Mobile Process Research Articles

The Contribution of Work Values to Early Career Mobility

In the past quarter century, young people have started their careers in a labor market logic emphasizing individualized resources and with expectations and risks of uncertainty and unpredictability. We focus on one core individual resource, work values, and assess its contribution to early career trajectory dynamics among a cohort of Millennials between the ages of 18 to 35 and years 2005 through 2019. Using eight waves of the Transition to Adulthood Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we consider how extrinsic and intrinsic work values predict both cumulative occupational and employer changes as well as observed annual earnings and occupational prestige trajectories. Extrinsic work values are highly predictive of employment change and destination. However, results vary significantly by educational attainment and sex, as extrinsic work values are associated with contrasting outcomes depending on whether respondents have a college degree, while the bulk of benefits of returns to work values are found for men. The current paper sheds light on the critical dynamics of early career mobility processes.

The Application of Three Dimensional Digital Technologies in Historic Gardens and Related Cultural Heritage: A Scoping Review

This paper presents a comprehensive scoping review of the application of 3D digital technologies in the documentation, conservation, and management of historic gardens and related cultural heritage. By analyzing a curated selection of literature, this study assessed the current state of research, highlighting trends in publications, the geographic distribution of contributors, and the key technologies employed. Using bibliometric methods and visualization tools, followed by a case study review, this review identified significant research hotspots and technical methodologies, particularly focusing on advanced techniques such as mobile laser scanning, UAV photogrammetry, and point cloud processing and their relationships with end users. The findings emphasize the importance of integrating multiple technologies to capture the diverse elements of historic gardens, including architectural features, vegetation, and topography. This review also underscores the significance of dynamic landscapes facing challenges posed by environmental degradation and urban development pressures. Moreover, it discusses the limitations of existing research and outlines future opportunities, such as the development of 4D documentation systems and the incorporation of AI for improving heritage management. This paper concludes by recommending interdisciplinary collaboration and public engagement to enhance the accessibility, understanding, and sustainable management of historic gardens through innovative technological applications.

Non-Invasive Detection of Interferon-Gamma in Sweat Using a Wearable DNA Hydrogel-Based Electrochemical Sensor

Monitoring of immune factors, including interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), holds great importance for understanding immune responses and disease diagnosis. Wearable sensors enable continuous and non-invasive detection of immune markers in sweat, drawing significant attention to their potential in real-time health monitoring and personalized medicine. Among these, electrochemical sensors are particularly advantageous, due to their excellent signal responsiveness, cost-effectiveness, miniaturization, and broad applicability, making them ideal for constructing wearable sweat sensors. In this study, we present a flexible and sensitive wearable platform for the detection of IFN-γ, utilizing a DNA hydrogel with favorable loading performance and sample collection capability, and the application of mobile software achieves immediate data analysis and processing. This platform integrates three-dimensional DNA hydrogel functionalized with IFN-γ-specific aptamers for precise target recognition and efficient sweat collection. Signal amplification is achieved through target-triggered catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA), with DNA hairpins remarkably enhancing sensitivity. Ferrocene-labeled reporting strands immobilized on a screen-printed carbon electrode are displayed via CHA-mediated strand displacement, leading to a measurable reduction in electrical signals. These changes are transmitted to a custom-developed mobile application via a portable electrochemical workstation for real-time data analysis and recording. This wearable sensor platform combines the specificity of DNA aptamers, advanced signal amplification, and the convenience of mobile data processing. It offers a high-sensitivity approach to detecting low-abundance targets in sweat, paving the way for new applications in point-of-care diagnostics and wearable health monitoring.

