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Autophagy is a lysosomal degradative pathway, which regulates the homeostasis of eukaryotic cells. This pathway can degrade misfolded or aggregated proteins, clear damaged organelles, and eliminate intracellular pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites. But, not all types of viruses are eliminated by autophagy. Flaviviruses (e.g., Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, Hepatitis C, Dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses) are single-stranded and enveloped RNA viruses, and transmitted to humans primarily through the bites of arthropods, leading to severe and widespread illnesses. Like the coronavirus SARS-CoV-II, flaviviruses hijack autophagy for their infection and escape from host immune clearance. Thus, it is possible to control these viral infections by inhibiting autophagy. In this review, we summarize recent research progresses on hijacking of autophagy by flaviviruses and discuss the feasibility of antiviral therapies using autophagy inhibitors.

Enhancer elements are specific DNA sequences that play a crucial role in regulating gene expression. Located upstream or downstream in the genomic context, enhancers enhance the transcription of linked genes. This is achieved by providing binding sites for transcription factors and other proteins, acting as a nucleation point that promotes the assembly of the transcriptional machinery. What makes enhancers unique is that located even thousands of base pairs away, they can exert their function. They can act over long distances, looping to interact with the promoter region of their target genes. Enhancers are often involved in cell type-specific gene expression as different cells express different sets of genes by activating and repressing cell type-specific enhancers. Cancer cells seem to co-opt this mechanism and hijack it for their own survival. In this process, an aberrant enhancer element activates the transcription of oncogenes (genes that have the potential to cause cancer) due to some alterations in genomic structure or regulatory elements that happen in cancer, contributing to tumorigenesis and cancer progression. Enhancer hijacking often occurs through complex genomic rearrangements such as chromosomal translocations and other structural rearrangements such as deletions or amplifications.8 These alterations can bring a usually distant, far-located enhancer into proximity with an oncogene, leading to its inappropriate activation. This is often seen in various cancers, including leukemias and solid tumors. Enhancer hijacking and its effects on gene regulation in cancer are frequently studied using methods such as RNA sequencing, chromatin conformation capture, and CRISPR-Cas9. Finding an enhancer hijacking event may be used to inform treatment choices, especially in precision medicine settings, and may also function as a biomarker for particular cancer types.

The paper explores a chronological account of major aviation-related terrorist incidents, including the hijacking of aircraft and attacks such as those on September 11, 2001. These events underscore the vulnerabilities within civil aviation security and highlight the psychological impact of such attacks. This study emphasizes the need for advanced technologies and stringent national and international regulations to combat aviation terrorism. It discusses the evolution of aviation security measures, the importance of a holistic approach involving airlines, airport authorities, security forces, and governmental bodies, and the necessity of information sharing and best practices adoption. Additionally, the paper addresses the economic implications of aviation security, advocating for better data collection and analysis to optimize resource allocation and enhance overall safety. The ongoing development of aviation security strategies, driven by evolving threats and technological advancements, is critical for safeguarding passengers and ensuring the resilience of the global aviation industry against terrorist threats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The study aims to draw the attention and awareness among the global research and scientific community towards the research journal publishing industry, which more or less is working as a pilfer and has monopolised the journal publishing industry to suit their commercial interests. On one hand the global research and scientific community continues to strive harder to come up with better research findings with the sole purpose to enhance the ease of living in all walks of life by disseminating the same among the end users free of cost, while on the other hand, the big research journal publishing houses have hijacked the industry by turning it into a money minting machine. Researchers are fleeced of their hard earned money by the publishers in the name of Article Processing Charges (APCs) which run anything from USD 1000 to