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11 November 2021

In this paper, an elementary mathematical model describing the introduction of a universal basic income in a closed market society is constructed. The model is formulated in terms of a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, each of whic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iterative Algorithms for Nonlinear Problems: Convergence and Stability 2021-2022)
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  • Open Access
2,277 Views
11 Pages

Optimization of Outflow-Tract Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation Using a Universal Right Ventricle Model

  • Krystian Szkoła,
  • Łukasz Zarębski,
  • Paweł Turek,
  • Marian Futyma and ,
  • Łukasz Wiśniowski and
  • Piotr Futyma
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Introduction: The radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) originating from the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) is a well-established therapy. Traditionally, RFCA is guided using electroanatomical 3D mapping sys...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Approach to Complex Arrhythmias, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,767 Views
18 Pages

29 August 2020

Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) play an important role in the power electronics industry due to their many advantages, such as modularity and reliability. In the current research, the simulation method is used to study the system. However, with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Control of Power Converters 2020)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,641 Views
18 Pages

25 March 2019

Universal design (UD) is a design style that promotes the design for all people regardless of their abilities and sociodemographic features. The UD is also viewed as an element of social sustainability. Shopping complexes, as one of the main places f...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,505 Views
21 Pages

25 August 2018

This work demonstrates a formal connection between density estimation with a data-rate constraint and the joint objective of fixed-rate universal lossy source coding and model identification introduced by Raginsky in 2008 (IEEE TIT, 2008, 54, 3059&nd...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rate-Distortion Theory and Information Theory)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,137 Views
12 Pages

29 January 2018

The mixed spin-1/2 and spin-S Ising model on the Union Jack (centered square) lattice with four different three-spin (triplet) interactions and the uniaxial single-ion anisotropy is exactly solved by establishing a rigorous mapping equivalence with t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,270 Views
24 Pages

Hybrid Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control and Universal Droop Control for Enhanced Power Sharing in Inverter-Based Microgrids

  • Devarapalli Vimala,
  • Naresh Kumar Vemula,
  • Bhamidi Lokeshgupta,
  • Ramesh Devarapalli and
  • Łukasz Knypiński

30 September 2025

This paper proposes a novel hybrid control strategy integrating a Finite Control Set Model Predictive Controller (FCS-MPC) with a universal droop controller (UDC) for effective load power sharing in inverter-fed microgrids. Traditional droop-based me...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Planning, Operation and Control of Microgrids: 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,203 Views
36 Pages

29 March 2025

As the transition to clean energy accelerates, wind energy plays a crucial role in power generation, particularly in remote onshore and offshore locations. The integration of hybrid AC/DC networks with multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (MTHV...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,258 Views
16 Pages

24 September 2022

The stochastic transport of particles in a disordered two-dimensional layered medium, driven by correlated y-dependent random velocity fields is usually referred to as random shear model. This model exhibits a superdiffusive behavior in the x directi...

(This article belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,652 Views
20 Pages

29 January 2015

The main objective of this paper is to present the factors with influence on the sustainable university management and the relationships between them. In the scientific approach we begin from a graphical model, according to which the extracurricular...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability of Resources)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
11,928 Views
15 Pages

A Systematic Review of the Application of Maturity Models in Universities

  • Esteban Tocto-Cano,
  • Sandro Paz Collado,
  • Javier Linkolk López-Gonzales and
  • Josué E. Turpo-Chaparro

1 October 2020

A maturity model is a widely used tool in software engineering and has mostly been extended to domains such as education, health, energy, finance, government, and general use. It is valuable for evaluations and continuous improvement of business proc...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,159 Views
27 Pages

Dynamical Properties of Dark Energy Models in Fractal Universe

  • Muhammad Umair Shahzad,
  • Ayesha Iqbal and
  • Abdul Jawad

16 September 2019

In this paper, we consider the flat FRW spacetime filled with interacting dark energy and dark matter in fractal universe. We work with the three models of dark energy named as Tsallis, Renyi and Sharma–Mittal. We investigate different cosmolog...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,679 Views
7 Pages

As universities seek to adopt increased e-business, e-commerce and e-learning initiates, the overall approach taken for security management within the organisation plays an increasingly relevant role. In many cases security in universities is approac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,050 Views
25 Pages

5 May 2024

I deduce an exact and analytic Bianchi type I solution of Einstein’s field equations, which generalizes the isotropic ΛCDM universe model to a corresponding model with anisotropic expansion. The main point of the article is to present th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Classical and Quantum Gravity and Field Theory)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,184 Views
11 Pages

