This article elaborates and extends several new concepts that lay the foundation for thinking about next-generation commerce—so-called ultimate commerce, or simply u-commerce. U-commerce extends traditional commerce to a world of ubiquitous networks and universal devices, a world in which users can access networks at any time from any place, using a range of devices to invoke unique and persona...

This paper reports a simple and direct method to fabricate mesoscopic hydrogel constructs for size controlled pseudo-islets with MIN6 cells, a pancreatic β-cell insulinoma, via lamination of free-standing mesh patterned cellular hydrogel. The MIN6-laden hydrogels with three different micro-patterns were simply fabricated, free-standing cultured, and functionally analyzed to examine the effect o...

In this paper, a visual programming environment for the development of low-level and high-level assembly language programs is proposed, and is evaluated in the context of Green and Petre’s “Cognitive Dimensions” framework. The system acts as a code generator for a textual assembly compiler, and is designed to be flexible enough to accommodate any hardware architecture and operating system. As a...

This article elaborates and extends several new concepts that lay the foundation for thinking about nextgeneration commerce—so-called ultimate commerce, or simply u-commerce. U-commerce extends traditional commerce to a world of ubiquitous networks and universal devices, a world in which users can access networks at any time from any place, using a range of devices to invoke unique and personal...

This paper constructs a set of evaluation indicator system for international non-governmental organizations participated by enterprises. The includes two aspects (objective situation and value contribution INGOs) as well four dimensions (activeness, influence, output other effects). We also designed the process group company.

a r t i c l e i n f o Developing a usable website is pivotal for e-business success. Researchers have devoted effort to develop metrics, guidelines and theories of website usability, yet there still is a lack of consensus on the multifaceted dimensions of website usability and lack of investigation of the nomological networks among website usability constructs. This study first investigated the...

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project is designed to implement Strategy 1.4 of the NIMH Strategic Plan: “Develop new ways of classifying disorders based on dimensions of observable behaviors and brain functions.” NIMH intends RDoC to serve as a research framework encouraging new approaches to research on mental disorders, in which fundamental dimensions that cut across traditional disorde...

Anxiety and mood disorders are among the most prevalent mental health problems affecting our youth. We propose that assessment and treatment efforts in this area can benefit from a focus on developmentally sensitive neurobehavioral trait constructs, that is, individual difference constructs with direct referents in both neurobiology and behavior across the lifespan. This approach dovetails with...

For a sample of 305 6th, 7th and 8th grade students, of whom 95% was from economically disadvantaged Hispanic families and for whom English was their second language, evidence was sought regarding the reliability and construct validity of scores on a Spanish version of an academic self-concept measure entitled Dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC), comprising five subscales bearing the same names a...