We investigated the effect of playfulness on user acceptance of online retailing and tested the relationship between Web quality factors and user acceptance behavior. A survey of 942 users of Web-based online retailing was conducted to test our model. The results showed that playfulness plays an important role in enhancing user attitude and behavioral intention to use a site. We also found that...

Inversion is especially detrimental to the processing of faces. This is clearly demonstrated by the Thatcher illusion. It has been suggested that this detriment is due to a loss of holistic or configural processing for inverted faces (Bartlett and Searcy, 1993 Cognitive Psychology 25 281-316). Stürzel and Spillmann (2000 Perception 29 937-942) suggest that this loss of configural processing occ...

Many cardiac arrhythmia patients benefit from interventions performed in the electrophysiology (EP) lab. EP labs are a valuable resource that if not used efficiently may lead to delay patient care, increased cost medical system, and challenges with recruiting retaining staff. Prep time is defined as when (pt) enters procedural room until procedure start. affected by many factors, including but ...

Mapping the orbital obliquity distribution of young planets is one avenue towards understanding mechanisms that sculpt architectures planetary systems. TOI-942 a field star, with an age ~60 Myr, hosting system consisting two transiting Neptune-sized in 4.3- and 10.1-day period orbits. We observed spectroscopic transits inner Neptune TOI-942b to determine its projected angle. Through partial tra...