The Impact of Design Factors in Mobile Application Stores on Social Presence

2012 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 1832-1835
Author(s):  
Lu Fang Zhang ◽  
Ling Ling Gao ◽  
Jin Song Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Interactive Design ◽  
Interpersonal Interaction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Design Factors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Content Design

In this paper, we try to find the relationship between design factors and social presence in mobile application stores. Social presence in mobile app stores consists of intimacy, social atmosphere and interpersonal interaction and design factors including structure design, content design, visual design and interactive design. We used semantic differential scale method to test the effects of design factors on users’ social presence. The result shows that the interactive design has significant effects on social atmosphere. Structure design has significant effects on interpersonal interaction. The result shows that design factors have significant effects on social presence. Obviously, interactive design has significant effects on social atmosphere and structure design has significant effects on interpersonal interaction.

Impact of carbon emissions on cost of debt-evidence from India

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 1401-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Mohammad Firoz
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Polluting Firms ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between carbon emissions and a firm’s cost of debt (COD) in the Indian context. Design/methodology/approach The present study is based on the Indian firms who disclose their emissions data under the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) during the period 2011 to 2014. The selection model is being used to remove the problem of endogeneity and sample selection bias. Further, the testing model is being used to examine the impact of carbon emissions on the COD. Findings The present study found that the coefficient of carbon emissions is positively and significantly associated with the COD. Moreover, the outcomes of the robustness test further show that the COD will be higher for polluting firms than environmentally friendly firms in India. Research limitations/implications The study has covered all the companies from India who are disclosing their emissions data under the CDP, London. The study will be most relevant for financial planning and capital structure design by the Indian companies. However, in designing the capital structure, the only COD is being covered in this study. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, the present study is a first of its kind to investigate the relationship between firms’ carbon emissions level and COD in the Indian context.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Interactivity of Internet Celebrity Anchors on Consumers’ Purchase Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiguo Sun ◽  
Wei Gao ◽  
Ruoshi Geng
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Flow Experience ◽  
Influence Model ◽  
Product Image ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The current study focuses on a novel and recently popular internet phenomenon – celebrity livestreaming marketing. As one of the primary advantages of livestreaming marketing by Internet celebrities, we propose that the timely interactivity of Internet celebrities plays an important role in consumers’ purchase intention. Based on stimulus-organism-response theory, this paper further identifies social presence and flow experience as mediators and the consistency of Internet celebrities’ image and product image as a moderator and constructs an influence model of Internet celebrities’ interactivity on consumers’ purchase intention. The responses of a sample of 277 participants were collected by a questionnaire survey. SPSS and Amos were used to analyse the data. The results show that consumers’ social presence and flow experience mediate the positive impact of the interactivity of Internet celebrity anchors on influencing consumers’ purchase intention. However, there is no significant moderating effect of the consistency of Internet celebrities’ image and product image on the relationship between social presence or flow experience and purchase intention. A discussion and implications are offered.

scholarly journals Design and Evaluation of a Mobile Application for an Educational Card Game

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-124
Author(s):  
Rubens Anderson de Sousa Silva ◽  
Rossana Maria de Castro Andrade ◽  
João Bosco Borges Aragão Filho ◽  
Ismayle De Sousa Santos ◽  
Joseane De Oliveira Vale Paiva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Card Game ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Educational Gaming ◽  
Board Games ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Educational games can provide players with rich learning and socializing experiences through different interac-tion paradigms, such as board games, card games, and, more recently, hybrid (physical-digital) games. However, the process of making, maintaining, and evolving an educational analog game is not a trivial task. Balancing the game mechanics and dynamics to provide a pleasant and educational gaming experience can be very difficult to achieve. Furthermore, adding a digital component in the gameplay can disturb the experience of the game and learning ob-jectives, and this kind of insertion should be evaluated. This work then aims to report the process of developing and evaluating a mobile application for helping the gameplay of a card game that focuses on on teaching software testing concepts. Our primary concern during the development of the application was whether its insertion would compromise the learning process or the social experience of the card game. The developed application has the fol-lowing functionalities: point counter, dice scrolling, timer, and a summary of the rules. We designed and developed a first version of the application. Then, we evaluated the impact of its insertion on gameplay by applying the game assisted with the application with students from Computer Science and Computer Engineering courses and, after the end of the game, the participants answered questionnaires about the players’ experience and their impressions about the application. Based on the results, we perceived that the use of the application provided benefits to the players’ experience, although the evaluation highlighted some opportunities for improvement. Thus, we evolve the mobile application based on the comments gathered in this evaluation. This new version has improvements on user’s interface, aiming to provide a better user experience, and new functionalities. Furthermore, we assessed the second version and compared both versions of the mobile app in order to collect evidence regarding improvements in the game experience.

