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World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development
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Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
ISSN (Print) 1741-2242 - ISSN (Online) 1741-2234
Published by Inderscience Publishers

[439 journals]

Eco-friendly flagging tape
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  Authors: Rachel Cordeiro, JoÃ£o Meneses, Fernando Dourado, Paula Pascoal-Faria, Carla Moura, Nuno Alves
  Pages: 301 - 313
  Abstract: One of the problems of using commercial flagging tapes is that they are produced with non-degradable plastic and remain in the environment for long periods. To find a solution, an eco-friendly flagging tape was developed. Bacterial cellulose (BC) was used to produce a cellulose-based film and it was hypothesised that coating the tapes with a polymer would improve their resistance. So, two natural polymers (chitosan and hyaluronic acid) were used to coat the BC tapes. The wet BC was also stained with natural pigments extracted from carrot and spinach. Mechanical testing showed that uncoated BC tapes have similar resistance to hyaluronic acid coated tape. However, the chitosan-coated tapes and the tapes pigmented with the selected pigments showed a decrease in mechanical resistance. Biodegradability tests showed that the uncoated BC tape and BC tape coated with chitosan or hyaluronic acid did not fully degrade within three months.
  Keywords: bacterial cellulose; flagging tape; sustainable; foot-print; environment; hyaluronic acid; chitosan
  Citation: World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023) pp. 301 - 313
  PubDate: 2023-10-05T23:20:50-05:00
  DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2023.133886
  Issue No: Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023)
ICT infrastructure and innovation: determinants, potentials, and
policy implications
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  Authors: Ajoy Ketan Sarangi, Rudra P. Pradhan, Madhusmita Misra
  Pages: 314 - 348
  Abstract: The paper studies emerging ICT infrastructure qualitatively and represents the determinants and their influence on innovations conceptually using design thinking. It proposes ICT adoption factors, delivers techno-managerial values for strategic resource management, and reveals their interplay dynamics to propose policies for triggering digital innovations and research output. It identifies artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, cloud, edge, fog and quantum computing for product, process, organisation innovations and knowledge engineering. It delivers technical structure and determinants, conceptual framework, technological, business, innovation potentials and advantages of ICT infrastructure to facilitate innovation, decision-making, design, and implementations with social and economic ramifications.
  Keywords: ICT-infrastructure; innovation; ICT determinant; ICT effectiveness; innovation potential
  Citation: World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023) pp. 314 - 348
  PubDate: 2023-10-05T23:20:50-05:00
  DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2023.133888
  Issue No: Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023)
Decision support system for production improvement in a cork flooring
company
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  Authors: LuÃs Rodrigues, LuÃs Pinto Ferreira, Francisco J.G. Silva, JosÃ© Carlos SÃ¡
  Pages: 349 - 364
  Abstract: Information is a company's key factor for optimal activity efficiency. Gathering and processing data for decision making provides optimal solutions in production, quality control, distribution, sales, etc. resulting in reduced waste costs regarding materials, time, consumables, repairs, etc. This research demonstrates the importance of decision support systems (DSS) and simulation tools in process optimisation, focusing on the industrial sector and Industry 4.0 concept. Consequently, a DSS, named ARSimTool, was developed in a cork processing company, to perform the simulation of occupational levels of its production lines. This was requested as an alternative to the existing method, offering advanced representation capabilities of the real model and additional functionality on interface accessibility, autonomous data recovering, creation of testing scenarios, management of the workflow along the production floor, among others.
