This research addresses the problem of website customization in online banking, particularly in the Australian context. Australia has the fourth highest online banking adoption rate among developed nations (behind Canada, US and UK) and Australian consumers prefer online banking over ATM, phone and branch. The existence of large number of users who use online banking services on a regular basis...

This paper organizes a variety of existing strategy theories, typologies and models into a framework that can be used to analyze and validate the investment thesis for a proposed acquisition by a strategic or corporate buyer. One dimension of the framework utilizes the classical models and theories of strategy. A second dimension applies models that were developed to understand M&A value creati...

Variation in the pore structure of eucalyptus fibre during recycling was investigated using low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and fractal geometry. The BrunauerEmmett-Teller (BET) surface area of the fibre fell to 55.1% of the original value after the first cycle, and to 49.0% after the second cycle, ultimately declining to 35.0% after the fourth. The Barret-Jo...

We calculate the critical exponent of nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equations with anisotropic negative fourth-order dispersion using an anisotropic Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequality. We also prove global existence, and in some cases uniqueness, for subcritical solutions and for critical solutions with small L2 norm, without making use of Strichartz-type estimates for the linear operator. At exponen...

Blow-up in second and fourth order semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs) is considered in bounded regions of one, two and three spatial dimensions with uniform initial data. A phenomenon whereby singularities form at multiple points simultaneously is exhibited and explained by means of a singular perturbation theory. In the second order case we predict that points furthest...

The present study investigated the relationshtp between developmental shifts in the organization of materials and developmental changes in deliberate strategy use. Second and fourth grade children were presented with clusterable sort/recall lists representing the factorial combinations of high and low interitem association. and high and low category relatedness. Strategy use in the task was rat...

High levels of mental health during studying in university, makes students able to deal effectively with numerous stressors they experience. Our aim of this study was to examine and compare social anxiety among first to fourth year student nurses of Ministry of Health affiliated universities of medical sciences located in Tehran city, Iran in 2010. In this descriptive analytic study, 400 studen...