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Ítem An Overview on Nutritional Aspects of Plant-Based Beverages Used as Substitutes for Cow’s Milk(MDPI, 2021-08) Fructuoso, Isabel; Romão, Bernardo; Han, Heesup; Raposo, António; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Puppin Zandonadi, RenataThe presence of milk in meals and products consumed daily is common and at the same time the adoption of a milk-free diet increases due to milk allergy, lactose intolerance, vegan diets, and others. Therefore, there is an increasing demand for plant-based beverages, which present variable and, sometimes, unknown nutritional characteristics. This study sought to com-pare the nutritional aspects of plant-based beverages used as substitutes for cow’s milk described in scientific studies. Therefore, we used a review of the scientific literature on PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Patents, Embase, and ScienceDirect databases. The in-clusion criteria were scientific studies referring to plant-based beverage used as an alternative to cow’s milk; published in the English language; present data on the serving size, ingredients, and nutritional composition, containing at least data on energy and macronutrients of plant-based bev-erages. Ingredients and data on energy, macronutrients, and, if available, dietary fiber and some micronutrients of plant-based beverages were collected. Data were obtained from 122 beverages of 22 different matrices, with soy being the most used (27.87%, n = 34). The variation in the amount of nutrients found was 6–183 Kcal/100 mL for energy value; 0.00–22.29 g/100 mL for carbohydrate; 0.06–12.43 g/100 mL for protein; 0.00–19.00 g/100 mL for lipid; 0.00–4.40 g/100 mL for dietary fiber; 0.00–1252.94 mg/100 mL for calcium; 0.04–1.40 mg/100 mL for iron; 0.84–10,178.60 mg/100 mL for magnesium; 0.00–343.43 mg/100 mL for sodium. Salt was the most commonly found added ingredient in plant-based beverages. Some beverages have reached certain amounts of cow’s milk nutrients. However, studies have pointed out differences in their qualities/types. Thus, attention is needed when replacing milk with these alternatives. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Ítem Brand personality as a research area in Higher Education(2020-08) Jiménez-Bucarey, Carmen; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Rojas-Vallejos, JorgeBrand personality facilitates students’ purchasing decision process and influences their behavioral intentions. Given the above, this research applies the methodology of scientometrics to study the development of the brand personality literature in the context of higher education. 7 articles are identified that can be considered as the origin of this knowledge, which are spaced temporally between 2013 and 2019, are found in 6 journals indexed in WoS, in the categories of business, education educational research, anthropology and economics, and with affiliation to 18 organizations located in 10 countries. Furthermore, as a result, it is highlighted that in 4 of these articles authors affiliated with institutions of the same country contribute and 3 articles are published in the form of international cooperation, and also only 3 articles exceed 3 citations. Likewise, the articles are grouped into three sets by common references, as well as into three aggregates by common use of mined words, highlighting 22 relevant words. Therefore, it is concluded that brand personality is a still nascent issue in terms of higher education, even when scientific production is serving as a reference for other texts in WoS.Ítem Do ambient conditions (Air quality, noise level and temperature) and image congruity matter for boosting customer approach behaviors in the fsc sector?(MDPI, 2020-12) Han, Heesup; Lho, Linda Heejung; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Lee, Kyung-Sik; Baek, Hyungshin; Araya-Castillo, LuisThe present research presented a conceptual framework by uncovering the apparent role of ambient condition quality (in-flight air, noise level, and temperature), image congruity, love, respect, and perceived ticket price in increasing customer approach behaviors in the full service carrier (FSC) industry. A quantitative method was used. The evaluation of the measurement model verified the quality of construct measures. Findings from statistical analyses demonstrated the significant associations among research variables, and identified the mediating nature of FSC love and FSC respect. In addition, the important moderating effect of perceived FSC ticket price was found. A prominent role of ambient condition quality in eliciting approach behaviors was also explored. Overall, our theoretical framework contained a prediction power for approach behaviors. The research findings thus assist FSC researchers and practitioners to better understand the process of generating the customer decision-making process and behaviors that are positive for full service carriers. This research hence successfully fulfilled its objective to discover the influences of the customer approach behaviors in the full service carrier (FSC) industry. