bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Customer-Centric Sales Forecasting Model: RFM-ARIMA Approach
Authors: Londhe Sanket Tanaji , Palwe Sushila 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Background: Decision makers use the process of determining the best course of action by processing, analysing & interpreting the data to gain insights, known as Business Intelligence. Some decision support systems use sales figures to predict future expansion, but few consider the effect of customer data.

Objectives: The main objective of this study is to build a model that will give a forecast based on fine-tuned sales numbers using some customer-centric features.

Methods/Approach: We first use the RFM model to segment the customers into distinct segments based on customer buying characteristics and then discard the segments that are irrelevant to the business. Then we use the ARIMA model to do the sales forecasting for the remainder of the data.

Results: Using this model, we were able to achieve a better fitment of the data for the prediction model and achieved a better accuracy when used after RFM analysis.

Conclusions: We tried to merge two different concepts to do a cross-functional analysis for better decision-making. We were able to present the RFM-ARIMA model as a better metric or approach to fine-tune the sales analysis.
Technological Innovation in Colombian Small Firms: A Gender Multi-Group Analysis
Authors: Cuevas-Vargas Héctor , Velázquez-Espinoza Noé , Colín-Salgado Mónica 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Background: Studies on innovations have been focused on teams, institutions, and organisations without accounting for the role of the executive’s gender.

Objectives: This research aims to analyse how small Colombian firms manage technological innovation from the perspective of the gender of executives.

Methods/Approach: A quantitative approach and cross-sectional, non-experimental design through Structural Equation Models with PLS-SEM was used. We self-administered a survey randomly to gather data from 145 small firms’ owners or managers in the department of Bogota, Colombia.

Results: The results obtained from multi-group analysis evidence that process innovation has a strong and significant positive impact on the innovation of products, and no significant differences were found when comparing the performance of male executives versus female executives. However, descriptive statistics showed that female executives give more importance to the process and product innovation activities, and they demonstrated to manage a better product innovation performance than male executives.

Conclusions: The evidence reveals that female executives are more committed to developing new products and choose to acquire new skills or equipment to develop products and processes. It is, therefore, essential to eliminate organisations’ cultural stereotypes and take advantage of women’s potential in management leadership.
Employers’ Revelation of Decision-making Keys for Employing People with Visual Impairment: Mixed-method Analysis of Employers’ Motivations
Authors: Eckhaus Eyal 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Background: People with visual impairment or blindness (PWVIB) face many barriers related to employment. Although literature explores employers’ concerns regarding the employment of PWVIB, stating the concern and developing a solution are different.

Objectives: Employers’ solutions to concerns regarding hiring PWVIB have not been surveyed. This study addresses the gap by surveying employers to determine practical solutions and developing the Solutions for Improving Employment of People with Visual Disabilities (SIEPVD) model.

Methods: We employed a mixed-method design based on the 975 completed surveys from employers with hiring authority. We also identified and tagged major themes and developed an empirical model. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed to test the model’s goodness of fit.

Results: Findings highlight the need for evidence of job capabilities such as financial incentives, information provision, and adequate job vacancies. Evidence or financial incentives directly and positively affect employers’ attitudes toward hiring PWVIB. Financial incentives also mediate information provision and job match with employers’ attitudes toward hiring PWVIB.

Conclusions: This is the first study to perform employers’ integration by creating solutions to increase PWVIB’s employment rate. Results may help PWVIB in its employment efforts. Thus, the approach when applying for jobs or attending interviews should be reviewed. Practical contributions are discussed.
Public Support for Innovation: Changes in Turnover of Granted Companies
Authors: Klímová Viktorie , Žítek Vladimír , Lelková Tereza 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Background: Innovation policy supports innovation in companies, as it is crucial for economic, social and environmental development.

Objectives: The research aims to verify whether companies that have received public support for innovation are experiencing turnover growth.

Methods/Approach: The research is carried out on the example of the Czech Innovation Programme, and the analysis included 276 projects in the manufacturing industry. The study compares the turnover of enterprises one year before receiving the aid and two years after the granting. The analysis is performed regarding the size of companies, industries and regions.

Results: When the companies are assessed at the median level, the largest turnover growth was found in the category of small enterprises. Regarding industry, the largest increase was recorded in NACE sections 22, 27, 26, 29 and 30. The lowest increase in turnover was recorded for enterprises in sections 21, 23, 24 and 28. Differences in turnover growth were also observed across regions.

