Innovative Technological Advances Research Articles

Удосконалення державного регулювання та координація розвитку морегосподарського комплексу України

The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of improving state regulation and coordination of the development of the maritime complex of Ukraine in the context of the modern institutional environment and the implementation of the maritime potential of Ukraine. The essence of the definition of the "maritime complex" is revealed, which is an intersectoral complex, multidisciplinary, holistic aquaterial, functional-production and economic-ecological formation, which includes components of the scientific sphere, recreational mining of marine resources, mechanical engineering, sea transport, fisheries and the extraction of marine resources. The negative trends in the development of the marine economic complex at the present stage are determined. It is noted that there is a low level of innovation, limited implementation of research and development work in the development of the maritime industry, increasing problems in the social sphere of the activities of the maritime industry (provision of jobs, a sufficient level of remuneration, an effective system of incentives for workers in the maritime industry. It has been determined that the guarantee of the successful functioning of the marine economic complex in the long term is its ability to adapt in accordance with changing market conditions. This can be achieved by introducing advanced innovative technologies, modernizing fixed assets, technical re-equipment and forming a new integrated management model. State regulation of the development of the maritime complex of Ukraine and it is proved that in order to increase the competitiveness of the maritime complex and joint ventures especially to meet the needs of the national economy and the population, it is necessary to carry out a technical and technological renovation of shipbuilding production and a corresponding modernization of the existing infrastructure of sea and river ports, the introduction of multimodal transport technologies and infrastructure complexes into practice. &nbsp

Common interests of parents and adolescents

The article discusses the common interests of parents and adolescents, who have become significantly different in modern society with the advent of innovative technologies between the older and younger generations. The author analyzes the problem of underdeveloped forms of family leisure and take notice to the fact that in various types of leisure activities, the sequential formation of personal qualities of children such as independence, curiosity, organization, sociability, confidence, success and others is more effectively carried out. Family values are promoted by joint leisure, influencing the development of adolescents in socialization. The scientific works of scientists are analyzed, from which the conclusion about the common interests of adults and children follows. The types of family vacations at home and outside are consid it is worthwhile to form interests and traditions that unite adolescents and parents on the positive side. The author suggests synthesizing traditional and innovative forms of organizing family leisure activities in order to achieve common interests of parents and adolescents

A Multi-Dimensional Non-Uniform Corrosion Model for Bioabsorbable Metallic Vascular Stents

Bioabsorbable metallic vascular stents (BMVSs) are an innovative technological advancement in the medical engineering field of vascular implants. BMVSs have great potential to revolutionize vascular intervention, but the lack of understanding of the construction material’s natural corrosion within the body inhibits their use in clinical medicine. In this study, a corrosion function concept for in vivo implants was created to develop a multi-dimensional non-uniform corrosion model with a larger goal of simulating the mechanical integrity of BMVSs. This novel corrosion model simulates the corrosion rate and its effects on magnesium (Mg) alloy AZ31B and is based on continuum damage mechanics. The model was calibrated and validated by three experiments on the degradation of Mg alloy specimens. These experiments focused on multi-dimensional corrosion, mass loss rate, and mechanical integrity during the corrosion process. Lastly, in order to verify the applicability of the novel model, the resulting corrosion behaviors and mechanical characteristics of the BMVSs were implemented into a finite element framework to produce a complex, over-arching simulation of the BMVS’s in vivo degradation. The results of the experiments and simulations showed a proportional link between the corrosion of BMVSs and the number of exposed surfaces. A non-linear decline in mechanical integrity with increasing mass loss was also discovered through experimentation and modeling. Furthermore, the model and simulation can provide some details about changes in morphology and mechanics in BMVS corrosion. This work gives new insights into accurately modeling for BMVS degradation and can be used to optimize product development of BMVSs.

Lung Cancer and Immunity Markers.

