Online bandwidth limitations and fluctuations impose a major challenge in estimating the amount of data to transmit in a given time period. Over or under estimation of bandwidth can jeopardize the visual fidelity of the transmitted data and related multimedia data. We propose a Visual Quality Prediction (VQP) model which supports an adaptive fragmented texture transmission approach taking bandw...

When developing and aiming to achieve success in the arena of mobile commerce, user acceptance is a key aspect for consideration. This study aims to empirically examine some of the factors affecting the acceptance of m-commerce within the context of Saudi Arabia. Based on the revised UTAUT model, the revised model include two particular construct : costs and trust to enhance our understanding o...

The paper examines the influence of health savings accounts (HSAs) on optimal savings, insurance demand and prevention effort over the course of a lifetime. This paper adds to the literature by investigating HSAs as both a form of insurance and as saving vehicle in an expected utility framework. Assuming no regulatory constraints on the deductible, we show that individuals voluntarily choose a ...

While effort averse agents provide only minimum effort if not monitored, other agents may be committed to the organizational goal. Our study allows for a continuum of types, representing different degrees of intrinsic work motivation. This results in two different organizational forms, “volunteer organizations” and “companies,” which may also attract less committed employees who require output-...

We consider a setting in which a worker and a manager may each have information about the likely completion time of a task, and the worker also affects the completion time by choosing a level of effort. The task itself may further be composed of a set of subtasks, and the worker can also decide how many of these subtasks to split out into an explicit prediction task. In addition, the worker can...

This study examines the acceptance and use of ICT by Nigerian university academicians. The model validated is the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Using a pilot study, one hundred questionnaires were administered and collected at the University of Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. The construct was significantly correlated with behavioral intention (BI). This implies that t...

Carbon nanotube (CNT) field-effect transistors (CNFETs), as one of the promising candidate emerging technologies, have distinctive device-level characteristics compared to conventional CMOS technology. Logical effort approach, which is an efficient approach for fast delay estimation in CMOS technology, however, is not universally applicable for CNFET-based circuits. In this work, we first ident...

Because impulsive decision-making is correlated with many maladaptive tendencies, researchers have increasingly studied methods for reducing choice. These efforts primarily focused on increasing choices of larger, more-delayed rewards. A second type choice selecting a smaller, less-effortful reward over more-effortful one. Little nonhuman research has examined experimental effort-based Within t...