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Vulnerable Populations With Psychological Disorders in Tourism: Methodological Challenges and Recommended Solutions for Empirical Research
No full textVulnerable groups, including travel-eligible tourists with medical conditions (e.g., early- and mid-stage dementia), represent an emerging niche market in the tourism industry that has been largely overlooked in the tourism literature. By identifying and addressing the challenges of conducting empirical research for this population, unreliable and misrepresentative data (and resulting imprudent recommendations) can be avoided. Given that tourism-based interventions may provide a new avenue for patient-oriented treatments, rigorous methodological guidelines are needed to advance knowledge in this interdisciplinary area. This paper provides insights into the potential challenges of empirical research involving tourists with psychological disorders. Collecting primary data from target participants requires preparation and deliberate contemplation when identifying and recruiting travel-eligible tourists. Solutions such as clear recruitment criteria, randomized controlled trials, and integrated health research approaches are recommended. Resultant studies on exposure and outcomes can inform tourism management and marketing strategies regarding these populations.National Natural Science Foundation of China [72102045]; Shanghai Pujiang Program [22PJC020]; European Commission Horizon 2020 [779238-PRODEMOS]This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [72102045], Shanghai Pujiang Program [22PJC020], and the European Commission Horizon 2020 [779238-PRODEMOS]
The Influence of Advertisement Humor on New Product Purchase Intention: Mediation by Emotional Arousal and Cognitive Flexibility
No full textPurposeAdvertisements facilitate certain emotions, subsequently influencing purchase intentions. Humor, as an influential way of information expression, is frequently used in ads to elicit emotions. Drawing upon literature on advertisement humor and new product purchase intention and the theory of planned behavior, the study proposes that humor stimulation in advertisements can affect consumers' new product purchase intentions, in which two process mechanisms, namely, emotional arousal and cognitive flexibility, play a mediating effect.Design/methodology/approachTo test the assertions, the authors conduct three experimental studies. The authors' first study assesses the main effect between advertisement humor and purchase intentions. In the second study, the authors show the mediating effects of emotional pleasure, emotional arousal, and cognitive flexibility on the relationship between advertisement humor and purchase intentions. In the first two experiments, the authors study incremental new products. In the third study, the authors study the same mediating relationships for radically new products.FindingsThis study's results show consumers that watch humorous ads are more likely to choose new products than those who watch non-humorous ads (Study 1); compared with non-humorous ads, humorous ads can enhance emotional arousal, thus promoting cognitive flexibility and making consumers more inclined to choose new products (Study 2 and Study 3). That said, the authors find that these mediation effects are only partial.Originality/valueThis study's results have important implications for firms vying to enhance consumers' new product purchase intentions by deploying humorous ads
A Quality-of-Service-Aware Service Composition Method in the Internet of Things Using a Multi-Objective Fuzzy-Based Hybrid Algorithm
No full textoai:gcris.khas.edu.tr:20.500.12469/5343The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a cutting-edge technical domain, encompassing billions of intelligent objects capable of bridging the physical and virtual worlds across various locations. IoT services are responsible for delivering essential functionalities. In this dynamic and interconnected IoT landscape, providing high-quality services is paramount to enhancing user experiences and optimizing system efficiency. Service composition techniques come into play to address user requests in IoT applications, allowing various IoT services to collaborate seamlessly. Considering the resource limitations of IoT devices, they often leverage cloud infrastructures to overcome technological constraints, benefiting from unlimited resources and capabilities. Moreover, the emergence of fog computing