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Transformations in Diabetes Care: Lessons From Commons-Based, Peer-Produced Citizen Science. [PDF]

open access: yesSociol Health Illn
ABSTRACT Medical technologies have historically been the domain of private entities and public institutions. However, this market–state model is being challenged by commons‐based, peer‐produced citizen science. Here, we present a community of people with diabetes, which has developed life‐critical medical devices through open‐source innovation, as a ...
O'Donnell S, Quigley M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Designing a Blockchain Model for the Paris Agreement’s Carbon Market Mechanism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper examines the benefits and constraints of applying blockchain technology for the Paris Agreement carbon market mechanism and develops a list of technical requirements and soft factors as selection criteria to test the feasibility of two ...
Franke, Laura   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Blockchain For Food: Making Sense of Technology and the Impact on Biofortified Seeds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The global food system is under pressure and is in the early stages of a major transition towards more transparency, circularity, and personalisation. In the coming decades, there is an increasing need for more food production with fewer resources. Thus,
Coppoolse, Kirsten   +5 more
core  

#Blockchain4EU: Blockchain for Industrial Transformations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The project #Blockchain4EU is a forward looking exploration of existing, emerging and potential applications based on Blockchain and other DLTs for industrial / non-financial sectors.
FIGUEIREDO DO NASCIMENTO SUSANA   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Multilateral Transparency for Security Markets Through DLT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
For decades, changing technology and policy choices have worked to fragment securities markets, rendering them so dark that neither ownership nor real-time price of securities are generally visible to all parties multilaterally.
Donald, David C., Miraz, Mahdi H.
core   +1 more source

Brief Announcement: Asymmetric Distributed Trust [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Quorum systems are a key abstraction in distributed fault-tolerant computing for capturing trust assumptions. They can be found at the core of many algorithms for implementing reliable broadcasts, shared memory, consensus and other problems.
Cachin, Christian
core   +1 more source

Selecting effective blockchain solutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) are becoming increasingly popular and seen as a panacea for a wide range of applications. However, it is clear that many organisations, and even engineers, are selecting DLT solutions without fully understanding ...
Jackson, Jack, Maple, Carsten
core   +1 more source

Raising the Datagram API to Support Transport Protocol Evolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Some application developers can wield huge resources to build new transport protocols, for these developers the present UDP Socket API is perfectly fine. They have access to large test beds and sophisticated tools.
Fairhurst, Gorry   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sustainable Development Report: Blockchain, the Web3 & the SDGs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This is an output paper of the applied research that was conducted between July 2018 - October 2019 funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and conducted by the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics and ...
Novakovic, Tatjana   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Pragmatic, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology: Paving the Future for Healthcare

open access: yesBlockchain in Healthcare Today, 2018
Background: Blockchain and distributed ledger technology is a disruptive force in healthcare. Methods: This article provides a globally relevant, interdisciplinary perspective intended to aid disparate group of actors, participants, and users that ...
Ron Ribitzky   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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