An in-depth understanding of lung cancer biology and mechanisms of tumor progression has facilitated significant advances in the treatment of lung cancer. There remains a pressing need for the development of innovative approaches to detect and intercept lung cancer at its earliest stage of development. Recent advances in genomics, computational biology, and innovative technologies offer unique opportunities to identify the immune landscape in the tumor microenvironment associated with early-stage lung carcinogenesis, and provide further insight in the mechanism of lung cancer evolution. This review will highlight the concept of immunoediting and focus on recent studies assessing immune changes and biomarkers in pulmonary premalignancy and early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. A protumor immune response hallmarked by an increase in checkpoint inhibition and inhibitory immune cells and a simultaneous reduction in antitumor immune response have been correlated with tumor progression. The potential systemic biomarkers associated with early lung cancer will be highlighted along with current clinical efforts for lung cancer interception. Research focusing on the development of novel strategies for cancer interception prior to the progression to advanced stages will potentially lead to a paradigm shift in the treatment of lung cancer and have a major impact on clinical outcomes.See all articles in this CEBP Focus section, "NCI Early Detection Research Network: Making Cancer Detection Possible."

Exploring Smart Material Applications for COVID-19 Pandemic Using 4D Printing Technology

Today, in the medical field, innovative technological advancements support healthcare systems and improve patients’ lives. 4D printing is one of the innovative technologies that creates notable innovations in the medical field. For the COVID-19 pandemic, this technology proves to be useful in the manufacturing of smart medical parts, which helps treat infected patients. As compared to 3D printing, 4D printing adds time as an additional element in the manufactured part. 4D printing uses smart materials with the same printing processes as being used in 3D printing technology, but here the part printed with smart materials change their shape with time or by the change of environmental temperature, which further creates innovation for patient treatments. 4D printing manufactures a given part, layer by layer, by taking input of a virtual (CAD) model and uses smart material. This paper studies the capability of smart materials and their advancements when used in 4D printing. We have diagrammatically presented the significant parts of 4D printing technology. This paper identifies 11 significant applications of 4D printing and then studies which one provides innovative solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Threats and Challenges of the Nuclear Arms Race on the Current Stage

Contemporary issues of nuclear weapons and the nuclear arms race in the modern world are examined, based mainly on the assessments of the German “Statista” company, the American Federation of Scientists and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. It is emphasized that invented more than seventy years ago, nuclear weapon has not lost its basic qualities of the most massive and large-scale destruction, but also added to this the latest factors of global threat of its proliferation and the challenges of innovative technological advances in its means of delivery. The latter is increasingly imposed on the growing conflict of the modern multipolarworld order, thereby giving impetus to global competition in the accumulation of all forms of nuclear weapons and allocating unprecedented financial resources from nuclear and non-nuclear powers. It is shown that the most fierce competition in the nuclear arms race is developing in the triangle of relations and national interests between the US, Russia and China. On the same fact base, it is argued that China cannot be compared to the other two nations in the accumulated nuclear weapon arsenals, but that its technological positions and growing military potential lead to major changes in the bilateral concepts of international security and even to the termination of a number of Russian-American treaty agreements, above all in development of medium- and short-range ground-based missiles. There is also a gradual transition to a new deployment of forces and global strategies in the field of nuclear arms. World awareness of these changes is needed in a kind of the Swedish proposal on implementation of strategy for the “step-by-step” approach to nuclear disarmament. In general, challenges and threats should stimulate international dialogue in defense of the principle of peace-sharing in a global age

Telemedicine Technologies for Confronting COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review

Telemedicine (TM) is used to treat patients in a remote location by using telecommunication technology. It exchanges the medical information and data from one location to another through advanced technological innovation. During this COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lockdown in almost all countries. TM is beneficial to healthcare to minimize social distance. This review paper briefs about TM and discusses how this technology works for the COVID-19 pandemic and its significant benefits. An extensive search is made on the known research engines of PubMed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate using the appropriate keywords to extract meaningful and relevant articles. Ten major applications of TM for COVID-19 are identified and discussed with a brief description of each provided. The major technological processes involved in TM, which create advancement in the medical field, are also discussed. This technology helps avoid visits to the doctor and hospital during the lockdown and provides a suitable treatment option. It collects the medical information and data, which can be helpful for better treatment of the patient. Telemedicine adopts virtualized treatment approaches for the patient. Now patients can receive better quality treatment without leaving their homes during COVID-19 lockdown.

