Bridging the Digital Disability Divide: Determinants of Internet Use among Visually Impaired Individuals in Thailand DOI Creative Commons

Thitiphat Phochai,

Prasongchai Setthasuravich,

Aphisit Pukdeewut

et al.

Disabilities, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(3), P. 696 - 723

Published: Sept. 17, 2024

This study investigates the sociodemographic and contextual determinants influencing Internet usage among individuals with visual impairments in Thailand, contributing to literature on digital disability divide. Data from “Disability Survey 2022” conducted by National Statistical Office of Thailand were used. Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, logistic regression analysis performed data 5621 visually impaired respondents. The findings indicate that approximately 26.88% use Internet. highlights several critical disparities. Males exhibit lower odds compared females (adjusted ratio [AOR] = 0.850, p 0.034). Younger are more likely Internet; a decline was observed increasing age (AOR for 60+ years 0.052, < 0.001). Regional disparities evident. Individuals northeastern 2.044, 0.001), central 1.356, 0.008), southern 1.992, 0.001) regions showed higher those northern region. Higher income 5000–9999 THB 1.798, educational attainment bachelor’s degree 14.915, wealth index wealthy 5.034, increase likelihood use. Employed 3.159, unemployed individuals. Additionally, severity impairment is crucial, having low vision both eyes engage online than who completely blind 5.935, These highlight need comprehensive inclusion initiatives address various factors, including age-inclusive literacy programs, targeted regional infrastructure development, economic support improve access, advancements assistive technologies. provides valuable insights policymakers other developing countries, enhancing understanding divide informing strategies foster greater equity.

Language: Английский

Synergistic integration of digital twins and zero energy buildings for climate change mitigation in sustainable smart cities: A systematic review and novel framework DOI Creative Commons

Simon Elias Bibri,

Jeffrey Huang, Osama Omar

et al.

Energy and Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 115484 - 115484

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Leveraging Advanced Technologies for (Smart) Transportation Planning: A Systematic Review DOI Open Access
Hosung Son, Jinhyeok Jang, Jihan Park

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(5), P. 2245 - 2245

Published: March 5, 2025

Transportation systems worldwide are facing numerous challenges, including congestion, environmental impacts, and safety concerns. This study used a systematic literature review to investigate how advanced technologies (e.g., IoT, AI, digital twins, optimization methods) support smart transportation planning. Specifically, this examines the interrelationships between proposed solutions, enabling technologies, providing insights into these innovations mobility initiatives. A review, following PRISMA guidelines, identified 26 peer-reviewed articles published 2013 2024, studies that examined technologies. To quantitatively assess relationships among key concepts, Sentence BERT-based natural language processing approach was employed compute alignment scores technological implementation strategies. The findings highlight fact real-time data collection, predictive analytics, twin simulations significantly enhance traffic flow, safety, operational efficiency while mitigating impacts. analysis further reveals strong correlations congestion public transit optimization, reinforcing effectiveness of integrated, data-driven Additionally, IoT-based sensor networks AI-driven decision-support shown play critical role in sustainable urban by proactive management, multimodal planning, emission reduction From policy perspective, underscores need for investment urban-scale infrastructures, integration modeling long-term planning frameworks, tools with improvements foster equitable efficient mobility. These offer actionable recommendations policymakers, engineers, planners, guiding resource allocation legislative strategies sustainable, adaptive, technologically ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Machine Learning for Blockchain and IoT Systems in Smart Cities: A Survey DOI Creative Commons
Ηλίας Δρίτσας, Μαρία Τρίγκα

Future Internet, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(9), P. 324 - 324

Published: Sept. 6, 2024

The integration of machine learning (ML), blockchain, and the Internet Things (IoT) in smart cities represents a pivotal advancement urban innovation. This convergence addresses complexities modern environments by leveraging ML’s data analytics predictive capabilities to enhance intelligence IoT systems, while blockchain provides secure, decentralized framework that ensures integrity trust. synergy these technologies not only optimizes management but also fortifies security privacy increasingly connected cities. survey explores transformative potential ML-driven blockchain-IoT ecosystems enabling autonomous, resilient, sustainable city infrastructure. It discusses challenges such as scalability, privacy, ethical considerations, outlines possible applications future research directions are critical for advancing initiatives. Understanding dynamics is essential realizing full cities, where technology enhances efficiency sustainability resilience.

Language: Английский

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Energy-Efficient Industrial Internet of Things in Green 6G Networks DOI Creative Commons
Xavier Fernando, George Lăzăroiu

Applied Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(18), P. 8558 - 8558

Published: Sept. 23, 2024

The research problem of this systematic review was whether green 6G networks can integrate energy-efficient Industrial Internet Things (IIoT) in terms distributed artificial intelligence, pervasive edge computing communication and big-data-based intelligent decision algorithms. We show that sensor data fusion be carried out IoT smart industrial urban environments by cooperative perception inference tasks. Our analyses debate on wireless communication, vehicular autonomous networks, algorithm technologies equipment manufacturing environments. Mobile cloud task processing capabilities decentralized network control power grid system monitoring were thereby analyzed. results contributions clarify sustainable energy efficiency generation together with support environmental systems operate efficiently intelligence networks. PRISMA used, its web-based Shiny app flow design, the search outcomes screening procedures integrated. A quantitative literature performed July 2024 original published between 2019 2024. Study screening, evidence map visualization, extraction reporting tools, machine learning classifiers, reference management software harnessed for qualitative data, collection, management, analysis synthesis. Dimensions VOSviewer deployed visualization analysis.

