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Know-how as a Form of Legal Protection of Scientific Results in Russian Universities

The urgent need to develop domestic technologies in all advanced branches of science and technology, to ensure the technological sovereignty of the country, which Russia has faced in connection with the sanctions, poses new challenges for universities. Although scientific research, the framing and commercialization of protectable results of intellectual activity are not new tasks for universities, today their solution is becoming a matter of national security. Scientific and technical solutions created at universities should not only receive legal protection, but also should have market attractiveness so that the business sector is interested in their implementation and the creation of innovative products using them. In these conditions, it is logical to turn to the only result of intellectual activity, the condition of legal protection of which is the existence of commercial value – to a trade secret or know-how. The authors identify key areas of applying know-how in universities, including ensuring confidentiality in the period before filing a patent application, formalization of IP in case of non-compliance with the conditions of patentability and as a form of legal protection for student developments. However, the priority direction of using know-how is not to replace patent protection, but to supplement it, i.e. to support the receipt of a patent for the main technical solution by recognizing the relevant information necessary for its practical implementation as a production secret. It is this legal structure that allows for maximum protection of a scientific development and makes it commercially attractive. Along with the advantages provided by know-how, the authors also highlight the problems that universities face when using this form of legal protection of scientific results. The main ones are related to the difficulties of ensuring the confidentiality of information in the research community, to issues of remuneration of developers if another protected IPR is recognized as know-how, as well as to the assessment of the cost of the exclusive right to know-how. The problem of applying the principles of trade secret protection is highlighted as a special issue when it comes to performing R&D under a state defense order.

Sustainability in Business: The Impact of Green Marketing on Organizational Growth

Sustainability has emerged as a vital component of contemporary business strategies, significantly affecting consumer choices and corporate outcomes. This research delves into the effects of green marketing on organizational development, emphasizing the role of environmentally conscious branding, the creation of eco-friendly products, and the adoption of sustainable business practices in achieving long-term success. By reviewing existing literature and analyzing case studies, the study investigates how green marketing impacts customer loyalty, brand image, and financial results. Furthermore, it addresses the obstacles that companies encounter when implementing sustainable marketing strategies, including cost challenges and consumer skepticism. The results indicate that organizations that embrace green marketing not only improve their competitive edge in the market but also enhance their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, ultimately fostering sustainable growth.

Study on the application and evaluation method of Zen aesthetic style in furniture design under the background of sustainability

This study aims to explore the application of Zen aesthetics in contemporary furniture design within a sustainable context through rational data analysis, providing innovative insights and a reference framework for modern furniture design. First, grounded theory was employed to collect and evaluate design principles and elements through expert interviews, leading to the establishment of a hierarchical model. Next, the analytic hierarchy process was used to analyze and prioritize the elements of cultural and creative product design by calculating their weights. Finally, the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method was applied for scheme selection and optimization. This study utilized Zen aesthetic-style tea table as a case study, the design was analyzed from the perspectives of aesthetic, functionality, emotionality and safety. The design scheme was optimized by incorporating Zen aesthetic principles, achieving an organic integration of Zen cultural elements with modern furniture design. The feasibility of this approach was validated through the design of a tea table. This comprehensive method addresses the gap in applying Zen aesthetics to modern furniture design, providing a scientific and systematic tool for the design and evaluation of contemporary furniture.

Crowdsourcing Practices in Academic Libraries in Nigeria

Objective – In this study, we investigated the utilization of crowdsourcing practices among academic librarians in Nigeria, encompassing all 36 states across the 6 geopolitical zones of the country. Methods – We employed the descriptive survey design. The target population consisted of academic librarians who were members of the national professional online group of the association known as the NLA where scholars shared professional thoughts and advancements. Results – The findings revealed a high level of awareness about crowdsourcing among academic librarians, with their experiences spanning various areas such as knowledge discovery and management (RII = 0.76), broadcast search (RII = 0.63), the distribution of human intelligence tasking (RII = 0.62), and peer-vetted creative production (RII = 0.59). In terms of the extent of practice, electronic document exchange services received the highest relative importance index score (RII = 0.73), followed closely by e-payment platforms (RII = 0.73). The findings also indicated that crowdsourcing is considered beneficial for collection development (RII = 0.68) and is perceived to be useful in the procurement of new items for the library (RII = 0.67). However, the study identified inadequate institutional support (RII = 0.91) as the foremost challenge impeding the adoption and implementation of crowdsourcing practices in academic libraries in Nigeria. Other challenges included inadequate electricity supply and unstable Internet network systems in Nigeria which has hindered full deployment of crowdsourcing in academic library settings in the country. Conclusion – This study emphasized the importance of the adoption and implementation of crowdsourcing practices in academic libraries in Nigeria. Addressing challenges related to institutional support, electricity supply, and Internet connectivity is crucial to creating an enabling environment for successful crowdsourcing initiatives.

