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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,825 Views
22 Pages

Enriching Socio-Technical Sustainability Intelligence through Sharing Autonomy

  • Richard Heininger,
  • Thomas Ernst Jost and
  • Christian Stary

1 February 2023

We suggest to extend scientific research on sustainability beyond its focus on interactions between natural and social systems to socio-technical systems and the ways in which those interactions affect the challenge of sustainability. In increasingly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,013 Views
20 Pages

A Multimodal Intention Detection Sensor Suite for Shared Autonomy of Upper-Limb Robotic Prostheses

  • Marcus Gardner,
  • C. Sebastian Mancero Castillo,
  • Samuel Wilson,
  • Dario Farina,
  • Etienne Burdet,
  • Boo Cheong Khoo,
  • S. Farokh Atashzar and
  • Ravi Vaidyanathan

27 October 2020

Neurorobotic augmentation (e.g., robotic assist) is now in regular use to support individuals suffering from impaired motor functions. A major unresolved challenge, however, is the excessive cognitive load necessary for the human–machine interf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,248 Views
46 Pages

2 September 2015

This paper presents an algorithm and a system for vertical infrastructure inspection using a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle and shared autonomy. Inspecting vertical structures such as light and power distribution poles i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,728 Views
19 Pages

2 September 2024

Enterprises are not only the main source of energy consumption and pollution emissions but also a key force in environmental governance. There is no doubt that the positive impact of enterprise environmental protection investment (EPI) on other stake...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,651 Views
17 Pages

2 December 2022

Big data already covers intelligent vehicles and is driving the autonomous driving industry’s transformation. However, the large amounts of driving data generated will result in complex issues and a huge workload for the test and verification p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,600 Views
21 Pages

The Impact of Knowledge Hiding on Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Mediating Role of Factual Autonomy

  • Constantin Bratianu,
  • Rares Mocanu,
  • Dan Florin Stanescu and
  • Ruxandra Bejinaru

30 August 2023

Knowledge plays a pivotal role as a strategic asset for organizations that aim to improve and sustain competitive advantage. Despite the implementation of knowledge management systems to promote knowledge sharing, many employees exhibit knowledge-hid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,711 Views
20 Pages

9 March 2023

To effectively provide the handicapped with mobility aids, studies on the shared autonomy of robotic systems have been widely cultivated. This study proposes an adaptive shared control strategy to realize reliable and safe driving assistance on an in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
10,955 Views
48 Pages

Review of Advanced Medical Telerobots

  • Sarmad Mehrdad,
  • Fei Liu,
  • Minh Tu Pham,
  • Arnaud Lelevé and
  • S. Farokh Atashzar

28 December 2020

The advent of telerobotic systems has revolutionized various aspects of the industry and human life. This technology is designed to augment human sensorimotor capabilities to extend them beyond natural competence. Classic examples are space and under...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,524 Views
22 Pages

Addressing Akrasia in Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Implications for Long-Term Follow-Up and Preventive Health Interventions

  • Charlotte Demoor-Goldschmidt,
  • Kristopher Lamore,
  • Zsuzsanna Jakab,
  • Maëlle de Ville de Goyet,
  • Sabine Heinrich,
  • Laura Bathilde,
  • Claire Berger,
  • Laura Beek,
  • Marion Beauchesne and
  • Aurore Armand
  • + 17 authors

13 April 2025

Background: Childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors (CAYACS) face significant long-term health risks, yet adherence to long-term follow-up (LTFU) care remains inconsistent. This study explores the concept of akrasia (i.e., acting agai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,616 Views
23 Pages

15 September 2020

More than 2 million houses in Australia have installed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems; however, apartment buildings have adopted a low percentage of solar PV and battery storage installations. Given that grid usage reduction through PV and battery s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,512 Views
14 Pages

Human-machine co-driving is an important stage in the development of automatic driving, and accurate recognition of driver behavior is the basis for realizing human-machine co-driving. However, traditional detection methods exhibit limitations in dri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,310 Views
14 Pages

7 December 2022

The stability of physicians’ authority over patients despite decades of changes in medicine conflicts with newer institutionalist accounts of professionals as change agents rather than instruments of reproduction. We analyzed whether the cultur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,118 Views
21 Pages

