This paper investigates how the quality of certain attributes of e-commerce systems ― such as information quality, system quality, and service quality ― can be leveraged to enhance business benefits as indicated by customer commitment and customer retention. This study argues that relationship quality, a concept encapsulating the ideas of both trust and satisfaction, is crucial for transferring...

This study investigated the birth of a brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum at the Steinhart Aquarium. Genetic analyses suggest this is the longest documented case of sperm storage for any species of shark (45 months).

The retention parameters of seven monoand nine ditetrazolium salts were investigated by reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC) using polyethylene-coated alumina support with various concentration of eluent-mixtures and by reversedphase thin-layer chromatography (RP-TLC) using the same support and eluent-mixtures. Principal component analysis (PCA) followed by non-linear mapping (NLM) and ...

The function of mate retention tactics is to prevent a long-term partner from defecting from the relationship and to ward off potential mate poachers. These tactics include Concealment of Mate, Appearance Enhancement, and Violence against Rivals. The current research is the first to investigate the performance of husband’s and wife’s mate retention tactics over time. We assessed 49 husbands and...

A method was developed to calculate the second dimension retention index of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC/TOF-MS) data using n-alkanes as reference compounds. The retention times of the C(7)-C(31) alkanes acquired during 24 isothermal experiments cover the 0-6s retention time area in the second dimension retention time space, which make...

The paper explores the determinants of, and the relationship between ethnic culture retention and host society culture adoption among Turkish immigrants in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, using original survey data. To maximize cross-national comparability, we focus on immigrants from two Turkish regions who themselves or whose parents migrated before 1975. As indicators of ethnic retenti...

The Relationship between Self-regulated Learning, Vocabulary Learning and Retention among Iranian EFL Learners

The objective of this study was to develop a research model that examines direct effects of customer satisfaction and switching costs on customer retention as well as the moderating effect of switching costs on the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer retention on basic and advanced retail Internet banking users in Hong Kong. An online questionnaire was employed as the means ...