Conclusions: Providing support for innovation contributes to the growth of turnover. A larger share of public aid should be allocated to the category of small and medium-sized enterprises and knowledge-intensive industries.
Applying Model of Brand Equity in Higher Education Marketing Context
Authors: Vukasović Tina 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Background: The idea of brands is currently swiftly transferring from the market for goods to the market for services, giving rise to the service brand. Globalisation, the accelerated and increased development of service activities, and more rivalry in the provider’s market have all contributed to this.

Objectives: The primary goal of this study is to empirically test the conceptual model in higher education to create a comparative study based on different contextual dimensions and better understand brand equity in higher education.

Methods/Approach: A quantitative research method was applied. Using a questionnaire, which was sent to students by e-mail, the data were collected. The sample chosen targeted 250 actual (university students) in Slovenia.

Results: Consumer traits and concepts related to the brand equity’s awareness dimension have no discernible influence on consumers’ perceptions of brand equity. Promotional actions intended to increase brand equity by increasing awareness were ineffective and had a favourable effect on the brand equity of the symbolic qualities. All service characteristics were discovered to be important. Price, excellent quality, and benefits all had a large and positive impact on brand equity. In conclusion, all financial factors had a substantial and favourable effect on brand equity.

Conclusions: The research’s findings showed that the customer-based brand equity model might be used to create a competitive advantage in the higher education sector and to direct marketing efforts.
European Union’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Enhancing the Legal Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers or Restoring the Old Paradigm?
Authors: Čanji Danijela 
Published: October 2022

Summary
In this article, I seek to examine how the legal and political changes introduced by the European Union’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum enhance the legal protection of refugees and asylum seekers fleeing to the EU territory across the central Mediterranean migration route. Empirically drawing on the discourse of the European Commission representatives and the discourse around the new Pact on Migration and Asylum, I will engage in analyzing the EU’s human-focused narrative about migration management that the Pact promotes. The emphasis is put on how the dominant legal categories, in particular the category of refugee, are (re)constructed and the purposes such re-articulation has for the rights of the people on the move. Situating the study into critical legal theoretical framework, my aim is to demonstrate that although the EU’s new narrative acknowledges migrants’ vulnerable position, persons in need of international protection are simultaneously put into the discursive frame of irregularity – the same discourse the EU is vehemently fighting against. Hence, due to the conceptual ambivalence of the legal identities, under the new Pact, the persons legally entitled to protection will find it more difficult to claim their right to safe asylum in the EU.
Streisand Effect in the Context of the Right to be Forgotten
Authors: Mach Martin 
Published: October 2022

SummaryThis article discusses the Streisand effect in Right to be forgotten. Since this is a highly undesirable phenomenon, the article seeks to answer questions that reveal its frequency and the chance of its manifestation, thus answering the questions of how common the Streisand effect in right to be forgotten is; and it seeks and analyzes the variables that affect the chance of the Streisand effect. To find answers, the article draws on court decisions and also uses the insights of authors working on similar topics. Thus, each variable is justified and shown in a specific real case. The article concludes with a look at the possible increase in the Streisand effect in the future.
The Shifting Approach of the Court of Justice of the European Union towards the Principle of Mutual Trust and the Impact of the Rule of Law
Authors: Ozoráková Lilla 
Published: October 2022

Summary
The principle of mutual trust is based on the idea that there is mutual confidence between Member States that their national legal systems are in line with the European Union law and are able to provide similar protection of the shared values. However, the experience of last years has brought multiple challenges questioning these fundamental building blocs. This article focuses on understanding the role of fundamental rights and the rule of law in limiting the principle of mutual trust as suggested by the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). It discusses the shift in the approach of the CJEU towards the limitations, exploring whether the recent case law suggests that the current crises of values, including the systemic violations of the rule of law and fundamental rights play a crucial role in widening the limits of mutual trust.
Euro-Conform Interpretation of Slovak Consumer Credit Act – Endless Saga Bound to End?
Authors: Patakyová Mária T. 
Published: October 2022

