The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) has been widely used to conceptualise changes in how individuals experience cultural difference, typically described as a progression from ethnocentric toward ethnorelative orientations. While the model’s value is considerable, its common interpretation …

By addressing the sub-research questions, the main research question and data mining goal were answered. Drought tolerance can be quantified using yield loss between control and drought treatments and robustly assessed by ranking varieties within each year. Varieties that consistently rank high or low …

The use and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our society is growing rapidly (Maslej 2025). Alongside this growth, the importance of specific ‘competencies’ that users need to effectively interact with and critically evaluate AI is becoming increasingly important (Long en Magerko 2020). This …

Purpose The aim of this study is to provide insights into how the purchasing function can increase the maturity of smart maintenance management (SMM) in construction clients by (1) assessing current SMM maturity and (2) developing an adapted service triad for purchasing's meaningful involvement in SMM. …

In this PhD thesis, we aimed to improve understanding of the study progression and success of autistic students in higher education by comparing them to students with other disabilities and students without disabilities. We studied their background and enrollment characteristics, whether barriers in …

Showjumping stallion semen market is driven by the created demand. For example, it could be influenced by the horse evaluation system used in breeding associations. There are multiple market participants, however the current study is focused on the connection between three bodies: breeding organizations, …

Despite decades of European financial stimulation for cross-border projects, the attention for cross-border cooperation (CBC) is still volatile. Depending on, among other things, political and economic tendencies, it is a hot item, or not. Irrespective of the trend, it is difficult to encourage citizens …

Knowledge of how professional youth work might prevent individual and social problems in socially vulnerable youngsters is poorly developed. This article presents a conceptual framework that clarifies the implicit methodical process used by professional youth workers and focuses on what stakeholders …

The following research justification report indicates how to organically increase the number of visitors on the Slovak website at YourSurprise via the optimization of the relevance pillar of SEO – Title Tags, Meta Descriptions and Content. Five information gaps were identified as basis for the research: (1) …

Due to recent technological advancements, technological transition through designing together with living organisms is a growing phenomenon in multiple disciplines as well as in building design. Within this technological transition period, a large number of concepts with varied terms and definitions …