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Adoption of E-Commerce and M-Commerce Marketing Practices
Pratap Mandal
Jul 01, 2021
E-commerce has become an important marketing channel with the increasing usage of internet by customers. Companies use both physical intermediaries and online distribution channels for selling their products and services. The...
Published by: IGI Global
Novel 2-D Histogram-Based Soft Thresholding for Brain Tumor Detection and Image Compression
The objective of image compression is to extract meaningful clusters in a given image. Significant groups are possible with absolute threshold values. 1-D histogram-based multilevel thresholding is computationally complex and...
Published by: IGI Global
An Improved Firefly Algorithm-Based 2-D Image Thresholding for Brain Image Fusion
In this article, an attempt is made to diagnose brain diseases like neoplastic, cerebrovascular, Alzheimer's, and sarcomas by the effective fusion of two images. The two images are fused in three steps. Step 1. Segmentation: The...
Published by: IGI Global
Parthenogenesis in dipterans
Parthenogenesis has been documented in almost every phylum of animals, and yet this phenomenon is largely understudied. It has particular importance in dipterans since some parthenogenetic species are also disease vectors and...
development Drosophila Reproduction parthenogenesis dipterans Animals Drosophila melanogaster agriculture
Published by: Proceedings. Biological sciences
An Improved Firefly Algorithm-Based 2-D Image Thresholding for Brain Image Fusion
In this article, an attempt is made to diagnose brain diseases like neoplastic, cerebrovascular, Alzheimer's, and sarcomas by the effective fusion of two images. The two images are fused in three steps. Step 1. Segmentation: The...
Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences Medical Diagnosis and Practice Medical Imaging Computer Science and Information Technology Media and Communications
Published by: IGI Global
Critical Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt m-Government Services by the Elderly
While the elderly population is growing rapidly, acceptance and use of m-government services by them are far below expectation. Previous studies on acceptance and use of m-government services have predominantly focused on...
Published by: IGI Global
Does the Technological Diversification and R&D Internationalization of eMNCs Promote Enterprise Innovation?
Under the background of digital economy, technological diversification and R&D internationalization are important strategic choices for eMNCs, represented by China, to seek advanced technological resources and create competitive...
Published by: IGI Global
Can Perceived Ease of Use Improve M-Commerce Adoption?
In India, e-commerce sector is rising at an enormous pace, but even larger share is in the hands of offline retailers till now. A unique type of consumer behaviour has been seen because of the simple accessibility of the...
Published by: IGI Global
Critical Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt m-Government Services by the Elderly
While the elderly population is growing rapidly, acceptance and use of m-government services by them are far below expectation. Previous studies on acceptance and use of m-government services have predominantly focused on...
Social Sciences and Humanities Human Aspects of Technology Geriatrics & Aging Computer Science and Information Technology Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences
Published by: IGI Global
Effects of Frequent Interaction with Non-Native Speakers on English Dialect
Keiko Hirano
Nov 19, 2013
/T,d/ deletion was chosen as a speech token to test modifications to usage by native speakers of English due to frequent interactions with non-native anglophones in Japan. Approximately 250 tokens per each of thirty-nine...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Shona metaphors created during the Zimbabwe crisis
Shona is a Southern Bantu language that is spoken by about 75% of Zimbabweans. This article discusses the nature of metaphors that were created by Shona speakers in speaking of the Zimbabwean political and socio-economic crisis....
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Applying Horner's Rule to Optimize Lightweight MDS Matrices
This article is concerned with the problem of constructing lightweight MDS matrices. The authors present a new construction of 4 × 4 MDS matrices over GL(F2, m) for any integer m. They give sufficient and necessary conditions to...
Published by: IGI Global
A 2D Histogram-Based Image Thresholding Using Hybrid Algorithms for Brain Image Fusion
In this article an effort is made to identify brain tumor disease such as neoplastic, cerebrovascular, Alzheimer's, lethal, sarcoma diseases by successful fusion of images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed...
