Digital behavior change tools increasingly integrate constructs from multiple theoretical traditions, yet there is limited cross-domain understanding of how these frameworks are combined and which outcomes they are used to explain. This scoping revie...
The integration of theoretical and conceptual frameworks into research design remains a persistent challenge across disciplines, particularly in applied and interdisciplinary fields such as construction management and engineering. While the existing...
In this conceptual paper, we bring forward a new theoretical proposition in the form of an Integrated Policy-Making Process Framework. This tool arose from the discussion and hypothesis that the main models used to analyse public policies have practi...
Integrated STEM education is increasingly present in classrooms and in educational research, as it is proposed as a possible strategy to improve the problems of students’ lack of interest in scientific–technological disciplines. However,...
Against the backdrop of global aging, whether the diverse content of elderly care policies can be systematically analyzed and interpreted through a unified theoretical framework remains an open question in gerontology. This study analyzes 2508 elderl...
15 March 2022
Background: The family environment plays a crucial role in child physical activity (PA). Wearable activity trackers (wearables) show potential for increasing children’s PA; however, few studies have explored families’ acceptance of wearab...
Background/Objectives: Chronic non-malignant pain (CNMP) affects 46.4% of adults in Saudi Arabia and often requires interdisciplinary care, including mental health services. Despite this need, mental health integration remains limited. This study exp...
The growing interest of the scientific literature regarding purchase behavior, circular economy and new business models has generated the need, as well as the opportunity, for a comprehensive review and categorization of the state of the existing res...
We present Liquid Adaptive AI as a theoretical framework and mathematical basis for artificial intelligence systems capable of continuous structural adaptation and autonomous capability development. This work explores the conceptual boundaries of ada...
Training interoceptive sensitivity (IS) might be a first step in effectively promoting intuitive eating (IE). A dyadic interoception-based pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to increase IE among couples aged 50+. The training consisted o...
Background: Despite significant technological advances, many logistics organizations in emerging markets struggle to realize the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, with reported success rates below 65% and limited theoretical unders...
Background/Objectives: Gestalt therapy traditionally opposes categorical diagnostic labelling due to its fundamental inconsistency with phenomenological and process-oriented ontology. However, this epistemological rigour can limit integration with st...
The convergence of Lean manufacturing principles with Industry 4.0 has yielded significant operational improvements, yet the emerging paradigm of Industry 6.0—characterized by antifragile, autonomous, and sustainable systems—demands a fun...
Spatial planning holds a key role in preventing or mitigating the impacts of climate change on both cities and rural areas, taking a forward-thinking and holistic approach to urban and regional development. As such, spatial planning deals with challe...
The accelerated integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT is transforming learner engagement, instructional design, and institutional governance in education. This systematic literature review synthesizes theory-...
This study investigates the integration of Circular Economy (CE) principles within the upstream beverage supply chain in Thailand, contextualized against a widening global circularity gap where macro rates have declined to 6.9% compared to 12.2% in t...
2 April 2024
Achieving ambitious goals in Global Health first requires an integrative understanding of how individuals and organizations adapt in a living ecosystem. The absence of a unified framework limits the consideration of the issues in their complexity, wh...
The rapid evolution of financial technology demands sophisticated artificial intelligence systems capable of handling diverse challenges across multiple domains simultaneously. This paper presents a unified framework that integrates Proximal Policy O...
Building world-class ports requires not only scale expansion but also sustainable structural capability. However, the concept of port “hardcore strength” remains insufficiently clarified and operationalized in existing sustainability and...
Background: Childhood trauma and dissociation have each been associated with psychosis-spectrum symptoms, yet their combined relationships with social cognition and psychosocial functioning remain poorly understood. Guided by a theoretical framework...
Deep learning models are widely used in autonomous vehicle systems for perception, localization, and decision-making. However, their lack of transparency poses significant challenges in safety-critical environments. This systematic review presents a...
The transfer of land development rights (TDR) is a significant policy tool for advancing urban–rural integration. This study establishes an analytical framework to examine the influence mechanism of TDR on urban–rural integration, conside...
Integrating digital technologies into mathematics teaching remains a complex task for teachers, despite its recognized potential to enhance learning. Research on teacher professional development (TPD) for integrating technology in the mathematics cla...
The Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) model is one of the most widely used Public–Private Partnership (PPP) methods for financing large-scale infrastructure projects. In this model, the concession period, which is the most critical param...
National Trail is an integral component of the system of natural reserves. China’s study on the creation of National Trail is scattered and lacks theory and policy at present. Here, the theoretical framework, technical procedure, and constructi...
