The Application of the Technology Acceptance Model Under Different Cultural Contexts: The Case of Online Shopping Adoption Abdul R. Ashraf‚ Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl‚ and Seigyoung Auh ABSTRACT Global usage o f the Internet has increased remarkably in the past few decades‚ thus necessitating a better understanding o f e-commerce adoption across cultures. Against this backdrop‚ this study contributes to the existing technology adop tion and acceptance literature in the following ways. First‚ the
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Quality of Service for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Diploma Thesis of Patrick Stüdi Assistant: Jianbo Xue Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gustavo Alonso March 2003 ii Abstract The fast adaptation of IP-based communications for mobile and hand-held devices equipped with wireless interfaces is creating a new challenge for Quality of Service (QoS) provision. Due the error-prone nature of wireless links and the high mobility of mobile devices‚ traditional Internet QoS protocols like RSVP cannot be easily
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The Relationship between Physical Activity‚ Stress‚ and Academic Performance Capstone Thesis CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction College years are known as a time of change and transition between adolescence and adulthood. The freedom that a student experiences in college also comes with a lot of responsibility‚ which in turn puts a lot of stress on the student. One of these responsibilities relates to academic performance and advancement. Academic
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Contents 3 Ngong Ping 360 John Batchelor‚ Suresh Tank 15 Waste as a driver of change Part 1: The nature of the problem and why we have it Rachel Birch 25 Textus Mark Fletcher‚ Richard Greer‚ Dan Lister‚ Karen Walters 28 The Hylomorphic Project Judith Leuppi‚ Kristina Shea 31 Złote Tarasy‚ Warsaw‚ Poland Darren Anderson‚ Zbigniew Czajewski‚ Stuart Clarke‚ Ian Feltham‚ Paul Geeson‚ Marcin Karczmarczyk‚ Richard Kent‚ David Killion‚ Zbigniew Kotynia‚ Maciej Lewonowski‚ Robert Lindsay‚ Philip
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J Polym Environ (2007) 15:25–33 DOI 10.1007/s10924-006-0042-3 ORIGINAL PAPER Chemical Treatments of Natural Fiber for Use in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Review Xue Li Æ Lope G. Tabil Æ Satyanarayan Panigrahi Published online: 4 January 2007 Ó Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2006 Abstract Studies on the use of natural fibers as replacement to man-made fiber in fiber-reinforced composites have increased and opened up further industrial possibilities. Natural fibers have
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PHYSICS PUBLISHING Supercond. Sci. Technol. 19 (2006) R31–R39 SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY doi:10.1088/0953-2048/19/6/R01 TOPICAL REVIEW A study of the status and future of superconducting magnetic energy storage in power systems X D Xue‚ K W E Cheng and D Sutanto Department of Electrical Engineering‚ the Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong‚ People’s Republic of China E-mail: eexdxue@polyu.edu.hk‚ eeecheng@polyu.edu.hk and eesutant@polyu.edu.hk Received
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Youth Internet Use: Risks and Opportunities Abstract and Introduction Abstract Purpose of Review: The Internet has become all pervasive in the lives of young people and this paper will review studies that examine the risks and opportunities that it affords. We will examine research that investigates the more negative aspects of youth online behavior such as addiction as well as online risks such as harassment/cyber bullying and sexual solicitation. In addition‚ positive aspects of Internet
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Abstract This report is primarily written for a comparison of the development of different market situations between KFC and McDonald’s in China‚ because of KFC and McDonald’s are extremely popular in mainland China‚ almost everyone knows these particular brands. The development of two food companies are apparently perfect‚ they really have their own problems‚ so I write this report in order to analyse and study the two Western-style fast food issues. Then finally try to use some marketing principles
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Public Relations Review 37 (2011) 226–232 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Public Relations Review The Gulf Coast oil spill: Extending the theory of image restoration discourse to the realm of social media and beyond petroleum Sidharth Muralidharan ∗ ‚ Kristie Dillistone‚ Jae-Hwa Shin The University of Southern Mississippi‚ United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t The explosion of Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon‚ an oil-rig licensed to BP‚ set in motion a chain
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Mar. Drugs 2010‚ 8‚ 1988-2012; doi:10.3390/md8071988 OPEN ACCESS Marine Drugs ISSN 1660-3397 www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs Review Chitin Research Revisited Feisal Khoushab and Montarop Yamabhai * School of Biotechnology‚ Suranaree University of Technology‚ Nakhon Ratchasima‚ 30000‚ Thailand; E-Mail: fl.khoushab@gmail.com * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: montarop@g.sut.ac.th; Tel.: +66-44-224152-4; Fax: +66-44-224150. Received: 2 May 2010; in revised
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