Decision making at both the strategic and operational levels in industrial and non-industrial organizations requires a compromise among economic, social, and environmental criteria. However, doing so on an empirical or expert sensitivity base is not...
In the conditions of the pandemic crisis, implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with a sustainability component represents a crucial investment for a small and medium enterprise (SME) but critical for the organization, if it is no...
In this paper, bright-dark, multi solitons, and other solutions of a (3 + 1)-dimensional cubic-quintic complex Ginzburg–Landau (CQCGL) dynamical equation are constructed via employing three proposed mathematical techniques. The propagation of u...
Physical activity is a crucial factor for maintaining not only physical health status, but vast amounts of research have shown its link with better mental health. Supporting the use of gyms for the safety of its practitioners is vital in the new norm...
The accurate counting of passengers in public transport systems is crucial for optimizing operations, improving service quality, and planning infrastructure. It can also contribute to reducing the number of public transport lines where a high number...
Inequality and the lack of basic services are problems that affect some regions of the Amazon. Among these services, electricity is considered essential for quality of life, but it is still scarce. In some cases, the absence of electricity brings wit...
Circular arcs are a graphical element present in the cadastral systems of many countries. Unfortunately, this type of record of the geometry of parcel borders is a problem described by the directives of Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europ...
Background/Objectives: The growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is driven by the need for more robust and automated diagnostic systems. These methods not only provide accurate diagnoses but also promise to enhance operational...
Today, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices are very often used to collect manufacturing process data. The integration of industrial data is increasingly being promoted by the Open Platform Communications United Architecture (OPC UA). However...
Solution-processed OLEDs represent a low-cost, scalable alternative to vacuum-deposited devices, particularly for flexible and large-scale applications. However, selecting compatible materials for each layer remains a complex task, further complicate...
The paper investigates an innovative ironless linear generator, installable inside a wave energy converter, in order to produce electricity from sea waves. This energy source is considered strategic for the future, especially in small islands; howeve...
The design of aircraft electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWISs) is central to ensuring the safe and reliable operation of aircraft. The calculation of the temperature rise characteristics of aircraft wire harnesses is one of the key technolo...
The purpose of the study presented in this text is to show the influence of COVID-19 on waste management systems and circular economy stream, and their impact on circular economy, particularly the economic impact of the pandemic on the waste manageme...
Proper management of water resources in agriculture is of utmost importance for sustainable productivity, especially under the current context of climate change. However, many smart agriculture systems, including for managing irrigation, involve cost...
Floods are the climate hazard that has the greatest socio-economic and territorial impact on the world. The root causes of these events are atmospheric and hydrological phenomena. However, human action usually aggravates their effects, as it alters t...
Environmental humanists make compelling arguments about the importance of the environmental humanities (EH) for discovering new ways to conceptualize and address the urgent challenges of the environmental crisis now confronting the planet. Many envir...
The attractiveness to tourists of Podkarpackie Province is related to its natural diversity and rich cultural heritage. The communes located in the southern, Carpathian part of the province are the most attractive tourist destinations. However, the v...
Payments for ecosystem services are a voluntary market-based instrument to remunerate provider(s) of ecosystem services by those who benefit from them. Our research aimed to create an ex post evaluation framework to identify bottlenecks and elements...
This study proposes a structured multicriteria approach to assist professionals in the selection of appropriate computing platforms for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, particularly those between 4 and 6 years of age. Recognizing the...
This study presents two methods: a novel numerical scheme that utilizes the Atangana–Baleanu–Caputo (ABC) derivative and the Laplace New Iterative Method (LNIM). Furthermore, some complex dynamic behavior of fractional-order Chen is obser...
The right to tourism has become a crucial aspect of society. Through more accessible tourism, it is possible to improve travel conditions for people with disabilities. Nonetheless, barriers still exist, with the lack of information about accessibilit...
This paper proposes a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) model, namely, Weighted Product Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution (WPEDAS), to evaluate the financial performance of companies. The proposed WPEDAS model focuses on the weig...
The objective of this paper is to investigate the cause of several unexpected high amplitude oscillations that occurred in the surge tank water level of a real hydropower plant during secondary load-frequency control (LFC) maneuvers, after the replac...
This article examines the application of nature-based solutions in stormwater management in the context of the Global South, focusing on a co-created green infrastructure plan and a pilot intervention project in the city of Paranoá-DF, Brazil....
The paper contains a conceptual proposal that aims at indicating new models of participatory financing of cultural institutions as well as actions towards supporting culture. It presents results of a qualitative study in the form of action research,...
