Potential Applications of Blockchain Technology in the Construction Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Miglena Stoyanova
Keyword(s):  
Construction Sector ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Potential Applications

scholarly journals ESR white paper: blockchain and medical imaging

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elmar Kotter ◽  
Luis Marti-Bonmati ◽  
Adrian P. Brady ◽  
Nandita M. Desouza
Keyword(s):  
Medical Imaging ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Distributed Database ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Basic Technology

AbstractBlockchain can be thought of as a distributed database allowing tracing of the origin of data, and who has manipulated a given data set in the past. Medical applications of blockchain technology are emerging. Blockchain has many potential applications in medical imaging, typically making use of the tracking of radiological or clinical data. Clinical applications of blockchain technology include the documentation of the contribution of different “authors” including AI algorithms to multipart reports, the documentation of the use of AI algorithms towards the diagnosis, the possibility to enhance the accessibility of relevant information in electronic medical records, and a better control of users over their personal health records. Applications of blockchain in research include a better traceability of image data within clinical trials, a better traceability of the contributions of image and annotation data for the training of AI algorithms, thus enhancing privacy and fairness, and potentially make imaging data for AI available in larger quantities. Blockchain also allows for dynamic consenting and has the potential to empower patients and giving them a better control who has accessed their health data. There are also many potential applications of blockchain technology for administrative purposes, like keeping track of learning achievements or the surveillance of medical devices. This article gives a brief introduction in the basic technology and terminology of blockchain technology and concentrates on the potential applications of blockchain in medical imaging.

The Traceability of Construction and Demolition Waste in Flanders via Blockchain Technology: A Match Made in Heaven?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-369
Author(s):  
Jonas Voorter ◽  
Christof Koolen
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Construction And Demolition Waste ◽  
Waste Processing ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Demolition Waste ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Legal Case ◽  
Made In

Abstract The construction sector plays a crucial role in the transition to a circular economy and a more sustainable society. With this objective in mind, Flanders – the Dutch speaking part of Belgium – makes use of a traceability procedure for construction and demolition waste in order to guarantee that value can be derived from downstream waste processing activities. This article takes this traceability procedure as a legal case study and examines if the use of blockchain technology could lead to even stronger supply chains, better data management, and, more generally, a smoother transition to circular practices in the construction sector.

scholarly journals Blockchain Technology and Its Applications

2021 ◽  
pp. 1247-1260
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
Liguo Yu ◽  
Yingmei Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Structure ◽  
Structure Data ◽  
Data Distribution ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Digital Currency ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Digital Record ◽  
Technology Solution

Blockchain is an information technology solution for distributed digital record. Its main properties are secure, traceable, and transparent. Blockchain was first proposed for bitcoin, a decentralized virtual digital currency. Recently, blockchain draws attentions of researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors, because people found that blockchain technology can revolutionize many business practices. This paper describes the fundamentals of blockchain technology, including data structure, data distribution, and transaction execution and validation. This paper also discusses the representative blockchain protocols and development platforms. In addition, this paper outlines the potential applications of blockchain technology and the broader impact it might bring to industry, business, and beyond.

Blockchain-Based Food Supply Chain Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-171
Author(s):  
Dhana Srinithi Srinivasan ◽  
Karpagam Manavalan ◽  
Soundarya R. ◽  
Thamizhi S. I.
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Payment Mechanisms

Blockchain is an emerging technology that is based on the concept of distributed ledgers. It allows for pervasive transactions among different parties and eliminates the need for third-party intermediaries. Several of blockchain's characteristics make it suitable for use in the agriculture sector. Some of the potential applications of blockchain include efficient management of the food supply chain and value-based payment mechanisms. The products of agriculture are usually the inputs for a multi-actor distributed supply chain, in which case the consumer is usually the final client. The food chain involves several actors including farmers, shipping companies, distributors, and groceries. This makes the entire system to be distributed with multiple actors playing different roles throughout the chain. This currently used system is inefficient and unreliable in various aspects. This project aims to leverage blockchain technology to solve and address discrepancies involved in food supply chains.

scholarly journals Introduction to Blockchain: An Emerging Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (05) ◽  
pp. 162-164
Author(s):  
Neenu Kuriakose & Lincy N
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Distributed Software ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Software Network ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Potential Applications

It is only a matter of time before technology emerges to open up a whole new world of opportunities. For example, the invention of the Internet was a development like this that changed the world in almost every theory. Blockchain technology is also one of the emerging technological advances that is expected to change the way transactions are conducted, thus affecting a wide range of potential applications. Blockchain is a distributed software network that works both as a digital logger and a method that allows secure transfer of assets without a mediator. Just as the Internet is a technology that facilitates the flow of digital information, blockchain is a technology that facilitates the digital exchange of digital value. Anything from coins to land titles to votes can be token, stored, and exchanged via a blockchain network.

