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Examining the Impact of eWOM-triggered Customer-to-Customer Interactions on Travelers’ Repurchase and Social Media Engagement
2021
Electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) communication on social media has revolutionized how travelers search for and share information and how they interact with one another digitally. This research examines the effects of eWOM-triggered customer-to-customer (C2C) interactions on travelers’ post-eWOM behaviors (i.e., repurchase and customer engagement) in a cross-cultural context. Drawing upon cognitive dissonance theory, a scenario-based experiment was conducted using a sample of 461 African tourists with recent intracontinental travel experience. Our findings suggest that a customer’s repurchase intention and engagement in social media C2C interactions are significantly influenced when their eWO…
Quantitative Analysis of Dynamic Association in Live Biological Fluorescent Samples
2014
Determining vesicle localization and association in live microscopy may be challenging due to non-simultaneous imaging of rapidly moving objects with two excitation channels. Besides errors due to movement of objects, imaging may also introduce shifting between the image channels, and traditional colocalization methods cannot handle such situations. Our approach to quantifying the association between tagged proteins is to use an object-based method where the exact match of object locations is not assumed. Point-pattern matching provides a measure of correspondence between two point-sets under various changes between the sets. Thus, it can be used for robust quantitative analysis of vesicle …
One coast, two systems: Regional innovation systems and entrepreneurial discovery in Western Norway
2021
This paper introduces an analytical framework for understanding how specialized and diversified regional innovation system (RIS) differ in the way an entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP) is likely to unfold. To analytically explore the proposed framework, we deploy a sequential explanatory design approach, using quantitative data to analyze the regional industry structure of the city regions of Bergen and Stavanger in Western Norway, followed by a qualitative analysis of interviews with key stakeholders in both regions. We find that the city regions face unique challenges that align with an understanding of their respective RIS categorization, providing evidence that the framework propos…
Iterative altitude-aiding algorithm for improved GNSS positioning
2011
The system proposed in this study relies on a WAVE P2P network, which is a proper standard to fit the vehicular environment wireless communications requests. Starting from the chance to exchange information given by this infrastructure, the possibility to improve the performance of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver based on a Kalman filter is considered. This improvement is obtained exploiting the external altitude measurements provided by other peers in the network, equipped with GNSS receivers. The topic of an altitude-aided system has been described in a previous work, that highlighted the need for a parameter that points out the effectiveness and the consistency of th…
Tunnin miellyttävyyden, koetun fyysisen kuormittavuuden, liikunnan arvosanan ja tunnin opetusvaiheiden yhteys 8-luokkalaisten sykkeisiin liikuntatunn…
2016
TIIVISTELMÄ Miska Knuuttila (2016). Tunnin miellyttävyyden, koetun fyysisen kuormittavuuden, liikunnan arvosanan ja tunnin opetusvaiheiden yhteys 8-luokkalaisten sykkeisiin liikuntatunneilla. Liikuntakasvatuksen laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto. Liikuntapedagogiikan pro gradu–tutkielma, 56 s., 1 liite. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää tunnin miellyttävyyden, koetun fyysisen kuormittavuuden, liikunnan arvosanan, opetusvaiheiden ja eri lajien yhteyttä 8-luokkalaisten oppilaiden sykkeisiin. Oppilaiden hengitys- ja verenkiertoelimistön kuormittavuutta mitattiin sykemittareilla, minkä lisäksi tunnin miellyttävyyttä ja koettua fyysistä kuormittavuutta tutkittiin kyselylomakkeen avulla. T…
Accelerometer-based physical activity in need satisfaction profiles of schoolchildren: A 3-year follow-up
2023
This study examined moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) trends in physical education (PE) classes and beyond school hours in children's need satisfaction profiles over 3 years. Participants were 445 (girls 256, boys 189) Finnish schoolchildren ( Mage = 11.26 ± 0.32 years). Need satisfaction self-reports and accelerometer-based MVPA data were collected in 17 comprehensive schools over four assessment phases. Four latent profiles based on the need satisfaction trends over time were found: Profiles with Large Decrease, Small Decrease, Small Increase, and Large Increase. The children with the most prominent need satisfaction decreases showed a significant decline in out-of-school MVP…
Loss of density-dependence and incomplete control by dominant breeders in a territorial species with density outbreaks
2011
Abstract Background A territory as a prerequisite for breeding limits the maximum number of breeders in a given area, and thus lowers the proportion of breeders if population size increases. However, some territorially breeding animals can have dramatic density fluctuations and little is known about the change from density-dependent processes to density-independence of breeding during a population increase or an outbreak. We suggest that territoriality, breeding suppression and its break-down can be understood with an incomplete-control model, developed for social breeders and social suppression. Results We studied density dependence in an arvicoline species, the bank vole, known as a terri…
Compromiso Estudiantil en el Contexto Universitario Colombiano y Desempeño Académico
2014
20 páginas A pesar de la ampliación de la cobertura en la educación superior latinoamericana, persisten graves problemas de deserción que llevan a cuestionar el papel de las experiencias educativas en el fomento del compromiso académico de los estudiantes. Esta investigación se realizó en Colombia y buscó determinar la relación que existe entre el compromiso estudiantil y el desempeño académico de un grupo de universitarios colombianos. El estudio transversal y correlacional empleó la versión en español de la encuesta National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) que mide el nivel de participación de los estudiantes en cinco dimensiones: reto académico, aprendizaje activo y colaborativo, int…
Regularisaatio vahvojen gravitaatiolinssien inversiossa
2015
Massiivisten galaksien gravitaatio aiheuttaa vääristymän teleskoopilla havaittavaan kuvaan muuttamalla galaksin takaa saapuvan valon reittiä. Niin kutsu- tuissa vahvoissa gravitaatiolinsseissä voi linssinä toimiva galaksi tuottaa kuvaan sen takana olevasta galaksista useita näyttäviä kaaria. Linssinä toimineen galaksin massa ja linssiytyneen galaksin alkuperäinen muoto voidaan tällöin laskennallisesti selvit- tää, ja näin saada tietoa linssigalaksin massan ja teleskoopilla suoraan havaitun valon määrän suhteesta. Tämän lähtökohtaisesti huonosti määritellyn inversio-ongelman laskennallinen ratkaiseminen vaatii kuitenkin ongelman uudelleenmäärittelyä eli regularisaatiota. Ongelman ratkaisemis…
Enhancing the efficacy of integrative improvisational music therapy in the treatment of depression : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
2019
Abstract Background Depression is among the leading causes of disability worldwide. Not all people with depression respond adequately to standard treatments. An innovative therapy that has shown promising results in controlled trials is music therapy. Based on a previous trial that suggested beneficial effects of integrative improvisational music therapy (IIMT) on short and medium-term depression symptoms as well as anxiety and functioning, this trial aims to determine potential mechanisms of and improvements in its effects by examining specific variations of IIMT. Methods/design A 2 × 2 factorial randomised controlled trial will be carried out at a single centre in Finland involving 68 adu…