The Sharma–Mittal Model’s Implications on FRW Universe in Chern–Simons Gravity

  • Sarfraz Ali,
  • Muhammad Hummad Waheed,
  • Muhammad Imran Asjad,
  • Khuram Ali Khan and ,
  • Thanin Sitthiwirattham and
  • Chanon Promsakon
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10 November 2021

The Sharma–Mittal holographic dark energy model is investigated in this paper using the Chern–Simons modified gravity theory. We investigate several cosmic parameters, including the deceleration, equation of state, square of sound speed, and energy d...

(This article belongs to the Section Gravitation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,817 Views
18 Pages

A Holistic Maturity Model for Quality Assessment and Innovation in Peruvian Universities

  • Esteban Tocto-Cano,
  • Sandro Paz Collado and
  • Javier Linkolk López-Gonzales

24 January 2025

This study proposes a holistic maturity model to evaluate and optimize the performance of Peruvian universities. It addresses key dimensions such as favorable governance, university talent (including students, faculty, and administrators), substantia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quality Assessment of Higher Education Institutions)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,628 Views
13 Pages

16 July 2024

Labor market surveys usually measure unemployment duration in time intervals. In these cases, traditional duration models such as Cox regression and parametric survival models are not suitable for studying the duration of unemployment spells. In orde...

(This article belongs to the Section Biostatistics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
12,007 Views
23 Pages

A Conceptual Model Proposal: Universities as Culture Change Agents for Sustainable Development

  • Małgorzata Dzimińska,
  • Justyna Fijałkowska and
  • Łukasz Sułkowski

5 June 2020

This paper aims to propose a conceptual model that synthesizes the existing findings concerning universities as culture change agents for sustainable development. The model could serve as a guidance on how universities might get involved in the pro-S...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Culture Management and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,485 Views
29 Pages

Agent-Based Model to Analyze the Role of the University in Reducing Social Exclusion

  • Eliana Villa-Enciso,
  • Walter Ruiz-Castañeda and
  • Jorge Robledo Velásquez

21 August 2023

While conventional innovation has boosted economic growth in certain regions, it has not contributed to closing the social and economic gap in most developing countries. Humanity is going through a historic moment of great challenges. One of them is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovation Management and Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
443 Views
18 Pages

Universities compete for funding, and their positions depend on the results of national assessments and rankings, which are expensive to produce and based on difficult-to-predict expert opinions. Assessment results have a significant impact on a univ...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,591 Views
19 Pages

28 July 2020

The metric management model is a method based on quantitative indicators called metrics and is used to evaluate individuals and organizations. Organizations’ sustainability is related to risk and expectation concepts and both are, in turn, rela...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Promoting Sustainability in Higher Education)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
11,523 Views
36 Pages

6 September 2019

Universities play pivotal roles when research findings are to be adopted commercially. Although these roles vary from one country to another, effective patenting and licensing procedures, as well as eventual commercialisation of scholarly inventions,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship)
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1,318 Views
20 Pages

The University of Salerno’s Model for Seasonal Influenza Vaccinations in the Workplace

  • Francesco De Caro,
  • Nadia Pecoraro,
  • Francesca Malatesta,
  • Simona Caruccio and ,
  • Federico Della Rocca,
  • Alessandra Mea,
  • Matteo Tomeo,
  • Raffaele De Caro,
  • Giuseppina Cersosimo and
  • Giuseppina Moccia
  • + 10 authors+ 5 authors

17 April 2026

Background: During the flu season, there is an increase in absenteeism due to illness, a drop in productivity, and a greater risk of the virus spreading among workers. Thus, the Italian Ministry of Health recommends vaccination for essential service...

(This article belongs to the Section Vaccines and Public Health)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,967 Views
31 Pages

Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Toward a National Model of Digital University in Kazakhstan Through Global and Local Comparison

  • Tamara Zhukabayeva,
  • Dilaram Baumuratova,
  • Lazzat Zholshiyeva,
  • Akerke Karabay and
  • Kairat Abdrakhmanov

12 December 2025

Today, digital transformation is a major factor that determines the renewal and strategic expansion of higher education institutions. It is not only about the use of technology in classrooms but the whole paradigm of universities organizing learning,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability-Oriented Digital Transformation and Innovative Assessments in Higher Education)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,990 Views
13 Pages

9 August 2023

At present, the majority of electric machine design software employs its own unique machine data structure. However, when users need to transfer their designs between software, they are often faced with significant obstacles or cannot obtain a parame...

