Double-blind Peer Review Process Research Articles

Negotiating, Navigating and the Neoliberal University: A Conversation with Rosemarie Buikema

Junctions: Graduate Journal of the Humanities is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed and open access journal in the Humanities. The journal aims to connect the different disciplines of the Humanities by collecting disciplinary and interdisciplinary texts so that they are accessible to readers from across the Humanities. Junctions provides scholars at the start of their academic careers with the opportunity to disseminate their research to a diverse audience of peers and professionals, as well as providing graduate students with relevant practical experience of organizing and maintaining a peer-reviewed open access journal. Through a rigorous double blind peer review process, the journal seeks to maintain the highest academic standards possible. Check out our new promo video here.

Introduction: (Re)Building the City

Junctions: Graduate Journal of the Humanities is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed and open access journal in the Humanities. The journal aims to connect the different disciplines of the Humanities by collecting disciplinary and interdisciplinary texts so that they are accessible to readers from across the Humanities. Junctions provides scholars at the start of their academic careers with the opportunity to disseminate their research to a diverse audience of peers and professionals, as well as providing graduate students with relevant practical experience of organizing and maintaining a peer-reviewed open access journal. Through a rigorous double blind peer review process, the journal seeks to maintain the highest academic standards possible. Check out our new promo video here.

Ineffable Poetics: Negotiating Exile and Literary Self-Expression via Wittgenstein’s City Metaphor

Junctions: Graduate Journal of the Humanities is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed and open access journal in the Humanities. The journal aims to connect the different disciplines of the Humanities by collecting disciplinary and interdisciplinary texts so that they are accessible to readers from across the Humanities. Junctions provides scholars at the start of their academic careers with the opportunity to disseminate their research to a diverse audience of peers and professionals, as well as providing graduate students with relevant practical experience of organizing and maintaining a peer-reviewed open access journal. Through a rigorous double blind peer review process, the journal seeks to maintain the highest academic standards possible. Check out our new promo video here.

Editorial

Welcome at Challenging Glass 8!We gradually emerge from two difficult years of the covid-19 pandemic raging through the world in waves of constantly changing intensities. The associated uncertainties really put the ‘challenging’ into Challenging Glass this time. Still, some of our peers are not able to join us in Ghent, and they will be sorely missed. Nevertheless, we are happy to be able to return this year to the ‘real thing’: a live event which allows the international glass community to finally meet again in person. An excellent opportunity, especially within the UN-declared International Year of Glass 2022. We look forward to reconnect with international colleagues and old friends, but we also want to extend a particularly warm welcome to new and young peers who perhaps have not yet had many opportunities to build their professional network. Dedicated as we are to the high standards of the Challenging Glass Conferences, we are once again proud to present a very promising programme. No less than five keynote speakers will share their original insights on glass with us: Stéphany Le Rhun on glass and circularity; Julian Jones on glass and bio-based materials; Markus Feldmann on the oncoming Eurocode on the Design of Glass Structures; and finally Robert Capel and Iris Rombouts on their latest glass projects. In addition, over 70 papers will be presented by experts from around the world, showcasing the latest findings in academia, practice and industry. Moreover, a special session on adhesive bonding in glass construction is organised by the European COST Action CertBond CA18120 - Reliable roadmap for certification of bonded primary structures. All papers have been peer reviewed by our scientific committee and are published Open Access in Volume 8 of the online Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings. A selection of papers has been subjected to a separate double-blind peer-review process and is published in the special Challenging Glass issue of the Glass Structures & Engineering journal (SpringerNature). Many thanks go to our sponsors, Scientific Committee members, authors and attendees to make it happen. Let’s enjoy together! Jan Belis, Freek Bos & Christian LouterConference OrganisersJune 2022

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COVID-19: A Selective Short Literature Review

This paper is an introduction to the book publication “Essays on COVID-19 Research” and presents a survey of thirty-one selected articles that have been published in various ATINER academic journals since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of these essays have undergone a double-blind peer review process and have been accepted for publication. The aim of this survey is to summarize the main research findings of these papers and highlight their major conclusions. These papers cover research related to COVID-19 from a variety of research fields that include Health; Mass Media and Communication; Sociοlogy; Business and Economics; Tourism; Education; and Law. Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, deaths, lockdowns, vaccinations, well-being, recovery plan, distance education

Premier Issue of Current Environment: Its Expectations and Outcomes

Dear readers, please accept our heartfelt gratitude for choosing the journal 'Current Environment' for your scientific endeavor. We are launching this premier with four full articles along with one editorial note which are very interesting to read. In total 15 authors have engaged with our first issue. As per the scope of this journal, we received several articles covering a few research areas. It was expected by the editorial team that the first issue would publish at least 8 to 10 articles covering con-current environmental issues, but finally we could only select the published articles as fulfilling our journal's criteria.<br/> The editorial of that issue provides information on how the aquatic lives responded to changing environments(1). The primary producer, photosynthetic microorganisms, could be impacted by their life cycle if the environment-changing parameters would fluctuate. Another research article provided information on how these tiny organisms and how their community composition will be altered at lower pH (acidic environment) concentrations. Additionally, the author showed the variable environments that affect the cell morphology and overall growth of the experimented phytoplankton species (2). The interesting finding was that, the different group of those model species shows different responses with the different pH concentrations. Bariet al. reviewed literatures on zooplankton in freshwater bodies, how they respond to water pollution (3). They mentioned these tiny organisms are very significant during energy flow to primary producers to tertiary organisms, and the toxins of phytoplankton can harshly impact the life style of zooplankton during extreme environments.<br/> The two other articles are on water physico-chemical properties analysis. Hasan et al. reported the water physico-chemical characteristics from several freshwater reservoirs of Barishal City. They found that the water quality is in good conditions, however emphasized the need for monitoring to hold the conditions same condition for a long time (4). Nasrin and Begum showed the water reservoirs within Barishal University campus as well as the nearby area of the campus hold all the physico-chemical parameters aligned with the standard range(5).<br/> As a premier issue, these quality articles inspire us to strive for achieving publishing excellence. All of these articles were from prominent researchers, who were very happy to share their knowledge and kept faith in us from the beginning. We received many other articles and had to return the rest articles for not falling under our journal's scope. However, all the articles went through a double-blind peer-review process before accepting by specific editors. To maintain a high standard, we didn't publish any article that mislead the readers about the journal's aim, scope and quality.<br/> In conclusion, this journal premier exceeded our expectations. The reviewers supported us by giving the review results within time. We tried our best to publish articles with zero errors in the journal Current Environment, and we hope to publish more interesting articles without standing findings from the next.