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Ítem Exploring the impact of linguistic signals transmission on patients’ health consultation choice: web mining of online reviews(MDPI, 2021-09) Shah, Adnan Muhammad; Ali, Mudassar; Qayyum, Abdul; Begum, Abida; Han, Heesup; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, LuisBackground: Patients face difficulties identifying appropriate physicians owing to the sizeable quantity and uneven quality of information in physician rating websites. Therefore, an increasing dependence of consumers on online platforms as a source of information for decision-making has given rise to the need for further research into the quality of information in the form of online physician reviews (OPRs). Methods: Drawing on the signaling theory, this study develops a theoretical model to examine how linguistic signals (affective signals and informative signals) in physician rating websites affect consumers’ decision making. The hypotheses are tested using 5521 physicians’ six-month data drawn from two leading health rating platforms in the U.S (i.e., Healthgrades.com and Vitals.com) during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sentic computing-based sentiment analysis framework is used to implicitly analyze patients’ opinions regarding their treatment choice. Results: The results indicate that negative sentiment, review readability, review depth, review spelling, and information helpfulness play a significant role in inducing patients’ decision-making. The influence of negative sentiment, review depth on patients’ treatment choice was indirectly medi-ated by information helpfulness. Conclusions: This paper is a first step toward the understanding of the linguistic characteristics of information relating to the patient experience, particularly the emerg-ing field of online health behavior and signaling theory. It is also the first effort to our knowledge that employs sentic computing-based sentiment analysis in this context and provides implications for practice. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Ítem Food Neophobia among Brazilian Children: Prevalence and Questionnaire Score Development(MDPI, 2022-01-02) de Almeida, Priscila Claudino; Vasconcelos, Ivana Aragão Lira; Zandonadi, Renata Puppin; Nakano, Eduardo Yoshio; Raposo, António; Han, Heesup; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Botelho, Raquel Braz AssunçãoThis study aims to create and validate a score to classify food neophobia among Brazilian children (from the ages of 4 to 11 years) and investigate the prevalence of food neophobia. This descriptive cross-sectional population-based study is conducted following three steps: (i) the application of an instrument to identify food neophobia in Brazilian children by their caregivers; (ii) the instrument’s score definition; and (iii) the evaluation and characterization of the national prevalence of food neophobia among Brazilian children. The scores were categorized into three levels, based on the tertial approximation: low, moderate, and high. The study had 1112 participants, and the prevalence of high food neophobia was observed in 33.4% of Brazilian children. The prevalence of food neophobia allowed us to identify this behavior in Brazilian children and better understand the population. Boys were significantly more neophobic than girls. The general neophobia score and domains did not significantly differ between Brazilian regions and age groups. It is worrying that food neophobia did not decrease with advancing age. The score for the complete instrument with 25 items, or the 3 domains, makes its use practical. It can be used to assess neophobia with more caution, evaluate the most neophobic children, and enable more targeted professional interventions to promote healthier and sustainable eating habits. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Ítem Influence of Different Cooking Methods on Fillet Steak Physicochemical Characteristics(MDPI, 2022-01) Lopes Borela, Vinícius; Rodrigues de Alencar, Ernandes; Antônio Mendonça, Marcio; Han, Heesup; Raposo, António; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Puppin Zandonadi, RenataMeat is a source of protein widely consumed by the population in many countries due mainly to the nutritional aspects, sensory characteristics, and cultural aspects. The meat cooking preparation can promote significant changes in the meat’s chemical composition and physical characteristics. Such transformations can impact both the acceptance of the product and consumers’ health. Due to the different thermal processes altering the physical-chemical characteristics of meat, the present study aimed to evaluate the physicochemical characteristics of fillet steak submitted to different cooking methods: pan-frying with and without oil and air fryer. We performed the analysis to evaluate the physicochemical characteristics considering moisture, lipid, protein, ash, sodium, and potassium content, cooking loss index and colorimetry in three degrees of doneness of the meat, rare, medium, and well done. The fillet steak prepared by pan-frying with oil lost higher moisture and weight than the other samples. The air fryer method presented the highest moisture content. There was a significant difference in lipid content in which the pan-frying with oil fillet steak showed the highest amount of lipids. The pan-frying with oil steak fillet also presented more changes in the colorimetric parameters evaluated compared to the other samples. The pan-frying with oil cooking method promoted more pronounced changes in the steak fillet, and the cooking air fryer, the changes in meat quality are less pronounced. Therefore, the air fryer can be considered a good alternative for cooking meat. