2025 February - 46 articles
Gamification has become a motivational technique for enhancing engagement and productivity, extending into agile software development. However, integrating gamification into agile frameworks such as the Scrum framework has led to the emergence of gam...
The tourism sector, a major economic contributor, seeks innovative approaches to enhance the user experience. In this evolving landscape of global tourism, using augmented reality (AR) technology can be a way to increase the engagement of tourists, b...
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is employed as a non-invasive method to monitor functional brain activation by capturing changes in the concentrations of oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO) and deoxygenated hemoglobin (HbR). Various machine lea...
The Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) holds significant promise for developing a smart ocean. In recent years, there has been swift progress in data collection methods using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) within underwater acoustic sensor n...
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Spectre variants 1 and 2 pose grave security threats to dynamic branch predictors in modern CPUs. While extensive research has focused on mitigating these attacks, little attention has been given to their energy and power implications. This study pre...
Road classification, knowing whether we are driving in the city, in rural areas, or on the highway, can improve the performance of modern driver assistance systems and contribute to understanding driving habits. This study focuses on solving this pro...
Due to a significant shortage of healthcare staff, medical facilities are increasingly challenged by the need to deploy current staff more intensively, which can lead to significant complications for patients and staff. Digital surgical assistance sy...
This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the research dynamics on the use of Educational Data Mining (EDM) and predictive modeling (PM) in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on the review of 793 articles published between 2000 and...
Cyber timeline analysis or forensic timeline analysis is critical in digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) investigations. It involves examining artefacts and events—particularly their timestamps and associated metadata—to detect...
This article presents a systematic literature review exploring the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methodologies in project management (PM). Key applications include cost estimation, duration forecasting, and risk assessment, which are cr...
The increasing adoption of renewable energy resources and the growing need for efficient and adaptable energy management have emphasized the importance of innovative solutions for energy sharing and storage. This study aims to analyze the application...
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The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) in education has fundamentally transformed personalized online learning (POL), enabling adaptive, context-aware environments that tailor learning based on real-time environmental data or device usage. T...
The ever-growing volume of global electronic waste (e-waste) poses significant environmental and health challenges. Printed circuit boards (PCBs), which form the core of most electronic devices, contain valuable metals as well as hazardous materials....
With the proliferation of IoT-based applications, security requirements are becoming increasingly stringent. Given the diversity of such systems, selecting the most appropriate solutions and technologies to address the challenges is a complex activit...
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) have revolutionised various fields by creating highly realistic images, videos, and audio, thus enhancing applications such as video game development and data augmentation. However, this technology has also give...
Strategic cost optimization is a critical challenge for businesses aiming to maintain competitiveness in dynamic markets. This paper introduces Gen-Optimizer, a Generative AI-based framework designed to analyze and optimize business costs through int...
The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is rapidly expanding. It is driven by continuous innovation but accompanied by increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats. Protecting IoT devices from these emerging vulnerabilities has become a critical p...
Gaze tracking and estimation are essential for understanding human behavior and enhancing human–computer interactions. This study introduces an innovative, cost-effective solution for real-time gaze tracking using a standard webcam, providing a...
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks play a crucial role in enabling Smart City applications by facilitating seamless communication between vehicles and infrastructure. This study evaluates the throughput performance of different routing protocols, specifically...
This study presents a Generative AI-Enhanced Cybersecurity Framework designed to strengthen enterprise data privacy management while improving threat detection accuracy and scalability. By leveraging Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Variationa...
Practice and Research Optimization Environment in Python (PyPROE) is a GUI-based, integrated framework designed to improve the user experience in both learning and research on engineering design optimization. Traditional optimization programs require...
The emergence of ChatGPT in higher education has raised immense discussion due to its versatility in performing tasks, including coding, personalized learning, human-like conversations, and information retrieval. Despite the rapidly growing use of Ch...
