Academic Articles & Research Papers

Motivation and learning strategies in accounting: Are there differences in English as a medium of instruction (EMI) versus non-EMI students?

The objective of this paper is twofold: firstly, to analyse if there are differences between students’ motivation and their learning strategies when they study accounting subjects in Spanish or English as a medium of instruction. Secondly, ...

Assessment of the state administration effectiveness in the field of small business control in Slovakia

The agenda of small business in Slovakia is administered by state administration - district offices which registry and also control the entrepreneurs. The control units in the period 2008–2011 and its evaluation in terms of efficiency were ...

Identifying and prioritizing strategies for creating and impacting brand identity using the FCM method

AbstractThe aim of the present study is to identify and analyze the strategies for creating and consequences of brand identification using the FCM method. The present study is applicable in terms of its purpose, and exploratory in terms of ...

The Impact of Social Servicescape Factors on Customers’ Satisfaction and Repurchase Intentions in Mid-Range Restaurants in Baltic States

The present paper studies the importance of social servicescape factors to customer satisfaction in middle-priced restaurant services. This paper fills the existing literature gap on the importance of social servicescape factors onto custom...

An application of choice-based conjoint analysis to measure willingness to pay for casino buffets

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to discover what attributes of casino buffet restaurants are the most important for customers’ willingness to pay (WTP). Design/methodology/approach – Choice-based conjoint analysis was used in this st...

Process-Programmed Extraction–Structure–Activity Relationships (ESAR) in edible and medicinal mushroom polysaccharides: a mechanistic and application-oriented framework

Background: Edible and medicinal mushroom polysaccharides (EMMPs) display wide-ranging bioactivities, yet progress has been limited by siloed workflows. Extraction, structural analysis, and biological evaluation are often conducted independ...

Neuronal-Derived EV Biomarkers Track Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease

The hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology are senile plaques containing amyloid-beta (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles containing hyperphosphorylated tau. Additional pathologies often co-exist, whereas multiple pathogenic mechanism...

MiR-200c synergizes with trastuzumab-loaded gold nanoparticles to overcome resistance in ovarian cancer cells

Abstract Background Trastuzumab (TZ) resistance remains a significant challenge in the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), necessitating novel therapeutic strategies to impr...

Patrimonio architettonico monumentale d’Abruzzo post sisma del 2009 e prevenzione

A seguito del sisma aquilano del 6 aprile 2009, la comunità scientifica e professionale ha fortemente rivolto il suo interesse alla comprensione della genesi dei dissesti e alle metodologie di restauro del patrimonio storico architettonico ...

Considerazioni intorno al progetto di valorizzazione dei luoghi di interesse culturale. L’esperienza del Piano per l’Accessibilità del complesso monumentale dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze

The research presented here represents an 'experiment' in the application of the methodology of the Accessibility Plan to the monumental complex of the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. The goal of the research is to attempt to in...

Vybíjené ornamenty na středověkých sekerách

Poprvé na tento fenomén upozornil J. L. Píč v roce 1904 po nálezu dvou tauzií zdobených seker u Palackého mostu v Praze-Podskalí. Podle žlutého plátování jedné z nich se soudilo na pozlacené exempláře doby hradištní. B. Novotný v roce 1956 ...

The method for the treatment of pastels of the Instituto Português de Conservação e Restauro

A method is presented for the treatment of pastels, which has been developed at the Instituto Português de Conservação e Restauro (IPCR) since 1992. It consists of blotter washing in a humid environment (using ultrasonic humidification) and...

Pontigné (Maine-et-Loire). Église Saint-Denis

Measurement of the Y(1S) pair production cross section and search for resonances decaying to Y(1S)μ+μ− in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV

The fiducial cross section for Y(1S) pair production in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in the region where both Y(1S) mesons have an absolute rapidity below 2.0 is measured to be 79±11(stat)±6(syst)±3(B)pb ass...

Business marketing activities in Ukraine during wartime

The war in Ukraine dealt a crushing blow to the country’s economy. The relevance of the topic is due to the marketing ability to be an effective tool for restoring and developing business in Ukraine. The paper aims to define the state and p...

On the Path to Innovation: Analysis of Accounting Companies' Innovation Capabilities in Digital Technologies

Purpose – This article examines the innovation capability of accounting firms in the Brazilian market, in their use of digital technologies, based on technology development, operation, management, and transaction capabilities. Design/met...

Tourism: The International Business

Mat-heurística para recuperação de malhas aéreas considerando aeronaves e passageiros

O problema de recuperação da operação de companhia aérea impactada por uma interrupção envolve as malhas de aeronaves, de tripulantes e de passageiros. Modelos para resolvê-lo consideram uma ou mais dessas malhas, de forma integrada ou não....

An introduction to electrical resistivity in geophysics

Physicists are finding that the skills they have learned in their training may be applied to areas beyond traditional physics topics. One such field is that of geophysics. This paper presents the electrical resistivity component of an under...

Internal Water Facilitates Thermal Resetting of Clumped Isotopes in Biogenic Aragonite

Abstract Biogenic and inorganic calcium carbonates contain considerable amounts of internal water, both as free and organically associated water. The oxygen isotopic compositions (δ18O) of internal water and hosting carbonate are analyzed f...