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Price Strategy, Market Orientation, and Business Performance in the Hotel Industry
This study seeks to study the relationship between market orientation and business performance and to evaluate the mediating effect of adopting a low-price strategy in this relationship in the hotel industry. A sample from the...
Published by: IGI Global
Integrating Digital Technologies in Accounting Preservice Teacher Education
Ana Rodrigues
Jan 01, 2022
The importance of developing technological skills at the undergraduate level to form better professionals is no longer questionable, assuming a particular role in subjects as accounting education. However, it appears that...
Published by: IGI Global
A Radial Estimation-of-Distribution Algorithm for the Job-Shop Scheduling Problem
Ricardo Pérez-Rodríguez
Jan 01, 2022
The job-shop environment has been widely studied under different approaches. It is due to its practical characteristic that makes its research interesting. Therefore, the job-shop scheduling problem continues being attracted to...
Published by: IGI Global
Impact of Brand Trust and Technology Readiness on the Willingness to Use Autonomous Cars in Brazil
This study sought to analyse whether brand trust and technology readiness influence the willingness to use (WTU) autonomous vehicles (AVs) in Brazil. A survey was applied with potential consumers, and the results, based on 213...
Published by: IGI Global
Targeting earlier diagnosis
Colin F Munro, Ratko Yurac, Zipser Carl Moritz, Michael G Fehlings, Ricardo Rodrigues-Pinto, James Milligan, Konstantinos Margetis, Mark R N Kotter, Benjamin M Davies
Apr 17, 2023
Background
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common and disabling condition. Early effective treatment is limited by late diagnosis. Conventional descriptions of DCM focus on motor and sensory limb disability...
Published by: PLOS ONE
Recommendation System for Sightseeing Tours
This research proposes a model of a recommendation system (RS) for tourist itineraries. The RS suggests tips of what to visit in a city, based on the available time, personal preferences, current geo-location, and the user's...
Business and Management Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management Hospitality, Travel, & Tourism Management
Published by: IGI Global
A Physiological-Monitoring Electronic Platform for Cattle Grazing Systems
Ricardo Santos, Fabiana Alves, Patrik Bressan, Ricardo Aguiar, Wellington Santos, Rafael Costa
Jul 01, 2020
In this work, we present a non-invasive electronic platform for physiological data acquisition on cattle grazing systems. The platform can be used for dairy and beef cattle to continuously monitor physiological variables such as...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
A System Dynamics Model of Technology and Society
Kenya has emerged in recent times as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world. There is not a single, widely used paradigm which has synthesised the various schools and theories dealing with technology and...
Published by: IGI Global
A Systematic Literature Review on Hospitality Analytics
With the growth of data generated by all systems involved in a hotel, terms like big data and business analytics (BA) gain strength within the hotel industry. Business analytics can be used in hospitality management to increase...
Published by: IGI Global
Applications of Cognitive Intelligence in the Information Retrieval Process and Associated Challenges
Information retrieval refers to a noteworthy system of identifying relevant information and recovering it through specific procedures from stored system. These technique is used in many differentiated applications that deal with...
Published by: IGI Global
The Effect of Reciprocity on Mobile Wallet Intention
The authors build on the literature on reciprocity by exploring a prevalent social and economic phenomenon in the Philippines where individuals with positive mobile phone balances can SMS loads to acquaintances. This practice is...
Published by: IGI Global
Use of Internet of Things With Data Prediction on Healthcare Environments
Internet of Things (IoT) is a constantly growing paradigm that promises to revolutionize healthcare applications and could be associated with several other techniques. Data prediction is another widely used paradigm, where data...
Information Security & Privacy Security and Forensics Cyber and Network Security Computer Science and Information Technology Science and Engineering
Published by: IGI Global
Ingestive Behaviour Activities Based on Bioacoustic Signals in Grazing Cattle
This work focuses on the development of an autonomous, electronic platform based on bioacoustic techniques to monitor animal sounds related to ingestive activities and sub-activities in beef cattle. The authors have developed an...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
Self and Peer E-Assessment
In recent years, universities and other academic institutions have been performing collaborative learning to improve the students' skills, competencies, and learning outcomes. The problem-based learning approach is a learning...
Published by: IGI Global
Profiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspective
Rui Rijo, Ricardo Martinho, Adicinéia Oliveira, Domingos Alves, Zilma Reis, Cátia Santos-Pereira, Manuel Correia, Luís Antunes, Ricardo Cruz-Correia
Apr 01, 2020
The proliferation of electronic health (e-Health) initiatives in Brazil over the last 2 decades has resulted in a considerable fragmentation within health information technology (IT), with a strong political interference. The...
Published by: IGI Global
Benchmarking Serverless Computing
With the increasing adoption of serverless computing, there is a need for a benchmark. The aim of this paper is to present such a benchmark based on performance and usability testing to better understand serverless services as...
Published by: IGI Global
Use of Internet of Things With Data Prediction on Healthcare Environments
Internet of Things (IoT) is a constantly growing paradigm that promises to revolutionize healthcare applications and could be associated with several other techniques. Data prediction is another widely used paradigm, where data...