Degree of Acceptance of the BIS Model in the Mechatronics Course

Objective: To identify the areas of opportunity of the Bilingual International and Sustainable (BIS) model, starting from the subjects in formation: the students. Theoretical Framework: It is based on the process of internationalization in vogue at the beginning of the new millennium due to the imperative need of the global economy to demand bilingual professionals. This became important during the six-year term of office of President Peña Nieto, and the UTs had to make the transition from the traditional model to the BIS model, involving curricular transformation, changes in the field of teaching, lack of infrastructure and continuity in the teaching of the lingua franca. Method: This is a quantitative approach with an exploratory, non-experimental scope. The technique used was a Likert scale survey with three points, and the measuring instrument was an Excel database for analyzing the data, whose reliability was obtained by means of Cronbach's Alpha. Results and Discussion: They emphasize that the students decided to study under the BIS modality without considering its implications, such as the lack of clarity of the mobility process and the need for more counselling for the assimilation of the lingua franca; on the other hand, they point out that the didactic teaching aids need to be updated. On the other hand, they were not 100% satisfied with this modality. Despite this, They are trained in a way that makes them competitive and eligible for priority consideration by employers, as they can interact in various national and international contexts. Research Implications: It helps generate strategies for improving students' adaptation to the BIS modality in a practical way; theoretically, it provides the research community with certain bases for future studies. Originality/Value: The work derives from a phenomenon detected in the UT subsystem in Mexico, particularly in the Technological University of Altamira, Tamaulipas. Because the implementation of such an educational model is still recent and the literature developed in this respect is scarce, the document presented here is a contribution to the scientific community, subject to its assessment.

Quantifying Dust Nutrient Mobility Through an Alpine Watershed

AbstractDust has the potential to play a significant role in the nutrient dynamics of alpine watersheds with important ecological implications. However, little is known about how dust nutrients circulate through the environment and which watershed characteristics facilitate dust impacts on water quality. This study explored the contribution of dust‐deposited nutrients, focusing on a high‐elevation Long Term Ecological Research site, where dust samples have been continuously collected since 2017. We incorporated observed dust nutrient compositions, including fractions of inorganic and organic nitrogen and phosphorus, into a popular hydrological model, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool, and ran simulations for 2019–2021. By comparing simulations with and without dust nutrient inputs, we estimated the impact of dust‐deposited nutrients on individual watershed processes. Results revealed a significant contribution of dust‐deposited nutrients, particularly soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), to several nutrient cycling and transport pathways. Notably, dust contributed up to 19.3% of the SRP load in annual streamflow (increasing monthly streamflow concentration by up to 10.9 μg ). Spatial analysis of model estimates demonstrated a relationship between topography, soil type, and the cycling and transport of dust nutrients. The largest dust nutrient contributions were found in catchment areas with lower slope and less hydric soils, where other natural mobilization processes may be limited. This comparative modeling approach stresses the importance of including dust nutrients in watershed models, especially in oligotrophic systems, and has potential to validate these findings elsewhere and identify how watershed characteristics may either mollify or accentuate the impacts of dust deposition on mountain freshwater systems.

Desktop forklift simulator - DFS

This article presents the design and development of a technological tool that has the function of a forklift simulator, which is an interactive desktop application, and the objective is to train personnel in the use of a forklift car, to prevent accidents and major injuries. reliability in the mobility process when driving in real time: the methodology used is scrum to generate a software product with compliance with the industry requirements, which is carried out through a product backlog, and sprints to carry out the deliverables of the simulator modules, the result obtained was a graphic engine of Unreal Engine 5 and Blender for modeling, where the connection of devices is made, the control with steering wheel, pedals and gear lever is generated.

Design of a High Performance Hybrid Tricycle (THAR) to assist people with motor disabilities

In Mexico, there is a delay in the mobility process of people with motor disabilities. At the same time, in our country there are nearly 3 million people with motor disabilities according to what INEGI reports in its 2020 census. Therefore, a virtual prototype is being proposed as a result of the first stage of its own methodology for the design of a hybrid tricycle to transport people with motor disabilities, which offers versatility in terms of transport configurations in the facilities of the Polytechnic University of Guanajuato (UPG). In a second stage, it is proposed to build a scale prototype using additive manufacturing to identify areas of opportunity before building the final prototype and carrying out its real physical tests in order to obtain sufficient data to implement a commercial model that can be reproduced. reliable way.