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Ítem Online sellers’ reuse behaviour for third-party logistics services: An innovative model development and E-Commerce(MDPI, 2021-07) Ngah, Abdul Hafaz Abdul Hafaz; Anuar, Marhana Mohamed; Rozar, Norlinda Nohd; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Kim, Jinkyung Jenny; Han, HeesupThe increase in customer complaints on the reliability of 3PL services among online sellers has become prominent in the industry, as confirmed by 3PL service providers in Malaysia. The increase in customer complaints increases the tendency to switch to other 3PL service providers. As Asian markets lead the growth of e-commerce, covering approximately 50% of the global e-commerce market, whether the customer will continue to shop online or not is no longer the issue. Although having the proper logistics provider to support online sellers’ business is crucial, most studies have focused on the online shopper’s perspective and employ the service quality theory. Observably, the satisfaction and reuse intention of the 3PL from the online retailer’s perspective is largely neglected. This study identified the factors influencing the satisfaction and reuse intention of 3PL services among online sellers in Malaysia by employing and expanding the stimulus-organism- response (SOR) theory. A purposive sampling method was employed, and the data were gathered via an online survey among online sellers. Additionally, smart partial least squares (SmartPLS) was applied to test the hypotheses. The results indicated that reliability had a positive effect on satisfaction, and satisfaction had a positive relationship with the reuse intention of certain 3PL services. Moreover, satisfaction mediated the relationship between reliability and reuse intention, whereas price fairness strengthened the positive relationship between satisfaction and reuse intention. The findings enhance studies that employed the SOR theory, particularly relating to online sellers’ behaviour on 3PL services. The findings also benefit online sellers and 3PL service providers to create attractive marketing strategies for business sustainability.Ítem Passion and perseverance: How the components of grit affect the probability of starting a business(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10) Barrientos Oradini, Nicolás Pablo; Rubio, Andrés; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Boada-Cuerva, Maria; Vallejo-Velez, MauricioThere is vast evidence that accounts for the association between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the probability of starting a business (PSB). However, there are not many studies that test how psychological factors moderate this relationship. A variable that has been little studied in this relationship is Grit. Grit is considered a personality trait defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Grit considers two sub-dimensions, one linked to the consistency of interests (Grit-Passion) and the other linked to perseverance in the effort (Grit-Perseverance). The objective of this article is to analyze the moderating role that both sub-dimensions of grit plays in the relationship between EO and PSB, considering its interaction with sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, and culture. This cross-sectional study has a sample of 1,761 participants, active workers (49.8% men; mean age 41.15 years, SD = 12.72 years; 22.9% Colombian and 77.1% Spanish). The EO scale and a Grit Scale were applied. In addition, participants were asked, based on their perception, how likely they were to start their own business within the next 5 years. A simple moderation analysis was considered to test the moderating role of grit in the relationship between EO and PSB. Subsequently, a double moderation analysis was carried out in order to identify which sociodemographic variables moderate the moderating effect of grit on the relationship in question. The results show that only the Grit-Passion component of grit moderates the relationship between EO and PSB. Regarding the sociodemographic variables, neither age, culture, nor gender showed a moderating effect on the moderation exercised by Grit-Passion in the relationship between OE and PSB. The results are discussed in terms of psychological capital, particularly with an emphasis on explaining why only the Grit-Passion shows a moderating effect on the relationship between EO and PSB, in detriment of Grit-Perseverance. In addition, the power of grit in the field of entrepreneurship is discussed, considering that its moderating effect is transversal to variations in age, gender and culture, as well as its relevance when considering interventions and pedagogical models in the field of entrepreneurship. Copyright © 2022 Barrientos Oradini, Rubio, Araya-Castillo, Boada-Cuerva and Vallejo-Velez.Ítem Procrastination in University Students: A Proposal of a Theoretical Model(MDPI, 2023-02) Araya-Castillo, Luis; Burgos, Mildred; González, Patricia; Rivera, Yuracid; Barrientos, Nicolás; Yáñez Jara, Víctor; Ganga-Contreras, Francisco; Sáez, WalterProcrastination is a phenomenon that affects university students and consists of not finishing a task or finishing it late, which has a direct impact on their academic performance. This is relevant because, in a context of high competition, higher education institutions and their decision-makers need to be aware of the factors that influence university students’ procrastination in order to implement actions that favor student attraction and retention. Based on the above, this research aims to propose a theoretical model of procrastination in university students, based on the literature review and content validation assessment through a semi-structured questionnaire. The proposed model is made up of nine dimensions: Psychological, Physiological, Social, Academic, Leisure, Time Management, Resources, Labor, and Environmental. Dimensions were obtained based on adequate levels of content validity provided by the literature and the questionnaire. In the future, the research proposes to study the way in which these dimensions are present in procrastination and design a scale that allows for their measurement. © 2023 by the authors.