Applying a deep residual network coupling with transfer learning for recyclable waste sorting DOI Open Access
Kunsen Lin, Youcai Zhao, Xiaofeng Gao

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Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 29(60), P. 91081 - 91095

Published: July 26, 2022

Language: Английский

Women’s Entrepreneurial Contribution to Family Income: Innovative Technologies Promote Females’ Entrepreneurship Amid COVID-19 Crisis DOI Creative Commons

Taoan Ge,

Jaffar Abbas, Raza Ullah

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Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: March 29, 2022

Women entrepreneurs innovate, initiate, engage, and run business enterprises to contribute the domestic development. think start taking risks of operating combine various factors involved in production deal with uncertain environment. Entrepreneurship technological innovation play a crucial role developing economy by creating job opportunities, improving skills, executing new ideas. It has significant impact on income household. The study focused investigating women’s entrepreneurship technologies contributing household challenging situation pandemic COVID-19. paper emphasized identifying determinants female entrepreneurial contribution toward income. This collected data from selected rural urban areas district Faisalabad through self-administered questionnaire. Investigators interviewed chose them snowball sampling technique population purposively female-run businesses. Interviews were conducted women gather relevant information for survey investigation at their workplaces home. effects factors, including age, education, family size, other sources, time allocated activity, firm location (rural/urban) estimated empirically using an ordered logit model. findings exhibited positive respondents’ activities, size. outcomes also indicated that is significantly higher than areas. signifies regulations against gender discrimination public private institutions are helpful. Besides, encouraging environment culture among country would increase study’s policy implications directly link Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) 5 Gender Equality (GE) SDG 8 related decent work economic growth.

Language: Английский

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Social Media Application as a New Paradigm for Business Communication: The Role of COVID-19 Knowledge, Social Distancing, and Preventive Attitudes DOI Creative Commons

Songbo Yu,

Jaffar Abbas, Anca Drăghici

et al.

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: May 19, 2022

Business firms and the public have encountered massive consequences of COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has become most significant challenge influenced all communities. research study focuses on exploring relationship between knowledge, social distancing, individuals' attitudes toward media use, practices using amid crisis. examines how use mediate linkage for use. survey uses a non-probability convenience sampling approach to collect samples recruit willing respondents with their consent data collection. recorded feedback from 348 participants who indirect/direct effects nationwide lockdowns, restrictions gatherings, infection. The findings validate proposed hypotheses direct indicate β-values,

Language: Английский

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Product Market Competition and Firm Performance: Business Survival Through Innovation and Entrepreneurial Orientation Amid COVID-19 Financial Crisis DOI Creative Commons
Qiang Liu,

Xiaoli Qu,

Dake Wang

et al.

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: March 25, 2022

The product market competition has become a global challenge for business organizations in the challenging and competitive environment influx of COVID-19 outbreak. influence products on organizational performance developed economies gained scholars’ attention, numerous studies explored its impacts profitability. existing designate mixed findings between linkage CSR practices Chinese firms’ healthier emerging economies; however, current crisis due to coronavirus made completion fierce, which ultimately affects performance. This study focuses this logical challenge, investigates rationale, examines product-market impact operating markets. collected data from annual reports with A-share listing registered database China Stock Markets Accounting Research (CSMAR). employed Generalized Method Moment technique investigated connection firm empirical analysis highlights conclusion that positively significantly affected specified play dynamic indispensable role achieving provides valuable insights practical implications future research directions scholars draw interesting results new models.