scholarly journals Investigation of coking diesel injector spray nozzles in operation

2021 ◽  
Vol 262 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Aslan Apazhev ◽  
Yuri Shekikhachev ◽  
Vladimir Batyrov ◽  
Lyudmila Shekikhacheva ◽  
Anzor Bolotokov
Keyword(s):  
Spray Nozzle ◽  
Fuel System ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Reliable Operation ◽  
Varying Parameters ◽  
Test Materials ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Design Factors ◽  
The Relationship

One of the significant problems in ensuring the reliable operation of the nozzles is the intensive coking of the injector spray nozzle ports. Based on the assumption that all fuel left by injection under the needle burns, some researchers believe that the reason for coking is insufficiently emptying of this volume. There is also a well-known opinion about the impact of atomization quality at the final phase of injection. The lack of consensus and conflicting recommendations on the issue make the research relevant. A set of investigations has been carried out at OJSC “TsNITA” to study the influence of various factors, including design factors of the fuel system, on the coking of injector spray nozzle ports. This article describes the investigation results carried out on the basis of test materials for 24 variants of fuel systems on the D-240 engine, the analysis of varying parameters for the injection final phase is carried out depending on the combination of design factors and the relationship of coking of the injector spray nozzle ports with the final phase parameters is shown.

scholarly journals Mobile Application and Traditional Approach for Chinese Stroke Order Instruction in Foreign Language Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196
Author(s):  
Ting Hie-Ling ◽  
Ch’ng Looi-Chin ◽  
Norseha Unin
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Chinese Characters ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Media Learning ◽  
The Impact

Learning to write Chinese characters in the correct stroke order is important. However, it is rather challenging for learners especially non-native learners due to the complicated structures and the diversity of Chinese characters. Traditionally, rote learning has perceived as the most preferred used learning strategy in Chinese characters and it is highly recommended for the learners. Nonetheless, the rapid development of technology has changed the mode of learning. Mobile applications are utilized as media learning as it provides more opportunities for learners to learn everywhere and at anytime. This paper aims to investigate the impact of mobile app (MAs) and traditional method on Chinese characters stroke order learning. 100 students from the Faculty of Business and Management at UiTM (Sarawak), Mukah campus have been selected as participants for this study. The findings reported that both methods are able to help participants to pass the tests but the difference of both impacts is small. Although, the differences are not huge, but it is significant to tell mobile application might provide a better outcome compared to traditional method.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

Business: Making Cents of Coding Systems: Billing for Professional Services

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Dee Adams Nikjeh
Keyword(s):  
Professional Services ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Coding Systems ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Program Funding ◽  
Fee Schedule ◽  
Procedure Codes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Administrators and supervisors face daily challenges over issues such as program funding, service fees, correct coding procedures, and the ever-changing healthcare regulations. Receiving equitable reimbursement for speech-language pathology and audiology services necessitates an understanding of federal coding and reimbursement systems. This tutorial provides information pertaining to two major healthcare coding systems and explains the relationship of these systems to clinical documentation, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and equitable reimbursement. An explanation of coding edits and coding modifiers is provided for use in those occasional atypical situations when the standard use of procedural coding may not be appropriate. Also included in this tutorial is a brief discussion of the impact that the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (HR 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act [MIPPA], 2008) has had on the valuation of speech-language pathology procedure codes.

