The technologies of deepfakes are actively used on social media, creating fake video and audio by manipulating existing media content. The face-swapping technologies that are applied in the creation of deepfakes cause severe problems in society, such as identity theft and the spread of unsuitable content. Although various machine learning and deep ...

By S. Narmatha, S. Mythili

Purpose: The growth in platform-based jobs has created a need to have competencies that go beyond traditional digital capabilities. The conceptualization of Gig Literacy 2.0 in this work is an adaptation of the DigComp 2.0 framework to the changing, platform-specific skills that freelancers and gig workers need to have in order to function in the a...

By Nivedhitha Jayasankar, Sumathi Gunasekaran Navamani

The Scrum framework is one of the most popular Agile software development frameworks, due to its versatility, iterative development process, and focus on delivering value in small increments. However, sprint overruns continue to be a significant operational challenge and are usually caused by changes in requirements, misjudging the effort, blocker ...

By V. Sunder, P. Deepalakshmi

The issue of environmental sustainability is now a challenge for manufacturers in developing economies, in which the use of resources is high and the use of cleaner technologies is not widespread. Little evidence of how lean thinking translates into environmental outcomes in the context of green manufacturing is found, especially in the Iraqi indus...

By Asfad Murtada Said, Mundher Abbas Shaalan, Kabas Zuhir Alhasani

This paper evaluates the influence of equity capital structure on the performance of the Vietnamese joint-stock commercial banks. The empirical study is based on the dataset comprising 30 commercial banks observed over the period 2015–2024, resulting in a total of 300 observations. To confirm statistical validity and the robustness of the emp...

By Vu Thuy Linh, Tran Thi Phuong Lien, Hoang Thi Kim Ung, Do Thi Van Dung

The proper functioning of static, rotating, and electrical equipment plays a vital role in ensuring the safety and uninterrupted production process within an oil refinery environment. In this research, an all-encompassing framework of an Equipment Health Score (EHS) will be formulated through a combination of lifecycle condition, operations data, m...

By Agustinus Pindoan Panjaitan, Ranu Fauzan, Eko Sunarno, Dedi Apriadi, Rachman Setiawan

Organizations that want to gain a competitive advantage have focused on customer retention. However, traditional approaches to customer relationship management do not account for changing customer behaviour in the digital realm. This work suggests the Virtual Consumer Twin Framework (VCTF) for customer retention and predictive marketing through del...

By V. Suganya, Priya Sethuraman, K. Latha, Kiruthiga Balasubramanian

This paper discusses how data-based strategic and financial management can contribute to the competitive advantage of science and technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are challenged to use data to make better business decisions in an ever-dynamic and technology-driven market. This research combines data analytics into a ...

By Ravinder Sharma, Shyam Maurya

Proper brain tumor segmentation is of great importance in the diagnosis and treatment planning. In this paper, the author presents an EfficientNet-modified U-Net-based system to segment the glioma in the pre-operative MRI scans using the BraTS 2018 dataset. This data consists of four types of MRI (T1, T2, T1Gd, and FLAIR). The model uses the Effici...

By P.A. Monisha, S. Sukumaran, G. Karthikeyan

Smart grids are a major improvement on the conventional electrical grids as they incorporate digital communications, automated control, and sophisticated sensing systems in order to maximize power generation, distribution, and utilization. The paper will examine how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to optimize energy systems in smart grid s...

By Priya Vij, Ashu Nayak