1 United States and European Students’ Social-Networking Site Activities and Academic Performance Aryn C. Karpinski, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Paul A. Kirschner, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands Anthony V. Shreffler, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Patricia A. Albert, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Carrie A. Tomko, Kent State University, Kent, O...

This paper examines the activities and economies of YoHoHo! Puzzle Pirates. YoHoHo! Puzzle Pirates is an online role-playing game that draws upon puzzle-orientated gameplay to construct a social world. This paper addresses the important issue of social networking in information systems. It is a theoretical exploration of the deeper issues and implications that social networking has for business...

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Astrocytes and neurons dynamically interact during physiological processes, and it is now widely accepted that they are both organized in plastic and tightly regulated networks. Astrocytes are connected through connexin-based gap junction channels, with brain region specificities, and those networks modulate neuronal activities, such as those involved in sleep-wake cycle, cognitive, or sensory ...

Networking is a method that can be used to optimize the planning and network of manager schedule supervise work activities. By achieving high level customer satisfaction prevent turnover. Regression analysis statistical process for estimating relationship between variables, namely in form modeling techniques analyzing several variables on basis one dependent variable or more independent variabl...