Examining the Use of Autonomous Systems for Home Health Support Using a Smart Mirror

  • Liz Dowthwaite,
  • Gisela Reyes Cruz,
  • Ana Rita Pena,
  • Cecily Pepper,
  • Nils Jäger,
  • Pepita Barnard,
  • Ann-Marie Hughes,
  • Roshan das Nair,
  • David Crepaz-Keay and
  • Steve Benford
  • + 2 authors

22 September 2023

The home is becoming a key location for healthcare delivery, including the use of technology driven by autonomous systems (AS) to monitor and support healthcare plans. Using the example of a smart mirror, this paper describes the outcomes of focus gr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,764 Views
11 Pages

Evidence-Based Surgery: What Can Intra-Operative Images Contribute?

  • Pietro Regazzoni,
  • Jesse B. Jupiter,
  • Wen-Chih Liu and
  • Alberto A. Fernández dell’Oca

27 October 2023

Evidence-based medicine integrates results from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses, combining the best external evidence with individual clinical expertise and patients’ preferences. However, RCTs of surgery differ from those...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,790 Views
20 Pages

1 April 2025

The automation of mining mobile equipment is a topic of considerable interest, as it has the potential to significantly reduce the number of accidents and implement the so-called zero-entry mining concept, which would eliminate the need for any human...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,153 Views
12 Pages

Go Wish Card Game for Meaningful Conversations in the Oncology Healthcare Context: A Narrative Review

  • Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro Paiva,
  • Fulvio Bergamo Trevizan,
  • Lívia Costa de Oliveira,
  • Karla Santos da Costa Rosa,
  • Vitória Aparecida Betussi,
  • Bruna Minto Lourenço,
  • Miguel Julião and
  • Carlos Eduardo Paiva

7 February 2025

The Go Wish Card Game (GWCG) is emerging as a valuable tool for facilitating end-of-life (EoL) discussions, particularly in oncology care where patients face complex treatment decisions. This review investigates the GWCG’s intended use, its app...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,982 Views
16 Pages

Background: An increasing number of maternity care providers encounter pregnant women who request less care than recommended. A designated outpatient clinic for women who request less care than recommended was set up in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
18,230 Views
19 Pages

17 May 2018

This paper tries to resolve a tension in popular conceptions of intimate partner violence (IPV). On the one hand, we correctly assume that all abused persons are not the same: they have irreducibly plural personalities. On the other hand, we correctl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,062 Views
26 Pages

15 April 2025

As generative AI services become increasingly integrated into consumer decision making, concerns have grown regarding their influence on consumer autonomy—the extent to which individuals retain independent control over AI-assisted decisions. Al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,297 Views
30 Pages

Human–Robot Interface for Embedding Sliding Adjustable Autonomy Methods

  • Piatan Sfair Palar,
  • Vinícius de Vargas Terres and
  • André Schneider de Oliveira

21 October 2020

This work discusses a novel human–robot interface for a climbing robot for inspecting weld beads in storage tanks in the petrochemical industry. The approach aims to adapt robot autonomy in terms of the operator’s experience, where a remo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,628 Views
16 Pages

Shared Control of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs Using Mixed Realityand Mouth-and-Tongue Interfaces

  • Hongwei Jing,
  • Sikai Zhao,
  • Tianjiao Zheng,
  • Lele Li,
  • Qinghua Zhang,
  • Kerui Sun,
  • Jie Zhao and
  • Yanhe Zhu

23 January 2025

Supernumerary Robotic Limbs (SRLs) are designed to collaborate with the wearer, enhancing operational capabilities. When human limbs are occupied with primary tasks, controlling SRLs flexibly and naturally becomes a challenge. Existing methods such a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,348 Views
16 Pages

14 February 2023

Entrepreneurial teams are seen as pilots with which to steer growth in new ventures. However, there is currently a lack of studies exploring how they work under conditions of uncertainty. Based on the upper echelons theory and institutional theory, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,663 Views
14 Pages

