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Theoretical Investigation and Simulation of a Brake-by-Wire Based Bicycle Wedge Brake

Bence Nagy Denes Fodor

Publication Name: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 107-118

Description:

In today’s vehicle industry “X-by-wire” technologies gain significant importance, especially in full-electric vehicles. This paper demonstrates the first steps of an electromechanical bicycle wedge brake design that uses brake-by-wire technology. The paper discusses the importance of Anti-lock Brake Systems (ABS) and Brake-by-Wire (BBW) technologies in the bicycle industry and summarizes how the technologies improve rider safety. Then we do a technical investigation by establishing a Model-Based Design workflow for developing a first-principle ABS control for electronic wedge brake applications. First, We establish a longitudinal model of a bicycle, allowing for a detailed investigation of wheel-lockups. After obtaining a baseline bicycle model we implement a control algorithm to prevent wheel-lockup during braking. The effect of the control algorithm on the braking distance of the bicycle is also investigated. After concluding the effects of the ABS brake systems for bicycles we summarize the next steps for continuing the design process of the brake system development.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-6452-8_9

Building sustainability: implementation of SDGs in higher education institutions (HEIs) in India and Hungary

Eszter Lukács Emese Lengyel Arundhati Sharma

Publication Name: Asian Education and Development Studies

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 1-19

Description:

Purpose – The study aims to map the integration of sustainable development goals (SDGs) into domestic legislation and higher education institution (HEI) policy frameworks, with a particular focus on India and Hungary. It seeks to assess the extent of SDG implementation by HEIs in both countries and provide a comparative perspective on their progress. Design/methodology/approach – A comparative analysis is conducted using both primary and secondary data sources. The study examines domestic policy frameworks and legislative measures relevant to SDGs, alongside the performance of HEIs in SDG implementation in India and Hungary. Findings – The study finds that India has had a harmonised and dedicated SDG framework for HEIs since 2020, whereas Hungary, despite having multiple policies and legislative initiatives aimed at SDGs, lacks such a unified framework for higher education. In both countries, substantial gaps remain in the performance of HEIs in achieving the SDGs. Originality/value – To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first cross-country comparative study that focuses specifically on the role of HEIs in the implementation of SDGs in India and Hungary. It contributes to closing the evidence and knowledge gap by highlighting how policy alignment can enhance institutional strategies and performance in sustainable development.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1108/AEDS-07-2025-0341

Uncovering network changes in the evolution of an innovation niche

Edgardo Sica Antonio Lopolito Pasquale Marcello Falcone

Publication Name: Social Networks

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 84

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 87-100

Description:

The present paper aims at unravelling the networking dynamics regarding the evolution of an innovation-niche, by looking at its network configuration over time. To this end, we investigate the actors’ role within the network as well as the network architecture. We employ the social network analysis (SNA) to four different but interrelated types of networks characterising the Italian biofuel industry. Each network was investigated in both its development and maturity phase. Our findings show that, over the niche evolution, actors established new relations, increasing networks’ density and making the networks more centralized. Furthermore, while two out of four networks confirmed their small world configuration over time, one (i.e. “communication” network) increased its small-world-ness, providing a larger number of information channels and more social reinforcement chances for niche actors to innovate. Overall, results suggest that policy makers should accompany and ease the innovation-niche evolution path by fostering the participation of the laggard behind and actors' clusterization, moderating any possible lock-in risk.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.08.005

Preface II

Vikas Sharma Attila Kurucz Ewelina Idziak Vikas Sharma José Braga de Vasconcelos

Publication Name: World Sustainability Series

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: Part F1269

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: ix

Description:

No description provided

Open Access: Yes

DOI: DOI not available

Exporting security to Africa at its most volatile: the GAR-SI Sahel project and the role of Spain’s Guardia Civil in rebuilding Sahelian security

Adam Mayer Andrés de Castro Rodrigo Gaona-Prieto Clara Bañares-Martin

Publication Name: African Identities

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 24

Issue: 1

Page Range: 31-48

Description:

Through research based on participant observations, interviews, the application of the Delphi technique and a SWOT analysis, this paper presents a qualitative evaluation of the first phase of the GAR-SI Sahel project, a major project that aims to bring security to the world’s poorest, as well as most volatile, region: the Sahel. Seven experts from military institutes in France, Portugal and Italy participated in the study, as well as six instructors from the Special Training Center of the Guardia Civil based in Logroño, Spain. Phase I of the GAR-SI Sahel project consists of a two-month training program, developed entirely at the Center, with the aim of training future commanders and trainers of the GAR-SI Sahel units of the project’s beneficiary countries Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. Through several rounds of semi-structured interviews and a categorical classification of the information obtained, this article offers an exploratory and evaluative description of the initial starting situation of Phase I of the project, as well as the progress of some proposals for improvement aimed at consolidating the GAR-SI Sahel project, as well as in its objective, the Sahel region as such, over time.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2024.2324109

Age-Specific Responses to Immersive Virtual Reality During Pediatric Venipuncture: Evidence from Routine Clinical Practice

