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  • Article
  • Open Access
2,022 Views
17 Pages

Can Video Lectures on Enthymemes Improve Adult Learners’ Critical Thinking and Clickbait Detection Skills?

  • Ana Vlah,
  • Lisette Wijnia,
  • Christel Lutz,
  • Michael Burke and
  • Sofie M. M. Loyens

23 November 2024

Critical thinking is essential when navigating, evaluating, and interacting with media; therefore, it is important to investigate if adults’ critical thinking skills can be trained. This paper describes an experiment investigating the impact of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,190 Views
13 Pages

The Role of L2 and Cultural Mediation in the Inclusion of Immigrant Students in Italian Schools

  • Tommasa Agnese Chiofalo,
  • María del Mar Fernández-Martínez,
  • Antonio Luque-de la Rosa and
  • José Juan Carrión-Martínez

28 November 2019

Background: The purpose of this research is to analyze the perception of teachers and their thinking about two specific and functional issues which are often deemed to be controversial, that is, the acquisition, by recently arrived migrant students o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,600 Views
25 Pages

5 December 2020

This research developed a new integrated method for addressing the deficiencies and gaps generally found in past studies on benchmarking and for benchmarking intellectual capital (IC) in the underdeveloped domain of logistics. To resolve the lack of...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,945 Views
5 Pages

Advanced Sensors Technology in Education

  • Rubén González Crespo and
  • Daniel Burgos

25 September 2019

The topic presented will show how different kinds of sensors can help to improve our skills in learning environments. When we open the mind and let it take the control to be creative, we can think how a martial art would be improved with registered s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,667 Views
19 Pages

Development of Sustainable Coastal Benchmarks for Local Wisdom in Pangandaran Village Communities

  • Achmad Rizal,
  • Agung Riyadi,
  • Haryanti,
  • Ratu Siti Aliah,
  • Teguh Prayogo,
  • Joko Prayitno,
  • Wahyu Purwanta,
  • Joko Prayitno Susanto,
  • Nida Sofiah and
  • Suhendar I. Sachoemar
  • + 4 authors

7 November 2022

Local wisdom is frequently used by communities in managing their coastal resources without a precise measure of sustainability. As a result, the government must develop a standard for determining the wisdom of these practices. This study aimed to cre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,284 Views
7 Pages

2 April 2022

Although successive pandemic episodes adversely affect populations and it remains difficult to assess their long-term extent and impact, they may, paradoxically, have a positive effect. In fact, they can promote awareness by reviving a form of reflex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,431 Views
14 Pages

Work interruption disturbs nurses’ flow of thinking, diminishes work efficiency, induces burnout, and causes errors that can threaten patients’ lives. Therefore, it is important to identify the causes and measure the extent of work interr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,069 Views
13 Pages

4 August 2022

We derive the anti dissipative Serre-Green-Naghdi (SGN) equations in the context of nonlinear dynamics of surface water waves under wind forcing, in finite depth. The anti-dissipation occurs du to the continuos transfer of wind energy to water surfac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,180 Views
22 Pages

4 July 2024

With the increase in the amount of actual operating data on electric vehicles, how to analyze and process useful information from existing battery charging and discharging data and apply it to subsequent state estimation is worthy of in-depth thinkin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,400 Views
25 Pages

30 December 2022

Construction, one of the largest global economic sectors, has been severely challenged by the economic uncertainties brought on by COVID-19. Since 2020, pandemic-related disruptions and remedial measures have made its historically low performance eve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,994 Views
26 Pages

The purpose of this article is to present the results of the study on the specific aspects of cyberbullying and prevention measures viewed from both the students’ and teachers’ perspectives. Cyberbullying is a severe threat to the individ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,586 Views
23 Pages

28 July 2023

The essence of Chinese entrepreneurship education is to build an “upgraded” version of higher education that can enable China’s modernization through innovations and the sustainable development of the planet, in order to comprehensi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,661 Views
21 Pages

14 November 2023

Although driverless technology belongs to the frontier of science and technology, there is no sufficient actual data. From the lack of a comprehensive systematic evaluation method of traffic safety under driverless penetration, considering the impact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,432 Views
19 Pages

8 September 2020

The Republic of Korea also suffered direct and indirect damages from the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan and realized the significance of security due to the cyber-threat to the Republic of Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. With such matter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,035 Views
20 Pages

Individual Workplace Well-Being Captured into a Literature- and Stakeholders-Based Causal Loop Diagram

  • Irene M. W. Niks,
  • Guido A. Veldhuis,
  • Marianne H. J. van Zwieten,
  • Teun Sluijs,
  • Noortje M. Wiezer and
  • Heleen M. Wortelboer

This study demonstrates an innovative approach to capture the complexity of individual workplace well-being, improving our understanding of multicausal relationships and feedback loops involved. The literature shows that a high number of interacting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,401 Views
23 Pages

Addressing Gaps for Health Systems Strengthening: A Public Perspective on Health Systems’ Response towards COVID-19

  • Nur Zahirah Balqis-Ali,
  • Weng Hong Fun,
  • Munirah Ismail,
  • Rui Jie Ng,
  • Faeiz Syezri Adzmin Jaaffar and
  • Lee Lan Low

