Secured Vehicle Life Cycle Tracking Using Blockchain and Smart Contract

Smart contracts are required to be instantiated in the predeployed stage, which consumes computation resources from then on. It is a big waste in the blockchain whose nodes are composed of IoT devices, as those devices often have limited resources (such as limited power supplies or a limited number of processes to run). Meanwhile, IoT devices are heterogeneous and different smart contracts are required. If those smart contracts are instantiated previously, numerous meaningless addresses are required. In this paper, we propose to delay the instantiation of a smart contract when used and terminate it when not used, which is similar to the life cycle of a variable. Then, a new kind of variable (the wrapping variable) is used to hide details of the instantiation and the address. The smart contract is instantiated in the construction function of the wrapping variable, or even it is delayed to the time when there are requests for it. The smart contract terminates when the variable is out of its scope. Then, different instantiation methods are proposed. Finally, we perform the qualitative comparison between the proposed approach and the predeployment method, and it demonstrates that the proposed methods optimize the life cycle of the smart contract and save calculation resources.

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Блокчейн-технології в управлінні комунікаціями інфраструктурних проектів

RADIOELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ◽

10.32620/reks.2021.3.14 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 169-181

Author(s):

Дмитро Петрович Литвиненко ◽

Ольга Володимирівна Малєєва ◽

Аліна Володимирівна Єлізєва

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Project Management ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Life Cycle Model ◽

Cycle Model ◽

Communication Management ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Blockchain Technology ◽

Smart Contract ◽

Infrastructure Project

The subject of research in the article is the processes and technologies of communication management of infrastructural projects. The possibilities of using blockchain technology in the field of project management are considered. The goal of work: improving the information security of infrastructure projects. The risks of stakeholder communications will be reduced by increasing the security of data access and reducing the time for their processing, which in turn will provide more flexible project management. The tasks of the work: to analyze the current state of development of blockchain technology and conduct a comparative analysis of technology and modern generally accepted management methods, give examples of implementation, determine the advantages of blockchain technology in modern conditions; analyze the benefits of using smart contracts in communication management, apply the smart contract life cycle model in an infrastructure project. Research methods: systems analysis, design approach, structural modeling, instrument Geth, programming language Solidity. The following results were obtained. The main directions of development and implementation of blockchain technology are characterized, examples of the use of blockchain technology in various industries are collected and analyzed, the main advantages and disadvantages of the technology are identified, a comparative analysis of blockchain technology and classical project management methods is carried out, the possibilities of using blockchain technology in the field of project management are described, the main the possibility of implementing reasonable contracts, the advantages and disadvantages of reasonable contracts are identified, the advantages and disadvantages of the instrument of reasonable contracts are analyzed in comparison with the traditional approach. The smart contract life cycle model presents the creation stages, installation to the blockchain contract managing, and contract completion. Provided an example of the smart contract used for the complex financial project, which reduced the risk of project failures. Conclusion. The scientific novelty of the obtained results is in the improvement of the project management life cycle model through the further development of the smart contract model. This allows to increase information security, reduce possible risks and guarantee the implementation of an infrastructure project through the use of blockchain technology in comparison with classical project management methods.

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Equipment Life Cycle Management Based on Private Blockchain and Smart Contract

Engineering Assets and Public Infrastructures in the Age of Digitalization - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-48021-9_38 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 339-348

Author(s):

Guicang Peng ◽

Songpu Ai ◽

Li Zhang ◽

Chunming Rong ◽

Tore Markeset

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Life Cycle Management ◽

Smart Contract

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Ultrastructural analysis of “Sensory” surface nerve endings and “putative” neurotransmitter sites in Schistosoma mansoni Miracidia

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100156791 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 962-963

Author(s):

Betty Ruth Jones ◽

Steve Chi-Tang Pan

Keyword(s):

Nervous System ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Schistosoma Mansoni ◽

Snail Host ◽

Complex Life Cycle ◽

Rational Approach ◽

Effective Control ◽

The Social ◽

Social And Economic Development ◽

Basic Biology

INTRODUCTION: Schistosomiasis has been described as “one of the most devastating diseases of mankind, second only to malaria in its deleterious effects on the social and economic development of populations in many warm areas of the world.” The disease is worldwide and is probably spreading faster and becoming more intense than the overall research efforts designed to provide the basis for countering it. Moreover, there are indications that the development of water resources and the demands for increasing cultivation and food in developing countries may prevent adequate control of the disease and thus the number of infections are increasing.Our knowledge of the basic biology of the parasites causing the disease is far from adequate. Such knowledge is essential if we are to develop a rational approach to the effective control of human schistosomiasis. The miracidium is the first infective stage in the complex life cycle of schistosomes. The future of the entire life cycle depends on the capacity and ability of this organism to locate and enter a suitable snail host for further development, Little is known about the nervous system of the miracidium of Schistosoma mansoni and of other trematodes. Studies indicate that miracidia contain a well developed and complex nervous system that may aid the larvae in locating and entering a susceptible snail host (Wilson, 1970; Brooker, 1972; Chernin, 1974; Pan, 1980; Mehlhorn, 1988; and Jones, 1987-1988).

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A freeze-fracture-etched study of the physarum polycephalum plasma membrane during early formation of the macroplasmodial stage

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100147570 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 346-347

Author(s):

Randolph W. Taylor ◽

Henrie Treadwell

Keyword(s):

Plasma Membrane ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Growth Phase ◽

Filter Paper ◽

Physarum Polycephalum ◽

Freeze Fracture ◽

Petri Dish ◽

Wire Screen ◽

Wide Mouth ◽

Sterile Filter

The plasma membrane of the Slime Mold, Physarum polycephalum, process unique morphological distinctions at different stages of the life cycle. Investigations of the plasma membrane of P. polycephalum, particularly, the arrangements of the intramembranous particles has provided useful information concerning possible changes occurring in higher organisms. In this report Freeze-fracture-etched techniques were used to investigate 3 hours post-fusion of the macroplasmodia stage of the P. polycephalum plasma membrane.Microplasmodia of Physarum polycephalum (M3C), axenically maintained, were collected in mid-expotential growth phase by centrifugation. Aliquots of microplasmodia were spread in 3 cm circles with a wide mouth pipette onto sterile filter paper which was supported on a wire screen contained in a petri dish. The cells were starved for 2 hrs at 24°C. After starvation, the cells were feed semidefined medium supplemented with hemin and incubated at 24°C. Three hours after incubation, samples were collected randomly from the petri plates, placed in plancettes and frozen with a propane-nitrogen jet freezer.

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