(This article belongs to the Section I: Energy Fundamentals and Conversion)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,935 Views
16 Pages

Immersive University Model: A Tool to Increase Higher Education Competitiveness

  • Artem Artyukhov,
  • Iurii Volk,
  • Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi,
  • Elena Mieszajkina and
  • Agata Myśliwiecka

9 May 2023

The current paper substantiates the effectiveness of immersive learning applications for youth. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the “immersion” of students can be carried out not only through virtual and augmented reality but also in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Learning in Education of Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,267 Views
21 Pages

21 June 2024

As the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, universities face challenges such as diminished student physical fitness and a decreased interest in physical education courses. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the tactical games mode...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychological Advances in Physical Education and Sport Teaching (2nd Edition))
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,451 Views
24 Pages

A Universal Urban Flood Risk Model Based on Particle-Swarm-Optimization-Enhanced Spiking Graph Convolutional Networks

  • Xuhong Fang,
  • Jiaye Li,
  • Mengyao Wang,
  • Aifang Chen and ,
  • Songdong Shao and
  • Qunfeng Liu
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7 November 2025

As climate change and urbanization accelerate, urban flooding poses an increasingly severe threat to urban residents and their properties, creating an urgent need for effective solutions to achieve sustainable urban disaster management. While physica...

(This article belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,002 Views
21 Pages

22 June 2023

Financial vulnerability can be understood as the risk of an organisation being unable to carry out routine its normal operations due to financial restrictions. Models to estimate financial vulnerability have mainly been developed for profit-making or...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
42 Citations
6,624 Views
13 Pages

A Universal Pharmacokinetic Model for Dexmedetomidine in Children and Adults

  • James D. Morse,
  • L. Ignacio Cortinez and
  • Brian J. Anderson

28 October 2020

A universal pharmacokinetic model was developed from pooled paediatric and adult data (40.6 postmenstrual weeks, 70.8 years, 3.1–152 kg). A three-compartment pharmacokinetic model with first-order elimination was superior to a two-compartment model t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Approaches in Intravenous Anesthesia and Anesthetics)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,748 Views
29 Pages

28 November 2025

CLIP models have shown their impressive learning and transfer capabilities in a wide range of visual tasks. It is, however, interesting that these foundation models have not been fully explored for Universal Domain Adaptation (UniDA). In this paper,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entropy in Machine Learning Applications, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
294 Views
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29 September 2026

Against the backdrop of global energy conservation and emission reduction strategies, university teaching buildings are key targets for carbon emission management due to their multifunctional characteristics and distinct usage patterns. To address th...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient, and Sustainable Built Environment, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,620 Views
18 Pages

10 January 2024

Colleges and universities play a crucial role in fostering innovation, making it essential to explore effective strategies for promoting innovation at the institutional policy level. This paper focuses on the establishment of intellectual property mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,376 Views
16 Pages

12 October 2021

Entrepreneurship is becoming understood as a set of competencies needed for many professions and, as a result, requires to be integrated into higher education even in such seemingly distant areas as, e.g., public administration, sport, agriculture, t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurial Education Strengthening Resilience, Societal Change and Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
56 Citations
7,333 Views
17 Pages

17 October 2020

Advanced mobile devices and global internet services have enhanced the usage of smartphones in the education sector and their potential for fulfilling teaching and learning objectives. The current study is an attempt to assess the factors affecting m...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,914 Views
11 Pages

7 March 2025

The traffic behavior characteristics within university campuses have received limited scholarly attention, despite their distinct differences from external road networks. These differences include the predominance of non-motorized vehicles and pedest...

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  • Open Access
673 Views
21 Pages

3 August 2026

The rapid expansion of large language models (LLMs) has created new opportunities for university mental health services, particularly in contexts where counseling demand exceeds available professional resources. This study examined the application of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,997 Views
20 Pages

27 September 2022

Using school management settings, important substantial leadership models (such as “instructional”, “constructive”, and “distributed”) are developed. University leadership, especially in the private sector, is an u...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Approach and Policy in Higher Education for Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,266 Views
17 Pages

15 September 2023

Hand hygiene serves as a critical preventative measure against the spread of acquired infections in healthcare facilities and is an integral component of patient safety programs. While healthcare students in training are typically introduced to the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,748 Views
17 Pages

14 March 2025

The innovative behavior of university teachers plays a vital, long-term role in advancing scientific and technological innovation and in nurturing high-level talent. Flow experience is influenced by flow antecedents such as the balance between challe...

