As globalization of the business world unfolds, competition is dominated to the global economic marketplace, making a business objective more difficult to accomplish. Therefore the companies are seeking for strategies ...

In this paper we present a new computationally efficient algorithm for inducing context-free grammars that is able to learn from positive sample sentences. This new algorithm uses simplicity as a criterion for directing ...

The aim of this paper is to present an Affective Educational Module for distance learning which is called MENTOR. MENTOR constitutes of three main components, the Emotional Component, the Teacher Component and the Visualization ...

Does the hotel industry fully exploit the e-marketing capabilities? The purpose of this study is to investigate the Internet marketing strategies and practices that are used in the hotel industry. Namely, it examines the ...

Does the hotel industry fully exploit the e-marketing capabilities? The purpose of this study is to investigate the Internet marketing strategies and practices that are used in the hotel industry. Namely, it examines the ...

Purpose: To quantify the service quality of an online financial institution (XM), and to conclude to the most important service quality dimension that contributes to customer satisfaction. Methodology: Firstly, identifying ...

Designing earthquake resistant structures has been the subject of great concern among engineers and scientists. The vertical seismic resisting elements in particular, in connection with the beam and the plates in a reinforced ...

The dyophysite formula in the Definition of Chalcedon («ἕνα καί τόν αὐτόν Χριστόν…ἐν δύο φύσεσιν…γνωριζόμενον» – “One and the Same Christ…known… in two natures”) , which constitutes, as is well known, its most crucial and ...

The Great Depression of the 1930s greatly affected political developments in Europe. Economic stagnation proved beneficial for far-right parties, which generally saw their influence increasing. Authoritarian regimes ...

Based on the positive trends of the futures market, it can be concluded that in addition to active speculators in the market, there are hedgers as well. Position protection against the price risk becomes more relevant in ...

This paper relates economic theorising and policy making in a context of people's changing behaviour, which makes economy to work in a different way. As economic theory is not adapting to these changes, it produces false ...

Agriculture in cities has always existed although it is typically considered a rural activity. In fact, many cities have evolved from agrarian roots, settling on the agricultural lands that are most productive. However, urban ...

The paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA-CCR model) to evaluate the tertiary-level educational system mechanism, relating a set of inputs to some outputs, in particular, income and employment. The analysis concerns ...

The effect of prestorage treatment of ‘Kristali’ pears with two forms of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and ReTain® on storage performance after various durations of cold storage with subsequent exposures at 20°C was studied. ...

Trachanas is one of the most important traditional food products of Cyprus. It is made from fermented sheep or goat's milk or a mixture of both. The fermented milk is heated and crushed wheat is added to produce a porridge ...

Effects of water stress on plants have been well-documented in several reports [1]. However, the combined responses to drought and rewatering and its underlying mechanism are relatively unknown. The present study attempts ...

Effects of water stress on plants have been well-documented. However, the combined responses to drought and rewatering and their underlying mechanisms are relatively unknown. The present study attempts to describe ...

The effect of gaseous ozone exposure on the development of stem-end rot disease, caused by Botrytis cinerea, on kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, cv. Hayward) was investigated. Artificially inoculated kiwifruit were subjected ...

This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of 42 export promotion programmes among 46 Cypriot export manufacturing SMEs. The two-step method of evaluating the effectiveness of export promotion programmes considers firstly, ...

In this paper, we present an architecture, called Affective Module, which can be integrated in an Adaptive Educational Hypermedia System to provide personalized learning. The Affective Module has been designed with the aim ...