31 August 2026
Promoting consumers’ green consumption is an important way to drive the low-carbon transition on the demand side and achieve sustainable development. Existing research mainly compares the persuasive effects of AI and human recommenders, with li...
The process of integrating sustainability into businesses and processes is still recent, both in startups, small and medium-sized companies and even multinationals. Sustainable business models became a phenomenon of global interest and Design Thinkin...
Urban greening has transitioned from a supplementary component of urban development to a central element in contemporary planning policies, driven by its recognized environmental, social, and health benefits. This paper explores urban greening proces...
How can the interactive mode of a map be optimized to facilitate efficient positioning and improve cognitive efficiency? This paper addresses this crucial aspect of map design. It explores the impact of spatial reference frames, map dimensionality, a...
The magnitude of the rotor magnetic flux linkage and its spatial orientation within a permanent magnet synchronous motor directly define the angular position of the rotor and are thus used in many sensorless applications as the governing variables. T...
Real-time motion capture of the human arm in the home environment has many use cases, such as video game and therapy applications. The required tracking can be based on off-the-shelf Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) with integrated three-axis accele...
Pinching-antenna systems (PASSs) have emerged as a promising waveguide-based architecture for high-frequency wireless communications. Recent directional PASS studies have shown that practical pinching antennas (PAs) exhibit directional, pencil-like r...
This work is focused on developing a self-calibration algorithm for an orientation estimation of cattle movements based on a quaternion Kalman filter. The accelerometer signals in the earth’s frame provide more information to confirm that the c...
A balanced diet is the key to a healthy lifestyle and is crucial for preventing or dealing with many chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Therefore, monitoring diet can be an effective way of improving people’s health. However, manual repor...
In this study, we present a composite spatial manipulation framework for the redirected walking technique. The proposed framework focuses on utilizing two different approaches simultaneously to manipulate the user’s position and orientation in...
Camera-based interfaces in mobile devices are starting to be used in games and apps, but few works have evaluated them in terms of usability or user perception. Due to the changing nature of mobile contexts, this evaluation requires extensive studies...
Image processing on smartphones, which are resource-limited devices, is challenging. Panorama generation on modern mobile phones is a requirement of most mobile phone users. This paper presents an automatic sequential image stitching algorithm with h...
Acquisition of 3D point cloud data (PCD) using a laser scanner and aligning it with a video frame is a new approach that is efficient for retrofitting comprehensive objects in heavy pipeline industrial facilities. This work contributes a generic fram...
In the past few years, home appliances have been influenced by the latest technologies and changes in consumer trends. One of the most desired gadgets of this time is a universal remote control for gestures. Hand gestures are the best way to control...
The current study presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a real-time face recognition system for automated access control. The system uses Python libraries to build an accurate and secure identification platform that incorporates dedi...
We present a near real-time solution for 3D reconstruction from aerial images captured by consumer UAVs. Our core idea is to simplify the multi-view stereo problem into a series of two-view stereo matching problems. Our method applies to UAVs equippe...
This paper reports part of the research results carried out within the National Centre for Sustainable Mobility (MOST—CN4)—Spoke 5 “Light Vehicle and Active Mobility”—funded by the Italian National Recovery and Resilienc...
In this paper, we describe an experimental testbed designed to evaluate indoor visible light communications (VLC) in realistic scenarios. The system is based on a mockup where the location and orientation of the optical receiver can be modified with...
Calibration of body-worn inertial measurement units (IMUs) is essential for accurate motion estimation, yet sensor orientations may drift over time due to slippage or long-term integration errors. This causes an IMU to gradually lose alignment with t...
1 October 2025
As self-service technologies (SSTs) such as kiosks become embedded in service infrastructure, understanding the socio-cognitive drivers of adoption has grown in importance. This study extends the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by integrating Digit...
Traditional urban and architectural design presupposes an upright, forward-looking pedestrian who perceives the street as a three-dimensional field of facades, thresholds, and vistas. This assumption no longer reliably holds for the smartphone-era pe...
Fiber reinforcement orientation in thermoplastic injection-molded components is both a strength as well as a weak point of this largely employed manufacturing process. Optimizing the fiber orientation distribution (FOD) considering the shape of the p...
This article explores how natural wood materials—especially untreated or minimally treated timber—are perceived and experienced during tourist experiences in recreational and tourism-oriented built environments. Drawing on principles of b...
Working chiefly within the tenets of Cultural Linguistics (CL), this study examines the cultural and cognitive motivations that underlie selected death-oriented personal names among the Igbo of South-eastern Nigeria. Based on the cultural linguistic...
