THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR IN THE CONTEXT OF WINE FESTIVAL ATTENDEES

This study seeks to contribute to the literature on event tourism through the lens of the Theory of planned behavior. In doing so, the study seeks to address various knowledge gaps in wine festival research, namely with regard to the wine festival attendees’ behavior and motivation. Another knowledge gap identified in the present study related to the limited use of the TPB in the context of food and wine events, with Horng et al. (2013) being among the few researchers contributing to this area in recent time. The present study’s main objective is to apply an extended model of the TPB to investigate the travelers’ behavior formation process in attending a wine festival. Various positive outcomes could be achieved from this study. First, the findings related to attendee’ motivations to attend the wine festival, could provide valuable practical information to event organizers and managers. This information might subsequently help them develop strategies to address attendees’ needs & wants. In particular, the identification of specific segments with higher involvement in wine festival visitation and patronage and stronger desire to invest financially, in terms of time or travel mileage could be very valuable to organizers, and ultimately, to attendees. Second, from the theoretical perspective, the adoption of the TPB could help identify factors relevant to attendees’ wine festival experience, and thus contribute to the further development of the theory. Finally, the study will examine predictive capacity of intention on actual behavior

Molecular epidemiology of measles viruses in China, 1995–2003

This report describes the genetic characterization of 297 wild-type measles viruses that were isolated in 24 provinces of China between 1995 and 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the N gene sequences showed that all of the isolates belonged to genotype H1 except 3 isolates, which were genotype A. The nucleotide sequence and predicted amino acid homologies of the 294-genotype H1 strains were 94.7%–100% and 93.3%–100%, respectively. The genotype H1 isolates were divided into 2 clusters, which differed by approximately 2.9% at the nucleotide level. Viruses from both clusters were distributed throughout China with no apparent geographic restriction and multiple co-circulating lineages were present in many provinces. Even though other measles genotypes have been detected in countries that border China, this report shows that genotype H1 is widely distributed throughout the country and that China has a single, endemic genotype. This important baseline data will help to monitor the progress of measles control in China

Visualizing large-scale and high-dimensional time series data

Time series is one of the main research objects in the field of data mining. Visualization is an important mechanism to present processed time series for further analysis by users. In recent years researchers have designed a number of sophisticated visualization techniques for time series. However, most of these techniques focus on the static format, trying to encode the maximal amount of information through one image or plot. We propose the pixel video technique, a visualization technique displaying data in video format. Using pixel video technique, a hierarchal dimension cluster tree for generating the similarity order of dimensions is first constructed, each frame image is generated according to pixeloriented techniques displaying the data in the form of a video

Transformation plan for differentiated lightning protection of power supply lines in a mountainous oil transmission station

In order to ensure the reliable operation of oil transmission stations and improve the lightning protection performance of their power supply lines, the lightning accidents occurred to power supply lines in the Anshun Station in the southern mountainous area of China during 2018 to 2020 were counted by category, and comprehensive analysis was performed for the lightning accidents. On this basis, the poles and towers requiring transformation for lightning protection were determined by considering the four influencing factors of line corridor, i.e., ground flash density, topography, grounding resistance of poles and towers, and lightning withstand level. In view of the lightning protection measures of improving the insulation level, reducing the grounding resistance, and installing lightning arresters, analysis was conducted for the poles and towers one by one, and transformation measures for differentiated lightning protection were put forward on the basis of ensuring the lightning protection capability, with reference to the on-site construction of the lines and the economic conditions of line transformation. Upon completion of the line transformation, the trip rate and equipment damage rate caused by lightning are significantly reduced, which proves the scientificity and effectiveness of the transformation plan

sj-docx-1-jht-10.1177_10963480231226086 – Supplemental material for Objective Measurement of Experiences in Tourism and Hospitality: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches and Best Practices

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-jht-10.1177_10963480231226086 for Objective Measurement of Experiences in Tourism and Hospitality: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches and Best Practices by Yeqiang (Kevin) Lin, Ondrej Mitas, Ye (Sandy) Shen, Marcel Bastiaansen and Wim Strijbosch in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research</p

sj-xlsx-2-jht-10.1177_10963480231226086 – Supplemental material for Objective Measurement of Experiences in Tourism and Hospitality: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches and Best Practices

Supplemental material, sj-xlsx-2-jht-10.1177_10963480231226086 for Objective Measurement of Experiences in Tourism and Hospitality: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches and Best Practices by Yeqiang (Kevin) Lin, Ondrej Mitas, Ye (Sandy) Shen, Marcel Bastiaansen and Wim Strijbosch in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research</p

Influence of Annealing on Chain Entanglement and Molecular Dynamics in Weak Dynamic Asymmetry Polymer Blends

The influence of annealing above the glass transition temperature (<i>T</i>_g) on chain entanglement and molecular dynamics of solution-cast poly­(methyl methacrylate)/poly­(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) (PMMA/SMA) blends was investigated via a combination of dynamic rheological measurement and broadband dielectric spectroscopy. Chain entanglement density increases when the annealing temperature and/or time increases, resulting from the increased efficiency of chain packing and entanglement recovery. The results of the annealing treatment without cooling revealed that the increase of the entanglement density occurred during the annealing process instead of the subsequent cooling procedure. Annealing above <i>T</i>_g exerts a profound effect on segmental motion, including the transition temperature and dynamics. Namely, <i>T</i>_g shifts to higher temperatures and the relaxation time (τ_max) increases due to the increased entanglement density and decreased molecular mobility. Either <i>T</i>_g or τ_max approaches an equilibrium value gradually, corresponding to the equilibrium entanglement density that might be obtained through the theoretical predictions. However, no obvious distribution broadening is observed due to the unchanged heterogeneous dynamics. Furthermore, side group rotational motion could be freely achieved without overcoming the chain entanglement resistance. Hence, neither the dynamics nor the distribution width of the subglass relaxation (β- and γ-relaxation) processes is affected by chain entanglement resulting from annealing, indicating that the local environment of the segments is unchanged