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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,460 Views
18 Pages

Visual Satisfaction of Urban Park Waterfront Environment and Its Landscape Element Characteristics

  • Mei Lyu,
  • Shujiao Wang,
  • Jiaxuan Shi,
  • Dong Sun,
  • Kangting Cong and
  • Yi Tian

7 March 2025

Close contact with nature helps moderate public emotions and enhance happiness. As an important space for the public to connect with nature, the urban park waterfront environment plays a significant role. Studying the characteristics of landscape ele...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,707 Views
19 Pages

20 July 2023

The analysis and evaluation of the service capacity of an urban public space is of great importance for optimizing spatial design and ensuring sustainable regeneration of the space. Point-of-interest (POI) data analysis is a common method for evaluat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,874 Views
28 Pages

Rethinking Vertical Cities: The Influence of Public Perception on Design, Form, and Socio-Cultural Integration

  • Ghaida Al Sulaimani,
  • Muhammad Mashhood Arif,
  • Ahmad Adeel,
  • Muhammad Aamir Basheer and
  • Nida Batool Sheikh

9 September 2025

This study examines the multiple determinants of public satisfaction with high-rise urban forms in Muscat, Oman, in the context of rapid urbanization and the need to protect and conserve culture. Based on a conceptual framework that included six late...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,701 Views
20 Pages

In the past five decades, privately owned public open spaces (POPOS) have become increasingly prevalent and significant in urban areas. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in the performance and utilization of these spaces a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,536 Views
18 Pages

19 November 2024

Rapid urbanization in Saudi Arabia has reshaped land use and increased the demand for public spaces to enhance residents’ well-being, support quality of life, and strengthen cities’ resilience to global warming and climate change. In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
517 Views
25 Pages

12 November 2025

A core challenge in urban green space (UGS) management lies in precisely identifying public demand heterogeneity toward landscape elements. Grounded in Expectation Confirmation Theory (ECT), this study aims to systematically identify the key landscap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,661 Views
26 Pages

26 June 2025

Amid the accelerating processes of modernization and commercialization, traditional rural public spaces are increasingly losing their cultural value and social functions. This study investigates the transformative role of art intervention in enhancin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,038 Views
25 Pages

This study aims to address the understudied evaluation of public space performance in renovated multi-functional university buildings, with a special focus on university complexes based on integrated industry–research–education models. Wh...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,169 Views
12 Pages

Advanced Technologies for Geosite Visualization and Valorization: A Review

  • Federico Pasquaré Mariotto,
  • Noemi Corti and
  • Kyriaki Drymoni

1 May 2023

This review attempts to summarize contributions by authors who, in the last decade, have dedicated their efforts to making geoheritage accessible to the public. Geoheritage is composed of geosites, which are, nowadays, real milestones on which field-...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,714 Views
20 Pages

18 January 2018

Citizen satisfaction levels with public service have become a key indicator in evaluating a nation’s policy capability; as such, it has become important to realize citizen-centered public service that enhances the satisfaction of citizens. Government...

  • Article
  • Open Access
272 Views
20 Pages

18 November 2025

With the widespread use of sustainable building materials and the rise of emotional design, the use of wooden elements in public large-scale architecture has garnered significant attention. In public cultural spaces, especially music halls, although...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,638 Views
21 Pages

12 January 2023

Soundscapes are important resources and contribute to high-quality visiting experiences in scenic areas. Based on a public investigation of 195 interviewees in the Kulangsu scenic area, this study aimed to explore the relationships between the harmon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,444 Views
25 Pages

Analysis and Optimization of Landscape Preference Characteristics of Rural Public Space Based on Eye-Tracking Technology: The Case of Huangshandian Village, China

  • Tingting Su,
  • Kaiping Wang,
  • Shuangshuang Li,
  • Xinyan Wang,
  • Huan Li,
  • Huanru Ding,
  • Yanfei Chen,
  • Chenhui Liu,
  • Min Liu and
  • Yunlu Zhang

23 December 2022

As an important part of rural space, the public space landscape has a positive influence on tourists and local residents, and also has an important guiding significance for the sustainable development of rural areas. This study expands the previous r...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,676 Views
28 Pages

21 January 2025

The European Landscape Convention (ELC) acknowledges that the landscape is an important part of the quality of life for people everywhere, in urban areas and the countryside, in degraded areas as well as higher quality areas and recognized as being o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
676 Views
18 Pages

28 August 2025

The visual perception of lightscapes in urban parks plays a pivotal role in shaping the quality of recreational experiences. Scientifically delineating the key perceptual components and cultivating visually compelling lightscape environments is essen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,828 Views
16 Pages

30 June 2020

In an urban public transport system, mass rapid transit (MRT) stations play an important role in the concentration and deconcentration of passengers. Spatial conflicts and unclear routes may lead to crowding in MRT stations and reduce their operation...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,594 Views
30 Pages