Research on the Influence of Consumer Perceived Value on the Purchase Intention of Cultural and Creative Products in Small and Medium-Sized Museums

Research on the Influence of Consumer Perceived Value on the Purchase Intention of Cultural and Creative Products in Small and Medium-Sized Museums

Literature Analysis of Museum Cultural and Creative Product Design

Literature Analysis of Museum Cultural and Creative Product Design

Problems of Commercialization of Results of Scientific and Technical Activities in the Republic of Belarus and Solutionsm

.The article examines the legislative regulation of the commercialization of the results of scientific and scientific-technical activities. Possible legislative and practical methods of commercialization are shown. The indicators of scientific and innovative development of the Republic of Belarus for 2018–2023 are presented. The main economic and production reasons that prevented the creation of innovative products, works, and services were selected. Recommendations are given for the creation of engineering centers among interested partners. This type of association will contribute to the development of the innovative potential of the enterprise and will reduce existing economic risks: lack of own funds, high cost of innovation, low demand and a long payback period for the results of scientific and scientific-technical activities.

Exploring the Path of Inheritance, Innovation, and IP Development for Midu Lantern

Midu Lantern, an important genre of Yunnan lanterns, has a national-level intangible cultural heritage and possesses profound historical and cultural significance along with unique artistic charm. Through analyzing the historical origins, artistic characteristics, and current inheritance status of Midu Lantern, this paper explores strategies for its preservation, innovation, and IP-based development path. The study suggests that Midu Lantern should innovate and develop while preserving its traditional characteristics, based on inheriting traditional skills and combining modern technology with market demands. By creating an IP image, developing cultural and creative products, and organizing cultural activities, the popularity and influence of Midu Lantern can be enhanced, realizing its sustainable development in contemporary society.

THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION IN SMES IN GUANAJUATO: AN EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS

Objectives: The study aims to analyze the evolution of innovation practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Guanajuato, Mexico, over a decade. It seeks to understand what business leaders know about innovation, the steps they are taking to foster it, and what is required to integrate a culture of innovation to enhance competitiveness. Theoretical Framework: The framework centers on organizational and innovation culture. Organizational culture influences how companies adopt and promote innovation, while an innovation culture encourages creativity and improvement in products, services, or processes. The study highlights that despite the regional economic need for innovation, cultural barriers like resistance to change limit innovation in many SMEs. Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive, longitudinal comparative study was conducted, collecting data from 157 companies in Guanajuato in 2022 and comparing it with data from 2012. This approach involved a survey of innovation knowledge, practices, and needs across various sectors, using a questionnaire modified from a prior study. Results and Discussion: The results reveal an increase in the awareness and strategic incorporation of innovation in SMEs. While companies now view innovation as essential for competitiveness, many still lack a cohesive strategy and resources for sustained innovation. There is an improved understanding of customer-focused innovation, yet formalized knowledge management and technology tracking are still limited. Research Implications: The findings imply a need for policies that support knowledge and resource accessibility for innovation. Collaboration with academic institutions and government incentives could address resource shortages and support the development of a robust innovation culture among SMEs. Originality/Value: This study is valuable as it provides an evolutionary analysis of innovation practices within a decade, offering insights into the changing dynamics of SMEs in Guanajuato. It underscores the importance of innovation culture for competitiveness, especially in regions with significant economic dependence on SMEs.

A Kansei-inspired product design approach for the Liao Dynasty Pagoda: bridging cultural heritage and physiological signals

The protection and inheritance of regional cultural heritage are important for local economic development and artistic prosperity. Excellent cultural and creative products (CCPs) can better preserve and promote the unique allure of Liao Dynasty Pagoda culture. The CCP's current development process relies heavily on designers’ subjective experiences, which can lead to a disconnect between CCPs and user needs. This work proposes a Kansei-inspired product design approach for the Liao Dynasty Pagoda culture by integrating multimodal physiological signals and the interactive genetic algorithm (IGA). First, multimodal physiological signalling experiments are conducted to identify cultural elements that resonate with users. Second, Kansei words are extracted from big data to understand users’ emotional responses to CCPs. Factor analysis (FA) helps identify users’ pivotal Kansei needs, whereas the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) determines the relative weights of these needs. Finally, the designer creates the initial morphological features on the basis of the extracted cultural elements. The interactive genetic algorithm with hesitancy-based interval individual fitness (IGA-HIIF) is then employed to construct the morphological design evolution system. This system predicts the most user-satisfying combination of design features, allowing the designer to refine, model, and render the final design.

