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  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,187 Views
35 Pages

11 May 2022

Given the increasing complexity of the global supply chain, it is an important issue to enhance the agilities of enterprises that manufacture new energy materials to reduce the ripple effects of supply chains. Quality function deployment (QFD) has be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Mathematical Methods in Industrial Engineering and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,827 Views
23 Pages

18 August 2023

Digital transformation has become an inevitable choice for manufacturing enterprises to sustain innovation in the digital world. This study selected a sample of Chinese provinces and A-share companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurship, Open Innovation and Digital Transformation for Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,031 Views
22 Pages

25 July 2024

There are widespread assumptions to the effect that the real-time data generated through the 5G-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) will improve material traceability and accelerate the global transition to a circular economy (CE), thereby helping to ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Disruptive Technologies and Sustainable Value Creation: A Roadmap for the Future)
  • Article
  • Open Access
803 Views
24 Pages

Improving the Solubility of Formononetin and Enabling Hydrogel-Based Wound-Oriented Applications Through the Effect of Hot-Melt Extrusion

  • Anna Gościniak,
  • Natalia Rosiak,
  • Miłosz Ignacyk,
  • Barbara Kaproń-Plech,
  • Piotr Trzaskoma,
  • Bozena Michniak-Kohn and
  • Judyta Cielecka-Piontek

17 February 2026

Isoflavones are plant-derived polyphenols with broad biological activity; however, their application in topical formulations is limited by poor aqueous solubility. The aim of this study was to enhance the aqueous solubility of formononetin using a so...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioactive Natural Compounds: From Discovery to Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,659 Views
11 Pages

Stress-Induced Magnetic Anisotropy Enabling Engineering of Magnetic Softness and GMI Effect of Amorphous Microwires

  • Paula Corte-León,
  • Ahmed Talaat,
  • Valentina Zhukova,
  • Mihail Ipatov,
  • Juan María Blanco,
  • Julián Gonzalez and
  • Arcady Zhukov

3 February 2020

Stress-annealing enabled a considerable improvement in the GMI effect in both Fe- and Co-rich glass-coated microwires. Additionally, a remarkable magnetic softening can be achieved in stress-annealed Fe-rich microwires. Observed stress-annealing indu...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
10,946 Views
23 Pages

25 June 2021

Following the hype that has been given to culture and creativity as triggers and enhancers of local economic performance in the last 20 years, this work originally contributes to the literature with the objective of assessing the impact of cultural a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural, Creative and Sustainable Cities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
12,978 Views
27 Pages

Addressing Agency Problem in Employee Training: The Role of Goal Congruence

  • Vandana Madhavan,
  • Murale Venugopalan,
  • Bhumika Gupta and
  • Gyanendra Singh Sisodia

17 February 2023

Individualized learning plans and corresponding training programs are maintained and organized in most organizations. Employees may be averse to training if they do not see how it contributes to their professional advancement. This is an example of c...

(This article belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,634 Views
18 Pages

Axonal Projections of Neurons in the Brainstem Mesopontine Tegmental Anesthesia Area (MPTA) That Effect Anesthesia, Enabling Pain-Free Surgery

  • Juliet Miller,
  • Anne Minert,
  • Mary Koukoui,
  • Shaked Heller,
  • Roza Morein,
  • Mark Baron,
  • Kristina Vaso and
  • Marshall Devor

Background/Objectives: Chemogenetic excitation of a distinct subset of “effector-neurons” in the brainstem mesopontine tegmental anesthesia area (MPTA) is pro-anesthetic. GABAergic general anesthetics are believed to engage these neurons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,722 Views
18 Pages

In recent years, the digital economy has shown great potential in regard to in driving social production and development. In the context of the construction of digital villages, the deep integration of the digital economy and agricultural development...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,190 Views
14 Pages

22 April 2022

As a child is born, so are the parents with new roles assumed. Attachment is secured, and parents quickly become the experts in their child. With preterm birth, however, this quiet and essential period of discovery is interrupted. It is described as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics in North America)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,187 Views
34 Pages

