Given that human trust behavior is heritable and intranasal administration of oxytocin enhances trust, the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene is an excellent candidate to investigate genetic contributions to individual variations in trust behavior. Although a single-nucleotide polymorphism involving an adenine (A)/guanine (G) transition (rs53576) has been associated with socio-emotional phenotypes, ...

The widespread use of the Internet signals the need for a better understanding of trust as a basis for secure on-line interaction. In this paper we provide and discuss existing works on trust management models in the area of Multi Agent Systems and highlight the shortcomings. Our proposed model is not presented as the final solution to the issue. This new model will have a mechanism that allows...

This research examines how website trust differs across cultures (using a four-country sample that includes Canada, the U.S., Germany, and Japan). More specifically, the research looks at institutional-based trust (McKnight et al, 2002) and addresses: (1) how consumer attitudes towards security, privacy, legitimacy of the online vendor, and quality assurance differ across cultures in the contex...

Driver trust has potentially important implications for how vehicle technology is used and interacted with. In this paper it will be seen how driver trust functions and how it can be understood and manipulated by insightful vehicle design. It will review the theoretical literature to define steps that can be taken establish trust in vehicle technology in the first place, maintain trust in the l...

OBJECTIVES Health research indicates that physician trust in the United States has declined over the last 50 years. Paralleling this trend is a decline in social capital, with researchers finding a negative relationship between immigration-based diversity and social capital. This article examines whether physician distrust is also tied to immigration-based diversity and declining social capital...

BACKGROUND Social capital has lately received much attention in health research. The present study investigated whether two measures of subjective social capital were related to psychosomatic symptoms, musculoskeletal pain, and depression in a large population of Swedish adolescents. METHODS A total of 7757 13-18 year old students anonymously completed the Survey of Adolescent Life in Vestman...

Using a simple but general formalization, we state the conditions under which one might expect a negative or positive relationship between preexisting trust and governance complexity, and whether crowding out or complementarity arguments are necessary for such outcomes. Our analysis provides a platform for simple but rigorous analysis of other possible relationships between trust and governance...

Pål Møller, Gareth Evans, Elaine Anderson, Lovise Mæhle, Fiona Lalloo, Ketil R. Heimdal, and C. Michael Steel, in cooperation with The Biomed 2 Demonstration Programme on Inherited Breast Cancer Unit of Medical Genetics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Norway Family History Clinic, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Withington, Manchester, UK Edinburgh Breast Unit, West...

There have been a number of proposals for trust and reputation-based systems. Some have been implemented, some have been analysed only by simulation. In this paper we first present a general architecture for a trust-based system, placing special emphasis on the management of context information. We investigate the effectiveness of our architecture by simulating distributed attacks on a network ...

Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Department of Gastroenterology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Northern Deanery General Practice Vocational Training Scheme, Northern Deanery, North East Strategic Health Authority, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon ...