Top Research Papers on Literature

This study aims to collect and synthesize the studies that focus on the automation of SLR to pave the way for further research and identifies the objectives of automation studies, application domains, automated steps of the SLR, automation techniques, and challenges and solution directions.

The Anthropocene has fundamentally changed the way we think about our relation to nonhuman life and to the planet. This book is the first to critically survey how the Anthropocene is enriching the study of literature and inspiring contemporary poetry and fiction. Engaging with topics such as genre, life, extinction, memory, infrastructure, energy, and the future, the book makes a compelling case for literature’s unique contribution to contemporary environmental thought. It pays attention to literature’s imaginative and narrative resources, and also to its appeal to the emotions and its relatio...

Manufacturing industries need to bring the balance among economical, environmental, and social aspects for sustaining the market existence. Sustainable Manufacturing is one of the recent beneficial areas which can bring the balance among economical, environmental, and social aspects. A comprehensive review study needs to be carried out for a better understanding of sustainable manufacturing. The prime objective of the present study is to explore different insights from the past literature which can assist the better adoption of sustainable manufacturing. To explore various insights and gaps in...

Surgery historically consisted solely of thoracotomy, but has been largely replaced in non-emergent situations by video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS), a minimally invasive technique that shows considerable improvement in the patients' recovery and pain post-operatively.

A blockchain consists of an ordered list with nodes and links where the nodes store information and are connected through links called chains, which supports the availability of a public ledger.

Purpose This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of the existing literature on corporate governance (CG) aspects of the Malaysian market. It offers insights into the phases of Malaysian CG, identifies crucial gaps in the literature and outlines an agenda for impending research. Design/methodology/approach Following a systematic literature review approach, a final sample of 125 studies from Scopus and Web of Science databases was used in this study. These studies were selected based on quality assessment criteria. Then, the sample literature was evaluated in terms of journals, methodol...

The making of sustainable economies calls for sufficiency in production and consumption. The discussion, however, lacks a shared understanding on what it means to operationalize sufficiency. In this article, we review and analyze the concept of sufficiency with a focus on its linkages to different economic scales (with a focus on micro- and macroeconomics) and economic actors (particularly consumers and producers). Altogether 307 articles were screened, resulting in a final data set of 94 peer-reviewed articles. In addition to the core assumption of ‘enoughness’, we found three premises descri...

These days, issues such as environmental degradation, the wealth gap, and unequal access to opportunities and resources are increasing. These concerns have increased the need for sustainable entrepreneurship, defined as sustainable business practices. Entrepreneurship is central in transitioning towards a more sustainable future, whereas aligning the social, economic, and ecological objectives and ecological entrepreneurs plays a role. This scoping literature review analyzes the field of sustainable entrepreneurship and the extent of the holistic integration in the global business arena, there...

A-Star’s current usage in the field of pathfinding is examined, comparing A* to other search algorithms, and potential future developments for A-Star's development are analyzed.

Takaful: (Islamic Insurance) achieved only recently a significant volume of academic research, despite its importance in addressing the insurance needs of Islamic societies and economies. We provide a thorough analysis of existing contributions on Takaful through a meta-literature methodology encompassing both a bibliometric (quantitative) and content (qualitative) analysis. By reviewing 69 articles, we aim at providing a rigorous background for the Islamic finance industry, its societies and economies, academic research and policymakers. We identify and review three leading research streams o...

To assess Mars’ potential for both harboring life and providing useable resources for future human exploration, it is of paramount importance to comprehend the water situation on the planet. Therefore, studies have been conducted to determine any evidence of past or present water existence on Mars. While the presence of abundant water on Mars very early in its history is widely accepted, on its modern form, only a fraction of this water can be found, as either ice or locked into the structure of Mars’ plentiful water-rich materials. Water on the planet is evaluated through various evidence suc...

The current knowledge about the possibility of using miRNA as a diagnostic marker and a potential target in modern anticancer therapies is discussed.

This paper proposes a review of research on face recogni­tion techniques, algorithms and existing applications, with their advantages and disadvantages, and presents fu­ture directions of development in the field of face recognition.

