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To regulate the safety behavior of employees and improve the occupational safety level of enterprises. Based on the perspective of safety culture, this paper designed an index system based on the four dimensions of safety concept, system, behavior, a...

The industrial Internet plays a vital role in promoting the digital transformation of enterprises, especially in the core application field of the power industry. Evaluating the maturity of the industrial Internet of power enterprises and finding the...

Risk maturity evaluation is an efficient tool which can assist construction organizations in the identification of their strengths and weaknesses in risk management processes and in taking necessary actions for the improvement of these processes. The...

This study sets immune theory as breakthrough points, introduces immune theory into organizational quality management scope with a view to evaluating and enhancing organizational quality specific immune maturity symmetrically and permanently. This st...

The development of the supply chain’s outsourcing and globalization has intensified the requirement for sustainable transport. The evaluation of the transport providers’ maturity, which is crucial to all and any achievements in this conte...

There is a close connection between university student entrepreneurship programs and sustainable development, which are mutually reinforcing: university student entrepreneurship programs provide innovation and vitality for sustainable development, wh...

The development of healthy building technology has become a major trend in the global construction industry, especially in China, owing to accelerating urbanization and increasing health awareness among residents. However, an effective evaluation fra...

Management of occupational health and safety (OHS) risks is a crucial component of any business. Numerous investigations have shown that work-related injuries and deaths occur disproportionately in small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and that th...

Hydrocarbon potential evaluation is a high priority in oil/gas exploration which is significantly influenced by evaluation methods and subjective cognition. With the aim of quantitatively establishing a hydrocarbon generation and expulsion (HGE) mode...

Cybersecurity is critical for mitigating the economic and reputational impacts of cyberattacks. To address these risks, frameworks like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) provide standardized guidelines for managing and reducing cybersecurit...

Harvesting makhwaen (Zanthoxylum myriacanthum Wall. ex Hook. f) fruits at the appropriate maturity is the key to ensure that the essential oil quality meets the need of consumers. In common practice, the fruits are usually harvested when their perica...

Honey maturity, a critical factor for quality evaluation, is difficult to detect in the current industry research. The objective of this study was to explore the changes in the composition and find potential maturity indicators of rape honey at diffe...

Owing to its rapid advancement, information technology has emerged as a critical tool in assembly construction for addressing market demands, improving project quality, and reducing costs. However, the absence of unified informatization standards wit...

The aim of this study was to study the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on enterprises in terms of strategy, technology, business operations, and organizational management. This study used grounded theory analysis to identify the influencing fa...

With the rapid development of communication technology and information processing technology, the construction of the Urban Energy Internet (UEI) has become one of the important construction elements of the new power system, and it is necessary to as...

The grain moisture content of maize inbred lines at maturity is one of the most important indicators for mechanical harvesting of kernels. In this study, 116 maize inbred lines from a wide range of sources were used as research materials and 30 trait...

The construction of smart cities is a theme of urban development, and building fires greatly threaten public safety and urban environmental governance, in which fire emergency management is one of the key factors. However, most studies on the evaluat...

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of marjoram extract on oocyte maturation and gene expression in sheep oocytes and embryos. The first experiment studied the effect of the extract as an antioxidant to improve the in vitro maturation media used...

Hardy kiwifruit fits into consumer expectations, especially in terms of taste and nutritional value. The main reason for the loss of quality is that the fruit softens too quickly, but storage at low temperatures (0–1 °C) is not effective en...

Land contamination is one of the widely addressed problems, which is gaining importance in many developed and developing countries. International efforts are actively envisaged to remediate contaminated sites as a response to adverse health effects....

This study aims to systematically analyze the effects of different curing temperatures, unit binder content, and the mixture ratios of ground granulated blast-furnace slag and fly ash based on ordinary Portland cement in binders on the development of...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has recently gained popularity in the public building industry, and BIM is widely implemented in the construction industry in many developed countries around the world. In this paper, in order to evaluate the appli...

Most industrial companies (e.g., SMEs or start-ups) have very limited assets (time, human, and financial efforts, etc.) for the development of their R&D projects. To be competitive, these organizations must carefully evaluate the feasibility of t...

The concept of smart cities has gained significant attention due to the potential of smart cities to optimize city services and enhance citizens’ quality of life. Cities are investing in digital transformation to become smarter, sustainable, an...

Information security auditing plays an important role in information security management because it assesses the status of security mechanisms, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Most information security auditing methodologies have been bas...

With digital transformation underway in various Chinese construction enterprises, each enterprise has progressed differently, and a clear direction for future digital transformation and upgrading is lacking. As such, the importance of measuring the l...

