Emerging Industry – Promoting Human Performance and Health

Dear Colleagues,

The high velocity of evolution in innovative technologies and business models is overwhelmingly challenging. This is partly due to the emerging of new technologies such as IoT, I4.0, deep learning, self-media, renewable energy, fintech¸ and partly due to international trade protection, which constrains the development of the global supply chain and regional tax-free agreement. The advent of the pandemic posed a tremendous setback on the economy but also gives birth to new opportunities of emerging industry and health promotion products, ranging from E-business, delivery platform, work-from-home appliances, facial mask design, disinfectant, food security, agricultural technology, and aromatherapy products. This sort of emerging industry will definitely play a major role in the future. Moreover, successful entrepreneurs in this era mandatorily require high-quality human mind and performance enhancement, which may be obtained from such training as aromatherapy, yoga, breathing, and meditation. Practical experiences have many proven benefits to human performance and health. This Special Issue aims to collect quality scientific contributions on the emerging industry of human performance and health promotion. To augment the readership of this Special Issue, we are working in collaboration with the Information Technology and Applications Conference 2022 – ITAC 2022 to be held in China University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan on March 16, 2022. The best papers selected from this conference will be invited to submit an extended version for possible publication in this Special Issue. We also welcome contributions (research and review articles) covering a broad range of topics on emerging industry and human performance and health promotion, including (though not limited to) the following:

Applied industrial technology

Innovation and technology management

Renewable energy

Fintech

Artificial intelligence

Internet of things

Industry 4.0

Knowledge management

Facial masks, disinfectants, and health-promotion products

Sustainable development

Local featured agriculture

Agricultural technology

Food security

Aroma science and aromatherapy

Breathing and meditation for enhancing human performance and health

Medical education

Dr. Peng-Yeng Yin
Guest Editor

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