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Mindful pedagogy integrates a mindful approach in the classroom to support learning, creativity, and wellbeing using formal meditative practice or informal subject-related mindful practice or both. Since 2019, Mindful Kitchen Health and Wellbeing for Chefs, a globally unique module, has been delivered within year 1 of an undergraduate culinary arts programme. It uses a mindful pedagogical approach in a teaching kitchen setting promoting student self-care, mindfulness with food and positive kitchen culture. This qualitative single-case study explores its impact on the wellbeing of chefs in a real-world context and the process that creates that impact. The case study database includes interviews with graduates (n = 11), students (n = 7), module artefacts, co-creation workshops, and researcher reflection on class observations. Four themes emerged: stepping into wellbeing using the breath builds self-awareness, a mindful classroom builds creative confidence, calm minds empower the self for the workplace and informal mindful pedagogy creates “spacious applied learning” in Higher Education (HE). These unique insights can inform wellbeing-focused pedagogical practice in HE settings. Students’ experiences are easily transferable into other disciplines; however, further research should investigate nuances in transferability. Recommendations on integrating this approach into educators’ practice to strengthen wellbeing-focused teaching are presented. Full article

Aligning information technology (IT) workforce demands with educational assessments is essential for bridging skills gaps; yet, no prior corpus maps IT task reasoning to Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) proficiency levels. This paper introduces a large language model (LLM)-powered framework aligning IT competencies with PISA 2022 and the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Learning Compass 2030, drawing on O*NET v30.2 (Occupational Information Network), ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications, and Occupations) v1.2.1, PISA descriptors and OECD definitions. The framework operates in two stages: Stage 1 aligns 562 IT task statements with minimum PISA 2022 proficiency levels via LLM annotation and cross-model validation; and Stage 2 extends this mapping to the OECD Learning Compass 2030 through the semantic clustering of task embeddings and a bidirectional gap analysis of 95 ESCO transversal skills. Using Gemini 2.5 Flash, 562 tasks are annotated with minimum PISA levels across Mathematical, Reading, and Science literacy (first stage). Annotation reliability is assessed through a five-model cross-validation against a blind human domain expert (treated as a reference benchmark, not a gold standard) on a stratified 100-task sample (17.8% of the corpus), with agreement ranging from fair (Gemini 2.5 Flash, κ = 0.29) to moderate (Claude Haiku 4.5, κ = 0.50; LLaMA 3.3 70B, κ = 0.44). A bias-correction sensitivity analysis confirms that distributional findings remain stable after accounting for the primary annotator’s systematic overestimation, and OLS-calibrated alignment against O*NET ability ratings provides directional plausibility support. Validated tasks are embedded and clustered into 25 technical profiles via K-Means, each classified against OECD dimensions. The framework is extended to 95 ESCO transversal skills in 24 clusters. Bidirectional analysis reveals that, while every PISA proficiency level is engaged by at least one transversal cluster, 33% of these clusters, covering creative, ethical, social–emotional, and dispositional competencies, fall entirely outside PISA’s cognitive scope. This boundary mapping identifies where the PISA-based alignment is valid and where complementary tools are required for a full readiness assessment. Full article

Industry 5.0, deploying artificial intelligence (AI) at its core, reframes industrial evolution from a predominantly technology- and efficiency-driven innovation model toward a virtuously human-centric, sustainable, and resilient model of value creation by organizations. This review paper, based on an interdisciplinary literature review, explores how AI, within the Industry 5.0 paradigm, reshapes economic logics, the understanding of information asymmetry, and sustainability trajectories, and the implications for entrepreneurial strategy and business model innovation, which demand the development of a new form of organizational intelligence. While the literature suggests that AI, when deployed within a mature Industry 5.0 framework, could generate synergistic economic and sustainability values through circular, human-centered, and digitally augmented systems, human–AI co-intelligence gains are contingent on insights that address systems quality, reskilling, ethics, and reorienting resources from overly short-term profit maximization toward wisdom for long-term socio-ecological, climate resilience, and ESG performance. This study introduces a framework for tackling organizational sustainability dynamics, anticipating the emergence of new industries and the retransformation of enduring ones amid creative destruction in the AI era. Future studies to fill knowledge gaps and implications for human competencies that will enhance organizational intelligence are articulated. Full article

