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An Antecedent Study of Mobile Social Game Addiction vs. Virtual Goods Purchase
This study aims to investigate how cognitive antecedents impact on social game addiction and virtual properties purchase among Generation Y players in Malaysia. Using a quantitative method with 341 Generation Y gamers and...
Published by: IGI Global
THE SOCIAL EVALUATION OF POST-VOCALIC LIGHT /L/ IN ST. JOHN'S ENGLISH
Rosanna Pierson
Sep 21, 2015
This study addresses the question of perception and evaluation of light post-vocalic /l/ in St. John's through a series of perception experiments. These experiments test whether people are able to hear the difference between...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Analyzing the Omni-Channel Shopper Journey Configuration of Generations Y and Z
Omni-channel retailing has been an essential issue to enterprises nowadays. This research applies goal theory to Engel-Kollat-Blackwell model in the omni-channel context and adapt the concept of Harris, Riley & Hand (2018) to...
Published by: IGI Global
Quelques designations de l'arum tachete (Arum macula/urn L.) dans les dialectes gallo-romans et daco-roumains
La motivation sémantique, source de la création lexicale, est une réalité qui a été mise en évidence dans de nombreuses études, partant sur le lexique lui-meme (voir l'Atlas Linguarum Europae ALE, l'Atlas Linguistique Roman...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Study of the Structure and Properties of Nanoparticles Cynara scolymus L. Encapsulated With Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Polysaccharide
In recent years, the interests of researchers are increased towards nanodrugs based on nanoparticles. The main direction of this work was to study the physicochemical, structural properties and stability of encapsulated...
Published by: IGI Global
The Syntax of the Double Modal Construction
Edwin L. Battistella
Sep 05, 2013
This paper looks at a problem in syntactic -variation, the syntax of the so-called double modal constructions in Southern United States English. Its purpose is to clarify the analysis of DMs and to consider its implications for...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Domain of Gliding in French
Walcir Cardoso
Sep 10, 2013
Gliding is a domain-sensitive phonological process of European French in which the high vowels /i/, /y/, /u/ become their corresponding glides [j], [y], [w] in the presence of a following vowel, within the domain of the Prosodic...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
L' acceptation du compliment
Bernard Mulo Farenkia
Sep 30, 2014
This research analyzes the acceptance of compliments in Cameroun French,showing, first, that it is a macro-act of hybrid discourse, generally composedof a principle act, the expression of thanks, and of one or more...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Two-step Procedure Based on the Least Squares and Instrumental Variable Methods for Simultaneous Estimation of von Bertalanffy Growth Parameters
Advanced in the present article is a Two-step procedure designed on the methods of the least squares (LS) and instrumental variable (IV) techniques for simultaneous estimation of the three unknown parameters L∞, K and t0, which...
Environmental Technologies Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences Environmental Science and Technologies
Published by: IGI Global
On the system of numeration in Efik
Eyo O. Mensah
Oct 05, 2013
This paper is a response to Olderroge 1984 that Efik does not have a system of number beyond one thousand, since according to the claim, the word for thousand in Efik is tosin, a recent borrowing from English and assimilated...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
A Case Study of Tourism in North Carolina State Parks Using Google Trends
Aaron Scott
Jul 01, 2021
The purpose of this study is to examine available innovative technologies as a means to forecast visitors to the North Carolina State Park system. The research will use Google Trends as the innovative technology and using the...
Published by: IGI Global
Dans cet article, nous discutons de l’interaction apprenant-tâche-dictionnaire à l’ordinateur. Nous faisons un survol de la littérature en lexicographie pédagogique dédiée...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
The Rumble in the Meson
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We juxtapose global fits of two bottom-up models (an S 3 scalar leptoquark model and a...
Biosurfactant Production by Rhodococcus Erythropolis Sp. SB-1A Isolated from North Atlantic Ocean
Biosurfactant production by Rhodococcus erythropolis SB-1A was studied based on Atlas oil agar medium in a batch reactor. The strain was isolated from a water sample collected from Northern Atlantic Ocean. Several parameters...
One Wild and Precious Life
James Duffy
Mar 16, 2022
James Duffy received his Ph.D. from Fordham University. Currently he teaches English as a second language at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico. He is also coordinating a series of ongoing...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Functional Collaboration
James Duffy
Nov 12, 2022
James Duffy received his Ph.D. from Fordham University. Currently he teaches English as a second language at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico. He is also coordinating a series of ongoing...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Do housing rental and sales markets incentivise energy-efficient retrofitting of western Germany's post-war apartments? Challenges for property owners, tenants, and policymakers.
Ray Galvin
Apr 17, 2023
A post-World War 2 building boom in western Germany (the original Bundesrepublik) produced a cohort of some 8 million apartments, built in 1946-1979, that are relatively homogeneous in design and materials. On average...
Policy interventions Economic viability Market for energy efficiency Sales and rental premiums Western Germany’s post-war apartments
Published by: Energy efficiency
Forecasting of Electricity Demand by Hybrid ANN-PSO Models
Developing economies need to invest in energy projects. Because the gestation period of the electric projects is high, it is of paramount importance to accurately forecast the energy requirements. In the present paper, the...
Published by: IGI Global
Sludge Blanket Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (SB-AnMBR) Treatment of Prehydrolysis Liquor from the Dissolving Pulp Industry
Performance of innovative sludge-blanket anaerobic membrane bioreactors (SB-AnMBRs) was evaluated at mesophilic (35oC for 400 days) followed by thermophilic (55oC for 330 days) temperatures for the treatment of the...
Scholarly Reception of Sulpicia
Aaron Pearce
Nov 09, 2018
The poetry of Sulpicia, the lone extant female author amongst the Latin love elegists, has been unjustly criticized and viewed as frivoulous amongst scholars. However, Sulpicia's work demonstates a level of skill and technique...
Improvised Spam Detection in Twitter Data Using Lightweight Detectors and Classifiers
Receiving spam messages is one of the most serious issues in social media, especially in Twitter, which is a widely used platform to reflect the opinions and emotions of an individual publicly as well as focused to a specific...
Published by: IGI Global
Multi-Level ECDH-Based Authentication Protocol for Secure Software-Defined VANET Interaction
The proposed multi-layer ECDH based authentication model, the vehicles in the VANET are authenticated and authorized to protect the network from the attacks for which the vehicles undergo the registration process initially....
Published by: IGI Global
Clinical and laboratory factors associated with neonatal sepsis mortality at a major Vietnamese children's hospital.
Nguyen Duc Toan, Thomas C Darton, Nguyen Hoang Thien Huong, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat, To Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Ha Thanh Tuyen, Le Quoc Thinh, Nguyen Kien Mau, Pham Thi Thanh Tam, Cam Ngoc Phuong, Le Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Ngo Ngoc Quang Minh, Ngo Minh Xuan, Tang Chi Thuong, Nguyen Thanh Hung, Christine Boinett, Stephen Reece, Abhilasha Karkey, Jeremy N Day, Stephen Baker
Apr 17, 2023
Sepsis is a major cause of neonatal mortality and children born in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at greater risk of severe neonatal infections than those in higher-income countries. Despite this disparity, there...
Published by: PLOS global public health
Postmodern Kataphaticism
J. Aaron Simmons
May 14, 2013
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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