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Predictores de las tendencias morales asociadas al uso de Facebook
Get PDFEste artículo es un aporte al estudio del procesamiento moral del uso de Facebook desde el punto de vista de la cognición social. La investigación tuvo por objetivo identificar algunos predictores de las tendencias morales de uso, específicamente aquellas denominadas por la investigación antecedente como hedonista y eudaimónica, de esta red social. El énfasis se concentró en la medición de las posibles asociaciones entre un tipo de comportamiento auto-presentativo y otro prosocial y la presencia de las tendencias hedonistas y eudaimónicas. Se recurrió a un cuestionario auto-aplicado, administrado a 122 estudiantes universitarios (62.5% mujeres y edad promedio 20.77, DT: 6.85). Los resultados mostraron una asociación negativa entre el comportamiento prosocial y las tendencias hedonistas, así como otra asociación positiva entre el comportamiento de uso prosocial y la tendencia moral eudaimónica. Se discuten estos resultados identificando sus alcances y señalando la necesidad de mayor investigación futura
Country of origin and online promotion in cross-border e-business: A study of consumer behavior for quality management
No full textThis research analyzes country of origin and online promotional strategy in cross-border e-business of consumer products. This research reveals the network of products involved in online promotions in cross-border e-business markets, based on country of origin, promotional strategies, cultural differences, and product attributes. The relationship between sales performance of online promotions and similarities of products is analyzed based on the Moran and Geary indices. The quality management of cross-border e-business is further studied based on research of consumer behavior. This research offers support to further discussions about quality management based on an analysis of consumer behavior in cross-border e-business markets
An empirical study on the factors influencing mobile library usage in IoT era
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to construct an information ecology factor-TAM model to explore how information, people, and information environment impact mobile library users’ behavioral intention. Design/methodology/approach: An empirical study based on an information ecology factor-TAM model. Findings: The results of model test indicate that information, people, and information environment affect users’ behavioral intention to use mobile library in the information ecology environment. This paper provides a new theoretical perspective to understand users’ behavior of mobile library. It also provides practical guidelines to promote the usage of mobile library. Originality/value: Internet of Things makes digital library one important channel for people to obtain information. Mobile internet makes it possible to access a variety of information anytime and anywhere. With the rapid grow of the number of mobile internet users, the usage of mobile library does not grow correspondingly. This paper explores the reasons
DO INVESTORS PREFER NEW OR EXISTING SPONSORSHIP RELATIONSHIPS: EVIDENCE FROM SPONSORSHIP INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE ON FIRM STOCK RETURNS
No full textThe purpose of this study is to examine investor reaction to the formation of new and the maintenance of existing Interorganizational Relationships (IORs) through the context of official sports sponsorship relationships. Based on a study where the announcements of new and the maintenance of existing sponsorship IORs are disaggregated, it was found that investors reward the formation of new official sponsorship IORs with significant positive abnormal returns to stock price, while returns for the announcement of the maintenance of existing official sponsorship IORs are nonsignificant. Findings suggest investors place a higher premium on the formation of new IORs compared to the maintenance of existing IORs. Implications for the management of IORs are discussed
Organizational, technological and extrinsic factors in the implementation of cloud ERP in SMEs
No full textPurpose: Use of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) services equips an SME to forego the requirements of high financial budget, IT infrastructure, and trained IT personnel as it is required for on-premise ERP solution. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the organizational and technological factors as well as the factors that concern the performance of cloud service provider. These concerns are known as extrinsic factors and they are compliance, network, and information security. This study links the organizational and technological factors of SMEs and the extrinsic factors of cloud vendor for the successful implementation of cloud ERP. Design/methodology/approach: Resource dependence theory (RDT) was used to understand the relationship of SMEs and cloud service provider. Structural equation modeling was employed in analyzing the data of 208 SMEs that were collected through a survey. Findings: The empirical analysis supports the RDT as the critical success factors of the SMEs have a positive relationship with the extrinsic factors (compliance, network, and information security) during the cloud ERP implementation. Research limitations/implications: The data collected in this study is from India and this acts as a limitation as the result might not hold true for other countries and regions. Also, the data collected are cross-sectional and only represent the perspective of the respondents at the time of filling the questionnaire. Originality/value: This paper attempts to bring out a relationship between SMEs and cloud service provider for the successful implementation of cloud ERP
Lines, roamers, and squares: Oh my! using floor robots to enhance Hispanic students’ understanding of programming
No full textTeaching programming and coding skills in K-12 classrooms is becoming a part of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs across the United States. Often, these opportunities are available through extra-curricular activities such as Robotics club, math club, STEM club, etc. Increasing STEM opportunities for students who are English language learners, culturally and linguistically diverse learners, and/or students from underserved backgrounds is vital. In a pilot study prior to a larger, grant-funded study on the effects of metacognitive strategy instruction on elementary students’ academic performance, the principal investigator (PI) developed an activity with a corresponding assessment instrument. The PI initially incorporated floor-robots into an activity in two fifth grade science classrooms. Pre/post survey analysis provided encouraging results. To follow up on the initial results, the PI and co-principal investigators (co-PIs) introduced floor-robots into eight additional fourth and fifth grade science classrooms over an additional school year, as well as in an after-school setting, to determine how floor-robots might be used effectively to engage elementary students in STEM learning. The investigators introduced over 257 elementary students to three types of floor-robots, and this provided students with opportunities to have hands-on access to programming and coding robots for specific purposes. Of the 257 students who interacted with the floor-robots, approximately 103 were provided with pre/post surveys on Roamer®, one of the floor-robots. Additional data analysis provided surprising and encouraging results
