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Exploration of the Semantic Difference between the Two Negative Markers lw- and (-)si(-) in Swahili
When dealing with negation, grammars of Standard Swahili generally present three basic negative markers, ha-, (-)si(-), and -to-. For two of these three markers, ha- and -si-, grammars describe their distribution, but...
Fear of Coronavirus on Continuance Intention to Use Food Delivery Apps
Prashant Raman
Apr 01, 2022
The objective of this research is to explore the determinants impacting the Indian consumers' continuance intention (CI) to use food delivery apps (FDA) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study develops a conceptual framework...
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On Cost-Aware Heterogeneous Cloudlet Deployment for Mobile Edge Computing
Edge computing undertakes downlink cloud services and uplink terminal computing tasks, data interaction latency and network transmission cost are thus significantly reduced. Although a lot of research has been conducted in...
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Can Social Networks Improve User Subjective Wellbeing?
Based on the tenets of the uses and gratifications theory (UGT) of media, this study investigates the impact of information gratifications on the subjective wellbeing of social network users in a central Asian country. Data from...
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A Cross-Country Study on Intention to Use Mobile Banking
This is a cross-country study about intention to use mobile banking considering respondents from Brazil, South Korea, and the United States of America. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the role of an individual's computer...
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Assessing the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Pre-Service Science Teachers at a South African University
The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice science teachers' proficiency levels regarding their practical knowledge of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK-P). A sample of 103 third- and fourth-year...
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Investigation of the Physical Learning Environment of Distance Learning Under COVID-19 and Its Influence on Students' Health and Learning Satisfaction
Most undergraduates in Mainland China receive distance education from home because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The unique physical environment of distance learning may have effects not only on student learning but also on student...
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Factors Affecting the Success of Social Commerce in Kuwaiti Microbusinesses
Many studies have focused on the adoption of social commerce (s-commerce) by customers but not by businesses or by microbusinesses. Further, they have investigated this adoption from a researcher's perspective while using...
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The Moderating Effects of Leader-Member Exchange for Technology Acceptance
Within the technology acceptance literature, the issue of top management support and commitment has been studied extensively; however, the issue of leadership per se has not been addressed directly. A missing piece of the...
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Against the Notion of Unidirectionality in Lexeme Genesis
Carl Rubino
Sep 05, 2013
The morphological continuum of grammaticization has been considered to be unidirectional, in which a lexical item undergoing the grammaticization process would become cognitively and phonologically bound to the root morpheme for...
The Determinants of eWoM in Social Commerce
The influence of eWoM use for s-commerce in the context of Arab region remains unexplored. To bridge this gap, this study develops a model for eWoM use for s-commerce post adoption. This model link three antecedents-factors...
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The Role of User Resistance and Social Influences on the Adoption of Smartphone
This study examines the factors affecting users' adoption of the smartphone as an innovative device. Prior studies on the acceptance of computing devices have primarily focused on the impact of the technological benefits and...
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