Analysis of intention to purchase travel on the Web by German Gemar, Ismael P. Soler, Laura Melendez

“…Cluster analysis of a representative sample was conducted to sort potential and current consumers of online travel services into groups based on their perceptions of the model’s factors. While young consumers see purchasing tourismrelated services on the Internet as easy and cost-effective, the opposite results were obtained for the elderly. …”
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Understanding complaints: the role of moral transgressions in e-commerce interactions by Xu Huang, Xuekun Liu

“…Overall, the study illustrates how customers’ metapragmatic perceptions of moral transgressions shape complaint interactions in e-commerce settings, providing crucial insights for both theoretical analysis and practical applications.…”
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Les adaptations médiatiques des archives en médiation scientifique : étude du scénario sémiotique « tourisme montagnard transfrontalier » by Marie-Hélène Hermand

“…Following an approach inspired by Foucault’s archaeology of knowledge, and in line with contemporary research into the semantic modelling of discourse, I observe how the use of archives by scientific communication frames our perceptions and representations of mountains. The study corpus consists of various online scientific communication devices (websites, exhibition, webinar, documentary, conference and game) consisting of situated examples from two contexts (the Dolomites and the High Atlas). …”
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Smart prediction of the complaint hotspot problem in mobile network by Lin ZHU, Juan ZHAO, Yiting WANG, Junlan FENG, Gchao DEN

“…In telecom communication network,a hot customer complaint often affects hundreds even thousands of users’ service and leads to significant economic losses and bulk complaints.An approach was proposed to predict a customer complaint based on real-time user signaling data.Through analyzing the network business layer logic,30 key segments related to the user experience in the S1 interface data were selected.Further,one-hot features,statistical derived features,and differential features were extracted to classify user perceptions in detail.Considering the problems of noise data and unbalanced training samples,LightGBM was chosen to train the prediction model.Experiments are conducted to prove the effectiveness and efficiency of this proposal.As of today,this approach has been deployed in our daily business to locate the hot complaint problem scope as well as to report affected users and area.…”
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TRANSFORMATION OF PASSIVE REPRESENTATION INTO SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY APPROACH: A FIELD RESEARCH ON GENDERMARIE AND POLICE - TEMSİLİ... by Mustafa Arslan, Sezai Öztop, Mustafa Lamba

“…In this study, it is aimed to reveal the transformation of passive representation into symbolic representation and the relationship between symbolic representation and the attitudes of trust, participation and legitimacy of individuals towards public bureaucracy. The perceptions and attitudes towards law enforcement bureaucracy have been tried to determine through individuals living in Nevşehir. …”
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Online News, Public Health and Misinformation: Their Impact on Foreign News Consumers Living in China by Weinan Yuan

“…By examining how foreigners in China develop and live their news consumption habits, this study aims to investigate the impact of misinformation on their perceptions and actions regarding public health. The findings are expected to serve as references for organizations and policymakers with the purpose of improving communication strategies to better support foreign communities in China during public health crises.…”
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Memes and Their Role in the 2019 Romanian Presidential Elections: An Exploratory Analysis by Andreea Stancea, Iulia Călin, Cecilia Ciocîrlan

“…The article calls for further exploration into the strategic use of memes in politics, aiming to grasp their impact on shaping public perceptions and narratives in the upcoming 2024 elections. …”
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A ROM-Less Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer Based on Hybrid Polynomial Approximation by Qahtan Khalaf Omran, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Norbahiah Misran, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque

“…The targeted structure is expected to show advantages for perceptible reduction of hardware resources and power consumption as well as high clock speeds.…”
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A Novel TODIM with Probabilistic Hesitant Fuzzy Information and Its Application in Green Supplier Selection by Xiaoli Tian, Meiling Niu, Jiangshui Ma, Zeshui Xu

“…Hence, a novel TODIM with probabilistic hesitant fuzzy information is proposed in this paper to simulate the perceptions of the DMs in PT. To show the advantages of the proposed method, a novel TODIM is combined with hesitant fuzzy information. …”
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Promoting Cassava as an Industrial Crop in Ghana: Effects on Soil Fertility and Farming System Sustainability by S. Adjei-Nsiah, Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson

“…The potential of cassava as an industrial commercial crop has not been exploited to a large extent because of perceptions that cassava depletes soils. Recent finding from field studies in the forest/savannah transitional agroecological zone of Ghana indicates that when integrated in the cropping system as a form of rotation, cassava contributes significantly to maintenance of soil fertility, and thus large scale production of cassava for industrial use can contribute to poverty reduction in an environmentally responsive way. …”
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Évolution des modèles d’implantation de la villégiature sur le littoral tunisois by Sondès Zaier, Hichem Rejeb, Pierre Donadieu

“…The transformation of the coasts of the region of Tunis into an attractive shoreline, with a few holiday resorts, is the result of particular socio-cultural and economic conditions and circumstances. Changes in both perceptions and mentalities, needed to build these places of leisure activities, took place gradually in selected and privileged sites during the period between the first half of the eighteenth century and the late nineteenth century. …”
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Unraveling the Hidden Costs: How Cable Theft and Vandalism Fuel Soaring Energy Tariffs in Emerging Economies by Farrukh Nawaz, Umar Kayani, Ahmet Faruk Aysan

“…To effectively mitigate these issues, targeted policy measures and strategies need to be implemented to influence employee attitudes and perceptions, thereby reducing incidents of theft and vandalism. …”
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Figurative Language, Emotion and Ideology in U.S. and Russian Geopolitical Narratives Towards Africa by Kante Issa

“…Finally, based on a sample of reactions to the narratives, section (2.5) deals with their socio-cognitive perceptions by the African leaders and people.…”
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Sheet Metal Manual Handling Aids: Effects of Design Differences on Muscle Activity and Subjective Assessment by Nadiah Ahmad, Radin Zaid Radin Umar, Isa Halim, Dian Mardi Safitri

“…The dependent variables were muscle activities in four different muscles (biceps brachii, triceps brachii, erector spinae, and trapezius) and subjective perceptions of the devices. A randomized repeated-measure experimental design was employed, surface electromyography was used to measure muscle activities, and a subjective questionnaire was administered to gather data on the participants' perceptions of the devices. …”
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Policy advisory committees in Kenya: interest group participation and effectiveness by David Irwin, Mercy Kyande

“…This paper addresses that gap – specifically by reviewing interest groups’ perceptions of their effectiveness, given the challenges of assessing actual effectiveness, in policy advisory committees in Kenya. …”
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Organization of Free and Open Source Software Projects: In-between the Community and Traditional Governance by Isabela Neves Ferraz, Carlos Denner dos Santos

“…A literature review was conducted to outline the main perceptions on this topic, as well as qualitative exploratory research, involving documentary analysis and interviews with four Brazilian participants who work in the management of projects.. …”
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Face aux pollutions : hiérarchies et solidarités entre fumeuses de poissons à Abidjan by Marie Belland, Alain Bonnassieux

“…Through a case study of women workers at a smoking site adjacent to a popular market in Abidjan, this paper describes the perceptions of air pollution, its health effects, and the individual and collective strategies and practices of women smokers to reduce it. …”
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A ANALISIS SENTIMEN PARA KANDIDAT PILPRES 2024 DENGAN MODEL BAHASA BERT by LUIS RICARDO PANDIANGAN, IGN LANANG WIJAYAKUSUMA

“…This study aims to perform sentiment analysis better to understand people's perceptions towards each 2024 presidential candidate. …”
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The best science, the best science in Finnish – and English – or the best Finnish scientists? by David Hoffman, Thomas Babila Sama, Ahmad El-Massri, Mika Raunio, Marjaana Korhonen

“…This study is a participative inquiry by the authors, who draw on their collective experiences and perceptions from inside a rapidly changing system. Methodologically, the authors give voice – through the use of an approach generally ignored by higher education researchers in Finland – to a set of assertions about the system they work in and the mechanisms by which debate on equity concerning educational policy, in general and personnel practices, in particular, has faded from the policy agenda. …”
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Um percurso vivido: pluralizando histórias e memórias a partir do projeto “Territórios Negros” by Francieli Renata Ruppenthal

“…Through the direct observation of the journeys, ethnographically, this article presents some perceptions, narratives, stories and memories of the participants and the team that worked in the project, based on the theoretical reflection by authors such as Jardim (2013), Chagas (2005), Leite (1991) and Rolnik (1989). …”
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