Administrative and Instructional Issues in the Implementation of Voucher Program Among Selected Private Senior High Schools

The primary aim of this research was to identify the issues encountered by school administrators and teachers in implementing the voucher program. We identified administrative issues in terms of the release of vouchers or billing statements, providing resources, application, and processing of documents, and career guidance orientation. Meanwhile, we also investigated instructional issues to teach like strategies and techniques, student preparation, learning resources, curriculum enhancement, and teachers’ preparation and readiness. The research method for this study was a qualitative phenomenological approach that focused on describing the lived experiences of people. This study involved six school administrators and six teachers that belonged to private senior high schools in a province in Central Luzon, Philippines, during the school year 2018-2019. The results showed that the issues associated with implementing voucher programs among school administrators are: (a) delays in application and processing of documents, (b) lack of parents’ support and students’ active participation in career guidance orientation, (c) delays in the voucher’s release, and (d) difficulties in hiring qualified teachers and the keeping of teachers. Meanwhile, the common problems associated with implementing voucher among teachers are: (a) lack of preparedness among teachers, (b) congested curriculum competencies and idealistic outcome expectations, (c) job mismatch, traditional teaching, non-congruency between the teaching strategies and content, (d) innovative technological advancements issues, and (e) students are not competent. They can learn significant insights from the research-based propositions drawn from the study.

The Measurement of Tourism Environmental Pollution and Tourism Efficiency in Western China

Li, W.B.; Zhang, L., and Guo, R.L., 2020. The measurement of tourism environmental pollution and tourism efficiency in Western China. In: Guido Aldana, P.A. and Kantamaneni, K. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources, Coastal Management, and Marine Science Technology. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 104, pp. 660–664. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.At present, the level of tourism industry aggluence in the western region is generally low, and the tourism resources in western China are abundant in the control variables such as economic development level, dependence on foreign capital, advanced industrial structure, scientific and technological innovation ability and energy consumption intensity. The influence of industrial adjudicity on the regional environment has always attracted much attention, and in recent years, with the deepening of China's ecological civilization construction and beautiful China's strategy, social economy, while pursuing rapid development, is also paying attention to the improvement of quality and comprehensive benefits. The spatial difference between regional tourism efficiency and tourism scale is obvious, so environmental problems arise. In addition to poor planning, unscientid management, extensive development model, tourism inefficiency is a serious potential obstacle. This paper analyzes that developing countries often face environmental pollution due to improper tourism planning, unscienced management and extensive development models. This environmental defect in tourism can be an important factor in air and water pollution. From the perspective of ecological civilization, the clustering situation of tourism industry in the western region and its influence mechanism on environmental pollution should be formulated according to local conditions, and the coordinated development of regional tourism industry and environmental protection should be guided scientifically.

Analysis of the Advanced Turbine System Program on Innovation in Natural Gas Technology

This study evaluates the impact of a U.S. government-sponsored research program on advanced natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) innovations in the 1990s. From 1992–2000, the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) partnered with turbine manufacturers General Electric (GE) and Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (SWPC) in a cost-sharing partnership called the Advanced Turbine System program to promote efficiency innovations for NGCC technology. Using data from the European Patent Office’s worldwide patent database (PATSTAT), this study evaluates advanced turbine technology innovations by the program participants and their competitors. Using a negative binomial model, this approach shows GE increased the relative quantity of their patents towards the end of the program and afterwards, indicating the program led to more advanced NGCC innovations for GE. SWPC, on the other hand, had higher patent citations for patents filed during the DOE program relative to competitors, indicating SWPC had higher-quality advanced NGCC innovations due to new partnerships from the U.S. DOE program. However, this analysis reveals there was not a lack of this activity taking place before the program started, and that the overall impact of the program appears small based on the patent analysis.

Relevansi Mata Kuliah Ilmu Bahan Bangunan terhadap Bahan Bangunan di Dunia Industri

In the current era of the development of the infrastructure industry, the building material industry in Indonesia has developed very rapidly along with the increasing national economic conditions and innovative technological advancements. Given the demands and encouragement from the industrial world, the Building Material Science Course is expected to be a means to shape these competencies by looking at the relevance of the development of innovative building materials, so that graduates are expected to produce students who have up-to-date knowledge and competencies related to materials building in the industrial world. The purpose of this article is to increase knowledge and information related to the development of building materials, especially buildings in the industrial world, through the study of Building Materials Science. The method used is the literature review. Literature study results show that learning from lectures is able to contribute to the increase in knowledge and competencies related to the development of building materials that are relevant to the industrial world, one of which is the Building Materials Science Course. The more competence of students regarding building materials, the building in any form can be easily realized when working in the industrial world.

