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Airbnb Branding: Heritage as a Branding Element in the Sharing Economy
(MDPI, 2018-12-23)
The cultural heritage of cities has been proven to be a generator of economic activity and a singular place branding/marketing tool for territories. In addition, in recent times, there has been a boom in the collaborative ...
Quality and Environmental Management Linkage: A Review of the Literature
(MDPI, 2018-11-21)
This article presents a conceptual and empirical review of the literature related to the link between the different perspectives, models, and tools associated with Quality Management and Environmental Management. Several ...
EMD-based data augmentation method applied to handwriting data for the diagnosis of Essential Tremor using LSTM networks
(Nature, 2022)
The increasing capacity of today's technology represents great advances in diagnosing diseases using standard procedures supported by computer science. Deep learning techniques are able to extract the characteristics of ...
A new method to measure the accuracy of intraoral scanners along the complete dental arch: A pilot study
(Korean Academy Prosthodontics, 2019-12)
PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy of three intraoral scanners along the complete dental arch and evaluate the feasibility of the assessment methodology for further in vivo analysis. MATERIALS AND ...
Contribution to Energy Management of the Main Standards for Environmental Management Systems: The Case of ISO 14001 and EMAS
(MDPI, 2017-11-01)
The adoption of Energy Management Systems (EnMSs) based on international standards has gained momentum since the ISO 50001 standard was launched in 2011. Before that, the potential to improve the energy management with ...
Automatic Analysis of Archimedes’ Spiral for Characterization of Genetic Essential Tremor Based on Shannon’s Entropy and Fractal Dimension
(MDPI, 2018-07)
Among neural disorders related to movement, essential tremor has the highest prevalence; in fact, it is twenty times more common than Parkinson's disease. The drawing of the Archimedes' spiral is the gold standard test to ...
Evaluating Equity and Inclusion in Access toWater and Sanitation for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in Wukro, Ethiopia
(MDPI, 2018-09)
For more than a decade, foreign aid-supported water interventions focusing on an increase in household private connections have been implemented in the small urban center of Wukro. However, little has been investigated ...
A Green Approach towards Native Collagen Scaffolds: Environmental and Physicochemical Assessment
(MDPI, 2020-07-18)
Native collagen scaffolds were prepared in this work, in which both materials and environmental approaches were considered with the aim of providing a global strategy towards more sustainable biomaterials. From the ...
Willingness to Pay for Improved Operations and Maintenance Services of Gravity-Fed Water Schemes in Idjwi Island (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
(MDPI, 2021-04-11)
Developing understanding of the economic value that communities ascribe to improved operations and maintenance (O&M) services has emerged as a key factor in achieving financial sustainability for rural water systems. The ...
Assessment and Selection of Technologies for the Sustainable Development of an R&D Center
(MDPI, 2020-12-03)
The central role of R&D centers in the advancement of technology within industrial enterprises is undeniable and clearly affects their strategies, their competitiveness and their business sustainability. R&D centers assume ...