It is widely acknowledged that higher education is failing to meet the needs of students and employers, while educational costs and student debt are rapidly increasing. Our aim was to address these issues in an innovative fashion through a structured...
As the understanding of the role of palliative care in neurology increases, there is the need to ensure that these developments include not only care at home and in hospitals but also in clinics. There are no reports on palliative care from neurology...
Consensus protocols stand behind the success of blockchain technology. This is because parties that distrust each other can make secure transactions without the oversight of a central authority. The first consensus protocol emerged with Bitcoin. Sinc...
A simple solution may exist for both the problem of sudden dementia and confusion after surgery in the elderly and the bimodal relapse pattern among breast cancer patients who were treated with a mastectomy. Systemic inflammation by a variety of mech...
This paper synthesizes lessons learned from drilling a CO2-storage stratigraphic well in the San Juan Basin (New Mexico, USA) to clarify drivers of operational incidents and to inform future well planning. A literature review of regional drilling pro...
Solar energy is the most viable and abundant renewable energy source. Its intermittent nature and mismatch between source availability and energy demand, however, are critical issues in its deployment and market penetrability. This problem can be add...
This study aims to analyze the multi-dimensional structural obstacles in Türkiye’s energy transition process and offer solutions for a sustainable, fair, and holistic transition. The study simultaneously evaluated energy policies’ ec...
Activity-based therapy (ABT) is a therapeutic approach with multiple benefits including promoting neurorecovery and reducing the likelihood of secondary complications in people living with spinal cord injury (SCI). Barriers and facilitators to ABT im...
Implementing nature-based solutions (NbSs) for wildfire risk management and other hazards has been challenging in emerging economies due to the high costs, the lack of immediate returns on investment, and stringent inclusion criteria set by organizat...
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted many socio-economic areas of countries around the world. It has made the production and business situations of enterprises face substantial difficulties. In this study, the authors used data envelopment analysis (DEA) m...
12 May 2020
In the Southern United States (U.S.), food insecurity rates are higher in rural (20.8%) versus urban communities (15%). Food insecurity can exacerbate diet-related disease. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine differences in the use of food...
In the context of an increasing water crisis and rising energy consumption, an integrated approach to plant design and improvement can be highly effective. Specifically, the use of advanced multipurpose Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) machines, int...
13 February 2021
Water is the common thread and attraction factor of the tourism facilities called “spas”, which are part of health and beauty services. Spa use is currently experiencing a boom that reflects changes in populations, such as an increase in economic wel...
The rapidly growing use of cloud computing raises security concerns. This study paper seeks to examine cloud security frameworks, addressing cloud-associated issues and suggesting solutions. This research provides greater knowledge of the various fra...
It is extremely important to gather the viscosity behavior of fluids accurately for industries and academia. There is no better method than viscosity measurement to detect changes in the specific characteristics of the materials. However, viscosity m...
Security is one of the major issues in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), as poor security disrupts the entire network and can have a significant effect on data transmission. WSNs need safe data transmission at a high rate while maintaining data integr...
Fishing communities in Lake Chad are experiencing humanitarian crises—more than five million people in the region are hungry and malnourished—and fishers are in dire need of improved fisheries management policies. Understanding the fisher...
Ship communication systems are defined in one part as GMDSS, while the other part consists of systems with secondary importance in safety communications. Each of these devices and systems makes an independent or separate system that works in a specif...
Sustainability has gained importance in the building design/construction industry due to the increase in the need for energy, the extensive use of non-renewable resources, and therefore the damage caused to the environment by traditional building des...
If electric power is distributed by an overhead network of cables, the ignition of wildland fires is unavoidable, although prudent management efforts can reduce the losses. The economic aspects of these fires are driven by tort litigation, which tend...
The concept of the circular economy (CE) has gained importance worldwide recently since it offers a wider perspective in terms of promoting sustainable production and consumption with limited resources. However, few studies have investigated the barr...
As a result of the complexity and multiplicity of definitions of the concept of human resource churning, to guide this entire research, the cost resulting from replacements was taken as a premise. Although churning is related to turnover, there are d...
This study examines hydrological alterations across thirteen sections of the Tagus River’s central axis, focusing on deviations from natural hydrological regimes. The goal is to assess the conservation status of aquatic ecosystems by analyzing...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an incredible amount of fake news and conspiracy theories around the world. Calls for the integration of COVID-19 and fake news-related research have been advanced in various fields. This paper aims to unpack a struct...
17 March 2018
This paper addresses the public health issue of toy product recalls in the United States, an under-addressed topic in scholarly literature, yet highly relevant to the prevention of pediatric injuries. Toy-related injuries led to 274,000 emergency roo...
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