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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,761 Views
13 Pages

Difference between Learning Basic Form Generation and Automotive Exterior Design

  • Shih-Hung Cheng,
  • Yung-Chuan Ma and
  • Winger Sei-Wo Tseng

This study explores the correlation between learning about basic form factors and learning automotive exterior design (AED) for the first time. To help beginner AED students learn smoothly, we developed modular courses and proposed to teach basic for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,472 Views
19 Pages

Method and Test Course for the Evaluation of Industrial Exoskeletons

  • Lennart Ralfs,
  • Niclas Hoffmann and
  • Robert Weidner

15 October 2021

In recent years, the trend for implementing exoskeletons in industrial workplaces has significantly increased. A variety of systems have been developed to support different tasks, body parts, and movements. As no standardized procedure for evaluating...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
12,672 Views
23 Pages

How to Align the University Curricula with the Market Demands by Developing Employability Skills in the Civil Engineering Sector

  • Livia Anastasiu,
  • Alexandra Anastasiu,
  • Mihaela Dumitran,
  • Codruţa Crizboi and ,
  • Alexandra Holmaghi and
  • Maria Nicoleta Roman
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 September 2017

The purpose of the research is to discover which employability skills may be developed by students from technical universities in order to meet market demands. Since graduates from technical universities face unemployment or over qualification for va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,975 Views
26 Pages

Redesign of the Statistics Course to Improve Graduates’ Skills

  • Marta Benková,
  • Dagmar Bednárová,
  • Gabriela Bogdanovská and
  • Marcela Pavlíčková

23 July 2022

In general, college students have concerns about mastering the Statistics course. Several scientific articles suggest that methodologies in which the student is an active part of the educational process lead to their greater involvement in teaching a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future of Education and Mathematics 2030: Challenges, Answers and New Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
812 Views
16 Pages

19 February 2026

In this research, the alignment and mapping between Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle) learning resources and course topics are described using text similarity methods. The goal of this work is to improve the accuracy of au...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,468 Views
17 Pages

A Generative AI-Empowered Digital Tutor for Higher Education Courses

  • Hila Reicher,
  • Yarden Frenkel,
  • Maor Juliet Lavi,
  • Rami Nasser and ,
  • Yuval Ran-milo,
  • Ron Sheinin,
  • Mark Shtaif and
  • Tova Milo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

26 March 2025

This paper explores the potential of AI-based digital tutors to enhance student learning by providing accurate, course-specific answers to complex questions, anchored in validated course materials. The Tel Aviv University Digital Tutor (TAUDT) exempl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,097 Views
15 Pages

15 May 2023

Sustainable teaching model innovation is an important way to build a new business discipline in Chinese university business school; however, its effective implementation faces various challenges. This paper conducts an exploratory study on the curren...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,068 Views
22 Pages

Sustainability Education: Capacity Building Using the MUSE Model

  • Sara Giarola,
  • Alexander Kell,
  • Sonja Sechi,
  • Mattia Carboni and ,
  • Alaize Dall-Orsoletta,
  • Pierluigi Leone and
  • Adam Hawkes
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 July 2023

Education for sustainable development has among its pillars, capacity building, which equips future generations with the set of skills needed to face the challenge of the transformation of society for sustainable development. This paper presents a tr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Changes of Global Energy Systems: Bridging the Gap between Policy, Education, and Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,532 Views
17 Pages

Academic Libraries as Partners in Data Literacy Education—An Explorative Case Study

  • Simone Fühles-Ubach,
  • Elisabeth Kaliva and
  • Martina Echtenbruck

The concept of the ‘teaching library’, which originated in the Anglo-American world, describes all activities of libraries in the field of promoting information, media, and data literacy, as well as other skills in dealing with analog and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Academic Libraries in Supporting Research)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5,212 Views
5 Pages

Printed Modular Approach on Selected High School Learners in Infanta Pangasinan for Successful Learning Delivery Amidst Disruption

