We performed a study to determine the influence that perceived usability has on the user’s loyalty to websites that they visit. The results of the empirical analysis confirmed that the trust of the user increases when the user perceived that the system was usable and that there was a consequent increase in the degree of website loyalty. In the same way, greater usability was found to have a pos...

Despite the popularity of Information Technology and job satisfaction research, little empirical evidence exists of the relationship between IT adoption and job satisfaction within the Jordanian construction industry. This research fills these knowledge gaps by exploring the relationship between IT adoption and job satisfaction from the perspective of construction companies, contractors, consul...

This paper deals with an intelligent application in the e-learning area (WELSA), aimed at adapting the courses to the learning preferences of each student. The technical and pedagogical principles behind WELSA are presented, outlining the intelligent features of the system. The learner modeling and adaptation methods are also briefly introduced, together with their realization in WELSA. Finally...

The applicability of manufacturing planning and control methods differs between environments. This paper explains the ®t between the planning environment and material and capacity planning on the detailed material planning and shop̄oor planning levels. The study is based on a conceptual discussion and a survey of 84 Swedish manufacturing companies. Results show the use of planning methods and th...

Navigation structure and user familiarity are critical for user satisfaction, yet the mediating mechanisms by which they affect satisfaction remain unclear, especially from a cognitive perspective. To extend understanding of the drivers of user satisfaction with a website, this study focuses on the mediating roles of cognitive load and performance outcomes (in the form of efficiency and accurac...

background tracheal intubation using storz’s c-mac d-bladetm videolaryngoscope is associated with difficult negotiation of the tracheal tube into the glottis due to steep angulation of its blade. objectives in this study, we hypothesized that truflextm articulating stylet with its ability to dynamically tailor the ett shape to patients’ oropharyngeal anatomy would be better suited to the d-blad...

With the advance of home networking technologies, people now enjoy increased communications convenience whilst occasionally suffering annoyance from trivial issues. The automated application of appropriate expertise can support ordinary users in managing and diagnosing their own network, despite being unfamiliar with the basic technologies. This presents a significant opportunity to increase us...

This article presents a knowledge-based approach to the design of document-based retrieval systems. We conducted two empirical studies investigating the users' behavior using an online catalog. The studies revcaled a range of knowledge elements which are necessary for performing a successful search. We proposed a semantic nctwork based representation to capture these knowledge elements. The fin...

Entertainment consumption is a common activity in the shopping centre environment. However, very little research (e.g. Parsons, 2003; Sit, Merrilees and Birch, 2003) has examined the concept of entertainment consumption in the shopping centre context. Hence, this conceptual paper presents a research model which aims to understand shopper satisfaction with entertainment consumption. The proposed...