Mobile messaging services continue gaining high demand and the adoption of mobile messaging has been academically investigated for decades. However, there is a lack of an understanding of how psychological perspective of social comparison–a central feature of human life for self-evaluation– affects individuals’ adoption of mobile messaging services. This study proposes a new model of individual...

Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI) research is typically built around the premise that the robot serves to assist a human in achieving a human-led goal or shared task. However, there are many circumstances during HRI in which a robot may need the assistance of a human in shared tasks or to achieve goals. We use the ROBO-GUIDE model as a case study, and insights from social psychology, to examine how...

Using a function algebra characterization of exponential time due to Monien 5], in the style of Bellantoni-Cook 2], we characterize exponential time functions of linear growth via a safe course-of-values recursion scheme.

This article is a critical review of some of the methods that have been used for the sampling, analysis, and monitoring of vapor-phase toluene diisocyanate (TDI). Only some of the methods that have received relatively widespread application have been addressed in this article. This review includes a "tutorial style" discussion of basic definitions and basic principles and procedures of quality ...

Numerous studies indicate that focusing on one’s important values or attributes, a process known as self-affirmation, facilitates forming intentions to change one’s behaviors in selfthreatening domains. However, little is known about the mechanisms that underlie these effects. The present study tested the pre-registered hypothesis that self-affirmation increases intentions to change health-rele...

in this study, we addressed the relationship between corporate reputation and customer behavioral intentions in the eghtesad novin bank. for this purpose, we considered the components: trust, identification and commitment as mediator variables that led to formulating 8 hypothesis .the research population was the customers of eghtesad novin bank in tehran branches who had at least one active acc...

The nature of humans interacting with interface characters (e.g., embodied agents) is not well understood. The I-PEFiC model provides an integrative perspective on human-character interaction, assuming that the processes of engagement and user interaction exchange information in explaining user responses with interface characters. An experiment using the Sims2-game was conducted to test the eff...