18 November 2024

The digital economy enhances economic efficiency and improves economic structure, driving economic growth through transformations in efficiency, momentum, and quality. It has become a new driving force for advancing common prosperity. This study uses...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,451 Views
21 Pages

Reframing Citizen Participation: Turning Barriers into Guiding Enablers

  • Paivi Abernethy,
  • Katriina Soini,
  • Joy Ommer,
  • Janne Artell,
  • Titta Tapiola and
  • Antonio Parodi

28 September 2025

Citizen science is increasingly recognized as a potential catalyst for sustainability transitions, climate action, and behavioral change by fostering collaboration between scientists and the public. While it offers benefits such as mutual learning, a...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,324 Views
16 Pages

This study examines strategic interaction effects in the supply of affordable housing construction land among Chinese urban governments. Existing studies have predominantly examined China’s subsidized housing land supply from a vertical intergo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Real Estate, Housing and Urban Governance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,268 Views
19 Pages

28 December 2022

Does intellectual property (IP) strategy improve the total factor productivity of enterprises (TFP)? This paper uses 21,930 enterprise-year observations of China’s A-share listed enterprises from 2010–2020, adopts a multi-period differenc...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,923 Views
18 Pages

6 March 2024

A proposed method for analyzing the effectiveness of rainwater storage tanks (RWSTs) based on various enabling rule scenarios has been proposed to address the issue of incomplete strategies and measures for controlling excessive rainwater runoff. Thr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Flooding Control and Sponge City Construction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,599 Views
18 Pages

7 December 2018

Scaling is a critical organizational phase for social organizations: their upfront financial needs increase dramatically. This paper responds—on the basis of initial research on capacity, up-, and deep scaling strategies—to the need for i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Financial Markets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,350 Views
14 Pages

1.3 Micron Photodetectors Enabled by the SPARK Effect

  • Teresa Crisci,
  • Luigi Moretti,
  • Mariano Gioffrè,
  • Babak Hashemi,
  • Mohamed Mammeri,
  • Francesco Giuseppe Della Corte and
  • Maurizio Casalino

8 April 2025

In this work, we present a graphene-based photodetector operating at a wavelength of 1310 nm. The device leverages the SPARK effect, which has previously been investigated only at 1550 nm. It features a hybrid waveguide structure comprising hydrogena...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Materials and Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,541 Views
24 Pages

A Qualitative Study on the Barriers and Enablers to Effective Hypertension Management in Ghana

  • Francis Sambah,
  • Kristin McBain-Rigg,
  • Abdul-Aziz Seidu and
  • Theophilus I. Emeto

22 February 2025

Background: Hypertension remains a significant public health challenge in Ghana. Understanding the experiences of hypertensive patients can inform strategies to improve their management. This study explored the perceived enablers and barriers to hype...

  • Article
  • Open Access
793 Views
43 Pages

Artificial Intelligence-Enabled UAVs: Models and Effectiveness Assessment for Complex CBRNe Missions

  • Oleg Illiashenko,
  • Oleg Ivanchenko,
  • Vyacheslav Kharchenko,
  • Dmytro Kucher,
  • Herman Fesenko,
  • Behnam Bazli and
  • Pip Trevorrow

1 June 2026

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used in complex civil missions that require reliable operation under uncertainty, creating a need for formal methods to assess how artificial intelligence (AI) contributes to mission performance. This...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Drones (AID))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,080 Views
14 Pages

Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Machine Learning-Enabled Primary Care Identification of Hepatitis C Virus Patients in the US

  • Thomas C. S. Martin,
  • Jeremiah Wilson,
  • Ashley Pitcher,
  • Jessica Frankeberger,
  • Susan J. Little and
  • Natasha K. Martin

28 February 2026

Machine learning (ML) algorithms may be effective at improving the HCV care cascade. One ML algorithm, developed using U.S. ambulatory electronic medical records (EMR), demonstrated the ability to identify people infected with HCV earlier than conven...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2nd Edition: How to Adjust the Action Steps for Achieving the Global Hepatitis Virus (HBV/HCV/HDV) Elimination Targets?)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,838 Views
16 Pages

