ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga +1 more
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Exploring the role of mass media and virtual social networks on couples' childbearing decisions: an exploratory qualitative study. [PDF]
Yas A, Khadivzadeh E, Khadivzadeh T.
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Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship
Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
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Bridging medical education and public health: a pedagogical model to develop future physicians' capacity in audience-tailored health communication. [PDF]
Liu M, Mo X, Li T, Dai H, Fang S.
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MXene‐Based Flexible Memory and Neuromorphic Devices
The unique two‐dimensional structure, excellent electrical conductivity, and diverse surface groups of MXenes have garnered significant attention. Coupled with their exceptional flexibility, MXene‐based devices hold immense potential for flexible memory and neuromorphic systems. This review comprehensively discusses the fundamentals of flexible devices,
Yan Li +13 more
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Intervention framework towards a community-driven approach to improve health-seeking in cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka. [PDF]
Gunasekara SD +8 more
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Conductive Hydrogel‐Enabled Electrode for Scalp Electroencephalography Monitoring
Conductive hydrogels are emerging as effective EEG electrode‐scalp interfaces to overcome hair barriers. This review presents the demanding parameters for hair‐compatible hydrogel electrodes and summarizes their applications in healthcare and brain‐computer interfaces.
Zichong Ji +14 more
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Analysis of intellectual property strategies across different categories of digital therapeutics. [PDF]
Maeda T, Suzuki H, Saotome C.
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ABSTRACT Systems thinking is a mindset and skill essential to understanding and addressing complex challenges. However, increasing and measuring systems thinking is difficult. In this research, we compared multiple approaches to measuring systems thinking, including self‐reported measures of a systems thinking mindset and performative measures of ...
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Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence as Web 4.0: The Next Generation of the Internet
ABSTRACT This study utilizes systems thinking to explore and entwine an evolving metaverse scholarship to a relatively underexplored phenomenon of Web 4.0. We adopt a soft systems thinking framework to guide the interpretation of complex and evolving metaverse scholarship, using bibliometric mapping of 5587 publications sourced from Scopus.
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