This paper asserts that the Second Law of Thermodynamics (SLT) despite holding true in all laboratory tests heretofore conducted, cannot, by itself, explain the hierarchical universe. By examination of the existing evidence, ...

The objective of this paper is twofold: to evaluate seismic design procedures of 3D frame structures and to present a performance-based design procedure for steel structures both in the framework of ...

Silos are industrial facilities used for storing a huge range of different materials. In the last decades, many silos were damaged by natural events, among which the seismic events are the most significant. Indeed many ...

Compact Composite Descriptors (CCD) are global image features capturing both, color and texture characteristics, at the same time in a very compact representation. In this paper we propose a combination of two recently ...

Numerous studies on leadership and on the relationship between leadership style and various individual and organisational outcomes have utilised either of two questionnaire instruments for the measurement of leader ...

The present study examined the association and complementary effect of self-compassion on the subjective happiness and psychological well-being of adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was based on a concurrent ...

Purpose – Examines the relationship between the dimensions of self-leadership behavioural-focused strategies, job satisfaction and team performance. It also evaluates the extent to which job satisfaction mediates the ...

The goal of this study is to examine the impact of the Self-leadership styles on the dimensions of Enterpreneurial Orientation in organizations in Dubai and th Netherlands: Innovativeness, Risk Taking and Proactivness. The ...

The goal of this study is to examine the impact of self-leadership styles on the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation in organizations in Dubai and the Netherlands: Innovativeness, Risk Taking and Proactiveness. The ...

Clinical protocols play an important role in today’s evidence based medicine for developing clinical reasoning skills [1] and they are extensively used both in teaching and practicing medicine. In this research, we will ...

In business and economic series it is often true that a constant rate of growth prevails. This can happen with the sales of a company, GNP, consumption patterns, etc. For example, if the growth in GNP is 5% a year, it ...

Understanding the consumer public's perspective is a well-known issue that affects all businesses. Nowadays, social media precisely reflects the public's sentiments and thoughts on current events. Twitter, in particular, ...

Tests of aggression, prejudice and a measure of how much uniqueness or similarity we perceive in others were administered to participants the day before the terrorist attacks of 9/ 11, the day of the attacks, six and seven ...

The objective of the thesis is to study the level and differences of customer satisfaction in terms of expected and perceived quality service of Hellenic Bank through a survey by using the SERVQUAL model which was originally ...

The paper aims to find the gap between perceptions and expectations of services quality in Greek Cooperative Society of Pafos (COOP bank). The degree of business success is based on the ability to maintain loyal customers ...

According to the Equal Treatment of Men and Women in the Employment and Professional Educational Laws 2002-2006, four forms of discrimination exist because of gender: 1. Direct gender discrimination 2. Indirect gender ...

Sfântul Grigorie Palama a fost o piatră de poticnire atât în timpul său, în înfruntarea dintre ortodoxie şi tradiţia şi teologia occidentală, cât şi în vremea noastră, când reprezintă încă un motiv de dezacord între teologii ...

The SFly project is an EU-funded project, with the goal to create a swarm of autonomous vision controlled micro aerial vehicles. The mission in mind is that a swarm of MAV’s autonomously maps out an unknown environmen ...

This study intended to investigate the role of ‘Shadow Banking as a Veritable Platform for Macroeconomic Stability and Economic Growth in Nigeria’. To serve the purpose, the research objectives were so structured emphasising ...