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) is a complex manufacturing process that depends on precise control of printing parameters and melt pool geometry, which directly influence defect formation and final part quality. This study evaluated the reliability of a simplified thermal conduction-based melt pool model by combining post-process metallographic analysis with in situ dual-wavelength infrared thermal imaging. Experimental data were obtained through single-track printing on 316L, IN625, and CoCr alloys across a wide range of parameters. The simulated melt pool length showed strong agreement with thermal camera measurements (R²_adj > 0.78), while the width showed moderate but consistent correlation (R²_adj > 0.52). For melt pool depth, the model systematically deviated due to its inability to capture keyhole melting, although a strong linear correlation was still observed (R²_adj > 0.86). Cross-validation between metallographic measurements and thermal imaging revealed only a 6–9% discrepancy, confirming the reliability of both methods and the potential of dual-wavelength cameras for industrial process monitoring. Overall, the model proves to be a reliable tool for predicting melt pool surface geometry specifically within the conduction melting regime, while its predictive capability degrades significantly in the keyhole regime, where simulated peak temperatures reach up to 7000 °C and melt pool depth errors escalate due to the disregard of recoil pressure, liquid and vapor dynamics. Full article

Environmental education projects can often be short-term or in extra-curricular spaces, rather than holistically nestled into a way of teaching and learning. Research has highlighted the importance of considering the emotional and active aspects of learning, arguing that we must address education for sustainability through the hands (doing) and the heart (feeling) as well as the head (thinking). Here we ask how this consciousness can be embedded into a school ethos. This paper reports on a co-created ethnographic case study, drawing primarily on observation data, aiming to understand how connectivity with nature is cultivated within a Steiner Waldorf school in the UK. We found that Steiner Waldorf Education cultivates connectivity with nature through play and creativity, the use of songs and verses, prevalence of natural materials, a reverence for Mother Earth and a focus on the rhythm of the seasons through festivals. Through this holistic practice, a strong connectivity with nature is fostered. Based on the evidence that connectivity with nature increases pro-environmental behaviours, we seek to contribute to the environmental education literature the potential of a holistic approach to education that foregrounds the hands and heart in the elementary stages of education rather than addressing environmental challenges head on. We argue that this approach can inspire change through strengthening our relationship to the natural world, thus empowering young people to shape a more sustainable future. Full article

Digital transformation in education enables the integration of interactive tools that foster engagement, creativity, and sustainability awareness among young learners. GameOn! is a serious game using Minecraft Education Edition (MEE) to promote sustainability, inclusivity, and peace among primary school students aged 6–11. Grounded in Constructionism, Experiential Learning Theory, and Citizen Science (CS), it is designed to support connections between classroom experiences and real-world environmental actions. The project followed a co-design methodology involving international partners and educators to develop the GameOn! MEE world and a complementary teacher toolkit. The game was later tested in three Italian primary schools, involving 100 students through both guided and free play sessions. Findings show that 95% of students enjoyed the game, 89% learned new concepts, and teachers observed great focus and engagement during structured play. These results align with our observations: most children quickly engaged with the game, adapted to its mechanics, and demonstrated understanding of key tasks. Some usability challenges emerged, emphasizing the importance of facilitation. Overall, the findings suggest that GameOn!, consistent with the pedagogical potential of other serious games, could enhance sustainability literacy, active citizenship, and environmental awareness in early education. Future work will expand its implementation and further strengthen the integration of CS-based activities. Future work will expand implementation and strengthen the integration of CS-based activities. Full article

