Antecedents and Consequences of Trust and Commitment in Apparel Manufacturer-Contractor Relationships: The Moderating Role of Firm Size

As the long-term orientation of the relationships established between firms has been widely discussed as an important strategic element to success in competitive business environments, firms have been interested in establishing cooperative long-term business relationships with customers and suppliers (Morgan & Hunt, 1994). Existing evidence from research insists that the size of the firm (Redondo & Fierro, 2007) is a fundamental component considered in dyadic relational models and trust and commitment (Morgan & hunt, 1994) and firm performance and relationship satisfaction (Jap & Ganesan, 2000) are key elements in the development and maintenance of lasting relationships between firms

How Media and Behavioral Characteristics of Mobile Instant Messenger Affact Intimacy and Fatigue? The Moderating Effect of The Communication Context

Mobile instant messenger has become a part of our daily life because a smartphone is the primary communication device. To communicate other friends, they use a mobile instant messenger more frequently than giving a phone call. This study aims to investigate why people communicate others through a mobile instant messenger based on media and behavioral characteristics, which affect intimacy and fatigue. We expect this study would contribute for understanding the communication with a mobile instant messenger

Nicotiana benthamiana protein, NbPCIP1, interacting with Potato virus X coat protein plays a role as susceptible factor for viral infection

AbstractThe interactions of viral coat protein (CP) and host factors play an important role in viral replication and/or host defense mechanism. In this study, we constructed Nicotiana benthamiana cDNA library to find host factors interacting with Potato virus X (PVX) CP. Using yeast two-hybrid assay, we screened 3.3×106 independent yeast transformants from N. benthamiana cDNA library and identified six positive clones. One positive clone, named PVX CP-interacting protein 1 (NbPCIP1), is a plant-specific protein with homologue in N. tabacum (GenBank accession no. AB04049). We confirmed the PVX CP–NbPCIP1 interaction using yeast-two hybrid assay in yeast, protein–protein binding assay in vitro, and bimolecular fluorescent complementation assay in planta. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis showed that the mRNA level of NbPCIP1 increased in PVX-infected N. benthamiana plants as compared to that of healthy plants. The green fluorescent protein (sGFP)-fused NbPCIP1 (NbPCIP1-sGFP) was localized in ER or ER-associated granular-like structure of cells. When we co-express NbPCIP1-sGFP and red fluorescent protein (RFP)-fused PVX CP (PVX CP-RFP), which were introduced by transiently expressing these proteins in N. benthamiana protoplasts and epidermal cells, however, we observed the co-localization of these proteins in the inclusion body-like complex in areas surrounding nucleus. Transient over-expression and transgene silencing of NbPCIP1 assay analysis indicated that NbPCIP1 plays a critical role in viral replication during PVX infection in host plant

The Effects of Heat and Massage Application on Autonomic Nervous System

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Reconstructing galaxy fundamental distributions and scaling relations from photometric redshift surveys. Applications to the SDSS early-type sample

Noisy distance estimates associated with photometric rather than spectroscopic redshifts lead to a mis-estimate of the luminosities, and produce a correlated mis-estimate of the sizes. We consider a sample of early-type galaxies from the SDSS DR6 for which both spectroscopic and photometric information is available, and apply the generalization of the V_max method to correct for these biases. We show that our technique recovers the true redshift, magnitude and size distributions, as well as the true size-luminosity relation. We find that using only 10% of the spectroscopic information randomly spaced in our catalog is sufficient for the reconstructions to be accurate within about 3%, when the photometric redshift error is dz = 0.038. We then address the problem of extending our method to deep redshift catalogs, where only photometric information is available. In addition to the specific applications outlined here, our technique impacts a broader range of studies, when at least one distance-dependent quantity is involved. It is particularly relevant for the next generation of surveys, some of which will only have photometric information.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, 1 table, new section 3.1 and appendix added, MNRAS in pres