Special issue: Proceedings of the 15th ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, August 26-29, 2024

“…Day Health information post-encountering behaviours on social media platforms Khalid U Fallatah, Morgan A Harvey, Sophie Rutter Information seeking behaviour in music conductors’ repertoire selection Christina Firkins, Michael Barrett-Berg, Ina Fourie Models and theories that can guide grief and bereavement information interventions: an information behaviour lens Ina Fourie Case study on a scientific oral history project using information practice analysis Deborah A. …”
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Large-scale manufacturing and characterization of CMV-CD19CAR T cells by Stephen J Forman, Xiuli Wang, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Min Guan, Tianxu Han, Vibhuti Vyas, Sheng-Hsuan Chien, Brenna Gittins, Mary C Clark, Sally Mokhtari, Angelo Cardoso, Don J Diamond, John Zaia, Ryotaro Nakamura

“…The final products passed release criteria for clinical use.Conclusions We demonstrated the feasibility of our large-scale platform for generating CMV-CD19CAR T cells for clinical application. …”
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Combining Innovative Bioink and Low Cell Density for the Production of 3D-Bioprinted Cartilage Substitutes: A Pilot Study by Christel Henrionnet, Léa Pourchet, Paul Neybecker, Océane Messaoudi, Pierre Gillet, Damien Loeuille, Didier Mainard, Christophe Marquette, Astrid Pinzano

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Presenting the Model of Effective Factors on Smart Governance in the Country by Ghaem Gheiravani, Mohammad Montazeri, Shams Sadat Zahedi

“…Contextual factors such as needs assessment and capacity producing, along with causal factors, provide a suitable platform for the establishment of smart governance in the country. …”
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A Person-Based Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Method with Cooperative Transit Signal Priority by Wei-Hsun Lee, Hsuan-Chih Wang

“…Experiments are performed based on real traffic data via traffic simulation platform SUMO. The results indicate that PACT can efficiently reduce delays of both bus passengers and auto passengers at a signalized intersection. …”
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Integrative Geospatial Analysis: Unveiling Insights through GIS Modeling and Statistical Evaluation of SPT-N and Soil Types Data of New Kabul City, Afghanistan by Mohammad Amini, Longsheng Deng, Waqas Hassan, Muhammad Naqeeb Nawaz, Fatima Zahra Zidane, Ranke Fang

“…GSMs incorporating N-value and soil types were constructed utilizing the IDW technique within the ArcGIS platform. The outcomes reveal that the subjected region was dominated by cohesive soil with N-values varying from 7 to 45 in three different sections. …”
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Mechanical behavior of synthetic fiber ropes for mooring floating offshore wind turbines. by Ji Zeng, He Zhang, Bowen Jin, Hailei Dong, Chiate Chou, Hangyu Li

“…The continuous development of floating wind turbine technology is pushing platforms further offshore into deeper seas. Consequently, the water depth required for mooring is increasing, demanding higher standards for the mooring system. …”
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Exploring self-victimhood’s place in moral personality and unethical organizational behavior by Thomas Wilmore, Ana Kriletic, Daniel Svyantek, Lilah Donnelly

“…For the studies, we relied on two samples of U.S. adults recruited via an online crowdsourcing platform (NTotal = 1,080) using survey methods. Study 1 (N = 485) showed that TIV had a sizeable loading onto an overarching Dark Factor of Personality (D), which contained TIV, the Dark Tetrad, and moral disengagement. …”
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Association of Taiwan’s Rainfall Patterns with Large-Scale Oceanic and Atmospheric Phenomena by Yi-Chun Kuo, Ming-An Lee, Mong-Ming Lu

“…A 50-year (1960–2009) monthly rainfall gridded dataset produced by the Taiwan Climate Change Projection and Information Platform Project was presented in this study. The gridded data (5 × 5 km) displayed influence of topography on spatial variability of rainfall, and the results of the empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) analysis revealed the patterns associated with the large-scale sea surface temperature variability over Pacific. …”
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The financialization of healthcare by Norberto Montani Martins, Carlos Ocké-Reis

“…We conclude that those firms are increasingly serving as platforms for the financial accumulation of other economic agents and set a research agenda on this topic.…”
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Dual subwavelength-grating topology for building polarization beam splitters by Chia-Chih Huang

“…Here, we propose a compact and easy-to-fabricate PBS based on a dual subwavelength-grating (DSWG) structure positioned between two Si waveguides on a silicon-on-insulator platform. The coupling strengths of the transverse-electric (TE) and transverse-magnetic (TM) modes were selectively modified, with TE mode suppression and TM mode enhancement. …”
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Landscape Image Layout Optimization Extraction Simulation of 3D Pastoral Complex under Big Data Analysis by Juan Du, Yuelin Long

“…Big data has brought about opportunities for landscape architecture, changing the design thinking of layout optimization simulation, expanding the platform for public participation in layout optimization simulation design, reflecting social and humanistic care, and promoting the integration of discipline cooperation and data. …”
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How can brand equity for tourism destinations be used to preview tourists’ destination choice? An overview from the top of Tower of Babel by Francisco Dias, Lucília Cardoso

“…This paper describes a new research programme – Favourite Destinations Worldwide – that includes three interrelated innovative tools: (1) the destination brand choice model that allows a better conceptualization of CBBE-TD in the context of destination choice; (2) the Tower of Babel platform, a multilingual online survey for data gathering, to assess CBBE-TD of all destinations competing in the world market; and (3) the Destination Brand Gnosis, a propriety software for qualitative data analysis, transforming the meta-data into a system for constantly evaluating brand attractiveness. …”
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A novel risk assessment method for advanced and environmentally friendly construction technologies integrating RBM and I-OPA by Yunbin Sun, Zaohong Zhou, Qiang Li, Hongjun He

“…The validity of this novel method is demonstrated through the risk assessment of the project utilizing an advanced and environmentally friendly Prefabricated auxiliary Steel platform Drilling Technology(PSDT). The results indicate that the policy implementation orientation (17.2%) and the level of safety consciousness (11.6%) are identified as the most critical risk factors within the construction organization’s safety management. …”
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Evaluation of snow-drifting influencing factors and susceptibility of transportation infrastructure lines by Pengxiang Li, Aiying Gao, Mingzhou Bai, Shumao Qiu

“…This study, based on a GIS platform, conducts a case study of a transport infrastructure project in Xinjiang to analyze the geographical and environmental conditions along the route. …”
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Prediction of inhibitory peptides against E.coli with desired MIC value by Nisha Bajiya, Nishant Kumar, Gajendra P. S. Raghava

“…Additionally, we screened anti-E. coli proteins in the proteomes of three probiotic bacterial strains and created a web-based platform, “EIPpred”, enabling users to design peptides with desired MIC values ( https://webs.iiitd.edu.in/raghava/eippred ).…”
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Yeni Bir Haber Mecrası Olarak TikTok Platformunun Değerlendirilmesi by İrem Yeniceler Kortak

“…Sosyal medya platformlarından biri olan TikTok da ağırlıklı olarak genç yaştaki kullanıcılar tarafından tercih edilen bir platform olarak haberin ortaya konma şeklinde etki yaratmış; yeni tür haber içeriklerinin doğuşu kendini göstermiştir. …”
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DIGITALIZATION: A TOOL FOR MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN UKRAINE by Oleksandr Yevtushenko

“…It is substantiated that the digitalization of public administration is a complex technological process: the creation of entirely new developments based on the introduction of IT solutions, digital platforms, and innovations contributes to increasing the productivity of managerial labor, enhancing communication between government entities, business structures, and the population. …”
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