  • Catherine N. Lumanta,
  • Narciso A. Martin,
  • Randy Joy M. Ventayen,
  • Ian D. Evangelista and ,
  • Eddelaine B. Monte,
  • Dhaly D. Boctuanon and
  • Rofer-Jay S. Ferrer
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The coronavirus disease altered human history in terms of the normal course of life, day-to-day business transactions, and education setup. It could be observed that learning institutions across the globe have been affected much by the raging effect...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,494 Views
24 Pages

10 October 2022

Project-based learning, in which students engage in meaningful learning with authentic projects and building agency and autonomy for sustainable learning, has been increasingly promoted in higher education. However, completing an authentic project in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Educational Intelligence and Emerging Educational Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,667 Views
22 Pages

Hardware description languages and tools require a considerable amount of teaching activities in a digital systems design course, which is difficult to accommodate in a limited time frame, and to use for e-learning. This paper presents our user-frien...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mobile Learning and Technology Enhanced Learning during COVID-19)
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
9,087 Views
16 Pages

31 March 2022

Among the numerous learning management platforms, Moodle is free, open-source software supporting expanding and modularized system functions and services to facilitate online courses or online resources and interactive activities. This study enhanced...

(This article belongs to the Collection The Application and Development of E-learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,846 Views
29 Pages

The increasing complexity of academic programs and student needs necessitates personalized, data-driven academic advising. Traditional heuristic-based methods often fail to optimize course selection, leading to inefficient academic planning and delay...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,278 Views
18 Pages

Monitoring Students at the University: Design and Application of a Moodle Plugin

  • María Consuelo Sáiz-Manzanares,
  • Raúl Marticorena-Sánchez and
  • César Ignacio García-Osorio

18 May 2020

Early detection of at-risk students is essential, especially in the university environment. Moreover, personalized learning has been shown to increase motivation and lower student dropout rates. At present, the average dropout rates among students fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
13,129 Views
21 Pages

Recyclable Architecture: Prefabricated and Recyclable Typologies

  • Marielle Ferreira Silva,
  • Laddu Bhagya Jayasinghe,
  • Daniele Waldmann and
  • Florian Hertweck

12 February 2020

Buildings are being demolished without taking into the account the waste generated, and the housing shortage problem is getting more critical as cities are growing and the demand for built space and the use of resources are increasing. Architectural...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Progresses and New Strategies on Recycled Materials and Reused Components for Sustainable Civil Infrastructures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,464 Views
22 Pages

A commercially available microfluidics flow cell was utilized together with widefield fluorescence microscopy to evaluate the effects of disinfectants on bacterial strains. The flow cell’s inner surface supports the formation of biofilms of num...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Methods in Microbial Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,091 Views
25 Pages

From Cookbooks to Networks: A Framework for Comparing Multiethnic Ingredient Systems in Transylvania

  • Zsolt Magyari-Sáska,
  • Attila Magyari-Sáska and
  • Lóránt Bálint-Bálint

12 March 2026

Cookbooks serve as structured records of both ingredient repertoires and the underlying processing logics that define a culture’s culinary identity. By modeling five Transylvanian ethnic traditions—Hungarian, Romanian, Transylvanian Saxon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,685 Views
18 Pages

Metabolomic Modularity Analysis (MMA) to Quantify Human Liver Perfusion Dynamics

  • Gautham Vivek Sridharan,
  • Bote Gosse Bruinsma,
  • Shyam Sundhar Bale,
  • Anandh Swaminathan and ,
  • Nima Saeidi,
  • Martin L. Yarmush and
  • Korkut Uygun
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 November 2017

Large-scale -omics data are now ubiquitously utilized to capture and interpret global responses to perturbations in biological systems, such as the impact of disease states on cells, tissues, and whole organs. Metabolomics data, in particular, are di...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioinformatics and Data Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,701 Views
31 Pages

A 3D-Printed, Open-Source, Low-Cost Drone Platform for Mechatronics and STEM Education in an Academic Context

  • Avraam Chatzopoulos,
  • Antreas Kantaros,
  • Paraskevi Zacharia,
  • Theodore Ganetsos and
  • Michail Papoutsidakis

