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  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,225 Views
19 Pages

4 November 2016

River-lake water systems (RLS) are important carriers for matter transformation and energy transmission. Influenced by accelerated social and economic development, the structural, functional, and environmental states of RLS have been seriously damage...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,066 Views
20 Pages

Assessing the Role of Input Factors in Harmonious Bilingual Development in Children

  • Ekaterina Tiulkova,
  • Vanda Marijanović,
  • Jean-François Camps and
  • Barbara Köpke

28 August 2024

This study delves into the concept of Harmonious Bilingual Development (HBD), characterizing families where linguistic situations do not adversely affect their well-being. Following a recently proposed holistic framework on Harmonious Bilingual Exper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
181 Views
23 Pages

The Path to Sustainable Development of China’s Islands: Constructing “Harmonious and Beautiful Islands”

  • Kaixuan Zheng,
  • Xiaoyan Lu,
  • Peng Wang,
  • Fei Zhang,
  • Jijing Chen and
  • Zhenzhou Feng

5 February 2026

Islands are vital geographical units with significant economic, ecological, and sovereign value. However, their development often faces challenges such as fragile ecosystems, limited resources, and inadequate infrastructure. In response, China propos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,886 Views
21 Pages

23 July 2023

Addressing the challenge of attaining a harmonious balance between energy utilization efficiency and the level of industrial structure development is crucial for promoting regional sustainable development. Aiming at the goal of carbon neutrality, a t...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
98 Citations
15,952 Views
15 Pages

11 December 2018

After delineating the roots of harmony in the literature from both the Eastern and the Western perspectives, the paper introduces the new Psychology of harmony in terms of harmonization that widens the perspective calling for psychological contributi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,172 Views
14 Pages

The Role of Walking Experience in the Emergence of Gait Harmony in Typically Developing Toddlers

  • Daniela De Bartolo,
  • Coen S. Zandvoort,
  • Marije Goudriaan,
  • Jennifer N. Kerkman,
  • Marco Iosa and
  • Nadia Dominici

24 January 2022

The ability to walk without support usually develops in the first year of a typically developing toddler’s life and matures further in the following years. Mature walking is characterized by the correct timing of the different gait phases that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,211 Views
22 Pages

26 December 2020

The conflict of the human-water relationships (HWR) has further increased the water-related risks, such as water environment deterioration, water shortages, and even regional violent conflicts for obtaining usable water resources. Knowing how to eval...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,831 Views
45 Pages

22 February 2017

For a sustainable human future, a rapid paradigm shift is a must from the prevailing “Explosion Paradigm” to a more reasonable “Balance Paradigm” by means of constantly enriching the existing diverse society-specific holistic cultures (“Cultures”). T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,805 Views
19 Pages

During the flood season, various regions in a watershed often have flood drainage conflicts, when the regions compete for flood drainage rights (FDR). In order to solve this problem, it is very necessary to study the allocation of FDR among various r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,221 Views
17 Pages

25 July 2017

With the expansion of the concept of sustainable development, it has become increasingly important to investigate the means for achieving sustainable eco-economic development. On the basis of Landsat imagery of Hengduan Mountain area of China acquire...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,264 Views
24 Pages

22 December 2022

In order to carry out the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, a multi-level national green development evaluation index system referenced to the relevant data of the provinces and a measurable model were constructed, and the gre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
145 Citations
8,332 Views
18 Pages

An Ecologically Based System for Sustainable Agroforestry in Sub-Tropical and Tropical Forests

  • Yuan Sun,
  • Fuliang Cao,
  • Xiaohua Wei,
  • Clive Welham,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Dieter R. Pelz,
  • Qing Yang and
  • Huiqian Liu

29 March 2017

Forests in tropical and sub-tropical countries face severe pressures due to a combination of poverty and environment degradation. To be effective, measures to protect these forests must therefore consider both economic and ecological dimensions syner...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,237 Views
20 Pages

Guaranteeing sustainable development is a pressing issue in China. To this end, balancing economic development and the protection of limited water resources enables healthy and orderly economic development. This study details the application of a wat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,441 Views
26 Pages

22 February 2025

In the process of China’s path to modernization, the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature has become increasingly prominent. In the dual context of the development of human society and the improvement of ecological wellbeing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,459 Views
15 Pages

Comparative Evaluation of Evapotranspiration and Optimization Schemes for Green Roof Runoff Simulations Using HYDRUS-1D

  • Hwansuk Kim,
  • Haein Sim,
  • Seungwan Hong,
  • Zong Woo Geem,
  • Hafzullah Aksoy,
  • Yongseok Hong and
  • Jaeyoung Yoon

