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Building an Internet-Based Knowledge Ontology for Trademark Protection
Global online sales for products, where many are substantially identical or deceptively similar, are the cause of a growing number of trademark (TM) infringement lawsuits. This research proposes an intelligent trademark legal...
Published by: IGI Global
Charles Taylor’s Modern Identity and the “Atonement Muddle”
James Gerrie
Feb 05, 2018
In Charles Taylor’s exhaustive study of the historical currents that have helpedconstitute the modern identity he proposes the notion of “the affirmation ofordinary life” as a way of encapsulating the core of that identity. As...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Intelligent RFQ Summarization Using Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, and Machine Learning Techniques
Request for quotation (RFQ) is a lengthy document soliciting vendor products and services according to rigid specifications. This research develops an integrated natural language processing (NLP), text mining, and machine...
Published by: IGI Global
Online Retail Store Community Engagement and Its Impact on Purchase Intentions in the Context of Online Reviews
Consumers want to engage with the retail store community in the shopping context. This study examines how consumers’ perceptions of source credibility and perceived usefulness of online reviews impact an intention to engage...
Published by: IGI Global
Role of Hydro in Support of Modern Power Grids
Philip Charles Helwig
Aug 04, 2014
This paper summarizes the features of hydropower developments and compares hydro with other renewable energy sources for supply to electric power grids. The particular advantages that hydro plants typically provide for grid...
An Empirical Study to Examine Drivers of Personal Cloud Computing Usage
Cloud computing is recognized as an important area for information technology (IT) innovation and investment. Many companies are rapidly reorienting their overall IT strategies to include cloud computing. Cloud computing reduces...
Published by: IGI Global
How Do Value Co-Creation and E-Engagement Enhance E-Commerce Consumer Repurchase Intention?
This study develops an integrated model to investigate how value co-creation, driven by positively-valanced e-engagement, enhances repurchase intention among e-commence consumers. Applying the tenets of UTAUT, this study also...
Published by: IGI Global
Iterative and Semi-Supervised Design of Chatbots Using Interactive Clustering
Chatbots represent a promising tool to automate the processing of requests in a business context. However, despite major progress in natural language processing technologies, constructing a dataset deemed relevant by business...
Published by: IGI Global
How Does Online Engagement Drive Consumers' Webrooming Intention?
Based on the cognitive-motivational-relational (CMR) theory, this study empirically investigates the mechanisms through which consumers' online engagement impacts their channel switching intention. The present study examines the...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Virtual Rehearsal in a Simulator to Impact the Performance of Science Teachers
Lisa Dieker, Carrie Straub, Michael Hynes, Caitlyn Bukathy, Taylor Bousfield, Samantha Mrstik, Charles Hughes
Oct 01, 2019
This study investigated the use of a virtual learning environment, TeachLivE, using pre-post group design to examine the effects of repeated virtual rehearsal sessions. Based upon past findings on the effectiveness of four...
Published by: IGI Global
Developing an Immersive Virtual Classroom
Charles Hughes, Lisa Dieker, Kathleen Ingraham, Annette Romualdo, Angelica Fulchini Scruggs, Eric Imperiale
Jul 31, 2020
As virtual reality (VR) technologies continue to improve and become more accessible, educators are increasingly incorporating VR learning experiences in teacher education contexts. This chapter is a case study of TeachLivE™, a...
Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality Education Educational Technologies Computer Science and Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global
Sustainable Smart Homes and Community Happiness in the Malaysian Context
Suhaiza Zailani, Hui Au Yong, Zam Mohamad, Hajra Malik, Charles Ramendran S. P. R., Chee Yip, Chee Fong, Mobashar Rehman
Jan 01, 2022
Sustainable smart houses are one of the methods through which all these factors can be touched upon because such houses provide social well-being and cause less damage to the environment. Therefore, this study analysed the...
