Purpose “Scale purification”–the process of eliminating items from multi-item scales–is
widespread in empirical research, but studies that critically examine the implications of this …

Background The latest review of studies on multimorbidity patterns showed high
heterogeneity in the methodology for identifying groups of multimorbid conditions. However …

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically validate a new
instrument that comprehensively measures video game satisfaction based on key factors …

The Problem Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) serves many useful purposes in human
resource development (HRD) research. The most frequent applications of EFA among …

This study intends to showcase the application of Extreme Gradient boosting (XGboost), a
state-of-the-art ensemble-learning technique, for district-scale mineral potential mapping …

Reshaping a sustainable value chain model is proposed to address supply chain
disruptions for the fast fashion industry. Prior studies introduced a sustainable value chain …

Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) is a complex and costly
process, which usually results in serious failures. The majority of previous studies and …

Complexities of geological processes portrayed as certain feature in a map (eg, faults) are
natural sources of uncertainties in decision-making for exploration of mineral deposits …

The purpose of this study is to identify how open innovation variables influence the
competitive capability of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a regional …

This study was conducted to investigate the performance of a novel Random Forest (RF)
model for predicting variables from an original experimental dataset of a diesel engine …