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Hydration Behavior of Tricalcium Silicate in Seawater Relevant Salt Systems: A Hybrid Study with the Aid of Machine Learning

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
The hydration behavior of C3S in seawater‐relevant solutions is studied based on experiments, boundary nucleation and growth (BNG) modeling, and machine learning. The main ions included in seawater modify hydration mechanisms, with MgCl2 showing the strongest acceleration effect at the same concentration.
Yanjie Sun   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Business Process Management in Hotel Innovation and Competitiveness

open access: yesTourism and Hospitality
This article presents findings from an investigation into the role of business process management and performance measurement in fostering innovation and enhancing competitiveness within hotels in Slovakia. Its aim is to assess the current application of
Lubica Sebova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of the key factors for success in the hotel sector

open access: yesIntangible Capital, 2018
Purpose: The aim of this work is to identify the key factors for success in the hotel sector. This objective is motivated by the importance of tourism in the Spanish economy, taking into account the fact that it represents 11.1% of the GDP and accounts ...
Fernando Campa-Planas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robot‐Assisted Measurement of the Critical Micelle Concentration

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
The study introduces (SIMO) smart integrator for manual operations, a robotic platform for precise, repeatable determination of (CMC) critical micelle concentration in surfactants. SIMO reduces standard deviation by 80% compared to manual methods. Surfactant, dye, and diluent selection, robotic protocols, and data handling are detailed.
Vincenzo Scamarcio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality externalities among hotel establishments: what is the impact of tour operators? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This paper is about quality decisions in a vertical structure where competitive producers sell to powerful retailers. Specifically, we focus the analysis on the role played by a tour operator (TO) on quality investments when distributing the capacity of ...
Calveras, A, Vera Hernandez, M
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proposal for the implementation of pro-environmental behaviours in the form of open eco-innovations – A perspective of consumers of hotel services

open access: yesJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2023
The role of eco-innovations in the contemporary hotel business is not only a marketing façade aiming at attracting the attention of a potential guest with a high environmental awareness, but more and more often it becomes a form of the operationalisation
Marek Bugdol   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of business hotels to the needs of disabled tourists in Poland [PDF]

open access: yesProblems and Perspectives in Management, 2019
This paper presents an overview of the issues related to the readiness of Polish hotel establishments to develop the business tourism services for disabled tourists.
Ewa Lipianin-Zontek, Irena Szewczyk
doaj   +1 more source

Location as a determinant of accommodation prices: managerial approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the presentation authors discuss the location-based factors’ impact on accommodation prices. The aim of the presentation is to compare the results of qualitative and quantitative research on location-based determinants of accommodation prices in Lodz ...
Leśniewska, Katarzyna   +1 more
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