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Homestays as agents for responsible tourism: A comprehensive case study
The significance of implementing sustainable tourism practices has grown in light of the challenges of climate change and the diminishing availability of resources. Responsible tourism practices prioritize proactive engagement over mere adherence to sustainable practices. Therefore, the importance of responsibility cannot be overstated with the recovery and conservation efforts within the tourism sector. Responsibility should extend to the guests and encompass the environment, staff, and residents. Therefore, the present study aims to examine the potential for homestays to implement responsible tourist practices and maintain resilience. To accomplish the study's objective, an interview was conducted with a homestay owner in Shimla and Ratnari. Based on the author's understanding and the available literature on responsible tourism, there appears to be a dearth of studies about applying responsible tourism principles within the context of homestays. Therefore, the present study is of significant importance. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
How Are We Surviving the Pandemic, COVID-19?: Perspectives from Hospitality Industry Workers in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous and has affected the hospitality industry worldwide, and the people working in the sector were impacted immensely. The purpose of this study is to understand the viewpoints of hospitality workers in Australia on how lockdowns have impacted professional and personal well-being. The case study methodology is adopted for this study. Viewpoints from Australian hospitality workers were collected through semi-structured interviews. With the pandemic taking surprising turns with the rise of new infections and in turn new pandemic waves, the industry is facing a constant lurking fear of lockdowns. Changing variants of COVID-19 creates a profound effect on the psychological and personal well-being of the people employed in the hospitality sector. This chapter would reflect upon the viewpoints of hospitality workers in Australia after two years of the COVID-19 crisis. A real-time assessment is required to understand the vulnerability of hospitality industry workers in a developed country. 2023 Priyakrushna Mohanty, Anukrati Sharma, James Kennell and Azizul Hassan. -
How close are you to your end consumer? Data-driven insights to awesome customer experience
The delivery of a tailored customer experience is being widely recognised by executives in the technology industry as the key to unlocking revenue, minimising attrition, and providing growth. It is not simple to satisfy a consumer in today's market. Delivering reliable and efficient experiences across channels is more challenging than it has ever been because of the context of disparate privacy regulations, quick updates to browser technology, and an ever-evolving technological landscape. This research suggests that to do it right, the business needs to have the right people, processes, and technologies working in sync. This study highlights that many companies continue to invest in instruments and technology solutions before they have effectively accomplished the organisational transformation required to perform the role in a data-driven mode. Investments do not always yield the promised results since the basic pieces of mindset, vision, and people are not always in congruence. Consumers are no longer going to be 'just satisfied,' or 'even happy.' 2023, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
HR analytics in employee engagement and turnover
HR Analytics has expanded increasingly in the last two decades. Nowadays, several Companies use the supremacy of analytics, in gaining a competitive edge over others by recognizing all essentials of the employees. Organizations aim to optimize employee-performance, and hence are making use of HR analytics to drive strategic HR decisions. This study examines the advent of HR analytics by in measuring and improving employee engagement and turnover. Employee engagement analytics stands for exercising the use of data in decision-making process by integrating employee engagement with other HR and non-HR data. Employee engagement analytics is a subsection of workforce-analytics. It has become the standard contemporary system in advanced employee administration and retention. Employee engagement analytics benefits all stakeholders within the organization. 2023, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
HR Analytics: An Indispensable Tool for Effective Talent Management
Business organizations have changed tremendously in the way they visualize the human capital of the organization and make all efforts to create a workforce that is productively engaged and is ready to embrace the challenges posed by uncertainty and turbulence in the business environment. This calls for a decision-making approach that is based on observed people behaviours rather than relying on intuition and gut feel. These observed behaviours are reactions or consequences to stimuli and therefore the science of Human Resource Management can be better understood as predicting these dependent variables based on a set of independent variables. This chapter attempts to present a complete framework of HR analytics in terms of concept, need and how it can add immense value to effective talent management in the organizations. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024. -
Human AI: Explainable and responsible models in computer vision
