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  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
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Global Trends and Practices of Industry 4.0 Applications in the Clothing Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Renan Albino Monteiro,
  • Djalma Silva Guimarães Junior,
  • Eryka Fernanda Miranda Sobral,
  • Pedro Henrique de Barros Falcão,
  • Fagner José Coutinho de Melo and
  • Carmelo Bastos-Filho

13 October 2024

The potential of Industry 4.0 enabling tools is emerging as a strategic factor for the adaptation and innovation of companies in the clothing sector. Thus, the aim is to identify global trends and practices in I4.0 applications in the clothing sector...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
24,373 Views
28 Pages

5 June 2022

Stable financial operation is the essential factor for the sustainable development of the cruise tourism industry. The cruise industry was one of the fastest growing before the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry is capital intensive, has an enormous sup...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,924 Views
19 Pages

30 May 2023

Purpose: In light of ongoing challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and globalization, it is critical to have resilient food industry supply chains that can operate effectively in uncertain conditions. This study aims to contribute to this eff...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
587 Views
6 Pages

Amid the accelerated digital transformation and with the growing demand for smart manufacturing, the applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) and total quality management (TQM) have attracted increasing attention. Using R for bibliometric analysi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
14,881 Views
18 Pages

Today, international tourism is one of the most affected sectors of the economy due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The main purpose of this article is to analyze current trends and identify prospects for the international tourism development in the...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,243 Views
20 Pages

7 March 2012

Oncology is one of the most important fields of personalized medicine as a majority of efforts in this field have recently centered on targeted cancer drug development. New tools are continuously being developed that promise to make cancer treatment...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,047 Views
19 Pages

The [World Economic Forum 2016, https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economicforum- annual-meeting-2016. Accessed 5 Aug 2017] predicted that the world would face the Fourth Industrial Revolution which means innovative changes through convergence of c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,091 Views
23 Pages

The Lower Havel River Region (Brandenburg, Germany): A 230-Year-Long Historical Map Record Indicates a Decrease in Surface Water Areas and Groundwater Levels

  • Christoph Zielhofer,
  • Johannes Schmidt,
  • Niklas Reiche,
  • Marie Tautenhahn,
  • Helen Ballasus,
  • Michael Burkart,
  • Anja Linstädter,
  • Elisabeth Dietze,
  • Knut Kaiser and
  • Natascha Mehler

6 February 2022

Instrumental data show that the groundwater and lake levels in Northeast Germany have decreased over the past decades, and this process has accelerated over the past few years. In addition to global warming, the direct influence of humans on the loca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,129 Views
17 Pages

12 October 2023

This study aims to systematically examine the developmental attributes and trends within China’s forestry sector through the lens of a global value chain (GVC) framework. To this end, this research analyzes the Organization for Economic Co-oper...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,814 Views
5 Pages

24 December 2019

In this editorial text, we point to the importance and development of disciplines that closely link economic sciences with ecology. Drawing on the most important literature in these fields, we have highlighted the trends that are popular today in bot...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4,500 Views
3 Pages

Policymakers worldwide have been gradually acknowledging the value and enormous potential of the creative industries as a driving force and a catalyst for socio-economic progress. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the sector was expanding at an unprecede...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,742 Views
21 Pages

Selection and Use of Wild Lachancea thermotolerans Strains from Rioja AOC with Bioacidificant Capacity as Strategy to Mitigate Climate Change Effects in Wine Industry

  • Daniel Fernández-Vázquez,
  • Mercè Sunyer-Figueres,
  • Jennifer Vázquez,
  • Miquel Puxeu,
  • Enric Nart,
  • Sergi de Lamo and
  • Imma Andorrà

Lachancea thermotolerans help increase the acidity of wines by producing L-lactic acid, which can serve as a strategy to mitigate the decrease in total acidity in wines promoted by climate change. The aim of the present paper is to test the capabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,512 Views
17 Pages

Industrial waste discharged by heavy pollution industry is one of the main causes of global environmental degradation. Research on the environmental efficiency of high-polluting industry is necessary to tackle the problem of global environmental poll...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,965 Views
21 Pages

Study on Global Industrialization and Industry Emission to Achieve the 2 °C Goal Based on MESSAGE Model and LMDI Approach

  • Shining Zhang,
  • Fang Yang,
  • Changyi Liu,
  • Xing Chen,
  • Xin Tan,
  • Yuanbing Zhou,
  • Fei Guo and
  • Weiyi Jiang

13 February 2020

The industrial sector dominates the global energy consumption and carbon emissions in end use sectors, and it faces challenges in emission reductions to reach the Paris Agreement goals. This paper analyzes and quantifies the relationship between indu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
650 Views
28 Pages

8 August 2025

The rapid development of the global transportation industry has led to increased carbon dioxide emissions, intensifying the pressure to reduce these emissions. On the basis of constructing a global carbon emission analysis framework for the transport...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,071 Views
24 Pages

