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Adopting distributed ledger technology for the sustainable construction industry: evaluating the barriers using Ordinal Priority Approach. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2022
Sadeghi M, Mahmoudi A, Deng X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

Distributed ledger technology based robust access control and real-time synchronization for consumer electronics. [PDF]

PeerJ Comput Sci, 2021
Akhtar MM, Khan MZ, Ahad MA, Noorwali A, Rizvi DR, Chakraborty C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability in Healthcare: The Role of Digital Technologies for Improving Patient Engagement

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability in healthcare is getting considerable research attention as systems worldwide tend to balance environmental, social, and economic factors. In this context, digital technologies have demonstrated significant potential to enhance engagement among different consumer groups across various industries.
Francesco Schiavone, Federica Zeuli, Olga Grieva, Octavio Escobar, Fabian Bernhard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A smart mask to enforce social contracts based on IOTA Tangle.

PLoS ONE
In this paper we present the design for a smart-mask to mitigate the impact of an airborne virus such as COVID-19. The design utilises recent results from feedback control theory over a distributed ledger that have been developed to enforce compliance in
Lianna Zhao, Pietro Ferraro, Robert Shorten   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between Cryptocurrencies' Risk and Crypto Environmental Attention: The Crypto Environment Attention Index and Volatility in the Cryptocurrencies Market Nexus

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of environmental attention on cryptocurrency market volatility by introducing the Crypto Environmental Attention Index (CEAI), a new metric inspired by Wang et al. (2022) and constructed using daily web search data.
Ines Ghazouani, Zaineb Hlioui, Marwa Zouawi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What if Adam Smith Debated an AI Economist: A Thought Experiment on Markets, Ethics, and the Invisible Hand

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can AI‐driven capitalism sustain the moral preconditions of market order? We stage a dialogue between Adam Smith and a steel‐manned “EconAI” to test four Moral‐Market‐Fitness criteria: trustworthiness, fairness, non‐domination, and contestability, across 11 dilemmas.
Alexandra‐Codruța Bîzoi, Cristian‐Gabriel Bîzoi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Middle to Late Pleistocene landscape evolution and glacial dynamics in the Eastern Alps: the Gröbminger Mitterberg record, Austria

Boreas, EarlyView.
Glacial erosion during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) has removed much evidence of earlier glaciations and interglacials in the European Alps. At Gröbminger Mitterberg (GM), beneath a blanket of LGM till, a distinctive sediment archive preserves deposits predating the LGM.
Gerit E. U. Griesmeier, Daniel P. Le Heron, Christopher Lüthgens, Gustav Firla, Bernhard Salcher, Fabian Dremel, Jan‐Christoph Otto, Jürgen M. Reitner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficient Data Communication Using Distributed Ledger Technology and IOTA-Enabled Internet of Things for a Future Machine-to-Machine Economy. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2021
Akhtar MM, Rizvi DR, Ahad MA, Kanhere SS, Amjad M, Coviello G.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source