Consumers play extra-role behaviours while actively participating in designing and improving goods services, thus becoming prosumers. Modding, i.e. game modifications which aim at creating a new or experience for the players, is an interesting form of prosumption observed industry. The general purpose study to identify what extent players are willing perform modding, as well who how may benefit...

To explore the concept of connectivity and trade relativity (CTR), this paper presents a research model to illustrate: (1) the impact of shipping connectivity on two types of trade flows, and (2) the mediating effect of intra-regional trade (“intra-trade”) on the relationship between shipping connectivity and extra-regional trade (“extra-trade”). Understanding the relationships among shipping c...

Vänttinen, T, Blomqvist, M, Nyman, K, and Häkkinen, K. Changes in body composition, hormonal status, and physical fitness in 11-, 13-, and 15-year-old Finnish regional youth soccer players during a two-year follow-up. J Strength Cond Res 25(12): 3342–3351, 2011—The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in body composition, hormonal status, and physical fitness in 10.8 6 0.3-year-old ...

OBJECTIVES This study set out to pursue means of reducing mismatch in schoolboy rugby players. The primary objective was to determine whether application of previously reported thresholds of height and grip strength could be used to distinguish those 15-year-old boys appropriate to play under-18 school rugby from their peers. A secondary objective was to obtain normative data for height, weight...

Using survey data of electronics firms in the three major electronics clusters in Spain, we examine whether those engaged in networking tend to be more innovative and whether local and extra-regional networking have different effects upon innovativeness. We find a positive relation between different types of network relations and innovativeness. In particular, our findings suggest that subcontr...

Eye surgeries are performed mostly under orbital regional anesthesia (blocks) owing to their reliability and high patient acceptance. The most commonly used orbital regional blocks include retro-bulbar (intraconal), peri-bulbar (extra-conal) and sub-tenon named according to the site of deposition of local anesthetic agent. Many variations of these block techniques do also exist. Although these ...

The ability to produce peak performance plays a decisive role in the success of athletes in competitive contest situations. Levels of appetitive competition motivation (ACM), i.e., the desire to defeat an opponent independent of secondary reinforcing factors, were assessed in professional female football/soccer players in the premier and regional leagues, using club level as the measurement of ...