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Professionalism Perception and Client Satisfaction
This research aims to evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction of the nightclubs with the security guards, as well as the perception of their professionalism in performing their duties. Using survey data from 479 nightclubs...
Published by: IGI Global
"As Seen on TV"
Maria de la luz Matus-Mendoza
Aug 01, 2013
This paper reports on the usage of the Spanish subjunctive in televised media. Silva-Corvahin (1994) and Lavandera (1983) have researched the subjunctive extensively though without consideration of the language as used on...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Human Capital as a Mediating Factor of Structural Capital and Value Addition
Structural capital is one of the components of intellectual capital. The measurement is essential in order to obtain the real value of intellectual capital and its influence on the profitability of the business. The measurement...
Published by: IGI Global
Digital Barriers and Individual Coping Behaviors in Distance Education During COVID-19
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have played a pivotal role in facilitating knowledge acquisition and enabling distance education. Yet, knowledge about digital divide in distance education remains limited. This...
Published by: IGI Global
Access to Credit and Green Innovation
Starting with the natural credit relationship between financial institutions and enterprises, this paper examines the relationship between distance-based access to credit and green innovation by using the data of financial...
Published by: IGI Global
Communication Overload in Online Communities in Higher Education
This paper presents part of a research project on the use of information technology by students and teachers to communicate with each other in online community contexts of higher education institutions. The part of this project...
Published by: IGI Global
The Influence of Organizational Ambidexterity on SME Speed of Internationalization
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) require a combination of organizational and individual skills to grow more rapidly in international markets. The question is whether there is an ideal combination to compete in the present...
Published by: IGI Global
Technical-Economic Feasibility Study of a Tri-Generation System in an Isolated Tropical Island
Over the years, and despite the energy efficiency measures and possibilities, there has been an increase in energy consumption worldwide. However, the resources and primary energies are limited and short stocked, and the energy...
Published by: IGI Global
A System Dynamics Model for Sales and Operations Planning
The use of system dynamics techniques to model the sales and operations planning (S&OP), associated with the economic and financial processes, is an innovative proposal. The objectives of this article are to model and simulate...
Published by: IGI Global
An Image Quality Adjustment Framework for Object Detection on Embedded Cameras
Automatic analysis tools are ubiquitously applied on wireless embedded cameras to extract high-level information from raw data. The quality of images may be degraded by factors such as noise and blur introduced during the...
Published by: IGI Global
Mining Express Service Innovation Opportunity From Online Reviews
In order to further meet the diversified needs of customers and enhance market competitiveness, it is necessary for express delivery enterprises to carry out service innovation. From the perspective of customer demand, we...
Published by: IGI Global
A Patent Analysis on Big Data Projects
Studies concerning Big Data patents have been published; however, research investigating Big Data projects is scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study was to conduct an exploratory analysis of a patent database to collect...
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, 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
The Analysis of Two-Way E-Commerce Credit Evaluation Model Based on the C2C Mode
As an important mode of e-commerce, C2C has become a trading mechanism favored by consumers. However, for C2C transaction in a virtual environment, there is an issue of congenital transaction asymmetry, leading to increased...
Published by: IGI Global
fMRI Feature Extraction Model for ADHD Classification Using Convolutional Neural Network
Sampath Jayarathna, Dulani Meedeniya, Senuri De Silva, Sanuwani Dayarathna, Gangani Ariyarathne
Jan 01, 2021
Biomedical intelligence provides a predictive mechanism for the automatic diagnosis of diseases and disorders. With the advancements of computational biology, neuroimaging techniques have been used extensively in clinical data...
Published by: IGI Global
Impacts of the Application of Virtual and Augmented Reality on Teaching-Learning Processes in Engineering Courses
Cognitive approaches to teaching generate learning through the interaction between the subject and object of study. One of the strategies to create this interaction is related to the application of virtual and augmented reality...
Published by: IGI Global
Data Mining of MR Technical Parameters
Adriana Murraças, Paula Martins, Carlos Ferreira, Tiago Godinho, Augusto Ferreira da Silva
Jan 01, 2021
Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy during a magnetic resonance imaging exam is a safety concern related to biological thermal effects. Estimation of the specific absorption rate (SAR) is done by manufacturer scanner...
