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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media, MISDOOM 2022, held in October 2022. The 7 full papers and 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 full/short paper submissions. The papers focus on health and climate change misinformation, social bots and comment moderation, information seeking and diffusion, misinformation detection, and user perception-based trust models.

This is the very first edited collection on ICERD, the oldest of the UN human rights treaties. It provides a unique combination of members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and academic and other experts, to discuss the importance of the treaty on its fiftieth anniversary

Dieses Diskussionspapier analysiert Optionen zur Verbesserung der derzeitigen "Emissions Unit Eligibility Criteria", die unter dem Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) der Internationalen Zivilluftfahrtorganisation verwendet werden. Die Optionen werden identifiziert, um die Umweltintegrität des Systems zu gewährleisten. Eine klare Formulierung der EUC ist wichtig, um Minimalanforderungen für die Qualität von Klimaschutzzertifikaten für CORSIA sicherzustellen. Die Analyse fokussiert sich auf fünf Kriterien, die essentiell für die Qualität von Klimaschutzzertifikaten sind: Beweis der Zusätzlichkeit, Festlegung von Referenzszenarien, Dauerhaftigkeit der Minderungen, Vermeidung von Doppelzählung, und die Vermeidung von Nettoschäden. Für die Bewertung der derzeitigen EUC wird die Praxis der größten Crediting Programme ausgewertet und Bereiche identifiziert, in denen die EUC überarbeitet, verfeinert oder weiter ausgearbeitet werden können, um die Praxis der Crediting-Programme zu berücksichtigen. Es werden außerdem spezifische Empfehlungen für die Überarbeitung, Ergänzung und Verfeinerung von jedem Kriterium erstellt, einschließlich von Formulierungsvorschlägen. Insgesamt sind die derzeitigen EUCs ausreichend, um die wesentlichen konzeptionellen Elemente jedes Kriteriums abzudecken. Allerdings könnten alle fünf Kriterien weiter ausgearbeitet werden, um essentielle Anforderungen und Verfahren zu spezifizieren, damit die Kriterien tatsächlich erfüllt werden. In den meisten Fällen können die Formulierungen und die Terminologie der EUCs auch verbessert werden.

Like any tax, the VAT is vulnerable to evasion and fraud. But its credit and refund mechanism does offer unique opportunities for abuse, and this has recently become an urgent concern in the European Union (EU). This paper describes the main forms of noncompliance distinctive to a VAT, considers how they can be addressed, and assesses evidence on their extent in high-income countries. While the practical significance of current difficulties in the EU should not be over-stated, administrative measures alone may prove insufficient to deal with them, and a fundamental redesign of the VAT treatmen

This book is divided into the following chapters: basic concepts of decision-making in pest management; basic concepts of sampling for pest management; classifying pest density; distributions; sequential sampling for classification; enhancing and evaluating the usefulness of sampling plans; binomial counts; multiple sources of variation; resampling to evaluate the properties of sampling plans; sampling over time to classify or estimate a population growth curve; and monitoring pest populations through time.

Intro -- Preface -- Committees -- Programme Committee -- Scientific Committee -- Coordination -- Members -- Organizing Secretariat -- Event Managers -- Members -- Foreword: Future Perspectives on Transdisciplinary Issues -- Foreword -- Welcome Speeches -- EARTH: A Necessity Within the Realm of Liberty -- Towards a Future Still to Build -- In the Circle of Art -- Museums and Digital Environment -- Contents -- Keynote Lectures -- Four Dichotomies on Digital Environments Between Art, Heritage and Education: Opening Address -- 1 Art, Heritage and Digital Environment -- 2 Four Dichotomies: Starting from the Differences -- 2.1 Authenticity/Reproducibility -- 2.1.1 Objectile -- 2.1.2 Human Part -- 2.2 Authorship/Participation -- 2.2.1 From Renaissance Workshop to Brian Eno: Autopoiesis -- 2.3 Communication/Experience -- 2.4 Representation/Digital Environment: Conclusions -- References -- Virtual Reality: The Use of Images for the Interpretation and Experience of Culture and Heritage -- Abstract -- The Digital Museum as a Third Space: Giving Shape to Conceptualization -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Modes of Inquiry -- 3.1 Experimentation -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Visitor's Approaches, Personality Traits and Psycho-Physiological Well-Being in Different Art Style Museums -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Visitor's Approach to Different Art Styles Museum -- 3 Art Museum Visit and Well Being -- 4 Young Adult Museum Visits in an International Context -- References -- New Interoperable Tools to Communicate Knowledge of Historic Cities and Their Preservation and Innovation -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Visualizing Venice to Visualizing Cities -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Outputs and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- New Media Exhibit at the Musée des Civilisations de L'Europe et de la Méditerranée.

