background: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (nsaid) use and h pylori infection are two major causes of peptic ulcers. this study investigates the effect of h pylori infection and nsaids on gastroduodenal damages and bleeding (gib).   methods: 104 patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (gib) and 102 patients with dyspepsia without bleeding were studied. duodenal (du) and gastric ulce...

Credit cards become increasingly popular in Sri Lanka while a total of 78,201 new issues were 2019 first quarter (Central Bank report). card usage affects the consumption patterns people, sometimes leading to purchase excessively with impractical confidence (Omar, et al., 2013). According central bank report, around 118,905 are being defaulted where payment is arrears for 90days or more showing...

Self-checkout is the emergent/emerging retail technology wherein users (shoppers) check out their own items using an interactive kiosk. A dramatic growth is anticipated in the prevalence of self-checkout systems in retail environments. A study was conducted to develop and evaluate a redesign of a self-checkout system with a focus on issues related to physical accessibility for wheelchair users....

The GM-MDS conjecture of Dau et al. (ISIT 2014) speculates that the MDS condition, which guarantees the existence of MDS matrices with a prescribed set of zeros over large fields, is in fact sufficient for existence of such matrices over small fields. We prove this conjecture.

Although the use of Airbnb services is growing, research relating to its value, risk, satisfaction, and repurchase intentions involving millennial generation scarce. This study investigates actual experience social, utilitarian hedonic values, risks, consumers. It further assesses perceptions similar what it would take generate satisfaction intention amid non-consumers. PLS Path Modelling used ...

This paper describes an approach to user adaptation realized in a multiagent interface system for interaction with a virtual environment. The interface agency adapts to users' individual preferences by learning from direct feedback. The core idea is that agents that were successful in meeting the user's expectations are given credit while unsuccessful agents are \discredited." Communicating cre...

Abstract Studies on non-users are often neglected in the area of information. Such research studies face challenges to obtain diagnostics. This article defends realization comprehending both information users and non-users, approaching different focuses conceptions. The theoretical frameworks approached contributions limitations these concepts. term “information non-user” can be employed approa...

Credit scoring models play a fundamental role in the risk management practice at most banks. They are used to quantify credit risk at counterparty or transaction level in the different phases of the credit cycle (e.g. application, behavioural, collection models). The credit score empowers users to make quick decisions or even to automate decisions and this is extremely desirable when banks are ...