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Human Resource Management as a Catalyst for Firm Innovation: A Bibliometric Review

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

The Nexus between Social Media Adoption and the Performance of MSSEs in Sri Lanka: An Exploratory Study Based on Gampaha District

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

Why do People move Towards Self-Service Technologies? Insights from Banking Sector in Sri Lanka

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

Note from the Guest Editor

“You’re going to make a difference. A lot of times it won’t be huge, it won’t be visible even. But it will matter just the same. Don’t do it for praise or money, that’s what I want to tell you. Do it because it needs to be done. Do it to make your world better.” - James Gordon, in Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka’s Gotham Central Book One: In the line of duty. This annual Special Edition once again combines outstanding papers from two conferences: The 33rd annual conference of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering (SAIIE33), held from 3 to 5 October 2022 in Zimbali, South Africa, and The 23rd annual Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA) conference, joined by the 15th Robotics and Mechatronics (RobMech), the 33rd Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa (PRASA), and the 3rd South African Advanced Materials Initiative (CoSAAMI) conferences. This joint conference was held from 9 to 11 November 2022 in Somerset West, South Africa. This Special Edition presents the best work presented at these conferences. Papers undergo the same double-blind peer review process, using the journal’s criteria. They are selected on the basis of reviewer rankings and a final check of quality and suitability by the journal editors. The theme of this year’s SAIIE conference introduced us to The marvellous world of industrial engineering, comparing the work done by industrial engineering professionals with that of superheroes, while the RAPDASA conference showcased the wonders of Digital technology in production development. These themes highlighted the industrial engineering profession’s versatile nature and far-reaching impact. The papers in this Special Edition are, without a doubt, excellent, and they contribute both visibly and invisibly to making the world a better place. I encourage you to explore the papers, and I trust that you, too, will be able to see our industrial engineering professionals as the superheroes of the future. Teresa Hattingh Guest Editor

Behavioral Biases and the Rationality in Stock Market Investments; Evidence from Sri Lanka

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

The Impact of YouTube Advertisement Value on Purchase Intention of YouTube Users in Western Province, Sri Lanka

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

The Impact of Heuristic Biases on Investors’ Investment Decision Making; Evidence from Colombo Stock Exchange

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

Best Practices for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Success: A Study Based on Restaurant Sector in Sri Lanka

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

The Impact of Financial Reporting Quality on Firm Performance

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

Impact of Brand Awareness on Customer E-loyalty, in Online Banking of Sri Lanka: With the Mediating Effect of Emotional Attachment with Reference to Western Province of Sri Lanka

Journal of Business &amp; Technology (JBT) is an open-access journal published by the Department of the Commerce and Financial Management of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The journal follows a double-blind peer-review process and is published bi-annually (January, July). JBT aims to publish scholarly research, critical reviews, case studies, practitioner reviews and technology reviews in the fields of business and technology.

Editorial Policy

Editorial Policy

2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Energy Advancements (ICCIEA-2021), September 11-12, 2021 Virtual Format

International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Energy Advancements (ICCIEA-2021) is a prestigious event organized with a motivation to provide an excellent platform for the academicians, researchers, engineers, industrial participants and budding students around the world to share their research findings with the global experts. The conference aimed to provide researchers and attendees with prospects for global collaboration and networking among universities and corporate organizations for promoting research. ICCIEA-2021 was conducted in virtual format owing to the pandemic situation during 11th to 12th September 2021. It involved all classes of academia having research orientation.The conference was organized jointly by departments of ECE and ME, Vaagdevi College of Engineering and King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. As it was an event conducted in cyber form, the presentations were delivered using an online platform. Five different and parallel technical sessions were scheduled based upon the tracks of the articles and a Best Paper was awarded in each session. A total of 38 articles were selected for presentation after double blind peer review process. This proceeding issue compiles oral presentations that were presented by the authors and rigorously reviewed by a special committee designated by the editor team of the conference.The organizing and editorial committee of the ICCIEA-2021 hopes you enjoy reading the articles published in this volume of the JPCS. Besides, we wish to thank all the authors and participants for providing their valuable contributions for this proceeding as well as the reviewers for their constructive recommendations and criticism aiding to improve the presented articles. We are confident that this issue will serve as a reference for computational intelligence, industrial automation, energy advancements and sustainable technologies in the world of scientific research, engineering and technology.List of Organizing Committee, Steering Committee, Technical Program Committee, Industry Experts Committee, Editorial Committee, Invited Speakers, Organizing Institutions, Academic Partner are available in this pdf.