Reducing the Dimensionality of Data Arrays Using Multi-Layer Autoencoders in the Task of Classifying Mobile Applications

The problem of reducing the dimension of the initial data arrays to improve the efficiency of mobile application traffic processing is considered. The relevance of the study is due to the need to optimize the volume of transmitted and stored data when working in conditions of limited computing resources, as well as to increase the speed and quality of analytical operations. To solve this problem, multi-layer autoencoders are used, capable of forming compact representations of the source data with minimal losses in their informativeness. The approach is based on the idea of training neural network models that extract the most significant features from the source arrays and are able to restore them with a given level of accuracy. Methods used. During the experiments, various architectures of multilayer autocoders were used, differing in the number of layers and dimensions of hidden representations. The research was conducted on real data sets collected from mobile applications with a wide range of functionality. The analysis was carried out by varying the internal parameters of the networks and evaluating the results through an integral statistical indicator reflecting the degree of compression. This indicator allows you to identify how much the spread of attributes changes when passing data through the autoencoder. Results. To evaluate the filtering properties of multilayer autoencoders, an integral compression indicator is proposed that characterizes the change in the spread of attributes of mobile applications when passing them through an autoencoder of a given structure. The indicator is calculated as the ratio of the standard deviation of the attributes at the input and at the output, which allows you to assess the degree of data compression and the degree of information preservation after processing. It is shown that an increase in the integral compression index indicates a more significant compression of the initial data. It was found that filtering is practically independent of the type of application and lies within 10-20 % for three-layer autoencoders, whereas for five-layer auto-encoders, preference is given to encoders with a minimum dimension of the inner layer. The main novelty of the work lies in the development of an integral statistical indicator that not only reflects the degree of compression of mobile application data, but also takes into account the preservation of the original information structure. Unlike existing approaches, this indicator allows for a systematic comparison of various architectures of autoencoders, taking into account not only the reduction in dimension, but also the quality of recovery of the original information. This creates the basis for a more objective assessment of the effectiveness of multilayer autoencoders in specific application conditions. Practical significance. The proposed methodology may be useful for developers and researchers working on optimizing systems for collecting, storing and processing mobile application data. In conditions of limited computing resources, which are typical for mobile devices and embedded systems, the use of multilayer autoencoders aimed at achieving a given balance between compression and preservation of information provides a significant reduction in the volume of transmitted data. The results of the study can be implemented into existing analytical platforms, monitoring systems and classification of mobile applications.

Distribution and palaeoenvironmental significance of mountain blockstreams in the southern hemisphere

ABSTRACTOpenwork mountain block deposits (blockfields, blockstreams) have received much research interest globally given their visual appeal as prominent cold‐region landforms. However, studies have shown that these landforms in both glaciated and non‐glaciated environments are probably of considerable age (pre‐Quaternary), yet the environmental conditions of their formation (such as the presence of permafrost) and associated processes remain poorly understood. This paper focuses on consolidating and critically analysing current knowledge on mountain blockstreams found in the southern hemisphere. This is achieved by reviewing past published work on such landforms, from the Falkland Islands, Marion Island, southern Africa and southeastern Australia. By presenting a variety of previously proposed landscape evolutionary models, we demonstrate that southern hemisphere blockstreams are products of a range of weathering and material mobilization processes over long multiple warmer/wetter and colder/drier pre‐Quaternary and Quaternary climatic cycles. Although most southern hemisphere mountain blockstreams have some association with periglacial processes, they are not exclusively periglacial in their developmental history. This can be tested through field geomorphic, sedimentary and ecological methods; the use of remote sensing; radiometric and relative‐age dating; seismic and other subsurface methods; and modelling. However, many research questions remain unanswered, such as the potential role of permafrost in blockstream formation and dynamics, or their sensitivity to ongoing climate change.

“Moriré contento de haber dado mi sangre por mi querida Patria”

This article analyzes how the European communities residing in northern Chile’s cities of Tacna and Arica reacted to the outbreak of WWI. Based on an analysis of regional journalistic and administrative documents and diplomatic archives, the study aims to reconstruct and examine the various mobilization processes within the region’s European communities. It examines the challenges they faced during the war, e.g., military mobilization, the neutrality of the Chilean State, the legal problem of dual nationality, coexistence with “enemy” national groups and rearguard charitable actions. In this way, the article argues that the war influenced the redefinition of these groups’ identities and relations with their homelands. It shows that the war experiences of the European communities in Latin America were diverse and depended on the country where they resided as well as regional nuances.