5 January 2022

Global energy transition trends are reflected not only in oil and gas market dynamics, but also in the development of related sectors. They influence the demand for various types of metals and minerals. It is well-known that clean technologies requir...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,912 Views
16 Pages

In the past ten years, microbiome studies have shown tremendous potentiality for implementation of understanding microbiome structures and functions of various biomes and application of this knowledge for human betterment. Saudi Arabia is full of geo...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,813 Views
6 Pages

8 November 2024

This study delves into the strategic development trends within the automotive industry of Ukraine, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current landscape and anticipate future trajectories. The objectives of this research are twofol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,531 Views
27 Pages

15 July 2025

The global trend toward Industry 4.0 has intensified the demand for intelligent, adaptive, and energy-efficient manufacturing systems. Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a crucial enabler of this transformation, particularly in high-mix, high-preci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
78 Citations
18,066 Views
29 Pages

Are We Ready for the Challenge of Banks 4.0? Designing a Roadmap for Banking Systems in Industry 4.0

  • Amir Mehdiabadi,
  • Mariyeh Tabatabeinasab,
  • Cristi Spulbar,
  • Amir Karbassi Yazdi and
  • Ramona Birau

The purpose of the present paper is to provide an advanced overview of the practical applications of Banking 4.0 in Industry 4.0. This paper examines the technology trends in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and identifies the key indicators behind t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,945 Views
33 Pages

The Development Trends of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machine Tool Technology

  • Kai-Chao Yao,
  • Dyi-Cheng Chen,
  • Chih-Hsuan Pan and
  • Cheng-Lung Lin

21 June 2024

In the industrial era, production equipment serves as an essential mother machine. In the global manufacturing industry, components such as laptop computers, mobile phones, and automotive parts all strive for aesthetic appearance. Taiwan’s mach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,215 Views
20 Pages

26 July 2024

The transformation and upgrading of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to align with global industrial development trends and can further assist SMEs in sustainable operation. In recent years, major industrial countries, such as Germany,...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,301 Views
5 Pages

18 October 2022

Increased awareness towards environmental protection due to the recognized long-term effects of global industrialization and other anthropogenic actions, as well as imperatives posed to many industries to orient them towards sustainability and circul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
13,807 Views
9 Pages

In today’s turbulently expanding business environment, during the fourth industrial revolution, it is necessary to respond to market trends and to adapt strategy and organisational structure appropriately. The article is focused on the reorgani...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,238 Views
21 Pages

6 March 2025

The mining industry (MI), one of the largest energy consumers globally, is under increasing pressure to transition towards more sustainable energy systems. This paper explores the current trends in sustainable energy transition (SET) in mining operat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,973 Views
20 Pages

Exploring 2040: Global Trends and International Policies Setting Frames for the Finnish Wood-Based Economy

  • Janni Kunttu,
  • Venla Wallius,
  • Martti Kulvik,
  • Pekka Leskinen,
  • Jussi Lintunen,
  • Timokleia Orfanidou and
  • Diana Tuomasjukka

12 August 2022

Global trends influence the approaches and mindset for using natural resources and technological capacities. Participatory scenario methods have proven useful in long-term foresight. However, country-level foresight studies often ignore the broader t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,438 Views
12 Pages

Productivity and Global Value Chains: A Tale from the Indonesian Automobile Sector

  • Padang Wicaksono,
  • Yulial Hikmah and
  • Rayinda Nur Ilmiawani

23 October 2023

Low productivity and quality of employment have always been a big problem in Indonesia, caused by the lack and mismatch of skills in the workforce. Labor productivity (LP) describes the company’s ability to produce something. This can be determ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
151 Citations
16,730 Views
15 Pages

Sustainable Development Perspectives of Solar Energy Technologies with Focus on Solar Photovoltaic—A Review

  • Najwa Syahirah Mohamed Nor Izam,
  • Zarina Itam,
  • Wong Leong Sing and
  • Agusril Syamsir

11 April 2022

This study examines the sources of energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the hazards of climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the global solar energy potential, renewable energy sustainability indicators, impediments, and the en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,308 Views
17 Pages

29 February 2024

Global warming is a global issue closely linked to sustainability, and power systems around the world are facing immense pressure due to global warming. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of global warming on non-industrial electr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,437 Views
28 Pages

Scientometric Analysis and Visualization of Carbon Emission Studies in the Construction Industry

  • Qiming Luo,
  • Depo Yang,
  • Lepeng Huang,
  • Lin Chen,
  • Diyuan Luo,
  • Kang Cheng and
  • Fan Yang

22 April 2024

The field of carbon emissions in the construction industry has drawn extensive attention from researchers and practitioners due to the issue of global warming. In this study, an in-depth analysis of the research status, trends, and frontiers in the f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
19,138 Views
26 Pages