Published by: IGI Global
Kinova Modular Robot Arms for Service Robotics Applications
Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, Hugo Lamontagne, Simon Latour, Philippe Fauteux, Véronique Maheu, François Boucher, Charles Deguire, Louis-Joseph L'Ecuyer
Jul 01, 2017
This article presents Kinova's modular robotic systems, including the robots JACO2 and MICO2, actuators and grippers. Kinova designs and manufactures robotics platforms and components that are simple, sexy and safe under two...
Published by: IGI Global
Co-Surveillance of Rotaviruses in Humans and Domestic Animals in Central Uganda Reveals Circulation of Wide Genotype Diversity in the Animals.
Josephine Bwogi, Charles Karamagi, Denis Karuhize Byarugaba, Phionah Tushabe, Sarah Kiguli, Prossy Namuwulya, Samuel S Malamba, Khuzwayo C Jere, Ulrich Desselberger, Miren Iturriza-Gomara
Apr 17, 2023
Rotavirus genotypes are species specific. However, interspecies transmission is reported to result in the emergence of new genotypes. A cross-sectional study of 242 households with 281 cattle, 418 goats, 438 pigs, and 258 humans...
domestic animals genotyping Rotavirus EPIDEMIOLOGY Uganda co-surveillance inter-host species transmission Feces Animals Animals Domestic Cattle Goats Swine Humans Rotavirus Infections Capsid Proteins Antigens Viral Cross-Sectional Studies Phylogeny Genotype
Published by: Viruses
Bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy and reconstruction–A 12-year review of methodological trends and outcomes at a tertiary referral centre
Introduction
Bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (BRRM) involves removal of healthy breast tissue to substantially decrease the risk of developing breast cancer in...
Aiman Aslam, Zaki Arshad, Amir Ahmed, Chien Lin Soh, Fawz Kazzazi, John R Benson, Parto Forouhi, Amit Agrawal, Sarah L Benyon, Michael Irwin, Charles M Malata
Apr 12, 2023
Challenging the "old boys club" in academia
Sara Dada, Kim Robin van Daalen, Alanna Barrios-Ruiz, Kai-Ti Wu, Aidan Desjardins, Mayte Bryce-Alberti, Alejandra Castro-Varela, Parnian Khorsand, Ander Santamarta Zamorano, Laura Jung, Grace Malolos, Jiaqi Li, Dominique Vervoort, Nikita Charles Hamilton, Poorvaprabha Patil, Omnia El Omrani, Marie-Claire Wangari, Telma Sibanda, Conor Buggy, Ebele R I Mogo
Apr 17, 2023
In light of global environmental crises and the need for sustainable development, the fields of public health and environmental sciences have become increasingly interrelated. Both fields require interdisciplinary thinking and...
Published by: PLOS global public health
Trajectories of interleukin 10 and heart fatty acid-binding protein levels in traumatic brain injury patients with or without extracranial injuries
Toni JU Niiranen, Anne-Cécile Chiollaz, Riikka SK Takala, Miko Voutilainen, Olli Tenovuo, Virginia FJ Newcombe, Henna-Riikka Maanpää, Jussi Tallus, Mehrbod Mohammadian, Iftakher Hossain, Mark van Gils, David K Menon, Peter J Hutchinson, Jean-Charles Sanchez, Jussi P Posti
Apr 18, 2023
A randomised study of rituximab and belimumab sequential therapy in PR3 ANCA-associated vasculitis (COMBIVAS)
Mark E McClure, Seerapani Gopaluni, James Wason, Robert B Henderson, Andre van Maurik, Caroline C O Savage, Charles D Pusey, Alan D Salama, Paul A Lyons, Jacinta Lee, Kim Mynard, David R Jayne, Rachel B Jones
Apr 11, 2023
Background
Sequential B cell-targeted immunotherapy with BAFF antagonism (belimumab) and B cell depletion (rituximab) may enhance B cell targeting in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) through several...
Vasculitis Rituximab belimumab ANCA Humans Immunosuppressive Agents Antibodies Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Treatment Outcome Proteomics Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Published by: Trials