Eco-innovation for environment and waste prevention

Ecological environment and awareness of waste management have pushed firms to adopt innovation for attaining a competitive advantage. Firms are keen to adopt eco-innovation packaging, to follow its responsibility towards the environment and contribute to waste prevention. Regardless of innovative technological advancement, expanding the number of global supply chains for items has prompted the utilization of packaging and related waste all along the supply process. Consequently, packaging causes difficulties and offers opportunities for environment. Innovation in packaging has been studied as part of product eco-innovation, but mostly at an anecdotal level. Research calls for studies to examine factors that make eco-friendly packaging innovation more effective. This paper aims to examine the eco-innovation of packaging to understand how managerial environmental awareness; technological capabilities, human capabilities and organizational capabilities contribute to the implementation of eco-design innovation in packaging and its impact on waste prevention and brand.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Issues of crowdsourcing and mobile app development through the intellectual property protection of third parties

With multiple advances in innovative technologies and crowdfunding platforms for businesses, the process of crowdsourcing is associated with some security issues that are rather difficult to assess at the stage of project preparation. Security and privacy issues of applying crowdsourcing to mobile app-related projects are an important matter to discuss and pose an assessment challenge. This work offers an approach that allows assessing project safety based on a range of fairly general criteria. The meta-analysis touches upon factors affecting the level of responsibility for intellectual property rights protection, with were screened from various reports on completed crowdsourcing campaigns. Based on the results of meta-analysis, criteria for assessing security and interests of various parties in the crowdsourcing campaign were established. These criteria allow evaluating both the project success and the protection of the rights of participants in the project, including ethical and legal consequences. It can be concluded that even the most ordinary member of the “crowd” can make a contribution to the success of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing projects. In our opinion, it is being on the ethical side of crowdsourcing what ensures the success of the crowdsourcing projects. This approach is crucial to the understanding of how mobile crowdfunding app producers should ensure privacy and responsibility of each member of the “crowd” involved in any crowdfunding campaign.

Adaptive Generation Technology of Lightweight Cellular 3D Printing Path

With the continuous develop ment and progress of the economy and society, the demand for innovative high- tech development in all walks of life has gradually increased, and the corresponding requirements have also been raised in due course. Because the development and application of advanced and innovative technologies can cover a wide range, it is also conducive to vigorously promote the improvement of the fineness of each production product, and better meet the actual development needs of society. Therefore, as a representative of innovative advanced technology, 3D printing technology should be innovated and optimized by relevant technical developers in order to enhance its practical adaptability.

Intelligent signalling system to control traffic in vehicular ad hoc networks R

Traffic congestion problem persists more at junctions and causes inconvenience to public. Owing to this, people may not reach their destinations in time. Although there are alerts in mobile phones regarding arrival times of flight services and other journey related information due to sudden traffic jams at junctions these advanced technology innovations are being becoming fragile. Since long, many researchers have been putting their efforts to find remedies for reducing traffic congestion. Objectives: The key focus is on balancing forwarding time and waiting time at junctions based on the number of vehicles arrived at that junction. Methods: The proposed system uses Internet of Things (IoT) based monitoring to control signaling system. IR sensors are used to count number of vehicles passing over the lane by triggering clock for object detection. The signaling time can be changed dynamically based on the vehicle count, so that more time is allocated to the lanes which have more traffic and the remaining time is adjusted among other lanes. This reduces congestion at dense traffic lanes. Findings: There will be time variant setting of signal lights based on the density of the traffic. The dense traffic lanes will be allotted more time and will be cleared first. Expanding on this point, the time adjustment is done based on the vehicle count not on periodical fixation of intervals. Novelty: The ecosystem developed provides an ultimate solution to vehicle users for comfortable movement on the roads without being delayed. Keywords: Traffic density; IR Sensor; VANET; ITS; IoT; clock

OPPORTUNITIES OF MOBILE MARKETING IN TOURISM

This article describes opportunities of mobile marketing in tourism. Mobile marketing is the implementation of marketing activities through mobile devices. The use of advanced innovative technologies also has great potential in terms of optimizing the time and variety of choice of the necessary tourist product for travelers. Thanks to real-time information exchanges, reduced documentation required at border crossings and the elimination of language barriers, potential tourists get huge benefits when traveling.

