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Games for groundwater governance: field experiments in Andhra Pradesh, India

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2016
Groundwater is a common-pool resource that is subject to depletion in many places around the world as a result of increased use of irrigation and water-demanding cash crops. Where state capacity to control groundwater use is limited, collective action is
Ruth Meinzen-Dick   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nuclear Security Risk Analysis: An Insider-Outsider Collusion Scenario

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nuclear Security, 2016
This study analyses the vulnerability of the physical protection system (PPS) deployed at a hypothetical facility. The PPS is designed to prevent and eliminate threats to nuclear materials and facilities.
Mohammad A. Hawila, Sunil S. Chirayath
doaj   +1 more source

Distributed security policy conformance [PDF]

open access: yesComputers & Security, 2011
Security policy conformance is a crucial issue in large-scale critical cyber-infrastructure. The complexity of these systems, insider attacks, and the possible speed of an attack on a system necessitate an automated approach to assure a basic level of protection.This paper presents Odessa, a resilient system for monitoring and validating compliance of ...
Montanari, Mirko   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Raw materials policy as security policy [PDF]

open access: yesВојно дело, 2015
Today the global shortage refers primarily to raw materials. High energy prices, unstable agricultural markets and problematic rare ores are only some of striking indicators of the new race for raw materials. This is just the beginning: with the progress
Schneider Henrique, Bigler Hans-Ulrich
doaj   +1 more source

Driver Profile and Driving Pattern Recognition for Road Safety Assessment: Main Challenges and Future Directions

open access: yesIEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2023
This study reviews the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning approaches developed thus far for driver profile and driving pattern recognition, representing a set of macroscopic and microscopic behaviors respectively, to enhance the understanding ...
Dimitrios I. Tselentis   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Household food insecurity and cooking energy access in Nigeria: A panel data approach

open access: yesEnergy Nexus, 2023
Access to sources of cooking energy has potential impacts on food security, however, there is a paucity of information and empirical evidence on their linkages.
Adegbenga Emmanuel Adekoya   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Internet use and depression among Chinese older adults: The mediating effect of interpersonal relationship

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
The number of elderly Internet users has increased significantly in the past few years, and the Internet has greatly changed the way that older adults access information and communicate.
Yan Nan, Yating Xie, Yuqun Hu
doaj   +1 more source

Combining Approaches for Systemic Behaviour Change in Groundwater Governance

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons
Over-extraction of groundwater is a prominent challenge in India, with profound implication for food security, livelihoods, and economic development. As groundwater is an ‘invisible’ and mobile common pool resource, sustainable governance of groundwater ...
Richu Sanil   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On Quantitative Security Policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We introduce a formal framework to specify and enforce quantitative security policies. The framework consists of: (i) a stochastic process calculus to express the measurable space of computations in terms of Continuous Time Markov Chains; (ii) a stochastic modal logic (a variant of CSL) to represent the bound constraints on execution speed; (iii) two ...
DEGANO, PIERPAOLO   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Application of AHP Model to Guide Decision Makers: A Case Study of E-banking Security

open access: yes, 2009
Changes in technology have resulted in new ways for bankers to deliver their services to costumers. Electronic banking systems in various forms are the evidence of such advancement.
Hwang, Junseok, Syamsuddin, Irfan
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