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The role of information technology in relationships between travel agencies and their suppliers

2010

PurposeIn the context of relationship marketing, it is highly important for providers to identify the main buyer relational benefits influencing satisfaction and loyalty so that a continuous and satisfactory business relationship is guaranteed. Since it has been reported that information technology (IT) might constitute a source of satisfaction or dissatisfaction, this paper aims to test the moderating role of IT in the relationships between perceived benefits, satisfaction and loyalty in a business‐to‐business (B2B) setting.Design/methodology/approachA structural equations model was empirically tested. Additionally, the moderating role of IT in the relationships between perceived relationa…

business.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectInformation technologyContext (language use)Computer Science ApplicationsLoyalty business modelTest (assessment)Business relationship managementTourism Leisure and Hospitality ManagementLoyaltyCustomer satisfactionBusinessMarketingRelationship marketingInformation Systemsmedia_commonJournal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology
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Does role stress predict burnout over time among health care professionals?

2012

Abstract The main objective of this study is to test the effects over time of three role stress variables (role conflict, role ambiguity and role overload) on the three burnout dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment). Based on theoretical models on burnout and on meta-analytical research, it is hypothesized that the three role stress variables will predict changes over time in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, but not in personal accomplishment. The results obtained by means of hierarchical regression analysis partially support the hypothesis. The three role stress variables predict emotional exhaustion over time. Role conflict and role ove…

business.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectMultilevel modelPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral MedicineGeneral ChemistryAmbiguityBurnoutRole conflictTest (assessment)DepersonalizationHealth caremedicinemedicine.symptomPsychologyEmotional exhaustionbusinessSocial psychologyApplied Psychologymedia_commonPsychologyhealth
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Finnish students' multiliteracy profiles

2004

Finnish students' multiliteracy profiles are examined from the perspectives of both traditional printed reading and Internet activities in the light of the data collected as a national option integrated into the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 study. After reciting some previous findings on reader profiles as revealed by the initial international analyses of PISA data, the perspective is widened to encompass multiliteracy, which is defined according to the sociocultural view. Based on responses to a survey questionnaire, students were grouped by cluster analysis into six distinct clusters according to the frequency with which they read diverse printed materials an…

business.industrymedia_common.quotation_subjectPerspective (graphical)LiteracyEducationStudent assessmentMultiliteracyReading (process)PedagogyMathematics educationThe InternetGender rolePsychologySociocultural evolutionbusinessmedia_commonScandinavian Journal of Educational Research
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Positive ice pack test in a case of food-borne botulism: a clinical note

2012

business.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentmedicine.diseaseTest (assessment)NeurologyBotulism ice pack testFood borneEnvironmental healthmedicineIce packSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaBotulismNeurology (clinical)businessJournal of Neurology
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Life Cycle Assessment of repurposed electric vehicle batteries: an adapted method based on modelling energy flows

2018

Abstract After their first use in electric vehicles (EVs), the residual capacity of traction batteries can make them valuable in other applications. Although reusing EV batteries remains an undeveloped market, second-use applications of EV batteries are in line with circular economy principles and the waste management hierarchy. Although substantial environmental benefits are expected from reusing traction batteries, further efforts are needed in data collection, modelling the life-cycle stages and calculating impact indicators to propose a harmonized and adapted life-cycle assessment (LCA) method. To properly assess the environmental benefits and drawbacks of using repurposed EV batteries …

business.product_categoryComputer science020209 energyEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyReuse02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencesReuseBattery second-use; Electric Vehicles (EVs); Environmental impact; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Repurposing; Reuse; Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Electrical and Electronic Engineering01 natural sciencesEnvironmental impactElectric vehicle0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringBattery second-useEnvironmental impact assessmentRenewable EnergyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringLife-cycle assessmentRepurposing0105 earth and related environmental sciencesData collectionSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleSustainability and the EnvironmentRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentCircular economyPhotovoltaic systemLife Cycle Assessment (LCA)Reliability engineeringEnvironmental impactLife Cycle Assessment (LCA)Battery second-useReuseRepurposingElectric Vehicles (EVs)businessRepurposingElectric Vehicles (EVs)
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DEPOSIT REFUND SYSTEM FOR BEVERAGE CONTAINERS IN LATVIA: LEARNINGS WITHIN THE BALTIC STATES

2019

INTRODUCTION
 One of the main global environmental problems we are facing is the increasing the amount of waste. There are numerous policy instruments used to reduce the environmental impact of packaging. Many EU member states use producer levies, packaging and resource taxes, deposit-refund systems and producer responsibility systems (Bailey, 2017; Watkins et al., 2017).
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
 In this article we conduct comparative analyses and evaluate the effectiveness of deposit-refund systems for beverage packaging in the three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Data used in the study is obtained from statistical databases of the Central Statistical Bureau, E…

business.product_categoryLeaselanguageWaste collectionEnvironmental impact assessmentEnvironmental pollutionLithuanianEnvironmental economicsProducer responsibilitybusinessBody weightlanguage.human_languageCartonSOCIETY. TECHNOLOGY. SOLUTIONS. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference
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Reuse of electric vehicle batteries in buildings: An integrated load match analysis and life cycle assessment approach