Traditional European craft practices face dual pressures: the erosion of tacit knowledge held by aging practitioners, and the risk of cultural homogenization through uninformed digital adoption. This paper presents a comparative analysis of a structured design pilot conducted across five Representative Craft Instances (RCIs): glassblowing, tapestry, marble/silversmithing, porcelain, and woodcarving within the Horizon Europe CRAEFT project. Drawing on co-creative workshops, motion capture pipelines, physically based rendering (PBR), interactive simulation, and additive manufacturing, we analyze how context-specific digital tools performed as mediators rather than modernizers across heterogeneous craft domains. Cross-domain analysis reveals that digital tools achieve cultural legitimacy only when introduced through co-creative, practitioner-led cycles; that gesture and tacit knowledge are transferable via structured computational pipelines; and that methodological portability, not workflow replication, is the appropriate model for cross-context scaling. Implications are discussed for sustainable heritage policy, design education, and the development of craft-sensitive digital infrastructure in Europe. A cross-RCI comparative assessment matrix evaluates all five domains across seven analytical dimensions: practitioner adoption, perceived usefulness, cultural legitimacy, technical maturity, sustainability impact, transferability potential, and educational effectiveness. Finally, practitioner reflective accounts from participating designers and craftspeople are presented to ground the analytical findings empirically. Full article

Bottom-up approaches to climate resilience are increasingly promoted, yet there remains a gap in understanding how science-society connections can be operationalized in everyday contexts to support adaptive land-use practices, particularly in small towns and peripheral regions. This paper addresses this gap by examining how Living Labs (LLs) can function as process-oriented interfaces between scientific knowledge, local experience, and participatory negotiation, rather than as instruments for producing novel biophysical and social-learning insights. Drawing on selected case studies from the Biodiversity Hub and the Department for Building and Environment at the University for Continuing Education Krems (Austria), the study applies a qualitative, transdisciplinary Living Lab approach combining regular shared site walks, emotional communication, and cross-sectoral ecosystem services assessment matrices (aligned with established classifications and quantitative data collection). Resilience is grounded in the literature as a social–ecological capacity for adaptation and transformation and is operationalized pragmatically as the strengthening of connectedness between people, place, and ecological processes. The key findings show that short, place-based, and experiential interactions—such as shared walks and co-creative ecosystem service assessments—can lower participation barriers, mitigate power asymmetries, and enable rapid integration of scientific perspectives into everyday land-use decision-making. Rather than producing directly replicable outcomes, Living Labs generate transferable process principles, including emotional correspondence, structured negotiation, and the use of simple boundary tools to support collective learning and action. The paper contributes to resilience and land-system research by demonstrating how Living Labs can enhance local adaptive capacity and climate resilience through process design, immediate feedback, and continuous experimentation. It thereby complements conventional, indicator-driven assessments by illustrating how resilience can be enacted through participatory, place-based governance practices, offering practical guidance for municipalities and regions facing climate-related risks such as heat stress, drought, soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and increasing pressures on the secure provision of food, materials, and drinking water. Full article

Three WC-10Co-4Cr coatings with different WC grain sizes were prepared by high-velocity air-fuel (HVAF) spraying. The corrosion behaviors were systematically evaluated in 0.2 mol/L H₂SO₄ and 0.4 mol/L HNO₃ solutions through immersion tests and electrochemical measurements. The results reveal that WC grain size governs coating microstructural integrity, mechanical properties, and corrosion resistance. Among the three coatings, the medium-grained (MG) coating exhibits an optimized balance between compact microstructure, high microhardness, superior fracture toughness, and the best corrosion resistance in both acidic environments. The coarse-grained (CG) coating exhibits the worst corrosion resistance owing to its wide grain boundaries and high porosity, while the fine-grained (FG) coating is similarly compromised by slightly higher porosity and residual stress-induced microcrack networks that facilitate electrolyte penetration. The corrosion proceeds via preferential dissolution of Co in the CoCr binder phase driven by micro-galvanic coupling with WC, followed by WC particle detachment and pit formation. In a 0.4 mol/L HNO₃ solution, the strong oxidizing nature accelerates both binder dissolution and direct WC oxidation. Full article

