Volume 19, Issue 3 — March 2025
University of Athens, Department of Tourism Studies, Greece
Keywords: tourism website evaluation, visual communication, user experience, online strategy, business tourism, Fokida, website design
The internet has become a cornerstone for an effective online strategy in business tourism. If we admit that 'a photo is worth a thousand words', then we must consider which kinds of visual communicat...
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt
Keywords: Volterra integral equations, Chebyshev polynomials, numerical methods, continuous kernel, algebraic equations
In this paper, an efficient method is presented for solving three-dimensional Volterra integral equations of the second kind with a continuous kernel. The method utilizes shifted Chebyshev polynomials...
University of Agadir, Department of Civil Engineering, Morocco
Keywords: Seismic Vulnerability, Pushover Analysis, Fragility Curves, Reinforced Concrete Structures, Non-Iterative Spectral Method
The prediction of the behavior of existing structures during earthquakes is crucial, particularly for buildings of significant public utility like hospitals, which must maintain functionality with min...
Department of Cultural Linguistics, University of Warsaw, Poland
Keywords: cultural linguistics, conceptualisation, cross-cultural research, beauty perception, language and culture
From the perspective of cultural linguistics, this paper a) investigates and compares the conceptualisations of beauty in the Chinese, English, and Slavonic (Polish and Ukrainian) languages, b) analys...
Pre-twisting, Ring spinning, Simulation, Runge-Kutta integration, Productivity
Keywords: Pre-twisted ring spinning, Fiber dynamics, Runge-Kutta integration, Vortex simulation, Textile engineering
In this paper we propose a novel spinning method named pre-twisted ring spinning. To discuss the theory, an infinitesimal cylinder-chained fiber model is established, the differential equations of the...
Amino Acids Research Institute, Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Science, Country
Keywords: amino acids, evolutionary continuity, genotype-phenotype map, nearness relations, codons, phenotype space, neighborhood structures
Continuity plays a crucial role in any discussion on evolution. A nearness relation in the phenotype space allows distinguishing continuous evolution from discontinuous one. The genotype-phenotype map...
Global Institute of Psychology, Cultural Studies Department, USA
Keywords: culture shock, psychological adaptation, environmental change, mental health, adjustment stages, re-entry shock, cross-cultural interaction
In the article Culture Shock, the term refers to a psychological disorder that occurs when individuals are exposed to a new environment. The impact of culture shock can vary from mild uneasiness to se...