Academic Articles & Research Papers

The “Pink Tax” and Gender Price Disparity in Personal Care

The “Pink Tax” refers to charging higher prices for products and services marketed primarily to women compared to similar or identical items targeted at men, despite comparable production costs. This research uses Unilever as a case study t...

Supporting Luxury Hotel Recovered in Times of COVID-19 by Applying TRIZ Method: A Case Study in Taiwan

The current COVID-19 pandemic, which is alarming for another global economic recession, puts the sustainable development of the tourism system under high consideration. The tourism industry is a key generator of foreign exchange across the ...

Differentiating service quality impact between the online and off-line context: an empirical investigation of a corporate travel agency

Purpose – Corporate travel represents a significant source of revenue for the tourism industry. Therefore, the quality of service is essential for maintaining and expanding corporate cliental bases. Despite the importance, the extant litera...

Editorial

Academic research represents a milestone in the practice of quality higher education.  Academics that consistently conduct and publish research in specialized disciplines develop leadership in their particular areas and nurture with new kno...

METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES OF PLSSEM IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH: THE CASE OF RAKIJA

Structural equation modeling (SEM) is widely applied inconsumer behavior research; however, the methodologicalchoice between covariance-based SEM (CB-SEM) andpartial least squares SEM (PLS-SEM) remains contestedin applied research contexts....

Achieving corporate sustainability performance: The influence of corporate ethical value, and leader-member exchange on employee behaviors and organizational performance

Abstract This study investigated how corporate sustainability performance can be attained through the interface of corporate ethical values and leader-member exchange, and how employees’ positive and negative behaviors can influence these r...

TOURISTS’ PERCEPTION OF ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN LAGOS NIGERIA: THE CASE OF LEKKI CONSERVATION CENTRE

This study examined tourists’ perception of ecotourism services in Lagos, Nigeria, with the specificity of the Lekki Conservation Centre. Specific objectives were to identify the elements of tourists’ demand concerning destination loyalty i...

A Graph Neural Networks-Based Learning Framework With Hyperbolic Embedding for Personalized Tag Recommendation

Learning high-quality representations of users, items, and tags from historical interactive data is crucial for personalized tag recommendation (PTR) systems. Currently, most PTR models are committed to learning representations from first-o...

A framework-based systematic review of blue tourism literature: Current status and future research agenda

Purpose – With destinations facing ever-increasing challenges due to increasing tourism activities, understanding residents’ perspectives is critical for fostering a harmonious and sustainable coexistence. Therefore, this study systematical...

Production of Cooking Gas through Electrochemical Decomposition of Organic Matter

In recent decades, the use of electrochemistry has increased exponentially. Electrochemistry has demonstrated their effectiveness in the cleaning of manufactured effluents and the decomposition of complex hydrological compounds for water tr...

GIS Based Appraisal of Waste Disposal for Environmental Assessment and Management in Mainland Area of Lagos State, NG

An appraisal of Waste disposal for environmental assessment and management in Lagos Mainland of Lagos state using the GIS has been carried out. GIS has been a veritable tool for analyzing, storing, querying, capturing, displaying and manag...

Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the relationship of obesity with diabetes among the general community of Pakistan

This study sought to evaluate the influence of knowledge, attitude, and practices assessment on diabetes related to obesity in Pakistani society. Data was collected both through door to door and online survey approaches from 518 participant...

Predictors of Behavioural Intention and the Mediating Effects of Hotel Virtual Reality Experience and Cognitive Absorption

The study explores the influence of vividness, content quality, and system quality in virtual reality (VR) experiences on guests’ behavioural intentions in the hotel industry in the National Capital Region. It specifically examines how thes...

Operational Labor Shortages and Authentic Hospitality: Evidence from Greek Hotels

Operational labor shortages have become a pressing challenge for hospitality organizations, especially in highly seasonal tourism destinations such as Greece, where service experiences are deeply tied to cultural identity and authentic hosp...

Modelling Urban Tourism in Historic Southeast Asian Cities

Older cities with significant physical historic resources have become increasingly important centers for urban tourism, though contemporary attractions and events are often important in their own right. It is acknowledged that urban areas a...

"I did not feel the same as before surgery"

This paper examines Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals (2020) and her journey post-mastectomy, in relation to José Muñoz’s theory of disidentification, which he discusses in his book Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of...

Poster 58. Preoperative Corticosteroid Injection History Does Not Influence Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Survivorship or Failure Rates

Objective: Meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT) is a joint-preserving option for patients with symptomatic meniscal deficiency unresponsive to nonoperative care. By restoring tibiofemoral load transmission, MAT can relieve pain, improve...

Recio Mir, Álvaro, Fátima Halcón y Francisco Javier Herrera García. 2023. Arquitectura, ingeniería y administración virreinal. Nueva España en el siglo XVIII. Sevilla: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas / Editorial Universidad de Sevilla / Diputación de Sevilla. 356 pp.

Prophylactic Absorbable Antibiotic Beads for High-risk, Implant-based Prepectoral Reconstruction

Summary:. Infections are problematic in postmastectomy implant-based reconstruction with infection rates as high as 30%. Strategies to reduce the risk of infection have demonstrated various efficacies. A prolonged course of systemic, oral a...

The Cardiorespiratory Network in Healthy First-Degree Relatives of Schizophrenic Patients

Impaired heart rate- and respiratory regulatory processes as a sign of an autonomic dysfunction seems to be obviously present in patients suffering from schizophrenia. Since the linear and non-linear couplings within the cardiorespiratory s...