It is essential for hotel companies to evaluate and improve website performance in order to keep and increase their online presence and competitiveness in the marketplace. Based on the relative literature, in this article, the authors adapt the Web Assessment Index (WAI) to evaluate the attractiveness of the hotel websites. This has been validated in other studies in the literature, and measure...

It is essential for hotel companies to evaluate and improve website performance in order to keep and increase their online presence and competitiveness in the marketplace. Based on the relative literature, in this article, the authors adapt the Web Assessment Index (WAI) to evaluate the attractiveness of the hotel websites. This has been validated in other studies in the literature, and measure...

Little research has been done on the role of the therapeutic working alliance in treatment for alcohol problems. This longitudinal study's objectives were (a) to identify predictors of working alliance and (b) to investigate whether client and/or therapist reports of the working alliance predicted posttreatment motivation and then later treatment outcome. Client and therapist perceptions of the...

Objective: The importance of a strong working alliance is assumed to be important in exposure and response prevention (ERP) treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). During the first sessions, the therapist aims to achieve agreement with the patient on the tasks and goals of therapy by formulating a treatment plan. The aims of the study were to explore the predictive role of therapistan...

The Working Alliance Inventory (WAI, Horvath & Greenberg, 1989) has made possible tremendous contributions to psychotherapy research. Many studies support its reliability and validity, but some research suggests the 7-point response format and 3-factor structure of the client version WAI are problematic (Hatcher & Gillaspy, 2006). We used Rasch model item response theory (IRT) to analyze archiv...

BACKGROUND The primary aim of newborn hearing screening is to detect permanent hearing loss. Because otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) and automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) are sensitive to hearing loss, they are often used as screening tools. On the other hand, false-positive results are most often because of transient outer- and middle ear conditions. Wideband acoustic immittance (WAI),...

Endogenous á-amylase inhibitors exist widely in animals, plants and microorganisms. These inhibitors show remarkable structure variety with different modes of inhibition and specificity against different á-amylases. To explore the alpha-amylase inhibitors in wild amaranth, a novel proteinaceous inhibitor of á-amylase, named WAI-1, was purified and its structure and function were investigated in...