scholarly journals Applying Blockchain Technology to Address the Crisis of Trust During the COVID-19 Pandemic

10.2196/20477 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e20477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjum Khurshid
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Privacy Preserving ◽  
Trust Value ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Trust Networks ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Potential Applications

Background The widespread death and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed deficiencies of existing institutions regarding the protection of human health and well-being. Both a lack of accurate and timely data and pervasive misinformation are causing increasing harm and growing tension between data privacy and public health concerns. Objective This aim of this paper is to describe how blockchain, with its distributed trust networks and cryptography-based security, can provide solutions to data-related trust problems. Methods Blockchain is being applied in innovative ways that are relevant to the current COVID-19 crisis. We describe examples of the challenges faced by existing technologies to track medical supplies and infected patients and how blockchain technology applications may help in these situations. Results This exploration of existing and potential applications of blockchain technology for medical care shows how the distributed governance structure and privacy-preserving features of blockchain can be used to create “trustless” systems that can help resolve the tension between maintaining privacy and addressing public health needs in the fight against COVID-19. Conclusions Blockchain relies on a distributed, robust, secure, privacy-preserving, and immutable record framework that can positively transform the nature of trust, value sharing, and transactions. A nationally coordinated effort to explore blockchain to address the deficiencies of existing systems and a partnership of academia, researchers, business, and industry are suggested to expedite the adoption of blockchain in health care.

scholarly journals Blockchain and real estate: Dopo di Noi project

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzia Morena ◽  
Tommaso Truppi ◽  
Angela Silvia Pavesi ◽  
Genny Cia ◽  
Jacopo Giannelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Trust Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Real Estate Sector ◽  
Potential Applications

PurposeThis paper aims at investigating the possibility of effectively implementing the blockchain technology in the real estate environment, specifically applied to the Trust legal instrument in Dopo di Noi (After Us) project, which is intended to guarantee assistance to persons with severe disabilities.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is focused on how to apply the blockchain to the tool of Trust, analyzing the main features and characteristics of this technology.FindingsThe paper proposes two potential solutions for managing the Trust tool in the real estate sector, specifically within the Dopo di Noi project. The first simpler proposal is based on timestamping application. The second one radically changes the classical Trust model and introduces an automatization level in the process.Social implicationsThe paper presents potential applications of the blockchain technology within the framework of Dopo di Noi project, which allows among other features, legal and tax facilitation for the institution of Trusts to benefit persons with severe disabilities.Originality/valueThis paper highlights the potentiality of the combination of the blockchain technology and the real estate environment and applies the blockchain technology to the Dopo di Noi project. Specifically, with the second solution, the paper proposes a platform that gathers, in a single network, various elements of the blockchain technology, such as timestamping, smart property, smart contract, and links them in order to provide services to persons with severe disabilities.

scholarly journals The Application of Blockchain in Supply Chain Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1400-1408
Author(s):  
Leo Willyanto Santoso Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Potential Applications

This research focuses on analyzing the state of the art of the blockchain technology and in publicizing the potential applications and implementations that the blockchain can deliver to the supply chain. For this, it will be explained in a simple way technology and its operation in the supply chain and case studies of real companies that are currently betting on this technological revolution, capable of improving the efficiency of any process logistic.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of the Use of Blockchain in Healthcare

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Hölbl ◽  
Marko Kompara ◽  
Aida Kamišalić ◽  
Lili Nemec Zlatolas
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Technology Research ◽  
Distributed Environment ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Prototype Implementation ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Technical Details

Blockchain technology enables a decentralized and distributed environment with no need for a central authority. Transactions are simultaneously secure and trustworthy due to the use of cryptographic principles. In recent years, blockchain technology has become very trendy and penetrated different domains, mostly due to the popularity of cryptocurrencies. One field where blockchain technology has tremendous potential is healthcare, due to the need for a more patient-centric approach to healthcare systems and to connect disparate systems and increase the accuracy of electronic healthcare records (EHRs). In this systematic review, an analysis of state-of-the-art blockchain research in the field of healthcare is conducted. The aim is to reveal the potential applications of the technology and to highlight the challenges and possible directions of blockchain research in healthcare. First, background information is discussed, followed by a description of the exact methodology used in this paper. Next, an analysis of the results is given, which includes a bibliometric overview, an analysis of gathered data and its properties, and the results of a literature quality assessment. Lastly, there is a discussion of the results from the analysis. The findings indicate that blockchain technology research in healthcare is increasing and it is mostly used for data sharing, managing health records and access control. Other scenarios are very rare. Most research is aimed at presenting novel structural designs in the form of frameworks, architectures or models. Findings also show that technical details about the used blockchain elements are not given in most of the analyzed publications and that most research does not present any prototype implementation or implementation details. Often even with a prototype implementation, no details about blockchain elements are given.

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