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‘I shared the joy’: sport-related social support and communality on Instagram
2020
The popularity of sharing photographs on digital platforms has increased significantly due to the communicative affordances of mobile media and the emergence of photo-sharing applications, such as Instagram. In this paper, we examine how social support and communality can be built and reinforced through digital visual communication. We focus especially on photo sharing in the context of recreational climbing and trail running. In a qualitative study with Finnish climbers and runners, we asked what meanings sports practitioners ascribe to the practice of sharing and observed how they communicate these meanings through photographs. The results indicate that different types of visual content b…
Avant les gaz lacrymogènes. Les liaisons dangereuses du maintien de l'ordre, de la police politique et de la police judiciaire en France durant la Tr…
2008
L’objet de cet article est de montrer que le maintien de l’ordre ne se reduit pas au seul moment de la confrontation entre des fauteurs de troubles et la force publique. La police judiciaire et le renseignement administratif s’enchevetrent dans cette activite qui designe plus le cadre global de l’action des policiers avant la Premiere Guerre mondiale qu’un registre specialise et autonome. Or, la collision de la police judiciaire et de la police politique durant les episodes de maintien de l’ordre produit un effet inattendu en amenant les gendarmes et les policiers a transgresser les reglements presidant a leur activite.
Multimodal and Agent-Based Human–Computer Interaction in Cultural Heritage Applications: an Overview
2010
One of the most recent and interesting applications of human–computer interaction technologies is the provision of advanced information services within public places, such as cultural heritage sites or schools and university campuses. In such contexts, concurrent technologies used in smart mobile devices can be used to satisfy the mobility need of users allowing them to access relevant resources in a context-dependent manner. Of course, most of the constraints to be taken into account when designing a pervasive information providing system are given by the actual domain where they are deployed.
Conceptualizing engagement in the mobile context
2016
This conceptual study answers how engagement is defined and conceptualized in the mobile service/technology context. A systematic literature review was conducted in the fields of business and human-computer interactions to achieve this objective. The 22 studies included in the final analysis are classified into two categories that distinguish the main perspectives of mobile engagement. This study demonstrates that prior research has either conceptualized mobile engagement as a behavioral activity (i.e., using or interacting with mobile service/technology) or has perceived it holistically as customer engagement that occurs in a mobile environment. Based on the analysis, it is proposed that c…
Drivers and outcomes of consumer engagement : Insights from mobile money usage in Ghana
2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the drivers of consumer engagement and its consequences via the experiences of mobile money services’ users in Ghana and to discuss its implications for the society, financial service innovation, delivery and operations. Design/methodology/approach A pre-tested survey instrument was used with a sample of 595 mobile money services users in Ghana. SmartPLS application was used to analyze the data and report findings. Findings The study shows that perceived risk, consumer empowerment, subjective norm, performance expectancy and effort expectancy influence the affect component of consumer engagement and explain around half of its variance. The ef…
Consumers' perceptions of mobile banking continuous usage in Finland and South Africa
2015
This study examines continuous usage behaviour related to mobile banking (m-banking) among consumers living in Finland (FI) and South Africa (ZA). The study investigates three post-adoption behavioural consequences - namely, trust, satisfaction and word of mouth. Using purposeful sampling techniques, we found that trust plays a significant role in promoting continuous usage of m-banking. In general, the respondents reported high levels of trust in m-banking technology and were satisfied with the m-banking application and services. In addition, convenience, user friendliness and speed emerged as the main sub-topics related to satisfaction. In most cases, the convenience of using m-banking do…
L' équipement automobile et les habitudes de déplacement domicile-travail dans l'espace français (hors outre-mer) selon le Recensement entr…
2020
Colloque : Peut-on se passer de la voiture hors des centres urbains ?, Guyancourt, FRANCE, 27-/02/2020 - 27/02/2020; Selon les recensements récents de la population (RP), la très grande majorité des actifs déclarent aller travailler en voiture. Cette source permet de discuter, pour la période 2006-2016, l'affirmation selon laquelle la voiture serait toujours plus indispensable hors des grands centres urbains où, au contraire, son utilisation et sa possession stagneraient. Le recensement a ses limites, mais il permet de cartographier finement les pratiques dans tout le pays et de les analyser selon des typologies géographiques adaptées aux problématiques du transport. Il permet aussi de…
Definition of the single integration site of the pathogenicity locus in Clostridium difficile.
1996
We determined the nucleotide sequence 3.8 kb upstream and 5.2 kb downstream of the toxin genes A and B of Clostridium difficile. Nine ORFs were discovered. Based on PCR-directed approaches, two were attributed to the pathogenicity locus (PaLoc). The other seven were found in every C. difficile isolate obtained from the human gastrointestinal tract, respectless of their toxinogenicity. The ORFs cdu1 and cdu2/2' upstream of the PaLoc displayed similarity to repressors of Gram-positive bacteria (cdu1), and to an Na+/H+ antiporter described for Enterococcus hirae (cdu2/2'). Downstream of the locus a putative ABC transporter (cdd2-4) was identified. With a set of three paired primers used in pol…
Capturing daily family dynamics via text messages: development of the mobile diary
2010
In this paper we introduce a new tool, the mobile phone, for use in diary research. We demonstrate, with reference to two family studies conducted in Finland, how daily family dynamics can be captured by using the mobile diary. In both studies family members sent text messages (SMSs) in answer to structured diary questions three times a day over a one-week period. The participants kept also paper-and-pencil diaries. Two mobile diary items measuring mood (stressfulness and feelings of competence) both at home and at work are reported here as examples. For both items we found statistically significant daily and weekly variation as well as individual fluctuation. The data gathered by the mobil…
Mobilo ierīču apdrošināšanas produkta izveide un ieviešana sistēmā TIA.
2017
TIA ir globāla apdrošināšanas sistēma, kas pārvalda apdrošināšanas procesus no sākuma līdz beigām. Sākotnēji tā tika radīta priekš viena konkrēta uzņēmuma, bet tagad to izmanto plaši pasaulē. Darba mērķis bija izveidot un ieviest mobilo ierīču apdrošināšanas produktu uz TIA kodola versijas. Mobilo ierīču apdrošināšanas produkts tika plānots izveidot kā paraugu, kuru būtu iespējams realizēt nākotnē. Uzdevums bija izveidot produktu tā, ka tam būtu jābūt iespējai izvēlēties no saraksta konkrētu ierīču modeļus vai pievienot jaunus un aprēķināt tām prēmijas, izveidot polises. Tas tika realizēts ar 1 produkta līniju, kurā būs iespējams veikt minētās darbības. Darbā ir atrodams ne vien šī produkta…