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  • Article
  • Open Access
574 Views
27 Pages

This study presents a novel technological framework that integrates web-based 3D modeling and digital prototyping into interdisciplinary design education. Addressing the gap between traditional theoretical assessment and modern industry demands, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
13,458 Views
14 Pages

12 February 2015

Using distributed hydrological models to evaluate the effectiveness of reducing non-point source pollution by applying best management practices (BMPs) is an important support to decision making for watershed management. However, complex interfaces...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydro-Ecological Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,628 Views
20 Pages

25 January 2024

Construction Design Management (DM) involves the coordination of design processes and activities to ensure quality project design, yet it involves many challenges. This study reports on a collaborative Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project wit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry: Latest Advances and Prospects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,935 Views
19 Pages

8 July 2020

To advance to water sensitive cities (WSC) it will be necessary to achieve the commitment of the citizens, involving them in this transition. Citizen participation is considered essential, and one of the possible approaches to achieve this is through...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Water Management: A Pragmatic Approach)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,920 Views
26 Pages

4 November 2020

This article shows the numerical results and the analysis of households’ degree of knowledge about the urban water cycle, needs, and values regarding water in an intermediary city with low water stress, such as Huelva (Andalusia, Spain). Result...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,061 Views
24 Pages

Prototype of a Web-based Participative Decision Support Platform in Natural Hazards and Risk Management

  • Zar Chi Aye,
  • Michel Jaboyedoff,
  • Marc-Henri Derron and
  • Cees J. Van Westen

This paper presents the current state and development of a prototype web-GIS (Geographic Information System) decision support platform intended for application in natural hazards and risk management, mainly for floods and landslides. This web platfor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
501 Views
23 Pages

A Web-Based Digital Twin for Traffic and Air Quality Monitoring: A Prototype Study in Almaty, Kazakhstan

  • Saya Sapakova,
  • Askar Sapakov,
  • Omirlan Auyelbekov,
  • Lyailya Tukenova and ,
  • Sakhybay Tynymbayev,
  • Zhomart Ualiyev,
  • Aigul Skakova and
  • Assem Kabdoldina
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Urban air pollution driven by road traffic poses a significant public health challenge in cities with high vehicle density and frequent congestion, particularly in topographically constrained environments such as Almaty, Kazakhstan. This study presen...

(This article belongs to the Topic Digital Twins and Artificial Intelligence for Advancing Smart Green Building and City Resilience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,547 Views
28 Pages

28 August 2024

Over the past decade, numerous countries and researchers have been investigating the potential of 3D cadastre based on the Building Information Model (BIM). In Türkiye, the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (GDLRC) has been engag...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Developing 3D Cadastre for Urban Land Use)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,648 Views
17 Pages

Water Consumption Range Prediction in Huelva’s Households Using Classification and Regression Trees

  • Gustavo Bermejo-Martín,
  • Carlos Rodríguez-Monroy and
  • Yilsy M. Núñez-Guerrero

15 February 2021

This paper uses the numerical results of surveys sent to Huelva’s (Andalusia, Spain) households to determine the degree of knowledge they have about the urban water cycle, needs, values, and attitudes regarding water in an intermediary city with low...

(This article belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
9,675 Views
23 Pages

Extension Activity Support System (EASY): A Web-Based Prototype for Facilitating Farm Management

  • Kim Lowell,
  • Lindsay Smith,
  • Ian Miller,
  • Christopher Pettit and
  • Eloise Seymour

4 January 2012

In response to disparate advances in delivering spatial information to support agricultural extension activities, the Extension Activity Support System (EASY) project was established to develop a vision statement and conceptual design for such a syst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Internet and Landscapes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,705 Views
28 Pages

Content and metadata concerning a specialized field such as Art and Cultural Heritage are often scattered throughout the World Wide Web, making it hard for end-users to find, especially amid the vast and often commercialized general content of the We...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evaluating Methods and Decision Making)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,196 Views
20 Pages

