Abstract: Sharding has become one of the key technologies for improve the performance of blockchain systems. However, the imbalance of transaction load between shards caused by extremely hot accounts ...

Abstract: A supply chain system comprises both upstream and downstream members, and in many contexts, a final product assembly (FPA) step is required before products reach the market. Deciding whether ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Members of a secretive California religious group have been charged with murder in the deaths of a man who disappeared in 2023 and a child who died in 2010. Shelley "Kat" ...

Boys in the Assemblies of God join the Royal Rangers for Bible study and backpacking. But the ministry has also drawn sexual predators, an NBC News investigation found. This article is part of ...