has gained prominence, facilitating IoT application processing in edge networks closer to IoT sensors and effectively reducing delays inherent in cloud data centers. In this context, our study proposes a cloud-/fog-based service composition for IoT, introducing a novel fuzzy-based hybrid algorithm. This algorithm ingeniously combines Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) optimization algorithms, taking into account energy consumption and Quality of Service (QoS) factors during the service selection process. By leveraging this fuzzy-based hybrid algorithm, our approach aims to revolutionize service composition in IoT environments by empowering intelligent decision-making capabilities and ensuring optimal user satisfaction. Our experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy in successfully fulfilling service composition requests by identifying suitable services. When compared to recently introduced methods, our hybrid approach yields significant benefits. On average, it reduces energy consumption by 17.11%, enhances availability and reliability by 8.27% and 4.52%, respectively, and improves the average cost by 21.56%
Gelişmekte Olan Bir Ekonomide Yeni Girişimlerin Hayatta Kalması ve Erken Dönem Başarısını Etkileyen Unsurların Niteliksel Karşılaştırmalı Analiz Yöntemiyle İncelenmesi
No full textBu çalışmanın amacı, gelişmekte olan bir ekonomide faaliyet gösteren yeni girişimlerin hayatta kalması ve erken dönem başarısını etkileyen unsurların incelenmesidir. Söz konusu olgunun teorik karmaşıklığı ve gelişmekte olan ülke ekonomilerindeki dinamiklerine ilişkin yönlendirici öncül çalışmaların eksikliği göz önüne alınarak keşifsel bir araştırma tasarlanmıştır. Hayatta kalma ve başarı üzerinde etkili olabilecek çevresel, örgütsel ve kuruculara ilişkin bir faktör seti önerilerek bunlar arasındaki ilişkiler niteliksel karşılaştırmalı analiz (QCA) yöntemi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın görgül ortamı Türkiye yeni girişim (startup) ekosistemidir. Bulgular, farklı düzeylerdeki unsurlar arasındaki karmaşık etkileşimlerin yeni girişimlerin hayatta kalması ve başarısında (erken dönemde birleşme/satın alma) etkili olabileceğine işaret etmektedir. Çevresel, örgütsel ve kuruculara ilişkin özelliklerin farklı kombinasyonları bu iki sonuca ulaşmada alternatif yollar sağlayabilmektedir. Hayatta kalma yerel yetkinliklerin etkin kullanımı ile mümkün olabilse de erken dönemde birleşme/satın alma gibi bir başarı yakalayabilmek daha ziyade global yetkinliklere sahip olmakla ilişkilidir
Positioning five-star hotels in city destinations: The case of Istanbul, Turkey
No full textDestinations and hotel businesses take advantage of many benefits of the online world. Extensive qualitative (review texts) and quantitative (review scores and room rates) data sources enable them to assess their positions through the eyes of their customers. The aim of this study is to propose a method focusing on customer reviews and rates in order to help hotel businesses with assessment of their positioning strategies. The dataset included a selection of five-star hotels in Istanbul, a city destination of Turkey. Room rates and the findings from a thematic narrative analysis of TripAdvisor reviews from a cognitive and experiential perspective were combined to create a position map. The findings extend traditional classification systems and reveal three competitive groups of five-star hotels with specific attributes in a city destination. Other findings offer some insight for hotel and destination managers, enabling them to evaluate the performance of positioning strategies of five-star hotels in the market
Deciphering the Cluster-Specific Marker Genes Via Integration of Single Cell Rna Sequencing Datasets
No full textExperimental data from brain tissues are critical for tackling the problems in brain development and revealing the underlying mechanisms of disease states. However, obtaining the brain tissue is a major challenge. Human brain organoids hold remarkable promise for this goal, but they suffer from substantial organoid-to-organoid variability. We performed a data-driven analysis on single-cell RNA-sequencing data using 17775 cells isolated from 2 individual organoids. The main goal was to accurately integrate the data coming from unmatched datasets, cluster the cells based on their similarity levels and predict the differentially expressed genes per cell types to reveal novel brain cell types and markers. This research opens a way to map human brain cells and develop novel and precise machine learning algorithms for accurate scRNA-Seq data analysis. © 2023 IEEE
