To evaluate the effects of season, sex and age on serum concentrations of thyroid hormones, cholesterol and triglyceride, and their correlations together in dromedarian camels, these parameters were measured in 180 clinically healthy dromedary camels. No significant difference was detected for the measured serum parameters between the two sexes and among the different age groups of camels and n...

This paper examines how New Zealand banks enhance their retail banking services through the Internet. Seven NZ online banks were studied in terms of their web sites’ effectiveness, functionalities and Internet strategies. The functionality was examined by evaluating banks’ web sites using a tailored electronic commerce model. The effectiveness was surveyed utilising a judgment sample of actual ...

This paper has several objectives. First, it illustrates the history and explosive growth of Internet banking services in China. In general, the development of Internet banking services is still in its nascent stages in China, with a considerable quantity of potential customers. Second, we discuss the characteristics of Internet banking in China. We have determined that Chinese Internet banking...

singapore is depicted to be the fastest growing telecommunications nation in asia. presently, all the members of the singapore banking industry have engaged in the use of information and communication technology as a platform for effective and efficient means of conducting financial transactions. this paper focuses on determining the level of users’ acceptance of the electronic banking services...

As China’s accession into the World Trade Organization and opening its financial market, competition in the banking industry is getting throat-cutting in China. Using Internet banking to acquire market shares is critical for banks’ survival and therefore understanding drivers for Internet banking adoption is critical for banks’ success. Applying Davis’s technology acceptance model and incorpora...

A field trial was conducted in a camel brucellosis-free herd to evaluate antibody response to the Brucella melitensis Rev.1 vaccine in camels and assess shedding of the vaccine strain in milk. Twenty eight camels were divided into four groups according to their age and vaccination route. Groups A (n=3) and B (n=3) consisted of non-pregnant lactating female camels, vaccinated through subcutaneou...

This paper investigates factors that influence Romanian companies to use Internet as a means to conduct their banking activities. The research model in this study was developed based on previous works that utilized technology acceptance theories and related empirical studies on the adoption of information technologies in economic activities, such as e-commerce and ebanking. Questionnaires were ...

Grounded in the technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework, we have developed an extended model to examine factors, particularly technological, organizational and environmental factors, which influence e-banking adoption in Jordanian banks. This article added some constructs to (TOE) framework, other factors were excluded. The independent variables are the (technology readiness or comp...

An understanding of corporate customer acceptance of Internet banking can assist banks to assess the real business value of Internet banking implementation. The four benefit factors are information quality, information accessibility, information sharing, and transaction benefit. The three major barriers are related to trust, legal support, and organization barriers. Information quality and tran...

Electronic banking as the main elements of modern economy, it is a blessing of it world in which all financial activities, banking and credit of the traditional substrate is transferred to an electronic substrate. Internet communication channels are using one of the main requirements for banks to develop electronic banking services. The main purpose of this study identified various factors that...