USD 6000 and beyond per publication. Given the ever escalating subscription costs, associated with academic and research institutions find it difficult to subscribe journals for their user. Onus lies with all the stakeholders be it government, researchers, academicians and the end users as well, who can't watch all this happening helplessly from a distance and not putting in any effort to overcome this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Open System Interconnection (OSI) model, consisting of seven layers, has become increasingly important in addressing cyber security issues. The rapid growth of network technology has led to a rise in cyber threats, with botnets taking over fixed and mobile computers. The widespread availability of mobile devices has led to increased app consumption, with 60% of Android malware containing major or minor botnets. The ease of accessibility of mobile devices has accelerated the adoption of mobile apps in various use cases. This article aims to identify and reduce botnets in operating systems, focusing on identifying them faster and reducing attack impact. The study analyzes botnet characteristics under controlled conditions and creates four traffic flow components across multiple time ranges. Using machine learning, flow vectors are created to identify internet flows as botnet flows or predicted flows. The method uses a combination of Boosted decision tree ensemble classifier, Naive Bayesian statistical classifier, and SVM discriminative classifier to accurately identify both well-known and novel botnets, reducing false positives and improving detection accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides a study of Palestinian aviation diplomacy by examining two "states of exception": the deterritorialized Palestinian state and the supraterritorial, supranational state of aviation. It discusses five important episodes in Palestine's aviation history: aviation as a colonial instrument in Palestine prior to 1948, Jerusalem Airport as a contested site of power, Palestinian airplane hijackings as media spectacle, Yasir Arafat's creative aviation diplomacy, and Gaza International Airport and Palestinian Airlines as symbols of Palestinian sovereignty. Although Palestinians have faced difficulties with conventional aviation diplomacy, they have been somewhat successful in exploiting aviation as an unconventional weapon of resistance to disrupt dominant narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). At the molecular and cellular levels, the SARS-CoV-2 uses its envelope glycoprotein, the spike S protein, to infect the target cells in the lungs via binding with their transmembrane receptor, the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Here, we wanted to investigate if other molecular targets and pathways may be used by SARS-CoV-2. We investigated the possibility of the spike 1 S protein and its receptor-binding domain (RBD) to target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its downstream signaling pathway in vitro using the lung cancer cell line (A549 cells). Protein expression and phosphorylation were examined upon cell treatment with the recombinant full spike 1 S protein or RBD. We demonstrate for the first time the activation of EGFR by the Spike 1 protein associated with the phosphorylation of the canonical Extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2) and AKT kinases and an increase in survivin expression controlling the survival pathway. Our study suggests the putative implication of EGFR and its related signaling pathways in SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and COVID-19 pathology. This may open new perspectives in the treatment of COVID-19 patients by targeting EGFR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cytoskeleton is an essential component of the cell and it is involved in multiple physiological functions, including intracellular organization and transport. It is composed of three main families of proteinaceous filaments; microtubules, actin filaments and intermediate filaments and their accessory proteins. Motor proteins, which comprise the dynein, kinesin and myosin superfamilies, are a remarkable group of accessory proteins that mainly mediate the intracellular transport of cargoes along with the cytoskeleton. Like other cellular structures and pathways, viruses can exploit the cytoskeleton to promote different steps of their life cycle through associations with motor proteins. The complexity of the cytoskeleton and the differences among viruses, however, has led to a wide diversity of interactions, which in most cases remain poorly understood. Unveiling the details of these interactions is necessary not only for a better comprehension of specific infections, but may also reveal new potential drug targets to fight dreadful diseases such as rabies disease and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In this review, we describe a few examples