The influence of femicide on criminal behavior: An empirical approach using economic complexity for crime prevention in Mexico by Max Lugo Delgadillo

“…According to the study, the least complex crimes in Mexico include robbery in collective public transport, robbery in individual transport, counterfeiting, and auto parts theft. On the other hand, the crimes characterized by the highest complexity involve organized crime, intentional and unintentional homicide, and the trafficking of minors. …”
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Method for hidden marking of transparent polypropylene film by A. A. Nikolaev, A. P. Kondratov

“…It is proposed to use local contact heat treatment of a polypropylene film for covert recording of information and marking of product packaging in order to protect against counterfeiting.…”
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Dual-Channel Decisions under Blockchain and Returns by Guangdong Liu, Ziyang Li, Jinggui Chen

“…Blockchain is currently used in a wide range of industries to improve the efficiency of the circulation of goods and effectively reduce counterfeiting in supply chains. In order to improve consumer trust in their purchases and reduce returns, the paper develops four models of consumers return based on blockchain technology from a consumer utility perspective. …”
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Unlocking the Potential of Blockchain Technology in the Textile and Fashion Industry by Sunhilde Cuc

“…The findings suggest an increasing number of companies are adopting BT, and that BT has the potential to revolutionize the T and F industry by creating a more transparent and efficient supply chain, reducing fraud and counterfeiting, and increasing customer confidence in products. …”
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First Debate among Iran – Islam and Christian in Persian Manuscripts by mohamad reza vasfi

“…Consequently, it would be possible to report on the non-authenticity or counterfeiters of manuscripts. Findings: the researcher has tried to utilize the books and articles available in the two majors of “Librarianship Sciences” as well as “Engineering Sciences.” …”
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Lexical Means in Communicating Emotion in Suicide Notes – on the Basis of the Polish Corpus of Suicide Notes by Monika Zaśko-Zielińska, Maciej Piasecki

“…In order to identify features characteristic for this genre we compared PCSN with the collected subcorpus of counterfeited suicide notes. In this paper we focus on the lexical means of expressing emotions. …”
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Microfluidic processes to create structured microparticle arrangements and their applications by Kim, Jae Jung, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Tchebichef image watermarking along the edge using YCoCg-R color space for copyright protection by Ernawan, Ferda

“…Easy creation and manipulation of digital images present the potential danger of counterfeiting and forgery. Watermarking technique which embeds a watermark into the images can be used to overcome these problems and to provide copyright protection. …”
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Tunable Reflection through Size Polydispersity of Chiral-Nematic Liquid Crystal Polymer Particles by Tomoki Shigeyama, Kohsuke Matsumoto, Kyohei Hisano, Osamu Tsutsumi

“…These discoveries hold significant promise for advancing the development of reflective colorants and anti-counterfeiting printing techniques utilizing micro-sized N* LC particles.…”
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Machine Learning Enabled Image Analysis of Time‐Temperature Sensing Colloidal Arrays by Marius Schöttle, Thomas Tran, Harald Oberhofer, Markus Retsch

“…Abstract Smart, responsive materials are required in various advanced applications ranging from anti‐counterfeiting to autonomous sensing. Colloidal crystals are a versatile material class for optically based sensing applications owing to their photonic stopband. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Bilayer Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals Doped with Gd₂O₃ Nanoparticles and Rhodamine B Base Fluorescent Dye by Yongle Wu, Yuzhen Zhao, Xun Li, Hong Gao, Zhun Guo, Dong Wang, Yi Luan, Lei Wang

“…Samples doped with Gd₂O₃ nanoparticles and rhodamine B base also produced excellent anti-counterfeiting effects under UV irradiation at different angles, further exploiting the application potential of PDLC.…”
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Dynamic transmission-reflection dichroism based on humidity-responsive metal-hydrogel-metal nanocavities by Wang Dandan, Li Qiang, Ying Yunbin, Li Runhu, Cheng Mingliang, Chen Yingxin, Zhang Jian, Zhang Xuefeng