Sustainable development of crop production with elements of precision agriculture in Northern Kazakhstan

The Agricultural Experimental Station «Zarechnoye» LLP (AES «Zarechnoye» LLP, Kostanay region, Kazakhstan) has always been the initiator of introduction and dissemination of advanced innovative technologies; in this regard, the agriculture has been identified as the basis for the introduction of digitalization elements, i.e. precision agriculture. The use of elements of the precision agriculture system by the AES «Zarechnoye» LLP, the use of modern technology equipped with an automatic driving system, a differential fertilizer application system and plant protection products ensured a guaranteed yield with high technological indicators in an extremely arid year. The obtained yield level of grain crops exceeded the average regional level by 79.7%. An economic model for the introduction of precision agriculture elements for the farm «Agrofirma Karkyn» LLP with medium technical equipment, indicating the costs of applying the developed technologies per 1 ha, was built. The analysis of economic return was carried out as a result of increased productivity with indicating the payback period. The production and economic indicators of the surveyed farm in the Kostanay region, obtained as a result of constructing financial and economic models taking into account the introduction of precision agriculture elements, are presented. Based on the constructed financial and economic models, the calculations showed that the introduction of precision agriculture elements will reduce production costs for wheat growing to 1.6 thousand tenge per 1 ha of cultivated area, or 4% of all production costs. The payback period for simulated improvements in the implementation of precision agriculture elements for the farm, while maintaining the current processing area, will be 4.4 years. The data obtained during the study can be used by agricultural producers to develop measures to increase productivity and reduce the cost of production, as well as by government agencies to improve measures of state support and regulation in the field of agriculture, aimed at digitalization, the introduction of precision agriculture elements and increasing the competitiveness of agricultural production.

Bioresorbable Polymeric Scaffold in Cardiovascular Applications.

Advances in material science and innovative medical technologies have allowed the development of less invasive interventional procedures for deploying implant devices, including scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering. Biodegradable materials (e.g., resorbable polymers) are employed in devices that are only needed for a transient period. In the case of coronary stents, the device is only required for 6–8 months before positive remodelling takes place. Hence, biodegradable polymeric stents have been considered to promote this positive remodelling and eliminate the issue of permanent caging of the vessel. In tissue engineering, the role of the scaffold is to support favourable cell-scaffold interaction to stimulate formation of functional tissue. The ideal outcome is for the cells to produce their own extracellular matrix over time and eventually replace the implanted scaffold or tissue engineered construct. Synthetic biodegradable polymers are the favoured candidates as scaffolds, because their degradation rates can be manipulated over a broad time scale, and they may be functionalised easily. This review presents an overview of coronary heart disease, the limitations of current interventions and how biomaterials can be used to potentially circumvent these shortcomings in bioresorbable stents, vascular grafts and cardiac patches. The material specifications, type of polymers used, current progress and future challenges for each application will be discussed in this manuscript.

Silk textiles, crisis and adaptative strategies in Catalonia, 1770–1850s (Barcelona and Manresa)

AbstractThis article compares the impact of the economic crisis of 1787–1832, including the war and the loss of colonial markets, on the silk industry in Barcelona and Manresa, the two main centres of silk production in eighteenth-century Catalonia. In particular, it explores how families adopted different strategies in adapting to the crisis. Some moved into different sectors, including the emerging cotton industry, sometimes accompanied by geographical mobility. Others innovated by manufacturing specialised products, such as ribbons and handkerchiefs, often taking advantage of technological innovations in the textile industry. The article also offers some reflections on the role of women in these adaptative strategies, as far as the limited evidence allows.

Research on Innovative Application of New Media in Visual Communication Design

With the popularization of the Internet in our country and the development of digital media technology, new media technologies have also explored more new ways for the expansion of visual communication design. In the era of new media, the design concept is gradually updated, which also Found more development opportunities and more advanced technological innovation for the design of visual communication, and provide more possibilities for the innovation of visual communication technology. Based on this, this article mainly discusses the strategy of innovative application of new media in visual communication design.