Martial law as a factor in the growth of corruption in Ukraine

The problem of the growth of corruption in Ukraine under martial law, which was introduced due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in 2022, is identified. The authors analyze how the implementation of this regime, aimed at ensuring national security, increases the risks of corruption abuses due to the growth of the powers of state bodies, economic difficulties and limited public control. The main attention is paid to the following areas: political, justice, military and medical, as they have a significant impact on Ukrainian society and the country’s defense capability. First, the political aspect of the problem is analyzed. The authors note that during martial law, the public faced problems with the ability to control the activities of political leaders, and due to the lack of elections during martial law, politicians can use it for their own benefit. During such a critical period in the history of our state, this leads to a decrease in the transparency of decision-making processes, which undermines public trust in government representatives and institutions in general. Next, the judicial system is examined, which under martial law is faced with an increase in cases of corruption in the justice sector. Using the example of the corruption scandal involving the former chairman of the Supreme Court Knyazev, the authors emphasize the inadmissibility of corruption in the judicial sector, as well as the importance of changes in the current criminal legislation. Problems in the military and medical sectors should be considered comprehensively. In particular, corruption schemes in the military sector arise during procurement, logistics, mobilization processes, as well as in the work of military medical commissions (MMCs). Deficiencies in the work of MMCs allow certain individuals to avoid service, while others end up at the front, despite serious health problems. This threatens not only the lives of servicemen, but also the overall effectiveness of defense. The authors propose a set of measures to counteract and prevent the development of corruption risks. It is proposed to create temporary public oversight bodies in cooperation with international partners (involving their representatives), which would jointly monitor the decisions of the government and the Verkhovna Rada. It is emphasized that independent oversight will enhance the transparency of government actions and increase trust on the part of citizens and international partners. In addition, the authors recommend applying financial sanctions against political parties and institutions involved in corruption scandals, which will become a deterrent. The article concludes that overcoming corruption in wartime is key to preserving national unity and the efficiency of resource use. This will increase the accountability of state institutions and help Ukraine cope with modern challenges.

Leaving the Peasant Behind: The Process and Experience of Social Elevation in Late 18th-Century Sweden

ABSTRACT This article makes use of a remarkably expansive piece of life-writing in which a Swedish 18th-century peasant, Pehr Stenberg, depicted his social advancement in the early modern social order. For Stenberg, this entailed leaving the peasant estate to become a clergyman, taking on tutoring positions in aristocratic families along the way. Drawing on this material, a micro-historical exploration of the process and experience of upward social mobility is conducted, paying particular attention to the emotional dimensions of this process. The article focuses on three themes connected to social mobility which dominate Stenberg’s text: emotions related to social stratification and inferiority, codes of civility , and clothing and attire.

Topology synthesis based on FIS theory of double-layer parallel mechanism with all drives fixed

The manipulation of large workpieces often requires manipulators with complex structures and high stiffness to ensure stability and precision during operation. In situ processing equipment is typically employed for this purpose, comprising a mobile carriage (CGA), mechanical arms, and parallel processing units. The end mechanism of in situ processing equipment must exhibit high rigidity and a wide range of motion in order to effectively satisfy the high-efficiency processing requirements of large and complex structural components. This paper presents a comprehensive process for the topology synthesis of double-layer parallel mechanisms and conducts research on its topology synthesis. Firstly, a comprehensive analysis is conducted on the number and types of degrees of freedom required for basic tasks such as stretching, derotating, twisting, and grasping. This results in the simplest mathematical expression for continuous motion corresponding to the processing tasks. Subsequently, the double-layer superimposition principle of the parallel mechanism is elucidated in accordance with the requirements of the processing tasks. Proposed are anticipated motion patterns and allocation methods. Furthermore, the standard chains are analyzed and characterized based on the desired motion patterns. Derived standard chains that satisfy the desired motion patterns are obtained through joint equivalent transformations. Finally, the assembly conditions are determined in order to obtain the various available configuration structures that satisfy the processing requirements. This study proposes a novel manipulator design that can precisely control the motion of the end platform using only one set of drives, significantly improving the stability and precision of large workpiece manipulation, a challenge that has not been fully addressed in the existing literature. This provides a robust theoretical foundation for the subsequent development of in situ processing equipment.