Chang Moi Subdistrict is in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. It is a subdistrict characterized by cultural heritage and everyday community life. The study pursued three objectives: (1) to explore the tourism context of Chang Moi together with tourist attitudes and behaviors; (2) to develop creative tourism routes and evaluate their carbon implications; and (3) to propose appropriate routes and activities for low-carbon creative tourism development. A mixed-method design was employed, comprising qualitative interviews with key stakeholders, a quantitative tourist survey (n = 408), route development, an LCA-informed greenhouse gas assessment, route testing, and synthesis of findings. Three representative route programs were developed: a one-day walking route for international tourists, a one-day private-car route for Thai tourists, and a two-day mixed route. The carbon-footprint results showed that the one-day routes generated substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions (Program 1 = 10.58 kg CO₂ eq; Program 2 = 10.82 kg CO₂ eq) than the two-day overnight route (Program 3 = 31.52 kg CO₂ eq). Waste management was the largest contributor in the one-day routes, whereas Program 3 showed a more distributed emission profile across waste management, creative activities, food and beverage services, and accommodation. Among the assessed activities, flower arranging generated the highest carbon footprint. Overall, the findings indicate that low-carbon creative tourism development in Chang Moi should emphasize compact and walkable route structures, lower-impact creative activities, sustainability-oriented interpretation, and community-based implementation. The study provides an evidence-based basis for tourism planning in Chang Moi and offers implications for other compact creative districts pursuing low-carbon tourism transition. Full article

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a central driver of transformation in innovation management, reshaping how organizations design strategies, develop offerings, and generate knowledge. This study examines how innovation management has evolved from the pre-ChatGPT era—characterized by analytics, automation, and decision support—to the post-ChatGPT period, marked by the widespread adoption of generative AI (GenAI) and human–AI collaboration. Using a structured literature review of Scopus-indexed studies published between 2020 and 2025, the paper identifies the following six dominant thematic dimensions of AI-enabled innovation management: strategic and business model innovation, product and service innovation, sustainability-oriented innovation, organizational agility and capabilities, human-centric innovation, and knowledge, learning, and research. The findings reveal a conceptual shift from efficiency-driven applications toward more creative, strategic, and collaborative uses of AI, with generative models acting as co-creators rather than mere analytical tools. The study contributes by synthesizing the fragmented literature into an integrative framework that captures this transition and by highlighting emerging research gaps, particularly in sustainability and human-centered innovation. Practical implications for managers and policymakers are discussed. Full article

Implant-supported overdentures improve denture retention and patient satisfaction, but debonding of attachment housings from the denture base remains a frequent prosthetic complication. This in vitro study evaluated the influence of attachment-housing and denture-base materials on debonding occurrence and maximum tensile force in resin-cemented attachment housing denture-base complexes subjected to cyclic mechanical loading. Thirty standardized specimens were digitally designed and fabricated from three denture-base materials—polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) (n = 12), polyetheretherketone (PEEK) (n = 12), and cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) (n = 6)—and combined with either titanium or PEEK attachment housings, which were bonded with a dual-polymerized resin cement. The specimens were subjected to 1100 cycles of alternating tensile and compressive loading, and debonding occurrence and maximum tensile force were recorded. Debonding occurred in 60% of the specimens and differed significantly among denture base materials. No debond-ing was observed in the Co-Cr specimens, whereas debonding occurred in 75% of the PMMA and PEEK specimens. The Co-Cr specimens also demonstrated significantly higher maximum tensile force values than the PMMA and PEEK groups, while regarding the attachment-housing material, no significant main effect was detected. Within the limitations of this in vitro study, the denture-base material, fabrication, and surface treatment combinations significantly influenced debonding and tensile force during cyclic loading, whereas the attachment-housing material did not demonstrate a significant main effect. Full article