The Need to Belong and the Relationship Between Loneliness and Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freda-Marie Hartung ◽  
Britta Renner
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health State ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Perceived Social Isolation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Humans are social animals; consequently, a lack of social ties affects individuals’ health negatively. However, the desire to belong differs between individuals, raising the question of whether individual differences in the need to belong moderate the impact of perceived social isolation on health. In the present study, 77 first-year university students rated their loneliness and health every 6 weeks for 18 weeks. Individual differences in the need to belong were found to moderate the relationship between loneliness and current health state. Specifically, lonely students with a high need to belong reported more days of illness than those with a low need to belong. In contrast, the strength of the need to belong had no effect on students who did not feel lonely. Thus, people who have a strong need to belong appear to suffer from loneliness and become ill more often, whereas people with a weak need to belong appear to stand loneliness better and are comparatively healthy. The study implies that social isolation does not impact all individuals identically; instead, the fit between the social situation and an individual’s need appears to be crucial for an individual’s functioning.

Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Stigma Among Young Adults With History of Suicide Attempts

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meshan Lehmann ◽  
Matthew R. Hilimire ◽  
Lawrence H. Yang ◽  
Bruce G. Link ◽  
Jordan E. DeVylder
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
High Functioning ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Background: Self-esteem is a major contributor to risk for repeated suicide attempts. Prior research has shown that awareness of stigma is associated with reduced self-esteem among people with mental illness. No prior studies have examined the association between self-esteem and stereotype awareness among individuals with past suicide attempts. Aims: To understand the relationship between stereotype awareness and self-esteem among young adults who have and have not attempted suicide. Method: Computerized surveys were administered to college students (N = 637). Linear regression analyses were used to test associations between self-esteem and stereotype awareness, attempt history, and their interaction. Results: There was a significant stereotype awareness by attempt interaction (β = –.74, p = .006) in the regression analysis. The interaction was explained by a stronger negative association between stereotype awareness and self-esteem among individuals with past suicide attempts (β = –.50, p = .013) compared with those without attempts (β = –.09, p = .037). Conclusion: Stigma is associated with lower self-esteem within this high-functioning sample of young adults with histories of suicide attempts. Alleviating the impact of stigma at the individual (clinical) or community (public health) levels may improve self-esteem among this high-risk population, which could potentially influence subsequent suicide risk.

Assessing the Impact of Suicide Exclusion Periods on Life Insurance

Crisis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Yip ◽  
David Pitt ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Xueyuan Wu ◽  
Ray Watson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Accidental Death ◽  
Insurance Policy ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Insurance Policies ◽  
Suicidal Death ◽  
Insured Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insurance Data ◽  
The Relationship

Background: We study the impact of suicide-exclusion periods, common in life insurance policies in Australia, on suicide and accidental death rates for life-insured individuals. If a life-insured individual dies by suicide during the period of suicide exclusion, commonly 13 months, the sum insured is not paid. Aims: We examine whether a suicide-exclusion period affects the timing of suicides. We also analyze whether accidental deaths are more prevalent during the suicide-exclusion period as life-insured individuals disguise their death by suicide. We assess the relationship between the insured sum and suicidal death rates. Methods: Crude and age-standardized rates of suicide, accidental death, and overall death, split by duration since the insured first bought their insurance policy, were computed. Results: There were significantly fewer suicides and no significant spike in the number of accidental deaths in the exclusion period for Australian life insurance data. More suicides, however, were detected for the first 2 years after the exclusion period. Higher insured sums are associated with higher rates of suicide. Conclusions: Adverse selection in Australian life insurance is exacerbated by including a suicide-exclusion period. Extension of the suicide-exclusion period to 3 years may prevent some “insurance-induced” suicides – a rationale for this conclusion is given.

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