Academic Articles & Research Papers

Performance Analysis of a Combined Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Heating System in Xi’an, China

This study proposed a combined solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP) system that could operate in the serial mode or parallel mode. For this proposed system, a stable year-round operation could be achieved without the assistance of electric heati...

Impact of Consumer Education Programs on Agricultural Consumer Behaviour in Makurdi Metropolis, Nigeria

This study evaluated the impact of consumer education programs in influencing consumer behavior in Makurdi Metropolis, Benue State, Nigeria. The study was motivated by the increasing concern that many consumers in the area lack adequate kno...

Rethinking Smart Technology Adoption in Foodservice Microbusinesses Through Specialist-Driven Action Research

This study examines smart technology adoption in foodservice microbusinesses by moving beyond intention-based explanations to examine how adoption and post-adoption unfold in practice. Hospitality technology research has largely emphasised ...

SLOW FOOD AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF SLOW FOOD TOURISM IN UTTARAKHAND, INDIA

Slow food has emerged as an unexplored contributor to promotion of local tourism. The objective of the present study is three-fold; to identify the various slow food being served in Uttarakhand, to recognize scope of development of slow foo...

Exploring Pattaya’s tourism DNA: a mixed-method approach for revisit intention

This study investigates the structural and symbolic foundations of Pattaya’s tourism identity using a mixed-methods approach that integrates thematic qualitative analysis with Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). It...

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....

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...

Responses to the Holocaust in Modern Irish Poetry

This essay examines twentieth and twenty-first century responses by Irish poets to the Holocaust. It argues that, despite the illiberal tendencies of the Irish state towards Jewish immigration during and after the 1939-1945 war, recent comm...

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Longevity of dental restorations in Sjogren’s disease patients using electronic dental and health record data

Abstract Background Decreased salivary secretion is not only a risk factor for carious lesions in Sjögren’s disease (SD) but also an indicator of deterioration of teeth with every restorative replacement. This study determined the longevity...

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy for pediatrics with infective disease: A updated meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis

ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the effect of procalcitonin (PCT) guided therapy on antibiotic exposure in pediatric patients with infectious disease.MethodsWe performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled ...

Constructing the concept of healthy ageing and examining its association with loneliness in older adults

Abstract Background World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy ageing by highlighting five functional ability domains to (meet basic needs, make decisions, be mobile, build and maintain relationships, and contribute to society), wh...

Association of negative opinions towards telepsychiatry with its prior use and the level of geriatric psychiatry care among nursing home stakeholders

Objectives: Despite the benefits of geriatric telepsychiatry, the lack of support from the staff remains one of the major challenges it faces. We wanted to explore whether negative opinions towards telepsychiatry in nursing home (NH) stakeh...

Aging, aerobic exercise, and cardiovascular health: Barriers, alternative strategies and future directions

Age-associated cardiovascular (CV) dysfunction, namely arterial dysfunction, is a key antecedent to the development of CV disease (CVD). Arterial dysfunction with aging is characterized by impaired vascular endothelial function and stiffeni...

Impact of the Age of Cecal Material Transfer Donors on Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology in 5xFAD Mice

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting around 30 million patients worldwide. The predominant sporadic variant remains enigmatic as the underlying cause has still not been identified. Since efficient therap...

Nutritional status, literacy, and risk factors of malnutrition in the population over 50 years of age - findings from the SHARE project

Summary: Background & Aims: The transition from middle age to old age (from adults aged 50–55 years to older seniors aged 75–80 years) represents a critical period in terms of changes in body composition, i.e., increase in body fat per...

Broca’s biases in modern aphasiology

Broca’s description of aphemia signals the emergence of aphasiology as a discipline. It also marks the beginning of a long tradition of studies of right-handed patients (“Nous parlons avec l’hémisphère gauche”) with lesions in the inferior ...

<i>Sechium edule</i> var. <i>nigrum spinosum</i> (Chayote) Increases the mRNA Expression of Genes Encoding Sirtuins in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Consumption of Sechium edule var. nigrum spinosum has antioxidant and hypoglycemic effects. Regarding the former, certain signaling pathways that influence these effects have already been proposed; however, the underlying molecular mechanis...

Multimodel GCM-RCM Ensemble-Based Projections of Temperature and Precipitation over West Africa for the Early 21st Century

Reliable climate change scenarios are critical for West Africa, whose economy relies mostly on agriculture and, in this regard, multimodel ensembles are believed to provide the most robust climate change information. Toward this end, we ana...

The cause of high intensity of seismicity in Ukraine

In the article, the earthquake near Sumy is considered in detail. According to the authors, this earthquake occurred under the influence of several stress regimes. At the regional level: it is related to the transfer of stresses from the Vr...