of the mechanisms that some human viruses, that is, rabies virus, adenovirus, herpes simplex virus, human immunodeficiency virus, influenza A virus and papillomavirus, have developed to hijack dyneins, kinesins and myosins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Traffic hijacking over the Internet has become a frequent incident over the last two decades. From minor inconveniences for casual users to massive leaks of governmental data, these events cover an unprecedently large spectrum. Many hijackings are presumed to be caused by unfortunate routing mistakes, but a well-organized attacker could set up a long-term stealthy relay, accessing critical traffic metadata, despite suitable encryption schemes. While many studies focus on the mitigation of known attacks, we choose to design a complete detection method regardless of the attacker's strategy. We propose a two-party cryptographic protocol for detecting traffic hijacking over the Internet. Our proposal relies on a distance-bounding mechanism that performs interactive authentication with a "Challenge–Response" exchange, and measures the round-trip time of packets to decide whether an attack is ongoing. Our construction is supported by worldwide experiments on communication time between multiple nodes, allowing us to both demonstrate its applicability and evaluate its performance. Over the course of this paper, we demonstrate our protocol to be efficient—itrequires only two cryptographic operations per execution inducing negligible workload for users and very few loss of throughput, scalable—no software updates are required for intermediate network nodes, routing protocol independent—this means that any future update of the route selection process will not induce changes on our scheme, and network friendly—the added volume of transiting data is only about 1.5 % . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• We summarize recent research progresses on hijacking of autophagy by flaviviruses. • Several typical flaviviridae (HCV,JEV,DENV,ZIKV,WNV) hijack autophagy for viral infection and defense against innate immunity. • The feasibility of using autophagy inhibitors for antiviral therapy is discussed. Autophagy is a lysosomal degradative pathway, which regulates the homeostasis of eukaryotic cells. This pathway can degrade misfolded or aggregated proteins, clear damaged organelles, and eliminate intracellular pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites. But, not all types of viruses are eliminated by autophagy. Flaviviruses (e.g., Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, Hepatitis C, Dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses) are single-stranded and enveloped RNA viruses, and transmitted to humans primarily through the bites of arthropods, leading to severe and widespread illnesses. Like the coronavirus SARS-CoV-II, flaviviruses hijack autophagy for their infection and escape from host immune clearance. Thus, it is possible to control these viral infections by inhibiting autophagy. In this review, we summarize recent research progresses on hijacking of autophagy by flaviviruses and discuss the feasibility of antiviral therapies using autophagy inhibitors. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article highlights that he Belarusian government's hijacking of Ryanair Flight 4978 on 23 May 2021 was one of those discordant moments. It happened against the backdrop of mass protests against the bogus re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It also discusses that the European Union reacted strongly, imposing a flight ban on Belarusian airspace and other economic sanctions.

The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). At the molecular and cellular levels, the SARS-CoV-2 uses its envelope glycoprotein, the spike S protein, to infect the target cells in the lungs via binding with their transmembrane receptor, the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Here, we wanted to investigate if other molecular targets and pathways may be used by SARS-CoV-2. We investigated the possibility of the spike 1 S protein and its receptor-binding domain (RBD) to target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its downstream signaling pathway in vitro using the lung cancer cell line (A549 cells). Protein expression and phosphorylation were examined upon cell treatment with the recombinant full spike 1 S protein or RBD. We demonstrate for the first time the activation of EGFR by the Spike 1 protein associated with the phosphorylation of the canonical Extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2) and AKT kinases and an increase in survivin expression controlling the survival pathway. Our study suggests the putative implication of EGFR and its related signaling pathways in SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and COVID-19 pathology. This may open new perspectives in the treatment of COVID-19 patients by targeting EGFR.

