692 Results Found

Design and design thinking are increasingly being taught across several disciplines—ranging from arts, architecture, and technology and engineering to business schools—where expertise plays a central role. A substantial corpus of literatu...

This paper presents a novel image classification scheme for benthic coral reef images that can be applied to both single image and composite mosaic datasets. The proposed method can be configured to the characteristics (e.g., the size of the dataset,...

It has been widely argued that morphological competence, particularly functional morphology, represents the bottleneck of second language acquisition (Jensen et al. 2017; Lardiere 1998, 2005; Slabakova 2008, 2009, 2013). In this study, we explore thr...

Hmong stilt architecture is not only a concentrated embodiment of ethnic culture and ecological wisdom, but also an important issue in contemporary cultural heritage protection and sustainable development. Although the research on Miao stilt houses h...

Urban biodiversity and ecosystem services depend on the quality, quantity, and connectivity of urban green areas (UGAs), which are crucial for enhancing urban livability and resilience. However, assessing these connectivity metrics in urban landscape...

Research on coastal recreational activities has grown substantially, yet studies focusing on user perceptions of these spaces—critical for optimizing tourism experiences and management—remain fragmented and underdeveloped. This study addr...

Taxi trajectories reflect human mobility over a road network. Pick-up and drop-off locations in different time periods represent origins and destinations of trips, respectively, demonstrating the spatiotemporal characteristics of human behavior. Each...

This article, which integrates broader research, aims to identify the fake news patterns propagated in the process of disinformation about COVID-19 that were evaluated by the Brazilian fact-checking agencies Fato or Fake and Lupa. Aiming at this goal...

This paper presents research on determining individual perceptual thresholds in cognitive analyses and the understanding of visual patterns. Such techniques are based on the processes of cognitive resonance and can be applied to the division and reco...

Using advanced algorithms to conduct a thematic analysis reduces the time taken and increases the efficiency of the analysis. Long short-term memory (LSTM) is effective in the field of text classification and natural language processing (NLP). In thi...

Land use/land cover (LULC) maps are a key input in environmental evaluations for the sustainable planning and management of socio-ecological systems. While the impact of map spatial resolution on environmental assessments has been evaluated by severa...

This study examines how large language models reproduce Jungian archetypal patterns in storytelling. Results indicate that AI excels at replicating structured, goal-oriented archetypes (Hero, Wise Old Man), but it struggles with psychologically compl...

This study explores public discourse surrounding the January 2025 California wildfires by analyzing high-engagement YouTube comments. Leveraging sentiment analysis, misinformation detection, and topic modeling, this research identifies dominant emoti...

Oasis landscape change and its pattern dynamics are considered one of the vital research areas on global land use and landscape change in arid regions. An agricultural oasis is the main site of food security and ecosystem services in arid areas. Rece...

The thematic processing of pseudocolor composite images, especially those created from remote sensing data, is of considerable interest. The set of spectral classes comprising such images is typically described by a nominal scale, meaning the absence...

Background/Objectives: Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder. It is characterised by impaired metabolism of glycosphingolipids whose accumulation causes irreversible organ damage and life-threatening complications. Genotype–ph...

This qualitative study explored the perceived relationships between outdoor built environments and sensory sensitivities, focusing on autism, ADHD, and dyslexia. Thirty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants who had lived exp...

In order to identify the strategic topics and the thematic evolution structure of data mining applied to healthcare, in this paper, a bibliometric performance and network analysis (BPNA) was conducted. For this purpose, 6138 articles were sourced fro...

The goal of this project was to explore how different types of vocabulary exposure shape the connections formed in the L2 lexicon and how these, in turn, affect L2 language processing. During L2 acquisition, words are often presented in thematic list...

This study aims to examine the thematic coherence among preservice mathematics teachers’ noticing components when analysing students’ thinking about classification in geometry, as well as the actions they propose to respond to those stude...

Relationship-oriented questions have always been at the crossroads of ethnoreligious identity, religious freedom, religious conversion, religious prejudice, and religious pluralism throughout Muslim-Buddhist co-existence in the sixth century within t...

This paper contextualizes Okudzhava’s song “And We to the Doorman” (AWD), initially marginal in the Soviet poetic mainstream. It explores its shifts in tone, irregular rhythms, colloquial language, and semi-criminal undertones. AWD&...

The tourism sector faces constant changes in consumption patterns, competition, and globalisation, which require strategic adaptations. In this sense, marketing and innovation are relevant factors in tourism research, guiding the development of innov...

The current study will explore the post-pandemic bereavement window of widowed caregivers who experienced higher degrees of social isolation and the ways in which leisure was used to cope. A phenomenological multi-case study technique was used to exp...

