Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common yet fatal complication of diabetic patients in which high levels of blood sugar damage the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive eye tissue crucial for human vision. Ea...
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common yet fatal complication of diabetic patients in which high levels of blood sugar damage the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive eye tissue crucial for human vision. Early detection and timely intervention are essential to managing DR and preventing severe vision loss. Traditionally, the examination is performed by ophthalmologists manually examining the retinal fundus images to check for signs of DR. This approach is helpful but subjective, time-consuming and tedious. Artificial intelligence (AI)-guided computer vision has recently become very compelling and practical for image analysis and diagnosis. Existing AI-based methods achieved sufficient accuracy at the cost of high computing resources and large datasets. This paper proposes a cascaded network incorporating deep learning and the traditional machine learning approaches with a bio-inspired heuristic optimization algorithm for DR detection from fundus images. The proposed method achieved sufficient accuracy (97.1%) when trained using limited data and low computing machines. The AI models for the cascaded networks were selected through an exhaustive search in which five popular CNN models were used for extracting features; the Bacterial foraging optimization (BFO) was used to determine optimal features, and seven traditional machine models were used to detect the DR. The ResNet50-BFO-SVC cascaded network was found to be most suitable in this study. The proposed cascaded network brings efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and robustness to DR screening.
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This paper focuses on the security protocols enacted in banking transactions across the European Economic Area (EEA), as stipulated by the Second or Revised Payment Service Directive (commonly referred to as ‘PSD2’ ...
This paper focuses on the security protocols enacted in banking transactions across the European Economic Area (EEA), as stipulated by the Second or Revised Payment Service Directive (commonly referred to as ‘PSD2’ or simply ‘the Directive’). The study aims to comprehensively analyse the implementation and efficacy of these security measures within the specified jurisdiction. The Directive incorporates fundamental rights and obligations that all stakeholders are compelled to adhere to and delineates specific security measures and standards that both traditional banking institutions and third-party providers (TPP) are mandated to implement. In particular, one of the cardinal mandates for banking and financial institutions under PSD2 is the obligation to facilitate third-party access to customer data via open application programming interfaces (API). While this open banking paradigm and the consequent proliferation of data sharing unquestionably bring about various advantages, such as enhanced consumer choice and market competition, they concurrently expose the financial ecosystem to a slew of potential security vulnerabilities and privacy risks. Upon conducting a comprehensive review of the security requirements and measures stipulated under PSD2 and a comparative analysis with essential cybersecurity frameworks and standards (NIS2, Cybersecurity Act, GDPR, ISO 27001:22 and PCI DSS), we have ascertained a discernible lack of harmonisation and clarity concerning the technical security specifications for its effective implementation. This lacuna substantiates the challenges banks face in fully grasping the extensive spectrum of compliance obligations mandated by PSD2. The aim of this research is to offer a valuable contribution to both the comprehension and the pragmatic deployment of security standards in the context of banking transactions, as regulated by the PSD2. The paper serves as a valuable resource for traditional banking institut
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