During the creation and integration of a health care system based on medical knowledge graphs, it is necessary to review and select the vocabularies and definitions that best fit the information requirements of the system being developed. This implie...
The growing demand for sustainable and affordable housing requires construction systems that reduce material consumption, embodied environmental impacts, construction waste, and life-cycle costs while retaining the value of building components across...
Steel production is a major contributor to resource use and greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 8% of global CO2 emissions, with structural steel accounting for more than half of this share. As the construction sector moves toward decarbo...
This study investigates the use of transfer learning and modular design for adapting a pretrained model to optimize energy efficiency and heat reuse in edge data centers while meeting local conditions, such as alternative heat management and hardware...
When facing the increasing demands of the housing market and balancing the requirements of sustainable development in the construction sector, building design methods should practise material conservation and adopt carbon reduction measures to allevi...
Circular economy (CE) is an emergent concept that promotes resource circularity in multiple product systems. Modular construction (MC), an evolving construction technique, which includes an off-site manufacturing environment, increasingly supports CE...
Timber, as a renewable material, could reduce reliance on conventional construction materials such as reinforced concrete, thereby lowering carbon emissions. Its light weight, structural reliability, and efficiency in on-site assembly make it well su...
The scarcity of natural resources and the problem of pollution have initiated the need for extending the life and use of existing products. The concept of the reverse supply chain provides an opportunity to recover value from discarded products. The...
This research explores the SL-Block system within an architecture framework by embracing building modularity, combinatorial design, topological interlocking, machine learning, and tactile sensor-based robotic assembly. The SL-Block, composed of S and...
The aim of this article is to discuss the logic and assumptions behind the concept of neural reuse, to explore its biological advantages and to discuss the implications for the cognition of a brain that reuses existing circuits and resources. We firs...
Due to a very large number of connected virtual objects in the surrounding environment, intelligent service features in the Internet of Things requires the reuse of existing virtual objects and composite virtual objects. If a new virtual object is cr...
Vulnerable open-source component reuse can lead to security problems. At present, open-source component detection for binary programs can only reveal whether open-source components with vulnerabilities are reused, which cannot determine the specific...
Commercial liquid handling robots are rarely appropriate when tasks change often, which is the case in the early stages of biochemical research. In order to address it, we have developed EvoBot, a liquid handling robot, which is open-source and emplo...
The construction industry is characterised by high raw materials consumption and large waste generation. Upcycling waste construction materials offers an opportunity to reduce embodied carbon emissions while creating community assets. This paper exam...
This paper takes jacket as an example, constructs a clothing knowledge model based on domain ontology, and explores ways to represent and reuse clothing knowledge in the context of the Internet economy. In this paper, jacket knowledge is sorted out b...
This study aims to examine the latest literature at the intersection of prefabrication, modularity, and the circular economy (CE) through a bibliometric analysis. This systematic review follows five key steps: design and conceptualization, bibliometr...
This article explores the foundational mechanisms of the Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) theory—closure under coupling, universality, and uniqueness—and their critical role in enabling interoperability through modular, hierarch...
The application of volumetric modular construction using Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) has emerged as a sustainable and efficient alternative to traditional building methods, especially in residential and mid-rise structures. However, the widespread a...
There is a limited amount of research dedicated to designing and developing computing curricula specifically tailored for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and thus far, no study has examined the effectiveness of an accessible computing c...
Segmented timber shells present a novel building system that utilizes modular, planar building components to create lightweight free-form structures in architecture. Recent advancements in the research field of segmented timber shells pursue, among o...
Here we describe a toolkit for presenting physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models in a modular graphical view in the BioUML platform. Firstly, we demonstrate the BioUML capabilities for PBPK modeling tested on an existing model of nanopar...
Background: Optimizing reverse chains is more difficult than forward linear supply chains. Careful consideration should be given to recovery strategies to optimize product reuse as well as recycling. Methods: Using a 450-product dataset from the Melb...
In the ubiquitous Internet of Things (IoT) environment, reusing objects instead of creating new one has become important in academics and industries. The situation becomes complex due to the availability of a huge number of connected IoT objects, and...
Urban built environments face unprecedented challenges in resource management and sustainability, necessitating innovative approaches that integrate circular economy principles with construction technologies. This study addresses the critical researc...
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This research identifies patterns of conflicting interorganisational information exchange requirements in precinct modelling and simulation (M&S) depending on the interaction and expertise of the collaborating actors. Internationally surveying le...