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in all areas of information, research, and technology. Allied parts of AI have to be investigated for understanding the association among them. Human and explainable AI (XAI) are a few examples that can help in the development of understandable systems. Posthoc actions and operations are geared toward explainable AI, which investigates what went wrong in a black box setting. Responsible AI, on the other hand, seeks to avoid such blunders in the first ring. Ontology is defined as the study of existence and has several applications in computer science, specifically in platforms such as Resource Description Framework and Web Ontology Language. In this chapter, we examine both parts of the aforementioned AI and attempt to establish a link between ontology and explainable AI as they complement each other in terms of creating trustworthy systems. As part of the chapter, an applicable literature is also brought in, emphasizing the necessity of current understanding in explainable and responsible AI. For illustrating the lineage of input and output operations in relation to ontology characteristics and AI, a scenario of AI implementation using image processing dataset is studied. Classroom learning is an integral element of every student's daily life. Assessing the interest levels of individual pupils would help in enhancing the process of teaching and learning. This work contributes to the process of explainable AI by eliciting algorithms that can extract faces from frames, recognize emotions, conduct studies on engagement levels, and provide a session-wide analysis. Detailed descriptions of these operations, as well as specific parameters, are provided to relate the theme of work. We feel that this collaboration between ontology and explainable AI is unique in that it acts as a springboard for future study in these domains. 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -
Human Resource Management in Digital India
The business entities of today are aware of the vital role played by technological interventions in value creation. HR technological interventions are no exceptions either. These interventions are aligned to business goals and help businesses achieve their bottom lines. Nevertheless, some business owners are apprehensive about the way forward while adopting technology. This chapter focuses on the various technologies that aid HR functions, its implementation framework keeping in perspective the key apprehensions, considerations and competency requirements. The chapter highlights few Indian organizations that have adopted it. The findings show that emphasis is laid on business value creation for stakeholders due to HR technology adoption. 2023 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All right reserved. -
HumanComputer Interaction Technique for Irrigation and Sun Tracking Solar Panel Model
Humancomputer interaction (HCI) is an acquainted field of study concentrating on the design of computer innovation and, specifically, the interaction between computers and humans. While at first about computers, HCI has since extended to cover practically all types of data innovation design. Agriculture uses most of the natural resources, and the use of these natural resources will increase. In irrigation system, depending upon the moisture of the soil, water is provided to the plant. Two things are very important, first to get information about the humidity and temperature of the soil and second to measure the soil moisture. The Bluetooth module is added in the system so the water can be controlled through the mobile device. A solar tracking system is used to track the solar rays and convert them into electricity for pumping of water for irrigation purposes. There is a motor and two solenoid valves which control the water supply, according to the information obtained from the sensors which are placed. In a solar tracking system, LDRs are used as the main light sensors. The sensors are used to sense the soil moisture, temperature, and humidity, and if the moisture content is very low, then the motor is automatically switched on and will be turned off after getting the required water to the soil. For this, there is a GSM that is used to send the notification to the farmers. This chapter deals with the process of implementing an IoT-based model for smart irrigation and sun tracking solar panel for electricity to reduce human efforts. 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. -
Humanizing technology: The impact of emotional intelligence on healthcare user experience
This investigation underscores the importance of humanizing technology within the healthcare sector, with a specific focus on the significant role of emotional intelligence in shaping the interactions between patients and healthcare providers, particularly in the context of advancing healthcare technology. By integrating empathy into medical interfaces and devices, the user experience is fundamentally grounded in human aspects. The study delves into firsthand experiences of patients using emotionally intelligent healthcare solutions that not only meet their medical needs but also address the emotional complexities of illness and recovery. The integration of emotional sensitivity in medical technology strives to enhance patient comfort and foster more open and communicative relationships between healthcare providers and recipients. Moreover, the research presents a framework for emotional intelligence in healthcare technology, encompassing elements such as emotional recognition, response, and management. This framework is designed to promote a culture of patient understanding and support, enabling healthcare technology to adapt to the emotional requirements of patients. In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape,it is essential to recognize the profound impact of embedding empathy in medical technology, ultimately shaping a more empathetic future for healthcare interactions. 2024 by IGI Global. -
Humanizing the Workplace Through STARA: Examining the Roles of Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Organizational Support
