. Recommendations include continuous monitoring and adaptive algorithms to bolster resilience against evolving cybersecurity challenges, promoting trust and reliability in cryptographic operations.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11585852/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142712010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Open research EuropePub Date : 2024-10-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.18234.1
Adriana Mihaela Soaita
{"title":"Systematic review: locating qualitative academic publications for reviewing tenants' and landlords' renting experiences and interaction in the Majority World.","authors":"Adriana Mihaela Soaita","doi":"10.12688/openreseurope.18234.1","DOIUrl":"10.12688/openreseurope.18234.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This methodological protocol describes the step-by-step process of identifying the relevant international academic literature to be reviewed within the project 'The affective economies of emerging private renting markets: understanding tenants and landlords in postcommunist Romania\" (AFFECTIVE-PRS). It presents: (1) the preliminary decisions taken related to the breadth of the review (choice of databases, type of research, type of reference, searching fields); (2) the operationalisation of keywords and Boolean strings; (3) the further calibration of the searching parameters through piloting; (4) the final retrieval of relevant references through systematic and manual searches; and (5) the geographical coverage of the retained literature. While the paper demonstrates the rigour of the methodological approach taken, it also opens up the space for other scholars to scrutinise, replicate or adjust this approach to their own work.</p>","PeriodicalId":74359,"journal":{"name":"Open research Europe","volume":"4 ","pages":"178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11445643/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}