This qualitative study explores how graduate students in literacy education connect theoretical frameworks to classroom practices. Grounded in Deweyan pragmatist philosophy and Kucer’s multidimensional literacy theory, researchers analyzed cour...
(1) Background: Dental implant stability is influenced by multiple biomechanical, implant-related, and systemic factors, including bone density, implant geometry, biomechanical loading, smoking, osteoporosis, and diabetes mellitus. Computational bioe...
Springs are crucial interfaces within the Earth’s Critical Zone, connecting water and its related matter and energy at different scales from the microscopic to the macroscopic level. This connectivity is of importance for habitat conditions and the i...
The aim of this article is to describe a theoretical framework, i.e., theoretical underpinnings and pedagogical principles, for leadership programs that support managers’ evidence-based knowledge of health-promoting psychosocial work conditions, as w...
This paper integrates two theoretical frameworks to explore optimal resource allocation and the dynamics of the money cycle in a hypothetical economy. It examined the theoretical background of the problems of choice. The first framework considers an...
This paper responds to the significant challenges to Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and clarifies its practical value as a theoretical framework. Through thorough theoretical analysis, this paper examines how IWRM can be applied to disti...
Purpose: This study proposes a conceptual model integrating ecological and inclusive perspectives within sustainable human resource management (SHRM). It introduces a novel framework that bridges gaps in the literature by integrating ecological susta...
(1) Background: Patient safety culture (PSC) encompasses the values, attitudes, norms, beliefs, practices, perceptions, competencies, policies, and behaviours of professionals that determine organisational commitment to quality and patient safety. Fe...
Digital transformation has increased interest in the use of blockchain in Accounting Systems Auditing because of its potential to strengthen data integrity, decentralized validation, traceability, and accountability. However, the available evidence r...
The rapid integration of generative AI in education often frames teachers as technology users who primarily need technical training. Existing prompt engineering frameworks offer technical guidance but have limited grounding in theories of teacher pro...
This study aims to develop a conceptual framework for integrating sustainability into Turkish language teaching through the synthesis of relevant academic literature and policy documents. Although the intersection of language education and sustainabi...
Supply chain digital transformation is fundamentally reshaping information generation, sharing, and utilization across organizational boundaries. Supply chain information integration (SCII), the strategic alignment of digital technologies with inter-...
Highly integrated energy systems are on the rise due to increasing global demand. To capture the underlying physics of such interdisciplinary systems, we need a modern framework that unifies all forms of energy. Here, we apply modified Lagrangian mec...
Integral inclusion systems play a significant role in applied analysis and modeling, providing an effective framework for studying various physical, engineering, and dynamical processes. In this work, the solvability of a multidimensional integral in...
The rapid aging of the global population has highlighted the urgent need for age-friendly technological solutions. However, our review of the existing studies revealed significant gaps between elderly users’ needs and the current smart technolo...
The objective of this Special Issue is to highlight the efforts of contemporary anthropologists to integrate the theoretical framework and methods of systems thinking into their research [...]
Both the stretched exponential function and the Prony series are prominent mathematical frameworks extensively employed to characterize monotonically decaying phenomena across physics and engineering disciplines. Despite being fundamentally distinct...
This paper presents a conceptual framework aimed at exploring the connections between integration within the food supply chain and the three pillars of sustainability: economic, environmental, and social. The analysis combines theoretical insights wi...
25 April 2025
Despite the ubiquitous application of gamification in livestreaming commerce, the mechanisms driving its impact on consumer participation remain underexplored. To address this research gap, this study integrated two theoretical frameworks: the &ldquo...
Clinical reasoning enables veterinarians to make clinical decisions for individual patients by integrating clinical information with scientific evidence, knowledge of underlying disease processes, and case-specific circumstances. This review aimed to...
The integration of artificial intelligence and human decision-making within blockchain systems has raised complex ethical considerations, necessitating the development of comprehensive theoretical frameworks. This research develops a multi-paradigm e...
The present study applied a multi-criteria analysis to evaluate the best approach among six theoretical frameworks related to the integrated management of water–environmental resources, analyzing the frequency of multiple management criteria. T...
8 April 2022
Why does someone thrive in intercultural situations; while others seem to struggle? In 2014, Leung and colleagues summarized the literature on intercultural competence and intercultural effectiveness into a theoretical framework. This integrative fra...
Despite advanced aviation safety systems, recurring operational failures demonstrate that current safety management system (SMS) implementation practices remain predominantly reactive, with organizations adopting SMS frameworks theoretically embracin...
This conceptual integrative review and theoretical proposal investigates how the functional architecture of Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence is reconfigured when the framework is translocated from low-risk academic settings, in whic...
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