Temple University

About: Temple University is a education organization based out in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 32154 authors who have published 64375 publications receiving 2219828 citations.

The Role of Customer Engagement in Building Consumer Loyalty to Tourism Brands

Abstract: Customer engagement has recently emerged in both academic literature and practitioner discussions as a brand loyalty predictor that may be superior to other traditional loyalty antecedents. However, empirical inquiry on customer engagement is relatively scarce. As tourism and hospitality firms have widely adopted customer engagement strategies for managing customer–brand relationships, further understanding of this concept is essential. Using structural equation modeling, this study investigates the linkages of customer engagement with traditional antecedents of brand loyalty. Results based on 496 hotel and airline customers suggest that customer engagement enhances customers’ service brand evaluation, brand trust, and brand loyalty. The results show that service brand loyalty can be strengthened not only through the service consumption experience but also through customer engagement beyond the service encounter. This study contributes to the literature by providing an empirical evaluation of the relation...

The roles of modified input and output in the incidental acquisition of word meanings

Abstract: This article reports an experimental study of the differential effects of premodified input, interactionally modified input, and modified output on the comprehension of directions in a listen-and-do task and the acquisition of new words embedded in the directions. The modified output group achieved higher comprehension and vocabulary acquisition scores than either of the input groups. There was no difference between the premodified and interactionally modified input groups. The advantage of the modified output group is explained in terms of the qualitatively superior dialogic interaction that occurred in this condition rather than in terms of actual language production.

Partial Liquid Ventilation with Perflubron in Premature Infants with Severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Abstract: Background The intratracheal administration of a perfluorocarbon liquid during continuous positive-pressure ventilation (partial liquid ventilation) improves lung function in animals with surfactant deficiency. Whether partial liquid ventilation is effective in the treatment of infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome is not known. Methods We studied the efficacy of partial liquid ventilation with perflubron in 13 premature infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome in whom conventional treatment, including surfactant therapy, had failed. Partial liquid ventilation was initiated by instilling perflubron during conventional mechanical ventilation to a volume approximating the functional residual capacity. Infants were considered to have completed the study if they received partial liquid ventilation for at least 24 hours. Results Ten infants received partial liquid ventilation for 24 to 76 hours. In the other three infants, partial liquid ventilation was discontinued within four hours in fa...