Vikas Gupta
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3913432 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Vikas Gupta |
| NOMBRES | Vikas |
| APELLIDO | Gupta |
| FIRMA | GUPTA V |
| AFILIACIONES | University of the South Pacific |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0975-336X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Applying the importance-performance matrix and gap analysis to evaluate the visitor satisfaction at Fiji's nature-based tourism attractions
This study investigates how visitors evaluate quality of key dimensions at nature-based tourism attractions (NBTAs) in Fiji. It also examined the influence of various NBTA dimensions on visitor satisfaction and loyalty, while identifying areas that may negatively affect experiences. We employed an exploratory sequential mixed-methods approach, conducting seventeen stakeholder interviews to identify context-specific factors influencing visitor sat…
Natural soundscapes and satisfaction
This study examines the influence of natural soundscapes on tourist satisfaction and loyalty at nature-based tourist attractions (NBTAs). By examining the causal relationships between tourists’ attitudes toward natural soundscapes, cognitive and affective image, loyalty and satisfaction, the study highlights the importance of auditory elements in developing stronger tourist connections to natural environments. Using a mixed methods approach, inte…
Building Bengaluru's water future
Bengaluru is grappling with a severe water crisis, intensified by rapid urbanisation and ageing infrastructure. This study adopts a data-driven, mixed-methods approach – combining interviews with key stakeholders (government officials, NGOs, and community leaders) and quantitative analysis of supply-demand trends, financial data, and climate projections – to evaluate the city's water management system. Our findings reveal a 30% water loss due to …
An analytical hierarchical process approach to assessing local food preferences among foreign tourists
Purpose This study evaluates the relative preference for local foods among foreign tourists. It also assessed how the sociodemographic profiles of tourists influence their local food preferences. Design/methodology/approach This research utilized a mixed-methods approach. The initial qualitative analysis phase involved semi-structured, in-depth interviews with stakeholders in Fiji’s local food sector, providing feedback on tourists’ preferred dis…
Cheers to choice
Purpose This study examines foreign tourists’ relative preference for craft beers. It also evaluates how tourists' socio-demographics influence their local craft beer preferences. Design/methodology/approach It utilized a mixed methods approach to understand the craft beer preferences of foreign tourists in India. We used in-depth interviews with stakeholders in the Indian craft beer industry and a structured survey with 384 foreign tourists usin…
Unravelling conspicuous consumption amongst foreign tourists
This study evaluates the influence of individualistic and interpersonal behaviours on luxury yacht patronage and willingness to pay a premium (WTPP) among foreign tourists in Fiji. It examined the extent of conspicuous consumption behaviours related to luxury yachting and described the impacts of representative measures of luxury yacht patronage utilizing a theoretical model framework. This research introduces a novel framework emphasizing the sy…
Food authenticity, culture, and tourism
Purpose This research aims to assess the dimensions of local gastronomic image by identifying the vital gastronomic image traits utilised by foreign tourists for their evaluation of local foods while investigating any perceived disparities in the gastronomic image among Eastern and Western tourists. Design/methodology/approach It combined mixed-methods research involving 17 in-depth interviews with restaurant stakeholders in Fiji and analysis of …
Fusion or confusion
This research investigates the tourists' attitudes and preferences regarding street food and how their quest for food authenticity and customization affects their culinary experiences. The study will also reveal the impact of food customization on their perceived food authenticity, perceived memorable experience and behavioral intentions in the Fiji Islands. Using the location-intercept approach and a questionnaire survey, data was gathered from …
Explore, eat and revisit
Purpose This research investigates how foreign tourists' revisit intentions are influenced by their local food consumption (LFC) value by emphasizing their attitude towards the local food and the corresponding destination food image. It will also reveal the foreign tourists' food consumption value and explore its influences on the destination's food image. Design/methodology/approach The data collection was performed from 433 foreign tourists who…
Changing dynamics and travel evading
Purpose This study aims to analyse the factors that caused Indian tourists to avoid travelling abroad because of the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. It will also identify the relationship between the perceived risk of travelling and the probability of travel evading in India owing to COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach This study used an online structured questionnaire to collect data from Indian tourists to study six independent variables…
Analyzing the Concatenation Between Ethics and Knowledge Culture in Indian IT Sector
In this globally competitive environment, ethics has become the major area of concern for organizations to eliminate the issues that arise in knowledge sharing. Knowledge is considered to provide a competitive edge to individuals and organizations. This is especially true for industries engaged in the Information and Technology sector. In accordance with the above notion, the current study aims at assessing the role of ethics as a catalyst in aff…
