Polytechnic Institute of Viseu

About: Polytechnic Institute of Viseu is a education organization based out in Viseu, Portugal. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Agriculture. The organization has 392 authors who have published 989 publications receiving 14134 citations. The organization is also known as: IPV.

Thermal Spas Internet Marketing: An Analysis of Portuguese Thermal Spas’ Websites

Abstract: Wellness and spa tourism represents a leading role in the tourism industry. In Portugal, health and wellness tourism has also had a significant growth and is considered one of the ten strategic products of the country. The aim of this paper is to analyze the use of information and communication technologies, more specifically websites, as an essential tool for advertising the health and wellness offer of the 19 thermal spas in the central region of Portugal. Thus, the quality of these thermal spas’ websites was analyzed using various indicators. Seventy items were used to analyze website contents and grouped into nine categories: location and contact information, general information, health and wellness services information, spa facilities information, booking information, surrounding area information, communication with customers, social networks, and languages. In addition, updated and website functionality was analyzed. This study provides useful insights that thermal spas in the central region of Portugal should consider to improve their webpages. In doing so, they can attract other segments, enhance customer loyalty, and increase sales. Having an Internet presence is not enough; the webpage has to stand out among the others so that the thermal spa will have a competitive advantage.

An Overview of Search and Match Algorithms Complexity and Performance

Abstract: DNA data provide us a considerable amount of information regarding our biological data, necessary to study ourselves and learn about variant characteristics. Even being able to extract the DNA from cells and sequence it, there is a long way to process it in one step.

A proof of a conjecture about a symmetric system of orthogonal polynomials

Abstract: The purpose of this note is to give an affirmative answer to a conjecture appearing in [Integral Transforms Spec. Funct. 26 (2015) 90-95].

*-Lie-Type Maps on Alternative *-Algebras

Abstract: Let [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] be two alternative ∗-algebras with identities [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], respectively, and [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] nontrivial symmetric idempotents in [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we study the characterization of multiplicative ∗-Lie-type maps. As application, we get a result on alternative [Formula: see text]-algebras.