Jerome Verny

By Marwa Khalfalli and Jerome Verny

Faced with the Covid epidemic, the optimization of human resources and materials is necessary to be able to treat as many victims as possible and to save them so as much as possible. Schedules are usually faced with a situation where new measures related to Covid are considered. This leads to higher risks and complications, especially in the preoperative service. Adapt the organization’s surgical department for preserving their capacity and taking care of Covid and not Covid patients. To the best of our knowledge, the existing studies in the literature have treated the Covid scheduling task only on a service of the surgical process, mostly the preoperative service. In this study, we aim to design the keys of a new organization to preserve hospitalization capacities and ensure continuity of care, including all services of the surgery.

Part of the book: Health Promotion

By Jerome Verny and Wei Guan

Modern food supply chain involves numerous stakeholders that are geographically dispersed. This scattered and complex structure impedes the free flow of information throughout the supply chain. Low transparency lays the groundwork for food fraud and delays the implementation of necessary countermeasures when a food contamination incident occurs. Moreover, customers nowadays are increasing demanding in terms of product provenance and sustainability. Under this circumstance, it is urgent to identify effective solutions that can mitigate the concerns of food safety, quality, and fraud. Blockchain has been identified as a promising technology for enabling end-to-end supply chain traceability. This study investigates the main challenges of agri-food supply chain and how blockchain attributes can address these challenges. We also propose an integrative framework of key factors that influence blockchain adoption in the food industry.

Part of the book: Blockchain Applications

By Jerome Verny, Ouail Oulmakki and Andrey Hernandez Meza

Colloidal gold (AuNP) is a molecule obtained from pure gold (Au), and has several uses in the health, industrial, and chemical sectors. There are several processes to generate it and these methods are perfected over time. However, colloidal gold manufacturers and their customers are dependent on the pure gold market, its disruptions, and fluctuations. This paper first shows that the gold market is currently unstable due to the existing pandemic and geopolitical conflicts. The main gold producers, China, Russia, and Australia, together account for more than a quarter of the world’s gold production, and only a few European countries produce gold in small quantities. Europe is therefore forced to import gold, including colloidal gold. Several innovations related to gold nanoparticles are emerging, notably in the miniaturization of industrial components or in the health sector during the pandemic. The objective of this chapter is therefore to understand the patterns into which these countries must fit to produce these particles and the economic, political, and scientific stakeholders involved in capturing these flows. Through the prism of the gold market, the electronics industry, and the health field, this chapter looks at these issues while putting into perspective the salient facts that could impact this market in the years to come.

Part of the book: Gold Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Engineering

By Jérôme Verny, Yacine Aiat, Stephane Fourneaux and Eric Lambourdière

The theoretical foundations and indeed implications related to the emergence of digital assets, particularly cryptocurrencies, remain a scarcely explored area in recent academic literature. This chapter aims to analyze the presumed influences of various economic schools of thought on the genesis of Bitcoin, the monetary policies underlying several digital assets, and the evolution of their market capitalization since 2009. The study also addresses the case of several cryptocurrency exchange platforms, commonly known as crypto exchanges, and focuses on industrial entities, such as Ledger and Bitmain. An overview of use cases involving “smart contracts” and Blockchain technology is provided. This chapter seeks to revisit the emergence of different approaches to national regulation on a global scale and to establish international comparisons. The examples of Japan, long trapped in a deflationary spiral, and Argentina, facing hyperinflation, are particularly enlightening for understanding the legal treatment of digital assets and their perception by local authorities. Two central questions guide this exploration: what are the economic and ideological foundations underlying the conception of Bitcoin, and to what extent does the current development of the digital asset ecosystem remain true to the initial ideas of Satoshi Nakamoto?

Part of the book: Cryptocurrencies - Financial Technologies of the Future [Working title]