Amalgamation of Blockchain Technology and Internet of Things in Securing Clouds

Blockchain Technology has gotten a great deal of consideration from both industry and the scholarly world due to its decentralized, persistency, namelessness and auditability properties. In this review, utilization of Blockchain innovation in wide applications region and its execution challenges have been finished. A thorough quest for diary/research article identified with Blockchain innovation have been checked on. We have considered five data sets to lead this study specifically Science direct, IEEE Xplore, Web of Science, ACM Digital Library and Inderscience are being utilized. After starting stage end 135 examination articles are considered in last data sets for the overview. Principle focal point of the review is to give an extensive examination on wide utilizations of Blockchain innovation for the scholastic exploration local area. In this paper difficulties in carrying out of Blockchain and its related security and protection issues have been talked about. Interestingly a study of this sort have been done where Blockchain with application and its related security and protection issue have been inspected.

Reactivity to Daily Self-Monitoring of Cannabis Use in Biological Females

Assessment reactivity involves changes to behaviours from self-monitoring those behaviours (Nelson & Hayes, 1981). In the substance use field, reactivity has been identified both as a potential confound in daily diary research (Cohn et al., 2015) and as a possible intervention tool in clinical practice (Cohn et al., 2018). Reactivity to daily self-monitoring of alcohol and tobacco use has been inconsistent in prior research. Reactivity to daily self-monitoring of cannabis use quantity has received far less study. This study involved secondary analyses of data from N = 88 females who self-monitored their cannabis use for 32 days. We examined objective reactivity of cannabis use to daily self-monitoring by assessing changes in daily cannabis use over 32 days. We also explored participants’ perceptions of the impact daily self monitoring had on their cannabis use at study completion (i.e., subjective reactivity). In hurdle models testing objective reactivity, neither probability of cannabis use, nor quantity of cannabis use, changed significantly over the study period. Many respondents (45%) reported no subjective reactivity, though a slight majority (55%) reported some subjective reactivity. Subjective reactivity did not moderate objective reactivity over time; however, higher subjective reactivity was significantly associated with increased variability (interquartile range [IQR]) in cannabis use across the self-monitoring period. Overall, reactivity appears unlikely to confound research utilizing daily diary cannabis measures, and daily self-monitoring of cannabis use may be unlikely to serve as a useful stand-alone intervention for reducing cannabis use in non-treatment-seeking individuals. Potential clinical implications of the novel finding of a link between subjective reactivity and objective cannabis use variability are discussed.

Przemiany praktyk konsumpcyjnych w gospodarstwach domowych w pierwszych miesiącach pandemii COVID-19

The aim of the text is to analyze the changes in household consumption and spending due to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. These changes resulted from the necessity to adapt to the existing pandemic restrictions and new forms of the functioning of the economy and of the labor market. The analyzes presented in the text are based on the diary research material (448 diaries) obtained in the „Everyday life in the time of coronavirus” contest. We focus our analyzes on the following three threads: (1) observations and experiences of panic buying and identification of a crisis situation experienced in the first weeks of lockdown; (2) experiencing disrupted routine and the need to change the consumer basket and the way of shopping; (3) changes in the subjectively perceived comfort of consumption in the context of social comparison. We show that the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had the greatest impact on reducing consumption, although they were unevenly distributed, both due to the financial situation of memoir writers and to the particular categories of consumed goods and services. By lowering the level of consumption, the Covid-19 made it more thoughtful and reflexive. At the same time, the pandemic made the housing living space gain new functions, thus converted it into an „Oikos” – a universe of all household activities and a center of consumption practices.

Cannabis Use Among Women: Does Daily Assessment Reactivity Affect Usage Patterns?

BACKGROUND: Daily diary measurements are a common way to assess substance use behaviours, however researchers and clinicians are often cognizant of assessment reactivity (or “reactivity”) in daily substance use measurement. Reactivity involves changes to behaviours that result simply from self-monitoring those behaviours. When reactivity to substance use measurement has been found to exist, it has been identified both as a possible confound in daily diary research and a potential intervention tool in clinical practice. Reactivity to daily self-monitoring of alcohol and tobacco use has been investigated in prior research, however this research has been inconsistent. Reactivity to daily self-monitoring of cannabis use quantity has yet to be documented at all. METHOD: The current study involved secondary analyses of data from N=88 women who self-monitored their cannabis use for 32 consecutive days (Joyce et al., under review). We examined objective reactivity of cannabis use to daily self-monitoring both for the probability of use each day as well as the quantity of cannabis used on each cannabis-using day. At study completion, participants were asked the degree to which they felt self-monitoring impacted their cannabis use (i.e., subjective reactivity). We explored the reported degree of subjective reactivity, and we examined correspondence between objective and subjective reactivity. RESULTS: Hurdle models were the best fit for the data. Participants’ probability of daily cannabis use and the quantity of cannabis use did not change significantly over the study period. For subjective reactivity, many respondents (45%) reported no subjective reactivity, though a majority (55%) reported some degree of subjective reactivity with 24% reporting moderate or more reactivity. A three-step hierarchical linear model was used to investigate the relationship between objective and subjective reactivity. Time was the only predictor in the first step, subjective reactivity was added as a predictor in the second step, and the time x subjective reactivity interaction was explored in the final step. Subjective reactivity was not found to moderate the relationship between time and cannabis use, although there was a significant relationship between self-reported subjective reactivity and variability of cannabis use across the data collection period. CONCLUSIONS: This study determined that participants who report greater subjective reactivity to cannabis measurement are more likely to demonstrate variability in their cannabis usage. While this study did not find a significant change in cannabis scores over time because of reactivity, the non-significant results are valuable from both a research and a clinical standpoint. For research, the lack of change is an indicator that reactivity is likely not a confounding factor in studies involving cannabis daily diary research. From a clinical perspective, the non-significant change indicates that simply self-monitoring cannabis is unlikely to provide standalone benefits when daily self-monitoring is used in clinical practice. It is relevant to note that our study involved a non-help-seeking sample, and future research could benefit from determining whether cannabis reactivity may be moderated by help-seeking behaviours or motivations to change.