The field has greatly advanced knowledge about body functionality, and the field is excited to see the next generation of research that emerges, particularly when individuals appreciate what their bodies can do and conceptualise their body functionality holistically.

In the treatment of telogen effluvium, it is essential to identify and remove the causative factors and to use drugs such as corticosteroids, minoxidil, and novel treatments such as CNPDA (caffeine, niacinamide, panthenol, dimethicone, and an acrylate polymer).

Social entrepreneurship has increasingly emerged as an important strength for solving social problems and promoting social innovation, and has quietly become an emerging issue in management. This paper is based on antecedents-processes-performance of social entrepreneurship. The perspectives and theories mainly involve theory of planned behavior, entrepreneurial intention model; Hockers modified model, social capital theory, social network theory, institutional theory, event system theory, performance measurement model, etc. The results show that the research mainly focuses on the antecedents,...

The author reviews the theoretical and empirical literature to examine the traditional perception that the following trade-off exists between economic efficiency and stability in the banking system: a competitive banking system is more efficient and therefore important to growth, but market power is necessary for stability in the banking system. That this trade-off exists is not clear. Market power can have positive implications for efficiency, and the potentially negative implications of competition on stability may be manageable through prudential regulation. Neither extreme (perfect competi...

A standardized terminology of the game elements used in tailored gamification, the discussion on the most suitable game elements for each users’ characteristic, and a research agenda including dynamic modeling, exploring multiple characteristics simultaneously, and understanding the effects of other aspects of the interaction on user experience are outlined.

The construction industry is experiencing changes in its processes and work methods, and the advancement of new technologies in recent decades has led to a new concept known as Construction 4.0, coined in 2016 in Germany. Since its definition is still diffuse, it was deemed necessary to conduct a review on the publications in this field to grasp how this concept is being understood. For that purpose, a bibliometric analysis was conducted among 260 research articles using seven keywords. The results reveal that the number of publications is growing exponentially, with the USA, the UK, and China...

Pendidikan sebagai pengembangan kompetensi berpikir, bertindak dan hidup menjadi bagian masyarakat dunia. Di era revolusi 4.0 terjadi perubahan struktur social yang berubah secara cepat, ikatan social bergantung pada teknologi, hilangnya beberapa jenis pekerjaan, masyarakat memiliki kesempatan yang sama dan memiliki daya saing yang tangguh. Untuk menghadapi era revousi 4.0, pendidikan melalui sekolah harus memberikan pembelajaran sesuai kebutuhan siswa, tes formatif, guru sebagai mentor, siswa dipandang tidak sama dan menjadi tidak sama sesuai potensi atau talenta masing-masing. Pendidikan 4.0...

Urban resilience (UR) is a central concept in enabling cities to be prepared for disasters and unexpected events caused by climate change-induced extreme weather conditions. The field is dedicated to developing solutions and models in this regard. In particular, the emergence of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has threatened certain industries and has compelled cities to re-evaluate and address resilience. This study aims to provide an overview of the subject by examining the academic and industrial literature on UR, categorizing publications, analyzing major trends, as well as highlighting gaps...

Abstract Public support is a key determinant of whether any energy project is developed in democratic countries. In recent decades, scholars have extensively examined levels of support and opposition to energy infrastructure, often with a focus on so-called Not-in-My-Backyard (NIMBY) sentiments. As the need for energy infrastructure grows, so does the need to extract insights and lessons from this literature. In this systematic literature review, we evaluate decades of research to identify important trends in topical focus, research findings, and research design. We find a disproportionate foc...

The goal of this paper is to provide a review of the recent advances in BLM from both communities and inspire new research directions.

The influence of colonialism and race on the development of African literature has been the subject of a number of studies. The effect of patriarchy and gender, however, and indeed the contributions of African women, have up until now been largely ignored by the critics. Contemporary African Literature and the Politics of Gender is the first extensive account of African literature from a feminist perspective.In this first radical and exciting work Florence Stratton outlines the features of an emerging female tradition in African fiction. A chapter is dedicated to each to the works of four wome...

