Korea’s shared mobility service, TADA, has been accused of violating the Passenger Transportation Services Act, despite being an innovative transportation service. A key reason for this is that TADA is yet to discover an approach to coexist with trad...
27 February 2023
The phenomenon of ageing may contribute to the rise of the dependent population. Due to the obstacles and difficulties they confront, the elderly’s mobility decreases significantly. The aim of this article is to identify factors associated with...
Sustainable urban mobility has been the epicenter both at the scientific and administrative level during the last decades, with a high number of relevant research projects, awareness campaigns, and other initiatives taking place at the local, nationa...
The increasing demand for transportation has created economic, social, and environmental challenges that sustainable mobility solutions can help address. Electric vehicles (EVs) represent a promising alternative by lowering greenhouse gas emissions a...
Smart mobility is widely promoted as a solution to urban congestion, pollution, and inefficiency. Yet, its adoption remains inconsistent, particularly in developing and small cities. While prior research has examined technological enablers, the struc...
Background: Limited information is currently available on the barriers to implementing mobilization at the bedside for critically ill patients. Therefore, we investigated the current practice of and barriers to the implementation of mobilization in i...
This study examines the barriers to implementing sustainable mobility strategies in small municipalities by integrating participatory and multi-criteria decision-making methods. A triangulated approach combines the nominal group technique (NGT), focu...
In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in the application of GIS to community empowerment or new policy development through participatory design, information gathering and implementation. This study, therefore, aims to apply a multi-lev...
Student mobility in Higher Education Institutions (HIEs) significantly contributes to students’ personal and academic development. However, participation of people with disabilities remains limited due to various barriers. This study explores t...
The mobile robot, which comprises a mobile platform and a robotic arm, has been widely adopted in industrial automation. Existing safe control methods with real-time trajectory alternation face difficulties in efficiently identifying threats from fas...
Compared with silicon and silicon carbide, diamond has superior material parameters and is therefore suitable for power switching devices. Numerical simulation is important for predicting the electric characteristics of diamond devices before fabrica...
The primary challenge is to design feedback controls that enable robots to autonomously reach predetermined destinations while avoiding collisions with obstacles and other robots. Various control algorithms, such as the control barrier function-based...
Historically, public policies in Brazil and many developing countries have prioritized individual motorized modes of transport. The urban space of Brazilian cities has been repeatedly remodeled, often to meet the demands of vehicle flow, to the detri...
In this article, a high-composition (>35%) thick-barrier (>30 nm) AlGaN/AlN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) structure grown on a sapphire substrate with ultra-low sheet resistivity (<250 Ω/□) is reported. The optimiz...
Increasing evidence suggests that inflammatory responses are involved in the progression of brain injuries induced by a diverse range of insults, including ischemia, hemorrhage, trauma, epilepsy, and degenerative diseases. During the processes of inf...
This study presents an electro-thermal analysis of high-power lithium-ion battery modules for urban air mobility (UAM) applications, focusing on assessing the operational impact of installing a thermal barrier pad (TBP)—designed for thermal run...
The aim of this study was to identify the most common barriers and facilitators physicians perceive regarding their role in the promotion of mobility in older adults hospitalized for medical illness as part of on an intervention to promote mobility....
Background/Objective: Early mobilization (EM) of critically ill patients is a feasible and safe intervention that limits the implications of bed rest and improves lung function. However, its limited implementation suggests a gap between the research...
Barrier coverage is a fundamental application in wireless sensor networks, which are widely used for smart cities. In applications, the sensors form a barrier for the intruders and protect an area through intrusion detection. In this paper, we study...
Recent advances in mobile robotic technologies have enabled significant progress to be made in the development of Stair-Climbing Mobility Systems (SCMSs) for people with mobility impairments and limitations. These devices are mainly characterized by...
Access to transport is key to people’s movement in cities, their social participation, and personal development. People with mobility disabilities (PMDs) face additional barriers when using public transport. The objective of this study is to id...
The ongoing transformation of mobility, including new services such as on-demand mobility, raises the question of how services need to be designed so that everyone can use them. The number of persons with mobility impairments is increasing as a resul...
From a mobility rationale, advanced air mobility (AAM) and/or urban air mobility (UAM) claims a reduction in travel time with integration into intermodal transportation networks and a reduction in ground traffic congestion due to the current modal sh...
The static response of ballistic panels and also its resistance to blast and ballistic impact is investigated in the framework of this study. By connecting individual ballistic panels together, the protective barrier can be constructed. The protectiv...
As an active mode of transportation, walking has proven to be an effective strategy to tackle environmental problems while improving health. The current paper highlights the main factors that either encourage or deter pedestrians in their daily trips...