17 November 2025

This study presents the design and implementation of a low-cost, open-source, 3D-printed drone platform for university-level STEM education in mechatronics, robotics, control theory, and artificial intelligence. The platform addresses key limitations...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Flight Dynamics and Decision-Making for UAV Operations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,318 Views
35 Pages

30 September 2025

Developing secure and well-structured web applications using Spring Boot presents a significant challenge, as it requires developers to manage multiple layers, employ framework-specific annotations, and ensure authentication, authorization, and compl...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,538 Views
13 Pages

Gene Co-Expression Network Modular Analysis Reveals Altered Immune Mechanisms in HIV-HAND

  • Maria Cristina Petralia,
  • Ferdinando Nicoletti,
  • Lyubka Tancheva,
  • Reni Kalfin and ,
  • Paolo Fagone and
  • Katia Mangano
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 October 2022

Although the introduction of HAART has completely changed the natural course of HIV infection, the number of chronic forms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) has risen. It is estimated that up to half of subjects undergoing HAART therap...

(This article belongs to the Section Neurovirology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,733 Views
20 Pages

The Middleware for an Exoskeleton Assisting Upper Limb Movement

  • Przemyslaw Strzelczyk,
  • Krzysztof Tomczewski and
  • Krzysztof Wrobel

13 April 2022

This article presents the possibilities of newly developed middleware dedicated for distributed and modular control systems. The software enables the exchange of information locally, within one control module, and globally, between many modules. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rehabilitation Robots and Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
405 Views
23 Pages

7 August 2026

Engineering education is increasingly required to prepare graduates who can address complex societal challenges by connecting technical expertise with innovation, sustainability, stakeholder needs, and value creation. This article examines how an ite...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,521 Views
18 Pages

Online Blended Learning in Small Private Online Course

  • Yong Han,
  • Wenjun Wu,
  • Lijun Zhang and
  • Yu Liang

31 July 2021

In this work, we studied the online blended learning model of computer network experimentation, focusing mainly on the problem of traditional network experiments being limited by location and time, and explore the applicability of the small private o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,447 Views
11 Pages

22 November 2020

A model-based design allows representing complex, multi-domain systems as interconnected functional blocks, yielding graphical, intuitive information about the overall project, besides simplifying simulation. This work proposes using the modular appr...

(This article belongs to the Collection Optical Design and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,333 Views
21 Pages

Experimental Design and Implementation of Vision-Based Sorting Using SCARA Robotic Arms

  • Huiping Jin,
  • Chenxi Shen,
  • Tianshi Lu,
  • Yong Ling and ,
  • Feng Gao,
  • Kang Han and
  • Xiaojun Jin
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Conventional industrial manipulators are often costly and come with steep learning curves, which limits their scalability in hands-on robotics education. This paper presents a compact and modular vision-guided sorting platform based on a 4-DOF SCARA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,542 Views
19 Pages

Applying Iterative Student Feedback across Flipped Classroom and Flexible Teaching Approaches: Impact on Veterinary Students’ Learning Experience

  • Arti A. Singh,
  • Frances M. Shapter,
  • Anne Bernard,
  • Deanne J. Whitworth and ,
  • Marnie G. Holt,
  • Philip S. Waller and
  • Stephanie L. Bond
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 August 2024

No single teaching strategy supports all learning styles in veterinary science students. To facilitate more convenient and flexible teaching, learning, and revision, an innovative online digital learning platform—VetCloud—was developed to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Education and Communication in Veterinary Clinical Practice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,341 Views
22 Pages

Teaching Bioinspired Design for Assistive Technologies Using Additive Manufacturing: A Collaborative Experience

  • Maria Elizete Kunkel,
  • Alexander Sauer,
  • Carlos Isaacs,
  • Thabata Alcântara Ferreira Ganga and ,
  • Leonardo Henrique Fazan and
  • Eduardo Keller Rorato
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Integrating bioinspired design and additive manufacturing into engineering education fosters innovation to meet the growing demand for accessible, personalized assistive technologies. This paper presents the outcomes of an international course, &ldqu...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomimetics of Materials and Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,592 Views
16 Pages