浮生六记 Fusheng Liuji 'Six Records of a Floating Life' is an autobiography and the chef-d'oeuvre of 沈复 Shen Fu (1763-1825), which concerns delightful trivialities in his impoverished life and his wife 芸 Yun, a meritorious woman characterised by intelligence, diligence and punctiliousness. As an illustrious 性灵 xingling work enriched by literary, aesthetic and linguistic prowess, Six Records of a Floating Life has been rendered into English by an illustrious bilingual writer and translator 林语堂 Lin Yutang (1895-1976) and Shirley M. Black, as well as Leonard Pratt and Su-hui Chiang, whose version is featured by a socio-historical perspective (Lu 2010). In this research, I scrutinise Pratt and Chiang's translation under the framework of feminist translation (Flotow 1991), exploring strategies of supplementing, hijacking as well as prefacing and footnoting. In the introduction section, Pratt and Chiang extol the heroine Yun and introduce women serving as courtesans in Qing (1644-1912) China. Additionally, the translators also employ annotations to justify Yun's provocative utterances. Apart from prefacing and footnoting, Pratt and Chiang also deploy strategies of supplementing and hijacking, so as to highlight Yun's merit and avoid dated expressions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological evolutions have brought truly meaningful benefits, but also new challenges for which suppliers of computer product supply chains have had to find solutions. Cyber-attacks are being conducted by teams of cybercriminals who are highly skilled in computer science. There have been many episodes where governments of some countries financially supported such an attack on a public company or institution. The cyber-attacks problem is not new, and the economic damage it can do is truly impactful. I've undergone an analysis of relevant literature in order to identify the key factors and the limitations that supply chains are facing when it comes to computer products. Following ample research, I've formulated the research questions which I believe to be essential in providing answers that can bring contributions to the field: "What are the main challenges that computer products supply chains are facing?", and "In what way can we limit these attacks?" The results of the analysis classify the challenges in three key dimensions: hijacking updates, undermining code signing, and destroying the free access code. These challenges can be diminished by different strategies of securing the supply chains. I have identified three essential ways to secure the computer products supply chains: risk management, vulnerability management, and practices for disclosing the identified vulnerabilities. The results of the study show that the challenges to public or private organizations can be limited by having a good understanding of the framework behind a cyber attack, as well as close collaboration between the supplier and the customer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the problems of qualification of hijacking of an aircraft, a sea-going ship, or a railway train, provided for by Art. 211 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Despite the fact that Art. 211 has been present in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation since its adoption, it should be noted that there is a lack of theoretical research on its analysis, as well as the existence in court practice of the difficulties of applying this norm (in addition, Federal Law No. 130 of May 5, 2014 -FZ in Art. 211 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation a new Part 4 was introduced, providing for liability for the combination of hijacking of a ship of air or water transport or railway rolling stock with a terrorist act or other terrorist second activity that, in the absence of specific explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, has created additional challenges for law-qualification). This determines the relevance of the chosen topic. Analyzing the current legislation, the provisions of the Decree of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 9, 2008 No. 25 “On judicial practice in cases of crimes related to violation of the rules of the road and the operation of vehicles, as well as their unlawful seizure without the purpose of theft”, scientific positions and court decisions on these issues, the author comes to the following conclusions that seem interesting for theory and practice. Small boats of water transport relate to the subject of hijacking of a ship of air or water transport or railway rolling stock, and the commission of a crime under Part 4 of Art. 211 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and the associated terrorist act, requires qualification in the aggregate of Part 4 of Art. 211 and Art. 205 of the Criminal Code. Military aircraft and boats, submarines, etc.) are also the subject of a crime under Art. 211 of the Criminal Code. The of hijacking of an aircraft, a sea-going ship, or a railway train, as well as the seizure of such a ship or train for the purpose of hijacking, associated with the murder, assault on the life of a law enforcement officer, person conducting justice or preliminary investigation, a state or public figure are qualified in the aggregate of Art. 211 and Art. 105, Art. 277, Art. 295, Art. 317 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. When of hijacking of an aircraft, a sea-going ship, or a railway train, as well as hijacking such a ship or train for the purpose of hijacking, committed with the use of violence dangerous to the life or health of the victim, or with the threat of such violence, in addition to item “c” of Part 2 of Art. 211 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of additional qualification in parts 1, 2 of Art. 111, Art. 112, Art. 115, Art. 117, Art. 119 of the Criminal Code is not required. The of hijacking of an aircraft, a sea-going ship, or a railway train is often fraught with violation of the traffic safety rules and operation of the relevant transport provided for in Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: the deed is covered by Art. 211 of the Criminal Code, if the violation specified in Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation expressed itself in theft; if not, qualification is possible in the aggregate of art. 211,263 of the Criminal Code.