In this work, recessed gate AlGaN/GaN metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs) with double AlGaN barrier designs are fabricated and investigated. Two different recessed depths are designed, leading to a 5 nm and a...
α-crystallin-membrane association increases with age and cataracts, with the primary association site of α-crystallin being phospholipids. However, it is unclear if phospholipids’ acyl chain length and degree of unsaturation influen...
The mechanism of charge carrier transport in the indium tin oxide (ITO)/polymer/Cu structure is studied, where thin films of copoly(arylene ether ketone) with cardo fluorene moieties are used. This copoly(arylene ether ketone) is non-conjugated polym...
22 July 2019
The purpose of the study is to determine the actual demand for the elimination of architectural barriers among senior citizens in their place of residence and also in its immediate environment in Poland. The research covered a group of people in the...
Background: The rapid advancement of mobile health [mHealth] applications significantly improved healthcare accessibility. However, the adoption of these applications among the elderly population remains uncertain. This study aims to assess the attit...
The importance of data and evidence has increased considerably in policy planning, implementation, and evaluation. There is unprecedented availability of open and big data, and there are rapid developments in intelligence gathering and the applicatio...
In Japan, the number of shoppers who have difficulty accessing stores is increasing. Their health is often at risk because they cannot use stores at an appropriate frequency or buy a sufficient amount and variety of groceries. Grocery access that mai...
This study aimed to evaluate the concentration of reactive oxidative metabolites, the antioxidant barrier, thiol groups of plasma compounds, and high-mobility group box 1 in shelter dogs naturally infected with helminths. In addition, the correlation...
21 November 2022
(1) Introduction: The ubiquity of mobile phones suggests the potential of mobile health applications to reach patients with type 2 diabetes and engage them to improve self-care. This study aimed to explore personal goals, barriers to self-management...
Electrically conductive polymer materials are increasingly being used as electronic materials, for example, in thin-film transistors. However, the low mobility of charge carriers limits their use. One of the ways to increase the mobility of charge ca...
1 May 2017
Many telecommunication companies in Malaysia have been attracted to invest significantly in the development of mobile commerce due to the explosive growth in the usage and market penetration of mobile devices. Eventhough generation X is characterized...
This article delves into the problem of fuzzy adaptive event-triggered (ET) formation control for nonholonomic mobile robots (NMRs) subject to full-state constraints. Fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are employed to identify the unknown nonlinear functions...
A technique for poling of glasses using a resistive barrier discharge plasma in the atmosphere in a gap of hundreds of microns is presented. Measurements of the polarization current, second harmonic generation, and IR spectra of poled soda-lime glass...
The accessibility of nature trails for people with motor disabilities and impairments stands as a significant challenge for inclusive tourism. In the present study, we would like to present a review of research, approaches, and solutions to enable pe...
We report on the high-voltage, noise, and radio frequency (RF) performances of aluminium gallium nitride/gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) devices without any GaN buffer. Such a GaN–SiC hybrid material was developed in order...
Recent research related to transport gerontology argues that the autonomy, flexibility and independence provided by the car are fundamental in fulfilling travel needs in later life. Statistics show that in the western world the car is the most used m...
Nonholonomic four-wheeled mobile robot (NFMR) is a typical multiple input–multiple output system that formulates its kinematic dynamics concerning position and attitude in a parallel manner. However, due to the lumped disturbances and interconn...
Open public data is a vital institutional arrangement for overcoming data constraints in corporate low-carbon technological innovation. Using a panel dataset of China’s Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed firms over the 2007–2023 period,...
Spinal cord ischemia–reperfusion (SCI/R) injury remains a major clinical challenge with limited therapeutic options. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a proinflammatory mediator released during cellular stress, has been implicated in the patho...
This paper introduces a novel approach to addressing the challenge of accurately timing short distance runs, a critical aspect in the assessment of athletic performance. Electronic photoelectric barriers, although recognized for their dependability a...
Background/Objectives: We will describe the early mobilization protocols applied to critically ill pediatric patients in PICUs, analyzing the strategies employed, the tools used, and the barriers perceived by the healthcare team during their implemen...
Background/Objectives: Smart technologies have the potential to be rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective tools for real-life monitoring of cognitive function among older adults. Identifying barriers to using remote cognitive testing in older adults&rs...
Mobile payment systems have rapidly expanded globally, especially in developing countries like Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Technological advances, public acceptance, and increased adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic drive this growth. Mobile...
Establishing viable targets and pathways to achieve low-carbon mobility is proving to be a growing challenge, especially in emerging economies. Brazil has faced persistent economic and political crises, impacting current and future climate policies....
18 December 2025
Purpose: To describe structural and systemic barriers to ophthalmic care experienced by underserved patients, particularly those facing language obstacles, immigration-related constraints, limited insurance coverage, financial hardship, and navigatio...
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