While comparison has been the subject of much theoretical debate in the study of religion, it has rarely been discussed in methodological terms. A large number of comparative studies have been produced in the course of the discipline’s history, but t...
Most port cities have a long history of investment in the waterfront, adapting these spaces to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants and increase the tourist interest of the city, in a 50-year process of waterfront regeneration that started...
The growing use of bibliometric methods in literature reviews has intensified concerns about methodological transparency and consistency. This study compares English-language reviews authored by China-affiliated and non-China-affiliated researchers b...
This article distills theoretical arguments that I advance in Foreigners and Their Food, arguments relevant to a wide range of religious studies scholars. In addition, it makes the case for comparison as a method that sheds light not only on specific...
The digital world is spreading to all sectors of the economy, and Industry 4.0, with the digital twin, is a reality in the building sector. Energy reduction and decarbonization in buildings are urgently required. Models are the base for prediction an...
This paper firstly describes how my teaching context and student body shapes the methodological and motivational resources that I use in the first three weeks of a section in comparative hagiographical studies. This practical example demonstrates the...
Biogas production through anaerobic digestion may play an important role in a circular economy because of the opportunity to produce a renewable fuel from organic waste. However, the production of biogas may require energy in the form of heat and ele...
Autonomous navigation is an important task for unmanned vehicles operating both on the surface and underwater. A sophisticated solution for autonomous non-global navigational satellite system navigation is comparative (terrain reference) navigation....
This study examines the cross-case applicability and comparability of an information environment vulnerability assessment methodology in two functionally different university workplaces: a university library and a university institute. The study uses...
Most developed countries welcome the redevelopment of brownfield sites and consider it an effective tool for urban policy. However, its adoption can be challenging initially, particularly in developing countries where these challenges are significant...
Process mining is a research discipline that applies data analysis and computational intelligence techniques to extract knowledge from event logs of information systems. It aims to provide new means to discover, monitor, and improve processes. Proces...
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea in 1992, research on Korean Buddhism in mainland China has undergone more than three decades of accumulation and has developed a relatively comprehensive research framework...
The construction sector, by direct or indirect actions, consumes more than 40% of the global energy produced and is responsible for 30% of CO2 emissions. It is a need of the construction industry to transform its practices and processes by proposing...
The construction industry is a key driver of environmental change due to its extensive use of resources and high emissions, thus significantly burdening global efforts towards sustainable development targets. A large portion of the environmental foot...
This study presents a comparative analysis of the accuracy of different methodologies for the design and performance evaluation of thermoelectric generators (TEGs), using analytical, computational numerical, and experimental approaches. TEGs are prom...
Publicly accessible, elaborated grid datasets, i.e., benchmark grids, are well suited to publish and compare methods or study results. Similarly, developing innovative tools and algorithms in the fields of grid planning and grid operation is based on...
At present, sea ice remains a critical factor affecting the safety of vessel operations along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). However, inconsistencies between the navigability outcomes derived from the criteria for the admission of ships in the area of...
Efficient cannabis biomass extraction can increase yield while reducing costs and minimizing waste. Cold ethanol extraction was evaluated to maximize yield and concentrations of cannabinoids and terpenes at different temperatures. Central composite r...
The teaching of climate change in geography is frequently reduced to a curricular content, whereas it is a systemic, multi-scalar and axiologically contested phenomenon whose understanding calls for expert geographical reasoning. This article is a co...
Hemp nut is commonly incorporated into several food preparations; however, most countries set regulations for hemp products according to their cannabinoid content. In this study, we have developed an efficient microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) meth...
Autism spectrum disorders are a group of mental illnesses highly correlated with gastrointestinal dysfunction. Recent studies have shown that there may be one or more microbial “fingerprints” in terms of the composition characterizing individuals wit...
With cities considered the main source of carbon emissions, urban planning could mitigate and help adapt to climate change, given the allocation and regulation of public policies of urban spatial resources. China’s regulatory planning remains the bas...
In this paper, we have proposed a methodology for energy consumption prediction in residential buildings. The proposed method consists of four different layers, namely data acquisition, preprocessing, prediction, and performance evaluation. For exper...
As the importance of energy efficiency and smart readiness in the building sector has been on the rise, the financial evaluation of smart-ready technologies (SRTs) remains a gap in this field. This study introduces a methodology that comparatively ev...
The rapid increase in demand for renewable energy has led to a need for more efficient and effective ways to produce biogas from palm oil mill effluent (POME), which is rich in biological and chemical oxygen demand (BOD and COD). Despite its potentia...
Precipitation within specific return periods plays a crucial role in the design of hydraulic infrastructure for water management. Traditional analytical approaches involve collecting annual maximum precipitation data from a station followed by the ap...