Building a Better Future with Sustainable Investments
Investing in sustainable businesses not only increases financial returns but also adds to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) value by solving social and environmental issues while promoting economic growth and human development. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to present a systematic literature review, analyse the relevant literature, identify emerging themes and to suggest future research areas related to sustainable inves…
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to human health around the world. Previous publications have estimated the effect of AMR on incidence, deaths, hospital length of stay, and health-care costs for specific pathogen-drug combinations in select locations. To our knowledge, this study presents the most comprehensive estimates of AMR burden to date. METHODS: We estimated deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) a…
The clinical and histopathological assessment of nasal mass amongst patients in ear, nose, and throat
The nose of the prominent feature of the face and often catches the attention of the face and often catches the attention on the looker whenever it is deformed or altered in shape. Nose is not only important functionally, but automatically and aesthetically as well as. What is pleasing and what is pleasing and what is beautiful is difficult to answer and depends upon the emotional reaction of the be holder. The observations are made from the stud…
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of saroglitazar among pre-diabetes and dyslipidemia
Patients with prediabetes are not only at increased risk of progression to type 2 diabetes, but they are also at high risk of developing cardiovascular (CV) risk compared to normoglycemic people. Further, prediabetes is also often associated with abnormal lipid levels (dyslipidemia). We therefore aimed to evaluate the effect of saroglitazar in patients with prediabetes and dyslipidemia. This was a prospective, single centre, single arm study invo…
A study about the nasal obstruction present in cases of malignancy in ent
Tumours in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses were recognized during the time of Hippocrates. Whillis (1948) defined tumours as “an abnormal mass of tissue, the growth of which exceeds and is coordinated with that of the normal tissues and persists in the same excessive manner after cessation of the stimuli which evoked the Change. From the table I it is evident that only 5 cases of malignant and 3 cases of fungal Granuloma, there was bony er…
Systemic Correlation Between Wound and Diabetes
The current article provides complete information on the association between wounding and diabetes, as well as a brief overview of Wound, Diabetic wounds as well as treatment options. The Diabetic wounds require special attention like a major clinical and societal challenge. The need of research is increased because of the delayed and compromised healing. New treatment techniques, Single growth factors, skin substitutes, interleukin stimulators, …
Foreign tourist's tea preferences and relevance to destination attraction in India
This study intends to identify and evaluate the preference of tea varieties among the foreign tourists in India. The significant aspects which resulted in the selection of these tea varieties demarcating their importance as a destination attraction are also briefly discussed. A structured survey instrument was used for data collection from 279 inbound foreign tourists applying location intercept method at Delhi International airport (IGI). Analyt…
The street food experiences of the local-guided tour in the meal-sharing economy
Purpose This study aims to understand the components of the street food experiences of the local-guided tour in the meal-sharing economy based on the online reviews of tourists who experienced a meal-sharing activity with a local guide in Bangkok. Design/methodology/approach Based on the qualitative approach, this study involved a content analysis of 384 narratives on Withlocals. Findings The study identified five components that embrace the stre…
Local cuisine image dimensions and its impact on foreign tourist’s perceived food contentment in Delhi
This study intends to determine the dimensions of local cuisine image by classifying the vital cuisine traits that are used by foreign tourists for their local food assessment; and inspect any variances in the perceived local cuisine image of Eastern and Western tourists (based on their country’s geographical position from India). It applied multivariate and descriptive statistics for analysing the data of 419 foreign tourists in Delhi. 24 factor…
Was Hawan Designed to Fight Anxiety-Scientific Evidences
Predicting Readmission at Early Hospitalization Using Electronic Clinical Data
BACKGROUND: Identifying patients at high risk for readmission early during hospitalization may aid efforts in reducing readmissions. We sought to develop an early readmission risk predictive model using automated clinical data available at hospital admission. METHODS: We developed an early readmission risk model using a derivation cohort and validated the model with a validation cohort. We used a published Acute Laboratory Risk of Mortality Score…
Fusion or confusion
This research investigates the tourists' attitudes and preferences regarding street food and how their quest for food authenticity and customization affects their culinary experiences. The study will also reveal the impact of food customization on their perceived food authenticity, perceived memorable experience and behavioral intentions in the Fiji Islands. Using the location-intercept approach and a questionnaire survey, data was gathered from …
Local cuisine image dimensions and its impact on foreign tourist’s perceived food contentment in Delhi