Liver Phantoms Cast in 3D-Printed Mold for Image-Guided Procedures

  • Radu Claudiu Elisei,
  • Florin Graur,
  • Andreas Melzer,
  • Sever Calin Moldovan and ,
  • Calin Tiu,
  • Calin Popa,
  • Emil Mois,
  • Doina Pisla,
  • Calin Vaida and
  • Nadim Al-Hajjar
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

Introduction: Image-guided invasive procedures on the liver require a steep learning curve to acquire the necessary skills. The best and safest way to achieve these skills is through hands-on courses that include simulations and phantoms of different...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Imaging and Theranostics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,508 Views
23 Pages

21 February 2025

This paper introduces a new self-locking-unlockable modular building with an inter-module connection, and its seismic performance is investigated. The new connection can realize fast connection and unlocking during construction through exceptional de...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Modern Structural Engineering: From Materials to Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,900 Views
27 Pages

Digital Transformation and Location Data Interoperability Skills for Small and Medium Enterprises

  • Monica De Martino,
  • Giacomo Martirano,
  • Alfonso Quarati,
  • Francesco Varni and
  • Mayte Toscano Domínguez

In the dynamic landscape of digital transformation, data interoperability—particularly for location data—is a key enabler of operational efficiency, innovation, and collaboration for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Despite their stra...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
23,407 Views
35 Pages

Psychological Treatments for Depression in Adolescents: More Than Three Decades Later

  • Javier Méndez,
  • Óscar Sánchez-Hernández,
  • Judy Garber,
  • José P. Espada and
  • Mireia Orgilés

Depression is a common and impairing disorder which is a serious public health problem. For some individuals, depression has a chronic course and is recurrent, particularly when its onset is during adolescence. The purpose of the current paper was to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adolescent Depressive Disorder)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,198 Views
14 Pages

Fast Operation of Determining the Sign of a Number in RNS Using the Akushsky Core Function

  • Egor Shiriaev,
  • Nikolay Kucherov,
  • Mikhail Babenko and
  • Anton Nazarov

This article presents a study related to increasing the performance of distributed computing systems. The essence of fog computing lies in the use of so-called edge devices. These devices are low-power, so they are extremely sensitive to the computat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
628 Views
24 Pages

4 August 2026

Higher education is undergoing a profound transformation driven by online and generative learning environment expansion, rapidly evolving labour market demands, and the emergence of new educational providers offering flexible, industry-aligned learni...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bridging the Gap: Higher Education, Skills, and Graduate Employability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,113 Views
24 Pages

Diversity of Endolysin Domain Architectures in Bacteriophages Infecting Bacilli

  • Olga N. Koposova,
  • Olesya A. Kazantseva and
  • Andrey M. Shadrin

11 December 2024

The increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens is a serious problem in medicine. Endolysins are bacteriolytic enzymes of bacteriophages, and a promising group of enzymes with antibacterial properties. Endolysins of bacteriophages i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms and Their Potential Solutions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,454 Views
23 Pages

UBUMonitor: An Open-Source Desktop Application for Visual E-Learning Analysis with Moodle

  • Raúl Marticorena-Sánchez,
  • Carlos López-Nozal,
  • Yi Peng Ji,
  • Carlos Pardo-Aguilar and
  • Álvar Arnaiz-González

An inherent requirement of teaching using online learning platforms is that the teacher must analyze student activity and performance in relation to course learning objectives. Therefore, all e-learning environments implement a module to collect such...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Open Source Software in Learning Environments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
675 Views
26 Pages

25 April 2026

This article presents the design and development of an interactive architecture oriented toward the management of traditional vallenato, a musical genre recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Architecture combines the pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,583 Views
23 Pages

Five Guiding Principles to Make Jupyter Notebooks Fit for Earth Observation Data Education

  • Julia Wagemann,
  • Federico Fierli,
  • Simone Mantovani,
  • Stephan Siemen and ,
  • Bernhard Seeger and
  • Jörg Bendix
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 July 2022

There is a growing demand to train Earth Observation (EO) data users in how to access and use existing and upcoming data. A promising tool for data-related training is computational notebooks, which are interactive web applications that combine text,...

