The restaurant industry contributed to the creation of wealth and employment until end 2019, when it reached maximum values. However, with COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, this sector suffered a very serious economic crisis. analysis situation is imperative mitigate consequences for prevent impacts future crises. main purpose present study compare years 2019 analyzing profitability, payroll cos...

The Sustainable Development Goals aim at balancing economic, social and environmental development. In this framework, sustainability is key to tackle current challenges that hinder the maximization of satisfaction. Yet, for many years, scholars have negleted dimension. A possible explanation may be difficulty measure concepts such as well-being prosperity. Thus, we argue that, evaluate sectoral...

Computational blood flow simulations over patient-specific image-based three dimensional domains under personalized flow conditions have been extensively used to investigate associations between flow characteristics and aneurysm initiation, progress and rupture. Although it is widely accepted that the wall shear stress is associated to those processes, there is still no agreement about what str...

Understanding how to address today’s global challenges is critical improving corporate performance in terms of economic and environmental sustainability. In wastewater treatment systems, such an approach implies integrating efficient technologies with aspects the circular economy. this business field, energy costs represent a large share operating costs. This work discusses technological manage...

Purpose The relationship between risk and return has been widely analysed in the scope of listed companies. However present literature leaves uncovered an important study area with regards to privately held firms. In order cover this gap, analyses risk-return trade-off context private enterprises. Furthermore, authors incorporate contingent effect being a family firm on abovementioned relations...

Variation in home range size exists among and within wildlife populations. Home variation may be driven by both intrinsic extrinsic factors, including sex, food reproductive resources, density competition. In this study, we investigated the sex-specific impacts of prey conspecific competition on leopard Panthera pardus at two spatio-temporal scales Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa. Male ran...

one reading (qara'at) of asr sura, , which is inconsistent with other valid readings, has been attributed to ali (p.b.u.h). because this reading contains additions to the asr sura, its acceptation is not possible. a survey of two chains of traditions about this reading of the asr sura attributed to ali (p.b.u.h) shows that these traditions are of isolated type (khabar vahed). it also shows...

The main objective of the present research is to identify knowledge flows responsible for promoting innovation capacity Portuguese companies. Specifically, we intend which variables influence from a macro and micro perspective, so that can establish possible ways promote open (OI) in Portugal since companies have little maturity terms when compared other countries European Union. To achieve thi...