Safety and security are key aspects for the success of tourism in every destination. Rather than objective risks, it is rather the tourist's individual and subjective perception of these risks that mostly infl uence destination choice and in the long run tourism fl ows from one country to another. Th e concept of risk perception has been highly studied in tourism, however the literature remains...

Stakeholders' perceptions towards tourism development within destinations have been emphasized by researchers and practitioners. However, literature has only focused local residents' role in tourism development, leaving a gap in knowledge on stakeholders' engagement in tourism development process. Th is study investigates stakeholders' perceptions, attitudes and involvement in tourism developme...

The project aims to explore two fractal models (by Lowen and Liebovitch) of ion channel kinetics, and how this affects spike train patterns. The project also intends to extend the Liebovitch model and explore how fractal dimension affects potassium ion channel conductance profiles, and the behavior and rate of action potentials. 1 I n t r o d u c t i o n Fractal patterns have been used to model...

Staphylococcus aureus has long been recognized as a major cause of hospital-acquired infection. Over the last decade, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains have become endemic in hospitals worldwide, including in the UK. Accordingly, the frequency of MRSA isolation has increased dramatically. Glycopeptides, such as vancomycin, are often the therapeutic drugs of choice for serious MRSA ...

We report experimental evidence for the loss of neutral C, C2, C3, and C4 from photoexcited c60 and C70. These species are detected by postionization with XUV radiation formed by four-wave mixing in Kr vapor. The fragments have been detected in the nascent distribution (i.e., before total disintegration of the fullerene-size molecular entities). A resonant autoionization transition in C atom ha...

In this project, we began with a serial plus OpenMP implementation of a multigrid method to solve Poisson’s equation in three dimensions. Our main goal was to parallelize this method using data-level parallelism and MPI. To this end, our primary goal was to extend the work of previous students by handling two and three dimensional data divisions. Beyond that, we sought to implement the fastest ...

ABSTRCT Toxic effects of beryllium salts on the reproductive organs of cyclic adult female albino rats have been studied. An attempt was made to overcome these effects using an Ayurvedic medicine Liv.52 (The Himalaya Drug Co., Bombay). Liv.52-primed rats (1 mL/rat/day for 15 days) were exposed to beryllium nitrate intravenously and were sacrificed at different time intervals. At autopsy ovary, ...

In this study, the authors explored the use of positive, negative, and avoiding humor in 2 types of situations by individuals in romantic relationships. Participants (N = 154) rated their frequency of humor use in either a typical conflict scenario with their partner or a typical pleasant event. Participants also indicated their overall degree of romantic relationship satisfaction. Hierarchical...