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
A BERT-Based Hybrid Short Text Classification Model Incorporating CNN and Attention-Based BiGRU
Short text classification is a research focus for natural language processing (NLP), which is widely used in news classification, sentiment analysis, mail filtering and other fields. In recent years, deep learning techniques are...
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
Multiphoton excited singlet/triplet mixed self-trapped exciton emission.
Rui Zhou, Laizhi Sui, Xinbao Liu, Kaikai Liu, Dengyang Guo, Wenbo Zhao, Shiyu Song, Chaofan Lv, Shu Chen, Tianci Jiang, Zhe Cheng, Sheng Meng, ChongXin Shan
Apr 11, 2023
Multiphoton excited luminescence is of paramount importance in the field of optical detection and biological photonics. Self-trapped exciton (STE) emission with self-absorption-free advantages provide a choice for multiphoton...
Published by: Nature Communications
Control of Raman Scattering Quantum Interference Pathways in Graphene.
Xue Chen, Sven Reichardt, Miao-Ling Lin, Yu-Chen Leng, Yan Lu, Heng Wu, Rui Mei, Ludger Wirtz, Xin Zhang, Andrea C Ferrari, Ping-Heng Tan
Apr 09, 2023
Quantum Interference Graphite Intercalation Compounds Electron−electron Interaction Electron−phonon Coupling Resonant Raman Scattering
Published by: ACS nano
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland
David J. Pascall, Elen Vink, Rachel Blacow, Naomi Bulteel, Alasdair Campbell, Robyn Campbell, Sarah Clifford, Chris Davis, Ana da Silva Filipe, Noha El Sakka, Ludmila Fjodorova, Ruth Forrest, Emily Goldstein, Rory Gunson, John Haughney, Matthew T. G. Holden, Patrick Honour, Joseph Hughes, Edward James, Tim Lewis, Samantha Lycett, Oscar MacLean, Martin McHugh, Guy Mollett, Yusuke Onishi, Ben Parcell, Surajit Ray, David L. Robertson, Sharif Shabaan, James G. Shepherd, Katherine Smollett, Kate Templeton, Elizabeth Wastnedge, Craig Wilkie, Thomas Williams, Emma C. Thomson, The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium
Apr 13, 2023
RESEARCH ARTICLE People and places Physical sciences Biology and life sciences Medicine and Health Sciences Computer and information sciences
Published by: Public Library of Science
Overview of the DESI Milky Way Survey
Andrew P. Cooper, Sergey E. Koposov, Carlos Allende Prieto, Christopher J. Manser, Namitha Kizhuprakkat, Adam D. Myers, Arjun Dey, Boris T. Gänsicke, Ting S. Li, Constance Rockosi, Monica Valluri, Joan Najita, Alis Deason, Anand Raichoor, M.-Y. Wang, Y.-S. Ting, Bokyoung Kim, Andreia Carrillo, Wenting Wang, Leandro Beraldo e Silva, Jiwon Jesse Han, Jiani Ding, Miguel Sánchez-Conde, Jessica N. Aguilar, Steven Ahlen, Stephen Bailey, Vasily Belokurov, David Brooks, Katia Cunha, Kyle Dawson, Axel de la Macorra, Peter Doel, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Parker Fagrelius, Kevin Fanning, Andreu Font-Ribera, Jaime E. Forero-Romero, Enrique Gaztañaga, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, Julien Guy, Klaus Honscheid, Robert Kehoe, Theodore Kisner, Anthony Kremin, Martin Landriau, Michael E. Levi, Paul Martini, Aaron M. Meisner, Ramon Miquel, John Moustakas, Jundan J. D. Nie, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Will J. Percival, Claire Poppett, Francisco Prada, Nabeel Rehemtulla, Edward Schlafly, David Schlegel, Michael Schubnell, Ray M. Sharples, Gregory Tarlé, Risa H. Wechsler, David H. Weinberg, Zhimin Zhou, Hu Zou
Apr 18, 2023
We describe the Milky Way Survey (MWS) that will be undertaken with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on the Mayall 4 m telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. Over the next 5 yr DESI MWS will observe...
Published by: The American Astronomical Society