Development of a Prototype Web GIS-Based Disaster Management System for Safe Operation of the Next Generation Bimodal Tram, South Korea—Focused Flooding and Snowfall

  • Won Seok Jang,
  • Jonggun Kim,
  • Bernard A. Engel,
  • Sung Won Kang and ,
  • Youngkon Park,
  • Heetaek Yoon,
  • Kyoung Jae Lim,
  • Younghun Jung and
  • Yongchul Shin
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

4 April 2014

The Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) has developed a bimodal tram and advanced bus rapid transit (BRT) system which is an optimized public transit system created by mixing the railway’s punctual operation and the bus’ easy and convenient acce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,684 Views
28 Pages

13 January 2022

Both policy and research highlight the importance of diverse stakeholder input in urban development processes but visualizing future built environments and creating two-way design communication for non-expert stakeholders are challenging. The present...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AR, VR: From Latest Technologies to Novel Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,265 Views
14 Pages

19 November 2024

Cultural heritage significantly influences the transmission of history from the past to the present and future. The core of protecting cultural heritage is inheritance, making sure the heritages can be sustainable forever. Various ICT methods facilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,519 Views
27 Pages

Multi-Scalar Oblique Photogrammetry-Supported 3D webGIS Approach to Preventive Mining-Induced Deformation Analysis

  • Xiaoyu Zhu,
  • Huachao Yang,
  • Hefang Bian,
  • Yang Mei and ,
  • Bolun Zhang and
  • Peng Xue
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 December 2023

Underground coal mining will inevitably cause serious ground deformation, and therefore, preventive mining-induced deformation analysis (MIDA) is of great importance in assisting mining planning and decision-making. Current web-based Geographic Infor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,184 Views
27 Pages

17 February 2022

Nowadays, we observe a great interest in air pollution, including exhaust fumes. This interest is manifested in both the development of technologies enabling the limiting of the emission of harmful gases and the development of measures to detect exce...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Poland 2021-2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,220 Views
15 Pages

Virtual Fire Evacuation Drills through a Web-Based Serious Game

  • Yajun Yang,
  • Zhen Xu,
  • Yingying Wu,
  • Wei Wei and
  • Ruizhuo Song

29 November 2021

Evacuation capacity is very important in building fire. In order to improve the safety evacuation capacity of occupants, a web-based serious game for virtual fire evacuation drills is proposed. As a prototype of the serious game, a stand-alone system...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
9,008 Views
14 Pages

3D WebGIS systems have been mentioned in the literature almost since the beginning of the graphical web era in the late 1990s. The potential use of 3D WebGIS is linked to a wide range of scientific and application domains, such as planning, controlli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Web and Mobile GIS)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,063 Views
15 Pages

An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications

  • Haneen Banjar,
  • Rahaf Alrowithi,
  • Sara Alhadrami,
  • Esraa Magrabi and ,
  • Reema Munshi and
  • Mayda Alrige
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

For years, several countries have been concerned about how to dispose of unused pharmaceuticals that can endanger human health and the environment. Moreover, some people are in desperate need of medical attention and medications, but they lack the fi...

(This article belongs to the Topic Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,299 Views
6 Pages

1 March 2019

Quantitative imaging biomarkers are increasingly used in oncology clinical trials to assist the evaluation of tumor responses to novel therapies. To identify these biomarkers and ensure smooth clinical translation once they have been validated, it is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
10,188 Views
21 Pages

Indonesian Forest and Land Fire Prevention Patrol System

  • Imas Sukaesih Sitanggang,
  • Lailan Syaufina,
  • Rina Trisminingsih,
  • Deny Ramdhany and ,
  • Endang Nuradi,
  • Muhammad Fakhri Alauddin Hidayat,
  • Hendra Rahmawan,
  • Wulandari,
  • Firman Ardiansyah and
  • Ferdian Krisnanto
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

9 September 2022

(1) Background: The management of forest and land fires has become of concern to the Indonesian government, as demonstrated by the issuing of the Presidential Instruction of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2015, then replaced by Number 3 of 20...