Knowledge mobilisation of rapid evidence reviews to inform health and social care policy and practice in a public health emergency: Appraisal of the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre processes and impact, 2021-23.

The Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre (WCEC) was established from 2021-23 to ensure that the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) relevant research evidence was readily available to inform health and social care policy and practice decision-makers. Although decisions need to be evidence-based, ensuring that accessible and relevant research evidence is available to decision-makers is challenging, especially in a rapidly evolving pandemic environment when timeframes for decision-making are days or weeks rather than months or years. We set up knowledge mobilisation processes to bridge the gap between evidence review and informing decisions, making sure that the right information reaches the right people at the right time. To describe the knowledge mobilisation processes used by the WCEC, evaluate the impact of the WCEC rapid evidence reviews, and share lessons learned. Our knowledge mobilisation methods were flexible and tailored to meet stakeholders' needs. They included stakeholder co-production in our rapid evidence review processes, stakeholder-informed and participatory knowledge mobilisation, wider dissemination of outputs and associated activities including public engagement, capacity building and sharing of methodologies. Feedback on processes and evidence of impact was collected via stakeholder engagement and a stakeholder survey. Findings indicate that knowledge mobilisation processes successfully enabled use of the WCEC's rapid evidence reviews to inform policy and practice decision-makers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales. Realising actual public and patient benefit from this 'pathway to impact' work will take further time and resources. The WCEC knowledge mobilisation processes successfully supported co-production and use of rapid evidence review findings by scientific advisors and policy and practice decision-makers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identified barriers and facilitators are of potential relevance to wider evidence initiatives, for setting up similar Centres during crisis situations, and supporting future evidence-based policy and practice decision-making.

FROM GLOBALIZING TAIPEI TO LEARNING AMSTERDAM: Referencing as a Politicizing Strategy for Urban Development in Taiwan

AbstractThis article examines the transformation of urban referencing in Taipei City after democratization, using policy mobility theories and case study research methods to ‘follow policy changes’ over three decades. It argues that geopolitical considerations in the 1990s prompted Taipei to adopt the global city discourse as a political strategy, subsequently leading to the implementation of neoliberal urban policies. These policies encouraged property‐led development and housing speculation, exacerbating housing affordability issues. Amidst these challenges, a progressive bottom‐up social housing movement emerged in 2010, drawing inspiration from the Dutch model. However, this process of policy mobility is selective, with Amsterdam serving more as an inspirational benchmark than a direct model for replication. Neoliberalism hinders both Dutch and Taiwanese social housing policies from achieving housing justice. This case study of Taiwan's post‐democratization urban development will also contribute to the literature on urban developmentalism.

Machine Learning and Metaheuristic Algorithms for Voice-Based Authentication: A Mobile Banking Case Study

These days, every bank requires secure identification before granting access to personal accounts. Voice authentication is increasingly popular for important mobile processes. The hybrid authentication technique is used in this work to address concerns about forgery attacks in the voice authentication system. Here, we accomplish this goal by using a user authentication approach that decodes passwords from acoustic signals. This method involves the user speaking into the phone to enter their private password. Then, to crack the code, an artificial neural network is employed along with retrieved statistics and speech parameters such as energy and Mel frequency cepstral coefficient. The password numbers are read and saved. The planned application divides the read integers by using the pauses in between the digits. On the other hand, by employing the frequency and phase properties to compare the target's voice to the discovered password key, this method will prevent speech forgeries. This speech and password matching verification system uses our fuzzy nonlinear support vector machine network classification system, which was trained using the Ali Baba and the forty thieves algorithm. Our method is evaluated on a dataset of 30 individuals and three smartphones, achieving an accuracy rate of more than 98.29%. Our system is resistant against a wide range of challenges, including variations in authentication angle, authentication distance, passphrase length, ambient noise, and more, in addition to being device independent.