Applying community-based participatory research principles to build trust and equity in health and socio-ecological studies in Greenland

ABSTRACT Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a framework to improve social equity by engaging communities as equal partners in research design, conduct, and knowledge creation. While CBPR has seen increasing application in Arctic regions, its use in Greenland has been limited by logistical, linguistic, and historical challenges, including community fatigue from extractive research practices. This manuscript details a CBPR-informed approach used to conduct an exploratory study on fertility, reproductive health, and climate adaptation in the Kalaallit community of Paamiut. The study aimed to understand the socio-environmental factors influencing fertility decisions amid economic and environmental changes. We report on nine strategies used to conduct equitable health and socio-ecological research in Greenland guided by the principles of CBPR. Using CBPR principles improved trust, participant recruitment, and the creation of community-valued research products in Paamiut. While time and funding limitations constrained full implementation of CBPR best practices, this study highlights the potential of CBPR to improve equity in Greenlandic research. Using CBPR principles to guide community-engaged research in Greenland provides a concrete and actionable way for students or early-career researchers to promote equitable relationships despite resource limitations. The methods described can be applied across other research disciplines to continue building trust and sustainability in international research partnerships in Greenland.

A Conceptual Engineering Approach to Developing a Bio-Based Hair Mask

Developing innovative cosmetics products is essential for businesses in the beauty industry, influencing their ability to grow, remain competitive, and respond to rapidly shifting market trends. A structured, customer-oriented approach to product design and development is particularly crucial in cosmetics, where factors such as product safety, regulatory compliance, and sustainability are paramount. In this context, Conceptual Engineering offers a valuable early-phase framework for cosmetics design, providing a foundation to define the structure, functionality, and feasibility of product concepts prior to detailed development. This study focuses on the application of Conceptual Engineering to the creation of a bio-based cosmetic product, specifically a hair mask. Here, we address unique challenges in cosmetics design, including strict health regulations, ingredient safety, environmental considerations, and cost management in generating and validating product concepts. To meet these demands, we propose an iterative concept development process tailored to cosmetics: a single concept is generated and iteratively refined through feasibility testing, physical validation, and further adaptation based on feedback. Each successful iteration brings the concept closer to market readiness, bridging the gap between sustainable product innovation and practical industrialization. This structured process, implemented in collaboration with an industry partner, underscores the potential of Conceptual Engineering to support sustainable cosmetics design. The case of the bio-based hair mask illustrates how aligning design innovation with environmental and regulatory requirements can enhance the responsiveness of cosmetics companies to consumer demand for eco-friendly products.

Product design driven by biosensors: Improving interactivity and user experience

Product design has increasingly become the process of creating stronger relationships between people and products while improving utility and emotional involvement in today’s fast-paced technological environment. Biosensors that measure physiological and neurological responses have been revolutionary tools in this field. To establish the biosensor-driven design methodology to enhance interactivity and user experience in cultural and creative product design. The device employs electroencephalography (EEG), a sophisticated biosensor, to capture users’ emotional states and preferences as they interact with various cultural elements. The pleasure-arousal-dominance (PAD) model is used to evaluate EEG data. To extract consumers’ perceptual image semantics for product design, factor analysis is used concurrently. An Intelligent Sea Lion Optimization (ISLO), combined with a Resilient Long Short-Term Memory (RLSTM), evaluates user interaction, reducing fatigue from repeated interactions. Designers employ cultural factors to inform the first product prototypes, and the system iteratively refines ideas by matching them to the emotional demands of users. The results indicate the effectiveness of integrating user feedback into interactive design processes. As a result, the ISLO-RLSTM method performed better in RMSE at 1.58, MAE at 1.22, and MSE at 2.17. This approach demonstrates the way biosensors can revolutionize product creation and improve user experiences by bridging the gap between functional design and emotional engagement.

Sensory activation or distraction? Investigating tourists’ processing of aesthetics and authenticity at “New Type” bookstores

ABSTRACT The newly emergence of “New Type” bookstores as Internet celebrity attractions was criticized as desecrating for transient visual consumption. This study aims to reveal whether and how the “New Type” bookstores reflect existential authenticity from the perspective of multisensory aesthetics. This study adopts a mixed-methods design. 454 samples were gathered using the questionnaire containing “Sensory Experiential Elicited Protocol”-based questions and Likert scale questionnaires. Results show that Human interaction, meaningful visual symbols, spiritual atmosphere, cultural creative products, and pleasant aromas are the primary sources of aesthetic experience. Both the interaction quality and perceived cultural similarity positively affect aesthetic experience, further prompting existential authenticity. The findings suggest the “New Type” bookstore is a place where tourists can also profoundly experience aesthetics and authenticity via multiple sensory dimensions, providing implications for the construction of cultural tourism space.