Long-Term Trends of Global Wine Market

  • Noa Ohana-Levi and
  • Yishai Netzer

The major factors of wine trade have been showing distinct patterns of temporal trends worldwide in past decades. Wine consumption, production, imports, and exports differ according to their location and classification to Old World and New World wine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
6,429 Views
21 Pages

24 January 2023

Industry 4.0 affects nearly every aspect of life by making it more technologically advanced, creative, environmentally friendly and ultimately, more interconnected. It also represents the beginning of the interconnectedness and metaverse associated w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
13,079 Views
19 Pages

Electric Cars in Brazil: An Analysis of Core Green Technologies and the Transition Process

  • Charles Lincoln Kenji Yamamura,
  • Harmi Takiya,
  • Cláudia Aparecida Soares Machado,
  • José Carlos Curvelo Santana,
  • José Alberto Quintanilha and
  • Fernando Tobal Berssaneti

17 May 2022

This paper explores the transition to electric cars in Brazil. The country has been successful to reduce its carbon footprint using biofuels, but it is facing a dilemma in vehicle electrification. It cannot shift abruptly to battery electric vehicles...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,187 Views
15 Pages

23 November 2022

In the middle of the 20th century, economic theories predicted an evolution towards development that involved the tertiarization of the productive structure, with industry losing weight to the benefit of commerce and services. This model justified th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,391 Views
21 Pages

6 April 2022

In the face of the anti-globalization trend and the shrinking of the global value chain, ensuring the safety of the global layout of the industrial chain and the sustainability of each country’s internal intermediate product production cycle ha...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,634 Views
20 Pages

The promotion of farmers’ green production behavior (GPB) to accelerate agricultural green development and food system transformation is a popular issue worldwide. Based on the representative literature from 2015 to October 2024, this study rev...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,692 Views
19 Pages

15 October 2024

Emissions of pollutants and their consequences for the atmosphere have received special attention from international organizations in recent years due to the climate crisis predicted in the next decades. In this regard, the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) produ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,252 Views
30 Pages

13 June 2025

With climate change mitigation and carbon emission reduction as global priorities, the expansion of renewable energy has become a core strategy globally. The purpose of this study is to identify trends in key renewable energy technologies, such as so...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,682 Views
2 Pages

VitaLight—Light to Support Vital Signs

  • Stefan Schantl,
  • Andreas Peter Weiss and
  • Franz-Peter Wenzl

The spectral composition of light has a significant influence on human wellbeing, emotion and health. Natural sunlight is often considered as the ideal light source in this regard. Therefore, artificial lighting solutions that mimic natural sunlight...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,948 Views
21 Pages

The depth and breadth of China’s participation in global value chains have an important impact on the emissions of air pollutants from the production side, consumption side, and trade implications in China’s industries. Based on the globa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,140 Views
30 Pages

Production Logistics in Industry 3.X: Bibliometric Analysis, Frontier Case Study, and Future Directions

  • Honglin Yi,
  • Ting Qu,
  • Kai Zhang,
  • Mingxing Li,
  • George Q. Huang and
  • Zefeng Chen

19 July 2023

At present, the development of the global manufacturing industry is still in the transition stage from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0 (i.e., Industry 3.X), and the production logistics system is becoming more and more complex due to the individualizati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,830 Views
19 Pages

Secondhand clothing has undergone a significant transformation from a vital household asset in the pre-industrial era to a dynamic segment of global trade in the 21st century. However, the advent of fast fashion has led to overproduction and mass con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,547 Views
14 Pages

26 November 2019

Manufacturing sales prediction is an important measure of national economic development trends. The plastic injection molding machine industry has its own independent R and D energy and mass production technology, with all products sold globally thro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,077 Views
17 Pages

17 April 2014

The changes of spatial pattern in energy consumption have an impact on global climate change. Based on the spatial autocorrelation analysis and the auto-regression model of spatial statistics, this study has explored the spatial disparities and drivi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,334 Views
26 Pages

Dealing with solid waste has always been a global concern, and construction waste is one of the most important parts. Addressing how to properly dispose of construction waste, reduce its negative environmental impact, and achieve effective resource r...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,244 Views
2 Pages

21 January 2021

The growing prevalence of allergenicity towards cow’s milk, lactose intolerance, and hypercholesterolemia, as well as the trend of plant-based diets (vegetarian and vegan), is pushing the food industry and the global market towards the design,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,208 Views
28 Pages

Performance of Equity Investments in Sustainable Environmental Markets

  • Ikhlaas Gurrib,
  • Firuz Kamalov,
  • Olga Starkova,
  • Adham Makki,
  • Anita Mirchandani and
  • Namrata Gupta

Despite a significant increase in global clean energy investments, as part of the decarbonization process, it remains insufficient to meet the demand for energy services in a sustainable manner. This study investigates the performance of sustainable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,609 Views
24 Pages

28 October 2024

Manganese is a critical metal extensively used in steel production, battery manufacturing, and the chemical industry. Manganese deposits are widely distributed globally, with African manganese deposits holding a particularly significant position. Thi...

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