The experimentally determined three-dimensional (3D) structures of proteins and nucleic acids represent the knowledge base from which so much understanding of biological processes has been derived over the last three decades of the twentieth century. Individual structures have provided explanations of specific biochemical functions and mechanisms, while comparisons of structures have given insi...

Building users’ trust is crucial to alleviating their perceived risk and facilitating their usage of mobile banking. Drawing on a tripartite perspective of transference-based, personality-based and self-perception-based determinants, this research examined mobile banking user trust. Transference-based determinants include structural assurance and online banking trust. Personality-based determin...

When a stereo pair is formed from two synthesized views, it is unclear whether objective 2D quality metrics can provide a good estimation of the perceived quality. In this paper, this problem is addressed considering a 3D video represented in multiview video plus depth format. The performance of different state-of-the-art 2D quality metrics is analyzed in terms of correlation with subjective pe...

Intranets represent an important organisational resource for knowledge sharing. However, as yet, there has been little research into the quality of intranets and the impact of quality on intranet user acceptance. In the study reported in this paper, an intranet quality assessment tool comprising the dimensions usability, design, and information quality, is combined with perceived usefulness and...

This study provides deeper insight in the link between service quality and customer satisfaction. The traditional assumption of a linear relationship is challenged by exploring asymmetries and dynamics. The simultaneous influence of service quality and customer experience on satisfaction is examined by means of nonlinear structural equation modeling. Results show that functional-utilitarian qua...

Starting instead from a symmetric-antisymmetric reformulation we first show SSIM to be a contrast or visibility function in the classic sense. Furthermore, the previously enigmatic structural covariance is revealed to be the difference of variances. The second step, eliminating the intrinsic quadratic nature of SSIM, allows a near linear correlation with human observer scores, and without invok...

This study explores the perceptions of American and Turkish managers with respect to different dimensions of product quality. Survey data on perceptions of product quality were obtained from managers in both countries. Analyses using structural equation modeling and mean comparison tests were performed to evaluate five research hypotheses. Results provided partial support for the hypothesized d...

The structural similarity index (SSIM) has been shown to be a superior objective image quality metric. A web-based pilot experiment was conducted with the goal of quantifying, through the use of a sample of human participants, a trend in SSIM values showing when the human visual system can begin to perceive distortions applied to reference images. The just noticeable difference paradigm was use...

time lower than other similar performing objective measures.