This manuscript examines the transformative role of Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, And Algorithms (STARA) in influencing the trajectory of the future of work, emphasizing the imperative of humanizing the workplace to ensure the longevity of business sustainability. Centred on primary data, a comprehensive literature review scrutinizes modular integrations and explanations, focusing on key variables such as Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Organizational Support. The research employs a conceptual framework to delineate the interplay between STARA, Perceived Usefulness, and Perceived Organizational Support. Methodologically, the research design and data collection methods are detailed, emphasizing the modular integration of measurement instruments. The results are presented, amalgamating crucial findings on the influence of STARA on repercussions for the future of work, emphasizing the incorporation of STARA to foster a more human-centric work environment for business sustainability. Practical suggestions are outlined for companies, accentuating integration opportunities. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of STARA in shaping the future of work, setting the stage for forthcoming research efforts in this dynamic domain. STARA, Future of Work, Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Organizational Support, Workplace Innovation, Business Sustainability. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024. -
Idealised Bilinear Moment-Curvature Curves of Reinforced Masonry (RM) Walls
In this paper, an analytical investigation of the axial loadflexural strength interaction of reinforced masonry walls is carried. The curvature ductility of masonry walls is evaluated for walls with different modes of reinforcement configurations under different levels of axial loads. An analytical expression for evaluating the curvature ductility of masonry walls at varying axial loads is proposed in this paper. Value of curvature ductility obtained from the proposed expression is compared with existing methods. Results indicate the proposed model can be used to determine the ductility of reinforced masonry walls. 2020, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
Identifying Wage Inequality in Indian Urban Informal Labour Market: A Gender Perspective
This chapter elucidates the wage differential between male and female informal workers in urban labour market by using employment and unemployment survey 61st (2004-2005) round, 68th (2011-2012), and Periodic Labour Force Survey 2019-2020 data of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) unit level data. This study found that gender inequality not only increased during getting job but also persists after getting job during wage distribution. Based on the Oaxaca-Blinder (OB) decomposition, it is revealed that gender wage inequality is more in the labour market due to the labour market discrimination, that is, unexplained components. Hence, this study helps researcher, policy makers and government to fix the gender wage discrimination issues exist in the Indian labour market. This will enhance economic growth through the rise of the women labour force participation. 2024 A. Vinodan, S. Mahalakshmi, and S. Rameshkumar. -
IDS for Internet of things (IoT) and Industrial IoT Network
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a swiftly increasing domain of interconnected gadgets, technologies, and structures that may be achieved in a small, tightly associated environment or can travel across big geographic areas, including Smart Cities. IoT devices are increasingly deployed for numerous goals inclusive of records sensing, accumulating, and controlling. The IoT enhances user affairs by permitting a huge variety of smart gadgets to link and possible information. IoT gadgets are hastily evolving universally while IoT offerings have become pervasive. IoT devices include a big assortment of devices, along with small, embedded sensors, AI assistants, digital cameras, and so on, which can be found in various backgrounds, i.e., Smart Homes, Smart Communities, and Smart Cities. Smart Cities have developed into intriguing areas with technologies consisting of traffic-conscious streetlights which dynamically react to emergencies by editing site visitors styles. Moreover, with the adoption of 5G networks, technologies and techniques throughout towns have become blended. This persevered improvement of IoT advocated the expansion of sophisticated and complicated systems which appreciably adjust the community. However, these technologies have guided to a brand new threat to the security of grids. Many present-day malware assaults, targeted at classic computer systems linked to the Internet, will also be required for IoT gadgets. With those enhancements, malicious actors have found new methods to control their weaknesses. One of the biggest cyber-attacks in instances of terabits in step with 2d operated, infected IoT gadgets harmonized within a botnet provides a massive DDoS assault which disrupts the Internet range for large geographic regions. This attack underlines the increasing hazard posed via uncertain IoT devices. Moreover, attacks that include those are evolving as greater threats as a larger quantity of exposed gadgets is introduced to networks throughout the globe. Their actions are anomalous and higher are the numbers of hazards and assaults toward IoT devices. Cyber-attacks arent new to the IoT, however as the IoT may be deeply interwoven in our lives and societies, traditional protection resolutions are inadequate when managing these dangers. Oftentimes, safety answers are created to run locally on host appliances, i.e., antivirus software, or as standalone machines (i.e. community firewalls and intrusion detection