Strengthening the health systems through gaps identification is necessary to ensure sustainable improvements especially in facing a debilitating outbreak such as COVID-19. This study aims to explore public perspective on health systems’ response towa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
386 Views
24 Pages

Socioecological Perspectives on Green Internet Implementation: A Qualitative Study of Awareness, Sustainable Practices, and Challenges

  • Israel Mbekezeli Dabengwa,
  • Catherine Chivasa,
  • Namatirai Marabada,
  • Paul Makoni,
  • Orpa Ruzawe,
  • Pix Nomsa Chiguvare,
  • Khanyile Dlamini,
  • Shelton Magaiza,
  • Siqabukile Ndlovu and
  • Smart Ncube
  • + 2 authors

26 November 2025

This research presents a systems-thinking analysis of Green Internet implementation in Zimbabwe, integrating the Socioecological Model and Life Cycle Model to provide a multi-faceted understanding of the challenges involved. This study analytically i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,125 Views
16 Pages

12 August 2022

In the future, when humans build their bases on terrestrial planets and their moons, caves will be the safest place for inhabitation. Large holes, believed to be cave entrances, have been discovered on the Moon, along with small features called &ldqu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,085 Views
10 Pages

7 July 2015

Various studies have emphasized the need to improve the nutrition training of health professionals, which will help them to provide optimal patient care. Nutrition-based interactive sessions may serve as an efficient approach to instigate an interest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,893 Views
19 Pages

The active promotion of carbon abatement to mitigate global climate change and protect the environment and public health has become the international consensus. The carbon capability is a key index for measuring the potential reduction of the carbon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
671 Views
20 Pages

This study investigates economic decision-making behaviors among welfare recipients in Miami, Florida, by leveraging well-established experimental protocols: the Guessing Game, the Prudence Measurement Task, the Risk Aversion Task, and the Stag Hunt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,178 Views
33 Pages

19 January 2022

For some time, there has been a slow but gradual rise in the average temperature of the entire globe, a “global warming”, in fact, the result of human and natural processes that have been producing this phenomenon for decades. Since they...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,173 Views
15 Pages

Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccination among Eligible Adults in Abuja, Nigeria: A Mixed-Methods Study Using the WHO Behavioral and Social Drivers of Vaccination Framework

  • Chizoba B. Wonodi,
  • Ikechukwu A. Okpe,
  • Pius U. Angioha,
  • Affiong S. Ebong,
  • Janet B. Adegbola,
  • Abdulrasheed A. Abdulraheem,
  • Nwamaka Ezeanya,
  • Adewumi A. Adetola,
  • Oluwatosin I. Arogundade and
  • Joseph A. Olisa
  • + 1 author

1 October 2024

Despite the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, Nigeria still faces significant COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, with only 60.7% of the eligible population fully vaccinated as of 20 March 2023. Our study, part of a community-based effort to improve knowled...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,894 Views
21 Pages

Artists are often seen as innovators and producers of creative and extraordinary new ideas. Additionally, experiencing art and artistic processes is an important opportunity for learning and exploration. Thus, corporations and scientific organization...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
11,309 Views
18 Pages

To effectively increase the employment rate of higher education graduates, higher education institutions are doing their best to provide the most high-quality technologized interdisciplinary curriculum, to educate professional expertise in decision-m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,093 Views
22 Pages

14 January 2020

This research has interdisciplinarily employed the “SoLoMo” concept of Intern of Things (IoT) technology, Social Cognitive Theory and the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM) into the hierarchical Analytical Network Process (ANP) model of...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,499 Views
19 Pages

Developing a Risk Reduction Support System for Health System in Iran: A Case Study in Blood Supply Chain Management

  • Ali Sibevei,
  • Adel Azar,
  • Mostafa Zandieh,
  • Seyed Mohammad Khalili and
  • Maziar Yazdani

Health systems are recognised as playing a potentially important role in many risk management strategies; however, there is strong evidence that health systems themselves have been the victims of unanticipated risks and have lost their functionality...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,467 Views
14 Pages

Spatial ability (SA) is the mental ability to create, maintain, and manipulate abstract visual representations. Studies have shown that SA is a strong predictor of success in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Mor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,474 Views
18 Pages

The satellite-retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) is widely used to estimate the concentrations and analyze the spatiotemporal pattern of Particulate Matter that is less than or equal to 2.5 microns (PM2.5), also providing a way for the related res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,167 Views
18 Pages

9 May 2024

Previous research has been limited in examining the causal relationship between green transformational leadership (GTL) and green supply chain management (GSCM), with the intermediary influence of green human resource management (GHRM), within the ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,916 Views
21 Pages

Manifestation of Health Denialism in Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination: A Qualitative Study

  • Iwona Młoźniak,
  • Urszula Zwierczyk,
  • Elżbieta Rzepecka,
  • Mateusz Kobryn,
  • Marta Wilk and
  • Mariusz Duplaga

6 December 2023

Science denialism is characterized by the refusal to accept existing consensus and available evidence. Typical strategies denialists employ include spreading conspiracies, selective use of information, relying on fake experts, or general fallacies in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,809 Views
22 Pages

27 March 2023

Promoting green development and promoting harmonious coexistence between humans and nature are strategic tasks for the construction of ecological civilization in China in the new era. Currently, the growing environmental governance investment in Chin...