Protection Of Assets Research Articles

Examining socio-ecological factors contributing to the promotion and protection of education for unaccompanied and separated children in Jordan

ObjectivesLimited research exists on the underlying processes through which socio-ecological factors contribute to the educational resilience of UASCs. This can be attributed to a lack of quantitative reporting on the educational outcomes of UASCs. The study examined the relationship between UASC status and educational achievement among Palestinian refugees in Jordan using the PISA 2009 dataset. It identified socio-ecological factors at the student-level, teacher-level, and school-level that are associated with the promotion and protection of education for this vulnerable group. Methods and AnalysisThe sample comprised 410 Palestinian refugee students in Jordan, of which 91 were identified as UASCs. Correlational analysis examined the relationship between UASC status and educational achievement. Hierarchical regression analysis then identified socio-ecological factors impacting educational achievement after controlling for student, teacher, and school variables. Main effects and interaction effects in the regression models revealed key promotive and protective processes. FindingsFindings showed that UASC status negatively correlated with achievement across all subjects. However, female gender, higher educational, social, and cultural status, positive class disciplinary climate, positive teacher-student relations, and higher school use of ability grouping provided promotive effects on achievement for UASCs. Higher teacher use of structuring and scaffolding strategies provided a protective-enhancing effect on reading achievement for UASCs. Higher school use of ability grouping provided a protective-stabilizing effect on both reading achievement and scientific achievement for UASCs. In contrast, high school academic selectivity provided a vulnerable-reactive effect on scientific achievement for UASCs. Novelty and ImprovementThe study highlights the importance of adopting a socio-ecological and socio-interactional framework with robust quantitative approaches to gain in-depth understanding of UASCs' educational resilience. The identification of microsystemic and mesosystemic factors (those at teacher-level and school-level) as critical promotive and protective assets provides vital insights to inform research, policy, and practice aimed at supporting UASCs' ability to thrive academically despite risks associated with being UASC.

Proposal of an innovative model for fire prevention assessment in Cultural Heritage Protection. Research study in Italy

The complexity of cultural heritage has often led to the belief that fire safety regulations enacted for civil constructions could be derogated due to their invasiveness in relation to the artistic peculiarities of historical assets. In many cases, the lack of effective interventions has resulted in the loss of significant historical and architectural assets, destroyed by fires over the centuries. This research aims to reconcile the regulatory parameters of fire prevention with the fundamental principles of restoration and conservation, following a performance-based approach. Building upon the Italian regulatory framework, this study develops an integrated method that adheres to both the parameters of the “Vertical Technical Rule” on historical buildings and the conservation cases associated with them. The proposed model is the result of a multiparametric evaluation based on the intersection of 3 objectives, 7 sub-objectives, and 10 strategies, defining 70 actions based on the main objective to be pursued. The methodology was applied to two case studies in Southern Italy. The results demonstrate that it is possible to ensure fire safety while preserving the unique characteristics of historical buildings through minimally invasive interventions. Furthermore, the results, which are almost identical between the two case studies, demonstrate that the methodology is applicable to each type of protected asset, including museums or galleries, buildings for exhibitions or shows, libraries, and archives, and historical churches.

The role of technical and technological safety in the system of economic security of the organization

Introduction. Technical and technological safety has an important place in the economic security system of an organization. It is one of the components of general security and is aimed at ensuring the safety of technical and technological processes in an economic entity, plays an important role in ensuring the security of the organization, and its functions and measures are aimed at minimizing risks and ensuring the sustainable functioning of the organization. Purpose. A comprehensive author's study of the essence of technical and technological safety as one of the key components of ensuring the economic security of an organization. Developing an approach to defining its main tasks and functions based on a risk-based approach. Methods. The theoretical basis for writing the article was the use of such general scientific methods of cognition as analysis, synthesis, a systematic approach to the processes and phenomena studied in the article, and detailing. To interpret the results obtained during the study, a logical approach, comparison, summaries, groupings and other methods were used. Results. A set of functions has been identified that are implemented while ensuring the technical and technological component of the economic security of the organization, namely the protection of technologies and intellectual property, the prevention of accidents and man-made incidents, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, etc. Conclusions. Technical and technological safety ensures the protection of technological processes, material assets, personnel and information, as well as minimizes risks and ensures the sustainable functioning of the organization. Important aspects of ensuring this security are risk assessment and analysis, monitoring and control, which make it possible to achieve the maximum level of this functional component, and, as a consequence, economic security in general.