Developing Creativity Assessment Instruments for Building Engineering Vocational High School Students Based on Self-Assessment in Creative and Entrepreneurial Product Subjects

The purpose of this study is to design a creativity assessment device that is valid and reliable and able to provide opportunities for students to evaluate their abilities. This research is development research using development methods with ADDIE stages. This study uses a quantitative descriptive approach. Non-test self-assessment worksheets are used in the creation of creativity tools. The validity of the data was assessed by the expert's team with assessment aspects covering material, construction, and language aspects. The Aiken equation with the coefficient V Aiken is used as a decision rule in determining the validity of the instrument. This study involved 5 expert teams and 72 building engineering vocational students in Surakarta as research respondents. The results showed that the self-assessment-based creativity assessment instrument was valid and reliable so it was suitable for use by vocational students. This study provides a significant contribution to educational assessment in vocational schools, especially in the aspect of creativity needed to support entrepreneurship. The existence of a valid and reliable self-assessment-based creativity assessment instrument allows students to better recognize and develop their creative abilities independently. This instrument also provides insight for teachers and institutions in designing teaching programs that are more in line with the needs of increasing creativity. The results of this study have the potential to direct educational policies that emphasize the development of creative and entrepreneurial skills in vocational schools, which can ultimately improve the quality of graduates so that they are ready to compete in the world of work and entrepreneurship.

ETNOMATEMATIKA PADA KONSEP SUDUT AKSARA KA GA NGA SUKU REJANG

Culture is a product of human creativity, taste, and creation that reflects the identity of a community group, while mathematics is a science built through rational thinking related to real objects and abstract concepts. Ethnomathematics integrates culture into mathematics education, with culture as a relevant learning resource. This study aims to find the ideas of angles in the Ka Ga Nga script, which is part of the cultural heritage of the Rejang tribe. The method used is descriptive qualitative with an ethnographic approach, involving a cultural expert and a mathematician as the main subjects. Data collection was carried out through observation of the script, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Data analysis includes collection, reduction, presentation, and drawing conclusions, with triangulation to ensure data validity. The results of the study indicate that the Ka Ga Nga script contains mathematical concepts, especially related to angles and geometric transformations. These findings have the potential to be developed into a source of mathematics learning, such as modules and Student Worksheets based on the Ka Ga Nga script, which can enrich the learning experience in a cultural context.

Where Creativity Meets Aesthetics: The Mirror Model of Art revisited with fMRI.

Where Creativity Meets Aesthetics: The Mirror Model of Art revisited with fMRI.

Handling temporal correlated noise in large-scale global GNSS processing

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) products are an integral part of a wide range of scientific and commercial applications. The creation of such products requires processing software capable of solving a combined station position and GNSS satellite orbit estimation by least squares adjustment, also known as global GNSS processing. Such processing is routinely performed by the International GNSS Service (IGS) and its Analysis Centers. For the IGS Reprocessing Campaign 3 (repro3), Graz University of Technology (TUG) participated as an AC using the raw observation approach, which uses all measurements as observed by the receivers. However, a common feature of almost all global multi-GNSS processing strategies is the use of diagonal covariance matrices as stochastic models for simplicity. This implies that any spatial or temporal correlations are ignored. However, numerous studies have shown that GNSS processing is indeed affected by spatial and temporal correlations. For global GNSS processing, research on stochastic modeling and its challenges is rather scarce. In this work, a detailed insight into the problems of stochastic modeling in global GNSS processing using the raw observation approach is given along with a detailed overview of the intended TUG approach. An analysis of the impact of temporal correlation modeling on the resulting GNSS products and GNSS frame estimation is also given.

Bridging the gap: Phage manufacturing processes from laboratory to agri-food industry.

Bridging the gap: Phage manufacturing processes from laboratory to agri-food industry.

AI-Assisted Cultural and Creative Product Design Framework and Case Study

This paper presents an AI-assisted design framework for the development of cultural and creative products, using the Ya Chou Yue, a renowned artifact from the Shandong Museum, as a prototype for designing a cultural creative doll. The framework is structured around key steps: clarifying design objectives, creating a design plan, generating AI images, and revising the design plan. The final design outcome illustrates the practical application of AI in cultural product development. This study highlights both the advantages and limitations of AI technology in the design process, offering new approaches and methodologies for the cultural and creative industries. Furthermore, it contributes to the ongoing efforts to promote cultural heritage and innovation through AI technologies.