The antecedents and implications of shopping are relevant to impulsive compulsive buying behaviour, because both tendencies can be harmful an individual’s well-being, ill-being, for society as regards overconsumption sustainability. Most studies investigating either or have used different definitions operationalisations the two constructs. It is unclear whether parts ill-being. This study defin...

BACKGROUND The ability of conventional CT scans and fiberoptic bronchoscopy to localize and properly stage radiographically occult lung cancer (ROLC) in the major airways is limited. High-resolution CT (HRCT) scanning and autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) may improve the assessment of ROLC before the most appropriate therapy can be considered. PATIENTS AND METHODS We prospectively studied 2...

Although the operational scoring of the TOEFL iBT speaking section features the overall judgment of an examinee's speaking ability, the evaluation of specific components of speech such as delivery (pace and clarity of speech) and language use (vocabulary and grammar use) may be a promising approach to providing diagnostic information to learners. This study used an evidence-centered design appr...

We investigated the role of large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK(Ca)) channels for the basal renal vascular tone in vivo. Furthermore, the possible buffering by BK(Ca) of the vasoconstriction elicited by angiotensin II (ANG II) or norepinephrine (NE) was investigated. The possible activation of renal vascular BK(Ca) channels by cAMP was investigated by infusing forskolin. Renal blood flo...

Federated edge learning (FEEL) is envisioned as a promising paradigm to achieve privacy-preserving distributed learning. However, it consumes excessive time due the existence of straggler devices. In this article, novel topology-optimized FEEL (TOFEL) scheme proposed tackle heterogeneity issue in federated and improve communication-and-computation efficiency. Specifically, problem jointly optim...

The use of an isolation box test (IBT) to characterize personality traits has been used in non-bovine species with success. We aimed develop IBT for dairy calves and determine if the behavioral responses were associated found from traditional tests (novel person, novel object, a startle tests) average daily gain (ADG; Kg/d) through weaning. Calf movement while was measured via accelerometers at...

Cognitive appraisal of individuals directs to the creation of an emotional response, which is related to emotional intelligence. The present study shows the presence of induced emotions as an unrelated factor on the construct of a TOEFL iBT reading test which can interplay with emotional intelligence for regulating the induced emotions towards reading passages. The present participants were 393...

Despite the growing interest in Internet-based teaching and the application of advanced Internet technologies in education, research investigating the use of advanced Internet-based technologies has been very scarce. The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of factors influencing students’ actual usage of sophisticated Internet-based technologies (IBT) in virtual classroom ...

We show how to value a real option on a commodity using an implied binomial tree (IBT) that is calibrated using commodity futures options prices. Until now it has been assumed that spot options are required to be traded on the underlying asset in order to use an IBT; this requirement is, however, typically not met with commodities. We make two major contributions: First, by showing how to imple...

Abstract Inter-basin water transfer (IBT) is widely used to mitigate shortage at the cost of compromising availability in water-exporting regions. Yet, we do not know how efficient are IBTs alleviating inter-regional stress a changing climate and supply-demand context. From socio-hydrological perspective, here quantify efficiency more than 200 across United States by Stress Relief Index that me...