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Differential query execution on privacy preserving data distributed over hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud is proposed as a solution for ensuring security and privacy for data outsourced to cloud. Hybrid cloud uses a mix of both private and public cloud with distribution of sensitive information to private cloud and insensitive information to public cloud. Though data distributed over multi storage provides enhanced security and privacy, query performance is distorted. This work proposes a privacy preserving data distribution with goal of ensuring reduced query latency for data distributed over hybrid clouds without any compromise to the security and privacy. The proposed solution also provides different queries results for the query depending on the access control provided to the users. 2022 Scrivener Publishing LLC. -
Diffusive instability, patterns and limit cycles in a slow-fast generalized SamardzijaGreller model: a multiscale approach
The SamardzijaGreller model is an extension of the classical LotkaVolterra predatorprey system, and this paper investigates the multiscale dynamics in a modified SamardzijaGreller model to take into account the slower timescales in predator reactions rather than prey. We present a comprehensive local stability analysis, pattern formation through diffusive instability and fractional Hopf bifurcations. The analysis of the spatio-temporal model reveals the effects of diffusion coefficients and parameter variations on the dynamical behavior of the slow-fast system. By analyzing the systems response to changes in the self-diffusion rate of the prey (dX), the intra-species competition rate of the first predator (d1) and the interaction parameter a, we observe chaotic patterns for small values of a, particularly when the prey exhibits strong diffusion. Increases in a lead to the emergence of regular, periodic patterns that are homogeneous in space. We discuss in detail how fractional-order models create memory effects that inhibit chaotic transitions, potentially being delayed or avoided in the temporal model. The study shows clear differences in the dynamical regimes between the integer-order and the fractional-order models. The latter model gives more significance to the stabilization effect of the fractional-order derivative on ecological systems and improves our understanding of predatorprey interactions under different parameter settings. Findings clarify the potential to derive ecological stability from emergent patterns and transition into a better understanding of complex ecological processes. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2025. -
Digital Adoption and Price Discovery in Shadows: Evidence from Indian IPO Grey Markets between 2016-2025
This study examines the role of digital adoption and price discovery through informal IPO markets in India. Due to price anomalies, sentiments around the IPO listing day are channelised through Informal markets known as grey markets. This study verifies the determinants of grey market IPO prices and their linkages with the formal market IPO under-pricing. Apart from dominant market and firm-specific factors, it examines how digital adoption variables such as digital payment usage and new demat accounts affect the IPO prices in both channels. In the post-pandemic period, there is a surge in the number of IPOs offered and participation of institutions and individuals in IPOs. Grey market allows traders to bid on IPO applications before they are officially listed, helping to assess under-pricing in issue prices, if any. This study uses data of 1,155 IPOs that went public in India between 2016 and 2025. Using OLS models, the study examines the relationships among variables, and findings indicate that both grey market activity and digital adoption directly influence listing day pri ces, confirming that under-pricing is predictable through informal channels. Investors should consider these factors, in addition to fundamental aspects, when making IPO investment decisions. 2025, ASERS Publishing House. All rights reserved. -
Digital and Artificial Intelligence in Education
The article examines the relationship between digital intelligence and artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on the pedagogical aspects of this problem. The author emphasizes that the creation of AI requires not only technical literacy, but also developed digital thinking, supported by clear ethical principles. Particular attention is paid to the role of modern education in the formation of such specialists - the school should educate not just IT specialists, but people who are able to responsibly use technology. The work analyzes the various levels of digital competencies required in professional activities, and also provides an overview of scientific publications on the implementation of artificial intelligence in the educational process. The study demonstrates how important it is to combine technological progress with humanistic values in the training of future personnel. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025. -
Digital arrest in the cyber age: a psychological perspective on fear, authority, and consciousness
Digital arrest is an emerging form of cyber deception wherein cybercriminals impersonate law enforcement or other authorities to falsely claim legal authority to arrest individuals through digital means, often via phone calls or online communication channels. As digital technology increasingly permeates daily life, such deceptive tactics pose serious threats to individuals' security and psychological well-being. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for understanding the phenomenon of digital arrest, differentiating it from other cybercrimes like phishing, vishing, and social engineering. The paper examines the psychological mechanisms underlying such scams, including the exploitation of fear, authority, and urgency, as well as the social implications of digital deception. Ultimately, the paper highlights the necessity for future research to empirically assess and evaluate the effectiveness of preventive measures and strategies aimed at reducing victimization. This conceptual paper aims to raise awareness of digital arrest as a distinct form of cyber threat and contribute to the growing body of literature on digital scams and their psychological consequences. Copyright 2026 Robert, Singh, Pandey and Bhuyan. -
