As the earliest discussed concept of Green Infrastructure (GI), Landscape-scale GI, in the form of an ecological network capable of balancing development and conservation, has received widespread attention. Its multifunctionality is one of the import...
The role of technology in landscape architecture (TLA) has significantly evolved since the 19th century, increasingly integrating with digital tools and technologies in the 21st century. Despite its growing importance, there is a notable deficiency i...
The next generation of nuclear energy systems, also known as Generation IV reactors, are being developed to meet the highest targets of safety and reliability, sustainability, economics, proliferation resistance, and physical protection, with improve...
Machining of Nomex honeycomb composite (NHC) structures is of critical importance in manufacturing parts to the specifications required in the aerospace industry. However, the special characteristics of the Nomex honeycomb structure, including its co...
In this work, a Fe-based amorphous coating (Fe44Cr18Mo7Ni4Cu2B20Si3C2) was fabricated via high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) spraying, and the effect of annealing temperature on its microstructure, phase composition, and corrosion resistance in 3.5 wt....
Transdisciplinary research (TR) is a growing field in a myriad of subject domains ranging from sustainability to education. The idea is to solve complex problems through the collaborative participation of academic actors, community stakeholders, gove...
To obtain qualified logging while drilling (LWD) data, a new acoustic LWD tool was designed. Its overall design is introduced here, including the physical construction, electronic structure, and operation flowchart. Thereafter, core technologies adop...
Traditional drilling methods often face difficulty meeting the demand for efficient and accurate coring under complex geological conditions. Cordless coring is an advanced technology that uses hydraulic lifting to carry out coring, which can achieve...
With its outstanding directionality, high energy density, and flexible controllability, laser technology has become a key and multifunctional core tool in advanced manufacturing systems [...]
In the coring process of ocean drilling, conventional vertical holes face many difficulties, such as the high cost of single holes and limited acquisition of geological information, which cannot meet the demand for fine delineation of strata around d...
When employing the wire-line core drilling technology in loose strata, the core recovery rate is often low due to fragmented rock masses and the erosive effect of flushing fluids, severely affecting core quality and drilling efficiency. To address th...
Patents and related statistics are the indicators of technological progress. There have been controversial discussions about the value of patents as an indicator of technological advancement. Patent research has been conducted for research and develo...
With the rapid development of Head-Up Display (HUD) technology for vehicles, optical freeform mirrors, as its core optical components, are crucial for achieving system compactness and high imaging quality. However, their complex surface shapes and la...
The rapid pace of technological advances creates many difficulties for R&D practitioners in analyzing emerging technologies. Patent information analysis is an effective tool in this situation. Conventional patent information analysis has focused...
Digital economy is a vital driving force for countries to promote economic recovery, rebuild competitive advantages and enhance governance capacity. Extensive research has been conducted in this field. In this paper, the text analysis tool of Bicomb2...
Creative Cities (CCs) have emerged as a prominent topic of global interest, representing a novel approach to urban development that fosters sustainability. This study employed the CiteSpace bibliometric tool to conduct a knowledge mapping analysis of...
Background: While the HTA community appears well-equipped to assess preventive and diagnostic technologies, certain limitations persist in evaluating technologies designed for rare diseases, including those based on Artificial Intelligence (AI). In E...
Embedded Artificial Intelligence (EAI) integrates AI technologies with resource-constrained embedded systems, overcoming the limitations of cloud AI in aspects such as latency and energy consumption, thereby empowering edge devices with autonomous de...
The role played by science and technology parks (STPs) in technology transfer, industrial innovation, and economic growth is examined in this paper. The accurate monitoring of their evolution and impact is hindered by the lack of uniformity in STP mo...
Ultrasonic cutting is an advanced technology for processing Nomex honeycomb materials. The disc cutter is one of the most commonly used tools, whose wear and breakage state have an important impact on the honeycomb material machining process. Current...
Intelligent drilling technologies, such as downhole signal and power transmission, can be used to measure key downhole data and obtain thermal insulation cores. This technology is of great significance for the accurate assessment of deep oil and gas...
The advancement of technology implies a simultaneous evolution of design tools, particularly in architecture and in the field of urban design. A new challenge has emerged, enabling a more holistic approach that considers the balance between environme...
With the advancement of high-end manufacturing, the application of difficult-to-machine materials such as titanium alloys and superalloys is becoming increasingly widespread. Their inherent material properties pose challenges during machining, includ...
Current wave energy development initiatives assume that available designs have the potential for success through continuous learning and innovation-based cost reduction. However, this may not be the case, and potential winning technologies may have b...
