Academic Articles & Research Papers

Covert marketing in Social commerce: Muslim Consumers' Perception of Viral Products in the Perspective of Islamic Business Ethics

This study is motivated by the rapid development of increasingly creative digital marketing strategies that may raise ethical concerns when conducted without transparency. This study aims to analyze Muslim consumer perceptions of covert mar...

Improving the Sexual Wellbeing of Patients with Psychotic Illness

Introduction Sexual dysfunction (SD) is common in psychotic illness including schizophrenia, occurring in 30-82% of patients. It negatively impacts wellbeing and antipsychotic compliance, resulting in higher risk of relapse and hospitalisa...

Study the Effectiveness of Implementing Quality Management System In the Corporations Won the ISO Certificate (Case Study: The Ministry of Energy’s Subsidiaries in Isfahan)

Nowadays most organizations have found that improving the quality of goods and services is the necessary condition to attend and survive in the market and in universal competition. ISO quality management system encompasses requirements for ...

Rethinking avian influenza control: a systems-oriented One Health perspective for family poultry

Early detection and control of high- and low-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI, LPAI) in family poultry flocks remain challenging in settings where mortality from enzootic diseases such as Newcastle disease (ND) and infectious bursal dise...

3 Dimenions for Long Term Conditions - creating a sustainable bio-psycho-social approach to healthcare

Introduction: 30% of people with long-term conditions also have a mental health condition. 3Dimensions for Long-term Conditions (3DLC) integrates psychosocial care into heart failure, COPD and resistant hypertension treatment. It is a joint...

The Effect of Health Literacy on a Brief Intervention to Improve Advance Directive Completion: A Randomized Controlled Study

Objective Completion of an advance directive (AD) document is one component of advanced care planning. We evaluated a brief intervention to enhance AD completion and assess whether the intervention effect varied according to health literacy...

Generation X, Y and Z values in Ukraine

The paper presents findings of a survey into values of different generations conducted by Academy DTEK jointly with hh.ua|grc During two months of 2019 we polled 2,182 visitors of the Ukrainian Job portal hh.ua|grc (both job seekers and emp...

Professional self-realization of disabled persons in an urban environment

The article is a review of the part of the research conducted in the framework of the grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research “Urban well-being of people with disabilities”. The immediate subject of the article is professional se...

The impact of an online intervention on the medical, dental and health sciences students about interprofessional education; a quasi-experimental study

Abstract Background Interprofessional education (IPE) encompasses integration, communication, mutual trust and shared decision-making with a common goal of improved patient care and safety. Despite its crucial role, IPE has not gained its a...

A security picture: A systematic literature review of social representations of security and associated emotional dynamics in the context of multi-layered citizenship

The political world is inherently a social world, composed of multiple groups and identities that often coexist in conflictual and unstable ways. Consequently, the collective meanings attributed to individuals, social groups, and events are...

Evaluating the social return on investment of dance movement for wellbeing in the prevention of burnout among healthcare staff: a study protocol

Introduction Improvement in the National Health Service (NHS) employees’ mental well-being and staff retention are current key issues. Evidence indicates that dance movement therapy (DMT) has been effective in improving mental health and we...

Epidemiology of varicose veins

Assessment and treatment of varicose veins comprises a significant part of the surgical workload. In the UK, National Health Service waiting lists suggest that there is still considerable unmet need. This review analyses all published data ...

Persuasive Robotics: The influence of robot gender on human behavior

Persuasive Robotics is the study of persuasion as it applies to human-robot interaction (HRI). Persuasion can be generally defined as an attempt to change another's beliefs or behavior. The act of influencing others is fundamental to nearly...

Robotont 3–an accessible 3D-printable ROS-supported open-source mobile robot for education and research

Educational robots offer a platform for training aspiring engineers and building trust in technology that is envisioned to shape how we work and live. In education, accessibility and modularity are significant in the choice of such a techno...

Review of Deployable Endogenous Security Technologies for Smart Grids

The smart grid is a critical infrastructure in the modern energy system that couples cyberspace with physical operation processes, and it has become a key pillar of national energy security. With the widespread use of massive heterogeneous ...

Quantum computing at the frontiers of biological sciences

A Formal Definition for Trust in Distributed Systems

Security threats scenarios in trust and reputation models for distributed systems

The Role of Trust Management in Distributed Systems Security

The Digital Distributed System Security Architecture

The Digital Distributed System Security Architecture is a comprehensive specification for security in a distributed system that employs state-of-the-art concepts to address the needs of both commercial and government environments. The archi...