Digital awakening religious communication in a virtual world
This paper explores the religious presence and possibilities in the virtual world. An analysis of communication progress leads to the present scenario of new media environment. Based on the idea of revelation and a system of autopoiesis, religion appears like a closed communicator. Religion's communication needs to be placed within the context of evolving new media environment. Basing on McLuhan's theory of extension, religious narratives need new forms of presence in the digital world. When it comes to diffusion of innovation (Everett Rogers) the state of religion appears precarious. From a communication perspective adoption of innovation by religion can come under the category of 'laggards' and 'luddites'. The transference of religion's presence from the real to the virtual demands new innovative and participatory models to serve the digital natives. 2015 Journal of Dharma: Dharmaram Journal of Religions and Philosophies (DVK, Bangalore), ISSN: 0253-7222. -
Digital Bridges: Harnessing Social Media for Social and Cultural Unity in Disaster Recovery
This manuscript investigates the role of social media as digital bridges which link individuals, groups, and organizations within a?community in post-disaster recoveries. By synthesizing research from disaster studies, social capital theory, and digital communication literature, the paper draws on empirical evidence on social media supporting situational awareness, community mobilization, digital storytelling, and cross-cultural?solidarity. Simultaneously, it also?examines the problems of fake news, social media apartheid, surveillance dystopia, and the fleeting nature of online solidarity. Instead of a general literature review, the article provides an integrative conceptual synthesis that?connects theory to policy and practice. It concludes with concrete suggestions for policymakers, platform designers, and recovery specialists who want to leverage social media's connecting?power while reducing its separating dangers. 2026 Policy Studies Organization. -
Digital Communication Ethics: A Critical Analysis Through the Lens of Virtue Ethics
Communication is the cornerstone of human survival. All fields of human existence flourish in and through communication. Scientific and technological advancements have broadened the scope of communication and increased the speed and efficiency of communication, covering the globe within seconds. Distance is no longer a communication barrier as more people communicate in the digital world. The amount of information conveyed in communication also increased along with these changes. However, it also raises ethical questions like privacy, unaccountability, irresponsibility, opacity, and intolerance confronted by various growing challenges like information overload, fake news, misinformation, identity crisis, cultural barriers, and cybercrimes. This necessitates a systematic ethical perspective in communication. Given the above, the chapter critically examines various ethical theories, such as utilitarianism, deontological ethics, and virtue ethics. It underlines virtue ethics as the most suitable ethical theory for a meaningful communication process. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Digital Competence and Operational Performance in Agile and Hierarchical Organizations
This chapter examines the profound impact of digitalization on supply chain operational performance, emphasizing the integration of advanced technologies and strategic approaches essential for organizational success. It highlights the critical role of digital competence - including IoT, AI, blockchain, and predictive analytics - in enhancing supply chain efficiency and decision-making. The chapter discusses how digitalization influences critical operational metrics such as cost, efficiency, speed, and responsiveness and identifies current trends like cloud computing, big data analytics, and edge computing while addressing adoption challenges. A comparative analysis of agile versus hierarchical supply chains reveals distinct impacts of digitalization on each structure. Emerging technologies such as quantum computing, 5G, and autonomous systems are expected to revolutionize supply chain operations further. The chapter underscores the necessity of digital competence for maintaining a competitive edge and offers strategic recommendations for leveraging digital transformation to achieve superior operational performance and sustainability. 2026 selection and editorial matter, Festus Adedoyin; individual chapters, the contributors. -
Digital Competencies in the Structure of Training of Advertising and Public Relations Specialists
The article examines the problem of the formation of digital competencies in the training of specialists in the field of media communications. An extensive review of the literature on the issue under study is given. The article examines the trends in the transformation of the profession of a communicator in the context of the intensive development of the latest technologies in the field of big data, gamification, artificial intelligence, etc. The article presents the research results on the basis of which an innovative educational program for training specialists in the field of advertising and public relations has been developed. The program includes modules related to general digital literacy, artificial intelligence resources, management in the digital environment, Internet marketing, technologies for working on various media platforms, as well as project activities using digital technologies. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025. -
Digital Content Marketing
