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Most studies were limited to explore work stress symptoms of the hospital nurses due to work only, and work stress symptoms from factors related to family environments were neglected.This study was to explore the nurses’ work stress symptoms and the influences of demographic characteristics, family,…

All investors and stakeholders in general worry about the accuracy of both the financial information and the corporate governance, yet at different scales. Knowing that inadequacies exist in the financial information, would we be able to find some ways that would help us improve the…

The dynamic porosity concept was applied to the drying of 14 samples of sawdust at 50 °C, 60 % relative humidity and 87 kPa. Determination of the critical extent of drying, where the transition from constant-rate to decreasing-rate kinetic regimes occurs, indicates that Lecythis ampla…

The main objective of this research is to identify the major changes affecting consumer cultural identity. Due to globalization and multimedia development, cultural changes and cultural identity shifting became more and more possible especially with the development of the acculturation insitu (Hirshmann Touzani 2011). We…

The prevalence of childhood obesity is a burning topic in developing countries because of its strong relationship with later life obesity and the correlated adverse health consequence. The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in the…

The study investigated the impacts of FDI inflow on the economic growth of Latin American countries for the period 1995 to 2013 by using a panel data model. The countries peculiar characteristics of domestic investment percent of GDP, openness of trade percent of GDP, inflation,…

Social network applications have gained popularity in the health domain as they bring patients and physicians together. By employing a network science perspective, this research aims to understand users’ habitual tendencies for establishing connections (that is, establishment of ties) as they engage in health-related interactions…

Today universities receive a very close attention as they are viewed as crucial institutional actors and drivers of socio-economic development in national innovation systems. The types of university-industry linkages as well as the extent of such interaction are seen as an assessment tool to measure…

The objective of the study is to investigate the spatial patterns of regional unemployment rates for the periods 2004, 2011, 2012 and 2013 at the province level in Turkey using local and global spatial autocorrelation statistics, and also by mapping analysis. To observe spatial patterns…

The primary focus of this study is to investigate and identify the perceptions of potential end users relating to factors which impact on e-services acceptance. Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has been adopted in this study as it can be extended when technologies are introduced. This…