Climate change is one of the biggest challenges today. An increasing population accelerates the construction of concrete houses and the use of air conditioners, thereby leading to an increase in energy consumption. When the walls of buildings are wel...
The Longmenshan Fault Zone, as the steep boundary on the eastern edge of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, is the seismogenic structure that includes strong earthquakes such as the 7.9 magnitude Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 and the 6.6 magnitude Lusha...
Debris flows that have occurred in the area of San Martino Valle Caudina (Campania, Southern Italy) are described by geomorphological and hydrological analyses, focusing on the recent event of December 2019. This area can be considered a key example...
In recent years, the strategic selection of the most suitable supplier within the supply chain has garnered increasing attention. Incorporating vital criteria like sustainable development further complicates this decision-making process. Companies an...
The fashion industry has recently embraced a circular economy due to the increased consumer awareness of environmental issues, especially among younger generations. However, it is unclear if younger consumers, especially Generation Z, are willing to...
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into logistics services, yet limited research explains how AI acceptance translates into relational outcomes among Generation Z consumers. This study investigates the influence of AI...
Museums are increasingly recognized as important cultural institutions for promoting sustainability by shaping visitors’ values, experiences, and consumption-related decisions. This study investigates how interactive marketing in museum setting...
Interval-valued linguistic neutrosophic sets (IVLNSs), Z-numbers, and the trapezium cloud model are powerful tools for expressing uncertainty and randomness. This paper aims to combine these methodologies. First, we review relevant concepts and opera...
This study examines how Generation Z’s values align with entrepreneurial orientation in the Fourth Sector (FS), which merges public, private, and non-profit dynamics to balance financial sustainability with socio-environmental impact. Using Str...
The cohort of young people born with or after the Internet has been dubbed Generation Z (Gen Z, or post-millennials). They are now entering the higher education-to-work transition phase, although this is yet to be studied. Previous studies have found...
Background and Objectives: Most cases of Kawasaki disease (KD) occur between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. Differences in immunological reaction and CAL (coronary artery lesion) by the age subgroups classified according to the prevalence of KD an...
This study combines two main challenges for organizations today, as it examines the alignment between personal values of future leaders and the values needed in the Industry 4.0 workplace. Based on the movement of the organizational environment towar...
The objective of this work was to characterise the heat resistance of Salmonella typhimurium (ST) in alheira sausage batter. Two batches of alheira batter were obtained from a producer and inoculated with an ST overnight culture to reach ~7.0 lo...
25 September 2021
As consumers spend more time on social media, brands can take advantage of this opportunity to better serve and communicate with their followers. Still, given the characteristics of luxury, luxury brands may be reluctant to use social media. To deter...
The relative reinforcing value (RRV) of food and sensitization are associated with zBMI and zBMI change over time, but the mechanisms underlying these relationships is unknown. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that greater RRV and...
The inactivation kinetics of an α-amylase enzymatic time-temperature integrator (TTI) from Bacillus subtilis (BAA) under continuous-flow microwave (MW) and conventional heating conditions were evaluated and compared in this study. The TTI dispe...
Traditionally, for the determination of the kinetic parameters of thermal inactivation of a heat labile substance, an appropriate index is selected and its change is measured over time at a series of constant temperatures. The rate of this change is...
Clustering by Measuring Local Direction Centrality (CDC) is a recently proposed innovative clustering method. It identifies clusters by assessing the direction centrality of data points, i.e., the distribution of their k-nearest neighbors. Although C...
This paper examines the water-vapour diffusion resistance (Z-value) of vapour versus wind barriers by determining their Z-value ratio in exterior wood-frame walls thermally insulated with six different materials to prevent mould growth. Using WUFI Pr...
The recent consecutive economic and social crises impose sustainable “from farm to fork” food chain management to feed the global population. In this study, we investigated the price perceptions of young consumers (Gen Z) in purchasing fo...
Background: Dang gui (Apiaceae; Angelica sinensis radix) is among the most often used Chinese medicinal plants. However, hardly anything is known about its value chain and its influence on the main marker compounds of the drug. The aim of this study...
The Z-number deserves further exploration in uncertain environments to effectively address fuzziness and reliability in practical issues simultaneously. Based on the credibility distribution and conversion rules, we define its expected value, varianc...
This study explores the factors that influence Gen Z consumers’ green purchasing behavior, addressing a gap in current research by combining the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Theory of Consumption Values, and Generational Theory, and applying...
With the growing influence of sustainable development in recent years, there has been an increasing focus on green consumption. Little previous research has highlighted the important influential role that social media information sharing plays in ove...
In research of a better description for information uncertainty, Z-numbers, which are related to both the objective information and the subjective criticism, were first conceptualized by Zadeh. Because of its neologism, there have been multitudinous...
