This study investigates blockchain adoption barriers among artisanal and small-scale mining operators in Zambia's Ndola Rural Emerald Restricted Area (NRERA) and proposes a Blockchain-enabled Sustainable Business Model (BSBM) to enhance sustainability and profitability. Using a convergent...

In an era of escalating cyber threats that increasingly target critical infrastructure, there is growing urgency to protect operational technology (OT) systems in energy and utilities. By uniting the core tenets of zero trust security—where every request is inherently untrusted until...

Integrating Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about a transformation of the healthcare system by improving predictive analysis and customized treatment. Nevertheless, bias, data privacy, and integrity issues remain since data storage is...

Trustworthy carbon footprint data is increasingly critical for organic food supply chains, yet many existing systems lack transparency, credibility, and cross-sector integration particularly in emerging economies. This research aims to develop a blockchain-based traceability system that...

Elections in university settings frequently have difficulties with transparency, security, and accessibility. Traditional voting systems are prone to various issues, such as manipulation and logistical complexities. Over the past few years, blockchain technology has arisen as a hopeful remedy to...

The reliability of modern power grids is vital for sustaining essential services,especially amid threats like natural disasters and cyberattacks. Blockchain technology offers a decentralized, tamper-resistant infrastructure to enhance grid resilience and disaster response. Resilience relies on...

The increasing integration of renewable energy into smart grids introduces challenges of demand-supply imbalance, peak load stress, and cyber-physical vulnerabilities. Existing demand response (DR) frameworks often lack scalability, privacy-preserving data sharing, and secure transaction...