One of the common ways for solving indoor navigation is known as Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR), which employs inertial and magnetic sensors typically embedded in a smartphone carried by a user. Estimation of the pedestrian’s heading is a cruc...
This paper delineates the design and realization of a Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arm (WMRA), envisioned as an autonomous assistance apparatus for individuals encountering motor difficulties and/or upper limb paralysis. The proposed design solution is...
This paper presents the positive experience of facilitating over 300 community-engaged engineering projects at an Irish higher-education institution. The projects are framed by a research orientation, a commitment to civic engagement, and building un...
Background: Modern household appliances often present complex interfaces that can be difficult to use, especially for older adults, people with visual impairments, and users with mild cognitive difficulties. In such cases, interacting with appliances...
Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) is designed to keep pace with high-end mobile computing and their powerful sensors. This evolution excludes users with low-end devices and network constraints. This article presents ModAR, a hybrid Android prototype tha...
This study examines NPC dialogue mechanisms as an independent design factor in task-oriented digital games. Although generative NPCs are often discussed in relation to narrative richness, conversational naturalness, and social presence, limited contr...
While several lower-limb exoskeletons have been designed for adult patients, there remains a lack of pediatric-oriented devices. This paper presented a human factor assessment of an adjustable pediatric lower-limb exoskeleton for childhood gait assis...
Currently, a significant gap exists between academic and industrial research in automated driving development. Despite this, there is common sense that cooperative control approaches in automated vehicles will surpass the previously favored takeover...
Channel estimation scheme for OFDM modulated transmissions usually combines an initial block-pilot-assisted stage with a tracking one based on comb or scattered pilots distributed among user data in the signal frame. The channel reconstruction accura...
#BookTok, the TikTok sub-community for readers, has reshaped publishing and digital reading trends where marginalized readers find space to promote diverse books and stories beyond mainstream norms. This paper explores how three international #BookTo...
Competency in musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound requires learners to relate probe manipulation to spatial reasoning, image projection, and the appearance of characteristic artefacts, which remains challenging during early training due to the limited s...
Retaining bus users is a practical condition for sustainable urban mobility, but transport agencies need defensible passenger-centered measures to judge whether service experience is credible enough to support continued use. This study tests an explo...
Social media platforms have become central arenas for political communication, electoral mobilization, and institutional contestation. This study examines how TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram were used during and after the 2025 Romanian presidential e...
More than 80% of young people (11–17 years) do not meet recommended levels of physical activity, while excessive sedentary smartphone use increases rapidly, highlighting the need for accessible tools that promote active and kinesthetic learning...
Personal protective equipment, workspaces and safety systems are engineered around assumptions about the bodies and behaviour of their users. In the maritime workforce those assumptions have historically been male: women make up fewer than two per ce...
Assistive devices for visually impaired people (VIP) which support daily traveling and improve social inclusion are developing fast. Most of them try to solve the problem of navigation or obstacle avoidance, and other works focus on helping VIP to re...
Population ageing is revealing acute mismatches between inherited village layouts and older residents’ everyday needs in China’s peri-urban fringe. This study combines space-syntax diagnostics with an exploratory factor analysis to create...
This paper delves into integrating technological and social innovations in design through a community-oriented, resilient approach, emphasizing care and sustainability. It explores resource management’s application to the local environment and...
Healthcare systems are complex adaptive environments in which clinical work, digital technologies, and organizational routines interact continuously, often challenging the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday practice. Although e...
This study examines institutional processes in digital justice through a mixed conceptual approach that integrates bibliometric analysis and technology-adoption modeling, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) as a projected component rather than...
Safeguarding biocultural diversity is foundational to global sustainability. The development of digital sequence information on genetic resources (DSI) brings both opportunities and challenges, with bioculturally sensitive DSI derived from genetic re...
Cybersecurity relies heavily on warning systems to regulate user behavior under uncertainty. These warnings (ranging from browser security dialogs to phishing alerts and enterprise security notifications) do more than convey information: they may alt...
Artificial intelligence (AI), a transformative force, has revolutionised various aspects of human life and business operations. This has led to a drastic mutation of the career landscape, embedded with vast opportunities as well as challenges, partic...
Public debates about psychoactive substances have traditionally been organized around the pharmacology of compounds and the institutional control of supply. In digitally mediated societies, however, the pathways through which people encounter psychoa...
This narrative review examines how big data analytics supports geospatial decision-making in smart cities through the combined roles of spatial data foundations, GeoAI methods, and urban digital twins. Methodologically, the article follows a structur...
The study examined the extent of bribery within the public healthcare system in Greece and the influence of its determinants at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels, highlighting institutional and cultural influences, systemic weaknesses, inequalities...
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