27 September 2021

Within the field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems, facing impaired speech is a big challenge because standard approaches are ineffective in the presence of dysarthria. The first aim of our work is to confirm the effectiveness of a new sp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society – Sensors, IoT and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,393 Views
14 Pages

LEADER is an EU development method that aims to stimulate local actors to cooperate and co-produce ideas and projects that otherwise would not be possible. Therefore, the Local Action Groups (LAGs) should not only focus on implementing the Local Deve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Rural Development and Land Use Planning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
452 Views
41 Pages

Enabling Future-Ready Tertiary Institutions Through MIS Effectiveness Framework

  • Ali Ahsan,
  • Leela Waheed,
  • Claire Davison and
  • Ritu Sharma

10 July 2026

Evaluating Management Information System (MIS) effectiveness in tertiary education remains conceptually fragmented, with existing models primarily emphasizing technical performance rather than organizational interdependencies. This study develops a s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,765 Views
18 Pages

Background: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) are challenged to remain adherent and engaged in HIV care. Technology-enabled interventions can be used to optimize healthcare delivery to adolescents. The largest proportion of ALHIV resides in sub-Sah...

(This article belongs to the Section Adolescents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,982 Views
31 Pages

With the development of economic globalization, the uncertainty of supply chains is also increasing, and alleviating the bullwhip effect has become an important issue. From previous discussions on alleviating the bullwhip effect, there was no researc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Research and Developments of Digitalization Transformation and innovation in Businesses)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,076 Views
42 Pages

Electrospinning Enables Opportunity for Green and Effective Antibacterial Coatings of Medical Devices

  • Saverio Caporalini,
  • Bahareh Azimi,
  • Samir Zergat,
  • Mahdi Ansari Chaharsoughi,
  • Homa Maleki,
  • Giovanna Batoni and
  • Serena Danti

The growing antimicrobial resistance and the increasing environmental concerns associated with conventional antibacterial agents have prompted a search for more effective and sustainable alternatives. Biopolymer-based nanofibers are promising candida...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies for Processing Functional Biomaterials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,869 Views
14 Pages

1 September 2025

Conductive hydrogels are attractive for flexible electronics; however, achieving high mechanical strength and conductivity simultaneously remains challenging. Herein, we present a facile strategy to fabricate a tough and conductive hydrogel by immers...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gel-Based Materials for Sensing and Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,037 Views
20 Pages

18 February 2024

“Common prosperity depends on development, and development comes first in transportation.” Achieving common prosperity is the essential requirement for Chinese-style modernization under the construction of a sustainable transportation pow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,159 Views
14 Pages

Effects of a Digitally-Enabled Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Diabetes Prevention Peer Support Program on Weight over 6-Months

  • Freya MacMillan,
  • Holly Hliounakis,
  • Kayla Jaye,
  • Kimberly Mitlehner,
  • Chris Pitt,
  • Kate A. McBride,
  • Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu and
  • David Simmons

18 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a growing health epidemic. Innovative approaches such as digital technologies incorporating peer-supported coaching have shown promise in diabetes prevention. This study aimed to examine the feasibility...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition Methodology & Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,923 Views
20 Pages

In the era of big data, Internet-based geospatial information services such as various LBS apps are deployed everywhere, followed by an increasing number of queries against the massive spatial data. As a result, the traditional relational spatial dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
947 Views
17 Pages

Virtual Vernier Effect-Enabled Parallel Dual-Cavity Sensor for Temperature and Humidity Synchronization

  • Yuting Li,
  • Xiaoguang Mu,
  • Yuqiang Yang,
  • Han Xia,
  • Yuying Zhang,
  • Chengyu Mo,
  • Zhihao Huang,
  • Yitong Li and
  • Fujiang Li

16 September 2025

This paper presents a high-sensitivity temperature and humidity synchronous measurement sensor based on virtual Vernier demodulation, designed to overcome the limitations of traditional sensors in high-sensitivity and synchronous measurements. By com...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,179 Views
20 Pages