Published by: IGI Global
Relationship Between Learning Styles and Learning Objects
Luciana Assis, Ana Rodrigues, Alessandro Vivas, Cristiano Pitangui, Cristiano Silva, Fabiano Dorça
Jan 01, 2022
The automation of learning object recommendation and learning styles detection processes has attracted the interest of many researchers. Some works consider Learning Styles to recommend Learning Objects. On the other hand, other...
Published by: IGI Global
Benefits Measurement of a Plan to Reduce Hypertension in a Healthcare Foundation Using the BCTool
Leandro Pereira, Vânia Patrício, António Fernandes, José Santos, Ricardo Santos, Carlos Jerónimo, Francisco Simões
Nov 01, 2021
The hypertension is a well know problem and associated with a high salt consuming is one of the commonest chronic diseases.To measure the impact of this consuming it has been applied the methodology provided by the Business Case...
Published by: IGI Global
Activation of CO 2 assimilation during photosynthetic induction is slower in C 4 than in C 3 photosynthesis in three phylogenetically controlled experiments
Lucía Arce Cubas, Richard L. Vath, Emmanuel L. Bernardo, Cristina Rodrigues Gabriel Sales, Angela C. Burnett, Johannes Kromdijk
Apr 11, 2023
Plant Science C4 photosynthesis C3 photosynthesis photosynthetic induction CO2 assimilation photorespiration non-steady state Light response
Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.
Features Selection Study for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Thermographic Images, Genetic Algorithms, and Particle Swarm Optimization
Amanda Rodrigues da Silva, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, José Silva de Andrade, Thifany Silva de Souza, Maria Jacinto de Almeida, Washington Azevedo da Silva, Rita Fernandes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos
Jul 01, 2021
Early detection of breast cancer is critical to improve treatment efficiency and chance of cure. Mammography is the main method for breast cancer screening; however, it has some limitations. Infrared thermography is a technique...
Published by: IGI Global
Features Selection Study for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Thermographic Images, Genetic Algorithms, and Particle Swarm Optimization
Amanda Rodrigues da Silva, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, José Silva de Andrade, Thifany Silva de Souza, Maria Jacinto de Almeida, Washington Azevedo da Silva, Rita Fernandes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos
Jul 01, 2022
Early detection of breast cancer is critical to improve treatment efficiency and chance of cure. Mammography is the main method for breast cancer screening; however, it has some limitations. Infrared thermography is a technique...
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Medical Technologies Medical Informatics Computer Science and Information Technology Science and Engineering
Published by: IGI Global
Bridging pre-surgical endocrine therapy for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic
Rajiv V Dave, Beatrix Elsberger, Vicky P Taxiarchi, Ashu Gandhi, Cliona C Kirwan, Baek Kim, Elizabeth M Camacho, Charlotte E Coles, Ellen Copson, Alona Courtney, Kieran Horgan, Patricia Fairbrother, Chris Holcombe, Jamie J Kirkham, Daniel R Leff, Stuart A McIntosh, Rachel O'Connell, Ricardo Pardo, Shelley Potter, Tim Rattay, Nisha Sharma, Raghavan Vidya, Ramsey I Cutress, B-MaP-C study collaborative
Apr 17, 2023
PURPOSE: The B-MaP-C study investigated changes to breast cancer care that were necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we present a follow-up analysis of those patients commenced on bridging endocrine therapy (BrET), whilst...
CEERS Key Paper. III. The Diversity of Galaxy Structure and Morphology at z = 3–9 with JWST
Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Caitlin Rose, Brittany N. Vanderhoof, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Luca Costantin, Isabella G. Cox, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Dale D. Kocevski, Stijn Wuyts, Henry C. Ferguson, Micaela B. Bagley, Steven L. Finkelstein, Ricardo O. Amorín, Brett H. Andrews, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Bren E. Backhaus, Peter Behroozi, Laura Bisigello, Antonello Calabrò, Caitlin M. Casey, Rosemary T. Coogan, M. C. Cooper, Darren Croton, Alexander de la Vega, Mark Dickinson, Adriano Fontana, Maximilien Franco, Andrea Grazian, Norman A. Grogin, Nimish P. Hathi, Benne W. Holwerda, Marc Huertas-Company, Kartheik G. Iyer, Shardha Jogee, Intae Jung, Lisa J. Kewley, Allison Kirkpatrick, Anton M. Koekemoer, James Liu, Jennifer M. Lotz, Ray A. Lucas, Jeffrey A. Newman, Camilla Pacifici, Viraj Pandya, Casey Papovich, Laura Pentericci, Pablo G. Pérez-González, Jayse Petersen, Nor Pirzkal, Marc Rafelski, Swara Ravindranath, Raymond C. Simons, Gregory F. Snyder, Rachel S. Somerville, Elizabeth R. Stanway, Amber N. Straughn, Sandro Tacchella, Jonathan R. Trump, Jesús Vega-Ferrero, Stephen M. Wilkins, Guang Yang, Jorge A. Zavala
Apr 14, 2023
We present a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the morphological and structural properties of a large sample of galaxies at z = 3–9 using early James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) CEERS NIRCam observations. Our sample...
Published by: The American Astronomical Society