Seguridad Cibernética en Empresas Ecuatorianas: Prácticas y Retos Actuales

The study analyzes current practices and challenges in the cyber security of Ecuadorian companies. The implementation of firewalls and intrusion detection systems is common, along with security policies and ongoing employee training. However, companies face significant challenges such as lack of qualified personnel, limited investment in security technologies, and rapidly evolving cyber threats. The consequences of security breaches include financial losses, reputational damage and legal liabilities. It is recommended to increase investment in advanced technology, strengthen cybersecurity training, develop rigorous policies, and foster collaboration with government and private entities. These steps are essential to improve the protection of digital assets and the operational resilience of Ecuadorian companies in the digital environment.

The role of technical and technological safety in the system of economic security of the organization

Introduction. Technical and technological safety has an important place in the economic security system of an organization. It is one of the components of general security and is aimed at ensuring the safety of technical and technological processes in an economic entity, plays an important role in ensuring the security of the organization, and its functions and measures are aimed at minimizing risks and ensuring the sustainable functioning of the organization. Purpose. A comprehensive author's study of the essence of technical and technological safety as one of the key components of ensuring the economic security of an organization. Developing an approach to defining its main tasks and functions based on a risk-based approach. Methods. The theoretical basis for writing the article was the use of such general scientific methods of cognition as analysis, synthesis, a systematic approach to the processes and phenomena studied in the article, and detailing. To interpret the results obtained during the study, a logical approach, comparison, summaries, groupings and other methods were used. Results. A set of functions has been identified that are implemented while ensuring the technical and technological component of the economic security of the organization, namely the protection of technologies and intellectual property, the prevention of accidents and man-made incidents, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, etc. Conclusions. Technical and technological safety ensures the protection of technological processes, material assets, personnel and information, as well as minimizes risks and ensures the sustainable functioning of the organization. Important aspects of ensuring this security are risk assessment and analysis, monitoring and control, which make it possible to achieve the maximum level of this functional component, and, as a consequence, economic security in general.

A Comparative Study Between the Fragile and Robust Watermarking Techniques and Proposing New Fragile Watermarking with Embedded Value Technique

Since the Internet has been more widely used and more people have access to multimedia content, copyright hacking, and piracy have risen. By the use of watermarking techniques, security, asset protection, and authentication have all been made possible. In this paper, a comparison between fragile and robust watermarking techniques has been presented to benefit them in recent studies to increase the level of security of critical media. A new technique has been suggested when adding an embedded value (129) to each pixel of the cover image and representing it as a key to thwart the attacker, increase security, rise imperceptibility, and make the system faster in detecting the tamper from unauthorized users. Using the two watermarking types in the same system reaches better results and increases the power of the system and makes it robust against any attack and revel the modification if any at the same time. PSNR has been used as a performance metric to evaluate the study. The result of the new proposed watermark is 54. It is preferable to utilize both a fragile and a robust watermark simultaneously. Index Terms— Robust Watermarking, Fragile Watermarking, Embedded Value, Imperceptibility, Security.

The Importance of Health and Social Protection Assets in the Economic Welfare of Households in Mexico

This paper seeks determines how the possession of health and social protection assets affects the probability of a household belonging to a given quintile of a proposed asset ownership index. An ordered logistic regression model was constructed. As a dependent variable, the quintile of each household was used according to the index. This research is based on 48 explanatory variables from the 2020 National Income and Expenses Survey. It confirms that health and social protection assets are relevant in the location of households in a quintile according to its socioeconomic condition. Estimated marginal effects and predictions for every quintile, show that the effect of the assets varies according to the quintile. Ownership of specific assets increase the likelihood of belonging to the higher quintiles. The possession of a voluntary pension fund is the most relevant asset. The empirical results obtained may contribute to design more efficient inequality-reducing public policies by promoting its acquisition and thereby encouraging social mobility. Main limitations of this research are related with the small number of health and social-protection related variables in the survey.

