The aim of this study is to measure the impact of source influence on tweens’ purchase intentions with the mediating role of para-social relationships. After reviewing the literature, the study hypothesized that: There is a positive significant relationship between source influence and para-social relationships; there is a positive significant relationship between para-social relationships and purchase intentions. In order to test these hypotheses, a quantitative research approach was used. Data...

Marketing 

With the rapid development of cutting-edge technologies such as internet technology, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence, traditional trade models have revealed significant limitations. Small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises urgently need to advance digital transformation. Based on the SWOT analysis framework, this paper delves into the connotation and motivations of digital transformation for small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises, explores their internal strengt...

Business Management 

Deltamethrin, as a widely used pyrethroid insecticide, has caused significant environmental pollution due to its persistence and non-degradability in soil. Therefore, the immobilized microbial technology has shown good application potential due to its low cost and quick effect. Among them, Aspergillus niger as the representative of 17 kinds of bacterial mixed agents has strong tolerance and decomposition effect, can secrete a variety of degradation enzymes, can play a good degradation effect on ...

Biotechnology 

Yue Kiln celadon has a long history, starting from the production of primitive porcelain in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, after the maturity of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the great development of the Three Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the prosperity of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, and the new development of the Northern Song Dynasty, and gradually declined in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, but its craft and style have a far-reaching impact. In the era of digita...

Economics 

This paper focuses on the change of physical education curriculum status under the background of the new era, and deeply discusses its historical process, multiple difficulties and the appropriate direction of future development. The article first reviews the historical evolution of the status of physical education, pointing out that physical education has been marginalized due to the industrialization process and the prevalence of exam-oriented education, but in recent years, with the promotion...

Sports Science 

In the era of digital and intelligent technology empowerment, higher education institutions, as the main front for the cultivation of high-quality technical and skilled talents, should take the pursuit of excellent professional quality and practical ability as the core principle of the cultivation of a new generation of management talents. New management talents not only need to have solid scientific literacy, advanced digital and intelligent skills, but also should transform these into practica...

Vocational Education 

Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), encompassing Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are characterized by persistent gastrointestinal inflammation influenced by genetic, immunological, and environmental factors. These conditions frequently affect young adults and are often associated with oral manifestations that significantly impact patients’ quality of life. This cross-sectional descriptive study investigates the prevalence and nature of oral manifestations in IBD patients...

Gastroenterology & Hepatology  Dentistry 

This study focused on employing Space Based Technology to evaluate existing forest reserves and enhance security monitoring within the Federal Capital Territory. Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) imagery was utilised to analyse forest habitats used as hideouts by criminals, assessing the effectiveness of Remote Sensing and GIS for security applications. ERDAS Imagine version 2014 was adopted for classification and Arc GIS 10.4 environments to process, manage and investigate the raster and th...

Environmental Sciences 

This study explores the strategic role of the securities market in improving the financial performance of banks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The central issue is to understand to what extent securities market stimuli influence banks’ profitability, liquidity, and solvency in an underdeveloped economic context. The study adopts an econometric approach based on the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method applied to panel data from the Central Bank of Congo. The results show that an incre...

Law 

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own tissues and organs. It leads to a range of symptoms, such as joint pain, organ involvement, and the production of autoantibodies that target specific cell components. Managing dental care for patients with SLE is particularly challenging due to the disease’s systemic effects and the immunosuppressive treatments. Aim: The aim of this work is to present the denta...

Dentistry