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  • Open Access
170 Citations
16,925 Views
28 Pages

13 February 2021

Higher education institutions (HEIs) have voiced growing concerns about sustainability issues since Agenda 2030 was approved, but this is not enough for societal stakeholders seeking and delivering innovation and excellence. The 17 Sustainable Develo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Promoting Sustainability in Higher Education)
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  • Open Access
56 Citations
8,979 Views
17 Pages

Early Dropout Prediction Model: A Case Study of University Leveling Course Students

  • Iván Sandoval-Palis,
  • David Naranjo,
  • Jack Vidal and
  • Raquel Gilar-Corbi

10 November 2020

The school-dropout problem is a serious issue that affects both a country’s education system and its economy, given the substantial investment in education made by national governments. One strategy for counteracting the problem at an early sta...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,919 Views
20 Pages

Understanding the Willingness of Students to Use Bicycles for Sustainable Commuting in a University Setting: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

  • Ahmad Nazrul Hakimi Ibrahim,
  • Muhamad Nazri Borhan,
  • Nur Shaeza Darus,
  • Nor Aznirahani Mhd Yunin and
  • Rozmi Ismail

8 March 2022

The bicycle is a forgotten and neglected mode of transport even though it offers numerous individual, social, and environmental benefits over motorised transport. This research seeks to determine the factors influencing students to use bicycles for c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences)
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  • Open Access
1,698 Views
27 Pages

Developing a Simulation-Based Traffic Model for King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia

  • Mohaimin Azmain,
  • Alok Tiwari,
  • Jamal Abdulmohsen Eid Abdulaal and
  • Abdulrhman M. Gbban

8 December 2025

Transportation management within university campuses presents distinct challenges due to highly fluctuating traffic patterns. King Abdulaziz University (KAU), which attracts over 350,000 trips daily, is experiencing substantial congestion-related iss...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Data-Driven Transportation Systems: Emerging Trends, Challenges, and Applications)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,286 Views
16 Pages

9 December 2023

Construction information technology (CIT), particularly building information modeling, is globally embraced in industry but relatively new to Japanese universities because of its unique interdisciplinary nature. This presents challenges for students...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,538 Views
28 Pages

Marine spatial “open” data infrastructures (MSDI) have a significant economic and societal potential for coastal nations and their realization is driven by the evolution of the International Hydrographic Organization’s (IHO) S-100 d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Coastal and Marine Geographic Information Systems)
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  • Open Access
1,545 Views
23 Pages

20 April 2026

University data governance is an essential requirement for the informatization of universities and holds significant importance in advancing the modernization of university governance systems and governance capabilities. This study focuses on the dat...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Systems and Data Management)
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  • Open Access
241 Views
29 Pages

Fire Evacuation Safety Assessment of University Libraries Based on the Cloud Model

  • Yiping Zeng,
  • Chenrui Zhang,
  • Feizhou Huo,
  • Haichuan Zhang and ,
  • Zuoqi Xu,
  • Zhangyu Chang,
  • Zhaofeng Wang,
  • Guohua Wu and
  • Giuseppe Vizzari
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

12 October 2026

University libraries are critical campus venues characterized by high-density occupancy, making comprehensive fire evacuation safety assessment essential for protecting lives and cultural assets. Conventional evaluation methods often suffer from eith...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State of the Art in Combustion and Flames)
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  • Open Access
55 Citations
4,727 Views
19 Pages

19 December 2021

Improving the quality of industrial products quality still is a challenge. Despite using quality control, there is a constant need to support this process to achieve an effective, precise, and complex analysis of product quality. The purpose was to d...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
7,594 Views
13 Pages

Digital Competence and University Teachers’ Conceptions about Teaching. A Structural Causal Model

  • Ana B. Mirete,
  • Javier J. Maquilón,
  • Lucía Mirete and
  • Raimundo A. Rodríguez

13 June 2020

Introduction: University teachers, in their ongoing scientific and pedagogical updating, must master the new methodologies and trends in their professional field. ICT’s importance for any person requires ethical responsibility, and it is incumb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Pedagogies for Training with Technologies)

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