With the growth of e-commerce and the recurrence of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, the global logistics industry has been deeply affected. People are forced to shop online, which leads to a surge in logistics needs. Conversely, the novel c...
The logistics industry is essential to global economic development but continues to grapple with challenges related to quality improvement, cost reduction, and efficiency enhancement. Addressing these issues is crucial for promoting high-quality grow...
Improving the resilience of the logistics industry to enhance its ability to withstand a variety of uncertain risks is critical to its development. However, the spatio-temporal evolution of resilience in the logistics industry has not been adequately...
With the increasing frequency of emergencies in recent years, the emergency response capacity of the emergency management system needs to be improved. Based on safety stock strategy, this paper proposes a multilevel siting model on the topic of mobil...
The modern logistics industry in relation to economic growth and carbon emission has opened new strategic perspectives. Recent research work have analyzed such complex interference from a broad perspective. However, analyzing this overlap needs compr...
The modern industrial food supply system faces many major environmental and social sustainability challenges. Regional food systems, in which consumers prefer geographically proximate food producers, offer a response to these challenges. However, the...
This study analyses remanufacturing operations of a Finnish heavy vehicle manufacturer with global operations. The company has remanufactured and refurbished certain components for a decade in a centralised remanufacturing and recycling centre in Fin...
Inclusive insurance plays a critical role in reducing household vulnerability in developing countries such as Indonesia. This study investigates the factors influencing inclusive insurance participation across regencies in the Special Region of Yogya...
The core problem of a multimodal transportation system is integrating various transportation modes into a cohesive, efficient, and user-friendly network. This study introduces a novel centralized load concentration approach for regions facing geograp...
Transport has long been considered a concern for rural residents around the world. Rural express logistics, one of the transport topics, is associated with rural residents’ convenience as well as e-commerce development. As key nodes in the netw...
Promoting digital transformation is one of the important directions for the logistics industry to break through the bottleneck of development and achieve high-quality development. This study takes the logistics enterprises listed in China’s A-s...
This study examined the involvement of foodservice establishments in Slovakia in short food supply chains (SFSCs), focusing on factors influencing supplier selection, perceived benefits and barriers, and the impact of logistical and market conditions...
25 March 2020
Empirical studies based on patient flow data are needed to provide more materials to summarize the general pattern of patient distribution models. This study takes Shanghai as an example and tries to demonstrate the inpatient flow distribution model...
Food insecurity (FI) remains a challenge not only in less-developed countries but also worldwide. The literature indicates higher rates of FI for women than men in some regions of the world. Thus, the main objective of this cross-sectional study was...
Background: Immunobiologicals are thermolabile products that require strict storage and transportation conditions to maintain their immunogenic efficacy, particularly in countries where logistical and operational challenges are evident, such as Brazi...
This study examines the impact of macroeconomic and energy factors on the sustainable development of the logistics sector in eight Baltic Sea Region (BSR) countries from 2008 to 2023. A synthetic logistics sustainability index (SD), ranging from 0.54...
Due to COVID-19, remote or distance education has become the norm in the Philippines. Yet even in its second year, remote teaching and learning still face ongoing challenges, as does the need for teachers’ professional development. This paper d...
5 October 2019
Background: There are well-known methodological and analytical challenges in planning regional healthcare services (HCS). Increasingly, the need for data-derived planning, including user-perspectives, is discussed. This study aims to better understan...
Intermodal terminals and warehouses operate in different countries and deliver specific services to their customers. For many clients, it is important to receive a full set of the logistics services delivered by a single operator. However, individual...
9 February 2022
In this study, the researchers investigated the factors influencing regional disparities in the practice of healthy living for the elderly in Busan and Gyeongnam. A cross-sectional study was utilized to integrate raw data from the Korea Community Hea...
The global maritime sector is undergoing rapid transformation, creating an urgent need to align digital port technologies with a sustainable development framework. However, existing research on smart ports and the blue economy is fragmented and predo...
Tourism is a key driver of regional development, particularly in emerging destinations around the globe. Despite its critical role, aligning tourism services with tourists’ needs requires effective planning and management that reflect key stake...
Forest bioenergy value chains can offer attractive opportunities to promote economic development and mitigate climate change. However, implementing profitable and efficient forest biomass value chains requires overcoming barriers that continue to hin...
High-quality agricultural products from the Lambayeque region have contributed to the growth of Peru’s agro-export sector and increased international trade. However, the need for agricultural exports to be more resilient and sustainable is demo...
This research is a case study on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), exploring multimodal logistics, which involves transporting cargo using multiple modes of transportation, and investigating its challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic...