Péter Prukner Domonkos Tinka Márta Kovács Mohammad Milad Shafaie

Publication Name: Healthcare Switzerland

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 14

Issue: 2

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

Background/Objectives: Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used to reduce pain during pediatric needle procedures, but its effectiveness may vary by developmental stage and gender. This study evaluated whether immersive VR reduces venipuncture pain in children and adolescents and examined parent–patient agreement and gender-specific response patterns. Methods: A prospective nonrandomized clinical study was conducted within a hospital-based pediatric venipuncture service using an alternating 1:1 allocation sequence. Participants aged 4–18 years underwent venipuncture with either VR (n = 49) or standard care (n = 29). Procedural pain was measured using the Faces Pain Scale–Revised (FPS-R) with independent parent ratings. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) compared post-procedural FPS-R scores while adjusting for baseline pain. Exploratory age and gender-specific analyses were also performed. Results: VR led to a clear reduction in pain for children, even after adjusting for baseline scores (3.55 vs. 4.73; p = 0.003). Adolescents, however, reported similarly low pain in both groups (2.81 vs. 2.79; p = 0.60), and several mentioned that the PEGI 3 content felt too young for them, which likely limited how engaged they were. Among children, girls showed the most noticeable drop in pain, which matches the subgroup’s adjusted significance (p = 0.011). Parent–patient agreement was stronger in children (r ≈ 0.7–0.8) than in adolescents (r ≈ 0.4–0.5), and VR did not change this pattern. Most participants said they would choose VR again for future procedures. Conclusions: Immersive VR helped reduce venipuncture pain in children but had little effect in adolescents, underscoring the need for age-appropriate or more interactive VR content for older patients. Overall, these findings support using VR selectively as a distraction tool that fits the developmental needs of pediatric groups.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14020173

Innovating for Net-Zero: Collaborative and Digital Decarbonisation Strategies in Sunset Industries' Global Value Chains

Muhammad Mustafa Kamal Narain Gupta Attique ur Rehman Justin Zuopeng Zhang Ashem Emmanuel Egila Remsei Sándor Jianwen Zheng

Publication Name: Business Strategy and the Environment

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

Global net-zero ambitions require transformative strategies to decarbonise carbon-intensive global value chains (GVCs). This study examines how multinational enterprises (MNEs) in sunset industries integrate carbon capture technologies (CCT) with operational and supply chain dynamics (OSCD) to advance decarbonisation. Drawing on institutional theory (InsT) and dynamic capabilities theory (DCT), we investigate how external decarbonisation pressures activate internal capability routines that shape the adoption of technological and supply chain innovations. Using qualitative insights from 55 industry professionals across energy-intensive sectors, we analyse how firms navigate regulatory fragmentation, mobilise early-stage decarbonisation investments and develop collaborative and digital mechanisms to support low-carbon transitions. The findings reveal that coercive and normative pressures primarily stimulate sensing and seizing capabilities, while transforming capabilities develop more gradually through experiential learning and organisational reconfiguration. Firms often pursue hybrid CCT–OSCD strategies, combining technological interventions with operational and supply chain adjustments to manage institutional complexity. This study contributes theoretically by offering an integrated InsT–DCT framework that explains how institutional constraints and dynamic capabilities interact to enable decarbonisation in sunset industries. Managerially, the findings identify priority capability areas, including policy sensing, digital resource mobilisation and supply chain reconfiguration that can accelerate decarbonisation across global value chains.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1002/bse.70762

Elasto-plastic truss optimization under geometric nonlinearity using a genetic algorithm

Pálma Porrogi Majid Movahedi Rad Péter Grubits

Publication Name: Fracture and Structural Integrity

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 20

Issue: 75

Page Range: 124-156

Description:

No description provided

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.10

How Can a Household Reduce its Ecological Footprint? - An Example from Hungary

Gabor Harangozo Zoltán Major Cecília Szigeti Egedy Tamás

Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 23

Issue: 6

Page Range: 67-83

Description:

Literature extensively uses ecological footprint accounts to measure the natural resource use of human consumption patterns. Beyond national-level accounts, there is a wide range of literature on calculating ecological footprints at the sub-national, regional, or even micro level. However, there seems to be surprisingly little research on how different urban neighborhoods relate to each other in terms of their ecological footprint. The study employs a literature review and the results of an ecological footprint calculation based on the input-output methodology to investigate what households can do to reduce their ecological footprint in various urban neighborhoods. Furthermore, this study builds on the gap that earlier research has uncovered that different households in different neighborhoods consume in different ways, however, complex estimates of reduction opportunities have not been carried out. The results indicate that the choice of housing is the most important intervention point. This has an impact on available transport options, heating types, and food choices. The research results indicate significant potential for reducing the ecological footprint by promoting individual motivation (e.g., the use of public transport) and developing a policy support system (e.g., incentives for energy-efficient investments). Every household has the potential to reduce its ecological footprint, but the methods to achieve this may differ. The greatest impact is expected from modernizing heating, but using public transport and switching to a plant-based diet can also be effective. The research results indicate that the ecological footprint values of different dwelling types are similar, but the potential for reduction varies. It seems encouraging that sustainability appears to be an important issue for young people, but positive scenarios may be threatened by the fact that they feel less inclined to make significant changes in their behavior that would reduce their ecological footprint.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.12700/aph.23.6.2026.6.5