Higher Education Centre Novo Mesto

Adoption of support tools for biodiversity conservation: a mixed-methods analysis of ecosystem services awareness among Slovenian cattle farmers

The study investigates how cattle farmers' self-assessed knowledge of ecosystem services, and their attitudes to both biodiversity and the European Green Deal (EGD) influence whether they adopt tools that support biodiversity. A mixed-methods approach was applied, combining an on...

On association between the research performance of academic advisors and their PhD students

Abstract In this paper, we examine whether and how the research performance of advisors is associated with that of their PhD students. We analyze the entire population of PhD students in Slovenia who successfully defended their theses, along with their advisors, between 1988 and...

Beyond Mobility Flows: A Network Perspective on Academic Exchange and National Innovation Performance

International academic exchange is widely regarded as an important mechanism of knowledge transfer and international collaboration, yet relatively little is known about how countries’ structural positions within academic mobility networks relate to national innovation performance...

Telerehabilitation compared with unsupervised home exercise for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a single-centre, parallel-group randomised controlled trial

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, with increasing prevalence and high societal and economic burden. Exercise-based rehabilitation is recommended as first-line management, yet adherence to unsupervised home exercise is often low. Telere...