In the history of adoption research, subjective norm mostly remains as the unloved child, being significant in this analysis and not significant in that analysis. Already Davis et al. had to exclude subjective norm of the Technology Acceptance Model due to theoretical and measurement problems. Overall the results of subjective norm as an antecedent for behavioral intention in IS research are qu...

weather data generators (wgs) have been developed for an extension of time series of such weather variables as rainfall, temperature and relative humidity to provide better understanding of systems affected by climatic factors. different algorithms have been applied in these generators, broadly divided into parametric & non-parametric ones. in this study, the performance of non-parametric gener...

GRACE spherical harmonics are well-adapted for representation of hydrological signals in river drainage basins large size such as the Amazon or Mississippi basins. However, when one needs to study smaller basins, comes up against low spatial resolution solutions harmonics. To overcome this limitation, we propose a new approach based on Slepian functions which can reduce energy loss by integrati...

The glacier is important factor in climatologic and hydrological investigations. The remote sensing plays an important role on glacier inventorying and monitoring work. SAR systems have an important ability to observe the earth’s surface, independent of cloud conditions. Particularly, the SAR interferometry and polarization provide a useful tool for glacier investigation, such as extraction of ...

Interdisciplinary research efforts to integrate the ecological aspects of water with its physical and societal roles have a long history as well as some interesting new developments. Small, paired, experimental watersheds, with their long-term monitoring systems for data collection and their integrated ecosystem approach to analysis, have been at the center of recent advances. A study now under...

Methods This is a prospective, multicenter, triple blinded, randomized study in which the in vivo extract potency was determined, based on the wheal size obtained in TIM allergic patients. The four tested TIM extracts were: Soluprick, Staloral 300IR, and Grazax and Oralair 300IR dissolved in 1mL 50% glycerin (under GMP standards). The SPTs were carried out in quadruplicate with the concentrate ...

The surface observations used in the initial assessment of Seasat are discussed with emphasis on their ability to describe the synoptic-scale winds over the ocean.

LONG-TERM GOALS Goals for this project include: 1) the characterization of ocean acoustic impulse response (OAIR) in shallow water under various environmental conditions, 2) the development of predictive and synoptic methodologies/models linking acoustic communications system (modem) performance to environmental factors. Ultimately this information can be used to develop a robust acoustic modem...