In order to attract new customers and retain existing customers, restaurants need to identify the criteria on which customers determine the restaurants where they eat. The present study examines the restaurant selection criteria being employed by U.S. customers. This study also examined if there...

This study examines multiple reference effects in customers’ service evaluation regarding dining experiences in restaurants. Specifically, the present study explores the antecedent role of three reference points: focal, other, self-based and satisfaction in the development of customer...

Wearable sensors have attracted significant attention for personal healthcare and human motion monitoring in recent years. In this study, a stretchable and robust stretchable sensor was fabricated by depositing silver nanowires (AgNWs) on interface-functionalized wavy polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)...

Stretchable on-skin sensors provide multifunctional sensing in healthcare monitoring; however, it is challenging to develop cost-effective sensor materials with high stretchability, biocompatibility, mechanical robustness, and sensitivity. Stretchable conductive polymers have been extensively...

In this study, a theoretical approach to the ideal cycle with finite heat capacity rates for maximizing power using a sequential Carnot cycle model is investigated. Although the Carnot efficiency is important, it is limited to evaluating only in terms of the temperatures, and power generation...

Unlike commercial vessels, training ships have the unique purpose of providing students attempting to become ships’ officers with the onboard training education referred to in the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW code). More...

This paper examines environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance around seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). A firm may improve ESG performance prior to SEOs to the extent that it believes that investors will be more favorable to firms with better ESG performance (window-dressing...