  Keywords: decision support system; DSS; lean manufacturing; agile manufacturing; strategic manufacturing; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; production improvement; simulation; productivity; capacity usage efficiency; production planning
  Citation: World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023) pp. 349 - 364
  PubDate: 2023-10-05T23:20:50-05:00
  DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2023.133887
  Issue No: Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023)
Biodigital design and symbolism in the Sagrada Familia Biodigital Bridge
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 Authors: Alberto T. EstÃ©vez, Yomna K. Abdallah
 Pages: 365 - 382
 Abstract: Faced with an unresolved problem, such as the design of the access of the main facade of the Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudí, an architectural design was proposed here, using digital techniques, organic forms, biological approaches and symbolic backgrounds as the methodology. Searching solutions more in line with what Gaudí 's work deserves, appropriate to our times, to our Zeitgeist, having already started the third decade of the 21st century. Since the pragmatic drawings that his earliest collaborators made for this purpose are far from adapting to what the Sagrada Familia now is and means. The study of a very particular symbolism of the Sagrada Familia was also developed on the proposed design: the relationship that Gaudí establishes for the design of the Sagrada Familia with the book of the Apocalypse (VV.AA., 2002), which is less known and most 'secret'.
 Keywords: Sagrada Familia; Glory Façade; symbolism; hyperbolic paraboloid; catenary arches; computational design; algorithms; form finding; simulation; biased random walk
 Citation: World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023) pp. 365 - 382
 PubDate: 2023-10-05T23:20:50-05:00
 DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2023.133889
 Issue No: Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023)
Integrating eco-efficiency and artificial intelligence to assess the
environmental sustainability of wheat production in mechanised and
semi-mechanised systems
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 Authors: Mobin Amoozad-Khalili, Yaser Feizabadi, Ghasem Norouzi
 Pages: 383 - 403
 Abstract: The eco-efficiency index (EF) is known as a proper criterion for studying the economic and environmental sustainability in production simultaneously. In this regard, this study investigated the sustainability of the mechanised system (MS) and semi-mechanised system (SMS) of wheat production in northern Iran using EF under conventional and optimal conditions. Artificial neural networks (ANN) and genetic algorithm (GA) were also applied to model and optimise the wheat production system. Under conventional conditions, the EF of the SMS ($0.65 kgCO2eq-1) was higher than the MS ($0.52 kgCO2eq-1). The results of optimisation suggested that a decrease in the consumption of chemical fertilisers, biocides, and seeds, and an increase in the consumption of other inputs should be sought to achieve optimal conditions in both systems. Under optimal conditions, the results demonstrated that the EF of MS and SMS significantly increased to $1.09 kgCO2eq-1 and $1.15 kgCO2eq-1, respectively.
 Keywords: eco-efficiency; model; optimisation; sustainability; wheat
 Citation: World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023) pp. 383 - 403
 PubDate: 2023-10-05T23:20:50-05:00
 DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2023.133891
 Issue No: Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023)
Development of a biocompatible hydrogel based on native temporomandibular
joint extracellular matrix powder
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  Authors: Daniela Trindade, Carla Moura, CecÃlia Calado, David Ã‚ngelo, Nuno Alves
  Pages: 404 - 416
  Abstract: The temporomandibular joint disc (TMJd) is an avascular and fibrocartilaginous tissue with low regeneration capacities. To date there is no permanent solution upon its damage. So, our group hypothesise that the combination of a synthetic material [poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, PEGDA] and decellularised matrices may be the answer, since it has the advantage of retaining extracellular matrix (ECM) components. For this purpose, lamb TMJd were decellularised with ethanol (96%) / acetone (99.5%) followed by an analysis to the ECM obtained. Afterwards, different concentrations of ECM powder were added to the PEGDA to obtain hybrid hydrogels. Their swelling capacities and mechanical behaviour (hydrated or dry) were assessed. Results show a reduction of the proteoglycans in the disc, except in the posterior region. Dried hydrogels with 2% ECM powder are the ones with the closer compressive modulus to the native disc, along with greater viscoelastic capacity, representing a possible approach to a TMJd replacement.
  Keywords: decellularisation; extracellular matrix powder; poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogels; temporomandibular joint disc
  Citation: World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023) pp. 404 - 416
  PubDate: 2023-10-05T23:20:50-05:00
  DOI: 10.1504/WRSTSD.2023.133890
  Issue No: Vol. 19, No. 4 (2023)