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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,664 Views
10 Pages

11 October 2019

The connectedness and path connectedness of the solution sets to vector optimization problems is an important and interesting study in optimization theories and applications. Most papers involving the direction established the connectedness and conne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
948 Views
15 Pages

On m-Negative Sets and Out Mondirected Topologies in the Human Nervous System

  • Faten H. Damag,
  • Amin Saif,
  • Adem Kiliçman,
  • Ekram E. Ali and
  • Mouataz B. Mesmouli

28 November 2024

Using the monophonic paths in the theory of directed graphs, this paper constructs a new topology called the out mondirected topology, which characterizes the graphs that induce indiscrete or discrete topology. We give and study some of the relations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
999 Views
22 Pages

4 December 2024

In this paper, we deal with the properties and applications of a nonlinear scalarization function for sets by using the Minkowski difference. Under some suitable assumptions, the continuity and convexity concerned with the nonlinear scalarization fun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
657 Views
15 Pages

17 April 2025

In this paper, we explore certain properties related to connectedness and introduce the definition of irresolute paths. Subsequently, we define the concepts of semi-path connectedness, locally semi-path connectedness, and semi-locally s-simply connec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,147 Views
15 Pages

This study aimed to test the mediating effects of nature restorativeness, stress, and nature connectedness in the association between nature exposure and quality of life (QoL). Urban and rural Lithuanian inhabitants (n = 924; 73.6% were women), mean...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
19,037 Views
7 Pages

PTSD in U.S. Veterans: The Role of Social Connectedness, Combat Experience and Discharge

  • Sara Kintzle,
  • Nicholas Barr,
  • Gisele Corletto and
  • Carl A. Castro

Service members who transition out of the military often face substantial challenges during their transition to civilian life. Leaving military service requires establishing a new community as well as sense of connectedness to that community. Little...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,391 Views
32 Pages

The Emergence of Ecological Consciousness: A Transformative Journey

  • McKenna Corvello,
  • Cerine Benomar and
  • Stefania Maggi

23 July 2025

The global youth mental health crisis is increasingly intertwined with climate change, as young people experience heightened climate anxiety and ecological grief. This study examines the relationship between nature connectedness, climate worry, copin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,468 Views
11 Pages

22 March 2024

An edge coloring of a graph G results in G being rainbow connected when every pair of vertices is linked by a rainbow path. Such a path is defined as one where each edge possesses a distinct color. A rainbow coloring refers to an edge coloring that g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,741 Views
13 Pages

The Role of Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and Connectedness in Dropout Intention in a Sample of Italian College Students

  • Chiara Buizza,
  • Herald Cela,
  • Giulio Sbravati,
  • Sara Bornatici,
  • Giuseppe Rainieri and
  • Alberto Ghilardi

7 January 2024

Dropout is a critical concern in higher education, with a considerable number of students leaving within the first two years of university. Dropout affects students’ well-being and their academic and career prospects, and institutions’ re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,357 Views
14 Pages

15 November 2023

Little is known about how rejecting and controlling parenting styles may influence adolescent psychological crisis and what conditions may buffer the detrimental effects of psychological crisis. By integrating multiple theories, this study investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,076 Views
16 Pages

Research shows that nature exposure is directly and indirectly associated with more positive body image, which is an important facet of well-being more generally. In this study, we tested the mediating roles of physical activity in nature, perceived...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,286 Views
19 Pages

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 was historically significant, and based on past experiences with similar banking sector shocks, it is widely expected to trigger domino effects among tech giants and startups. However, based on the analysis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
5,626 Views
16 Pages

Background: Pandemics produce long-lasting secondary impacts on health, with a significant burden on people and society. Until now, the secondary impact of COVID-19 has been little estimated. Our aim was to investigate factors underlying quality of l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,824 Views
22 Pages

22 August 2025

With the rise of green building and biophilic design, how sports venues enhance users’ place attachment through natural design features has become a critical interdisciplinary research topic in architecture and environmental psychology. This st...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,304 Views
12 Pages

3 August 2021

The interactions between topological covering spaces, homotopy and group structures in a fibered space exhibit an array of interesting properties. This paper proposes the formulation of finite covering space components of compact Lindelof variety in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,666 Views
14 Pages

18 March 2021

The algebraic as well as geometric topological constructions of manifold embeddings and homotopy offer interesting insights about spaces and symmetry. This paper proposes the construction of 2-quasinormed variants of locally dense p-normed 2-spheres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,204 Views
16 Pages