Published by: IGI Global
The Effect of Culture on Performance Expectancy, Intention, and Trust in Mobile Payment Adoption
This study aims to investigate the role of culture at an individual level in the context of m-payment adoption. Specifically, it examines the effect of uncertainty avoidance and collectivism based on the Hofstede cultural...
Published by: IGI Global
Transforming the Media and Entertainment Industry
Technology is the mast that keeps the flag of the entertainment industry flying high. As technology evolves and the mode and quality of entertainment changes vigorously, India represents one of the Top 5 Entertainment and Media...
Published by: IGI Global
Method in Theology
Philip McShane
Sep 16, 2018
McShane’s Essay, “Method in Theology: From [1 + 1/n]nx to {M (W3)θΦT}4”, takes off from a puzzling piece of a 1954 letter of Lonergan to Fred Crowe, which Crowe and McShane both struggled with, and pushes forward to a more...
Methodology, Metaphysics, Theology functional specialization, Lonergan studies, theological foundations
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Determinants of the Acceptance of Mobile Payment Systems by E-Merchants
To be effectively deployed, a mobile payment (m-payment) system must be provided by e-merchants and accepted by e-consumers. Although the problem of acceptance of m-payment systems by e-consumers has been widely researched...
Published by: IGI Global
Analysis of Factors Affecting Intent to Use Mobile Commerce Services in India
India seems to lead the shift from e-commerce to mobile commerce adoption. Apps and mobile websites are offered in various areas of health, travel, shopping, ticketing, and lifestyle, promising enormous opportunities for...
Published by: IGI Global
Impact of Mobile Banking Application Interactivity on Consumer Engagement
Amit Shankar
Dec 13, 2021
The study aims to examine the impact of mobile banking (m-banking) application interactivity on consumer engagement. The study also analyses the moderation effects of perceived security concerns, consumer innovativeness, and...
Published by: IGI Global
Fostering Financial Inclusion in a Developing Country
Financial inclusion is a vital development priority for countries worldwide. Mobile wallet (m-wallet) is considered as a disruptive payment method that will substitute the traditional physical wallet to achieve the so-called...
Published by: IGI Global
Simulated Workbench Design for Characterisation and Selection of Appropriate Outlier Ensemble Algorithm
Outlier ensembles can enhance the performance of outlier detection algorithms. However, identification of an appropriate outlier ensemble algorithm for the given application is a difficult task. In order to achieve this...
Published by: IGI Global
Improvement of Segmentation Efficiency in Mammogram Images Using Dual-ROI Method
Mammogram segmentation utilizing multi-region of intrigue is a standout amongst the most rising exploration territory in the medical image analysis. The steps engaged with the research are grouped into two kinds: 1) segmentation...
Published by: IGI Global
Mobile Location-Based Services
Heon Baek
Jan 01, 2022
This study investigated three factors of self-determination theory (SDT) that influence the intrinsic and external motivation of mobile location-based services (M-LBS). This study was conducted on M-LBS users through an online...
Published by: IGI Global
GC/MS Profiling of the Essential Oil and Lipophilic Extract of <i>Moricandia sinaica</i> Boiss. and Evaluation of Their Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Activities.
Shaza H Aly, Nariman H Kandil, Roqaya M Hemdan, Sara S Kotb, Sara S Zaki, Omnia M Abdelaziz, Mohamed M M AbdelRazek, Hadia Almahli, Mahmoud A El Hassab, Sara T Al-Rashood, Faizah A Binjubair, Wagdy M Eldehna
Apr 11, 2023
The genus Moricandia (Brassicaceae) comprises about eight species that were used in traditional medicine. Moricandia sinaica is used to alleviate certain disorders such as syphilis and exhibits analgesic...
Exploring Technical Quality Factors That Enhance Mobile Learning Applications Services Using Data Mining Techniques
Ahmad Abu-Al-Aish
Oct 01, 2021
Mobile learning (m-learning) has become an increasingly attractive solution for schools and universities that utilize new technologies in their teaching and learning setting. This study investigates the technical factors...
Published by: IGI Global
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