The Italian residential building stock consists of 12.2 million buildings, with 7.2 constructed post-World War II during the economic boom. These structures were designed without specific regulations for seismic safety, fire resistance, and energy ef...
Household food waste (HFW) is the main component of municipal solid waste (MSW). Appropriate HFW management strategies could reduce the environmental burdens and economic costs to society. Life-cycle thinking is an effective decision-making tool for...
This work investigates the efficacy of high-pressure torsion (HPT), as a severe plastic deformation mechanism for processing plain and silicon-carbide-reinforced AA6061, with the broader objective of using the technique for improving the properties o...
This study used the sweeping air approach to conduct a comparative analysis of pervaporation (PV) and membrane distillation (MD) in the context of desalinating saline/hypersaline water. An experimental setup of the sweeping air arrangement was design...
The integration of computational intelligence techniques into pharmaceutical wastewater treatment offers promising opportunities to improve process efficiency and minimize operational costs. This study compares the predictive capabilities of Response...
A heterogeneous polybenzimidazole-supported Mo(VI) catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidising reagent have been utilised to establish a more environmentally friendly and greener alkene epoxidation process. A polybenzimidazole-suppor...
This paper investigates the application of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) principles to the retrofitting of historic Gulf urban cores through a comparative analysis of Souq Waqif (Doha) and Qasr Al Hokm (Riyadh). The research employs field observ...
Recently, wireless power transfer (WPT) systems have been used as battery chargers for electric vehicles. In a WPT system, the design approach and control strategy have a significant impact on the performance of the wireless power transfer systems in...
Street art, and its preservation, has become one of the most discussed and still open topics in the field of conservation. The absence of a sharable conservation protocol in terms of cleaning and protection is a delicate subject to deal with. The cle...
The present investigation addresses the topic of Urban Air Mobility with particular reference to the air-taxi service with electrified power systems. A new and detailed methodology is proposed for the simplified design and energy analysis of conventi...
In this study, extraction conditions were optimized to maximize the biological activities of extracts obtained from Paralepista flaccida, an edible mushroom species. Extraction processes were carried out using an ultrasonically assisted system, and t...
Vitamin D is the only vitamin that is conditionally essential, as it is synthesized from precursors after UV light exposure, whilst also being obtained from the diet. It has numerous health benefits, with deficiency becoming a major concern globally,...
The current growing interest in lighter-than-air platforms (LTA) has been fueled by the significant development of some enabling technologies, in particular electric motors and on-board electronics. The localization of multiple thrust forces in the l...
Machine learning and response surface methods for predicting the compressive strength of high-strength concrete have not been adequately compared. Therefore, this research aimed to predict the compressive strength of high-strength concrete (HSC) usin...
The literature on chemical weaponry of organisms is vast and provides a rich understanding of the composition and mechanisms of the toxins and other components involved. However, an ecological or evolutionary perspective has often been lacking and is...
Assuming the positive impact of Information and Communication Technologies on learning of students with Intellectual and Developmental Difficulties and considering the articulation of the public system and the particular and cooperative system of sch...
Environmental governance is commonly performed through recycling, but its effects are often difficult to predict. Studies have covered the environmental impacts and organizational structures of recycling and other circular economy governance, but onl...
In 2022, a coalition of 52 scholarly publishers representing more than 15,000 journals endorsed a standardised questionnaire on ethnic origins, ancestry, and race. This Opinion tests whether that questionnaire’s ancestry item follows the geogra...
The dose–response adaptation of the genomic allergen rapid detection for skin sensitizers (GARDskin DR) assay is a non-animal method for predicting sensitization potency. This proof-of-concept comparative analysis evaluates outputs from a compo...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is driven by a complex spectrum of somatic mutations and structural variants that contribute to tumor heterogeneity and therapy resistance. In this study, we performed a comparative analysis of short-read Illumina and long-rea...
The aim of this study was to identify the feather section, among the whole feather, rachis, and vane, with the highest reliability for corticosterone measurement in 10 Pekin ducks aged 42 days. In total, 60 samples (i.e., 20 per section) were collect...
The textile industry is one of the largest consumers of synthetic dyes and a principal contributor to industrial water pollution. This study examines the natural dyeing of silk fabric using aqueous extracts from the bark and leaves of Dalbergia sisso...
Xylitol is a five-carbon sugar alcohol of industrial interest due to its applications as a food sweetener and sugar substitute. In this study, artificial neural networks combined with a genetic algorithm were evaluated as a data-driven approach for m...
The accurate determination of the rheological properties of road bitumen types is essential for the reliable prediction of long-term pavement behaviour. At 60 °C, dynamic viscosity is a key rheological parameter characterising the shear-dependent...
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