Language: Английский

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Tourists’ Health Risk Threats Amid COVID-19 Era: Role of Technology Innovation, Transformation, and Recovery Implications for Sustainable Tourism DOI Creative Commons
Zhenhuan Li, Dake Wang, Jaffar Abbas

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Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: April 7, 2022

Technology innovation has changed the patterns with its advanced features for travel and tourism industry during outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, which massively hit worldwide. The profound adverse effects coronavirus disease resulted in a steep decline demand activities This study focused on literature based wake global crisis due to infectious virus. aims review emerging critically help researchers better understand situation. It valorizes transformational affordance, tourism, industries impacts posed by virus COVID-19. proposed research model reviving international post pandemic gain sustainable development recovery. scholars have debated seeking best possible ways predict recovery travel, leisure sectors from devastating consequences In first phase, describes how current can become opportunities. debates situation questions related emergence outbreak. present focuses identifying fundamental values, organizations, pre-assumptions revival academia breakthrough initiating frontiers practice. at exploring role technological management impacts, tourists' behavior, experiences. industry's main stakeholders include organizations that manage destinations policymakers. They already experienced stages responses, recovery, resetting strategies. provides valuable insight into practical implications academic revitalization.

Language: Английский

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Tax Avoidance Culture and Employees' Behavior Affect Sustainable Business Performance: The Moderating Role of Corporate Social Responsibility DOI Creative Commons
Yan Li, Khalid Ibrahim Al‐Sulaiti,

Wang Dongling

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Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: July 22, 2022

Employees' behavior and corporate social responsibility (CSR) can affect firms’ profitability increase the economic burden. This current research endeavors to explore how business firms navigate employees' technology-driven CSR sustainable practices for tax avoidance performance. study examines moderate relationship between achieve The incorporated Maximum Likelihood Estimator (MLE) purpose of data analysis using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique that is suitable this sample size. study’s target population employees small medium enterprises located in Pakistan. has drawn a applied convenience sampling technique. findings show avoidance, employee behavior, positively results further indicate significantly avoidance’s effect on However, there no condition identify firm In theory, contributes strategy literature by answering mediate It shows socially responsible organizations will engage less behaviors. exhibit provides systematic, holistic framework attain findings' generalizability offers future direction with helpful insights managers policymakers.

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Economic Corridor and Tourism on Local Community's Quality of Life under One Belt One Road Context DOI
Shiying Wang, Jaffar Abbas,

Khalid Ibrahim Al-Sulati

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Evaluation Review, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 48(2), P. 312 - 345

Published: June 23, 2023

Economic corridors unlock new economic opportunities and tourism development in the region to achieve sustainable goals. Green growth is conducive environmental sustainability. mega-projects of CPEC promote that leads communities’ well-being better quality life. Modern infrastructure contributes significantly activities. This study’s objectives emphasize exploring pursuits under OBOR projects open doors improving residents' The growing world an eyewitness a continuous rise emissions its severe consequences for humankind. It necessary show off leading factors result activities causing pollution rather than blame policymakers. Undoubtedly, many studies previously focused on demonstrating influence socio-economic lead quality. However, empirical literature tourism, social well-being, foreign direct investment, Environment Belt Road developed economies needed improvement. research applied series advanced estimators help demonstrate probable results. study explores role Social (HDI), development, FDI, renewable energy, information & communication technology (ICT), urbanization CO2 (BRI) economies.Estimated results exhibited significant contribution ICT energy Besides, FDI reduction after threshold level. Conversely, contribute pollution. outcomes stated inverted/EKC U-shaped hypotheses related specified economies. Finally, analysis based D-H panel causality test constructs exciting results.The present concludes corridor plays vital community’s SDGs goals (sustainable development) impact safety. findings suggest essential applicable policies attain desired sustainability Findings Further can use insights using this methodology.

Language: Английский

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Comparison of Students' Mental Wellbeing, Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life During COVID-19's Full and Partial (Smart) Lockdowns: A Follow-Up Study at a 5-Month Interval DOI Creative Commons
Muhammad Aqeel, Tasnim Rehna, Kanwar Hamza Shuja

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Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: April 20, 2022

Scholars have debated the COVID-19's full and partial lockdowns' effectivity to control transmission of new case. They emphasized provision required economic social resources worldwide. Past literature related COVID-19 has contributed little evidence examine efficacy lockdown measures with experimental perspectives at different intervals. This study bridges this gap explores smart impacts on Pakistani students' mental health, depression, quality life, anxiety symptoms, during various waves pandemic.

Language: Английский

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From Cultural Tourism to Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Value Creation for Environmental Sustainability DOI Creative Commons
Xiaofeng Li, Jaffar Abbas,

Wang Dongling

et al.

