Using a library information system in an engineering research environment, this paper investigates the service quality perceptions of professional information system users. This paper also examines the relationship between the relative importance allocated by the system’s users to each of the five SERVPERF dimensions (dimensions that are shared with the SERVQUAL instrument) as measured by the p...

There is great variability in responsiveness to post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE). Factors such as greater expression of type II muscle fibers and experience with strength training are associated PAPE. We investigated whether there an association between markers muscular function morphology PAPE untrained individuals. Sixty-six active men (22 ± 2 years, 74 11 kg, 172 27 cm) partici...

The study examined the responsiveness of operational performance to liquid asset management industrial goods firms in Nigeria. inventory, cash and equivalents, account receivables formed independent variables study. While profit for year was used measure performance. adopted an ex-post-facto research design, covering period between 2011 2020. Secondary data were extracted from annual reports ac...

In the United States, a central piece of legislation in this changing perspective was the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, which requires federal agencies to set goals and objectives, measure performance, and report their accomplishments as part of movement toward a performance-based environment. These requirements were intended to provide political accountability for resu...

Both aging and hypertension decrease cardiac output through a lower stroke volume and a diminished beta-adrenergic responsiveness. In parallel, the vascular resistance increases because of vascular hypertrophy. In addition, in hypertension the alpha-adrenergic responsiveness is enhanced. Aging and hypertension are also associated with an increase in plasma cholesterol and insulin values. These ...

Shifting flowering phenology with rising temperatures is occurring worldwide, but the rarity of co-occurring long-term observational and temperature records has hindered the evaluation of phenological responsiveness in many species and across large spatial scales. We used herbarium specimens combined with historic temperature data to examine the impact of climate change on flowering trends in 1...

BACKGROUND Stress, one of the strongest risk factors for depression, has been linked to "anhedonic" behavior and dysfunctional reward-related neural circuitry in preclinical models. METHODS To test if acute stress reduces reward responsiveness (i.e., the ability to modulate behavior as a function of past reward), a signal-detection task coupled with a differential reinforcement schedule was u...