EVALUATING LOYALTY IN SOUTH AFRICA’S HOTEL INDUSTRY: THE EFFECT OF SERVICE QUALITY AND BRAND EQUITY by Sharmila Ragunanan, Michael C. Cant, Johannes A. Wiid

“…Data was collected via an online survey from 379 respondents and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to test the hypotheses with SmartPLS version 3. …”
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Legitimasi Penafsiran DI/TII Sensen Komara tentang Perubahan Arah Kiblat: Analisis Penafsiran QS. Al-Baqarah 142-144 by Hafid Nur Muhammad, Tasya Sekardila, Tia Dahtiana

“…Interpretations that tend to be partial and contextually limited risk ignoring the universal and inclusive dimensions of Qur'ānic verses. …”
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Alexis Guardia, La experiencia democrática chilena: de sus fundamentos y su economía política (1990-2009). Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2015. 233 páginas by Gopal Ezequiel Martínez

“…El autor sostiene que el proceso de reformas iniciales de la Concertación quedó finalmente estanco y que devino en una aceptación de los ideales neoliberales y en una derechización del partido. El estudio de este movimiento resulta clave para comprender su derrota en 2010.…”
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Amplification of Plunging Flows in Bedrock Canyons by Max Hurson, Jeremy G. Venditti, Colin D. Rennie, Eva Kwoll, Kirsti Fairweather, Dan R. W. Haught, Kyle M. Kusack, Michael Church

“…Here we show that plunging flows persist and get stronger at flood discharge, increasing bedrock erosion potential by particle impacts. Flood‐discharge plunging flows contact the bed and maintain high velocities farther through the CPW structure, and evacuate large volumes of sediment from the pools. …”
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The psychological contents in the General Practitioner’s professional training to achieve developmental learning by Solvey del Río Marichal, Liset Rodriguez Martinez, Lianis Carrazana Silvera

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the development of psychological content in the training of the General Practitioner is at a partial level according to the degree of maturity reached in the students, which affects developmental learning.…”
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Twinning and stacking fault-induced precipitation in an aluminum alloy by Yabo Fu, Vahid Yousefi Mehr, Mohammad Reza Toroghinejad, Xizhang Chen, Jinchuan Jie, Shijie Zhu

“…The single atom jump along the interface between the precipitate and the matrix is evidenced by the creation of a jagged interface. The formation of partial dislocations and the resulting staking faults are also suggested as another mechanism in precipitates growth. …”
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Fast Attitude Maneuver of a Flexible Spacecraft with Passive Vibration Control Using Shunted Piezoelectric Transducers by Bassam A. Albassam

“…The control design process starts with deriving the nonlinear partial differential equations of motion for the spacecraft using Hamilton’s principle which accounts for the electromechanical coupling and the presence of resistive or resistive-inductive circuits. …”
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Construction of Standard Fast Medical Procedures for Traumatic Shock and Its Application Effects by Yan Wang, Siqi Luo

“…The treatment time (rescue time, consultation time in each department, and examination time), shock index (SI), blood pressure fluctuation range, urine output, serum lactate (LAC) level, activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), and international normalized ratio (INR) were recorded. …”
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Investigation of sodium fire aerosol diffusiophoresis deposition in concrete gaps during the processes within nuclear power plants by Yichen Li, Tiancai Liu, Huanjun Zhu, Xiangyu Yan

“…Simulations were carried out for particles of different sizes under different steam content conditions. …”
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La Ley de Centros Agrícolas de la provincia de Buenos Aires: el caso de La Constancia (Ayacucho, 1888-1908) by Valeria A. D'Agostino, Silvana Villanueva

“…Para ello, se tomó como objeto de la investigación el centro agrícola La Constancia, en el partido de Ayacucho, ubicado en el sudeste del territorio provincial. …”
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Modeling and Solving Multi-Objective Path Planning Problem for Cooperative Cable-Suspended Load Transportation Considering the Time Variable Risk by Amir Arslan Haghrah, Sehraneh Ghaemi, Mohammad Ali Badamchizadeh