Manevi Tazminat ve Cezalandırma Fonksiyonu
No full textManevi zararın tanımına ilişkin birden fazla teori vardır. Bu tanım yapıldıktan sonra manevi tazminatın fonksiyonu belirlenecek ve somut olayın gerekliliğine göre uygulanacaktır. Haksız fiil hukukunun geçirdiği tarihsel gelişim sürecinde tazminatın intikam duygusunu satın alma yani zarar vereni cezalandırma amacından uzaklaşıp zararın telafi edilmesi noktasına geldiği kabul edilmelidir. Ancak günümüzde Common Law sisteminin uygulandığı ülkeler başta olmak üzere cezalandırma fonksiyonu taşıyan yaptırım türleri vardır. Yüksek miktarda tazminatların gündeme gelmesi sebebiyle bunlardan en dikkat çekeni cezalandırıcı tazminattır. Cezalandırıcı tazminatı ikame etmemekle beraber bazı benzerlikler taşıyan medeni ceza ise bizim hukukumuzda yer alan cezalandırma fonksiyonu taşıyan yaptırım türüdür. Yargıtay uygulamalarının son zamanlarda manevi tazminatın fonksiyonlarını değerlendirdiği kararlarında cezalandırma amacını sağlamaya yönelik hükmettiği manevi tazminat miktarları tartışmalara sebep olmaktadır. Manevi tazminat bir cezalandırıcı tazminat ya da medeni ceza niteliğinde olmadığından cezalandırma fonksiyonuna hizmet etmesi yerinde bulunmamaktadır
Müstakbel Düşmanlar: Türkiye'de Parti Yakınlığı, Haber Kullanımı ve Partizan Komplo İnançları
No full textÖnemli olayların arkasında çeşitli güçlü grupları hedef göstererek birbirinden farklı düşmanlar yaratan komplo inançlarının temelinde farklı ideolojik eğilimler yatmaktadır. Bu eğilimlerden biri de siyasi parti yakınlığıdır ve belirli bir siyasi partiye yakınlık ile ilişkili olan komplo inançları, komplo anlatılarında ayrı bir kategorizasyon açarak partizan komplo teorileri olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Bu çalışma, Türkiye'nin gittikçe kutuplaşan sosyopolitik atmosferinden yola çıkarak hükümet karşıtı ve hükümet yanlısı olarak belirlenen iki kutuptaki partizan komplo inançlarını incelemektedir. Farklı siyasi parti gruplarına yakın hisseden bireylerin partizan komplo inançlarında nasıl farklılık gösterdiğini, komplocu düşünme eğilimi ve parti yakınlığının ötesinde hangi haber kullanımı değişkenlerinin partizan komplo inançlarını tahmin ettiğini araştırmaktadır. Kolayda örneklem üzerinden niceliksel bir çevrimiçi anket çalışması olarak tasarlanan araştırma, toplanan verilerin istatiksel analizi sonucunda partizan komplo inançlarının Türkiye'de bir fenomen olarak varlığına dair niceliksel kanıtlar sunmuştur. Buna göre, hükümet yanlısı grup istatiksel olarak anlamlı seviyede daha fazla hükümet yanlısı komplo inancı gösterirken, muhalif grup daha fazla hükümet karşıtı komplo inancı göstermektedir. Yakın tarihte iktidar partisinden ayrılarak kurulan yeni muhalefet partilerine yakın hissedenler ise, muhalif grup kadar partizan komplo inançlarına inanmamakta ve bağımsız konumlanan katılımcılarla hemen hemen aynı inanç seviyesinde bulunmaktadır. A Haber TV kanalında haber izlemek, parti yakınlığı ve komplocu eğilimin ötesinde hükümet yanlısı komplo teorilerine inanmayı açıklarken, Fox TV kanalından haber izlemek ve Twitter'dan haberleri takip etmek ise hükümet karşıtı komplo inançları ile anlamlı derecede ilişkili bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, bu araştırma, Türkiye'deki komplo teorilerinin akademik araştırmalardaki kapsamını genişleterek komplo inançlarının siyasi parti yakınlığı ve haber kaynağı kullanımıyla nasıl ilişkili olduğuna dair kayda değer çıktılar ortaya koymuştur. Anahtar Sözcükler: Komplo teorileri, Komplo inançları, Medya kullanımı, Haber kaynağı, Partizanlık, KutuplaşmaDifferent ideological tendencies underlie the conspiracy theories that create different enemies by pointing the finger at various powerful groups behind important events. One of these tendencies is party affiliation, and conspiracy beliefs associated with affiliation to a particular political party are defined as partisan conspiracy theories, opening a separate categorization in conspiracy narratives. This study examines the partisan conspiracy beliefs in the two poles: anti-government and pro-government, based on the increasingly polarized sociopolitical atmosphere of Turkey. I investigated how individuals who feel close to different political party groups differ in their partisan conspiracy beliefs, and which variables of news use beyond conspiratorial predisposition and party proximity predict partisan conspiracy