A serious problem in huge Ada programs is finding a satisfactory order of elaboration for all of the program’s compilation units. Some elaboration sequence must he selected but access to a program entity before its elaboration will rake the exception (PROGRAM_ERROR) shortly after execution of the program begins. The rules of the 1983 Ada standard 1 fail to ensure that validated compilers produc...

A growing number of information technology systems and services are being developed for persuasive purposes, i.e. to change users’ attitudes or behaviour or both. This paper proposes a taxonomy of general persuasive approaches, with interpersonal, computer-mediated and human-computer persuasion as the key types. It also recognizes and briefly describes related theories from social psychology, n...

The aim of this study is to explore student multiple representation skills and creativity in solving mathematical problems when supported by a multimedia whiteboard system. The subjects were 6 grade primary school students that were tested and selected as excellent students in mathematics. Twenty-one numerical and geometry problems were given to the students in the experiment. The learning acti...

Due to the high perceived risk, building users’ initial trust is crucial to facilitating their adoption and usage of mobile banking. Drawing on the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), this research examined users’ initial trust in mobile banking. The results indicated that initial trust develops along a dual route including the central route and peripheral route. Self-efficacy as the elaboratio...

Marketers can bundle an unknown brand with a strong brand as a new product introduction strategy. Drawing upon the categorization theory and the elaboration likelihood model, this study examines how a new brand can benefit from bundling with a strong brand. The results of two studies indicate that consumers’ quality perception of a new brand will be affected by the brand image of a bundle partn...