24 March 2025

Public enthusiasm for the arts is high, a trend reflected in the increasingly commonplace incorporation of art in healthcare settings to enhance patient health and wellbeing. The primary aim of this critical narrative review is to evaluate the eviden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,994 Views
11 Pages

25 November 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this in vivo study was to investigate whether the less invasive approach (reduced thickness of the restoration) will result in a comparable risk of failure and similar aesthetic results, compared to conventional layered full p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,758 Views
24 Pages

2 September 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the satisfaction levels of people with VI with regard to infrastructure and outdoor activities. Furthermore, this study aims to develop an assessment model for the levels of difficulty in using public t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,577 Views
29 Pages

Amid the current global trend toward urbanization, there is a growing need for an improved quality of life. While rural public spaces are essential components of community life, their design and planning have traditionally focused on material aspects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,414 Views
12 Pages

16 April 2021

Our aim was to evaluate the clinical performance of direct composite restorations placed in patients with severely worn dentitions at an increased vertical dimension of occlusion, after up to 11 years. One hundred and sixty-four teeth in 13 patients...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,929 Views
12 Pages

Alternative Divulgation of the Local Sculptural Heritage: Construction of Paper Toys and Use of the Minecraft Video Game

  • Cecile Meier,
  • Jose Luis Saorín,
  • Jorge De la Torre-Cantero and
  • Manuel Drago Díaz-Alemán

18 November 2018

At present it is easy to digitalize sculptural heritage in 3D. Three-dimensional models allow for visualization of the work from all angles. The result can be seen in three-dimensional visors, in virtual reality, or by means of 3D-printed replicas. H...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,691 Views
15 Pages

20 December 2022

Background: This article provides a scoping review on the current status of Image-Guided Navigation with various forms of digital technologies, including Extended Reality, Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Displays (AR–HMDs) and Robot-Assisted Sur...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,721 Views
24 Pages

29 March 2022

This study explores the optimization method of emergency popular science information design elements in public health events, breaks through the traditional design with the designer as the subjective consciousness and proposes an emergency popular sc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,385 Views
35 Pages

5 September 2024

Solitary deaths, where individuals die alone and are isolated from the society, have emerged as a major social issue in South Korea. This study aimed to analyze the characteristics, perceptions, and living environments of socially vulnerable groups a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,431 Views
24 Pages

5 April 2025

This publication presents the development of a new mixed reality (MR) application for headsets, using grayscale and color passthrough to support therapeutic education in diabetes. Passthrough technology allows users to see their real-world environmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,132 Views
12 Pages

Study Area Map Generator: A Web-Based Shiny Application for Generating Country-Level Study Area Maps for Scientific Publications

  • Cesar Ivan Alvarez,
  • Juan Gabriel Mollocana-Lara,
  • Izar Sinde-González and
  • Ana Claudia Teodoro

The increasing demand for high-quality geospatial visualizations in scientific publications has highlighted the need for accessible and standardized tools that support reproducible research. Researchers from various disciplines—often without ex...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,364 Views
11 Pages

Mixed reality (MR) has recently been suggested as a new educational tool for nursing simulation. However, few studies have assessed the use and evaluation of MR nursing simulations. Therefore, this review identified studies of MR nursing simulations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,418 Views
12 Pages

3 April 2024

Pressed lithium disilicate is largely used for veneer manufacturing, but a new block formulation has recently been released on the market. This study evaluated the clinical performance of milled lithium disilicate veneers (LiSi Block, GC Co., Tokyo,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,752 Views
23 Pages

Integrating Augmented Reality in Spine Surgery: Redefining Precision with New Technologies

  • Manuel De Jesus Encarnacion Ramirez,
  • Gennady Chmutin,
  • Renat Nurmukhametov,
  • Gervith Reyes Soto,
  • Siddarth Kannan,
  • Gennadi Piavchenko,
  • Vladmir Nikolenko,
  • Ibrahim E. Efe,
  • Alberto Ramírez Romero and
  • Jeff Ntalaja Mukengeshay
  • + 6 authors

Introduction: The integration of augmented reality (AR) in spine surgery marks a significant advancement, enhancing surgical precision and patient outcomes. AR provides immersive, three-dimensional visualizations of anatomical structures, facilitatin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,954 Views
18 Pages

Use of End-to-End Tool for the Analysis of the Digital Governance of Ports

  • Nicoletta González-Cancelas,
  • Alberto Camarero Orive,
  • Alberto Rivas Vilarchao and
  • Javier Vaca-Cabrero

Background: Digital governance currently presents challenges in the context of ports, where efficiency and transparency are key elements for the success of operations. In ports, the effective adoption of digital governance can have a significant impa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,314 Views
15 Pages

Foreign Tourists in World Heritage Sites: A Motivation-Based Segmentation

  • Antonio Menor-Campos,
  • Jesús Claudio Pérez-Gálvez,
  • Amalia Hidalgo-Fernández and
  • Tomás López-Guzmán

17 April 2020

The inclusion on the lists published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)—World Heritage Site (WHS), Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), and World Heritage Sites in Danger—suggests, first of al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,238 Views
25 Pages

Saudi Electronic Caries Assessment Tool (SECAT) Development: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

  • Haya Alayadi,
  • Arwa Talakey,
  • Tourkiah Alessa and
  • Abdulaziz Aldhalaan

23 February 2025

Background: Dental caries is a significant public health challenge globally, particularly acute in Saudi Arabia’s remote areas with limited healthcare access. Traditional paper-based methods for recording epidemiological data have limitations i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,048 Views
13 Pages

Corneal Astigmatism After Cataract Surgery: A Review of Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Surgical Considerations

  • Andreea-Alexandra-Mihaela Muşat,
  • Cãlin-Petru Tãtaru,
  • Gabriela-Cornelia Muşat,
  • Lucia Bubulac,
  • Mihai-Alexandru Preda and
  • Ovidiu Muşat

16 September 2025

Background: This narrative review aims to assess multiple strategies available to evaluate and manage corneal astigmatism in the context of cataract surgery, with a focus on the surgical techniques, intraocular lens (IOL) selection, and the integrati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,054 Views
18 Pages

Agent-Based Modelling in Visitor Management of Protected Areas

  • Kamila Štekerová,
  • Josef Zelenka and
  • Milan Kořínek

30 September 2022

The research was motivated by the growing importance of visitor management in protected areas, which can be based on knowledge management, system modelling of processes and phenomena, and a deeper knowledge of the experience of visitors in connection...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,170 Views
11 Pages

27 July 2022

Background: Different technologies and materials can be used for implant-supported restorations in posterior areas. Our study aimed to evaluate the clinical performance of CAD/CAM implant-supported monolithic zirconia single crowns (ZrSCs) cemented o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
9,525 Views
17 Pages

11 November 2021

The number of publications on live online teaching and distance learning has significantly increased over the past two years since the outbreak and worldwide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, but more research is needed on effective methodologies and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
462 Views
29 Pages

27 November 2025

Industrial tourism has become an increasingly important means of promoting corporate identity and fostering public engagement, yet many factory tours suffer from fragmented layouts, congestion, and low visitor engagement. This study addresses these c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,860 Views
27 Pages

Implementation of Digital Geotwin-Based Mobile Crowdsensing to Support Monitoring System in Smart City

  • Suhono H. Supangkat,
  • Rohullah Ragajaya and
  • Agustinus Bambang Setyadji

21 February 2023

According to the UN (United Nations) data released in 2018, the growth in the world’s population in urban areas is increasing every year. This encourages changes in cities that are increasingly dynamic in infrastructure development, which has a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,866 Views
20 Pages

14 November 2022

Research on historic preservation zones (HPZs) has recently attracted increasing attention from academia and industry. With eight Beijing typical HPZs selected, this study evaluates critical vitality characteristics and identifies the key influencing...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,030 Views
18 Pages

Computational Methods for Information Processing from Natural Language Complaint Processes—A Systematic Review

  • J. C. Blandón Andrade,
  • A. Castaño Toro,
  • A. Morales Ríos and
  • D. Orozco Ospina

20 January 2025

Complaint processing is of great importance for companies because it allows them to understand customer satisfaction levels, which is crucial for business success. It allows them to show the real perceptions of users and thus visualize the problems,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,966 Views
20 Pages

An Eco-Innovative Green Design Method using the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving and Importance–Performance Analysis Tools—A Case Study of Marker Pen Manufacturing

  • Kai-Chao Yao,
  • Shu-Hua Huang,
  • Kuo-Yi Li,
  • Hsiu-Chu Hung,
  • Jing-Ran Xu,
  • Wei-Lun Huang,
  • Wei-Sho Ho,
  • Jiunn-Shiou Fang and
  • Ying-Ju Tseng

1 October 2023

This study explores innovative designs for the cap of a marker pen, aiming to address the issues of cap loss and ink evaporation during marker pen usage. This study applies intrinsic safety, universal design and TRIZ as research methods. TRIZ has gre...

  • Study Protocol
  • Open Access
904 Views
14 Pages

Impact of the Pilates Method on Quality of Life and Functional Well-Being in Women with Osteoporosis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Sara García-Bravo,
  • Cristina García-Bravo,
  • Marta Gil-Manglano,
  • MªPilar Rodríguez-Pérez,
  • Ana Poveda-García and
  • Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas

17 November 2025

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a major public health concern among postmenopausal women, characterized by decreased bone mineral density and microarchitectural deterioration, which lead to fragility fractures, pain, functional impairment, sleep distur...