Academic Articles & Research Papers

Recurring Construction Risk Categories in Makkah’s Complex Urban Environment: A Colaizzi-Informed Thematic Analysis of Project Managers’ Accounts

While identifying risks is the first step toward developing response plans, project managers often respond to risks spontaneously. This study aimed to identify recurring construction risk categories reported by project managers in Makkah, e...

Consumer engagement on Facebook: modelling its antecedents and consequence

Type of the article: Research Article AbstractThe rapid growth of social media has transformed consumer-brand interactions, making the study of attachment and consumer engagement highly relevant for emerging markets such as the Philippines...

The quality of alternative models of primary health care and morbidity and mortality in Brazil: a national longitudinal analysis

Background: Evidence is limited on health benefits from quality improvement of primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study investigated whether increasing PHC quality in Brazil with highly-skilled health...

Business Administration

A Trust-Boundary Reference Architecture for Secure Cyber-Physical Agriculture: Design and Software-Based Proof-of-Concept for Smart Irrigation

Smart irrigation is an operational technology (OT) problem as much as an Internet of Things (IoT) one: software decisions act directly on valves, pumps, pressure and water delivery, so a spoofed reading or a replayed command has physical co...

A solution approach to the orienteering problem with time windows and synchronisation constraints

The orienteering problem with time windows and synchronisation constraints, known as the Cooperative Orienteering Problem with Time Windows (COPTW), is a class of problems with some important applications such as in home health care and eme...

The influence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on organisational culture: An empirical investigation

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is known to transform and create opportunities for the world of work. However, little is known about how the future workforce, such as university students, are being equipped and exposed to 4IR technol...

Application of Functional Nanomaterials in Aesthetic Art and Industrial Design Concept

Industrial design (ID) refers to industrial product design based on engineering, aesthetics, and economy. Traditional industrial design refers to the creative activities of designing and designing products produced by industrial means to ma...

With Multi-Connectivity Toward Reliable and Time-Sensitive Wi-Fi Systems: A Survey

Wi-Fi has become a fundamental wireless communication technology, supporting a wide range of applications while continuing to evolve to meet increasingly demanding use cases. Future Wi-Fi networks are expected to support industrial and time...

Prognostic techniques for aeroengine health assessment and Remaining Useful Life estimation

Predictive maintenance is the latest frontier in the management and maintenance of many industrial assets, including aeroengines. Made possible by last decades advances in monitoring equipment and machine learning algorithms, it permits ind...

Effect of early and late post emergence herbicides on weed suppression, crop injury, and biomass yield of industrial hemp in semiarid conditions

Abstract Industrial hemp is receiving attention for its numerous benefits, particularly in the fiber industry. Weed competition is a primary concern for hemp cultivation, causing reduced yields and inferior‐quality fiber. However, little is...

Evaluation of eco-efficient geopolymer using chamotte and waste glass-based alkaline solutions

Geopolymers are binder materials that can be an alternative to replace Portland cement. They are considered less aggressive to the environment because of the lower emission of CO2 and use of energy in their production chain. This work aimed...

Geometric issues of transforming a topographic surface into a design project

Natural relief adjustment for functional purpose - the task of vertical planning - is one of the main complexes of engineering preparation problems of urban areas, industrial sites, reclamation of irrigated land. Numerous methods of designi...

An aesthetic curve in the field of Industrial design

We present a quantitative analysis method of the characteristics of a curve, for finding what an aesthetic curve is. A number of designer drawn curves were analyzed by this method. As a result, we found that the designer controlled the curv...

The Impact of Industrial Design Effectiveness on Corporate Financial Performance *

Despite the growing recognition of industrial design's value in creating sustainable competitive advantage, few studies have attempted to quantify the contribution that design makes to company financial performance. This article examines th...

Industrial Design

Industrial design is the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value, and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer. Industrial ...

Industrial Design

Industrial design is the professional service of creating and developing concepts and specifications that optimize the function, value, and appearance of products and systems for the mutual benefit of both user and manufacturer. Industrial de...

The Roles of Marketing and Industrial Design in Discontinuous New Product Development *

Radical or “discontinuous” products based on new technological breakthroughs are playing an ever‐increasing role in the success of firms. However, little research has been conducted that investigates the roles of marketing and industrial de...

Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments

(1992). Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments. Technometrics: Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 492-492....

Perceptions of Industrial Design: The “Means” and the “Ends”

It is widely accepted that industrial design can play an important role in the development of innovative products, but integrating design‐thinking into new product development ( NPD ) is a challenge. This is because industrial designers hav...