Crowdsourcing has the advantages of being cost-effective and saving time, which is a typical embodiment of collective wisdom and community workers’ collaborative development. However, this development paradigm of software crowdsourcing has not...
Four-edge type low-density parity-check (FET-LDPC) codes, as an important subclass of multi-edge type LDPC codes, offer greater design flexibility and performance potential due to their heterogeneous edge type structure. However, their multi-dimensio...
This research examines the emerging ecosystem of models that are developed and run across a distributed network of computers called decentralized artificial intelligence. The focus is to understand these models in the healthcare context and with a fo...
The rapid development of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) has highlighted the critical importance of optimizing energy management strategies to improve vehicle performance, energy efficiency, durability, and reduce hydrogen consumption and operati...
Microgrids facilitate the complementary and collaborative operation of various distributed energy resources. Implementing effective day-ahead scheduling strategies can significantly enhance the economic efficiency and operational stability of microgr...
27 August 2026
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated longstanding social and health inequities in predominantly Black and Latino communities in North and Central Brooklyn, in the form of disproportionately high hospitalization and mortality rates. Community...
Active distribution networks require precise real-time monitoring and control despite measurement outliers and rapid load dynamics. Conventional robust estimators frequently fail to distinguish between transient measurement corruption and genuine phy...
In this paper, a real-time dynamic programming (RTDP) approach was developed for the first time to jointly carry a slung load using two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a trajectory optimized for time and energy consumption. The novel strategy ap...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained increasing attention in boosting the performance of conventional networks due to their small size, high efficiency, low cost, and autonomously nature. The amalgamation of UAVs with both distributed/collabor...
30 March 2026
Background: Research concerning potential resolutions to immigrants’ health care access in Canada is limited, and the viewpoint of immigrant communities regarding priorities and feasible solutions remains inadequately captured. The objective of...
This descriptive study intends to identify the satisfaction perception among the teachers of the Universidad del Valle de México (UVM) concerning the use of the Microsoft Teams platform in the transition from traditional model (face-to-face) to 100%...
Background: Total-body irradiation (TBI) is used to condition patients before bone marrow transplant. A variety of tbi treatment strategies have been described and implemented, but no consensus on best practice has been reached. We report on the resu...
Public interest in where food comes from and how it is produced, processed, and distributed has increased over the last few decades, with even greater focus emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mounting evidence and experience point to disturbing w...
Supply chain uncertainty is high due to low information transparency in the upstream and downstream, long lead time for supply chain planning, short product life cycles, lengthy production cycle time, and continuous technology migration. The construc...
Large-scale low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation projects are increasingly adopting inter-satellite links (ISLs) to enable their autonomous and collaborative operation. Due to the large number of satellite constellation network nodes and the...
The rapid development of wireless communication technology has led to an increasing number of internet of thing (IoT) devices, and the demand for spectrum for these devices and their related applications is also increasing. However, spectrum scarcity...
This study examines the perception and adoption of IoT technologies for crop monitoring among farmers in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. The research investigates the relationship between farmers’ awareness of IoT technologies, their perception of benefit...
Cloud computing is changing the ways software is developed and managed in enterprises, which is changing the way of doing business in that dynamically scalable and virtualized resources are regarded as services over the Internet. Traditional manufac...
E-extension as a modern mode of communication can be used to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of extension services for agricultural sustainability. E-extension is the delivery of extension services using the Internet and the latest informati...
Innovative Industrial Clusters (IIC), characterized by geographical aggregation and technological collaboration among technology enterprises and institutions, serve as pivotal drivers of regional economic competitiveness and technological advancement...
Purpose: This study examines (1) the change in partnership between local health departments (LHDs) and schools of public health or public health programs (SPHs/PHPs) from 2016 to 2019, and (2) the LHD characteristics associated with this partnership....
8 January 2026
The aim of this study was to map global research on community-based strategies to reduce risky alcohol consumption and promote health, aiming to clarify growth, leading contributors, thematic structure, and integration with public-health frameworks....
This paper explores the economic, environmental, and security issues created by the launch of satellite megaconstellations, which are networks of LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellites planned to provide worldwide communications, data services, and researc...
The global energy transition, characterized by the proliferation of intermittent renewables and the evolution of electricity markets, has positioned virtual power plants (VPPs) as crucial aggregators of distributed energy resources. However, their pa...
The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are becoming a worldwide recognized eco-friendly choice which produces no tailpipe emissions while providing better energy efficiency than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles. The review de...