Ítem Propuesta de modelo de satisfacción e intención de comportamiento en educación superior a distancia(Centro Universitario de Anapolis, 2021-12) Araya-Castillo, Luis; Bernardo, Mercè; Ganga-Contreras, Francisco; Sáez, WalterLos sectores de la educación superior han alcanzado altos niveles de competencia a nivel global, y Latinoamérica no ha escapado a esta realidad. En este escenario, algunas universidades han respondido a través de la oferta de estudios en modalidad no tradicional (a distancia). Estas instituciones no sólo tienen como desafío que grupos diferentes de estudiantes puedan acceder al sistema de educación superior, sino que también deben enfocar sus esfuerzos en alcanzar adecuados niveles de satisfacción. Dada esta realidad, la presente investigación tiene como objetivo central proponer un modelo de satisfacción e intención de comportamiento en educación superior a distancia (ESaD). Para ello, se realiza en primera instancia un análisis documental, revisando los diversos artículos que se han publicado sobre la materia. Adicionalmente se utiliza como técnica de recolección de datos una encuesta estructurada, la cual se aplica a una muestra de 668 estudiantes de ESaD de Chile. El modelo desarrollado es de tipo reflexivo, de segundo orden y de naturaleza unidimensional, y en el mismo se propone que la satisfacción de los estudiantes influencia en forma positiva sus intenciones de comportamiento. A través de la validación psicométrica se concluye, que en orden de importancia, la satisfacción tiene mayor impacto en la retención, seguida de la lealtad y por último en la disposición a pagar.Ítem Scientometric Analysis of Brand Personality(MDPI, 2023-01) Vicencio-Ríos, Gustavo; Rubio, Andrés Andrés; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Moraga-Flores, HugoThe main focus of brand personality is the emotional bond that the consumer establishes with the product or service on offer and the strategies that are developed to strengthen such bond. This concept has received increasing attention and both its study and its applications have escaped the field where it initially originated: marketing. Despite the above, no studies have been carried out that analyze the scientific production trends associated with it. This prevents us from knowing what state of scientific development the concept is in and how you project its lines of development, both at the research and applied levels. The aim of this paper is a presentation of the literature on the subject of brand personality using a scientometric analysis based on the Web of Science database. The main results reveal that 531 papers were identified in the period between 1975 and 2019, with an exponential growth in terms of production and a constant growth in terms of number of quotations, with Aaker being the most cited author and Davies the most productive. An analysis was also carried out on the co-authorship clusters for scientific production, the institutions of affiliation, and the countries where the authors come from, as well as the main journals where this scientific production is disseminated. The conclusion is that brand personality has taken off in the past few decades in different areas of knowledge allowing to go beyond the marketing perspective in order to encompass the production of knowledge in different disciplines such as business, psychology, services, communication, education, and social sciences in general.Ítem Social Networking Service as a Marketing Technology Tool and Sustainable Business in the Lodging Industry: Investigating the Difference across Older and Younger Age Groups among Tourists(MDPI, 2021-05-02) Han, Heesup; Lho, Linda-Heejung; Jung, Heekyoung; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, LuisDespite the importance of social networking services (SNSs), their engagement and their role as a critical marketing technology tool in explaining travellers’ approach behaviours are not well known. The present study investigated the influence of SNS engagement on traveller loyalty generation for a chain hotel brand and the health of this business by considering the roles of brand attitude, awareness, trust, and attachment and the impact of age. Fostering customers’ SNS engagement in the hospitality industry will be a vital constituent of hotels’ sustainable business. A quanti-tative process was used to meet the research objectives. The proposed research framework encom-passing these variables was successfully developed. The framework’s efficiency in predicting brand loyalty was also demonstrated. Our results showed that SNS engagement considerably enhances loyalty and other study constructs. Attachment had a salient role in boosting loyalty. In addition, age had a moderating influence. The study constructs maximized the influence of SNS engagement on loyalty as mediators. Overall, our results considerably increase our understanding regarding the role of SNS engagement in the formation of traveller loyalty to chain hotel brands and the sustain-ability of such businesses.Ítem Sustainable growth in the agro-food cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)(MDPI, 2020-06-01) Hernández-Perlines, Felipe; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, LuisThe present study aims at analysing the sustainable growth in the agro-food cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). To this end, the study examines the impact of the corporate social responsibility (hereinafter CSR) on the performance of the agro-food cooperatives. CSR is analysed based on the three dimensions suggested by the triple bottom line approach: Economic dimension, social dimension, and environmental dimension. Results are analysed using a partial least squares regression (PLS-SEM). The main contributions are as follows: (1) The measurement of the CSR through the triple bottom line approach has proven to be appropriate for the agro-food cooperatives of Castilla-la Mancha, as it presents adequate values of reliability and validity; (2) these dimensions make up the CSR, although the environmental dimension is the most relevant one for the agro-food cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha; and (3) CSR positively and significantly affects the performance of agro-food cooperatives, as it explains 39.2% of their variance, thus confirming a sustainable growth model for the agro-food cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha.Ítem Temporal trends and factors associated with preterm birth in Chile, 1992-2018(Universidad Nacional de Lanos, 2023) Toro-Huerta, Carol; Vidal, Carolina; Araya-Castillo, LuisAn analytical study based on Chilean birth records obtained from the Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS) was conducted. This study aimed to evaluate temporal trends in preterm births by maternal age in Chile from 1990 to 2018. Results show that the preterm birth rate in 1992 was 5.0% and increased to 7.2% in 2018. The average annual percent change (AAPC) was 1.44. Age groups at the extremes (19 and under and 35 and over) presented the highest rates of preterm birth, both at the beginning and at the end of the study period. The latter group showed a smaller decrease at the beginning (1992 to 1995), with an annual percentage change (APC) of -3.00. The probability of preterm birth in both groups was higher compared to the 20-34 year old group. Although Chile boasts some of the best maternal and child health indicators in the region, repercussions associated with the current postponement of maternity – including preterm birth – must be monitored. © This work is under Creative Commons license Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.Ítem The Influence of Decision Making on Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(MDPI, 2022-01-02) Ahmad, Shakeel; Islam, Mazhar; Zada, Muhammad; Khattak, Afraseyab; Ullah, Rezwan; Han, Heesup; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, LuisDecision making is an essentially social process adopted by individuals or groups to identify and choose the best choice among several alternatives. Decision-making choices are influenced by the preferences, values, and beliefs of the individuals or groups involved in the decision-making process. This study was conducted to analyze the social inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the context of their participation in decision making. The study area consisted of 8028 PWDs registered with the government of Pakistan, from which a sample of 488 PWDs was selected through a multistage stratified random sampling technique. These PWDs included physically disabled, blind, crippled, and deaf persons; however, the data were collected from those who were able to be interviewed. Chi-square and Kendall’s Tau-b tests were used to determine the strength, level, and direction of association among variables. At the multivariate level, the study found a spurious relation between social inclusion and participation in decision making when controlling for gender, monthly family income, and level of disability of the PWDs. The results highlighted that participation in decision making improved the social inclusion of male and moderately disabled PWDs more positively. However, participation in decision making was a universal feature explaining the social inclusion of PWDs irrespective of their monthly family income. The logistic regression model explained that the social inclusion of PWDs was more likely to occur when PWDs were married, had high monthly family income (PKR 16,500 and above), belonged to a joint family, and actively participated in decision making. The study recommends that ensuring the participation of PWDs in decision making in family, community, school, and other relevant institutions ultimately enhances their social inclusion.Ítem Well-being at work: A cross-sectional study on the portuguese nutritionists(MDPI, 2021-08-01) Akutsu, Rita de Cássia; Rocha, Ada; Viana, Victor; Akutsu, Luiz; Silva, Izabel Cristina; Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção; Han, Heesup; Raposo, António; Ariza-Montes, Antonio; Araya-Castillo, Luis; Zandonadi, Renata PuppinThis exploratory, nationwide cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the well-being of Portuguese nutritionists, in addition to outlining their professional and demographic pro-file. Descriptive analyses were carried out to determine the measures relating to centralising ten-dency and dispersion of the sample. We compared means and proportions through t-tests and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The sample size was 206 individuals, respecting a minimum of eight respondents per item to validate the instrument. We recruited Nutritionists from Portugal nationwide using the list of electronic mail provided by the Order of Nutritionists. We sent an electronic mail to all the Nutritionists registered in this Order. We also used messaging applications and social networks (Instagram, Facebook) to reach Nutritionists who were not accessing electronic mail. Most respondents are women (92.5%), young (mean age = 31.4 ± 8.07 years; 54.2% of participants aging under 30 years), single, and with no children. More than half are Catholic (73.8%) and have less than ten years of nutritionist undergraduate completion (55.4%). The only variable that influences well-being at work is the economic variable Household Monthly Income. Those who earn less than € 500.00 per month perceive themselves at a lesser state of work well-being than those who earn from € 2501.00 to € 5000.00 per month. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.