The Internet and mobile technology, the two most dynamic technological forces in modern information and communication technologies are converging into one ubiquitous mobile Internet service, which will change our way of both doing business and dealing with our daily routine activities. There is no doubt that the mobile Internet service is moving toward the new generation on which enables mobile...

BACKGROUND Behavior change theories can identify people's main motivations to engage in recommended health practices and thus provide better tools to design interventions, particularly human centered design interventions. OBJECTIVES This study had two objectives: (a) to identify salient beliefs about walking three times a week for 30 minutes nonstop among patients with hypertension in a low-r...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect Social Media Marketing on Customer Purchase Intentions. data used in were obtained directly from distributing online. number respondents was 115 people. results testing hypothesis indicate that: Firm- Created Communication has a positive and significant User-Generated Communication,and Brand Passion. Meanwhile, no also show that Passion Loyalty...

Many studies have noted that the use of social networks sites (SNSs) can enhance social interaction among the elderly and that the motivation for the elderly to use SNSs is to keep in contact with remote friends and family or the younger generation. Memotree is designed to promote intergenerational family communication. The system incorporates the Family Tree design concept and provides family ...

Most brain-machine interface (BMI) studies have focused only on the active state of which a BMI user performs specific movement tasks. Therefore, models developed for predicting movements were optimized only for the active state. The models may not be suitable in the idle state during resting. This potential maladaptation could lead to a sudden accident or unintended movement resulting from pre...

High proficiency and usage in Information Communication and Technology such internet is one of the main thrust in achieving Malaysia as a high income nation by 2020. Past literatures had constantly produced results that innovation characteristics are the top drivers for explaining the intention to use latest innovative product in the market. However the role of innovation and branding in the cu...

This study investigated psychological mechanisms underlying the effect of narrative health communication on behavioral intention. Specifically, the study examined how exemplification in news about successful smoking cessation affects recipients' narrative engagement, thereby changing their intention to quit smoking. Nationally representative samples of U.S. adult smokers participated in 2 exper...

Philosophers and scientists interested in Artificial Intelligence emphasize the role of intention in rational communication and interaction. The papers on rational agency by Cohen and Levesque are among the first to develop a logical theory of intention that accords with a large body of philosophical work, and provide the standard reference on BDI logics. However, Singh shows the theory to have...

AIM This study assessed infant feeding knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among women from Queensland, Australia, in their first pregnancy. Antenatal feeding intention in this group was described, and the hypothesis was tested that antenatal knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about infant feeding are associated with antenatal intention for the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding for the inf...

The main goal of this study was to assess how the millennial generation perceives companies that have different social media policies and how such perception influences key variables for job-seeking behaviors, including perceived person-organization fit (POF), organizational attraction, and job pursuit intention. Results from a univariate general linear model and path analysis supported all of ...