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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 40-61, January 2026.Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi +4 more
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Blockchain in Communication Networks: A Comprehensive Review
IET Blockchain, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/December 2026.This article provides a comprehensive review of blockchain applications in communication networks, focusing on domains such as IoT, 5G, vehicular systems, and decentralised trust infrastructures. It examines key challenges—including scalability, interoperability, and latency—and outlines future directions such as lightweight consensus protocols and AI ...
Quazi Mamun, Zhenni Pan, Jun Wu
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IET Blockchain, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/December 2026.The study presents C3Crowd$C^3Crowd$, a blockchain‐based framework designed to enhance security in crowd management through decentralization, cryptography and smart contracts. It uses reputation management and a credit‐based incentive model to encourage user participation while safeguarding sensitive crowd data.
Sukanta Chakraborty, Abhishek Majumder
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Improved Consensus Protocol for IoT Trust Management Systems
IET Blockchain, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/December 2026.ABSTRACT With the rapid development of the internet of things (IoT), the security collaboration between devices poses higher demands on traditional trust management. Blockchain technology, due to its decentralisation and tamper‐proof characteristics, has become an effective solution for building trustworthy IoT systems.
Yumeng Huang, Xiuxia Tian
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IET Blockchain, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/December 2026.This study introduces a decentralized energy management system that enables secure and efficient peer‐to‐peer energy trading using blockchain‐based ENRTokens and smart contracts. Built on a modular, microservices architecture and a permissioned blockchain, the platform ensures transparency, scalability and real‐time integration with smart meters ...
Demiral Akbar +3 more
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Use of Blockchain Technology in the Pharmaceutical Industry to Track Medicines in Zambia
IET Blockchain, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/December 2026.The main aim of the project was to design and implement a system that uses blockchain technology to solve the problem of counterfeit or outdated drugs in the Zambian market by providing a decentralised and reliable way of tracking medicines throughout the distribution chain.
Derrick Ntalasha, Michael Sinkolongo
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IET Blockchain, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/December 2026.This paper proposes a design and implementation plan for a blockchain‐based product carbon footprint accounting system, aiming to enhance the authenticity and integrity of carbon footprint data through the immutable and transparent nature of blockchain technology.
Juan Du, Jian Cui, Jiongju Hao
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A Privacy‐Preserving Approach for Collaborative Optimization Across Company Borders
IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing, Volume 8, Issue 1, January/December 2026.A novel approach that allows companies along a manufacturing value chain to collaboratively optimise their processes without exposing their private data. ABSTRACT In modern manufacturing value chains, achieving innovation and optimal performance often requires strong collaboration across organizational boundaries.
Du Nguyen Duy +3 more
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Communication‐Security Co‐Design for Federated Learning in Grant‐Free NOMA IoT Networks
IET Communications, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.This article presents SA‐PPO, a Security‐Aware Proximal Policy Optimisation framework for federated learning over grant‐free NOMA (non‐orthogonal multiple access) in IoT networks. By jointly optimising access control, resource allocation, and trust‐weighted aggregation using cross‐layer indicators, SA‐PPO enhances both communication reliability and ...
Emmanuel Atebawone +5 more
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IET Communications, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative model training without collecting user data but faces security risks such as privacy breaches, poisoning, and free‐rider attacks. To address these challenges, we propose DRFL, a defense mechanism integrating dual encryption, reputation evaluation and blockchain to enhance security and transparency ...
Zheng Yuan +5 more
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