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Modelling and analysis of blockchain implementation challenges in Indian agri-food supply chain management using the IMF-SWARA technique
No full textBackground: India's agriculture and food sector is the backbone of the nation, sustaining a large portion of the population and contributing to global exports. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) generate the bulk of the world's food despite lacking adequate technological infrastructure and operational standards. This study identifies and evaluates the main blockchain challenges affecting food SMEs. The adoption of blockchain technology (BCT) in the agri-food supply chain offers numerous benefits, including improved supply chain performance, transparent information exchange, and reduced data tampering.Methods: This study examines the challenges encountered during the adoption of BCT and aims to highlight the factors that inhibit its implementation in the Indian agri-food supply chain (AFSC). Challenges were first identified through a literature review and then validated by a panel of five experts via a questionnaire survey. To prioritise these challenges, the Improved Fuzzy Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (IMF-SWARA) integrated with the Triangular Fuzzy Bonferroni Mean (TFBM) method was applied.Results: The identified challenges were evaluated using the integrated IMF-SWARA and TFBM approach. Lack of management commitment, negative perception of BCT, and high implementation costs emerged as the primary obstacles to BCT adoption in the Indian AFSC. Conclusion: Agriculture remains the foundation of livelihoods in India, with the nation still highly dependent on the sector, unlike Western countries. The research identified and prioritised the challenges of BCT implementation in the Indian agri-food supply chain using the integrated IMF-SWARA and TFBM approach. The findings are valuable for supply chain professionals and policymakers seeking to adopt blockchain technology. Furthermore, this research can be extended to explore blockchain challenges in specific functions such as procurement, warehousing, and distribution within the Indian agri-food industry. Future studies could employ more advanced multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) fuzzy integrated approaches to analyse the data and enable more robust comparisons, thereby validating and complementing the results obtained through IMF SWARA and TFBN
Impacts on Caregivers of Witnessing Terminal Lucidity in Children
No full textCases of terminal lucidity (TL) in children have recently been documented in contemporary literature, yet no studies have examined the impact on caregivers of witnessing TL in children. Using an online survey, this study assessed the impact of witnessing TL in children on seven caregivers who described a total of 11 cases of TL in children. Findings revealed that witnessing TL in children was considered a spiritual experience that influenced caregivers’ belief systems. All caregivers had disclosed what they had witnessed to others, resulting in a mixture of skeptical and accepting reactions. Findings suggest witnessing TL in children may initiate a spiritual transformation that has similar implications for enhancing end-of-life care and creating ‘space’ for TL to be perceived as a natural part of the dying process in terminally ill children
Children’s Nurses' Stories: Narratives of Navigating Working in Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS)
No full textMethods of Resolving Projects Conflicts and Disputes in the Qatari Construction Industry
No full textInvestigating inclusivity and the role of diversified assessment design in combatting academic misconduct among international students
No full textThis is an internally funded Learning and Teaching Enhancement Project funded by the University of Northampton. As part of this project, surveys and interviews were conducted with international students in the university between 15 March 2025 and 15 June 2025 to gather perceptions on inclusivity and the role of diversified assessment design in combatting academic misconduct. The project has been ethically approved by the University of Northampton Ethics Committee. The data set consists of two files: (i) Survey Responses (ii) Interview Response
Sustainability in Space: Challenges, Governance, and Future Prospects
No full textThis chapter explores sustainability in space. The chapter provides a sound overview of pertinent sustainability challenges, and the governance required for future space exploration. It also examines the issues such as space debris, its environmental impact, and highlights the importance of effective space traffic management. Moreover, implications of commercialising space are succinctly discussed, and pertinent ethical considerations are examined. The role of international communities in working together, thinking creatively and adopting innovation are emphasised in this work. The chapter concludes with recommendations for a sustainable future in space, through which we stress the need to balance technological advancement with environmental and ethical responsibilities
Greater similarity of conscientiousness scores in dyads is associated with greater interpersonal neural synchrony while completing a goal-oriented task: a brief report
Get PDFInterpersonal neural synchrony provides a neural index of how individuals align cognitively and socially during interaction. While previous work has shown that personality traits shape interpersonal behavior, and that trait similarity can enhance dyadic coordination, little is known about whether such similarity predicts neural synchrony. The present study used an electroencephalography (EEG) hyper-scanning methodology to investigate the relationship between the degree of similarity in Big 5 scores of interacting participants in dyads and their interbrain synchrony during naturalistic dialogue. A total of 23 female dyads completed the Big 5 questionnaire and performed a goal-oriented social task while each wearing lightweight EEG headsets. Similarity for each Big 5 personality scale was created by calculating the absolute difference between the two participants within each dyad. Interpersonal neural synchrony was measured using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), which quantified the similarity between separate temporal signals, based on a time-frequency decomposition of EEG. Results showed that similarity of Conscientiousness scores within dyads significantly predicted interpersonal neural synchrony within dyads (with openness showing marginal prediction). No relationship was evident for any other Big 5 trait. These findings demonstrate that personality similarity, particularly in conscientiousness, contributes to interpersonal neural synchrony, highlighting a trait-based pathway through which social alignment emerges during naturalistic interaction
Editorial Introduction
Full text linkFascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies begins a new year with a new publisher, as well as changes to its editorial team. After thirteen successful volumes of the journal published under Brill, we are moving to Central European University Press, an imprint of Amsterdam University Press, in order to continue publishing as a diamond open-access journal with the support of ComFas, the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies, and the niod Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Netherlands. Marjo Bakker continues as the journal’s Managing Editor, and Bethan Johnson remains our Book Reviews Editor, while Paul Jackson and Helen Roche are the journal’s new joint Editors in Chief
An Evaluation of Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirements in England and Wales
Full text linkThis report sets out evidence from a national multisite evaluation undertaken by the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice for the time period of July 2020 to December 2024 across England and Wales. This report summarises analysis on health outcomes, process delays, completion rates, dual requirements, female offenders and gender-based differences and service variation. The report is concluded with reflections and strategic considerations
Community Sentence Treatment Requirement Kent Report July 2022 – June 2025
No full textThis report presents analysis from the Community Sentence Treatment Requirement Kent Evaluation, completed by the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice. Data were provided from Kent relating to the period of July 2022 – June 2025 with data being provided for 497 cases. It must be noted that the files submitted include live cases and as such would not yet have progressed beyond initial assessment
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