The purpose of this study was to use the finite element analysis method to determine the influence of framework material on stresses in different parts of a model of an All-on-4 prosthesis supported by bendable monoblock implants. A three-dimensional solid model of an edentulous mandible was reconstructed from computed tomography data and segmented using 3DSlicer. Four bendable monoblock implants were positioned in accordance with the All-on-4 configuration. Screw-retained prostheses were modeled with the framework considered fabricated using one of five materials. These were cobalt–chromium (Co-Cr) alloy, titanium (Ti) alloy, polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyetherketoneketone (PEKK), and a glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite (FRC) material. Four types of clinically relevant loads (300 N) were applied statically, namely, unilateral oblique, unilateral vertical, bilateral oblique, and bilateral vertical. Maximum and minimum principal stresses were determined in the cortical bone, and maximum von Mises stress was determined in each of the other parts of the model. Across most loading conditions, PEEK and PEKK showed higher stress values in the cortical bone and in the implants. In the screws, PEEK and PEKK also showed higher stress values, except in the anterior implant screws under bilateral loading conditions. In the framework, the highest stresses were obtained when a metal was the material of fabrication. Across all loading conditions, with FRC, the stress transfer was balanced. Thus, the prevent results suggest that FRC may be a suitable alternative to metallic materials for fabricating the framework of an All-on-4 prosthesis supported by bendable monoblock implants. Full article

Sustainable regional development requires understanding how entrepreneurship and unemployment co-evolve. This study investigates this relationship across Türkiye’s 26 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 2 regions over the 2007–2024 period, testing the Schumpeter (pull) and Refugee (push) effects with controls for regional economic and financial determinants. Using the Dynamic Common Correlated Effects estimator, which accounts for cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity across regions, the analysis provides evidence supporting both effects, while revealing that neither effect emerges instantaneously. The Schumpeter effect operates with an approximately one-year lag, reflecting the time new ventures require to complete organizational formation and generate net labor demand, with a creative destruction dynamic appearing from the second year onward. The Refugee effect materializes within one to two years, as unemployed individuals exhaust formal job search alternatives before turning to necessity entrepreneurship. Critically, the findings identify banking sector intermediation efficiency, rather than aggregate credit volume, as a more consistent financial channel for sustainable labor market outcomes, and document a pattern consistent with jobless growth, in which regional output expansion has not systematically translated into unemployment reduction. These results call for employment- and entrepreneurship-linked policy instruments that are timed to the lag structure of both effects and targeted at transforming necessity-driven activities into sustainable, high-value-added structures, rather than merely incentivizing firm entry. Aligning regional financial intermediation with employment creation can foster long-term socio-economic sustainability and promote sustainable regional development. Full article

Opera Out of Opera 2 (OOO2) is a Creative Europe cooperation project that experiments with digital, participatory strategies to reconnect opera with younger audiences and to reshape professional capacity for conservatory students. Rather than treating opera as a fixed repertoire to be transmitted, the project frames it as a site of co-creation, where youth and emerging professionals share agency in how the art form is presented, mediated and discussed. This article has two related aims. First, it examines how OOO2’s digital-first Audience Engagement Strategy (AES) may contribute to audience development among 18–25-year-olds, focusing on reach, participation patterns and perceived accessibility. Second, it investigates how participation in the project appears to affect conservatory students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy and their understanding of their potential social role as musicians. Methodologically, the study combines a participatory action research (PAR) framework with an embedded single-case design. Quantitative data include pre- and post-intervention questionnaires with 132 higher music education students. An audience survey completed by 1256 spectators, complemented by social media and web analytics, is also embedded. Qualitative material derives from semi-structured interviews (n = 30), focus groups with project stakeholders and direct observation of workshops, rehearsals and performances. Results indicate a marked digital reach among younger audience and suggest that shorter formats, informal settings and second-screen mediation can lower perceived barriers to opera attendance for first-time or occasional spectators. Among students, mean scores for entrepreneurial self-efficacy increased from 3.2 (SD = 0.8) to 4.1 (SD = 0.7), corresponding to a large effect size (Cohen’s d = 1.20, p < 0.01), a pattern broadly consistent with research on self-efficacy and capacity creation in music and arts-based entrepreneurship education. The discussion connects these findings with a bibliometric mapping of audience development in opera, conducted on 147 Scopus-indexed documents, and argues that OOO2 occupies a still under-theorized intersection between youth-centred cultural participation and entrepreneurial capacity-building in higher music education. While the single-case design and the use of self-constructed survey items limit generalizability, the project may offer a useful reference point for institutions seeking to rethink opera’s approach as a digitally mediated, socially engaged and educationally meaningful practice. Full article