this paper is to examine the relationship between cultural globalization and the social acceptance of the body in girls and women in kermanshah city. synthesized theoretical framework was formulated by following the theories of giddens and robertson. the method of this study was survey and the main research tool was questionnaire. the sampling method used in the survey was multi-stage share ran...

Although computers and information technology (IT) have penetrated the field of social work, little research has systematically studied how users respond to this infusion. Information systems researchers have accumulated significant insights into IT acceptance in business organizations after decades of efforts. In this study, users in the social services were assessed for their acceptance of IT...

The aim of this paper is to provide a logical framework for the specification of autonomous Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). A MAS is autonomous in so far as it is capable of binding (‘nomos’) itself (‘auto’) independently of any external normative constraint specified by a designer. In particular, a MAS is autonomous if it is able to maintain its social institutions (i.e. rule-governed social practi...

Social software applications – such as wikis, weblogs, and social networking sites – have in recent years attracted the attention of organizations. However, a better understanding of employees’ enterprise social software use behaviors would help organizations to make better informed decisions regarding enterprise social software implementations. As an important step toward addressing this need,...

As social networks continue to proliferate, the question arises as to how to attract students and researchers to different online sites. In this regard, the present study focused on the interactivity of social networks and their role in satisfying students. Accordingly, this study proposed a model comprising of factors that assist in answering the study questions. A developed questionnaire was ...

In this paper, we propose a representation of excuses in the context of multiagent systems. We distinguish five classes of excuses, taking as starting point both jurisprudential and philosophical studies about this topic, and we discuss their acceptance criteria. We highlight the following classes of excuses: epistemic excuses, power-based excuses, norm-based excuses, counts as-based excuses an...

Transgender people sometimes use cross-sex hormones without medical supervision. The use of cross-sex hormones, as well as the functional health and mental well-being, among male-to-female transgendered people ('kathoeys') in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was studied. Sixty kathoeys were interviewed regarding their use of cross-sex hormones and their family relationships. Individuals also completed the...

The current study sets out to explore test anxiety in adolescent students. The effect of sociodemographic variables on test anxiety was controlled for and the relationship between test anxiety and other psychological constructs, such as self-criticism, social anxiety, acceptance and mindfulness, was examined. In addition, the predictive effect/power of these variables was analyzed and a compara...

In an attempt to provide a causal model for Information Technology (IT) acceptance, this research integrates task-technology fit and social influence perspectives. This research model includes simultaneously IT acceptance variables, antecedents of IT acceptance, and its impact on individual performance. The implicit assumption between IT acceptance and its positive impact is empirically tested....