14 January 2020

Tacit knowledge is an important strategic resource to the sustainable development of organizations. Although scholars and practitioners have noticed the growing use of social media in transferring tacit knowledge, extant empirical research has been f...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,101 Views
23 Pages

High Levels of Progesterone Receptor B in MCF-7 Cells Enable Radical Anti-Tumoral and Anti-Estrogenic Effect of Progestin

  • Natasa Bajalovic,
  • Yu Zuan Or,
  • Amanda R. E. Woo,
  • Shi Hao Lee and
  • Valerie C. L. Lin

The widely reported conflicting effects of progestin on breast cancer suggest that the progesterone receptor (PR) has dual functions depending on the cellular context. Cell models that enable PR to fully express anti-tumoral properties are valuable f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Breast Cancer: From Biology to Therapeutic Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,175 Views
21 Pages

Implementation of a Hybrid Intelligence System Enabling the Effectiveness Assessment of Interaction Channels Use in HMI

  • Arkadiusz Gardecki,
  • Joanna Rut,
  • Bartlomiej Klin,
  • Michal Podpora and
  • Ryszard Beniak

8 April 2023

The article presents a novel idea of Interaction Quality Sensor (IQS), introduced in the complete solution of Hybrid INTelligence (HINT) architecture for intelligent control systems. The proposed system is designed to use and prioritize multiple info...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Sensors and Machine Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,636 Views
22 Pages

Assessing Effectiveness of Humanitarian Activities against COVID-19 Disruption: The Role of Blockchain-Enabled Digital Humanitarian Network (BT-DHN)

  • Sudhanshu Joshi,
  • Manu Sharma,
  • Rashmi Prava Das,
  • Kamalakanta Muduli,
  • Rakesh Raut,
  • B. E. Narkhede,
  • Himanshu Shee and
  • Abhishek Misra

7 February 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 214 countries across the world, disrupting the supply of essential commodities. As the pandemic has spread, humanitarian activities (HAs) have attempted to manage the various situation but appear ineffecti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain Technology for Enhancing Supply Chain Performance and Reducing the Threats Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,072 Views
16 Pages

AquaVib: Enabling the Separate Evaluation of Effects Induced by Acoustic Pressure and Particle Motion on Aquatic Organisms

  • Pablo Pla,
  • Christ A. F. de Jong,
  • Mike van der Schaar,
  • Marta Solé and
  • Michel André

1 October 2025

Scientific awareness is rising regarding fish and sea invertebrates’ sensitivity to the sound field’s particle motion component. The AquaVib, a distinctive laboratory setup, provides a practical methodology for controlled sound exposure e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Marine Bioacoustics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
234 Views
26 Pages

20 September 2026

With the booming of cross-border live streaming e-commerce, this study examined the influence mechanism of cross-border live streaming interactions on consumers’ impulsive purchase intention based on the timulus–organism–response (S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
86 Citations
9,639 Views
19 Pages

(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially hard on the elderly owing to their particular vulnerability to the virus. Their confinement to prevent the spread of the virus resulted in social isolation, often linked to the unwanted loneli...

(This article belongs to the Section Global Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,972 Views
17 Pages

Japan has the world’s fastest-aging population. The number of older adults living alone has increased rapidly; however, the number of people waiting for nursing care facilities is high, especially in urban areas, and home care is unavoidable. F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,474 Views
22 Pages

Food-Waste Valorisation: Synergistic Effects of Enabling Technologies and Eutectic Solvents on the Recovery of Bioactives from Violet Potato Peels

  • Giorgio Grillo,
  • Silvia Tabasso,
  • Giorgio Capaldi,
  • Kristina Radosevic,
  • Ivana Radojčić-Redovniković,
  • Veronika Gunjević,
  • Emanuela Calcio Gaudino and
  • Giancarlo Cravotto

31 May 2023

The recovery of valuable bioactive compounds from the main underutilised by-products of the food industry is one of the greatest challenges to be addressed in circular economy. Potato peels are the largest waste generated during potato processing. Ho...

