Trust (integrity, benevolence, and ability) is the central dimension of e-commerce systems adoption. Based on customer selfservice systems and human–computer interaction logics, affective variables are important research issues to fully understand the relationship between information systems development and e-trust. In this paper, the effects of the perceived Web quality with service contents o...

Adult male Swiss Albino mice were isolated from conspecific contact for 10 days. Removal of the mystacial vibrissae and subsequent anesthesia of the vibrissal pad reduced the number of aggressive social encounters that normally ensue upon the reintroduction of a conspecific. This reduction occurred under conditions in which latencies for initial social contact were essentially unchanged. These ...

– a text file containing the Social Integrity Constraints (SICs in the following), used for expressing interaction protocols; – a text file containing an (abductive) logic program (Social Organization Knowledge Base, SOKB in the following), used to express declarative knowledge, such as the value of time deadlines; – a history of events, representing the agent behaviour, recorded from a source ...

The recent explosive growth of smart phones and social media creates a unique opportunity to view events from various unique perspectives. Unfortunately, this relatively new form of communication lacks the structural integrity, accuracy, and reduced noise of other forms of communication. Nevertheless, social media increasingly plays a vita role in the observation of societal actions before, dur...

How often are politicians confronted with public allegations of integrity violations? Which types violations, government levels, and parties do these scandals involve? The Political Integrity Index developed in Netherlands offers information about the number political country since 2013. This article presents a brief overview relevant literature on corruption scandals, summary conceptual framew...

There are two main challenges in managing natural resources. One is to respond appropriately to the ecological characteristics of a given environment, preserving its integrity and functions while assuring a flow of benefits from it. This challenge is mostly about content— the what and when of managing natural resources. The other is to respond to the social characteristics of the same environme...