2019

Abstract The increasing use of renewable energy technologies for electricity generation in buildings will require a growing number of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to enhance the reliability of electricity supply. The increasing number of retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries, expected from the automotive sector, can match this demand as EV batteries can be used as BESS, considering that they have about 80% of their original energy capacity. In this context, the study aims at examining the system, consisting of a BESS made by retired Li-ion EV batteries, a photovoltaic plant (20 kW) and the electricity grid, that provides the electricity required by an existing nearly net zero res…

business.product_categoryMains electricityComputer science020209 energyBattery storage system0211 other engineering and technologiesContext (language use)02 engineering and technologyLoad matchAutomotive engineeringLife cycle assessment021105 building & constructionElectric vehicle0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringLife-cycle assessmentCivil and Structural EngineeringSecond life applicationSettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica Ambientalebusiness.industryMechanical EngineeringPhotovoltaic systemBuilding and ConstructionRenewable energyElectricity generationElectric vehicle batteryElectricitybusinessEnergy and Buildings
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Are electric vehicles eco-friendly products? A review from life cycle and sustainability perspective

2021

Industry, especially the automotive industry is permanently changing and adapting to the external and internal factors. The appearance of the new types of vehicles – electric vehicles, is a big and important step not only regarding the evolution of the product, but also regarding the advantages of reducing environmental impact. It is promoted the idea that an electric vehicle generates less direct emissions in use phase compared with a conventional one. If we limit to this, we could say that we are dealing with an eco-friendly type of vehicle. The question is, can we extend this idea to the other stages of the life cycle? What about the sustainability of the industry? This article highlight…

business.product_categorybusiness.industryPerspective (graphical)Automotive industryEnvironmental economicsEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)Phase (combat)Environmentally friendlyProduct (business)SustainabilityElectric vehicleEnvironmental impact assessmentTA1-2040businessMATEC Web of Conferences
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Sport and Quality of Life

2022

Negli ultimi trent’anni lo sport ha assunto un significato molto rilevante nella vita delle persone e, seppure con notevoli differenze, sia nei paesi a sviluppo economico avanzato, sia in quelli in via di sviluppo. A livello individuale, esso ha costituito un’area di investimento identitario quando ha assunto la forma di sport spettacolo del quale fruire, alimentando la pratica del tifo e il fandom o costituendo il modello di uno stile di vita vincente; ma anche quando ha assunto la forma di pratica del tempo libero attraverso la quale tenersi in forma, facendo crescere, in questo caso, la diffusione di una cultura della salute e del benessere. Si tratta di due modalità di approcciare al co…

but also when he took the form of free time practice through which to keep fit making grow in this case the diffusion of a culture of health and well-being. These are two ways of approaching the consumption of sports by spectators and actorIn the last thirty years sport has taken on a very significant meaning in people's lives and albeit with considerable differences both in advanced economic development countries and in developing countries. On an individual level it constituted an area of identity investment when it assumed the shape of “sport spectacle” to be enjoyed fueling the practice of cheering and fandom or constituting the model of a winning lifestyleand the two ways of use can be strongly related to the perception and assessment of the quality of life. The “semantic universes” which however connote sport and “free time sports” have often appeared polarized. Commercial sport and sports professionalism are intertwined with the institutions of economics politics and culture which above all stress its “spectacularity” in order to capture first and foremost the audience. But also the sport of leisure time is intertwined with the actions of the institutions of economics politics and culture with the difference that these stress above all its “healthy value” aimed at the “healthy and rational” investment of time in an activity which improves the quality of life in the short medium and long period. This polarization between the consumption of sport entertainment - commercial sport - and the consumption of sport as a leisure activity - sport for all - has become increasingly interconnected precisely because of the increased collective identity demand via sport. In other words we have witnessed the spread of shape of sports entertainment that recall the importance of sports for psychophysical well-being for integration and social participation for the reduction of social inequalities ethnic and cultural differences and in which the importance assumed was weakened in the show from agonism from competition from the physical confrontation between two contenders or two teams. A sport in which we act with competitors as well as against competitors. And on the other hand we have gradually witnessed the spectacularization of sports in our free time to the point that the sharing of the results obtained through the declination of a competitive spirit that presents itself as directed no longer against other contenders but against its own performance limits it has become the way in which each person makes part of his or her own life spectacular the one he often considers most authentic. The aim of this work is to describe how the intertwining between the commercial/professional dimension of the sports show and the playful/recreational dimension of sports practice are fueled by a demand and an offer of social identity that characterizes these two “semantic universes”.Settore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale
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Examining the association between exposome score for schizophrenia and functioning in schizophrenia, siblings, and healthy controls: results from the…

2021

European Community's Seventh Framework Program, European Commission [HEALTH-F2-2009-241909]; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program; Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (SAM16PE07CP1, PI16/02012, and PI19/024)...

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