Exploring the Stability of Azto Tfts: The Critical Role of Oxygen Partial Pressure in Performance Optimization

Amorphous oxide semiconductors, such as indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO), have attracted significant attention due to their high electron mobility and low processing temperatures compared to amorphous silicon (a-Si). These characteristics make IGZO suitable for large-area applications, and its transparency holds promise for next-generation electronic devices. However, the commercialization and large-scale production of IGZO are limited by the toxicity of indium and the high cost of gallium. In this context, AZTO can emerges as a cost-effective and less toxic alternative. This study explores the fabrication and characterization of bottom-gate thin-film transistors (TFTs) using aluminum-zinc-tin oxide (AZTO) as an alternative channel material. AZTO films were deposited at room temperature via radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering with varying ratios of oxygen and argon. Comprehensive measurements, including temperature stress (TS), negative bias temperature stress (NBTS), activation energy, and density of states (DOS), were conducted to evaluate the electrical properties and stability of the TFTs. The results indicate that increasing the oxygen partial pressure during deposition reduces oxygen vacancies, significantly enhancing the stability of the devices. These findings highlight AZTO as a cost-effective and less toxic alternative to IGZO, particularly in display applications. Additionally, the study provides insights into the fundamental mechanisms governing the electrical behavior of AZTO-based TFTs, further confirming their suitability for advanced display technologies.

The perceptions of study abroad coordinators about digitalisation and Erasmus + virtual mobility

Most study abroad research focused on the experiences of students, perceptions of study abroad coordinators received little attention in research. Addressing this gap, this study examines how changes after 2020 (i.e. digitalisation of the Erasmus + processes and virtual mobility) impacted the perceptions of study abroad coordinators ( N = 23) in a large public university in Turkiye. An open-ended online questionnaire was prepared and shared with the participants who were active in the last 4 years and who experienced both traditional and virtual mobility processes and analysed via the content analysis method. Our results revealed that our participants mostly welcomed changes in digitalisation and virtual mobility in terms of their impact on their duties and responsibilities. However, they thought that the impact of virtual mobility was limited on their students’ academic, communicative and cultural development. Our study also includes a discussion of these findings and implications for mobility staff and/or administrators.

Efficient recurrent real video restoration

We propose a novel method that addresses the most common limitations of real video sequences, including noise, blur, flicker, and low contrast. This method leverages the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) extensively for both deblurring and denoising tasks, ensuring computational efficiency. It also incorporates classical strategies for tonal stabilization and low-light enhancement. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first unified framework that tackles all these problems simultaneously. Compared to state-of-the-art learning-based methods for denoising and deblurring, our approach achieves better results while offering additional benefits such as full interpretability, reduced memory usage, and lighter computational requirements, making it well-suited for integration into mobile device processing chains.

Plugging in at school: Do schools nurture digital skills and narrow digital skills inequality?

Information and communication technology (ICT) have become indispensable in contemporary schools in post-industrialized countries. Whether schools have succeeded in vesting students with the needed digital skills important in today's highly digitalized societal landscape however remains unclear. In this paper, we examine whether school resources in terms of ICT infrastructure, use of ICT in education, and availability of technical expertise are pertinent to students' digital skillfulness. We also investigate whether such school ICT resources are unevenly distributed among students of different socioeconomic backgrounds, and whether students of different socioeconomic backgrounds unevenly benefit from these resources. In doing so, we illuminate school ICT resources' role in the process of intergenerational transmission of inequalities. To test our expectations, we employ ICILS 2018 data on 14,183 students in 751 schools across seven OECD countries. Our findings indicate that schools indeed play a meaningful role in nurturing digital skills, namely through students' use of ICT in educational tasks. We also find that students from more advantageous socioeconomic backgrounds more often attend well ICT-resourced schools, pointing at the uneven distribution of school ICT resources in a way that reflects social reproduction processes. Alongside that, the availability of technical expertise in schools seems particularly fruitful for low-SES students' digital skills development. This evinces that schools compensate for limited ICT skills socialization in the family, pointing at social mobility processes.