Information, Volume 16, Issue 8

Robust, reliable, and secure communications are essential for efficient railway operation and keeping employees and passengers safe. The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is a global standard aimed at providing innovative, essential,...

This study analyzes how museums in Brașov County integrated digital technologies into their activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on online communication and audience interaction. This research is based on a mixed-methods approac...

An important recent development in the field of linguistics is the use of small language models to investigate language acquisition. Following this line of research, we investigate the mysterious appearance of ‘negative concord’ (e.g., I ...

Mastering client-side Web programming is essential for the development of responsive and interactive Web applications. To support novice students’ self-study, in this paper, we propose a novel exercise format called the phrase fill-in-blank pro...

This study examines the factors that motivate viewers to financially support streamers on the Twitch digital platform. It proposes a conceptual framework that combines the uses and gratifications theory (UGT) with Michel Foucault’s concept of t...

Visually impaired individuals are at a high risk of accidents due to sudden changes in walking surfaces and surrounding obstacles. Existing smart cane systems lack the capability to detect pathway surface transition points with accurate distance esti...

Purpose: As online social platforms have increasingly become a key arena for enterprises to disseminate information, enhancing the heat of enterprise positive topic on such platforms plays a critical role in improving brand value and achieving high-q...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming organizational functions across sectors; however, its application to human resource management (HRM) within healthcare remains underexplored. This study aims to unpack the black-box nature of AI capability...

In recent years, graph neural networks (GNNs) have shown powerful performance in processing non-Euclidean data. However, similar to other machine-learning algorithms, GNNs can amplify data bias in high-risk decision-making systems, which can easily l...

The need for efficient and real-time traffic sign recognition has become increasingly important as autonomous vehicles and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADASs) continue to evolve. This study introduces TSRACE-AI, a system that accelerates traff...

In recent years, the passenger flow volume of conventional transit in major cities has declined steadily. Ground public transit often suffers from congestion during rush hours caused by frequent stops (e.g., conventional fixed-route buses) or excessi...

The current digital delivery of surface engineering in oil and gas fields faces challenges such as difficulty in integrating multiple heterogeneous data sources, low efficiency in quality reviews, and a lack of unified evaluation standards, which ser...

This study investigates the impact of injuries on National Basketball Association (NBA) player performance over 20 seasons, using large-scale performance data and a statistical evaluation. Injury events were matched with player–game performance...

Sustainable path-planning algorithms are essential for executing complex user-defined missions by mobile robots. Addressing various scenarios with a unified criterion during the design phase is often impractical due to the potential for unforeseen si...

This feature paper explores the comparative pedagogical roles of concrete and virtual manipulatives in preservice mathematics teacher education. Based on a design-based research (DBR) methodology, this study investigates the effects of tangible tools...

With the increasing frequency of digital economic activities on a global scale, internet governance has become a pressing issue. Traditional multilateral approaches to formulating internet governance rules have struggled to address critical challenge...

China’s media governance policies play a crucial role in shaping media ecology and promoting the modernization of national governance capacity. This study employed the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model and co-occurrence network analysis t...

Urban sustainability poses a deeply interdisciplinary challenge, spanning technical fields like data science and environmental science, design-oriented disciplines like architecture and spatial planning, and domains such as economics, policy, and soc...

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) represents a transformative shift in transportation, enabling users to plan, book, and pay for diverse mobility services via a unified digital platform. While previous research has explored factors influencing MaaS adopti...

Quantum computing is a groundbreaking innovation that can resolve complex supply chain problems that traditional computing techniques are unable to manage. Given a focus on information flow, optimization, and potential future applications, this study...

Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in furniture design is challenged by increasing product complexity and component proliferation. This study introduces a novel framework that integrates entropy reduction—achieved through dimensional stand...

This research focuses on analyzing the determinants of financial performance for the companies included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index over the period from 2014 to 2023. To guide managerial decisions aimed at enhancing company performan...

Small satellite technologies have enhanced the potential and feasibility of geodesic missions through the simplification of design and decreased costs allowing for more frequent launches. On-satellite data acquisition systems can benefit from the imp...

This article presents a new approach to the problem of transforming one quantum state into another. It is shown that an $r$-qubit superposition $|\mathit{x}⟩$ can be obtained from another $r$-qubit superposition $|\mathit{y}⟩$, by using only ${(2}^r-1)$ rotatio...

Large language models (LLMs) have transformed the field of natural language processing (NLP), achieving state-of-the-art performance in tasks such as translation, summarization, and reasoning. Despite their impressive capabilities, challenges persist...

