Wireless technologies are gaining popularity as a “trendy” solution to attract customers; many hospitality-related companies such as Starbuck’s or McDonald’s are trying to offer these services to their patrons (Wrolstad, 2004). While several hotel corporations are trying to jump on the bandwagon, there are a number of factors potentially influencing the decision of whether or not to implement w...

Drawing on the componential theory of creativity, social cognitive theory, and prosocial motivation theory, we examined intrinsic motivation, creative self-efficacy, and prosocial motivation as distinct motivational mechanisms underlying creativity. Results from a meta-analysis of 191 independent samples (N = 51,659) documented in the relevant literature revealed that intrinsic motivation, crea...

Procrastination is a prevalent and pernicious form of self-regulatory failure that is not entirely understood. Hence, the relevant conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work is reviewed, drawing upon correlational, experimental, and qualitative findings. A meta-analysis of procrastination's possible causes and effects, based on 691 correlations, reveals that neuroticism, rebelliousness, and se...

Questionnaire and interview assessment can provide reliable data on attitudes and self-perceptions on emotion, and experimental laboratory assessment can examine functional relations between stimuli and reactions under controlled conditions. On the other hand, ambulatory assessment is less constrained and provides naturalistic data on emotion in daily life, with the potential to (1) assure exte...

Scholars across domains in psychology, physiology, and neuroscience have long been interested in the study of shared physiological experiences between people. Recent technological and analytic advances allow researchers to examine new questions about how shared physiological experiences occur. Yet comprehensive guides that address the theoretical, methodological, and analytic components of stud...

Test rolling is a quality assessment technique performed on road construction materials to verify consistency prior to paving. In this test, the depth to which the wheels of a heavy vehicle penetrate the material is used as a measure of quality. Current test rolling specifications are based largely on empirical data. In this paper, theoretical models are presented for the case of a test roller ...

1. Overview of the Madelung Problem 2. Analytic Consequences of the Andrews Identity 3. Connection with Multiple Zeta Sums 4. An -Series for M(s) 5. Integral Representations for the Madelung Constant 6. Number-Theoretical Implications: Sums of Three Squares 7. Open Problems Acknowledgments References From a modern theta-function identity of G. E. Andrews we derive new representations for the ce...