Academic Articles & Research Papers

Business Administration

Business Administration offers an integrated, practical approach to all key aspects of business administration and to how business processes are managed. The authors highlight the function and relevance of business management in day-to-day ...

Transaction cost economics and business administration

Bifurcation and optimal control analysis of a delayed drinking model

Abstract Alcoholism is a social phenomenon that affects all social classes and is a chronic disorder that causes the person to drink uncontrollably, which can bring a series of social problems. With this motivation, a delayed drinking model...

Experience of puppet usage for managment of Tier-1 GRID cluster at NRC "Kurchatov Institute"

This article is about the organization of the cluster management using puppet. It tells about: safety of usage, from the point of view of mass apply at a computing cluster wrong configuration (by reason of human factor); collaboration work ...

Factors Affecting Difficulties in Learning Mathematics by Mathematics Learners

This article explores the adversities faced by public school students in learning mathematics in their leaning context. The main purpose of this study was to explore the causes of learning difficulties in mathematics. The design of the stud...

How Does Anxiety Affect the Relationship between the Customer and the Omnichannel Systems?

Omnichannel is not just a marketing, e-commerce, or customer support buzzword. This future customer engagement platform helps businesses communicate with customers through centralized channels on a smart interface. It is difficult to achiev...

The „Fingerprint” of the American Management in the Powerful Dynamics Concerning the Real G.D.P. from the United States of America

The victorious spirit, which predominates in all the provinces of the United States of America, penetrates the scale of values in rise concerning the real G.D.P. The symbiosis of the progresses witnessed by the American nation along of th...

IWT and RSA based asymmetric image encryption algorithm

An asymmetric image encryption algorithm based on integer wavelet transformation (IWT) and Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) algorithm is proposed. Firstly, two plain characteristic parameters (PCP) of the plain image are extracted and two random...

Mathematical Bioeconomics: The Mathematics of Conservation

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 A Generic Bioeconomic Model. 1.1 What is Conservation? 1.2 What is a Model? 1.3 A Dynamic Resource-Harvesting Model. 1.4 A Bioeconomic Model. 1.5 A Dynamic Optimization Model. 1.6 A Model of Individual Behavior. ...

Elements of mathematical ecology

"Elements of Mathematical Ecology provides an introduction to classical and modern mathematical models, methods, and issues in population ecology. The first part of the book is devoted to simple, unstructured population models that, for the...

Elements of Mathematical Ecology

Elements of Mathematical Ecology provides an introduction to classical and modern mathematical models, methods, and issues in population ecology. The first part of the book is devoted to simple, unstructured population models that ignore mu...

Analysis of factors affecting the length of stay of patients using clustering and association rules (Case study: Amir al-Momenin Hospital, Maragheh)

One of the major indicators in evaluating the performance of hospitals and their managers is the average length of stay of patients; given the importance of this indicator, the present study has examined the factors affecting the length of ...

A Robust and Space-Efficient Stack Management Method for Wireless Sensor Network OS with Scarce Hardware Resources

Due to such requirements as low power consumption and low cost, sensor nodes commonly do not include advanced H/W features. The absence of the features such as the memory management unit enforces several tasks to share a memory address doma...

Understanding older adults’ continuance intention toward smart locks: a socio-technical study based on the Expectation-Confirmation Model of Information Systems and Task-Technology Fit Model

Background As aging populations continue to grow, smart home technologies—such as smart locks—have become increasingly essential to support older adults’ independent living. Long-term use remains a challenge, however, with most studies focu...

Health technology for equitable access to quality health services

Health technology (HT) is an important part of health systems, the acquisition, assessment, management and costs of which have brought about increasing challenges in delivery of healthcare services. In order to address the high levels and w...

Different Transport Behaviors between Asian Dust and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Areas: Monitoring in Fukuoka and Kanazawa, Japan

To clarify different effects of Asian dust (AD), long-range transported from Asian continent, on total suspended particles (TSP) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Japan, TSP were simultaneously collected during AD periods (from...

Adopting AI Enhances Humanitarian Operations While Demanding Critical Trade-Offs

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly impacting the cooperation sector, transforming how humanitarians are operating in the field. AI tools now allow for improved health diagnostics and quality services. In conflict areas, organizati...

A “P5” Approach to Healthcare and Health Technology

Abstract The challenges represented by chronic conditions worldwide are related to disease management and patient engagement. Healthcare should open not only to new tools and resources but also to innovative approaches. This contribution de...

Health Technology Management

Understanding Design Tradeoffs for Health Technologies

We introduce a mixed-methods approach for determining how people weigh tradeoffs in values related to health and technologies for health self-management. Our approach combines interviews with Q-methodology, a method from psychology uniquely...