Summary
Protection of individual rights arising from EU law is to a great extent in the hands of national courts. Their role is underlined in cases of imperfect implementation of a directive, where individuals are left at mercy of a euro-conform interpretation. Euro-conform interpretation is not limitless, as, for instance, it shall not be contra legem. However, when exactly is the interpretation contra legem, i.e. impossible? This article shows how intricate euro-conform interpretation may be, using the example of Directive 2008/48/EC on consumer credit agreements, a piece of law much discussed by the ECJ in preliminary rulings. Even if the proper way of interpretation is shown by the Supreme Court of a Member State, individuals may still find it difficult, even impossible, to enforce their rights arising from EU law. The aim of this article is to show how the euro-conform interpretation works in practice.
Targeted Immunomodulation Therapies as New Options to Cure Urinary Tract Infections
Authors: David Cristiana , Popescu Paula , Rădulescu Daniela , Văcăroiu Ileana Adela 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
With their high prevalence and predisposition to recurrence, urinary tract infections are important contributors to antibiotic prescription worldwide. Studies involving alternative urinary tract infections treatments emerged as a priority in the last years, developing as a response to rapid global dissemination of multi-drug resistant uropathogens. One of these non-antibiotic strategies is based on the hypothesis that recurrent and severe forms of urinary tract infections have a genetic susceptibility pattern, involving the variability of the innate immune response to germs aggression. Yet insufficient studied, the immunology of urinary tract infections is still a subject for new bold researches. By focusing the precise defect that leads to predisposition towards severe or recurrent evolution of the disease and by targeting to correct them, these new therapies examples outlined in our review can bring a ray of hope in the treatment of UTI and the burden they represent.
Rectal Cancer and Diabetes Relationship: An Evidence-Based Overview for Healthcare Providers
Authors: Gaube Alexandra , Georgescu M.T. , Văcăroiu Ileana Adela , Balcangiu-Stroescu Andra , Georgescu D.E. , Calangiu F.S. , Tulin Raluca , Călinoiu Amalia Loredana 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
As the third most frequently diagnosed cancer through the worldwide, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth leading cause and account for around 8% of all cancer-related death. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia and inflammation due to deficiency in insulin secretion or dysregulation of the insulin action pathway, which further leads to dysfunction and failure of multiple organs. Many advances have been made in the diagnosis and management of rectal cancer. Although colorectal cancer survival is severely dependent on the stage of disease at diagnosis, it might also be influenced by several risk factors. The relationship between colorectal cancer and diabetes is a complex one and can raise problems in both diagnosis and the management of patients with both conditions. Metabolic pathways of the type II diabetes, glucose intolerance and obesity can be considered as a link to rectal cancer. This article provides not just an overview of the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of CRC and DM, but also highlights of CRC and DM relationship.
Rhabdomyolysis Syndrome, a Permanent Challenge for the Nephrologist
Authors: Văcăroiu Ileana Adela , Popescu Paula , Feier Larisa Florina , Tănase Andreea Lăcrămioara , Balcangiu-Stroescu Andra-Elena , David Cristiana , Rădulescu Daniela 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The term “rhabdomyolysis” defines a clinical and biological syndrome, potentially life-threatening, that occurs after the lysis of skeletal striated muscle fibers whose contents are released into the general circulation. The development of rhabdomyolysis can be associated with a wide variety of diseases, injuries, drugs, toxins and various viral infections.
Recently, SARS-coV-2 has been reported as the cause of rhabdomyolysis, especially in those with severe forms of COVID-19. Very few cases describe the occurrence of this syndrome in patients with moderate forms of the disease.
We will present the case of a patient with a mild to moderate form of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in contrast to the rhabdomyolysis syndrome, and also the lack of kidney damage.
Immediate and Late Complications in Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery
Authors: Costache Alexandru-Dan , Oancea Oana-Petronela , Luca Ștefana , Mitu Ovidiu , Mitu Florin 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Congenital aortic bicuspid valve can evolve rapidly and at an early age to a severe aortic disease with significant stenosis and regurgitation. Therefore, cardiovascular surgery with mechanical aortic prosthesis implant is the only therapeutic solution. Despite a successful surgical procedure, complications can be numerous, especially post-operatively, as conduction disorders and arrhythmias. Also, given the recent guidelines recommendations to maintain the INR values above 2,5, chronic oral anticoagulation is critical in the long-term prevention of cardioembolic events. Thus, we are presenting the case of a patient diagnosed with a severe aortic disease secondary to a bicuspid aortic valve, who underwent a Bentall surgical procedure, later suffering a wide spectrum of complications, both immediate and late, especially due to long-term subtherapeutic INR values. The particularities of the case reside both in the multitude of complications that occurred in a particular chronological order and in the interfering mechanisms with the anticoagulant therapy.
The influence of administrative status on the trajectory of socio-economic changes: A case study of Polish cities