“…Beyond the static dichrotic display, the realization of dynamic dichroism desires active materials and tunable structures, and owns the great demand from smart display, anti-counterfeiting and environmental sensing. We hereby propose a metal-hydrogel-metal (MHM) nanocavity for dynamic dichrotic display. …”
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Full-color persistent room temperature phosphorescent elastomers with robust optical properties by Juan Wei, Mingye Zhu, Tingchen Du, Jangang Li, Peiling Dai, Chenyuan Liu, Jiayu Duan, Shujuan Liu, Xingcheng Zhou, Sudi Zhang, Luo Guo, Hao Wang, Yun Ma, Wei Huang, Qiang Zhao

“…These fantastic features make these persistent luminescence elastomers ideal candidates for potential applications in wearable devices, flexible displays, and anti-counterfeiting.…”
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A Novel Inspection Technique for Electronic Components Using Thermography (NITECT) by Haochen Liu, Lawrence Tinsley, Wayne Lam, Sri Addepalli, Xiaochen Liu, Andrew Starr, Yifan Zhao

“…Unverified or counterfeited electronic components pose a big threat globally because they could lead to malfunction of safety-critical systems and reduced reliability of high-hazard assets. …”
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Room‐temperature phosphorescence materials from crystalline to amorphous state by Zixuan Xu, Yixiao He, Huifang Shi, Zhongfu An

“…Abstract Room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) in metal‐free organic materials has attracted considerable attention due to its rich excited state properties, high quantum efficiency, long luminescence lifetimes, etc., showing great potential in organic optoelectronic devices, bioimaging, information anti‐counterfeiting, and so forth. The crystals have excellent rigidity and clear molecular packing patterns, which can effectively avoid non‐radiative transitions of excitons for phosphorescence enhancement. …”
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High-Contrast Marking of Stainless-Steel Using Bursts of Femtosecond Laser Pulses by Simas Butkus, Vytautas Jukna, Evaldas Kažukauskas, Žilvinas Svirksas, Domas Paipulas, Valdas Sirutkaitis

“…The marking and surface structuring of various materials is important in various industrial fields such as biomaterials, luxury goods, anti-counterfeiting, automotive and aerospace, electronics and semiconductor industries, and others. …”
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Using intrinsic properties of quantum dots to provide additional security when uniquely identifying devices by Matthew J. Fong, Christopher S. Woodhead, Nema M. Abdelazim, Daniel C. Abreu, Angelo Lamantia, Elliott M. Ball, Kieran Longmate, David Howarth, Benjamin J. Robinson, Phillip Speed, Robert J. Young

“…Abstract Unique identification of optical devices is important for anti-counterfeiting. Physical unclonable functions (PUFs), which use random physical characteristics for authentication, are advantageous over existing optical solutions, such as holograms, due to the inherent asymmetry in their fabrication and reproduction complexity. …”
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Intrinsic Random Optical Features of the Electronic Packages as Physical Unclonable Functions for Internet of Things Security by Qian Li, Feiliang Chen, Jianbin Kang, Pidong Wang, Juan Su, Feng Huang, Mo Li, Jian Zhang

“…But most of the current security hardwares are based on macrophysical features, which are usually produced by reproducible deterministic processes and can be copied by counterfeiters. Herein, a physical unclonable function (PUF) with high robustness based on the intrinsic random micro‐/nanostructures of the electronic packages is proposed thereby demonstrating a low‐cost and label‐free hardware security solution for IoT. …”
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Choledochal cyst type I with dilated intrahepatic biliary radicles: a type IVA mimic by Deo Justine Hando, Daniel William Kitua, Mbelwa Dennis Bitesigilwe, JohnofGod Leonce Mutajwaha, Mogolodi Gabolwelwe, Hassan Mwinchande Chande, Ally Hamisi Mwanga, Zaitun Mohammed Bokhary, Petronilla Joseph Ngiloi

“…Regression of the dilated intrahepatic radicles that counterfeited a type IVA cyst was confirmed on follow-up imaging studies. …”
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Integrating an academic management system with blockchain: A case study by Sérgio Guerreiro, João F. Ferreira, Tiago Fonseca, Miguel Correia

“…The overall purpose of this pilot is to ensure the authenticity and integrity of the diplomas for all involved stakeholders and therefore to contribute to solving the diploma counterfeiting and/or falsification that is a great threat to the recruitment of qualified personnel. …”
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