Academic Articles & Research Papers

Can resistant coral-Symbiodinium associations enable coral communities to survive climate change? A study of a site exposed to long-term hot water input

Climate change has led to a decline in the health of corals and coral reefs around the world. Studies have shown that, while some corals can cope with natural and anthropogenic stressors either through resistance mechanisms of coral hosts o...

How working capital management affects financial sustainability in airline groups centered in the European market

Abstract Air transport has become the dominant mode of passenger mobility worldwide, yet airline groups remain highly vulnerable to financial distress because of volatile demand, high fixed costs, and exposure to systemic shocks. This study...

Toward sustainable development: the nexus between financial development, renewable energy, and carbon emissions in China

The accelerating emissions of greenhouse gases—particularly carbon dioxide (CO2)—pose serious challenges to global environmental sustainability, with China being a major contributor due to its rapid economic and financial expansion. This st...

Contribution of short-term global clinical health experience to the leadership competency of health professionals: a qualitative study

Objectives Globalisation has increased the opportunities for health professionals working in developed countries to provide clinical and educational support in developing countries. However, how these experiences contribute to the leadershi...

Online Classification of Road Roughness Conditions with Vehicle Unsprung Mass Acceleration by Sliding Time Window

Suspension control systems are in need for more information of road roughness conditions to improve their performance under different roads. Existing methods of gauging road roughness are limited, and they usually involve visual inspections...

Tribological and flexural characterization of dissimilar AA2024-T3/AA6082-T6 friction stir welded joints

The escalating demand for lightweight, high-strength structures in the aerospace and automotive sectors necessitates robust joining technologies for dissimilar aluminium alloys. This study systematically investigates the effects of friction...

Rural Community Engagement for Heritage Conservation and Adaptive Renewal

Systems thinking can shed light on important relationships and conditions that affect community engagement activities. While robust tools like the community capitals framework and the sustainable livelihoods approach provide valuable contex...

The spatial allocation of population: a review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use

Population data represent an essential component in studies focusing on human–nature interrelationships, disaster risk assessment and environmental health. Several recent efforts have produced global- and continental-extent gridded populati...

A preliminary study on productivity investments in tourism security of a multi-islands province: Community perspectives for holiday destination holistic strategy for Community-Based Tourism model of Romblon, the Philippines

Community-Based Tourism is seen for having a huge impact on rural communities in the Philippines and many countries. It is generally known for its pro-poor implications that deliver socio-cultural, ecological, and economic benefits to steer...

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...

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...

How ESG Signals Shape Tourists’ Premium-Paying Behavior in Community-Based Homestays

This study examines how international tourists’ perceptions of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices influence their willingness to pay a premium for community-based homestays. Grounded in signaling theory, ESG perception is...

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...

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 triglyceride glucose-body roundness index and body roundness index with incident sarcopenia among Chinese older adults: A nationwide cohort study

Background: The relationship between TyG-BRI, BRI, and the sarcopenia definition proposed by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) in 2019 remains unclear. This research focused on exploring the relationship between the TyG-BRI inde...

Uncovering the Tradeoffs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in Mining Landscapes: Spatiotemporal and Factor Detection Perspective

Revealing the spatial-temporal evolution and interactions of ecosystem services (ESs) in mining area is critical for sustainable environmental management. The temporal and spatial characteristics and changing trends of six ESs in Yuzhong mi...

Identifying strawberry DOF family transcription factors and their expressions in response to crown rot

Crown rot is one of the most destructive diseases of cultivated strawberry. The DOF family transcription factors, which involved in biotic stress, has not been studied in responding to strawberry crown rot. In this study, the DOFs of Fragar...

Correction: Modeling relationships between iron status, behavior, and brain electrophysiology: evidence from a randomized study involving a biofortified grain in Indian adolescents

Nordiske sundhedsfremmende perspektiver på ældre menneskers deltagelse og tryghed

Nordic Health Promotion Perspectives on Older Adults Participation and Sense og Security Demographic changes and the growing elderly population in Scandinavia provide an incentive to study Health Ageing in the Nordic Countries. The chose...

Diegetic Pregnancy in Jesse Greengrass’s Sight (2018), or the Ethics of Building Bodies in(to) Literature

Although they have often been used as metaphors for the act of writing, pregnancy and childbirth have a long history of being left out of literature itself, especially as diegetic events in the novel. Jessie Greengrass’s novel Sight (2018) ...