The world of autonomous vehicles approaches as technology evolves. Researches have been done, development has been made in several countries, car manufacturers have already marketed their semi-self-driven automobiles. Nowadays artificial intelligence is present across nearly all industries due to scientific achievements in the field of artificial neural networks, computer vision, and a multi layer neural network. Utilizing AI for developing autonomous vehicles has been an obvious choice as making decisions based on continuously flowing vast amount of information from different sensors requires fast processing. In case of industrial AI where decision making is based on video image analysing, false decisions can lead to categorizing either flawless products as faulty or wrong products as good. In case of human politics when artificial intelligence is used to determine tender winners, making the wrong call could only mean gender biased results. However in case of self-driven cars making bad decision might equal causing accidents and endangering people’s lives, such as it happened to Uber. Scientists at MIT successfully developed the World’s first psychopath AI, which achievement claimed the responsibility of educating non-natural minds. The aim of this article is to point out those situations and scenarios in which self-driven cars could be hijacked, misguided, captured, or even influenced to turn against other vehicles.

Résumé: Il existe d'étroites relations entre les virus et les vésicules lipidiques. La plus fréquemment évoquée concerne les virus enveloppés qui acquièrent leur enveloppe par un mécanisme impliquant certains processus de formation des vésicules extracellulaires (VE). Cependant, le détournement des VE n'est pas propre aux virus enveloppés. En 2013, une nouvelle catégorie de virus émergeait : celle des virus quasi-enveloppés. Il s'agit de virus nus qui à certaines étapes de leur cycle viral, sont retrouvés dans des vésicules. En réalité, plusieurs virus nus, de différentes familles, piratent les voies de production des VE : poliovirus, polyomavirus, rotavirus... Ce détournement des VE confère de nombreux avantages aux virus : diversification des modes d'entrée et de sortie, amélioration de l'infectiosité, échappement au système immunitaire. Cette revue propose d'en faire le tour. There is a close relationship between viruses and lipid vesicles. The most frequently described concerns enveloped viruses, which acquire their envelope through mechanisms involved in extracellular vesicles (EVs) biogenesis. However, EVs' hijacking is not unique to enveloped viruses. In 2013, a new category of viruses emerged : the quasi-enveloped viruses. These are naked viruses found in vesicles at certain steps of their viral cycle. Actually, several naked viruses, from different families, hijack the production routes of EVs : poliovirus, polyomaviruses, rotavirus, etc. This diversion of EVs confers many advantages : diversification of entry and exit pathways, infectivity improvement and immune evasion. This review will take the reader around this subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media plays an important role in spreading data effectively. However, although social media programs have numerous benefits, they also have a share of dangers. Government organizations utilize social media to produce modern thoughts within the intrigued of the government, improve decisions and unravel issues. Twitter is one of the well-known social media programs utilized by numerous government offices as a way to discover the conclusions of the community because it gives a quick and adaptable instrument for disseminating data through the hashtag. The Saudi Ministry of Health launched the "Tawakkalna" application to limit the spread of Coronavirus in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the Saudi Ministry of Health launched the hashtag # توكلنا on Twitter to know people's opinions, receive their suggestions about this application, and provide quick solutions to them if they encounter problems in using this application during the period of social distancing. Malicious attackers might try to steal popular government hashtags with the goal of distorting the reputation of the government in front of its people. The goal of this Paper is to investigate the security of hashtag # توكلنا. We utilize the hashjacker tool to protect this hashtag during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that this hashtag can serve as a useful communication tool between the Saudi people and their government during the pandemic. In our research paper, we used the hashjacker tool to protect the hashtag # توكلنا, for the Saudi Ministry Of Health. Through this tool we were able to identify and distinguish tweets on twitter and whether they were hijacked or not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Performance/security trade-off is widely noticed in CFI research, however, we observe that not every CFI scheme is subject to the trade-off. Motivated by the