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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
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
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
Multi-ancestry phenome-wide association of complement component 4 variation with psychiatric and brain phenotypes in youth.
Leanna M Hernandez, Minsoo Kim, Pan Zhang, Richard A I Bethlehem, Gil Hoftman, Robert Loughnan, Diana Smith, Susan Y Bookheimer, Chun Chieh Fan, Carrie E Bearden, Wesley K Thompson, Michael J Gandal
Apr 07, 2023
Background
Increased expression of the complement component 4A (C4A) gene is associated with a greater lifetime risk of schizophrenia. In the brain, C4A is involved in synaptic pruning; yet, it remains unclear the extent...
Brain complement Genetics Schizophrenia Gene Expression Psychosis Neuroimaging Humans Cognition Mental Disorders Phenotype Complement C4
Published by: Genome biology
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
COVID-19 Misinformation and Polarization on Twitter
This study investigated polarization on Twitter related to the COVID-19 pandemic by examining tweets containing #Plandemic (suggests the pandemic is a hoax) or #StayHome (encourages compliance with health recommendations). Over...
Published by: IGI Global
COVID-19 Misinformation and Polarization on Twitter
This study investigated polarization on Twitter related to the COVID-19 pandemic by examining tweets containing #Plandemic (suggests the pandemic is a hoax) or #StayHome (encourages compliance with health recommendations). Over...
Media and Communications Mass Communications Crisis Response & Management Government and Law Computer Science and Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global
Entrepreneurial Work-Integrated Learning
After decades of decreasing long-term job security and ongoing global economic crises, attention on and interest in entrepreneurship have significantly increased among Gen Y and Gen Z students in higher education institutions...
Published by: IGI Global
Theoretical Implications of French Nuclear Diphthongisation
Stephanie Kelly
Aug 01, 2013
This article examines morphophonemic alternation between the high vowels Ii y u/ and their glide counterparts Ij II wI. By their very nature glides lend themselves to two possible analyses: the glide can appear either as a...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
A Path Analysis of Online Group Buying
Online group buying has emerged as a new bargaining power for many shoppers and become more so as a result of increasingly growing popularity of social networking and community-based web sites. Aside from significant quantity...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Naturalistic Vehicle-Based Data to Predict Distraction and Environmental Demand
This research utilized vehicle-based measures from a naturalistic driving dataset to detect distraction as indicated by long off-path glances (≥ 2 s) and whether the driver was engaged in a secondary (non-driving) task or not...
Published by: IGI Global
A Restrictive Humanitarian Policy and the Wellbeing of the Disabled in Disasters in Kisumu County
This paper explores how PWD's well-being is realized in disaster situations in Kisumu County of Kenya. There is a significant population of 15,760 persons with disability across Kisumu County. Their well-being is protected by...
Published by: IGI Global
Consumer Engagement With Visual Content on Instagram
Despite Instagram’s popularity among the Y and Z generation consumers, social media research investigating factors that can influence customer engagement on Instagram remains limited. The uses and gratifications theory underpins...
Published by: IGI Global
Indigenous Social Movements in North America
Susan Morrissey Wyse
Jan 05, 2017
Indigenous social movements throughout North America, while varying according to specific local contexts, often share common grievances, goals and obstacles. As these movements attempt to address issues such as land rights, self...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Technology Adoption at the University of Botswana
Susan Seitbaleng Dintoe
Mar 17, 2017
Technology adoption in the Botswana higher education system has been a priority for many years. The implementation of these technologies has been spurred on by the educational policies developed in the country post-Independence....
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Existentialism and Vocal Instruction in Higher Education
Susan A. Boddie
Jan 30, 2014
Published by: Faculty of Education
Intelligent E-Vendor Relationship Management for Enhancing Global B2C E-Commerce Ecosystems
Recently, global e-commerce businesses have been blooming due to the convenience they offer, their product range, and the individualized products and services they offer. To maintain an entire ecosystem, effective...
Published by: IGI Global
Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird.
Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Richard Inger, Richard B Sherley, Eileen C Rees, Fitsum Abadi, Graham McElwaine, Kendrew Colhoun, Olafur Einarsson, Sverrir Thorstensen, Julia Newth, Kane Brides, David J Hodgson, Stuart Bearhop
Apr 12, 2023
Recent studies have suggested that protected areas often fail to conserve target species. However, the efficacy of terrestrial protected areas is difficult to measure, especially for highly vagile species like migratory birds...
He Ala Kuikui Lima Kānaka
This article focuses on decolonizing, or specifically Indigenizing, a school of social work that has a stated focus on Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, and Asian populations in the Pacific region. Armed with Kanaka...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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