beliefs. An online survey (N = 249) based on convenience sampling, provides quantitative evidence for the existence of partisan conspiracy beliefs in Turkey. The findings suggest that participants in the pro-government group believe more pro-government conspiracy beliefs than the opposition group, at statistically significant levels, while the opposition group have higher tendency to have anti-government conspiracy beliefs than the supporters of the government. Those who feel an affiliation to the new opposition parties, which were established after recently leaving the ruling party, do not believe in partisan conspiracy beliefs as much as the opposition group and have almost the same level of belief as the participants without party affiliation. While watching the news on A Haber TV, a pro-government channel, explained the belief in pro-government conspiracy theories, watching the news on Fox TV, an anti-government outlet, and following the news on Twitter were significantly related to belief in anti-government conspiracy theories. Consequently, this research broadens the scope of conspiracy theories in Turkey in academic research and reveals significant findings on how conspiracy beliefs are related to party affiliation and news source use. Keywords: Conspiracy theories, Conspiracy beliefs, Party affiliation, Media use, News source, Partisanship, Polarization
First-Principle Validation of Fourier's Law in D=1, 2, 3 Classical Systems
No full textWe numerically study the thermal transport in the classical inertial nearest-neighbor XY ferromagnet in d = 1, 2, 3, the total number of sites being given by N = Ld, where L is the linear size of the system. For the thermal conductance sigma, we obtain sigma(T, L)L delta(d)= A(d) e-B(d) [L gamma (d)T ]eta(d) (with ez q(d) q equivalent to [1+(1-q)z]1/(1-q); ez1 = ez; A(d) > 0; B(d) > 0; q(d) > 1; eta(d) > 2; delta >= 0; gamma(d) > 0), for all values of L gamma(d)T for d = 1, 2, 3. In the L -> infinity limit, we have sigma proportional to 1/L rho sigma(d) with rho sigma(d) = delta(d)+gamma(d)eta(d)/[q(d)-1]. The material conductivity is given by kappa = sigma Ld proportional to 1/L rho kappa(d) (L -> infinity) with rho kappa(d) = rho sigma(d) - d. Our numerical results are consistent with 'conspiratory' d-dependences of (q, eta, delta, gamma), which comply with normal thermal conductivity (Fourier law) for all dimensions.(c) 2023 Published by Elsevier B.V.CNPq (Brazilian agency); Faperj (Brazilian agency); BAGEP Award of the Science Academy, TurkeyWe acknowledge fruitful remarks by G. Benedek, E.P. Borges and S. Miret Artes, as well as partial financial support from CNPq and Faperj (Brazilian agencies) . The numerical calculations reported in this paper were partially performed at TUBITAK ULAKBIM, High Performance and Grid Computing Center (TRUBA resources) . U.T. is a member of the Science Academy, Bilim Akademisi, Turkey. D.E. was supported by the BAGEP Award of the Science Academy, Turkey
The Vital Role of Diabetes Nurse Educators in Smoking Cessation: A Case Study from Türkiye
No full textThis paper discusses the development and implementation of a smoking cessation training program for diabetes nurse educators. People with diabetes who smoke have a significantly higher risk of morbidity and mortality. Smoking greatly increases diabetes complications. Surveys were conducted to ascertain how frequently nurses counseled patients to quit and their interest in cessation training. Observations of nurse- patient interactions and interviews with diabetes nurses facilitated the development of a culturally sensi- tive cessation training program. Survey results revealed that diabetes nurse educators recognized the need for training in smoking cessation, as many patients with diabetes do not consider smoking to be harm- ful for their health. A two-day workshop was developed for nurses on the specific harms of smoking for diabetes patients, including hands-on training in cessation counseling and motivational interviewing. Two months after training, nurses reported that the skills they acquired gave them confidence to counsel patients but identified four challenges to conducting cessation in their clinical settings. Diabetes nurse educators can play a pivotal role in delivering cessation. Training and overcoming challenges to implementation are urgently needed in the time of coronavirus disease 2019 given the dual risks of diabetes and smoking for severe complications.Global BridgesThis study was funded by Global Bridges