“…In addition, we propose an improved hybrid fuzzy particle swarm optimization (PSO) and whale optimization algorithm (WOA) to solve the introduced path planning problem efficiently. …”
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Development of Semiliquid Ingredients from Grape Skins and Their Potential Impact on the Reducing Capacity of Model Functional Foods by Milan Stojanovic, Laura Marinoni, Giovanni Cabassi, Malisa Antic, Vera Lavelli

“…With respect to freeze-dried GS, the recovery of FRAP values was ~75% for both air-dried GS and 2% GS dispersion and 59% for 10% GS dispersion. The average particle size diameters of solids in semiliquid GS ingredients were similar to those observed in commercial apple skin products. …”
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Correlations of Calcination Temperature with the Catalytic Properties of CuFe2O4 for the Synthesis of Green Fuels by Judith Zander, Florian Daumann, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Christina Roth, Birgit Weber, Roland Marschall

“…The effect of post‐synthetic calcination on particle morphology, crystal structure, and inherent properties such as optical bandgap, magnetic moment, or degree of inversion is investigated. …”
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The effect of coenzyme Q10 on the state hemostasis in the blood of old animals in high-altitude conditions by Gulbarchyn Alisherovna Asrankulova, Zhyldyz Akmatovna Makhmudova, Mahira Rysbaevna Mirzaeva, Meerim Taalaibekovna Taalaibekova, Zyinat Samidinovna Boronova, Mairambu Bektemirovna Zhorobekova

“…In particular, a decrease in prothrombin time, prothrombin index, thrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time, and a decrease in ADP concentration in old rats were observed. …”
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Identification of Vibration Signal for Residual Pressure Utilization Hydraulic Unit Using MRFO-BP Neural Network by Qingjiao Cao, Liying Wang, Jiajie Zhang, Tengfei Guo, Xiyuan Liu

“…The feature vectors are input into the optimized BP neural network to realize the identification and classification of vibration signals. Compared with Particle Swarm Optimization-BP (PSO-BP) neural network, Bat Algorithm-BP (BA-BP) neural network, and BP neural network, the results show that the identification rate of each measuring point from the MRFO-BP neural network is greatly improved. …”
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Effect of SiC Addition on Microhardness and Relative Density during Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel by Raid Mohammed Hadi, Ziad Aeyad Taha

“…The methodology involved the addition of 1% wt. silicon carbide with particle sizes <40 μm to reinforce the stainless steel matrix. …”
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Visión política de la prensa colorada durante el gobierno de Rafael Franco by Erasmo González G.

“…La revolución de febrero de 1936, desembocó en la caída del gobierno liberal de Eusebio Ayala; ante esa defenestración el Partido Colorado cifró sus esperanzas en las nuevas autoridades nacionales para volver al poder después de 32 años. …”
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Improved Extended Multiplicative Scatter Correction Algorithm Applied in Blood Glucose Noninvasive Measurement with FT-IR Spectroscopy by Qingbo Li, Qishuo Gao, Guangjun Zhang

“…Firstly, Im-EMSC is used as a preprocessing method, and then partial least squares (PLS) regression method is adopted to establish a quantitative analysis model. …”
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Ship-Borne Phased Array Radar Using GA Based Adaptive α-β-γ Filter for Beamforming Compensation and Air Target Tracking by J. Mar, Chen-Chih Liu, M. B. Basnet

“…The genetic algorithm (GA) and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) methods are applied to estimate the gain parameters of adaptive α-β-γ filters, while achieving the optimum objective of minimum root mean square error (RMSE). …”
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Reconstructive surgery of the lower eyelid in patients affected by basocelular carcinoma by Bernaldo Canto Vidal, Tania Canto Vigil, Danny González Sánchez, Alain Soto Ugalde

“…They were operated by the technique of total or partial excision of the lower eyelid in triangle form and with immediate reconstruction, in the Hospital Dr. …”
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