(This article belongs to the Topic Innovative Food Processing Technologies—2nd Volume)
  • Article
  • Open Access
386 Views
19 Pages

Offshore wind farms are increasingly and rapidly expanding due to their ability to harness strong and consistent wind energy resources. Large offshore wind farms are connected to mainland grids through High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technology. H...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Power Electronics for Distributed Energy Sources: Topologies, Modeling and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,097 Views
15 Pages

16 November 2024

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless communications are becoming increasingly important in applications such as maritime and forest rescue operations. UAV systems often depend on wireless networking and mobile edge computing (MEC) devices f...

(This article belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,553 Views
11 Pages

Effective Cryopreservation of a Bioluminescent Auxotrophic Escherichia coli-Based Amino Acid Array to Enable Long-Term Ready-to-Use Applications

  • Hee Tae Ahn,
  • In Seung Jang,
  • Thinh Viet Dang,
  • Yi Hyang Kim,
  • Dong Hoon Lee,
  • Hyeun Seok Choi,
  • Byung Jo Yu and
  • Moon Il Kim

26 July 2021

Amino acid arrays comprising bioluminescent amino acid auxotrophic Escherichia coli are effective systems to quantitatively determine multiple amino acids. However, there is a need to develop a method for convenient long-term preservation of the arra...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,506 Views
17 Pages

Cost-Effective and Portable Instrumentation to Enable Accurate pH Measurements for Global Industry 4.0 and Vertical Farming Applications

  • Rolando Hinojosa-Meza,
  • Ernesto Olvera-Gonzalez,
  • Nivia Escalante-Garcia,
  • José Alonso Dena-Aguilar,
  • Martín Montes Rivera and
  • Paulino Vacas-Jacques

12 July 2022

Global Vertical Farming (VF) applications with characteristic Industry 4.0 connectivity will become more and more relevant as the challenges of food supply continue to increase worldwide. In this work, a cost-effective and portable instrument that en...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Intelligent Machinery and Industry 4.0)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,405 Views
20 Pages

13 October 2023

Evidence suggests that low carbohydrate dietary (LCD) approaches can improve glycaemic control and may result in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remission. This systematic literature review (SLR) aimed to assess the effectiveness of technology-enable...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Diabetes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,063 Views
14 Pages

The protection of potatoes from pests and diseases, especially at an early stage of their development, is an indispensable element of cultivation. Pesticides are most commonly used for protection, but their high doses may adversely affect the natural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,156 Views
16 Pages

22 June 2021

Conventional plaque assays rely on the use of overlays to restrict viral infection allowing the formation of distinct foci that grow in time as the replication cycle continues leading to countable plaques that are visualized with standard techniques...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Next-Generation Technologies to Understand Mechanisms of Virus Infections)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,847 Views
9 Pages

Effect of a Digitally-Enabled, Preventive Health Program on Blood Pressure in an Adult, Dutch General Population Cohort: An Observational Pilot Study

  • José Castela Forte,
  • Pytrik Folkertsma,
  • Rahul Gannamani,
  • Sridhar Kumaraswamy,
  • Sipko van Dam and
  • Jan Hoogsteen

Worldwide, it is estimated that at least one in four adults suffers from hypertension, and this number is expected to increase as populations grow and age. Blood pressure (BP) possesses substantial heritability, but is also heavily modulated by lifes...

(This article belongs to the Section Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,541 Views
15 Pages

A robust and cost-effective fiber-optic ultrasound sensor based on a slope-symmetric Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI) is presented, employing dual-channel quadrature-biased heterodyne interrogation with an acousto-optic modulator (AOM). By intr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Science and Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors: Recent Advances and Future Trends)
  • Article
  • Open Access
290 Views
17 Pages

This study investigates the impact of digital inclusive finance on regional entrepreneurship using panel data from 327 Chinese cities spanning 2011 to 2023. Employing bidirectional fixed effects models, mediation analysis, and heterogeneity analysis,...

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