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: July 4, 2022

Cross-cultural exchanges among the locals and tourists have been beneficial in terms of social value creation sustainability. The present study has examined role cultural tourism entrepreneurship on environmental drawn a sample through non-probabilistic convenience sampling method for desired data collection, as investigators approached visiting destinations. reports received with help heritage Gilgit-Baltistan region Pakistan. employed PLS_SEM approach analysis purposes to draw results. findings showed significant relationship between tourism, sustainability, that significantly predicts results revealed positive association entrepreneurship, creation, Besides, mediates sustainability study’s climax importance cross-cultural interactions enriches understanding gives new perspectives existing traditions. Pursuing requires an excellent combination administrative political collaborative strategy integrates tourist destination development aims attain improved attractions. this research identifies effect However, is bidirectional. It might provide direction further study. deliver valuable insight into global activities destinations community development. This investigation produces systematic holistic framework explore influence at generalizability supplies helpful directions future related leads creation.

Language: Английский

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Assessing Factors Influencing Technology Adoption for Online Purchasing Amid COVID-19 in Qatar: Moderating Role of Word of Mouth DOI Creative Commons
Hussam Al Halbusi, Khalid Ibrahim Al‐Sulaiti, Jaffar Abbas

et al.

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: July 25, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic developed new challenges for global consumers. In response to this disaster, digital technology users have faced the necessity adopt and use specific apps online shopping. This article examines how contingencies disrupt existing theoretical models their implications post-COVID-19 era purchases. Customers prefer on websites search purchase amid crisis. offer competitive advantages branding CRM prospects. motive keeps customers happy satisfied with website offers. study focuses consumer electronics observes comparative influence of fundamental elements (i.e., hedonic motivation, habits, perceived risk, technological trust, awareness) purchasing customer satisfaction. further impact satisfaction purchases continuance intention (WCI). Notably, explores moderating effect word-of-mouth (WOM) relationship between intention. designed a web-based survey recruited frequent visitors including international citizens Qatar data collection. employed purposive sampling technique used three standardized psychological tools obtain set needed measure web link, distributed 600 questionnaires via email social media, received only 468 responses. After screening, 455 were valid showed rate 75.83%. results that awareness positively related purchasing. Besides, subsequent is also associated revealed remained stronger when was higher. Hence, shows shopping seen as vital interesting activity in Qatari context. findings provide useful insights future studies explore effects intentions.

Language: Английский

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Survival in Pandemic Times: Managing Energy Efficiency, Food Diversity, and Sustainable Practices of Nutrient Intake Amid COVID-19 Crisis DOI Creative Commons

Jianli Geng,

Shamsheer ul Haq, Jaffar Abbas

et al.

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: July 6, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an economic crisis and health emergency, threatening energy efficiency consumption, sustainable food diversity, households’ nutrition security. literature documented that environmental threats can divert attention from renewable security challenges affect humans’ behaviors. has consistently influenced behaviors, as it primarily decreased income disrupted systems worldwide. This study investigated the consequences on household income, nutritional challenges. used a self-structured online survey due non-pharmaceutical restrictions collected data 728 households. investigators applied t-test logit regression analyze for drawing results. Descriptive statistics show adversely affected of more than two-thirds (67%) energy, dietary patterns safeguard their income. analysis indicated diversity consumption significantly declined during pandemic, households consumed low-diversified meet needs twofold compared pre-pandemic levels. results showed all nutrient remained considerably lower in COVID-19. Cereals are primary source daily needs, accounting over total half amid share vegetables fruits dropped by 40 30%. Results exhibited increasing monthly was inversely associated with worsening intake efficiency. Compared farmers salaried employment, wage earners were 0.15 0.28 times likely experience decline consuming diversity. Medium large 1.95 2.64 small, consumption. Launching nutrition-sensitive program will help minimize impacts low-income individuals. relied recall ability quantities commodities, which may lack accuracy. Longitudinal studies employing probability sampling larger samples verify this study’s insightful

Language: Английский

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