Specific animal-based indicators that can be used to predict animal welfare have been the core of protocols for assessing the welfare of farm animals, such as those produced by the Welfare Quality project. At the same time, the contribution of techno...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies have become important components of the digital economy and affect core areas of our increasingly technologically networked lives. Specific AI technology can support diverse learners and how AI is...
Traditional speech therapy for children often faces challenges such as fear, a lack of patient motivation, unattractive supportive tools, and a critical shortage of specialized technological tools for under-resourced languages like Slovak. This paper...
Collaboration skills are an important component of 21st century skills and a critical skill for citizens of the future. In this work, we propose collaboration-oriented robotics education (CORE), a methodology aimed at fostering the development of col...
Despite the plethora of digital and technological advances made in the construction industry over the past three decades, at its core, the sector remains human-centric. Consequently, this research investigates the core soft skills employed on public...
Since the emergence of COVID-19, the interruption of non-core activities negatively affected the entire world economy so that companies in emerging countries had to adapt to the “new reality” by seeking new business alternatives. The obje...
Nomex honeycomb composite (NHC) cores have seen significant growth in recent years, particularly in the aeronautics, aerospace, naval and automotive industries. This development presents significant challenges in terms of improving machining quality,...
Due to the continuous development in the field of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies that have allowed researchers to take advantage of greater genetic samples in less time, it is a matter of relevance to improve the existing algorithms ai...
The porosity of rocks is an important parameter used in rock mechanics and underground mining. It affects the movement of fluids in the rock mass and the internal processes taking place (the ability to store water or gases), allowing us to characteri...
New technologies for management, monitoring, and control of spatio-temporal crop variability in precision viticulture scenarios are numerous. Remote sensing relies on sensors able to provide useful data for the improvement of management efficiency an...
Maker education that incorporates computational thinking streamlines learning and helps familiarize learners with recent advances in science and technology. Computational thinking (CT) is a vital core capability that anyone can learn. CT can be learn...
This article examines blockchain as an enabling technological component for data management tasks that are independent of currency-related functionality, a less-discussed aspect of a technology commonly associated with cryptocurrencies and decentrali...
In many countries, sustainable public procurement is a powerful tool to reflect on national strategic intentions and promote scientific and technological innovation. Based on the perspective of an institutional structure, we filtered out the core pol...
Hyperspectral imaging is a recent technology that has been gaining popularity in the geosciences since the 1990s, both in remote sensing and in the field or laboratory. Indeed, it allows the rapid acquisition of a large amount of data that are spatia...
12 December 2022
Carbon emissions trading policy has received widespread attention from scholars as a core policy tool to reduce carbon emissions. While most scholars have previously focused on the carbon emission reduction effect, this paper investigates the impact...
The potential spiritual impacts of AI are an under-researched ethics concern. In this theoretical essay, I introduce the established spiritual assessment tool, the Spiritual Assessment and Intervention Model (Spiritual AIM). Next, I discuss some exis...
This paper presents a novel integration of Systems Engineering (SE) methodologies and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies in the design of robotic systems, focusing on enhancing underwater robotic missions. Using the conceptual design of an underwater e...
The “Palazzo Ducale” museum complex in Mantua has been the object of intermittent interventions, which have not represented, over the last 30 years, a consistent strategy in terms of conservation. In the light of new financial and technological possi...
The aim of our systematic review was to inspect the recently published literature on decentralized governance systems and integrate the insights it articulates on blockchain technology and smart contracts by employing Preferred Reporting Items for Sy...
A motor core is formed by stacking iron sheets on top of each other. Traditionally, there are two stacking methods, riveting and welding, but these two methods will increase iron loss and reduce usage efficiency. The use of resin is the current devel...
With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technology, the analysis of metagenomic sequencing data and the accurate and efficient estimation of relative microbial abundance have become important ways to explore the microbial composition...
As a revolutionary advanced manufacturing technology, the core of laser-assisted machining technology lies in the innovation of traditional machining technology. It uses a laser to precisely modify the surface of the workpiece material through clever...
As an advanced form of community development, Future Communities (Weilai Shequ) is a policy-led urban initiative launched in Zhejiang, China, that prioritizes human-centered development. However, it is currently confronted with an inherent contradict...
The establishment of AI ethics bylaws in academia is needed for teaching, learning, and assessment. The adaptive parameters of these bylaws define the ethical, pedagogical, and operational standards for the use of artificial intelligence tools within...
13 February 2026
As populations age, the gap between care needs and available support systems is widening, leading to critical vulnerabilities in staffing, infrastructure, and funding. The need for accessible, human-centred, and ethically grounded care technologies i...
The necessity for decreasing the negative impact of the manufacturing industry has recently increased. This is getting recognized as a global challenge due to the rapid increase in life quality standards, demand, and the decrease in available resourc...
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