An efficient optimal hybrid SVELM based monitoring and forecasting the engine operations for safety standards

During the past years, the environmental and safety-based regulations have turned out to be more stringent, requiring more regulations on the ship's operation and condition for achieving most safety standards. Thus, timely, efficient, and accurate maintenance becomes more significant. The appropriate utilization of data can assist the shipping industry in obtaining improved efficiency and operational cost savings, greater safety, better crew rates, improved asset protection, and environmental protection. The most important objective of this study is to build up a novel technique that can synchronize collected data from different sensors on the ship and implement a scalable framework for identifying the early sign patterns of defective behavior in vessel operating conditions. Particularly, the novel technique investigated in the current study is based on a Hybrid SVELM-GOLF to evaluate time series directly from the dataset. The data smoothening, filtering, elimination of outliners and segmentation process are carried out in the preprocessing stage. Followed by preprocessing, the features are extracted for classification purposes. Here, a novel Hybrid Support Vector Extreme Learning Model based Grasshopper Optimization with Levy Flight (Hybrid SVELM-GOLF) technique is proposed to estimate the probability of cylinder condition (i.e. defective or healthy) in the ship. The simulation results display that the proposed hybrid SVELM-GOLF approach achieves a higher rate of prediction accuracy of about 96.2% as well as precision, recall, specificity and F1-score by 95.2%, 95%, 95.8% and 94.9% than other compared approaches. Thus, the hybrid SVELM-GOLF approach gains the higher capability to recognize suspicious patterns and localize defective regions.

Contaminated areas: lixividing of solid waste from the pharmaceutical industry

Contaminated areas derive from polluting activities, and are closely related to the proper disposal of waste from these activities, such as the pharmaceutical industry, which has dangerous and influential remnants throughout the biota, including humans. This work aimed to explain about the Brazilian legal norms of environmental protection and destination of medicines, and about the problems caused by exposure and contamination by drugs, particularly antibiotics and endocrine regulators. The problem of waste has led to the creation of several laws, at the federal and state levels, with a view to reducing contamination and protection of environmental assets, in which some of them deal with criminal and administrative sanctions for those who cause damage to the environment, criminalization of pollution, care for areas that have been contaminated at some point, determination of environmental standards and proper disposal of medicines. Even so, the improper disposal of drugs is a fact in Brazil, resulting in contamination of water and soil by leachate, and consequently, waterborne diseases, allergies, photosensitivity, cancer, infertility and cardiovascular diseases in humans, and adverse effects on crustaceans, mollusks, fish, turtles, amphibians and algae. The identification of these contaminants can be done by liquid chromatography and spectrophotometry, and the treatment by microorganisms, advanced oxidation and those used in Treatment Plants, however, conventional treatments may not be sufficient for removal. It is concluded that, despite the existence of these techniques, the most advanced procedures are not applied at the Treatment Plants, and the removal of drug residues is inefficient. In addition, there is a lack of inspection regarding the management of waste in the sector, even with different laws, which corroborates the contamination problem.

Bank restructuring under asymmetric information: The role of bad loan sales

We study restructuring solutions to the debt overhang problem faced by banks with a deteriorated loan portfolio in the presence of asymmetric information on loan quality. Classical liability restructuring solutions fail to work because banks can overstate the severity of their bad loan problem to obtain additional concessions from existing creditors. A sufficiently large loan sale requirement to the restructuring banks discourages such an opportunistic behavior, so a suitably chosen menu of loan sales cum liability restructuring is able to solve the debt overhang. We discuss the implementation of such a solution for banks funded with insured deposits through loan sales to outside investors supported by an asset protection scheme sponsored by the deposit insurance fund.

Detection and evolution of disaster sources in high slopes of open-pit mines based on time-lapse high-density electricity method

High and steep slopes in open pit mines used for ore production require careful monitoring to ensure stability and safeguard lives, property, and social welfare. Understanding the evolutionary characteristics of hazard sources within these slopes is crucial for effective slope management. This article presents a novel approach to identify the evolution of hazard sources within slopes by utilizing the derivative of normalized inversion data versus time as a characteristic feature. To analyze the evolution of hazard sources, raw apparent resistivity data collected at different times are processed using smoothing and wavelet denoising algorithms to reduce noise. Geological constraints are then applied to the collected data through the parametric region method. The least squares method is employed for independent inversion, and the inversion results are standardized. Subsequently, the standardized inversion results are used to derive the derivative of resistivity versus time equation, which reveals the evolution of hazard sources within the slope. A case study is conducted on a large open pit rocky slope to analyze the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The results demonstrate the successful reduction of noise through the smoothing and wavelet threshold denoising algorithms, effectively suppressing interference caused by acquisition equipment and environmental electromagnetic noise. The application of the parametric region method with geological constraints highlights the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of hazard sources within the slope. The findings indicate varying degrees of evolution of hazard sources within the slope, with significant changes observed mainly in the shallow part influenced by water erosion and blasting vibration. Areas with lithological stability show minimal changes, while original hazard source areas have evolved to different extents, distinguishable based on the size and sparsity of contour values. By combining inversion data analysis, noise reduction techniques, and geological constraints, the proposed approach provides valuable insights into the evolution of hazard sources within slopes. This information can aid in the development of effective slope management strategies in open pit mines, contributing to enhanced safety and protection of valuable assets.