Standard arguments for open borders draw on cosmopolitan premises. By contrast, statism as a theory of global justice seems to be at odds with open borders. If states are only responsible for protecting the autonomy of citizens and do not owe foreign...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,029 Views
28 Pages

17 October 2025

Digitalization and the use of autonomous systems challenge companies in new ways, particularly concerning the automatic distribution of tasks. Various approaches are being discussed in research, specifically in the field of multi-agent systems. Howev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
264 Views
19 Pages

Human-Centered Collaborative Robotic Workcell Facilitating Shared Autonomy for Disability-Inclusive Manufacturing

  • YongKuk Kim,
  • DaYoung Kim,
  • DoKyung Hwang,
  • Juhyun Kim,
  • Eui-Jung Jung and
  • Min-Gyu Kim

Workers with upper-limb disabilities face difficulties in performing manufacturing tasks requiring fine manipulation, stable handling, and multistep procedural understanding. To address these limitations, this paper presents an integrated collaborati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,319 Views
13 Pages

11 March 2021

Urban agriculture is often advanced as a sustainable solution to feed a growing urban population, offering a number of benefits: improved fresh food access, CO2 absorption, social justice and social cohesion among others. Going beyond these direct ta...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,284 Views
8 Pages

21 September 2018

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) workers and hospital play specialists (HPSs) share a role in supporting the development of sick children through play while respecting their autonomy. On the other hand, in supporting children’s play, m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4,200 Views
15 Pages

The integration of neural interfaces with assistive robotics has transformed the field of prosthetics, rehabilitation, and brain–computer interfaces (BCIs). From brain-controlled wheelchairs to Artificial Intelligence (AI)-synchronized robotic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,730 Views
16 Pages

13 December 2024

The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) raises critical questions about learner autonomy and agency. This exploratory case study examines how four university-level German language learners with diverse backgrounds developed autono...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,900 Views
25 Pages

25 May 2023

This study evaluates the management of two special funds in North Aceh, Indonesia, to promote sustainable development goals (SDGs) after a protracted conflict that brought the region to the brink of poverty and suffering. The special autonomy fund an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,779 Views
15 Pages

The aim of the current study is to evaluate the different degrees of hospice care in improving patients’ autonomy in decision-making and reducing aggressiveness of cancer care in terminal-stage cancer patients, especially in reducing polypharma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
15,978 Views
14 Pages

18 March 2024

Background: Confidentiality is a crucial ethical principle in therapy, particularly for children and adolescents, yet their perception of it remains understudied. We aimed to explore minors’ perspectives and attributions on confidentiality in p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,992 Views
14 Pages

The last decade has seen numerous policy reforms to emplace person-centered social care. Consequently, the public has been given more information, choice, and autonomy to decide how best they want to be cared for later in life. Despite this, adults g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,732 Views
12 Pages

The ultimate goal of developed societies is to age with quality of life, but this concept is broad, and few studies have addressed which variables specifically affect its dimensions. This study aims to test a model for predicting the impact of frailt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
7,943 Views
20 Pages

Blockchain Mechanism and Symmetric Encryption in A Wireless Sensor Network

  • Alma E. Guerrero-Sanchez,
  • Edgar A. Rivas-Araiza,
  • Jose Luis Gonzalez-Cordoba,
  • Manuel Toledano-Ayala and
  • Andras Takacs

14 May 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm allows the connection and exchange of information between millions of smart devices. This paradigm grows and develops exponentially as do the risks and attacks on IoT infrastructures. Security, privacy, reliabili...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,678 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2023

Within honor-related contexts, women’s appearances, actions, and life choices are closely tied to the honor of the entire family. As a result, women who opt to deviate from prevailing feminine honor codes are subject to violence as a means of r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,934 Views
19 Pages

7 July 2021

In contemporary China, the rapidly urbanized cities are exposed to a broad range of natural and human-made emergencies, such as COVID-19. Responding to emergencies successfully requires widespread participation of local government sectors that engage...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
9,376 Views
13 Pages

A Miniature Data Repository on a Raspberry Pi

  • Argyrios Samourkasidis and
  • Ioannis N. Athanasiadis

This work demonstrates a low-cost, miniature data repository proof-of-concept. Such a system needs to be resilient to power and network failures, and expose adequate processing power for persistent, long-term storage. Additional services are required...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,280 Views
9 Pages