(This article belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,436 Views
19 Pages

Transforming Interactive Educational Content into Immersive Virtual Reality Learning Objects

  • Pranas Jaruševičius,
  • Lukas Paulauskas,
  • Vaidotas Drungilas,
  • Mantas Jurgelaitis and
  • Tomas Blažauskas

22 July 2024

Currently, the integration of immersive virtual reality applications into learning management systems is limited, which disadvantages kinesthetic learners, as the majority of learning material is mostly written or visual in nature. This research pres...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Conference Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,750 Views
5 Pages

SalHUD—A Graphical Interface to Public Health Data in Puerto Rico

  • Humberto G. Ortiz-Zuazaga,
  • Roberto Arce-Corretjer,
  • Juan M. Solá-Sloan and
  • José G. Conde

Purpose: This paper describes SalHUD, a prototype web-based application for visualizing health data from Puerto Rico. Our initial focus was to provide interactive maps displaying years of potential life lost (YPLL). Methods: The public-use mortality...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Proceedings from the 2014 Minority Health & Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference (MHHDGC))
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,561 Views
24 Pages

Prototype for Multi-UAV Monitoring–Control System Using WebRTC

  • Fatih Kilic,
  • Mainul Hassan and
  • Wolfram Hardt

5 October 2024

Most unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground control station (GCS) solutions today are either web-based or native applications, primarily designed to support a single UAV. In this paper, our research aims to provide an open, universal framework intended...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Conceptual Design, Modeling, and Control Strategies of Drones-II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,361 Views
32 Pages

7 October 2025

Smart contracts are central to blockchain ecosystems, yet their development remains technically demanding, error-prone, and tied to platform-specific programming languages. This paper introduces SCEditor-Web, a web-based modeling environment that com...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Within Software Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,989 Views
24 Pages

Approach towards a Holistic Management of Research Data in Planetary Science—Use Case Study Based on Remote Sensing Data

  • Andrea Nass,
  • Martin Mühlbauer,
  • Torsten Heinen,
  • Mathias Böck and ,
  • Robert Munteanu,
  • Mario D’Amore,
  • Torsten Riedlinger,
  • Thomas Roatsch,
  • Günter Strunz and
  • Jörn Helbert
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

26 March 2022

In the planetary sciences, the volume of remote sensing data and derived research products has been continuously increasing over the last five decades. The amount and complexity of data require growing sophistication in data analysis, data management...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cartography of the Solar System: Remote Sensing beyond Earth)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,669 Views
19 Pages

Defining a BIM-Enabled Learning Environment—An Adaptive Structuration Theory Perspective

  • Theophilus Olowa,
  • Emlyn Witt,
  • Caterina Morganti,
  • Toni Teittinen and
  • Irene Lill

Digitalization of the AEC-FM industry has resulted in the reassessment of knowledge, knowledge management, teaching and learning, workflows and networks, roles, and relevance. Consequently, new approaches to teaching and learning to meet the demands...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Smart Tech 4.0 in the Built Environment: Applications of Disruptive Digital Technologies in Smart Cities, Construction, and Real Estate)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,922 Views
13 Pages

Design and Development of a 3D Digital Cadastre Visualization Prototype

  • Davood Shojaei,
  • Hamed Olfat,
  • Abbas Rajabifard and
  • Mark Briffa

The massive property development of high-rises and complex structures above and below the ground surface in cities indicates the lack of land and high demand to use spaces. However, the existing land and property administration systems are mainly two...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Productive, Livable and Accessible Cities—The Role of 3D City Models)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,523 Views
18 Pages