The Concept of a Subsystem to Support the Management of the Protection of Intangible Assets of Companies from a Behavioural Perspective

The human factor is the biggest challenge for enterprises in providing the expected level of security, whereas the lack of educated personnel is one of the key problems in building an effective system for protection against data and information threats. A human being is a non-programmable element of the system and it is difficult to predict his or her behavior in information management processes and in the face of a specific event. Humans cannot be programmed like some security applications or hardware solutions with predictable performance. Human actions very often have a stochastic effect on the operation of the system. They can be ill-considered, haphazard, affected by emotions, and taken without due attention and adequate knowledge and experience (Pham et al., 2019). All these imperfections are exploited by those whose goal is to destroy or obtain information. According to data published by several information security companies, attacks carried out by purpose-built bots and web applications that exploit a technical factor (e.g., system vulnerabilities) are becoming increasingly rare, and are being replaced by attacks in which human interaction is a key factor. The curiosity and trust, leading well-meaning individuals to click, install, open, and send information, are being exploited by cybercriminals who are increasingly adept at using social engineering techniques.
 The aim of the present paper is to discuss the theoretical basis of information security issues from the behavioral perspective and to present the concept of a subsystem that implements measures to minimize the impact of the human factor on the emergence of threats to the intangible resources of a business entity. The concept is to create an information and organizational space to support the operation of the traditional information security management system in small and medium-sized enterprises. The concept is presented using the object-oriented approach which focuses on the functional elements of the system, and the subject-oriented approach, which takes into account the relationships between the various individuals who affect the security of the information system. The author's models of each approach were presented along with a description of how they work.

Crypto Assets Investment and Investor Protection: The Case of Malaysia and its Future Outlook

This paper reports in-progress research on crypto assets investment and investor protection with specific reference to Malaysia. The paper uses literature survey approach to determine Malaysia’s status of investors’ protection of crypto assets investment and the future outlook of investor protection of crypto assets. Controversies have surrounded cryptocurrencies and crypto assets in countries with weak regulatory environments.

Consequencialismo jurídico e desconsideração da personalidade jurídica: aplicação nos processos de controle externo

The court of audit has a relevant role in the protection of public assets, in observance with their constitutional duties. In this context, there has recently discussion about the application of the disregard doctrine in external control processes, in order to safeguard public funds. The hypothesis to be analyzed with the deductive method is the study of the possibility or not of the application of this measure by the audit courts. This analysis takes into account the Law No. 13.655/2018, which determines that the practical consequences of the decision to be made must be observed, positivizing consequentialism in the national legal system.

Enhanced wave overtopping simulation at vertical breakwaters using machine learning algorithms.

Accurate prediction of wave overtopping at sea defences remains central to the protection of lives, livelihoods, and infrastructural assets in coastal zones. In addressing the increased risks of rising sea levels and more frequent storm surges, robust assessment and prediction methods for overtopping prediction are increasingly important. Methods for predicting overtopping have typically relied on empirical relations based on physical modelling and numerical simulation data. In recent years, with advances in computational efficiency, data-driven techniques including advanced Machine Learning (ML) methods have become more readily applicable. However, the methodological appropriateness and performance evaluation of ML techniques for predicting wave overtopping at vertical seawalls has not been extensively studied. This study examines the predictive performance of four ML techniques, namely Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT), Support Vector Machines-Regression (SVR), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for overtopping discharge at vertical seawalls. The ML models are developed using data from the EurOtop (2018) database. Hyperparameter tuning is performed to curtail algorithms to the intrinsic features of the dataset. Feature Transformation and advanced Feature Selection methods are adopted to reduce data redundancy and overfitting. Comprehensive statistical analysis shows superior performance of the RF method, followed in turn by the GBDT, SVR, and ANN models, respectively. In addition to this, Decision Tree (DT) based methods such as GBDT and RF are shown to be more computationally efficient than SVR and ANN, with GBDT performing simulations more rapidly that other methods. This study shows that ML approaches can be adopted as a reliable and computationally effective method for evaluating wave overtopping at vertical seawalls across a wide range of hydrodynamic and structural conditions.

