Located in northwestern South China Sea (SCS), the Beibu Gulf Fish Feeders constitutes an environmentally sensitive region shaped by land-ocean-atmosphere interactions in Asia between the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans.This study aims to provide a comprehensive view of the sub-fossil diatom biogeography, distribution pattern and oceanogr
Carrying Capacity Assessment for Religious Crowd Management - An Application to Sabarimala Mass Gathering Pilgrimage, India
Crowd Management is always a challenging task when people gather in large numbers.Crowd disasters in India, including recurring incidents at religious venues, demands a crowd management system developed on the characteristics of the place, event, and participants.Assessment of carrying capacity is the prime process to design crowd management protoc
MQTree: Secure OTA Protocol Using MQTT and MerkleTree
The escalating advancement in Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) necessitates a formidable strategy for firmware updates, where traditional methods often fall short of guaranteeing absolute integrity.Although decentralization has been explored in studies for firmware integrity verification using blockchain technology, it lacks comprehensive validatio
Why budget accountability fails? The elusive links between parliaments and audit agencies in the oversight of the budget
ABSTRACTParliaments and audit agencies have critical and complementary roles in the oversight of the budget and the enforcement of government accountability.Yet, the nexus between parliaments and audit agencies is one of the weakest links in the accountability chain, generating an accountability gap in the budget process.This articles analyses the