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- Tourists´ generated content about their most memorable experiences, emotions, and sentiments about ile-alatau national park on Google MapsPublication . Patyrin, Stanislav; Matos, Nelson de; Carrasco, Marco Paulo dos SantosThis work seeks to understand the visitor experience, emotions, and sentiments at Ile-Alatau National Park by analyzing online visitor reviews. The main goal was to conduct an in-depth examination of 5,911 reviews using Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA) to provide insights that can guide tourism organizations in refining their management practices. The tourism experience framework provides key concepts and actionable suggestions for organizations’ managers, among which are natural parks, elevating the quality of visitors' experiences and creating among them profound moments that contribute to leaving long-lasting memories. Through ABSA, the study categorized aspects and revealed how these elements contribute to either positive, memorable experiences or areas of dissatisfaction. Certain factors, like family-friendliness, fostered strong emotional connections, while others, such as commercialization and waste management, detracted from the overall experience. A SWOT analysis is conducted to deepen the study, assessing the park's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This framework emphasized strengths, such as the park's scenery, air quality, location, proximity, tranquility, and ability to evoke positive emotions. Simultaneously, it highlighted areas needing improvement regarding infrastructure, crowds, staff/service, accessibility, and environmental impact. The results identified in the research indicate that these problems are significant detractors of the visitor experience. The results' conclusions and the bibliographic review of relevant topics culminated in actionable recommendations to enhance the park's tangible aspects and emotional resonance, creating more profound, meaningful connections with its guests.
- Special issue “medical value of metal complexes and plant-derived compounds: biological evaluation, health effects, challenges, and future opportunities”Publication . Ścibior, Agnieszka; Aureliano, Manuel; Llopis, JuanThis Special Issue (SI), titled “Medical Value of Metal Complexes and Plant-Derived Compounds: Biological Evaluation, Health Effects, Challenges, and Future Opportunities”, aims to include reports updating our knowledge about the effects of exposure to prevalent heavy metals in the environment, which adversely affect animal and human health. It also focuses on certain natural plant bioactive compounds with multidirectional biological properties, which can effectively alleviate the toxicity of highly hazardous heavy metals and minimize the negative effects of veterinary drugs widely used in the treatment of food-producing animals, on consumer health. It should be emphasized that substances of plant origin are a very interesting research material both in terms of the diversity of the chemical structures of isolated compounds and their possible therapeutic properties [1,2]. For a long time, there has been considerable interest in biologically active compounds of plant origin due to their potential in preventing the toxic effects of xenobiotics [3]. This is a very important and currently relevant trend associated with the search for effective strategies based on natural origin substances aimed at preventing the harmful effects of xenobiotics or mitigating their toxic effects.