6 October 2024

The use of green roofs, a low-impact development practice, can be an effective means of reducing direct runoff in urban centers. Green roof modeling can enable efficient design by preliminarily grasping the behavior of the green roof system according...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,982 Views
21 Pages

8 May 2023

Child drawing development optimization (CDDO) is a recent example of a metaheuristic algorithm. The motive for inventing this method is children’s learning behavior and cognitive development, with the golden ratio being employed to optimize the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,633 Views
16 Pages

5 August 2024

The continuous supply of drinking water for human life is essential to ensure the sustainability of cities, society, and the environment. At a time when water scarcity is worsening due to climate change, the construction of an optimized water supply...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,351 Views
25 Pages

31 March 2023

The Yellow River beach area is the basic component of the Yellow River Basin. Promoting the comprehensive improvement and high-quality development of the Yellow River beach area is an important guarantee of the long-term stability of the Yellow River...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,483 Views
15 Pages

27 March 2025

The Hawkeye system was regarded as a successful and effective referee assistant in commercial applications. However, the high hardware investment and strong professionalism set up a physical hurdle in public application. In this sense, one AI referee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,878 Views
12 Pages

The Philosophical Thought of Confucius and Mencius, and the Concept of the Community of a Shared Future for Mankind

  • Uzma Khan,
  • Huili Wang,
  • Zhongliang Cui,
  • Abida Begum,
  • Abdullah Mohamed and
  • Heesup Han

10 August 2022

The Community of a Shared Future for Mankind seeks to mitigate the world’s current challenges, and to create a more sustainable future through better global governance. Some of the philosophical arguments of the Community of a Shared Future for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,393 Views
15 Pages

2 June 2022

High quality development of the marine economy is the main focus of China’s future. This paper combined principal component analysis (PCA) method, coupling coordination degree (CCD) model, and data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,335 Views
19 Pages

Sustainable Energy Portfolios for Small Island States

  • Sándor Szabó,
  • Ioannis Kougias,
  • Magda Moner-Girona and
  • Katalin Bódis

9 September 2015

The study presents a cost effective electricity generation portfolio for six island states for a 20-year period (2015–2035). The underlying concept investigates whether adding sizeable power capacities of renewable energy sources (RES) options could...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,263 Views
17 Pages

Based on the economy–society–environment perspective, this study details the causes and characteristics of urban and rural water shortage risks, and then explores the dynamic relationship between urban and rural water shortage risks. It q...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
64 Citations
31,898 Views
15 Pages

The Fifth Industrial Revolution as a Transformative Step towards Society 5.0

  • Rushan Ziatdinov,
  • Madhu Sudhan Atteraya and
  • Rifkat Nabiyev

2 February 2024

This concept paper aims to shed light on the emergence of the first to the fifth industrial revolutions, their evolution, and their transformative steps towards Society 5.0. By explaining the nuances of the different phases of industrial revolutions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,415 Views
20 Pages

The integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with intelligent optimization techniques can significantly enhance the design efficiency of water distribution networks (WDNs). Despite this, the dynamic interoperability between BIM platforms an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
966 Views
24 Pages

12 August 2025

This study builds an evaluation index system for the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature from 2014 to 2024, including three criteria for ecological environmental protection, green economic transformation, and enhancement of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,617 Views
23 Pages

10 October 2023

Since entering the period of economic and social transformation, China’s labor relations conflicts have entered a period of prominence and prevalence, which has brought great challenges to ensure the sustainable development of enterprises and b...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,238 Views
18 Pages

25 March 2022

China has proposed “ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin” to a major national strategy, which puts forward higher requirements for water, energy, and food along the Yellow River (TYR). However, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,977 Views
20 Pages

22 April 2022

Comprehensive human development is the ultimate goal of achieving a happy life and creating sustainable social development. This study examines 31 provinces in China as the research object, constructs an evaluation index system for comprehensive huma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,032 Views
26 Pages

14 June 2022

The article presents an analysis of tools for influencing the sustainable development of regions, considering their industry specifics, as well as ways to influence socioeconomic growth. The purpose of the article is to model the assessment of demoet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,514 Views
13 Pages

31 July 2023

The mutual reception of the Eucharist is a key issue in contemporary Christian unity. As a landmark document in Christian unity, the Lima document provides a profound exposition of the Eucharist. According to this article, eucharistic communion in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
586 Views
38 Pages

15 October 2025

The contradiction between economic development and ecological protection has become a common challenge for territorial governance in developing countries around the world. However, extant studies have neglected the coupling and symbiotic relationship...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,665 Views
21 Pages

