The central premise of this paper is that firm level characteristics or behavioral traits, referred to as predispositions, influence how the firm behaves and interacts in its interfirm relationships (IFRs). This augments traditional approaches that focus on the intra-relationship perspective and/or on environmental influences on the relationship. Firm predispositions of strategic intent and rel...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concepts of fuzzy soft βopen sets, fuzzy soft β-continuous functions, fuzzy soft β-connectedness, fuzzy soft β-strongly connectedness, fuzzy soft β-C5 connectedness. Some interesting properties of these notions are studied. In this connection, interrelations are discussed. Examples are provided wherever necessary. 2010 AMS Classification: 54A40-03E72

The study examined the relationship among social connectedness, dysfunctional interpersonal behaviors, and psychological distress. The authors specifically hypothesized that the direct negative effect of social connectedness on psychological distress would be mediated by dysfunctional interpersonal behaviors. Prior to testing the hypothesis, the authors revised the original Social Connectedness...

We tested relationships between social connections, hope, and violence among young adolescents from socially distressed urban neighborhoods, and examined whether relationships between adolescents' family and school connectedness and violence involvement were mediated by hopefulness. Data were from middle school students involved in the Lead Peace demonstration study. The sample (N = 164) was 51...

This study examined the extent to which posthospitalization change in connectedness with family, peers, and nonfamily adults predicted suicide attempts, severity of suicidal ideation, and depressive symptoms across a 12-month follow-up period among inpatient suicidal adolescents. Participants were 338 inpatient suicidal adolescents, ages 13 to 17, who were assessed at 3, 6, and 12 months postho...

This year, we introduced the concept of infra soft topology as a new generalization topology. To complete our analysis this space, devote paper to presenting concepts connected and locally spaces. We provide some descriptions for connectedness elucidate that there is no relationship between an topological space its parametric spaces with respect property connectedness. discuss behaviors under h...

Image segmentation is an important research topic in image processing and computer vision community. In this paper, we present a novel segmentation method based on the combination of fuzzy connectedness and adaptive fuzzy C means (AFCM). AFCM handles intensity inhomogeneities problem in magnetic resonance images (MRI) and provides effective seeds for fuzzy connectedness simultaneously. With the...

We propose a new segmentation algorithm based on competing fuzzy connectedness theory, which is then used for visualizing coronary arteries in 3D CT angiography (CTA) images. The major difference compared to other fuzzy connectedness algorithms is that an additional data structure, the connectedness tree, is constructed at the same time as the seeds propagate. In preliminary evaluations, accura...