key observation, we ask three questions: ➊ does trade-off really exist in different CFI schemes? ➋ if trade-off do exist, how do previous works comply with it? ➌ how can it inspire future research? Although the three questions probably cannot be directly answered, they are inspiring. We find that a deeper understanding of the nature of the trade-off will help answer the three questions. Accordingly, we proposed the GPT conjecture to pinpoint the trade-off in designing CFI schemes, which says that at most two out of three properties (fine granularity, acceptable performance, and preventive protection) could be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traffic hijacking over the Internet has become a frequent incident over the last two decades. From minor inconveniences for casual users to massive leaks of governmental data, these events cover an unprecedently large spectrum. Many hijackings are presumed to be caused by unfortunate routing mistakes, but a well-organized attacker could set up a long-term stealthy relay, accessing critical traffic metadata, despite suitable encryption schemes. While many studies focus on the mitigation of known attacks, we choose to design a complete detection method regardless of the attacker’s strategy. We propose a two-party cryptographic protocol for detecting traffic hijacking over the Internet. Our proposal relies on a distance-bounding mechanism that performs interactive authentication with a “Challenge–Response” exchange, and measures the round-trip time of packets to decide whether an attack is ongoing. Our construction is supported by worldwide experiments on communication time between multiple nodes, allowing us to both demonstrate its applicability and evaluate its performance. Over the course of this paper, we demonstrate our protocol to be efficient—itrequires only two cryptographic operations per execution inducing negligible workload for users and very few loss of throughput, scalable—no software updates are required for intermediate network nodes, routing protocol independent—this means that any future update of the route selection process will not induce changes on our scheme, and network friendly—the added volume of transiting data is only about 1.5%.

Accident causation analysis is of great importance for accident prevention. In order to improve the aviation safety, a new analysis method of aviation accident causation based on complex network theory is proposed in this paper. Through selecting 257 accident investigation reports, 45 causative factors and nine accident types are obtained by the three-level coding process of the grounded theory, and the interaction of these factors is analyzed based on the “2-4”model. Accordingly, the aviation accident causation network is constructed based on complex network theory which has scale-free characteristics and small-world properties, the characteristics of causative factors are analyzed by the topology of the network, and the key causative factors of the accidents are identified by the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method. The comparison results show that the method proposed in this paper has the advantages of independent of expert experience, quantitative analysis of accident causative factors and statistical analysis of a lot of accident data, and it has better applicability and advancement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the application of forensic cartography in a civil arbitration case. This arbitration case stemmed from a hijacking of a freight of cigarettes on the 9th of May 2012. Forensic cartography in the form of a report was used to illustrate that the driver of a third-party logistics company was complicit with the crime syndicate that committed the hijacking. Cell phone data was used to map the communication between the various suspects and the driver. The time period of interest was between 15 December 2011 and 9 May 2012. The cellular base stations were used to map these communications in time and space. Based on the evidence provided it was clear that the driver of the third-party logistics company was complicit in committing the crime which led to the arbitration proceedings to be settled by the third-party logistics company in favour of the cigarette manufacturer. Further, it was concluded that the cartographic representation selection for forensic purposes is dictated by the specific case being investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays, cloud computing has become popular due to its scalability, availability, customization, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. these enormous advantages, companies' data centers, that were formerly room-sized, are now migrating to the cloud. However, despite these advantages, there are significant shortcomings in terms of security. As a result, most businesses are hesitant to move from data centers to the cloud due to the organization's secrecy. Therefore, all of the material in this article was focused on problems people face