Language: Английский

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Innovative approaches to green digital twin technologies of sustainable smart cities using a novel hybrid decision-making system DOI Creative Commons

Jifeng Cao,

Cristi Spulbăr, Serkan Eti

et al.

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10(1), P. 100651 - 100651

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Adaptive Scheduling in Cognitive IoT Sensors for Optimizing Network Performance Using Reinforcement Learning DOI Creative Commons
Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Sokjoon Lee, Mohsin Shah

et al.

Applied Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(10), P. 5573 - 5573

Published: May 16, 2025

Cognitive sensors are embedded in home appliances and other surrounding devices to create a connected, intelligent environment for providing pervasive ubiquitous services. These frequently massive amounts of data with many redundant repeating bit values. always restricted resources, if careful strategy is not applied at the time deployment, become disconnected, degrading system’s performance terms energy, reconfiguration, delay, latency, packet loss. To address these challenges establish connected network, there need system evaluate contents detected values dynamically switch sensor states based on their function. Here this article, we propose reinforcement learning-based mechanism called “Adaptive Scheduling IoT Sensors Optimizing Network Performance using Reinforcement Learning (ASC-RL)”. For learning, proposed scheme uses three types parameters: internal parameters (states), environmental (sensing values), history (energy levels, roles, number switching states) derives function state-changing policy. Based policy, adjust adapt different energy states. minimize extensive sensing, reduce costly processing, lessen frequent communication. The reduces network traffic optimizes energy. main factors evaluated joint Gaussian distributions event correlations, derived results signal strengths, noise, prediction accuracy, efficiency combined reward score. Through comparative analysis, ASC-RL enhances overall by 3.5% detection transition probabilities. false alarm probabilities reduced 25.7%, transmission success rate increased 6.25%, reliability threshold 35%.

Language: Английский

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Enhanced digital twins (EDTs) approach based on advanced inspection and technology adoption to achieve sustainable construction processes DOI Creative Commons
Alaa O. Shehata, Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi, Gregory M. Morrison

et al.

Energy and Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 115880 - 115880

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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The Use of Digital Twins to Address Smart Tourist Destinations’ Future Challenges DOI Creative Commons
Lázaro Florido-Benítez

Platforms, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(4), P. 234 - 254

Published: Dec. 9, 2024

This research aims to conceptualise the use of digital twins (DT) tool in tourism address smart tourist destinations’ future challenges enhance tourists’ experiences and residents’ quality life through better services developed by DTs. paper investigated DT technology tackle new facing destinations (STDs) terms urban planning, sustainability, security, marketing, activities using data on this topic from expert researchers public private organisations. Also, adopted a systematic review approach analyse illustrate existing literature DTs their for STDs, which helped us develop concept STD context. The findings reveal that is emerging as disruptive being used improve management STDs efficiency, safety, environmental protection, productivity, energy consumption. Moreover, nascent marketing industries, but its versatility relation capacity predict behaviour business ecosystems relevant issues at gives it key role industry. Finally, definition has been included study within context, filling gap industry according some researchers’ suggestions. There are limited scientific publications about jointly sphere. Accordingly, manuscript defines provides viewpoint will help initiate academic discussions context STDs.

Language: Английский

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Bridging the Digital Disability Divide: Determinants of Internet Use among Visually Impaired Individuals in Thailand DOI Creative Commons

Thitiphat Phochai,

Prasongchai Setthasuravich,

Aphisit Pukdeewut

et al.

Disabilities, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(3), P. 696 - 723

Published: Sept. 17, 2024

This study investigates the sociodemographic and contextual determinants influencing Internet usage among individuals with visual impairments in Thailand, contributing to literature on digital disability divide. Data from “Disability Survey 2022” conducted by National Statistical Office of Thailand were used. Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, logistic regression analysis performed data 5621 visually impaired respondents. The findings indicate that approximately 26.88% use Internet. highlights several critical disparities. Males exhibit lower odds compared females (adjusted ratio [AOR] = 0.850, p 0.034). Younger are more likely Internet; a decline was observed increasing age (AOR for 60+ years 0.052, < 0.001). Regional disparities evident. Individuals northeastern 2.044, 0.001), central 1.356, 0.008), southern 1.992, 0.001) regions showed higher those northern region. Higher income 5000–9999 THB 1.798, educational attainment bachelor’s degree 14.915, wealth index wealthy 5.034, increase likelihood use. Employed 3.159, unemployed individuals. Additionally, severity impairment is crucial, having low vision both eyes engage online than who completely blind 5.935, These highlight need comprehensive inclusion initiatives address various factors, including age-inclusive literacy programs, targeted regional infrastructure development, economic support improve access, advancements assistive technologies. provides valuable insights policymakers other developing countries, enhancing understanding divide informing strategies foster greater equity.

Language: Английский

Citations

1