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...

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...

Shannon’s rate-distortion curve characterizes optimal lossy compression. I show here that the optimization principle that has to be solved to compute the rate-distortion function can be derived from a least effort principle: minimizing required thermodynamic effort necessitates the minimization of information (compatible with a given fidelity). Retaining less information costs less physical eff...

Extensive research with animals and humans indicates that rewarded effort contributes to durable individual differences in industriousness. It is proposed that reinforcement for increased physical or cognitive performance, or for the toleration of aversive stimulation, conditions rewards value to the sensation of high effort and thereby reduces effort's aversiveness. The conditioning of seconda...

OBJECTIVE To explore the influence of the Nintendo Wii on the daily physical activity of a patient with chronic heart failure at home. METHODS A 74-year-old Swedish patient with heart failure had access to a Nintendo Wii at home for 12 weeks. Exercise motivation, exercise self-efficacy and exercise capacity were assessed before and after the intervention. Data on perceived physical effort, gl...

The present study examined the cognitive processes by which perceived locus of causality influences participation in leisure time physical activity. Based on the theoretical tenets of self-determination theory, it was hypothesized that deliberative modes of information processing and past behaviour will account for the direct effects of perceived locus of causality on effort and physical activi...

The middleware for a cyber-physical system is crucial as it tightly integrates computation with physical processes to achieve better reliability, distributed coordination, higher precision and efficiency, and better autonomous control. In this work, we design and develop the cyber-physical middleware framework for a large-scale water distribution system monitoring effort.

Endurance performance involves the prolonged maintenance of constant or self-regulated power/velocity or torque/force. While the impact of numerous determinants of endurance performance has been previously reviewed, the impact of fatigue on subsequent endurance performance still needs to be documented. This review aims to present the impact of fatigue induced by physical or mental exertion on s...