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Proactive Defence in IoT Networks: A Scoping Review of Security Frameworks and Key Security Elements in Digital Health Systems

This scoping review analyzes existing IoT security frameworks for digital health systems, revealing that while current solutions often address discrete areas, they lack comprehensive integration, and it identifies key elements like vulnerability assessments, threat modelling, and AI as essential for developing robust, proactive defense mechanisms.

Gihan Gunasekara, Patricia A.H. Williams, Ginger Mudd2026-07-08
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TrOCR for Medieval HTR: A Systematic Ablation Study with Cross-Dataset Validation

This paper presents a systematic ablation study on adapting TrOCR for medieval handwritten text recognition, demonstrating that specific layer freezing strategies and the removal of contrast normalization can achieve competitive accuracy on small historical datasets while providing cross-dataset validation and interpretability insights.

Sachin Sharma, Federico Simonetta, Michele Flammini2026-07-08
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TOPIC: Deep Learning Approach for Network Intrusion Detection and Multi-Class Attack Classification Using UNSW-NB15 Dataset

This study proposes a deep learning framework using the UNSW-NB15 dataset for network intrusion detection and multi-class attack classification, demonstrating that an RNN-LSTM architecture outperforms ANN and CNN models by achieving a 97.42% accuracy through optimized data preprocessing and class balancing techniques.

Akpasam Ekanem, Philip Asuquo, Simeon Ozoumba, Bliss Stephen, Enyinihi Johnson2026-07-08
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Leveraging Machine Learning Models to Predict Probability of Technical and Regulatory Success

This paper demonstrates that interpretable machine learning models trained on public ClinicalTrials.gov protocol features can accurately predict the probability of technical and regulatory success for small-molecule trials, outperforming standard benchmarks and offering a reproducible tool for risk-adjusted valuation.

Mason Kim, Michael Doane, James Melican, Kevin Wang, Haewon Jung, Cedric Liu2026-07-08
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SupCon-Mamba: A Supervised Contrastive Learning Method for Few-Shot Hyperspectral Target Detection

The paper proposes SupCon-Mamba, a few-shot hyperspectral target detection framework that integrates a local context encoding mechanism, a pyramid Mamba module for efficient multi-scale spectral modeling, and supervised contrastive learning to eliminate false negatives and achieve superior detection performance with minimal labeled samples.

Xingxin Song, Bing Zhou, Jiale Zhao, Lei Deng, Jiaju Ying2026-07-08
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Online Structure Learning and Planning for Autonomous Robot Navigation using Active Inference

This paper introduces AIMAPP, a self-supervised, ROS-compatible framework that unifies online mapping, localisation, and planning for autonomous robots in unfamiliar environments by leveraging Active Inference to dynamically build sparse topological maps and balance exploration with goal-directed navigation without relying on predefined maps or pre-training.

Daria de Tinguy, Tim Verbelen, Emilio Gamba, Bart Dhoedt2026-07-08
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Bitcoin Forecasting Engine: Optimizing Neural Networks with Spectral Analysis and Multi Swarm Algorithms

This paper proposes a hybrid Bitcoin forecasting engine that integrates Permutation Entropy-guided dual-layer signal decomposition (CEEMDAN-VMD) with a Multi-Swarm Optimization-optimized Deep Neural Network, demonstrating statistically significant superior performance in accuracy and directional prediction compared to baseline models and single-swarm alternatives.

Ozan Nadirgil2026-07-08
💻 computer science

Contribution-Aware Federated Edge Learning for Robust Resource Allocation in Massive IoT Networks

This paper proposes a contribution-aware federated edge learning algorithm (CA-FE-MADDPG) that integrates spatial interference modeling, fine-grained penalty mechanisms, and heuristic-guided initialization to address spectrum interference, unfair credit allocation, and environmental non-stationarity in massive IoT networks, thereby significantly improving system throughput, access rates, and quality of service.

Hui Dun, Aowei Liu, Eryang Huan, Zhiyong Niu2026-07-08
💻 computer science

ADEST-U-Net: A Dual-Encoder Architecture for Cross-Organ and Cross-Modality Transfer Learning in Data-Scarce Medical Image Segmentation

This paper proposes ADEST-U-Net, a dual-encoder architecture that leverages cross-organ and cross-modality transfer learning from MRI brain tumor models to significantly improve liver tumor segmentation accuracy and reduce false positives in CT scans under data-scarce conditions.

Riham Jeeballah, Hamza ZIDOUM, Adhari Al zaabi, Abdelhamid Abdessalem2026-07-08