The material contained in this publication is the outcome of the 8th International Conference on Human Rights "Right to Knowledge and Information in Heterogenic Society", organized by the Faculty of Law and Administration in the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland), in cooperation Other the Faculty of Law in the University of Bari (Italy), which took place on 30-31 May 2008 in Olsztyn. The selection of issues in no respect can be called accidental. The summit of the European Co

"Discusses global ramifications of deeply embedded corruption by criminals and criminalized states. Explores trafficking issues--how nuclear/WMD smugglers coexist with other traffickers. Examines how corruption deprives citizens of fundamental human rights, assesses the connection between corruption and the spread of terror, and proposes remedies to reduce and contain corruption"--Provided by publisher

"Despite a U.S. focus on securing an international deal to curb Iran's nuclear development for the last several years, the United States lacks a strategy to combat the full range of Iranian activities that threaten the interests of the United States and its allies but fall short of conventional warfare. In this report, CSIS's International Security Program sets forth analysis of Iran's strategy, motivations, military, and paramilitary capabilities and evaluates the effects of Iranian behavior on key U.S. partners. The study leverages the expertise of contributing authors at CSIS, the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Naval Analyses, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Harvard University, and the University of Hawaii to inform its analysis. The study proposes a framework for deterring Iran, including practical recommendations for the U.S. administration and Congress that would enhance the security of the United States and its allies and partners"--Publisher's web site

An authoritative source of information on violent conflicts and peacebuilding processes around the world, Peace and Conflict is an annual publication of the University of Maryland's Center for International Development and Conflict Management and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva). The contents of the 2017 edition are divided into three sections: » Global Patterns and Trends provides an overview of recent advances in scholarly research on various aspects of conflict and peace, as well as chapters on armed conflict, violence against civilians, non-state armed actors, democracy and ethnic exclusion, terrorism, defense spending and arms production and procurement, peace agreements, state repression, foreign aid, and the results of the Peace & Conflict Instability Ledger, which ranks the status and progress of more than 160 countries based on their forecasted risk of future instability. » Special Feature spotlights work on measuring micro-level welfare effects of exposure to conflict. » Profiles has been enlarged to survey developments in instances of civil wars, peacekeeping missions, and international criminal justice proceedings that were active around the world during 2015. Frequent visualizations of data in full-color, large-format tables, graphs, and maps bring the analysis to life and amplify crucial developments in real-world events and the latest findings in research. The contributors include many leading scholars in the field from the US and Europe

Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Contents -- Algorithms -- A Fast Shortest Path Searching Method Based on A* and Simulated Annealing -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A* and Simulated Annealing -- 2.1 A* -- 2.2 Simulated Annealing -- 3 A* SA -- 4 Experiments -- 4.1 The Influence of C on A* SA -- 4.2 Comparison of A* SA with A* and EPEA* -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- A Combining Forecasting Method Based on Seasonal Unit Root Test and Support Vector Regression -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Seasonal Time Series Forecasting Method -- 2.1 Data Pre-processing -- 2.2 SVR Parameters Optimization Based on GA with Real-Integer Hybrid Encoding -- 2.3 DHF-SVR Forecasting Model -- 3 Experimental Validation and Forecasting Performance Evaluation -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Adaptive ICP Registration Algorithm Based on the Neighborhood of SIFT Feature Points -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Proposed Method -- 3.1 Coarse Registration Based on SIFT Feature Points -- 3.2 Matching Strategy Based on the Neighborhood of SIFT Feature Points -- 3.3 Dynamically Eliminate Mismatched Point Pairs -- 3.4 Design of Objective Function with Adaptive Weights -- 4 Experimental Results and Analysis -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- A PSO Based Multi-view Hierarchical Clustering Method -- 1 Introduction -- 2 PSO and Tree Rearrangements -- 2.1 PSO -- 2.2 Tree Rearrangements -- 3 The MVHCPSO Method -- 3.1 Fitness Function -- 3.2 Velocity Update -- 3.3 State Update -- 3.4 Termination Conditions -- 3.5 The Pseudocode and Time Complexity of MVHCPSO -- 4 Experiments -- 4.1 Test on Simulated Data Sets -- 4.2 Test on Real Data Sets -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- GCN-ARIMA Based Sales Demand Prediction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 GCN-ARIMA Model Description -- 2.1 Graph Convolutional Network -- 2.2 Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average -- 2.3 GCN-ARIMA Model -- 3 Data and Result Analysis.

Intro -- Preface -- Conference Organization -- Contents -- Mobile Sensing and Assessment -- Experiences in Designing a Mobile Speech-Based Assessment Tool for Neurological Diseases -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Application Design -- 3.1 Overview and Workflow -- 3.2 Challenges in Design -- 4 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Patient-Independent Schizophrenia Relapse Prediction Using Mobile Sensor Based Daily Behavioral Rhythm Changes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Dataset -- 3.2 Relapse Prediction Model -- 3.3 Features -- 3.4 Classification -- 3.5 Evaluation Metric -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Understanding E-Mental Health for People with Depression: An Evaluation Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 SELFPASS -- 2.2 Theoretical Background -- 3 Method -- 3.1 Research Model and Hypotheses -- 3.2 Questionnaire Design and Data Collection -- 3.3 Statistical Analyses -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Structural Equation Modelling - Measurement Model -- 4.2 Structural Equation Modelling - Structural Model Assessment -- 4.3 ANOVA -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Limitations -- 7 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Evaluating Memory and Cognition via a Wearable EEG System: A Preliminary Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Experimental Design -- 2.3 Data Acquisition and Pre-processing -- 2.4 Estimation of Synchronization Waveforms -- 2.5 Statistical Analysis -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion and Future Research -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Towards Mobile-Based Preprocessing Pipeline for Electroencephalography (EEG) Analyses: The Case of Tinnitus -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Implementation -- 3.1 Preprocessing Pipeline -- 3.2 Graphical User Interface (GUI) -- 4 Results and Discussions -- 4.1 Experimental Setup -- 4.2 Results.