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A Multilevel Analysis of Leader-member Exchange (LMX) and Leader-member Guanxi (LMG) in the Chinese Hospitality Industry
(International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional education (ICHRIE), 2015)This research adopts a quantitative method to investigate the supervisor-subordinate relationship and how it affects staff performance in Chinese hospitality industry from a multi-level perspective. An indigenous construct, ... -
A Multilevel Model of Information Technology Value
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2016)Traditionally, firms that dominate their industries perform better when their markets are growing. This is because their large size makes it easier for them to achieve economies of scale. We present empirical evidence that ... -
Multimodal books in a tertiary context: bridging the gap between traditional book arts and new technologies
(Common Ground, 2015)Our relationship to books is mutating dramatically, not just for readers and writers, but also for those who design and create books. This research explores how multimodal books might be used to integrate old and new ... -
Multimodality’s challenge to marketing theory: a discussion
(AUT Multimodal Research Centre, 2012)This discussion challenges conventional marketing theory regarding posters and billboards in the twenty first century. It argues against the prevailing dogmatic statement that a poster or billboard must communicate its ... -
Multinational transfer pricing of intangible assets and tax audit adjustments: evidence from Indonesia
(Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), 2015)Purpose – This paper examines the challenges faced by Indonesian tax auditors in auditing multinational transfer prices of intangible assets. This study then explores the suitability of mechanisms currently used by Indonesian ... -
Multiobjective optimisation of bicycle frames using simulated annealing
(Association for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization in the UK (ASMO-UK), 1999)The paper describes a novel implementation of the Simulated Annealing algorithm designed to explore the trade-off surface in multiobjective optimisation problems, in which an appropriate annealing temperature is determined ... -
Multiple preemptive EDCA for emergency medium access control in distributed WLANs
(Springer, 2016)The increasingly use of wireless local area networks (WLANs) in public safety and emergency network services demands for a strict quality of service (QoS) guarantee especially a large number of users report an emergency ... -
Multiple Source Location Estimation on a Dataset of Real Recordings in a Wireless Acoustic Sensor Network
(IEEE, 2018)Recently, wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs) have received significant attention from the research community and a variety of methods have been proposed for numerous applications, such as location estimation and ... -
Multisource Feedback As Part of the Medical Board of Australia's Professional Performance Framework: Outcomes From a Preliminary Study
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background: The recent introduction of the Professional Performance Framework by the Medical Board of Australia is intended to strengthen continuing professional development for the 100,000 or so medical practitioners in ... -
Multispectral Image Enhancement Based on the Dark Channel Prior and Bilateral Fractional Differential Model
(MDPI, 2022)Compared with single-band remote sensing images, multispectral images can obtain information on the same target in different bands. By combining the characteristics of each band, we can obtain clearer enhanced images; ... -
Multivariate spatial condition mapping using subtractive fuzzy cluster means
(MDPI AG, 2014)Wireless sensor networks are usually deployed for monitoring given physical phenomena taking place in a specific space and over a specific duration of time. The spatio-temporal distribution of these phenomena often correlates ... -
Mum's Diet and Children's Voice in Health Education
(The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 2017)This presentation focuses on the importance of understanding more about how children develop particular understandings about health and about their bodies through formal and informal learning processes. It will discuss ... -
Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC): reliability and validity of a measure to assess awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness
(The American Music Therapy Association, 2015)Background: Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC) describes a population where a consciousness disorder has persisted for at least four weeks post injury but is still under investigation. Complex motor, sensory, ... -
The MWA GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) Sample
Powerful radio-galaxies feature heavily in our understanding of galaxy evolution. However, when it comes to studying their properties as a function of redshift and/or environment, the most-detailed studies tend to be limited ... -
N-butanol Subfraction of Brassica Rapa L. Promotes Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Induces Apoptosis of A549 Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells Via Mitochondria-dependent Pathway
(MDPI AG, 2018)Brassica rapa L., an edible and medical vegetable, has been traditionally used in Uyghur folk medicine to treat coughs and asthma in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. In this study, we prepared an n-butanol ... -
Naming the Early Childhood Professional: Artefacts, Childish Pursuits and Critical Questions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This article addresses the problem of naming those who work with children in early childhood education setting. The article works through some perceived problems associated with shifting boundaries in the profession of ... -
Nanoantioxidants: Recent Trends in Antioxidant Delivery Applications
(MDPI AG, 2020)Antioxidants interact with free radicals, terminating the adverse chain reactions and converting them to harmless products. Antioxidants thus minimize the oxidative stress and play a crucial role in the treatment of free ... -
Nasal air-conditioning during breathing therapy
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2011)It has been reported that continuous positive airway pressure therapy introduces negative nasal side-effects including sneezing, itching, nasal dryness, nasal congestion and/or a runny nose. As these symptoms are suggestive ... -
Nasal air-conditioning during N-CPAP therapy
(Medical Sciences Congress, 2010)Over 40% of people who undertake n-CPAP breathing therapy report problems of rhinitis or nasal congestion despite not having these symptoms prior to treatment. Heated humidification is often used to condition inhaled air ... -
Nasal morphology and blood flow during augmented air pressure breathing therapies
(AUT University, 2011)Air delivered under augmented pressure during breathing therapy normally requires external humidification in order to avoid upper airways dryness and discomfort. Nasal heat and water flux between air and mucosa is dynamically ...