Digital Content Marketing (DCM) is the strategic creation and distribution of relevant brand-related content on digital platforms, aiming to foster favorable brand engagement, trust, and relationships with current or potential customers. Despite its widespread use in practice, academic research on DCM is limited, creating a significant knowledge gap. This study addresses this gap by conducting an exploratory research synthesis of DCM literature from 2008 to 2024. The primary objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of pertinent studies and create a conceptual integration that elucidates DCM?s impact on marketing practices. Utilizing a targeted search on the Web of Science Database, 15 published papers were identified and analyzed based on specified search criteria. The findings contribute to a more holistic understanding of DCM?s role as a prevalent trend in contemporary marketing practices. 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. -
Digital Dignity: Ethical AI Governance for Protecting Religious Freedom
The chapter describes how artificial intelligence intersects with freedom of religion or belief through an analysis of policy deficiencies followed by proposed guidelines to address biases and discriminatory practices and cultural sensitivity problems. The implementation of a "human rights by design" method should become the standard practice by incorporating diverse data collection and bias assessment procedures and processes that explain artificial intelligence protocols and require collaboration between stakeholders. The chapter supports faith leader participation in AI development processes through a design method that also requires an adaptive governance system adapted to evolving religions and technologies. The integration of FoRB into AI ethics requires the analysis of best practices from IBM's fairness toolkit alongside Boston's transparency policies and the development of cross- border coordination systems that admit oversight mechanisms as an immediate requirement. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Digital education for a resilient new normal using artificial intelligenceapplications, challenges, and way forward
As society and technology advance to meet Industry 4.0 requirements, the educational system has also undergone many transformative changes in the past decade. Education is regarded as one of the most important tools for developing individuals, families, businesses, and the economy. New digital technologies are making a great revolution by transforming all aspects of education in teaching, learning, assessment, and feedback. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the proliferation of digital education and its replacement of traditional education in the educational system. The developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are indispensable in all sectors, including education. AI-integrated learning helps management, teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders gain insight into their performance to impact the process positively. This chapter aims to throw light on the emerging need and technologies used for digital education and to examine the role of AI in education with examples from the perspectives of teaching, learning, and assessment in the new normal. The application of AI in education and its effectiveness is explored through six publicly available datasets along with strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges, and the future of digital education. This chapter discusses several examples and benefits of AI applications that enhance the educational experience and also emphasizes the need to align it with technology and curriculum to achieve the intended learning outcomes. 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. -
Digital educational neuropsychology: Challenges and opportunities
This chapter introduces the various facets of digital educational neuropsychology. It begins by explaining digital educational neuropsychology and the current practices in digital neuropsychology. It then explains the opportunities and the challenges faced by neuropsychology in digitization of neuropsychology education, training, assessment, and rehabilitation and how it can be improved. The challenges in the implementation of digital educational neuropsychology in terms of access and equity; validity and reliability of digital assessments; training and professional development; variability in the perceptual, motor, and cognitive demands across different devices; and the rapid changes in technology are explained elaborately. A full discussion on opportunities including enhancement of digital education using neuropsychological techniques, neuroscience experimental techniques, in tandem with behavioural measures is provided. Further, the importance of collaborative effort from professionals is required to build more effective strategies for digital education is emphasized. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Digital entrepreneurship in modern techno world: mapping the literature and future research agenda
Digital entrepreneurship (DE) leverages internet services for business and financial gain. This study reviews past research, highlighting trends and gaps. Using the POWER framework and PRISMA techniques, 733 articles were analysed with VOSViewer and manual text analysis. Key findings include 2023 having the most publications, the UK leading in published articles, the journal Technological Forecasting for Social Change having the highest impact, and A. Ghezzi being the most influential author. Trending topics are entrepreneurs, digital entrepreneurship, and sustainability. Emerging themes include digital entrepreneurship ecosystems, opportunities for women and education, entrepreneurial funding, government adoption, and digital technologies. Future research should focus on entrepreneurial education, AI innovations, digital venture performance, and IoT adoption. Frameworks like lean start-up, business model innovation, and value creation can enhance DE performance, with further exploration encouraged by the identified future research agenda. Copyright 2026 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. -
