This article proposes the republication of articles that have previously been published in counterfeit websites of hijacked journals. The paper also discusses the technical and ethical aspects of republishing such articles.

What began with an intense bout of crypto fever has since the onset pandemic engendered explosive rise in online retail trading. While original political promise financial decentralization become ever harder to sustain, idea democracy as access, including access highly speculative and gamified investments, continues capture imagination.

It is well known that copycat versions of designer clothing, watches, and other consumer goods are readily available through street vendors and/or the Internet. Amore serious counterfeiting problem has recently arisen in the realm of aesthetic medical devices. As opposed to legitimate, legal devices, the counterfeit versions infringe on patent rights, falsely claim to have clearance by the US F...

Most prescribers and patients in Ghana now opt for the relatively expensive artemether/lumefantrine rather than artesunate-amodiaquine due to undesirable side effects in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. The study sought to determine the existence of substandard and/or counterfeit artemether-lumefantrine tablets and suspension as well as artemether injection on the market in Cape Coast. S...

OBJECTIVE To determine the scope of the cigarette black market in a socioeconomically deprived inner-city area in the US, taking the South Bronx in New York City as a case study. DESIGN The South Bronx Litter Pack Survey collected discarded cigarette packs (n=497) along 30 randomised census tracts to quantify the prevalence of counterfeit, legal and out-of-state tax stamps. RESULTS It was f...

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In laser multiphoton electron extraction spectroscopy (MEES), the photo-charges extracted from a surface by pulsed beam are recorded as function of wavelength. We report first application this to banknotes. Various banknotes different countries, authentic and counterfeit, have been tested. The results indicate that MEES spectra both informative (many peaks) reproducible. allow for clear distinc...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to establish expert opinion and potential improvements for the Falsified Medicines Directive mandated medicines authentication technology. DESIGN AND INTERVENTION A two-round Delphi method study using an online questionnaire. SETTING Large National Health Service (NHS) foundation trust teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS Secondary care pharmacists and accredited che...

© Comparison of image-based functional monitoring through resampling and compression Steven J. Simske, Margaret Sturgill, Jason S. Aronoff HP Laboratories HPL-2009-145 Image forensics, counterfeit detection, classification, accuracy, lossy compression, down-sampling Image-based applications such as remote surveillance, environmental monitoring, and robotic navigation are often bandwidth-limited...