This study intends to determine the dimensions of local cuisine image by classifying the vital cuisine traits that are used by foreign tourists for their local food assessment; and inspect any variances in the perceived local cuisine image of Eastern and Western tourists (based on their country’s geographical position from India). It applied multivariate and descriptive statistics for analysing the data of 419 foreign tourists in Delhi. 24 factor…
Foreign tourist's tea preferences and relevance to destination attraction in India
This study intends to identify and evaluate the preference of tea varieties among the foreign tourists in India. The significant aspects which resulted in the selection of these tea varieties demarcating their importance as a destination attraction are also briefly discussed. A structured survey instrument was used for data collection from 279 inbound foreign tourists applying location intercept method at Delhi International airport (IGI). Analyt…
Predicting Readmission at Early Hospitalization Using Electronic Clinical Data
BACKGROUND: Identifying patients at high risk for readmission early during hospitalization may aid efforts in reducing readmissions. We sought to develop an early readmission risk predictive model using automated clinical data available at hospital admission. METHODS: We developed an early readmission risk model using a derivation cohort and validated the model with a validation cohort. We used a published Acute Laboratory Risk of Mortality Score…
Was Hawan Designed to Fight Anxiety-Scientific Evidences
The street food experiences of the local-guided tour in the meal-sharing economy
Purpose This study aims to understand the components of the street food experiences of the local-guided tour in the meal-sharing economy based on the online reviews of tourists who experienced a meal-sharing activity with a local guide in Bangkok. Design/methodology/approach Based on the qualitative approach, this study involved a content analysis of 384 narratives on Withlocals. Findings The study identified five components that embrace the stre…
Local cuisine image dimensions and its impact on foreign tourist’s perceived food contentment in Delhi
This study intends to determine the dimensions of local cuisine image by classifying the vital cuisine traits that are used by foreign tourists for their local food assessment; and inspect any variances in the perceived local cuisine image of Eastern and Western tourists (based on their country’s geographical position from India). It applied multivariate and descriptive statistics for analysing the data of 419 foreign tourists in Delhi. 24 factor…
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to human health around the world. Previous publications have estimated the effect of AMR on incidence, deaths, hospital length of stay, and health-care costs for specific pathogen-drug combinations in select locations. To our knowledge, this study presents the most comprehensive estimates of AMR burden to date. METHODS: We estimated deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) a…
The clinical and histopathological assessment of nasal mass amongst patients in ear, nose, and throat
The nose of the prominent feature of the face and often catches the attention of the face and often catches the attention on the looker whenever it is deformed or altered in shape. Nose is not only important functionally, but automatically and aesthetically as well as. What is pleasing and what is pleasing and what is beautiful is difficult to answer and depends upon the emotional reaction of the be holder. The observations are made from the stud…
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of saroglitazar among pre-diabetes and dyslipidemia
Patients with prediabetes are not only at increased risk of progression to type 2 diabetes, but they are also at high risk of developing cardiovascular (CV) risk compared to normoglycemic people. Further, prediabetes is also often associated with abnormal lipid levels (dyslipidemia). We therefore aimed to evaluate the effect of saroglitazar in patients with prediabetes and dyslipidemia. This was a prospective, single centre, single arm study invo…
A study about the nasal obstruction present in cases of malignancy in ent
Tumours in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses were recognized during the time of Hippocrates. Whillis (1948) defined tumours as “an abnormal mass of tissue, the growth of which exceeds and is coordinated with that of the normal tissues and persists in the same excessive manner after cessation of the stimuli which evoked the Change. From the table I it is evident that only 5 cases of malignant and 3 cases of fungal Granuloma, there was bony er…
Systemic Correlation Between Wound and Diabetes
The current article provides complete information on the association between wounding and diabetes, as well as a brief overview of Wound, Diabetic wounds as well as treatment options. The Diabetic wounds require special attention like a major clinical and societal challenge. The need of research is increased because of the delayed and compromised healing. New treatment techniques, Single growth factors, skin substitutes, interleukin stimulators, …
Foreign tourist's tea preferences and relevance to destination attraction in India
This study intends to identify and evaluate the preference of tea varieties among the foreign tourists in India. The significant aspects which resulted in the selection of these tea varieties demarcating their importance as a destination attraction are also briefly discussed. A structured survey instrument was used for data collection from 279 inbound foreign tourists applying location intercept method at Delhi International airport (IGI). Analyt…
Explore, eat and revisit