Navigation of Multiple Disk-Shaped Robots with Independent Goals within Obstacle-Cluttered Environments

  • Panagiotis Vlantis,
  • Charalampos P. Bechlioulis and
  • Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

25 December 2022

In this work, we propose a hybrid control scheme to address the navigation problem for a team of disk-shaped robotic platforms operating within an obstacle-cluttered planar workspace. Given an initial and a desired configuration of the system, we dev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,336 Views
19 Pages

A Family of Position Values for Directed Communication Situations

  • Elena C. Gavilán,
  • Conrado M. Manuel and
  • René Van Den Brink

9 April 2022

In this paper, we define a family of values for directed communication situations that are inspired by the position value. We use the concept of directed communication and related connectedness in directed graphs, under which a coalition of players i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,341 Views
20 Pages

12 May 2025

In the globalized economic system, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have emerged as critical dimensions for assessing non-financial performance and ensuring the long-term sustainable development of businesses, influencing corporate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,541 Views
19 Pages

Tourists’ pro-environmental behavior is one of the key factors for the sustainable development of natural scenic spots. Although this behavior depends on the surroundings and context, the existing literature lacks the perspective of specific sc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,694 Views
18 Pages

1 July 2024

A connected graph, G, is Crossing Free-connected (CF-connected) if there is a path between every pair of vertices with no crossing on its edges for each optimal drawing of G. We conjecture that a complete tripartite graph, Kl,m,n, is CF-connected if...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,564 Views
16 Pages

21 February 2025

This study explores the risk nexus between the US dollar (USD) market and China’s major financial assets through a co-higher-order testing framework with market regime switching. Specifically, we utilize robust statistical measures such as co-s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,708 Views
14 Pages

Contact with Nature in Social Deprivation during COVID-19: The Positive Impact on Anxiety

  • Ferdinando Fornara,
  • Elena Rinallo and
  • Massimiliano Scopelliti

The 2019 outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had a devastating impact on millions of people worldwide. Following the constantly changing course of the pandemic, the Italian government massively restricted public and private life to p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,777 Views
27 Pages

Two Types of Trilocality of Probability and Correlation Tensors

  • Shu Xiao,
  • Huaixin Cao,
  • Zhihua Guo and
  • Kanyuan Han

1 February 2023

In this work, we discuss two types of trilocality of probability tensors (PTs) P=P(a1a2a3) over an outcome set Ω3 and correlation tensors (CTs) P=P(a1a2a3|x1x2x3) over an outcome-input set Δ3 based on a tri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,824 Views
16 Pages

Urbanized children today have fewer opportunities to interact with nature which may lead to a greater risk of mental health problems. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate which particular changes in connectedness to na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,508 Views
20 Pages

Living with Rheumatic Heart Disease at the Intersection of Biomedical and Aboriginal Worldviews

  • Emma Haynes,
  • Minitja Marawili,
  • Makungun B. Marika,
  • Alice Mitchell,
  • Roz Walker,
  • Judith M. Katzenellenbogen and
  • Dawn Bessarab

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) significantly impacts the lives of First Nations Australians. Failure to eliminate RHD is in part attributed to healthcare strategies that fail to understand the lived experience of RHD. To rectify this, a PhD study was...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,038 Views
20 Pages

Extensive research underscores that we interpret the world through metaphors; moreover, common metaphors are a useful means to enhance the pursuit of personal and collective goals. In the context of planetary health—defined as the interdependen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,837 Views
19 Pages

This study explores the role of egoistic and altruistic values on green real estate purchase intention among young consumers in Canada aged between 20 and 40 years. In addition, this study examines the mediating effects of pro-environmental self-iden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,903 Views
22 Pages

26 November 2021

Resilience is a new path to express and enhance urban sustainability. Cities suffer from natural shocks and human-made disturbances due to rapid urbanization and global climate change. The construction of an urban resilient developmental environment...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,266 Views
27 Pages

Analyzing Systemic Risk Spillover Networks Through a Time-Frequency Approach

  • Liping Zheng,
  • Ziwei Liang,
  • Jiaoting Yi and
  • Yuhan Zhu

22 June 2025

This paper investigates the spillover effects and transmission networks of systemic risk within China’s national economic sectors under extreme conditions from both time and frequency domain perspectives, building upon the spillover index metho...