Reliance on IT has complicated risk management efforts by introducing IT risk, defined as the risk that an organization’s information systems will not adequately support achieving business objectives, sufficiently safeguard information resources, or deliver accurate and complete information to users. There are multiple stakeholders involved in the effort to manage IT risk, however it is not cle...

Purpose: Nurse managers’ behaviors and job satisfaction are commonly addressed in the literature; however, registered nurse perceptions of nurse manager behaviors provide a unique perspective that may inform future strategies designed to enhance RN job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to assess the perceptions of registered nurses that were explored through focus groups to learn the ...

Visual illusions occur when information from images are perceived differently from the actual physical properties of the stimulus in terms of brightness, size, colour and/or motion. Illusions are therefore important tools for sensory perception research and from an ecological perspective, relevant for visually guided animals viewing signals in heterogeneous environments. Here, we tested whether...

Traditional websites have long relied on users revealing their preferences explicitly through direct manipulation interfaces. However recent recommender systems have gone as far as using implicit feedback indicators to understand users’ interests. More than a decade after the emergence of recommender systems, the question whether users prefer them compared to stating their preferences explicitl...

This paper seeks to study and compare the historical present-day financial performance risk profile of renewable energy fossil fuel power sectors. Our findings are as follows. First, portfolios have historically shown more attractive investment characteristics including, on average, 12% higher annual returns, 20% lower volatility 61% risk-adjusted returns. Second, investors perceive investments...