Generation Z (Gen Z) is widely acknowledged for their heightened eco-consciousness. Nevertheless, a notable research gap persists in the empirical examination of eco-friendly preferences within this demographic group, particularly concerning low-carb...
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the possibilities offered by religious tourism according to Generation Z’s education in values. Both the theoretical and empirical frameworks of the research have focused on Hofstede’s Cultural Model, aim...
Background: Nowadays, traditional supply chain management (SCM) processes are undergoing a profound transformation enabled by advanced technologies derived from Industry 4.0. The rapid adoption of these technologies has led to the emergence of smart...
In the digital context, smart homestays have developed rapidly in the post-epidemic era and have become a new form of accommodation. Homestays are favored by many young people in China, such as those belonging to Generation Z. According to data conce...
Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT) and service-dominant logic (SDL), this study examines how stress-relief-oriented escape, self-fulfillment, and digital information environments are associated with emotion value co-creation among Generation...
3 September 2026
Temu has become a prominent cross-border e-commerce platform combining low-price positioning, personalized recommendations, and mobile-based shopping, but its platform features may create both perceived value and digital risk concerns. This study exa...
Applying the principles of sustainable development is an element of building the image of an organisation as an employer. The opinions of young people commencing their professional career in this regard may prove important for companies. The aim of t...
Jonathan Z. Smith contends that a taxonomic agenda underlies the study of religion. Before Smith, structuralist scholars saw it as their task to uncover the roots of human taxonomic arrangements that present themselves as natural. Drawing somewhat an...
Background: Previous studies have evaluated average electrocardiographic (ECG) values in healthy subjects or specific subpopulations. However, none have evaluated ECG average values in not selected populations, so we examined ECG changes with respect...
We evaluated the correlation that Vitamin D (Vit D), cholesterol levels, and T- and Z-scores of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans have with cone beam computed tomography values assessed in the anterior and posterior regions of maxillary an...
Hybrid contractions serve as a flexible and versatile framework for establishing fixed-point Theorems and analyzing the convergence of iterative algorithms. This paper demonstrates the adapted form of the admissible hybrid fuzzy
For five decades, photocatalysis has promised clean hydrogen from solar energy, yet a persistent “efficiency ceiling”, linked to fundamental challenges including the trade-off between light absorption and redox potential in single-compone...
Background/Objectives: Dairy products provide a wide range of essential nutrients and therefore remain relevant to nutrient adequacy and public health challenges. Concurrently, consumer behaviors vary across demographics and continue to evolve in res...
The knowledge-based voluntary activity covered by the research, the pro bono, which will be introduced from the aspect of employer branding. The primary results of the research described in the study are the outcome of a quantitative data collection...
Background/Objectives: Protein Z (PZ) and the protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor (ZPI) are vitamin K-dependent regulators of coagulation that inhibit activated factor Xa. Their relevance in ischemic stroke (IS) remains insufficiently characterize...
14 February 2023
Decentering has received more attention in sports literature as a self-regulating skill capable of significantly limiting episodes of mental block in competitive situations. This contribution depicts a comparative study conducted with 375 Italian nat...
A study was conducted to validate the plain bagel baking process as an effective kill-step in controlling Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in the event of pre-baking contamination originating from flour. Unbleached bread flour was inocul...
Lidar and other remotely sensed data such as UAV photogrammetric data capture are being collected and utilized for roadway design on an increasing basis. These methods are desirable over conventional survey due to their efficiency and cost-effectiven...
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basin is the world’s third largest. Literature show that changes in precipitation have a significant impact on climate, agriculture, and the environment in the GBM. Two satellite-based precipitation products,...
Consumption values and consumer identities have been widely explored as needed in the literature on sustainability, but they are mainly treated as separate predictors of sustainable behavior. Researchers are calling for further analysis of these vari...
Gen Z is well-recognized as the first generation to have lived through the full digital era. They are used to utilizing technology, have been on social media since they were young children, and have even developed an addiction to it because they grew...
There is a problem among Generation Z regarding the insufficient perception of green apparel consumption and the “perception–action paradox”, which presents a great challenge to China’s future sustainable development. To addre...
This study examines how mindful consumption contributes to sustainable marketing and consumer engagement by influencing green purchase intention and life satisfaction among Generation Z, while also assessing the moderating role of social influence. G...
15 June 2023
Studies show that physical activity, exercise, or sport reduces depressive symptoms in the general population. However, little is known about its effects on individuals with disabilities. Thus, this systematic review with meta-analysis aims to verify...
This research explores the impact of financial indicators on the credit ratings of companies listed on the S&P 500, employing a Sys-GMM model to address endogeneity concerns. Three independent variables categorized as market and survival factors...
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