The performance of Large Language Models, such as ChatGPT, generally increases with every new model release. In this study, we investigated to what degree different GPT models were able to solve the exams of three different undergraduate courses on w...
The expansion of 5G infrastructure and the deployment of large antenna arrays are set to substantially influence electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure levels within mobile networks. As a result, the accurate measurement of EMF exposure and the integra...
This article presents the design and implementation of an API that delivers real-time promotional notifications to mobile devices based on their proximity to shopping centers, calculated using the Haversine formula. Developed in Laravel, the API dete...
Universities hold and process vast amounts of financial, user, and research data, which makes them prime targets for cybercriminals. In addition to the usual external threat actors, universities face a unique insider threat from students, who—a...
Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, located in Bisuschio near Varese and Lake Lugano, on the border between Lombardy and Switzerland, has origins dating back to the 1540s as a hunting lodge owned by the Mozzoni family. In the 16th century, significant renovations...
The study of the process of laser action on powder materials requires the construction of mathematical models of the interaction of laser radiation with powder particles that take into account the features of energy supply and are applicable in a wid...
The design of Web3 applications presents unique challenges due to their complex technical requirements. Despite the increasing spread of this technology, there is a notable lack of comprehensive, empirically grounded design guidelines for developing...
Japan faces a significant labor shortage due to an aging population, particularly in the agricultural sector. The rising average age of farmers and the declining participation of younger individuals threaten the sustainability of farming practices. T...
Impaired balance and mental stress are significant health concerns, particularly among older adults. This study investigated the relationship between the heart rate variability and fall risk during daily activities among individuals over 40 years old...
Packet routing in computer networks provides complex challenges in environments with distrustful routers due to security vulnerabilities or potential malicious behaviors. The literature offers solutions to the problem designed for different types of...
X (formerly known as Twitter), Reddit, and other social media forums have dramatically changed the way society interacts with live events in this day and age. The huge amount of data generated by these platforms presents challenges, especially in ter...
With the vast majority of global trade volume and value reliant on maritime transport, accurate prediction of vessel estimated time of arrival (ETA) is crucial for optimizing supply chain efficiency and managing logistical complexities in port operat...
The paper emphasizes the critical importance of the initial phase in IT project development to avoid implementation errors. It argues that minimizing these errors can be achieved by developing project artifacts at the early stage using a model-driven...
In this work, a comparison of Greek Orthodox religious chants is performed using fuzzy entropy. Using a dataset of chant performances, each recitation is segmented into overlapping time windows, and the fuzzy entropy of each window in the frequency d...
Technological advancements have helped all sectors to evolve. This advancement has widened the cyberspace and attack surface, which has led to a drastic increase in cyberattacks. Cybersecurity solutions have also evolved. The advancement is relativel...
In this paper, we describe the associative and commutative algebra or the (2,2)-model of quaternions with application in color image enhancement. The method of alpha-rooting, which is based on the 2D quaternion discrete Fourier transform (QDFT) is co...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that significantly impairs cognitive functions, leading to memory loss and other behavioral changes. It is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, with millions of peopl...
Timely, region-based geo-maps like choropleths are essential for smart city applications like traffic monitoring and urban planning because they can reveal statistical patterns in geotagged data. However, because data overloading is brought on by the...
Machine learning applied to image-based number recognition has made significant strides in recent years. Recent use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in natural language search and generation of text have improved performance for general images, yet pe...
The need for safe and healthy air quality has become critical as urbanization and industrialization increase, leading to health risks and environmental concerns. Gas leaks, particularly of gases like carbon monoxide, methane, and liquefied petroleum...
The importance of measuring service quality for business performance has been widely recognized in service marketing literature due to its pivotal influence on customer satisfaction and its long-term impact on customer loyalty. The SERVQUAL model, co...
Standing long jump (SLJ) power is recognized as informative of the ability of lower limbs to exert power. The study aims to provide athletes/coaches with a simple and low-cost estimate of selected SLJ power features. A group of 150 trained young part...
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