Background: The increasing complexity of global supply chains has intensified the demand for transparency, traceability, security, and sustainability in logistics and operations. Blockchain technology enables decentralized, immutable frameworks that...

Under the influence of tourism and globalization, heritage production presents a new landscape. As a crucial framework for interpreting heritage, Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD) has profound significance in discussing its practice characteristics...

Music plays an increasingly vital role in modern society, becoming a fundamental part of everyday life. Beyond entertainment, it contributes to emotional well-being by helping individuals express their feelings, process emotions, and find comfort dur...

The construction industry relies on construction cost indexes to prepare cost estimate benchmarks and develop cost estimates. Subsequently, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies routinely publish construction cost index...

This study analyzes the intersection of energy, urban planning, decarbonization, and sustainability as a central axis for addressing urban development challenges in Latin America. A systematic search of the Scopus database selected 509 articles publi...

Sensors should be integrated into teacher education, as they are essential tools in the digital practices needed for full participation in society. Electronic sensors can be used as laboratory/scientific tools, as everyday mobile learning tools, and...

Current tourism route recommendation systems often overemphasize popular destinations, thereby overlooking geographical accessibility between attractions and the experiential coherence of the journey. Leveraging multidimensional attribute perceptions...

Fire and invasive plant species interactions are critical drivers of biodiversity loss and ecological change in grassland ecosystems worldwide. However, research efforts on this topic are often fragmented, regionally based, and lack synthesis across...

In the last decade, the incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with autonomous vehicles (AVs) has transformed transportation, mobility, and smart mobility systems. The present study provides a systematic review of global trends, applications,...

The aim of this study was to map global research on community-based strategies to reduce risky alcohol consumption and promote health, aiming to clarify growth, leading contributors, thematic structure, and integration with public-health frameworks....

Time-modulated arrays (TMAs) are electromagnetic systems whose radiated power pattern is controlled by the application of variable-width periodical pulses to the individual elements. The nonlinear nature of the array operation causes the appearance o...

Current observational and interventional studies in nutritional psychiatry suggest that healthy dietary patterns rich in fresh whole foods could protect against depressive symptoms, and that unhealthy dietary patterns high in ultra-processed and refi...

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes can potentially impact natural ecosystems and are considered key components of global environmental change. The majority of LULC changes are related to human activities. Anthropogenic modifications have resulted...

Land use/land cover change is a frontier issue in the field of geography research. Taking Suzhou City in Anhui Province as the research case, based on thematic mapper /enhanced thematic mapper+ (TM/ETM+) remote sensing data from 1998 to 2018, through...

Studies on how cities are affected by urban heat islands (UHI) are critical nowadays for a better understanding of the connected effects and for providing helpful insights for sustainable city development planning. In this study, Landsat-5 Thematic M...

Infant cry is an adaptive signal of distress that elicits timely and mostly appropriate caring behaviors. Caregivers are typically able to decode the meaning of the cry and respond appropriately, but maladaptive caregiver responses are common and, in...

The rapid integration of computational thinking (CT) into STEM education highlights its importance as a critical skill for problem-solving in the digital age, equipping students with the cognitive tools needed to address complex challenges systematic...

This study delivers a rigorous and in-depth bibliometric examination of 693 scholarly publications addressing the intersection of metaverse technologies and banking, retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. Through advanced scientometric to...

Soil erosion is a pressing global environmental challenge that threatens ecosystem stability, water quality, and biodiversity. While much research has focused on agricultural landscapes, erosion processes within protected areas have received comparat...

Coastal and island tourism represents a key and environmentally sensitive component of the global tourism system, integrating ecological, cultural, and economic dimensions within marine and insular environments. This study presents a comprehensive bi...

Powell’s 2011 study of media coverage of 11 post-9/11 terrorist events argued that a thematic framing exists which results in a model of media coverage of terrorism that is different for acts of terror committed by Muslims than by non-Muslims....

As artificial intelligence systems proliferate across critical societal domains, understanding the nature, patterns, and evolution of AI-related harms has become essential for effective governance. Despite growing incident repositories, systematic co...

This study explores the relationship between public–private partnerships (PPPs) and smart cities in the literature that use information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable urban development. This study explores, based on VOSvi...

This paper explores how trans people who make transitions negotiate their gendered bodies in different moments of this process, and how their narrative storylines are emplotted in physical activity and (non)organized sports (PAS) participation. A qua...

China’s media governance policies play a crucial role in shaping media ecology and promoting the modernization of national governance capacity. This study employed the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model and co-occurrence network analysis t...

Dengue is a major public health concern and an economic burden in the Philippines. Despite the country’s improved dengue surveillance, it still suffers from various setbacks and needs to be complemented with alternative approaches. Previous stu...