LionVu 2.0 Usability Assessment for Pennsylvania, United States

  • Nathaniel R. Geyer,
  • Fritz C. Kessler and
  • Eugene J. Lengerich

The Penn State Cancer Initiative implemented LionVu 1.0 (Penn State University, United States) in 2017 as a web-based mapping tool to educate and inform public health professionals about the cancer burden in Pennsylvania and 28 counties in central Pe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue GIS in Healthcare)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,370 Views
26 Pages

PlantES: A Plant Electrophysiological Multi-Source Data Online Analysis and Sharing Platform

  • Chao Song,
  • Xiao-Huang Qin,
  • Qiao Zhou,
  • Zi-Yang Wang and ,
  • Wei-He Liu,
  • Jun Li,
  • Lan Huang,
  • Yang Chen,
  • Guiliang Tang and
  • Zhong-Yi Wang
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

16 November 2018

At present, plant electrophysiological data volumes and complexity are increasing rapidly. It causes the demand for efficient management of big data, data sharing among research groups, and fast analysis. In this paper, we proposed PlantES (Plant Ele...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,472 Views
26 Pages

10 October 2019

Lesson planning is both an important and demanding task—especially as part of teacher training. This paper presents the requirements for a lesson planning system and evaluates existing systems regarding these requirements. One major drawback of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,936 Views
16 Pages

24 December 2021

A novel computing paradigm, called the Internet of things emerged a few years ago. IoT is materialized by connecting both real and digital worlds together. The deployment of IoT in vehicular networks has introduced a new vehicular communication techn...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,700 Views
6 Pages

In tertiary education, disciplines such as sports science that require experimental components in their courses represent a significant challenge for online and distance education. This paper demonstrates the design and construction of an enriched ex...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 13th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,404 Views
19 Pages

An Ontology-Driven Approach for Integrating Intelligence to Manage Human and Ecological Health Risks in the Geospatial Sensor Web

  • Xiaoliang Meng,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Yichun Xie,
  • Guoqiang Song and ,
  • Shifa Ma,
  • Shiyuan Hu,
  • Junming Bai and
  • Yiming Yang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

25 October 2018

Due to the rapid installation of a massive number of fixed and mobile sensors, monitoring machines are intentionally or unintentionally involved in the production of a large amount of geospatial data. Environmental sensors and related software applic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Intelligence-Based Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,962 Views
19 Pages

Remotely sensed imagery-based change detection is an effective approach for identifying land cover change information. A large number of change detection algorithms have been developed that satisfy different requirements. However, most change detecti...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,068 Views
5 Pages

Smart OCR Application for Meter Reading

  • Umbrin Sultana,
  • Sannad Bilal,
  • Syed Hamza Abbas Naqvi and
  • Rafay Iqbal

The typical current meter reading method used by power distribution companies is outdated and complex since it relies on a manual process of capturing images of meter values by a human and then manually updating a server with the new readings. This p...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 7th International Electrical Engineering Conference)
  • Study Protocol
  • Open Access
1,946 Views
16 Pages

22 October 2024

Developing postadoption interventions to prevent parenting stress and promote parents’ well-being is urgent. Mindful parenting-based interventions show promise in achieving these goals and are well received by adoptive parents (APs). However, f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,773 Views
7 Pages

17 June 2019

Serious, restrictive, non-fatal injuries are commonplace in large animal agriculture including in pork and dairy production. Primary care clinicians often have few resources to facilitate workers’ return to work and have difficulties communicat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agricultural Safety and Health)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
357 Views
15 Pages

A Modular Framework for Cloud-Based Educational Content Delivery Systems: Design, Implementation, and Quality Evaluation

  • Ritchfildjay L. Mariscal,
  • Reymark R. Boniza,
  • Diosdado T. Erandio and
  • Angelou S. Tupaz

10 August 2026

The increasing demand for scalable digital learning environments has created a need for cloud-based educational content delivery systems that support efficient resource management, platform accessibility, and quality-assured learning experiences. Whi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
680 Views
22 Pages