Authors: Przybyła Katarzyna , Kachniarz Marian , Hełdak Maria , Ramsey David , Przybyła Bogdan 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Most of the academic literature indicates that high administrative status positively influences the development of a city, while the loss of such status leads to marginalisation. Most of these studies, however, investigated national capitals, and relatively little research has analysed the effect of a change in status at lower levels of government. Poland is an obvious subject for such research, due to the recent extensive reforms of its system of territorial government. This article presents the recent dynamics of socio-economic development in Polish cities and their relation to whether a city maintained or lost its status as a regional capital. These results enable us to identify correlations between the dynamics of socio-economic development and the status of a city. The nature of these correlations is more ambiguous than the results presented in previous studies. The findings of this study give new insight into the effect of changes in a city’s administrative status.
The Role of Organizational Virtuousness in Reinforcement Proactive Work Behavior
Authors: Abbas Ali Abdulhassan 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The aim of the current research work is to define the role of organizational virtuousness, the independent variable, and its influence upon proactive work behaviors, the dependent variable. Various important measures have been considered to determine the research variables and are discussed in detail. In this study, a total of 354 individuals working in Karbala cement factory was considered among whom the questionnaire was distributed. In order to test the research hypotheses, general confirmatory loading (structural equation modeling), descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, simple regression analysis, and gradient multiple regression analyses were conducted. A number of conclusions was reached out of which the most important is the existence of a significant impact of organizational virtuousness on proactive behavior. The sub-hypotheses also confirmed the presence of a positive moral effect.
Corporate Social Responsibility Considered With Two Systems Theories: A Case from Serbia
Authors: Zlatanović Dejana , Mulej Matjaž , Ženko Zdenka 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) becomes one of the prerequisites for success of contemporary organizations aimed at humankind’s survival by sustainable development. As SR behavior can generate significant benefits, more and more organizations are developing SR strategic plans and implementing SR initiatives. In ISO 26000, CSR has three basic concepts: Responsibility for one’s influences over society, interdependence and holistic approach. Therefore, authors focus on systemic approach to CSR. The purpose is to demonstrate how combined use of appropriate systems theories can help dealing with CSR. Accordingly, Dialectical Systems Theory (DST) and System Dynamics (SD), as relevant systems theories, i.e. methodologies stemming from different systemic paradigms, were selected. DST helped to identify some relevant aspects and components of CSR which were empirically tested in businesses in the Republic of Serbia. Hence, the following factors, i.e. groups of SR activities are selected as relevant for improving organizational performance: General CSR activities; CSR activities towards consumers; CSR activities towards environmental protection and beneficiaries’ health, and Socially responsible after sales activities. In addition, empirical research results indicating the influence of the above factors on performance were the basis for using the tools of SD, such as stock and flow diagrams and causal loop diagrams. SD tools contribute to simulating the system’s future behavior, i.e. future performance level after improving these CSR activities. Authors introduce a new, systemic approach to conceptualizing and researching CSR by providing appropriate methodological support for exploring relevant interdependencies of CSR aspects.
Employers’ Perceptions of Online University Degrees and Their Relationship with the Recruitment and Selection Practices: The Case of Chile
Authors: Bobek Vito , Zych Filip , Janković Božidarka , Horvat Tatjana 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
The emergence of online university degree programs is an opportunity for Chile, struggling with low tertiary education attainment rates and a skills gap in the labor market. However, little attention has been dedicated to whether the employers in Chile perceive online and on-campus university education as equivalent. This study investigated the perceptions of a convenient sample of 38 employers from different industries, using Likert scale questions and a hypothetical hiring scenario. The survey results were then consulted with three experts who provided their interpretations. The findings indicated that the investigated sample generally does not perceive online and on-campus university education as equivalent but would not discard an online degree graduate only due to their academic background. However, when given a choice between a 100% online, 100% on-campus, and a hybrid degree holder, none of them would choose a 100% online degree graduate. Instead, 57% would hire a hybrid degree graduate and 43% a 100% on-campus graduate. There is a significant, positive correlation between the perceived equivalence in rigor, learning experience, and learning content and the willingness to hire an online degree graduate. The university’s reputation is a crucial factor influencing hiring decisions in Chile. The degree’s relevance may be insignificant compared to other factors considered by the hiring managers.
The Social and Economic Importance of Sports
Authors: Prudky Ivan 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Sports participation does not produce benefits solely on a personal level but also numerous benefits on different societal levels, as well as the level of economies. The paper represents a contribution to the exploration of factors of individuals influencing regularity in sports participation. A logistic regression model was used based on the data from the Eurobarometer special survey from 2018. According to the findings, middle-aged men are the most likely to regularly participate in sports activities and individuals with active socio-professional status are also more likely to practice regular sports activities than individuals who are passive. The same is true for individuals living in less urbanised areas and those with positive life satisfaction compared to those living in urban areas or those who are not satisfied with their life. The results of our research are important for economic policymakers both at the national and regional levels, as well as at the level of individual municipalities. They facilitate the management of sports activities of individuals but are limited to a smaller number of factors with measurement specifics. Suggestions for further research are also presented.