twelve left camel forelimbs were collected, and ultrasonography was performed at five different levels around the metacarpal region. limbs were then cut in the transverse plane at levels corresponding to the ultrasound images. transverse and sagittal plane images were taken at each of the five levels, keeping all ultrasound imaging factors constant. echogenicity, diameter, width and cross secti...

This work examines the interplay of inter-personal and inter-organizational trust, two distinct but related concepts, through a theoretic inter-organizational trust-based security model for a multi-agent system information-sharing community. A calculus that mathematically models trust building at the inter-organizational level is at the heart of this model. In interorganizational or inter-firm ...

This paper studies the need to integrate trust and Technology acceptance model (TAM) to understand the behaviour intention of the customer to use mobile banking. The present study focuses through literature review on trust related antecedents and technology related constructs and its influence on customer decision. It covers disposition to trust, institution-based trust, cognitive-base trust, s...

This work aims at the scrutiny of the current situation of the Information Technology Service Management practices within the Brazilian Federal Direct Administration, from the perceptions of the Information Technology Managers of twelve Ministries. The methodology used followed the Process Maturity Framework as a guideline, which is a maturity model whose patterns are described in ITIL v3. The ...

There has been an increase in the importance of software Security, Trust, and Privacy (STP). Product systems must be designed with trustworthy STP protection methods while still rendering required benefits applications to its consumers. As a result this large skill gap, colleges sector have found themselves state supply- and-demand conflict. STP-aware development requires new practice Capabilit...