Recommender systems on digital platforms profoundly influence user behavior through content dissemination, and their diffusion process is similar to the spreading mechanism of infectious diseases to some extent. In this paper, we use a network-based...

Network trace is a comprehensive record of data packets traversing a computer network, serving as a critical resource for analyzing network behavior. However, in practice, the limited availability of high-quality network traces, coupled with the pres...

This paper presents a real-time speech-to-text (STT) system designed for edge computing environments requiring ultra-low latency and local processing. Differently from cloud-based STT services, the proposed solution runs entirely on a local infrastru...

The pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector is an intricate and rapidly evolving industry encompassing the full lifecycle of drugs, medicines, and clinical devices. Its growth is driven by factors such as the aging population, the rise in chronic dis...

Effective water quality monitoring is very important for detecting pollution and protecting public health. However, traditional methods are slow, relying on costly equipment, central laboratories, and expert staffing, which delays real-time measureme...

Projects play a vital role in achieving organizational success, where artificial intelligence (AI) has a transforming impact in project management (PM). The integration of AI techniques into PM practices has the potential to significantly improve pro...

Mind wandering (MW) is a significant safety risk in driving, yet research on its scope, underlying mechanisms, and mitigation strategies remains fragmented across disciplines. In this review guided by the PRISMA framework, we analyze findings from 64...

This paper proposes a novel defense mechanism inspired by the bioimmune response to effectively eliminate botnets that repeatedly infect IoT networks and describes the development of an Immune-Based Botnet Defense System (iBDS), incorporating this me...

Climate change has made weather more erratic and unpredictable. As a result, a growing need to develop more reliable short-term weather prediction models paved the way for a new era in satellite instrumentation technology, where radar systems for met...

Sentiment analysis is a cornerstone in many contextual data analyses, from opinion mining to public discussion analysis. Gender bias is one of the well-known issues in sentiment analysis models, which can produce different results for the same text d...

This paper presents a novel data-driven approach to structural health monitoring (SHM) that uses Echo State Network (ESN) regression for continuous damage assessment. In contrast to traditional classification methods that demand extensive labeled dat...

In this paper, we propose a sparse distributionally robust optimization (DRO) model incorporating the Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) measure to control tail risks in uncertain environments. The model utilizes sparsity to reduce transaction costs an...

This paper proposes the Open Competency Optimization (OCO) approach, based on adaptive combinatorial operators, to solve the Dynamic Green Traveling Salesman Problem (DG-TSP), which extends the classical TSP by incorporating dynamic travel conditions...

Assessment is fundamental to programming education; however, it is a labour-intensive and complicated process, especially in extensive learning contexts where it relies significantly on human teachers. This paper presents an automated grading methodo...

This study focuses on cultural and urban development policies under China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, exploring the content and semantic structure of discussions on the “East Asian Cultural Capital” project on the Weibo platform. It anal...

Accurately estimating the radiation dose received by an individual is essential for evaluating potential damage caused by exposure to ionizing radiation. Most retrospective dosimetry methods require the time since exposure to be known and rely on cal...

Floods are considered one of the most devastating natural hazards, frequently resulting in substantial loss of lives and widespread damage to infrastructure. In the period of 4–7 September 2023, the region of Thessaly experienced unprecedented...

Existing approaches to social media sentiment analysis typically focus on static classification, offering limited foresight into how public opinion evolves. This study addresses that gap by introducing the Multi-Feature Sentiment-Driven Forecasting (...

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is revolutionizing healthcare by enabling continuous patient monitoring, early diagnosis, and personalized treatments. However, the het-erogeneity of IoMT devices and the lack of standardized protocols introduce...

In recent years, the advancement of various applications, data mining, technologies, and socio-technical systems has led to the development of interactive platforms that enhance user experiences through personalization. In the sports domain, users ca...

As organizations continue to embrace digital transformation, the need for robust cybersecurity strategies has never been more critical. This paper explores the Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) as a contemporary cybersecurity framework that addresses the...

In the context of typhlo music therapy, personalized interventions can significantly enhance the therapeutic experience for visually impaired children. Leveraging a data-driven approach, we incorporate action-rule discovery to provide insights into t...

Ocean Acoustic Tomography (OAT) is an important marine remote sensing technique used for inverting large-scale ocean environmental parameters, but traditional methods face challenges in computational complexity and environmental interference. This pa...

Advances in neuroscience have improved the understanding of cognitive, emotional, and social processes involved in learning. Simultaneously, technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and gamification are transforming educationa...

Streaming data is becoming more and more common in the field of big data and incremental frameworks can address its complexity. The BDFCOM algorithm achieves good results on common form datasets by introducing the ordering mechanism of beta distribut...