structures (IDSs). However, the IoT has obtained a clean set of community protocols, together with Zigbee, Ant+, and 6LoWPAN, that traditional safety solutions, such as rule-primarily based firewalls and host-based total antivirus software programs, had been not equipped with or have no longer been revised to account for. Moreover, many IoT gadgets suffer from computational, storehouse, or network situations. Due to those constraints, IoT safety answers, especially an IoT IDS, must be lightweight enough, in phrases of the computational, garage, and networking resources, to be living on the devices but sturdy enough to accurately hit upon potential intrusions. Therefore, a holistic method needs to be regular while coming to IoT intrusion detection. IoT devices cant be considered in a vacuum as self-contained machines due to the fact a totally fledged, modern protection answer is just too aid-annoying for constructing on those gadgets. The normal safety of the network necessitates IoT gadgets to be included as associates within a security answer rather than as man or woman nodes. Therefore, green protection of IoT devices could keep millions of net customers away from malicious moves. However, present malware detection techniques are afflicted by excessive computational complexity. Hence, theres a real necessity to protect the IoT, which has therefore resulted in a requirement to completely recognize the threats and assaults in an IoT infrastructure. 2024 selection and editorial matter, Mayank Swarnkar and Shyam Singh Rajput; individual chapters, the contributors. -
Imagining the sustainable future with Industry 6.0: A smarter pathway for modern society and manufacturing industries
Industry is defined as the production of goods and services through the transformation of raw materials and resources into valuable products. It involves the creation of finished products or services through various stages of production that may include manufacturing, processing, assembly, packaging, and distribution. Industries have played a significant role in the economic growth and development of nations throughout history. They have contributed to the creation of employment opportunities, the development of new technologies, and the improvement of living standards. Over the years, the industrial sector has gone through numerous changes, and each of these changes has been termed as an "Industry Revolution." 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Impact of 3D printed components and ventilators on COVID-19
The disease caused by a virus known as the novel Coronavirus, also known as "COVID-19" by the public, was classified as a major epidemic by the World Health Organisation in 2019. Each country across the globe is affected by COVID-19. While writing this, over 150 million people were affected by the fast-spreading deadly pandemic, and over 3.5 million deaths due to COVID-19 were reported worldwide as per WHO's official COVID-19 dash panel-https://covid19.who.int/Economy and social life of no territory on earth was left unaffected by the COVID-19. Now vaccines are ready, it may take a reasonable amount of time to complete the vaccination process. One major challenge was the need for more support equipment like Beds, Oxygen Cylinders, and Ventilators. Improvisation in the mass production of many critical components, especially those supporting 3D printing technology, has shown some well-managed results in handling the shortage of many critical components. This chapter examines and describes how 3D printing technologies were used during the dangerous pandemic. It aims to describe many 3D-printed devices like face masks, face shields, various valves, etc. It also makes an effort to point out the dominant drawbacks of additive manufacturing technology in this area and examines the options for a future pandemic. 2023 Bentham Science Publishers. All rights reserved. -
Impact of Blockchain Technology in the Healthcare Systems
The healthcare industry is one of the most important industries in the world which is in dire need of a restructuring process because of its poor and outdated techniques of data management. Healthcare system has adopted a centralized environment and deals with a lot of intermediaries which makes it prone to issues of single point of failure, lack of traceability of transactions, and privacy issues such as data leakage. Blockchain is a relatively new technology which is able to tackle the obsolete methods and practices existing in the healthcare industry. In this chapter, we analyzed the applications of blockchains in the healthcare industry which can solve the issues prevalent in the healthcare industry. The aim of this chapter is to reveal the potential benefits that comes from using blockchain technology in the healthcare industry and identify the various challenges that this technology has. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
Impact of chitosan and chitosan nanoparticles on seed germination: probabilities and prospects
Agriculture is the science and practice of making plants and animals for the food for animals, and humans at large. It is used not only for food but also for other needs like wool, silk, leather, etc and now we start to use these agricultural practices for making plants and animals as bioreactors for making valuable pharmaceuticals. But, the main segment of agriculture is related to the cultivation of plants. Even though many types of plant propagation systems are available, the use of seeds is considered to be the most commonly used method in many crop varieties. The productivity of the crops is largely depending on healthy seedling production. There are many methods including the traditional methods to improve seedling development. Recent scientific developments help in the development of better seedlings and thereby the crop yield. Chitosan and its nanoparticles are being used in agriculture in different aspects starting from seed germination and seedling development apart from the use in controlled release of the nutrients. In the present chapter, the use of chitosan and chitosan nanoparticles in agriculture especially in the stages of seed germination and seedling development in different crop varieties is discussed. 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -
Impact of chitosan and chitosan-based nanoparticles on genetic transformation: an overview
Currently, the primary challenge to modern agricultural science is to meet the global demand for products and ensure food security for the growing population. No doubt the conventional plant breeding techniques and use of agrochemicals to obtain greater crop productivity and variety have been established to fight against biotic and abiotic stress in plants for better yield of agricultural products. The scientific community is exploring better techniques that can satisfy the need of mankind without affecting the ecosystem. Genetic engineering in plants is a recent advancement in the field of plant biotechnology and is more precise and can quickly obtain the desired trait in plants. This technology majorly focuses on improving the crop yield and quality by expressing desirable genes that are responsible for desirable traits such as tolerance to extreme conditions, herbicide, pest resistance, and enhanced secondary metabolite production, which is of medical importance. Nanomaterial-mediated genetic transformation is one reliable and efficient means of crop improvement for sustainable development in agricultural science. This technology has revolutionized modern agriculture as they are used as an effective delivery system to plants. Chitosan-based nanoparticles find their best application as nano-carrier due to their intrinsic properties such as cationic, biocompatible, high loading capacity, and good penetration potential with good release kinetics. Thus chitosan nanoparticles are used to deliver different types of genetic materials such as DNA, RNA, miRNA, siRNA, pDNA, CRISPR/Cas9 single guide RNA for plant transformation. This chapter provides an overview of chitosan nanoparticles as a delivery system and with a focus on their application as a safe genetic delivery system in plants. 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -
Impact of climate adaption and resilience on mental and social wellbeing
According to United Nations Climate Change, adaptation refers to adjustments in ecological, social, or economic systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli and their effects. In contrast, resilience is all about being able to cope with unexpected or difficult circumstances and being able to persevere in the face of challenges, overcoming barriers and bouncing back after setbacks. While adaptability involves changing to manage under new conditions, resilience, through bouncing back, implies the ability to revert to a previous, more positive state after experiencing some difficulty or challenge. Marianne Hrabok (2020) The pathways through which extreme climate events affect mental health are numerous and include direct (e.g., exposure to trauma) and indirect (social, economic disruptions) routes (Ramadan and Ataallah, 2021). Climate-related catastrophes have significant impacts on the mental well-being of the populations involved, causing surges in cases of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) primarily (Gina Martin, 2022). Studies suggest that the mental well-being impacts and negative emotions that stem from climate change awareness may be shared among child populations (Doherty & Clayton, 2011). In addition to direct and indirect psychological impacts, climate change is likely to impact social and community relationships. Some of these impacts may result directly from changes in climate, but most are likely to be indirect results of shifts in how people use and occupy territory. The response to climatic change by any living organism or system is to adapt or be resilient. This chapter discusses the different types of adaptation and resilience strategies theoretically and successfully adopted by various countries in the world. These strategies have a remarkable impact on the mental and social well-being of its stakeholders. With the discussion on the impacts, this chapter will also suggest strategies to be adopted at an individual level to either adapt or resilience toward climatic change to enhance mental and social well-being at the same time. 2025 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved including those for text and data mining AI training and similar technologies. -
Impact of COVID-19 on Gig Workers with Special Reference to Food Delivery Executives
The gig economy, popularly known as shared economy or collaborative work, has acquired a public and academic interest in the twenty-first century. The concept stresses entering into short-term contracts and does not promise any permanent job. The employees in the Gig economy with temporary work relationships are also referred to as gig workers. Any unexpected change in the pulse of the economy has an impact on the gig economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the economy and the gig workers over the last few months. This book chapter provides a timely intervention into the gig workers, particularly the food delivery executives in India. Their remunerations, benefits, and difficulties from a pandemic perspective are included in the chapter. The authors try to bring in the employees views of the work they do and the differences, which have been brought in as an aftermath of the pandemic. The chapter also throws light on the recent government initiatives to benefit gig workers in the economy. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.