Utilizing Virtual Worlds for Training Professionals: The Case of Soft Skills Training of Smart City Engineers and Technicians by Maria Rigou, Vasileios Gkamas, Isidoros Perikos, Konstantinos Kovas, Polyxeni Kontodiakou

“…The paper explores virtual worlds as an innovative training platform for upskilling and reskilling smart city professionals, comprising technicians and engineers. Focusing on developing soft skills, the study presents findings from the pilot of a virtual training which was part of a comprehensive tech skills program that also included transversal skills, namely soft, entrepreneurial and green skills. …”
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Features of the theories of the formation of oxide films on aluminum alloys piston diesel engines with micro-arc oxidation by Skryabin M.L., Smekhova I. N.

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Technological innovation and engineering practice of damage reduction mining and ecosystem restoration in open-pit coal mine by Quansheng Li, Xiaobin Li

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Engineered extracellular vesicles with sequential cell recruitment and osteogenic functions to effectively promote senescent bone repair by Lei Qi, Jing Wang, Jinge Yan, Weidong Jiang, Weiwen Ge, Xin Fang, Xudong Wang, Steve GF Shen, Lu Liu, Lei Zhang

“…Endogenous cell recruitment and osteogenic differentiation are two sequential stages in bone regeneration, and disruptions in these two processes present significant obstacles to senescent bone repair. To address these issues, engineered extracellular vesicles (EV) with sequential stem cell recruitment and osteogenic functions were developed. …”
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A Visual Analysis and Review of Chinese Qilou Architectural Heritage Based on CiteSpace by Yilin Wu, Zhihong Chen, Xiuhong Lin, Xiaoqiang Tu

“…The results show that research on CQAH is most prevalent in the field of architectural science and engineering, primarily focusing on four key issues: the distribution area and historical origin of Qilou, differences in regional characteristics of Qilou architecture, conservation and renewal of the Qilou historic district in urban development, and cultural inheritance and spatial activation. …”
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Online community users’ perceptions of particulate matter in South Korea through topic modeling and semantic network analysis by Hansol Choi, Yong Pyo Kim, Yungwook Kim, Ji Yi Lee, Hyemi Lee

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The issue of carrier space and the spatial characteristics of Edo middle-lower samurai residences from a space syntax perspective: reinterpreting spatial evolution in modern Japane... by Jungmin Kim

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Perceptions of clinicians and research ethics boards regarding ethical issues in investigator-initiated trials: a multicenter qualitative study in China by Jing Li, Hongfan Yu, Xing Wei, Cheng Lei, Jingyu Zhang, Wen Zhou, Sheraz Markar, Lin Huang, Shizhu Li, Zhao Yan, Qiuling Shi

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Archipelago Commons: Using the Archipelago and AMI Software to Provide Access to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Engineering Drawings, a Pilot Project by Brenden McCarthy

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A Comparison of E-book and Print Book Discovery, Preferences, and Usage by Science and Engineering Faculty and Graduate Students at the University of Kansas. by Julie Waters, Jennifer Roach, Judith Emde, Scott McEathron, Keith Russell

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Keys to Unravel the Stability/Durability Issues of Platinum-Group-Metal Catalysts toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction for Acidic Water Splitting by Yangdong Zhou, Weijia Guo, Lixin Xing, Zhun Dong, Yunsong Yang, Lei Du, Xiaohong Xie, Siyu Ye

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Recent Advances and New Challenges in Coupled Systems and Networks: Theory, Modelling, and Applications (Special Issue in Honor of Professor Roderick Melnik) by Sundeep Singh, Weizhong Dai

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Applicability of Virtual Commissioning Concepts in Industrial Robotics as a Solution for Compatibility Issues Between Virtual Simulation and Logic Control Software by Alexandru Andrei, Florin-Adrian Nicolescu, Cristina Pupăză, Cezara-Georgia Coman, Ionuț Gabriel Ghionea

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ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES CONCERNING ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES: COST ANALYSIS, STUDY OF TOURIST FLOWS AND SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVES FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK OF POMPEII by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Luigi Petti, Antonio Nesticò, Gabriella Maselli, Vincenzo Calvanese, Anna Onesti, Arianna Spinosa

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Assessment of Safety and Interference Issues of Radio Frequency Identification Devices in 0.3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography by M. Periyasamy, R. Dhanasekaran

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Threats of arsenic and fluoride contamination in vulnerable Indo-Bangladesh coastal groundwater aquifers: issues, policy practice gap, and the way forward by Tanmoy Biswas, Subodh Chandra Pal, Asish Saha, Dipankar Ruidas, Chaitanya Baliram Pande, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul Islam, Aznarul Islam, Edris Alam, Md Kamrul Islam

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Comparative analysis of protocols for decellularization of corneal lenticular tissue by S. A. Borzenok, S. V. Kostenev, A. V. Doga, A. V. Shatskikh, V. G. Li, D. S. Ostrovskiy, M. K. Khubetsova

“…Decellularization technologies make it possible to create corneal tissue-engineered constructs that can adrress the issue of donor corneal shortage. …”
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Optimized recovery method of wave field characteristics of tunnel drilling source of drilling jumbo and its engineering application by Ronghui Bai, Shaoshuai Shi, Weidong Guo, Zhenyan Tian

“…Abstract This study addresses the significant issue of wavefield mixing in seismic data acquired from tunnel drilling jumbo during urban tunnel construction. …”
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Recent Advances in Co-Occurrence Network of Super-Wetting Materials and Their Application in Agricultural Engineering: A Critical Review by Weiping Chen, Zhiying Ren, Youxi Lin, Yuedan Li, Xueyong Chen

“…Global food security is a critical issue, necessitating greater attention to the relationship between agricultural productivity and the ecological environment. …”
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Remaining useful life prediction of a small sample of aero-engine based on an improved gray Markov model by Dong-hai Li, Ji-liang Tu, Hui Liu, Nai-zhi Liao

“…To address this issue, this study presents a novel data-physics fusion framework using the NASA turbine engine public dataset as the operational data for the study. …”
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