This study was designed with the aim of assessing the eff ectiveness of decentralization of disaster risk management in Borana zone and South-West Shawa zone of Oromia region.A mixed research approach was used to coll...
The research community and digital sector are currently engaged in the development of diverse services within the metaverse ecosystems.Conversely,as concerns about safeguarding personal privacy mount,individuals antic...
Blockchain technology has gained widespread adoption in recent years due to its ability to enable secure and trans-parent record-keeping and data transfer.A critical aspect of blockchain technology is the use of conse...
Authorship is shared equally between authors.The authors are grateful for support from Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LR22G030003);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.72273131);Major Project of the Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Base of the Ministry of Education(No.22JJD790075);the Cyrus Tang Foundation(ZJU Tang Scholar 202105).
This study examines the effectiveness of China's National Poor Counties(NPC)program,a decentralized anti-poverty initiative,by analyzing five rounds of individual-level panel data from 1988 to 2008.The impact of two w...
The authors are grateful for support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.71973118,72173136,and 72103208);National Social Science Foundation of China(No.20&ZD080);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law(No.2722024AK004).
Decentralization can alter the incentive structure of local governments and one outcome of this is debt accumulation. Based on the “Province-Managing-County” pilot policy, a fiscal decentralization reform devolving ...
supported by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program under Grants KCXST20221021111404010,JSGG20220831103400002,JSGGKQTD20221101115655027,JCYJ 20210324094609027;the National KeyR&DProgram of China under Grant 2021YFB2700900;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 62371239,62376074,72301083;the Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor Program 2021.
In permissioned blockchain networks,the Proof of Authority(PoA)consensus,which uses the election of authorized nodes to validate transactions and blocks,has beenwidely advocated thanks to its high transaction throughp...
The adoption of its 2015 constitution has converted Nepal to a federal government while simultaneously resulted in significant reforms of the health system in Nepal in terms of both structure and commitment.In this co...
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous metabolic disorder characterized by the presence of chronic hyperglycemia due to a lack of secretion and/or action of insulin on the target tissues. Type 2 diabetes a...
This paper focuses on the iron smelting industry from the Han Dynasty to the Wei,Jin,and Southern and Northern dynasties,uses modern industrial theories to highlight the process of the development of the iron smelting...
Despite the increase in the number of blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations(DAOs),there is no consensus on what constitutes a DAO.This paper provides an in-depth study of DAOs by analyzing their defi...