Development of a Web-Based Multimedia Patient Decision Aid for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A User-Centered Design

  • Effie Simou,
  • Dimitrios Tseronis,
  • Konstantina Zoupidou and
  • Dimitrios Boumpas

Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) is particularly relevant in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), where multiple treatment options with distinct benefit–risk profiles require alignment with patient values and preferences. This study describes the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Patient-Centered Care: Digital Tools and Strategies for Shared Decision-Making)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,502 Views
13 Pages

Laboratory asset maintenance in higher education institutions often suffers from inefficiencies due to incomplete data and reactive maintenance practices. We designed a radio frequency identification (RFID)-based information system that supports prev...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Computation, Big-Data and Engineering (ICCBE))
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,969 Views
20 Pages

The use of completely automated systems for collecting sensor data with the aim of monitoring and controlling the quality of small-scale food processes is not widespread. Small and micro-enterprises usually do not carry out their own precompetitive r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Objects in the Internet of Things: From Sensor to Data Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,341 Views
19 Pages

18 August 2026

Background/Objectives: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into pharmaceutical sciences and industry can accelerate the design and optimization of drug delivery systems and biotechnological processes and operations. Methodology: In this w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Drug Delivery: Latest Advances and Prospects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,252 Views
12 Pages

Over the past few years, the internet and omni-channel domains have created a new economy that is growing rapidly and shifting the way in which businesses operate due to the influence of technological advancements and innovations. Now customers are e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,692 Views
9 Pages

Edge Computing Robot Interface for Automatic Elderly Mental Health Care Based on Voice

  • Camille Yvanoff-Frenchin,
  • Vitor Ramos,
  • Tarek Belabed and
  • Carlos Valderrama

We need open platforms driven by specialists, in which queries can be created and collected for long periods and the diagnosis made based on a rigorous clinical follow-up. In this work, we developed a multi-language robot interface helping to evaluat...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,074 Views
9 Pages

An Open-Source Web-Based Approach to Industrial Supervision and Data Acquisition in the Context of Industry 4.0

  • Rodney Villamar,
  • Pablo Proaño,
  • Alan Cuenca Sánchez,
  • James Tipan and ,
  • Ronald Pillajo and
  • Angélica Quito Carrión
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 November 2025

This paper addresses the need for accessible and interoperable supervision solutions within the Industry 4.0 paradigm, particularly for small-scale or resource-constrained environments. The proposed system integrates a web-based architecture using op...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The XXXIII Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,122 Views
15 Pages

17 March 2023

Computational analysis and integration of smartwatch data with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) present potential uses in preventing, diagnosing, and managing chronic diseases. One of the key requirements for the successful clinical application of sm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Opportunities in Electronic Medical Record (EMR))
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,978 Views
16 Pages

Agri-Food By-Products as Ingredients: Exploring Purchase Intentions Among a Sample of Italian Consumers

  • Maria Di Cairano,
  • Nicola Condelli,
  • Angela Lomonaco and
  • Fernanda Galgano

29 July 2025

Consumer perceptions of upcycled foods, as well as the determinants of food choices, are still not well understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of psychological and personal traits on purchase intention (PI) towards upcycled food...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensory and Consumer Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
12,252 Views
15 Pages

A Learning Analytics Theoretical Framework for STEM Education Virtual Reality Applications

  • Athanasios Christopoulos,
  • Nikolaos Pellas and
  • Mikko-Jussi Laakso

3 November 2020

While virtual reality has attracted educators’ interest by providing new opportunities to the learning process and assessment in different science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, the results from previous studies indic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Research and Trends in Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,171 Views
22 Pages

14 October 2025

This paper introduces an open-source software framework for implementing Field-Oriented Control (FOC) on a Brushless DC Motor (BLDC) across its entire speed range. The control strategy employs a Direct FOC method with a single Hall sensor combined wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechatronic Systems Design and Optimization)

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