related to security and addressing these issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyses narrative, time and causality in current general histories of jazz, in the context of the ontological turn in the field. It proposes that jazz studies should go beyond romance as the dominant historical emplotment, pluralize their narratives, and establish a new historiographical relationship to the past in order to produce a truly global, decentred and decolonized history of the genre. The article is divided in three sections, which successively explore historical narratives, representations of time and causality in the past, and some theoretical problems in global and local histories. The phenomenon of "lone wolf " terrorism, which has increasingly attracted the attention of scholars, consists of terror attacks perpetrated without the operational involvement of terrorist organizations in initiating, planning, or executing the attack. This phenomenon lacks a clear center of gravity directing the actions of "lone wolf " terrorists; and as such, it is crucial to understand the system of motivations influencing independent assailants to perpetrate attacks. This article is based on extensive studies conducted on the motivations of "lone wolf " terrorists by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya. It seeks to contribute to the literature on the topic by proposing a new model. The "Bathtub Model" suggests that the process of the formation of the "lone wolf 's" decision to perpetrate an attack can be akin to a container of water (such as a bath), which would be filled up by various sources of water, each representing groups and subgroups of motivations. The upper threshold of the "bathtub" model represents therefore the maximal level of the "lone wolf 's" ability to contain his motivations, frustrations, and emotions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that Nick Makoha's poetry cycle, "A Low-Pressure System," which won the 2021 prize in the text category, is a virtuosic sequence exploring the Entebbe hijacking in a voice capacious to combine the personal and the historical with fluid ease. Topics include complex geopolitics of that operation resonate in lifelong self-fashioning of a writer; and expulsion of the Bedouin from their villages in Israel's Negev Desert, or the painter Jean Basquiat's wrangling with the art.

The article shares the views of author on how the "Low-Pressure System" is a part of author's sequence from second poetry collection that explores the Entebbe hijacking in 1976 and its complex geopolitics of the immigrant experience. Topics include myth of national identity and express Metic identity wit use allusions towards the myth of Icarus, drawing on literary sources such as "Ovid" and Jean-Michel Basquiat's art gave the paintings a sculptural quality.

Biopiracy as "a silent disease" is hardly detectable because it does not leave traces frequently. The corporate hijacking of food is the most important health hazard in this era; giant commercial enterprises are using intellectual property rights to patent indigenous medicinal plants, seeds, genetic resources, and traditional medicines. The new era of biotechnology relies on the genes of living organisms as raw materials. The "Gene Rush" has thus become similar to that of the old "Gold Rush." Sri Lanka has been spotted in the top 34 biodiversity hotspots globally. Moreover, localized in the tropics, human generations in Sri Lanka have utilized the array of plant species for herbal treatments and treatment of diseases. Sri Lanka after its 30-year civil war is moving towards a solid growth and conservation of the environment which is a major component in a sustainable development where the conservation of biodiversity plays a significant role. In this paper, we present an overview of typical cases of global biopiracy, bioprospecting via introduction of cost-effective deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprinting and international protocol with Private-Public-People Partnership concept as excellent forms of utilization of natural resources. We propose certain perspectives as scientists towards abolishing biopiracy and also to foster the fair utilization of natural resources; since the economy of most developing countries is agriculture based, the gross domestic product of the developing countries could be increased by enhanced bioprospecting via introduction of cost-effective DNA fingerprinting technologies and thus not being a pray of corporate hijacking."Biopiracy is biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use" (Vandana Shiva). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the epistemic issues arising from the possibility of hijacked experiences by Susanna Siegel in the book The Rationality of Perception. Topics include preformationists helding the humans not developing into human form from non-human form; background theory enriching the content of her experience and causing in having an experience as of a miniature human.

