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The impacts of electronic word of mouth in social media on consumers` purchase intentions
The influence of Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM) on consumers` purchase intentions has been known for a long time. However, eWOM has gained a new dimension with the advent of social media. Before this new phenomenon, people were able to talk with anonymous people on the Internet. Social media enable people to talk with friends and acquaintances, on the Internet. This new way of eWOM might be more powerful in terms of triggering purchase intention. This study discusses the electronic word of mouth within the context of social media. Particularly, this study examines the influence of eWOM in social media on consumers` purchase intentions. The research consists of two phases. First, survey will be conducted to understand the effect of eWOM in social media on purchase intention. Then interviews will be made to reveal that how eWOM in social media affects consumers` purchase intentions. The results should contribute to both researchers and practitioners
Characteristics and classification of A-type supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud
We address the relationship between spectral type and physical properties for
A-type supergiants in the SMC. We first construct a self-consistent
classification scheme for A supergiants, employing the calcium K to H epsilon
line ratio as a temperature-sequence discriminant. Following the precepts of
the `MK process', the same morphological criteria are applied to Galactic and
SMC spectra with the understanding there may not be a correspondence in
physical properties between spectral counterparts in different environments. We
then discuss the temperature scale, concluding that A supergiants in the SMC
are systematically cooler than their Galactic counterparts at the same spectral
type, by up to ~10%. Considering the relative line strengths of H gamma and the
CH G-band we extend our study to F and early G-type supergiants, for which
similar effects are found. We note the implications for analyses of
extragalactic luminous supergiants, for the flux-weighted gravity-luminosity
relationship and for population synthesis studies in unresolved stellar
systems.Comment: 14 pages, 14 figures, accepted by MNRAS; minor section removed prior
to final publicatio
Millimeter-wave antenna system
Parabolic reflectors fabricated from Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) composite material will not distort their shape by more than 3 percent of millimeter wavelength, despite large temperature differences on reflector surfaces. CFRP has zero thermal expansion. It is derived from charred polyacrylonitrite plastic filaments that are combined with epoxy resin
Method and apparatus for mapping the distribution of chemical elements in an extended medium
Contaminants in an extended medium such as the wall of a building are mapped by locating neutron excitation source on one side of the wall and a gamma ray spectrometer, including a gamma ray detector on the opposite side of the wall facing the excitation source. The source and detector are moved in unison in discrete steps over opposing wall surfaces so as to determine the chemical composition of the elements in a hemispheric region of the wall adjacent the detector with the radius of the region being substantially that of the mean free path distance of gamma rays emitted from elements interacting with neutrons on the detector side of the wall. The source and detector are reversed for relatively thick walls for mapping the distribution of elements on the other side of the wall thickness. The output of the detector is fed to a multichannel pulse height analyzer where the intensity of the various gamma ray spectral lines are indicated relative to a dominant constituent element such as silicon. Resolution of anomalies such as the presence of voids and/or determining the bulk density of the medium is achieved by substituting a gamma ray source technique is also applied to metal alloys, such as iron alloys, in either the solid or molten state
Condensation for a fixed number of independent random variables
A family of m independent identically distributed random variables indexed by
a chemical potential \phi\in[0,\gamma] represents piles of particles. As \phi
increases to \gamma, the mean number of particles per site converges to a
maximal density \rho_c<\infty. The distribution of particles conditioned on the
total number of particles equal to n does not depend on \phi (canonical
ensemble). For fixed m, as n goes to infinity the canonical ensemble measure
behave as follows: removing the site with the maximal number of particles, the
distribution of particles in the remaining sites converges to the grand
canonical measure with density \rho_c; the remaining particles concentrate
(condensate) on a single site.Comment: 6 page
Condensation Transition in Polydisperse Hard Rods
We study a mass transport model, where spherical particles diffusing on a
ring can stochastically exchange volume , with the constraint of a fixed
total volume , being the total number of particles. The
particles, referred to as -spheres, have a linear size that behaves as
and our model thus represents a gas of polydisperse hard rods with
variable diameters . We show that our model admits a factorized
steady state distribution which provides the size distribution that minimizes
the free energy of a polydisperse hard rod system, under the constraints of
fixed and . Complementary approaches (explicit construction of the
steady state distribution on the one hand ; density functional theory on the
other hand) completely and consistently specify the behaviour of the system. A
real space condensation transition is shown to take place for : beyond a
critical density a macroscopic aggregate is formed and coexists with a critical
fluid phase. Our work establishes the bridge between stochastic mass transport
approaches and the optimal polydispersity of hard sphere fluids studied in
previous articles
Making a national atlas of population by computer
This paper describes the conceptual and practical problems encountered and solved in producing a multi-colour atlas of population characteristics in Great Britain. The atlas itself is in A4 format; it consists of some thirty-four maps of Great Britain in four colours and the same number of regional maps, together with descriptive text. All maps were plotted on a laser plotter with a resolution of 127 microns. The paper describes how mapping of ratios, such as percentages, was found to be highly misleading and describes the novel probability mapping solution adopted, based on the signed chi-square statistic. In addition, the rationale for selecting the class intervals and for selecting colour schemes is described
Adaptive high-order finite element solution of transient elastohydrodynamic lubrication problems
This article presents a new numerical method to solve transient line contact elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) problems. A high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element method is used for the spatial discretization, and the standard Crank-Nicolson method is employed to approximate the time derivative. An h-adaptivity method is used for grid adaptation with the time-stepping, and the penalty method is employed to handle the cavitation condition.
The roughness model employed here is a simple indentation, which is located on the upper surface. Numerical results are presented comparing the DG method to standard finite difference (FD) techniques. It is shown that micro-EHL features are captured with far fewer degrees of freedom than when using low-order FD methods
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