This study assesses the population status, phenological characteristics, and threats to Pancratium maritimum L. in the Göksu Delta, Belek, and Patara Special Environmental Protection Areas (SEPA). Population density was estimated using the perce...
Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the updated (March 2025) version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised, with Follow-Up (M-CHAT-R/F) in Greek by examining its reliabilit...
The geosciences remain among the least racially diverse STEM fields, with limited progress over the past four decades. This article presents a case study of the San Joaquin Valley Geoscience Learning Ecosystem, a regional initiative designed to trans...
Plastoquinone analogs are privileged structures among the known antiproliferative natural product-based compound families. Exploiting one of these analogs as a lead structure, we report the investigation of the brominated PQ analogs (BrPQ) in collabo...
In the context of increasing water scarcity, the new paradigm in efficient water management relies on the digitalisation of water infrastructure to optimise resource use. One of the key factors in addressing the new challenges facing urban water cycl...
We describe NASA’s Applied Sciences Disasters Program, which is a collaborative project between the Direct Readout Laboratory (DRL), ozone processing team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA), and Finnish Meteor...
Rising childhood obesity with its detrimental health consequences poses a challenge to the health care system. Community-based, multi-setting interventions with the participatory involvement of relevant stakeholders are emerging as promising. To gain...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiologic agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Besides virus intrinsic characteristics, the host genetic makeup is predicted to account for the extreme clinical...
Cell-free massive multiple input multiple outputs (CF-mMIMO) is considered a promising technology for sixth-generation (6G) telecommunication systems. In the CF-mMIMO system, an extensive array of distributed small base stations (BSs) is deployed acr...
This technical note presents the first Sentinel-2 data service platform for obtaining atmospherically-corrected images and generating the corresponding value-added products for any land surface on Earth. Using the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sen2Co...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the introduction of a water safety plan (WSP) approach on drinking water, in all types of settings. This study represents the first WSP developed on the Neptune Fountain, in Bologna (Italy), based on an...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms generate massive multi-modal sensor data streams from onboard payloads such as RGB cameras, LiDAR, and thermal sensors. Large language models (LLMs) can interpret these data for natural language-based swarm coordi...
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a global issue, with increasing incidence and prevalence as the world’s population ages and life expectancy increases. Projections indicate that by 2050, over 150 million individuals worldwide will be personall...
19 January 2026
Purpose: Research drives clinical advancement in oral and craniomaxillofacial surgery by generating evidence that guides practice and innovation. However, limited literature exists describing research engagement among surgeons within AO CMF in the Mi...
Classical game theory provides powerful tools for modeling strategic interaction, but often overlooks the social, cultural, and institutional dimensions of human behavior. To address this gap, Tom Burns and collaborators developed generalized game th...
Background/Objectives: The global health threat posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a cause for serious concern. Poultry farming in Asia, particularly with indiscriminate use, has been identified as a major contributor to AMR, resulting in the...
The precipitation pattern in South Africa is unpredictable and irregularly distributed across the nine provinces. Water resources support agriculture, mining activities, and other social and economic activities in the country. Nevertheless, South Afr...
The growth of e-commerce, on-demand retailing, and cold-chain distribution has intensified the need for efficient and sustainable last-mile delivery. This study formulates a single-truck, multi-drone collaborative routing problem with soft time windo...
Driven by “dual-carbon” targets, the large-scale integration of high-penetration distributed generation (DG) exacerbates peak-shaving pressures and supply–demand mismatches in regional power grids. Conventional planning methods ofte...
This study analyzes the impact of the Indonesian government’s decentralization policy and movement on the state forest community involvement program on the island of Java from 2000 to 2014. For more than 30 years, approximately 76 percent of th...
This paper aims to elucidate the state-of-the-art, prevailing priorities, and the focus of the industry, and identify both limitations and potential gaps regarding industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots). Additionally, it outlines the adv...
The topology identification (TI) of low-voltage distribution networks (LVDNs) is the foundation for their intelligent operation and lean management. However, the existing identification methods may produce inconsistent results under measurement noise...
Background: Health inequalities between citizens of different European countries and between socially advantaged and disadvantaged groups are seen as challenges to the EU’s commitment to solidarity, social and economic cohesion, human rights, a...
The increasing urgency of global sustainability challenges has elevated the role of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as benchmarks for both academic research and policy development. Within the European Union, measuring how nati...
Background: The national rollout of a vaccine is a complex and significant undertaking, made more challenging when the health system is experiencing shock, such as in a pandemic. Tanzania had relative success in its COVID-19 vaccination rollout compa...
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