This paper examines the articulation of Canadian civic culture from below. Focusing on digitally mediated grassroots mobilizations, it asks how citizens construct and discursively deploy voice and listening as civic values. The paper draws from three empirical cases: the 2014 mobilization of parents during the teachers' strike in British Columbia; the 2015 citizen mobilizations in support of Syrian refugees; and the 2016 sit‐in protest outside the Toronto Police headquarters. Citizens participating in these initiatives were keen to "speak up," establishing voice as a civic value. Yet, this is not accompanied by equal attention to the role of listening. This invites simplistic takes to citizen participation, leaving it vulnerable to populist hijackings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Society thinks, talks, and communicates in ways which are inherently different now from the pre-Internet era. Hashtags in particular have transformed community formation around a particular topic, issue, or goal. A new and relatively under-studied phenomenon is that of 'hashtag hijacking', where individuals or groups use a particular hashtag to draw attention to arguments and narratives which undermine or oppose the hashtag's objective. Most of the current literature looks at hashtag hijacking as a positive outlet for counter-discourse/counter-narratives to challenge dominant groups. This study, however, looks at the 'dark side' of hashtag hijacking, where groups use trolling tactics similar to the Alt_Right to reinforce misogynistic views. The hijacking of three hashtags is explored in this study: #notacriminal, #women2drive, and #mydressmychoice, to explore feminist theories on the role of social media in a 'public space'. Does Twitter function as one common public sphere where inequalities are so deeply embedded that minority voices have no hope of being heard? Or does Twitter function as a meeting place for multiple competing public spheres, thus allowing minority – and in this case feminist – voices to be heard? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the booming growth of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, drones) in recent years, especially for commercial and recreational aerial photography UAVs, the safety issues of civilians and security problems of sensitive information are causing much concern. Some studies have confirmed that many attacks against UAVs are highly connected to the vulnerabilities of the civil global positioning system (GPS). The transparency and predictability of unencrypted civil GPS signals make them easy to counterfeit. Furthermore, owing to the development of software-defined radio (SDR) in recent years, launching a civil GPS spoofing attack is no longer expensive. GPS spoofing against drones using SDR devices has severely threatened their flight security and personal safety. In this study, we demonstrated three UAV hijacking attacks using HackRF One, an SDR device, with corresponding open source projects. We also proved that launching such threatening attacks is not expensive and such attacks are easy to control. We also propose some possible approaches to enhance the security of UAV location information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the meaning of εἰ δή τις ... συκοφαντοίη ("If any critic carps," or "recklessly impugns") in Josephus, War 1.11. The overarching problem comprises the accusation the author imagines he may face and his nuanced response to it. The way Josephus and comparable authors use συκοφαντέω is the initial issue. The larger one is if the author might be saying something about the fiscus Iudaicus and its potential maladministration. The proposal is that Josephus denounces the stereotyping of Judean identity in terms of cultic impiety, a stereotype that allowed the funnelling of maiestas accusations through the tax treasury. Josephus' cynicism toward the Iudaea capta discourse, not least the Flavians' looting the temple and hijacking its tax, darkens his expression of piety in War 's prologue with irony and vitriole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery plays a significant role in the spread of human viruses. However, our understanding of how the host ESCRT machinery responds to viral infection remains limited. Emerging evidence suggests that the ESCRT machinery can be hijacked by viruses of different families to enhance their replication. Throughout their life cycle, these viruses can interfere with or exploit ESCRT-mediated physiological processes to increase their chances of infecting the host. In contrast, to counteract virus infection, the interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) or the E3 ISG15-protein ligase (HERC5) system within the infected cells is activated to degrade the ESCRT proteins. Many retroviral and RNA viral proteins have evolved "late (L) domain" motifs, which enable them to recruit host ESCRT subunit proteins to facilitate virus transport, replication, budding, mature, and even endocytosis, Therefore, the L domain motifs and ESCRT subunit proteins could serve as promising drug targets for antiviral therapy. This review investigated the composition and essential functions of the ESCRT, shedding light on the impact of ESCRT subunits and viral L domain motifs on the replication of viruses. Furthermore, the antiviral effects facilitated by the ESCRT machinery have been investigated, aiming to provide valuable insights to guide the development and utilization of antiviral drugs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]