Individuals’ privacy concerns can inhibit their online purchasing behavior. This paper investigates the moderating role of espoused individualism and uncertainty avoidance in the effect of external persuasion cues (e.g., privacy policy statements and third-party assurance seals) on attitude toward a website. This study hypothesizes that individuals scoring high on individualism or uncertainty a...

Agent-Based Modeling can contribute to the understanding of international trade processes. Models for the effects of culture and cultural differences on agent behavior are required for realistic agent-based simulation of international trade. This paper makes a step toward modeling of culture in agents. The focus is one of the five dimensions of culture according to Hofstede: individualism versu...

this essay evaluates the major methodological trends in research at the iranian academic educational journals based on scott’s methodological criticism. therefore, the present study sought to examine a small part of iranian educational research in the context of scott's taxonomy, including nine major fallacies: epistemic, homogeneity, causal, essentialist, value free knowledge, prospective, red...

context lumbar central spinal stenosis is common and often results in chronic persistent pain and disability, which can lead to multiple interventions. after the failure of conservative treatment, either surgical or nonsurgical modalities such as epidural injections are contemplated in the management of lumbar spinal stenosis. evidence acquisition recent randomized trials, systematic reviews an...

Almost two years after the beginning of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, knowledge which in infectious and therapeutic spheres is constantly evolving, attention paid to medicolegal aspects linked this emergency phenomenon has mainly focused on liability implications falling healthcare personnel. With regard assessment outcomes COVID-19 illness, although it a procedure that commonly used, references tables ...

The purpose of the article is the establishment of the tightness of the connection between the various sources of financing and the introduction of innovations at enterprises. In the process of research such scientific methods have been used: modeling – to determine the influence of the source of funding for innovation activities, on the number of new technological processes introduced and the ...

Ukrainian agriculture creates 12-14% of GDP. Ensuring the conditions for sustainable economic development implies the use of adequate mechanisms for regulating economic processes by the government. In the process of formation and implementation of the organizational and economic mechanism of regulatory policy, a system of indicators plays an important role in assessing the impact of such policy...