(This article belongs to the Collection Teaching and Learning in Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,884 Views
33 Pages

This study explores the integration of Georgi Lozanov’s Suggestopedia with Alain Berthoz’s theory of simplexity as a pedagogical paradigm for inclusive and creative educational design. The research, conducted within the specialization cou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,906 Views
15 Pages

2 February 2026

The rapid integration of Industry 4.0 technologies into non-computer engineering curricula presents a significant pedagogical challenge: avoiding a “one-size-fits-all” approach. While Project-Based Learning (PBL) is widely advocated for t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,817 Views
22 Pages

Mechanical contact in a corrosive synovial environment leads to progressive surface damage at the modular interface of the joint implants. The wear debris and corrosion products degrade the synovial fluids and change the lubrication mechanisms at the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,863 Views
23 Pages

23 July 2025

This work presents the development of NOVA, an educational virtual assistant designed for the Parallel Computing course, built using a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture combined with Large Language Models (LLMs). The assistant operate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,388 Views
27 Pages

9 September 2025

The rapid development of smart home and building technologies requires educational methods that facilitate the integration of theoretical knowledge with practical, system-level design skills. Computer-assisted tools play a crucial role in this proces...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Computer-Assisted Learning (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
8,113 Views
23 Pages

Drainage and Stand Growth Response in Peatland Forests—Description, Testing, and Application of Mechanistic Peatland Simulator SUSI

  • Ari Laurén,
  • Marjo Palviainen,
  • Samuli Launiainen,
  • Kersti Leppä and ,
  • Leena Stenberg,
  • Iñaki Urzainki,
  • Mika Nieminen,
  • Raija Laiho and
  • Hannu Hökkä
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

3 March 2021

Drainage is an essential prerequisite in peatland forest management, which generally, but not always, increases stand growth. Growth response depends on weather conditions, stand and site characteristics, management and biogeochemical processes. We c...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,791 Views
22 Pages

19 January 2024

Robust and accurate three-dimensional localization is essential for personal navigation, emergency rescue, and worker monitoring in indoor environments. For localization technology to be employed in various applications, it is necessary to reduce inf...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,850 Views
12 Pages

Group Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder: Emotion Dysregulation and Alexithymia as Mediators of Symptom Improvement

  • Luca Zompa,
  • Emanuele Cassioli,
  • Eleonora Rossi,
  • Valentina Zofia Cordasco and ,
  • Leda Caiati,
  • Stefano Lucarelli,
  • Ilenia Giunti,
  • Lisa Lazzeretti,
  • Giulio D’Anna and
  • Giovanni Castellini
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

14 June 2025

Background/Objectives: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) has emerged as a promising intervention for Eating Disorders (Eds), especially Binge Eating Disorder (BED), which is often characterized by severe emotion dysregulation. The aims of this stud...

(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition Methodology & Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,473 Views
24 Pages

3 September 2025

Against the background of China’s ecological civilization construction and sustainable development strategies, how remote sensing courses adapt to the demands of the artificial intelligence era has become an urgent issue for undergraduate educa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Digital and Sustainable Transformation of Teaching and Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,305 Views
23 Pages

Time-Resolved On-Board Measurements of TRWP Using Distributed Particle Sensor Systems

  • Guido Lehne,
  • Sven Brandt,
  • Frank Schiefer,
  • Benjamin Oelze and ,
  • Nadine Aschenbrenner,
  • Malte Hothan,
  • Georg-Peter Ostermeyer and
  • Carsten Schilde
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

9 September 2025

The focus of this article is on the measurement of tire and road wear particles (TRWPs) during vehicle operation. The long-term objective is to determine the sources of particulate matter. Consequently, the development of sustainable tires can be sup...

(This article belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
404 Views
11 Pages

18 August 2026

The growing demand for scalable and cost-effective digital learning environments has increased interest in lightweight cloud-based learning management solutions that can support instructional delivery without the complexity and infrastructure require...

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