The aim of this paper is to review the existing scientific literature on the scheduling problem that considers the DT technology approach and the ZDM model to achieve self-management and reduce or eliminate the need for human intervention.

Serum levels of TBA should be monitored in ICP patients throughout the pregnancy as concentrations above 40 μmol/L, which define that severe ICP is associated with an increased risk of fetal complications.

Job Burnout is different work-related stress syndrome portrayed by three-dimension Emotional Exhaustion, Professional inefficacy, and Cynicism. Earlier burnout research has centered on the human service professions such as nursing and teaching, where they are assumed to be the most exposed to experience burnout. However, Burnout is not confined only to social service professions but spreads to other working professions such as banking employees and managers. This paper traces the evolution of Job Burnout. It addresses the factors and the Outgrowths of job burnout and the intervention strategie...

This literature review identifies the content and scope of empirical academic research on making, makerspaces, and fablabs. Using an overview approach, 150 peer reviewed studies were analyzed using expanded activity theory as a framework to examine how researchers have explored various components in a makerspace (subjects, tools, community, rules, division of labor and objects) as well as the outcomes (cognitive, psychomotor, affective, and behavioral) for their users. This review indicates that despite the wide-spread discussions describing makerspaces and making in school library practitione...

Digital transformation (DT) has emerged as an important phenomenon in the discipline of business and management. The purpose of this paper is to examine intellectual structure of DT research. We conducted a variety of bibliometric and visual analysis methods on DT research published in the 20-year period of 2000–2020. A total of 865 papers from Web of Science were selected for our analysis. Our main path analysis identified 12 important papers in this field, and revealed the three development stages of DT research: the embryonic stage, the development stage, and the thriving stage. We also ide...

A rigorous content analysis method is applied to categorize the articles that use the coefficient of variation in the SPM (statistical process monitoring) field, to identify the research gaps and to provide guidance to stimulate further researches in this direction.

This paper focuses on the review of DT applications for maintenance, as no previous work has been found with this aim, and both “Digital Twin” and “maintenance” concepts and strategies are described in detail.

Two revised definitions for the Metaverse are presented, both condensing the key attributes, where the first one is rather simplistic holistic describing “a three-dimensional online environment in which users represented by avatars interact with each other in virtual spaces decoupled from the real physical world”.

As nanoparticles used in biomedicine become increasingly prevalent and biochemically complex, the field of protein corona research will need to focus on developing analytical approaches and characterization techniques appropriate for each unique nanoparticle formulation.

A concise definition for smart cities is proposed: “Smart cities use digital technologies, communication technologies, and data analytics to create an efficient and effective service environment that improves urban quality of life and promotes sustainability”.

The concept of the hierarchy of evidence is a foundational concept for pediatric hospitalists, given its relevance to key steps of evidence-based practice, including efficient literature searches and prioritization of the highest-quality designs for critical appraisal, to address clinical questions.

The anatomy and physiology of swallowing and also the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in impaired swallowing are discussed, as well as the diagnosis, management, and potential treatments of neurogenic dysphagia.

An overview of where and how machine learning has been used in Precision Nutrition from various aspects, what such machine learning models use as input features, what the availability status of the data used in the literature is, and how the models are evaluated are provided.

An overview of carpal tunnel syndrome with an emphasis on anatomy, epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, stages of CTS, diagnosis, and management options is provided.

Evidence suggests that visible light and infrared light may play a role in photoaging and should be considered when choosing a sunscreen, and further explores the requirements for an ideal sunscreen.

Financial cooperatives play an important role in the financial systems of many countries. They act as a safe haven for deposits and are major sources of credit for households and small- and medium-sized firms. A not-for-profit orientation (in many cases) and a focus on maximising benefits to members have ensured the enduring popularity and sustainability of financial cooperatives. This is particularly evident since the global financial crisis when financial cooperatives continued to extend credit to members as many profit-orientated commercial banks restricted credit to households and firms. T...