DIRECTIONS FOR IMPROVING INTERNAL AUDIT IN COMMERCIAL BANKS

This study investigates internal auditing in commercial banks and offers recommendations for improvement. It emphasizes the importance of internal audits in regulatory compliance, asset protection, and performance enhancement. Key challenges include governance, risk assessment, technology integration, and continuous training. Recommendations include active board participation, improved risk assessment, technology integration, and continuous training programs. Overall, a strong internal audit function is crucial for operational excellence and stakeholder trust.

Advancing Network Securing Strategies with Network Algorithms for Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) Missile Batteries

Recently, the Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) has become vital for the defense system as the military defense system is vital for national security. Placing Integrated Air Defense System batteries among locations to protect locations assets is a crucial problem because optimal solutions are needed for interceptor missiles to intercept attacker missiles for maximizing protection of assets across locations or places. In this research, the procedures of using network algorithms along with developing several network algorithms are going to be demonstrated to develop a model for sequential development of seven network securing strategies of placing Surface to Air Missile (SAM) batteries to maximize the protection of assets across locations (based on given asset values) by generating optimal solutions through computation to destroy maximum attacker missiles by using minimum interceptor missiles with given intercept probability. This network securing strategies can be implemented not only for Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) planning but also Counter Air (CA) planning as Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) is conducted with defensive counter air supported by attack operations in offensive counter air.

Hak Cipta Aset Nft (Non-Fungible Token): Ancaman Nyata Bagi Seniman

The Non-Fungible Token is an opportunity for artists to introduce their digital works to the general public, but it can also become a real threat to artists' attempts to commercialize their digital arts. This research aims to complement the studies regarding prevention and law enforcement related to copyright infringement of Non-Fungible Token assets. The research method used by the author in this article is normative juridical research supplemented by interviews, and this research uses a statute approach that is carried out by examining all laws and regulations related to the copyright of a work. The Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency cooperates with the Ministry of Communication and Information in terms of prevention by blocking content and data. Another preventive measure is for artists to register with and join the Collective Management Institute (LMK). In addition, special laws and regulations are needed that regulate the protection of Non-Fungible Token assets, as well as the role of copyright law enforcement agencies and the public, to minimize the occurrence of violations in the realm of copyright.

Mediating impact of the protection and exploitation of intellectual property rights of local intellectual property on tourism development: An empirical study in Central Vietnam

After the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry encounters opportunities and challenges worldwide, including limited tourism resources, while considering intellectual property aspects such as place names, natural resources, traditional knowledge, and regional cultural heritage. This topic research is limited in Vietnam, especially quantitative one. Thus, this study aims to determine the impact of local intellectual assets (LIAs) on tourism development through the mediation of protection and exploitation activities of local intellectual assets. The data for the study were collected through interviews with 296 individual business households in Central Vietnam. The study utilized the SPSS and AMOS 25 software as research tools, and the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to test the hypotheses. The research results indicate that local intellectual assets, consisting of reputation, specialties, traditional knowledge, and folk culture, directly and statistically significantly affect the residents’ perception and the local government’s support. Furthermore, through these two factors, local intellectual assets indirectly and statistically significantly affect protecting and exploiting local intellectual assets and the development of tourism activities. The study’s findings also provide a basis for local authorities and businesses to propose policy implications and management strategies that pay more attention to the issue of local intellectual assets and the protection and exploitation of local intellectual assets to serve tourism development.

EU cultural heritage protection actions in post conflict countries

This article provides an overview of EU policy in the field of cultural heritage protection with particular emphasis on post conflict countries. The analysis describes and evaluates the overall EU’s approach in all areas of EU engagement in this domain, towards the subject of effective mandate implementation of civilian CSDP Missions with the protection of cultural assets in their field of operation. The concluding remarks compare achievements and shortcomings of ongoing missions against their mandates and objectives, outlining some selected EU initiatives which aim at improving the EU’s performance and propose further steps in the protection of cultural heritage.The EU has contributed to reconstruction, restauration or revitalisation of cultural heritage affected by recent conflicts and crises in Libya, Iraq, Yemen, promoting at the same time social cohesion, new job creation and reconciliation. Part of recovery processes, the projects in Cameroon, Somalia, Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Kosovo, Republic of Moldova, etc. have contributed to improved inter-community trust through cultural heritage protection. Resent Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has caused thousands of deaths and major economic damages, brought destruction of civilian infrastructure and considerably affected cultural heritage. Monuments, museums, archaeological sides and archives, etc. were fully destroyed or brutally damaged. This triggered EUto recognise the importance of ensuring synergies and coordination between the EU and its Member States for maximization of the impact of our actions in support for cultural heritage in conflicts and crises, and in line with the EU Integrated Approach to External Conflicts and Crises.