The role of sustainability has made it a vital point to measure companies’ financial performances and sustainability practices along the overall supply chain. Logistics service providers (LSPs) are among the supply chain actors that need to consider...
Although tourism is increasingly seen as a key component of sustainable regional development and economic diversification, its extraordinary expansion raises governance and environmental issues at the local level. The current study assesses the influ...
A pragmatic approach for Local Area Energy Planning to capture Whole System interactions and meet the dual goals of informing regulated infrastructure requirements while informing businesses and local authorities on building their business plans, is...
Objective: As cancer survival rates continue to increase, so will the demand for care from family and friends, particularly in more isolated settings. This study aims to examine the needs of cancer caregivers in regional and remote Australia. Methods...
The remarkable demographic growth and economic development of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean regions stimulate an ever increasing need for trade between the shores, especially from regions of North Africa and the Middle East towards Western E...
Against the backdrop of global climate change and dual carbon goals, the logistics industry, which accounts for about 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions, needs green transformation. Yet, existing evaluation systems have fragmented dimensions, exc...
In regions where transportation and the economy are closely integrated, optimizing network structure and enhancing synergy are vital for regional integration. This paper constructs a dual-factor linkage network using enterprise investment and liner s...
This benchmarking study situates Jordan’s trade indicators relative to comparators (Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) with descriptive analysis. Using indicators for port competitiveness, geopolitical stability, logist...
Bruises in beef cattle carcasses are important indicators related to pre-slaughter handling and transport conditions, with implications for animal welfare and meat quality. This study analysed 19.4 million cattle carcasses transported from 42,805 far...
Background: Vestibular tests are critical for an early detection of balance disorders, thereby reducing the risk of falls, particularly in older adults. The present is an ecologic study where the units of observation are the Italian Regions. Regional...
Sichuan Province preserves numerous rare and ancient species of plants and animals, making it an important bio-genetic repository in China and even the world. However, this region is also vulnerable to fire disturbance due to the rich forest resource...
The World Economic Forum in Davos suggested that promoting entrepreneurship could be a solution to the problem of youth employment, which is a serious issue with 75 million young people out of work around the world. The entrepreneurial decisions of y...
Nowadays organizations search to maximize their profits, particularly with regard to recyclable materials, making new strategies according to several emerging and changing scenarios. Logistics management is an important tool in achieving these goals,...
Background/Objectives: This study investigates the relationship between maternal media access and childhood immunization status in Nigeria using the Levesque Framework for Healthcare Access. Methods: Utilizing data from the 2021 MICS-NICS survey, the...
Community-based urban development is an inclusive approach for local service provision and management centered on the proactive partnerships between urban communities and local governments. Rooted in the deinstitutionalization of public services, the...
Diphtheria and tetanus could lead to serious morbidity. We aimed to evaluate immunity levels by measuring specific IgG antibodies for diphtheria and tetanus in serum samples from a nationally expanded sample of the Greek population. A geographically...
Over the years, cities have undergone transformations that, invariably, overload and even compromise the functioning of an energy matrix dependent on increasingly scarce resources. The high demand for energy has challenged stakeholders to invest in m...
As global climate change intensifies and the transition to clean energy accelerates, lithium-ion batteries—critical components of electric vehicles—are becoming increasingly vital in international trade networks. This study investigates t...
The southern Baltic Sea is characterized by highly variable weather conditions, particularly in autumn and winter, when storms, strong westerly winds, and temporary sea ice formation disrupt maritime operations. This study presents a climatographic o...
Background/Objectives: Patients receiving professional homecare often require support in managing their medication. In Switzerland’s legislative system, medication logistics (ordering, delivery, pickup, storage) are regulated differently by eac...
14 September 2019
The proportion of migrating females has increased, and more often, old females are left in rural regions. Resources are needed to provide suitable hospitalization service to females in underdeveloped rural regions. Using multi-stage hierarchical clus...
The technocratic and economically driven approach to urban and industrial planning can be observed in the evolution of modern logistics parks, which have become key infrastructural elements of regional development. This study explores how technocrati...
This study examined the impact of location differentials (LDs) on soybean futures trading in South Africa. This study uses a systematic approach, employing the Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) and Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heterosked...
Objectives: Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, requiring timely intervention with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) or endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). This study evaluates real-world stroke management in a regional stroke unit, focusing...
This article develops an innovative and intelligent method for analysing the criminal community’s influence on risk-forming parameters based on an analysis of regional economic processes. The research motivation was the need to create an intell...
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