Open Access Data Sharing in Genomic Research

  • Stacey Pereira,
  • Richard A. Gibbs and
  • Amy L. McGuire

29 August 2014

The current emphasis on broad sharing of human genomic data generated in research in order to maximize utility and public benefit is a significant legacy of the Human Genome Project. Concerns about privacy and discrimination have led to policy respon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,192 Views
27 Pages

7 January 2025

A double-layer robust optimization method for capacity configuration of shared energy storage considering cluster leasing of wind farms in a market environment is proposed based on the autonomy and profitability of shared energy storage. The feasibil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,719 Views
34 Pages

1 October 2024

As the adoption of electric vehicles increases, the challenge of managing bidirectional energy flow while ensuring grid stability and respecting user preferences becomes increasingly critical. This paper aims to develop an intelligent framework for v...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,527 Views
12 Pages

Do-(Not-)Mechanical-Circulatory-Support Orders: Should We Ask All Cardiac Surgery Patients for Informed Consent for Post-Cardiotomy Extracorporeal Life Circulatory Support?

  • Jorik Simons,
  • Martje Suverein,
  • Walther van Mook,
  • Kadir Caliskan,
  • Osama Soliman,
  • Marcel van de Poll,
  • Thijs Delnoij,
  • Jos Maessen,
  • Barend Mees and
  • Roberto Lorusso

20 January 2021

Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support (PC-ECLS) has seen a substantial increase in use over the past 10 years. PC-ECLS can be a life-saving procedure and is mostly applied in the presence of unexpected, severe cardio-respiratory complication. D...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,880 Views
13 Pages

26 June 2025

This paper examines the ethical frameworks that guide Āyurvedic practices and compares them with those underlying contemporary Western medicine. At the heart of current bioethical debates is the question of whether certain principles can be univ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,620 Views
14 Pages

1 October 2025

In response to the growing relevance of shared housing models such as co-living and co-housing, this study investigates how spatial configuration affects the experience and negotiation of privacy in shared domestic environments. While privacy is ofte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,233 Views
19 Pages

6 November 2023

Designer UGC (user-generated content) communities serve as the epicenter of contemporary innovation and creativity, offering a platform for a broad design community to showcase their talents, communicate, and collaborate. Grounded in Self-Determinati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,340 Views
22 Pages

Technowomen: Women’s Autonomy and Its Impact on Environmental Quality

  • Saima Mujeed,
  • Shuangyan Li,
  • Musarrat Jabeen,
  • Abdelmohsen A. Nassani,
  • Sameh E. Askar,
  • Khalid Zaman,
  • Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro,
  • Sriyanto and
  • Hanifah Jambari

3 February 2021

The role of women in economic development and the global environment is vital for progressing them towards the United Nations sustainable development goal (SDG-5) that emphasized the need to empower women in every walk of life. The study examines wom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
89 Citations
21,871 Views
21 Pages

IRBA: An Identity-Based Cross-Domain Authentication Scheme for the Internet of Things

  • Xudong Jia,
  • Ning Hu,
  • Shen Su,
  • Shi Yin,
  • Yan Zhao,
  • Xinda Cheng and
  • Chi Zhang

The incredible development of Internet of things technology promotes the integration of application systems, which enable people to enjoy the convenience of multiple application services through a single intelligent device or terminal. In order to im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
653 Views
21 Pages

10 December 2025

The integration of large language models (LLMs) into project-based learning (PBL) holds significant potential for addressing enduring pedagogical challenges in engineering education, such as providing scalable, personalized support during complex pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,245 Views
19 Pages

24 December 2024

In the context of new power systems, the rapid development of distributed renewable energy and the drive of dual carbon targets have prompted community-level clean energy and energy storage configuration to become the key to improving energy efficien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
517 Views
22 Pages

19 January 2026

Reliable autonomy for drones operating in GNSS-intermittent or denied environments requires both stable inter-vehicle coordination and a shared global understanding of the environment. This paper presents a unified vision-based framework in which UAV...

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