Shandong Xiehe University

Designing the waiting experience: How order tracking shapes consumer engagement and loyalty

The post-purchase waiting period is an important yet underexamined stage of the digital customer journey. Consumers increasingly interact with order tracking systems during this phase, yet research has treated tracking primarily as a logistics tool rather than an experiential tou...

Supervisor incivility and employee withdrawal in the tourism sector

Abstract The issue of workplace incivility is becoming more prevalent in service-oriented industries due to its negative effects on employee well-being and organizational performance. However, previous research has primarily examined isolated outcomes of supervisor incivility, pr...

Severe ulcerative colitis flare precipitating Guillain–Barré syndrome: a case report and literature review

Abstract Introduction Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that can occasionally be accompanied by extraintestinal manifestations, though neurological involvement is very rare. Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS), an acute immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropat...

AI-Assisted rational enzyme engineering: advancing biocatalysis for industrial applications

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has initiated a paradigm shift in enzyme engineering. While traditional methods like directed evolution and rational design are proven, they often suffer from limited predictive power, scalability, and efficiency. The integration of A...

Style-aware digital media art recommendation based on multimodal big data and graph learning

Recommending digital media artworks to users is more difficult than recommending general products for two reasons: user preference depends on artistic style as well as content, and interaction records are typically sparse. Existing multimodal recommendation methods treat visual f...

Fertility support needs of reproductive-age women based on the Kano model and ERG theory: a cross-sectional study

Amidst the declining fertility rate and population aging, providing effective fertility supports for reproductive-age women is urgently needed. Hence, understanding their fertility support needs is paramount. An observational design was implemented and the STROBE Checklist was ad...

Psychological pathways linking generative AI dependency to psychological capital depletion among Chinese international students

With the widespread use of generative AI in academic writing, language processing, and learning-support contexts, GAD has continued to rise. This study examines whether GAD is associated with rPsyCap and tests the mediating roles of PSD and rSE, both as independent mediators and...

Where tourism divides: economic prosperity and disparity in the Kalash Valley

Challenging the assumption that religious minorities are uniformly disadvantaged, this study examines how ethnic tourism in Pakistan’s Kalash Valley is associated with internally stratified livelihood opportunities and household living standards. Guided by Van den Berghe’s theory...

Infrastructure-Led Tourism Development and Residents’ Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Place Image in an Emerging Heritage Destination

While tourism infrastructure is crucial to regional development, its impact on resident well-being is still debated. This study investigates the influence of infrastructure on material and non-material quality of life, utilizing place image as a mediation, and grounded on the Tou...

Associations of self-efficacy and learning engagement with humanistic caring ability among vocational college nursing students: a structural equation modeling study

Previous studies have investigated the associations of humanistic caring ability (HCA) with self-efficacy (SEF), or learning engagement (LN) among college students. There has been a lack of studies that examine the mediation effect of learning engagement between SEF and humanisti...