To evaluate the use of portfolio in a research group 35 examples produced in 2004 to 2005 were analyzed. Comprehensive analysis revealed description of the research projects elaboration, writing of articles, participation in events, seeking for proficiency in English language and comprising of academic credits. The support for registration, content ordering and the examination between propositi...

The proliferation of the Internet in accessing data and information has created many concerns associated with the ownership of these materials. As a consequence organizations are actively seeking means of authenticating digital documents and protecting intellectual or artistic property. We propose a novel approach that combines the reactive rule-based scheme of an active database management sys...

The major activity in a virtual community is information exchange among members. However, even in busy virtual communities, usually only a small fraction of members post information actively. Our interest in this study was seeking a better understanding of the psychological determinants that drive people to give information actively and voluntarily. An empirical study was conducted and 273 resp...

We develop a procedure of generalized continuous dynamical decoupling (GCDD) for an ensemble d-level systems (qudits), allowing one to protect the action arbitrary multiqudit gate from general noise. first present our GCDD case qudit and apply it Hadamard acting on qutrit. This is done using model that, in principle, could be implemented three magnetic hyperfine states ground energy level Rb87 ...

Two patients with residual nonfluent aphasia after ischemic stroke received an intention treatment that was designed to shift intention and language production mechanisms from the frontal lobe of the damaged left hemisphere to the right frontal lobe. Consistent with experimental hypotheses, the first patient showed improvement on the intention treatment but not on a similar attention treatment....

The expansion of social media platforms’ uses through mobile devices to obtain news and information in wars conflicts is pertinent among refugees even internally displaced persons (IDPs). A few studies have examined how different platforms enabled users send get their about situation. Explained by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) Uses Gratifications theory, this study examines impressions ...

The popularization of smartphones has brought about substantial changes in location-based services (LBS). Advances in wireless communication technology have allowed affordable data service fees, and current smartphones are equipped with GPS; as a consequence, LBS applications are emerging as next-generation ‘killer apps.’ However, the diffusion of LBS has raised privacy concerns due to the pote...

Objective: Human papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccine have been examined through multiple lenses over the past several years, though there is little work examining the role of perceived behavioral control (PBC) and its impact on potential recipients retrieving, understanding, and using online information with regard to the vaccine. Method: This study used survey data to examine the role of ...

Many firms in emerging economies invest in information technology primarily with the objective of protecting their cost advantages. This paper presents a framework for evaluating information technology investments by integrating the value chain model with activity-based costing. The proposed four-step approach is illustrated with a numerical example of a hypothetical manufacturing company seeki...

The purposes of this study are to construct an instrument to evaluate service quality of mobile value-added services and have a further discussion of the relationships among service quality, perceived value, customer satisfaction, and post-purchase intention. Structural equation modeling and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data collected from college and graduate students ...