This paper presents LokAlp, a modular timber construction system invented and developed by the authors, inspired by the traditional Blockbau technique, and designed for circularity and self-construction. LokAlp utilizes standardized interlocking bloc...
Integrated development environments (IDEs) provide many useful tools such as a code editor, a compiler, and a debugger for creating software. These tools are highly sophisticated, and their development requires a significant effort. Traditionally, an...
In the last decades, the increasing complexity of industrial information technology has led to the emergence of new trends in manufacturing. Factories are using multiple Internet of Things (IoT) platforms to harvest sensor information to improve prod...
This study investigates the interconnection methods used to create a circular economy building featuring modularity and designed for disassembly and relocation. Designing modular buildings for disassembly and reuse can decrease waste production and m...
This article has proposed an efficient area-optimized elliptic curve cryptographic processor architecture over
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are becoming one of the key trends in the development of nuclear technology, offering a flexible, safe and cost-effective alternative to large nuclear power plants. This review defines the “driving force” of...
Agricultural research and propagation systems often suffer due to a lack of access to affordable, adaptable, and well-structured technological solutions. Traditional plant growth devices typically rely on ad hoc construction, which limits their scala...
This study developed an integrated strategy for outdoor photo-fermentative biohydrogen production by Rhodopseudomonas pentothenatexigens KKU-SN1/1 through low-cost medium optimization, repeated-batch operation, modular bioreactor simulation, and biom...
50 m3 of legacy liquid radioactive waste at the Saakadze site in Georgia was treated using a modular type facility with apparatuses encased in three metallic 200 L drums using as purification method the sorption/ion exchange technology. The main cont...
One possible solution that mitigates the effects of climate change is the implementation of vertical greenery systems, which have the potential to reduce the need for cooling and provide energy savings for heating. This paper evaluates the effects of...
Domain-Specific Languages with JSON grammar (JSON-DSLs) are specialized programming languages tailored to specific problem domains, offering higher abstraction levels and simplifying software implementation through the JSON standard. RhoArchitecture...
The use of modular steel construction (MSC) achieves a minimum of on-site work and the potential for removability and reuse. In order to realize the overall disassembly of module buildings and the rapid off-site reconstruction after disassembly, spec...
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...
Material and energy flow models (MFEMs) are widely used to support life cycle assessment (LCA) and sustainability analyses; however, increasing system complexity often results in models that are difficult to structure, reuse, and adapt across analyti...
This work presents a service-oriented launcher for ESERO Greece’s CanSat 2025, delivering four reusable rockets that reach 1000 m and perform clean, near-apogee payload deployment with safe recovery. A requirements-driven process combined with...
The rapid growth of electronic waste has created an urgent need for more sustainable product design. Current monitor designs often prioritize aesthetics and performance over repairability, reusability, and recyclability, leading to unnecessary materi...
Modular construction (MC) is frequently promoted as a path to circular economy (CE) outcomes in built environments, yet circular adoption and performance remain uneven. This study investigates how systemic barriers shape the implementation of circula...
The reuse of wash water in the agri-food industry is in line with sustainability goals through the reduction of the water footprint. Depending on the production process and raw material type, wash waters may exhibit severe biological and physicochemi...
Nuclear energy can help stop climate change by generating large amounts of emission-free electricity. Nuclear reactor designs are continually being developed to be more fuel efficient, safer, easier to construct, and to produce less nuclear waste. Th...
The transformation of public spaces to meet the need for shelter in the post-disaster situation is a practice observed in many countries. However, these temporary alterations are meticulously planned and executed within a defined timeframe following...
Declining birth rates are reshaping higher education across East Asia, accelerating the large-scale underutilization and, in some contexts, partial abandonment of university campus assets. Although adaptive reuse has been widely discussed, campus tra...
Tapioca processing industries are very popular in the rural community to produce a variety of foods as the end products. Due to their small scales and scattered locations, they require robust modular systems to operate at low capacity with minimum su...
Qualitative analysis of biochemical reaction systems reveals fundamental system-level properties that are independent of precise kinetic parameters, often context-dependent, or experimentally inaccessible. By focusing on structural and topological fe...
The adoption of blockchain-based smart contracts for the trading of goods and services promises greater transparency, automation, and trustlessness, but also raises challenges related to payment integration and modularity. While business analysts (BA...
This research addresses the need for climate-resilient architecture through a biotechnological intervention at the indoor-landscape interface. It presents a modular system utilizing the cyanobacterium Nostoc linckia to regulate air quality in enclose...
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