Digital Feminism: Reclaiming Power and Identity in the Algorithmic Age
In the algorithmic age, digital platforms are vital for visibility, expression, and agency, making feminism crucial at empowerment and control intersections. Digital Feminism transcends an online movement; its an evolving ideological space challenging patriarchy in data systems, algorithmic design, and AI. This chapter as per the author, explores gender bias in digital infrastructures, marginalizing feminist voices while offering resistance and solidarity tools. Using feminist theory, digital humanities, and media studies, it views Digital Feminism as critiquing and reconstructing algorithmic culture. Interdisciplinary reflection examines feminist activism in digital spaces, algorithmic patriarchy implications, and feminist data ethics. The chapter advocates inclusive, transparent, feminist- aligned digital futures where technology aligns with equity, accountability, and care. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Digital filter architectures for multi-standard wireless transceivers
This paper addresses on two different architectures of digital decimation filter design of a multi-standard RF transceivers. Instead of using single stage decimation filter network, the filters are implemented in multiple stages using FPGA to optimize the area and power. The proposed decimation filter architectures reflect the considerable reduction in area & power consumption without degradation of performance. The filter coefficients are derived from MATLAB , the filter architectures are implemented and tested using Xilinx SPARTAN FPGA . The Xilinx ISE 9.2i tool is used for logic synthesis and the Xpower analysis tool is used for estimating the power consumption. First, the types of decimation filter architectures are tested and implemented using conventional binary number system. Then the different encoding scheme i.e. Canonic Signed Digit (CSD) representation is used for filter coefficients and then the architecture performance is tested .The results of CSD based architecture shows a considerable reduction in the area & power against the conventional number system based filter design implementation. -
Digital Financial Inclusion and Financial Resilience of Micro and Small Entrepreneurs in Post-COVID-19 in Karnataka
In India, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises contribute 29% of the GDP and create millions of works. However, MSMEs have continuously been facing numerous issues and further, micro and small enterprises are hardly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The traditional financial system has certain limitations. The new-age technology-enabled digital finance overcomes the supply-side constraints and they serve even the financially excluded individuals and businesses through its innovative business strategies, models, products, and services which are designed and delivered by "Artificial Intelligence", "Machine Learning", "Big Data Analytics", and "Blockchain Technology". Digital Finance Adoption (DFA) depends on the digital financial literacy (DFL) of the users. This study analyses the role of DFA and DFL on the "Digital Financial Inclusion" (DFI) and "Financial resilience" (FR) of MSEs in Karnataka, India. 2025, Indian Institute of Finance. All rgihts reserved. -
Digital financial inclusion: A payoff of financial technology and digital finance uprising in India
Technological inventions and innovations paved a way for upheaval in the financial market. New technologies such as the internet, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, biometric identification, and blockchain technology brought new financial technologies (Fintechs) namely Unified Payment Interface, Immediate Payment System, and Mobile Money into existence. As a result of the development of Fintechs, digital finance companies and digital financial services and products emerged and got well-liked among the people because of their convenient, speedy, simple, and user-friendly functions. In fact, digital finance companies work a mile further, in the name of digital financial inclusion, by serving excluded, marginalized, neglected individuals and Small and Medium Enterprises through their innovative, affordable, quality, and speedy digital financial services and products. This article focuses on Fintechs, digital finance, and their role in digital financial inclusion in India using the existing sources of the World Bank, Reserve Bank of India, National Payment Corporation of India, and United Nations Organizations. IJSTR 2019. -
Digital Financial Inclusion: Strategic Issues and Imperatives
The present paper provides insights on digital financial inclusion. Digital financial inclusion means making financial services accessible through technology intervention, i.e. via internet, mobile network, cards, digital wallets, etc. The objective of digital financial inclusion is to bring underserved and financially excluded population under the formal banking network. As per Global Findex, Financial Inclusion (adults holding bank accounts) in India has increased from 35% in 2011 to 80% in 2017. Indeed, there has been a speedy improvement in the financial inclusion index, wherein the role of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PJDY) launched by the Government of India in 2014 has been phenomenal. Later, in the year 2016 demonetization further accelerated the process. Despite, all these concentrated efforts and policies a large section of the population still remains unbanked. With the rise in internet and smartphone users, there will be a significant increase in digital transactions in the coming years. To achieve full financial inclusion and to make the desired benefits reach unserved population there is a need to increase financial and digital literacy among masses. The paper starts with a discussion on Evolution of Digital Financial Inclusion (DFI) in India, followed by the benefits of DFI and challenges specific to India. It ends with some suggestions which can increase the pace of DFI in the country. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.