Low water and fertilizer use efficiency have become important factors restricting the sustainable development of agriculture in extreme arid areas, typically like Xinjiang in China. In order to optimize the water and fertilizer management system of g...

A maturity model is a widely used tool in software engineering and has mostly been extended to domains such as education, health, energy, finance, government, and general use. It is valuable for evaluations and continuous improvement of business proc...

Intelligent manufacturing has a strong role in promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries such as the chair industry. This study aimed to accurately evaluate the production status and technical level of chair industry enterp...

The nutritional and quality characteristics of improved vegetable soybean genotypes were evaluated and compared with those of a grain-type soybean at the R6 (green maturity) and R8 (physiological maturity) stages. Significant variation (p < 0.05)...

The contemporary Digital Twinning Paradigm (DTP) emerges from the synergy of conceptual development and experiences gained through the digital transformation of real-world Cyber–Physical and Sociotechnical Systems. Balancing current practices a...

Industrialized construction (IC) as a promising construction mode has been increasingly adopted in China due to its advantages of enhancing productivity and reducing the labor intensiveness in the construction industry. An objective and systematic ev...

Companies underestimate the cost of digitalization when introducing new technologies and practices in existing work environments. Although the technologies are well developed and on the market for many decades, their application and integration into...

The objective of this study was to develop fresh and matured cheeses with different bovine colostrum levels, aiming to promote the consumption of dairy products with the addition of colostrum. Four different cheese formulations were produced with a m...

The present work is amongst the few that attempt to critically assess the maturity of Business Model (BM) and strategy disclosures of listed firms under the shadow of the new EU reporting directive, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (C...

The Kemp’s ridley, Lepidochelys kempii, is the most endangered sea turtle in the world. Anthropogenic mortality of Kemp’s ridleys has been well documented in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), USA. We evaluated the reproductive maturity of 75 Kemp...

This paper deals with the application of a novel fiber optic SHM system for bonding lines monitoring of a composite aircraft wing within Clean Sky 2 program framework. With the aim of controlling the structural state of the reference component, sever...

Background: Basketball is characterized as a high-intensity, intermittent sport that places considerable demands on the cardiorespiratory, neuromuscular, and mechanical systems. These physiological requirements are modulated by contextual variables a...

Many improvement techniques, methods, and technologies have been the driver of the development of supply chain systems. However, many managers and companies are focused only on new technologies without considering a comprehensive evaluation, and ther...

The exploration of continental shale oil in China has made a breakthrough in many basins, but the pure shale type has only been found in the Qingshankou Formation, Gulong Sag, Songliao Basin, and the evaluation of shale oil occurrence and sweet spot...

Background: Skeletal age estimation plays a fundamental role in orthopedic treatments. Since the most reliable methods are based on ionizing radiation, this study aimed to use machine learning techniques to explore a skeletal age assessment method no...

Cutting down global warming and reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide are important global targets. Accounting for a third of global energy consumption, the building construction industry is an important target for carbon reduction...

The use of mineral diagenetic indices and organic matter maturity is useful for reconstructing the evolution of sedimentary basins and critical assessments for potential source rocks for petroleum exploration. In this study, the relationship of clay...

The observed dielectric spectrum of ripe apples in the last period of shelf-life was analyzed using a multipole dielectric relaxation model, which assumes three active relaxation processes: primary α-process (water relaxation) and two secondary proce...

Building knowledge on participation successes and failures is essential to enhance the overall quality and accountability of participatory processes. This paper relates to participatory assessment conducted in four cities, where 12 participatory work...

Maize and soybean intercropping is a cereal-legume intercropping pattern that not only increases grain yield but also improves the nutritional value of silage. Experiments were conducted in the summer season to compare the yield and nutritional compo...

In the present work, the impact of three new bacterial strains and their consortium on composting was evaluated using textile waste as a main substrate mixed with paper, cardboard and green waste, The effectiveness of these micro-organisms in acceler...

Physiological maturity of bananas is of vital importance in determination of their quality and marketability. This study assessed, with the use of a Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging (400–1000 nm), the feasibility in differentiating six maturity le...

The main objective was to measure the optical coefficients of peaches after bruising at different maturity levels and detect bruises. A spatially resolved method was used to acquire absorption coefficient (μ_a) and the reduced scattering coefficient (...

Background: The treatment of transversal maxillary deficiency usually aims at skeletal expansion. The treatment option highly depends on the maturation stage of the midpalatal suture (MPS), which may vary between individuals at the same chronological...