Theoretical study of bromine halocarbons: Accurate enthalpies of formation
No full textThe gas phase enthalpies of formation of sixty-five C1 and C2 bromine compounds have been calculated using G3, G4, the correlation consistent Composite Approach (ccCA) and CCSD(T)/CBS. Several compounds investigated have importance in atmospheric chemistry due to their global warming potentials. Compounds investigated include chlorine and fluorine containing bromine compounds, and bromine hydrocarbons. Computational methods have been compared to experimental and theoretical values when available. All methods investigated calculate enthalpies of formation that are in agreement with available ATcT, each with a greater than 0.999 R2 value and mean absolute deviations (MADs) of 1.2 kcal/mol, 0.6 kcal/mol, 0.7 kcal/mol, and 0.6 kcal/mol for G3, G4, ccCA, and CCSD(T), respectively. The importance of molecular spin-orbit corrections is noted. The molecular spin-orbit correction for tetrabromomethane increased the enthalpy of formation by 2.7 kcal/mol to an enthalpy of formation of 27.5 kcal/mol when using CCSD(T)/CBS
Locking In Human Rights in Africa: Analyzing State Accession to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
No full textThe establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights was a pivotal moment for the African human rights system. To date, 30 of the African Union’s 55 member states have accepted the Court’s jurisdiction by ratifying the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This article uses statistical analysis of state action on the Protocol to shed light upon the factors that have led some states to accept the Court’s jurisdiction and other states to thus far decline to do so. The results provide strong support for accounts of the origins of international human rights regimes that emphasize transitional states’ desire to “lock in” new commitments to democracy and human rights. Potential compliance costs, regimes’ ideological orientations, domestic legal traditions, and regional dynamics have also exerted significant effects upon the likelihood of ratification
Validity of DXA body volume equations in a four-compartment model for adults with varying body mass index and waist circumference classifications
No full textThe purpose of this investigation was to determine the validity of 4-compartment (4C) model body fat percent (BF%) estimates when using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) derived body volume (BV) equations (4C-DXA1 and 4C-DXA2) in adults with varying body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) classifications. Each model was compared to a criterion 4C model with air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) generated BV (4C-ADP). Participants were categorized as normal weight (n = 40; NW = BMI\u3c25.0kg/m 2 ); overweight (n = 40; OW BMI = BMI25.0 kg/m 2 ); and overweight with at-risk WC (n = 35; OW BMI +WC = BMI25.0 kg/m 2 and WC88.0cm for women and 102.0cm for men). 4C-DXA1 produced lower BF% than that derived using the 4C-ADP in NW (CE = -3.0%; p\u3c0.001) while 4C-DXA2 was significantly higher (CE = 4.8%; p\u3c0.001). The SEE and 95% limits of agreement (LOA) were lower for 4C-DXA2 (1.24% and ±2.5%, respectively) than 4C-DXA1 (2.59% and ±5.0%, respectively) and proportional bias was present for both (p\u3c0.05). 4C-DXA1 BF% was not significant in OW BMI (CE = -0.5%; p = 0.112) whereas 4C-DXA2 was higher (CE = 4.5%; p\u3c0.001). The SEE and 95% LOA were lower for 4C-DXA2 (1.20% and ±2.9%, respectively) than 4C-DXA1 (1.92% and ±3.9%, respectively) in OW BMI . Proportional bias was present for 4C-DXA1 (p = 0.007), but not 4C-DXA2 (p = 0.832). 4C-DXA1 and 4C-DXA2 produced significantly higher BF% in OW BMI+WC (CE = 2.2 and 2.3%, respectively; both p\u3c0.001). The SEE and 95% LOA remained lower for 4C-DXA2 (1.15% and ±2.5%, respectively) than 4C-DXA1 (1.84% and ±3.8%, respectively). There was proportional bias for 4C-DXA2 (p = 0.020), but not 4C-DXA1 (p = 0.183) in OW BMI+WC . Only one prediction model (i.e., 4C-DXA1 in OW BMI+WC ) revealed valid estimates of BF%. Practitioners are encouraged to use criteria for both BMI and WC when utilizing DXA-derived BV in 4C-models for normal and overweight populations
The (Re)Activation of Idiomatic Expressions
Get PDFThese studies examine the comprehension of idiomatic expressions by bilingual speakers. The purpose of this study was to look at the (re)activation of the meaning (literal vs. figurative) of idiomatic expressions by bilinguals. Spanish-dominant, English-dominant, and balanced bilinguals listened to English sentences containing idiomatic expressions of the type, “I’m not one to make a scene, but after he yelled at me, that was impossible to avoid.” Participants made lexical decisions to critical targets that were literally (e.g., “play”), figuratively (e.g., “disturbance”), and unrelated (i.e., controls) to the critical idiomatic expressions. For experiment 1, critical targets were presented immediately at idiom offset (0ms), and immediately after a pronoun anaphor (e.g., this, that, it). The purpose of experiment 2 was to further investigate idiom meaning (re)activation. In this experiment, critical targets were presented at idiom onset (before idiom) and 300ms after anaphor offset. Analyses were conducted for all independent variables (language dominance: Spanish vs. English vs. Balance, cue: 1 vs. 2 or pre-cue vs. 3, relatedness: related vs. unrelated, and figurativeness: literal vs. figurative) by the dependent variable (reaction time). Results revealed that idiom meaning (re)activation was modulated by language dominance, where English-dominant bilinguals had significantly faster responses than both Spanish-dominant and balanced bilinguals. Overall, there was a general tendency for literal meanings of idioms to be more active in all bilinguals, as revealed by faster reaction times. Results support the Literal Salient Model (Cieślicka, 2006a; 2006b; Heredia & Cieślicka, 2016; Heredia & Muñoz, 2015)