7 November 2022

The post-pandemic era is full of instability and uncertainty, which brings new challenges and opportunities to the development of organization. As a sustainable feature of enterprises, improving employees’ adaptive performance levels is a neces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,703 Views
10 Pages

18 May 2021

This paper investigates the charitable giving of Chinese firms from the perspectives of four sustainable development goals (SDGs), including Economy, Operation, Harmony, and Management. By converting corporate financial data into four independent var...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,848 Views
10 Pages

Research about harmonious passion as a personal resource that can have a protective effect in situations of stress and burnout is scarce but growing. Considering the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, the present study aims to address the above gaps...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,222 Views
21 Pages

3 July 2020

The Harmony Search algorithm has attracted a lot of interest in the past years because of its simplicity and efficiency. This led many scientists to develop various variants for many applications. In this paper, four variants of the Harmony search al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,849 Views
15 Pages

Ideophones are believed to exhibit distinct phonotactic patterns compared to regular language, in their expressiveness. Vowel harmony can be observed in ideophones in Modern Korean. However, over time, Korean has gradually lost its regular vowel harm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
556 Views
19 Pages

24 October 2025

Sustainable development requires integrating economic growth with environmental protection; however, rising carbon emissions pose a substantial threat to ecological balance. The conclusions of this study regarding the determinants of carbon emissions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,665 Views
18 Pages

4 November 2025

Passion for studying represents a crucial motivational resource in students’ academic functioning, yet its role remains complex. Based on Vallerand’s dualistic model of passion, this paper examines how harmonious and obsessive study passi...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
823 Views
20 Pages

Passion, Motivation, and Well-Being in Young Footballers: A Systematic Review

  • Diogo Braz,
  • Cátia Maia,
  • Élvio Gouveia,
  • Diogo Monteiro,
  • Nuno Couto and
  • Hugo Sarmento

13 December 2025

Background: Psychological well-being is crucial for the development and performance of young athletes. This systematic review aims to synthesize the available scientific evidence on the relationship between passion (harmonious and obsessive), basic p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,974 Views
22 Pages

23 November 2022

The research on the adaptive utilization of water resources (AUWR) is of great significance to improve the coordinated development among water resources, economic society, and ecological environment in complex environments, and to promote the develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,910 Views
14 Pages

Background: Passion is an important motivational variable that profoundly affects athletes’ cognition, emotion, and behavior. This study constructed a mediating model to explore the mechanism of cohesion toward passion and mental toughness of C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
9,326 Views
17 Pages

The high turnover rate of new generation employees is becoming an increasingly important issue for business and academia. Based on self-determination theory and conservation of resource theory, our study explores the impact of the inclusive talent de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,008 Views
18 Pages

Evaluating the Spatial Evolution of the Eco-Economy Harmony in Anxi County, China, Based on Ecosystem Services Value

  • Xiaoyan Hong,
  • Qingxia Peng,
  • Rongrong Zheng,
  • Wenxiong Lin,
  • Shuisheng Fan and
  • Kai Su

9 February 2024

The harmonious development of the ecological environment and the economy is extremely important to achieve regional ecological construction and sustainable development. To properly assess the status of the harmonious development of the ecosystem and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,508 Views
13 Pages

The Role of Psychological Factors and Resilience in Mediating Sports Passion in Triathletes

  • Francesca Ancarani,
  • Óscar Gavín-Chocano,
  • David Molero and
  • Germán Vicente-Rodríguez

The present study aims to analyze the psychological characteristics associated with the performance of amateur athletes, exploring their relationships with key variables such as resilience, harmonious and obsessive passion, and perception of discomfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,367 Views
28 Pages

Rethinking Vertical Cities: The Influence of Public Perception on Design, Form, and Socio-Cultural Integration

  • Ghaida Al Sulaimani,
  • Muhammad Mashhood Arif,
  • Ahmad Adeel,
  • Muhammad Aamir Basheer and
  • Nida Batool Sheikh

9 September 2025

This study examines the multiple determinants of public satisfaction with high-rise urban forms in Muscat, Oman, in the context of rapid urbanization and the need to protect and conserve culture. Based on a conceptual framework that included six late...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,571 Views
24 Pages

8 August 2023

In recent years, the delicate balance between economic development and ecological environment protection in ecologically fragile arid areas has gradually become apparent. Although previous research has mainly focused on changes in ecological service...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,233 Views
23 Pages

With the development of various metaheuristic algorithms, research cases that perform weight optimization of truss structures are steadily progressing. In particular, due to the possibility of developing quantum computers, metaheuristic algorithms co...

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