Purpose This research investigates how foreign tourists' revisit intentions are influenced by their local food consumption (LFC) value by emphasizing their attitude towards the local food and the corresponding destination food image. It will also reveal the foreign tourists' food consumption value and explore its influences on the destination's food image. Design/methodology/approach The data collection was performed from 433 foreign tourists who…
Changing dynamics and travel evading
Purpose This study aims to analyse the factors that caused Indian tourists to avoid travelling abroad because of the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. It will also identify the relationship between the perceived risk of travelling and the probability of travel evading in India owing to COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach This study used an online structured questionnaire to collect data from Indian tourists to study six independent variables…
Analyzing the Concatenation Between Ethics and Knowledge Culture in Indian IT Sector
In this globally competitive environment, ethics has become the major area of concern for organizations to eliminate the issues that arise in knowledge sharing. Knowledge is considered to provide a competitive edge to individuals and organizations. This is especially true for industries engaged in the Information and Technology sector. In accordance with the above notion, the current study aims at assessing the role of ethics as a catalyst in aff…
Building a Better Future with Sustainable Investments
Investing in sustainable businesses not only increases financial returns but also adds to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) value by solving social and environmental issues while promoting economic growth and human development. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to present a systematic literature review, analyse the relevant literature, identify emerging themes and to suggest future research areas related to sustainable inves…
Food authenticity, culture, and tourism
Purpose This research aims to assess the dimensions of local gastronomic image by identifying the vital gastronomic image traits utilised by foreign tourists for their evaluation of local foods while investigating any perceived disparities in the gastronomic image among Eastern and Western tourists. Design/methodology/approach It combined mixed-methods research involving 17 in-depth interviews with restaurant stakeholders in Fiji and analysis of …
Fusion or confusion
This research investigates the tourists' attitudes and preferences regarding street food and how their quest for food authenticity and customization affects their culinary experiences. The study will also reveal the impact of food customization on their perceived food authenticity, perceived memorable experience and behavioral intentions in the Fiji Islands. Using the location-intercept approach and a questionnaire survey, data was gathered from …
Natural soundscapes and satisfaction
This study examines the influence of natural soundscapes on tourist satisfaction and loyalty at nature-based tourist attractions (NBTAs). By examining the causal relationships between tourists’ attitudes toward natural soundscapes, cognitive and affective image, loyalty and satisfaction, the study highlights the importance of auditory elements in developing stronger tourist connections to natural environments. Using a mixed methods approach, inte…
Building Bengaluru's water future
Bengaluru is grappling with a severe water crisis, intensified by rapid urbanisation and ageing infrastructure. This study adopts a data-driven, mixed-methods approach – combining interviews with key stakeholders (government officials, NGOs, and community leaders) and quantitative analysis of supply-demand trends, financial data, and climate projections – to evaluate the city's water management system. Our findings reveal a 30% water loss due to …
An analytical hierarchical process approach to assessing local food preferences among foreign tourists
Purpose This study evaluates the relative preference for local foods among foreign tourists. It also assessed how the sociodemographic profiles of tourists influence their local food preferences. Design/methodology/approach This research utilized a mixed-methods approach. The initial qualitative analysis phase involved semi-structured, in-depth interviews with stakeholders in Fiji’s local food sector, providing feedback on tourists’ preferred dis…
Cheers to choice
Purpose This study examines foreign tourists’ relative preference for craft beers. It also evaluates how tourists' socio-demographics influence their local craft beer preferences. Design/methodology/approach It utilized a mixed methods approach to understand the craft beer preferences of foreign tourists in India. We used in-depth interviews with stakeholders in the Indian craft beer industry and a structured survey with 384 foreign tourists usin…
Unravelling conspicuous consumption amongst foreign tourists
This study evaluates the influence of individualistic and interpersonal behaviours on luxury yacht patronage and willingness to pay a premium (WTPP) among foreign tourists in Fiji. It examined the extent of conspicuous consumption behaviours related to luxury yachting and described the impacts of representative measures of luxury yacht patronage utilizing a theoretical model framework. This research introduces a novel framework emphasizing the sy…
Applying the importance-performance matrix and gap analysis to evaluate the visitor satisfaction at Fiji's nature-based tourism attractions
This study investigates how visitors evaluate quality of key dimensions at nature-based tourism attractions (NBTAs) in Fiji. It also examined the influence of various NBTA dimensions on visitor satisfaction and loyalty, while identifying areas that may negatively affect experiences. We employed an exploratory sequential mixed-methods approach, conducting seventeen stakeholder interviews to identify context-specific factors influencing visitor sat…
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