Les déterminants de l’intention de réservation en ligne des produits touristiques : Proposition d’un cadre conceptuel

L\u27objectif de ce papier est de proposer un cadre conceptuel de l’intention de réservation des produits touristiques en ligne. Pour atteindre ce but nous avons, dans un premier temps, procédé à une revue de la littérature sur la conceptualisation de l’intention de réservation à partir du domaine marketing et du domaine du management des systèmes informatiques. Puis, nous proposons un modèle conceptuel de réservation en ligne dans un contexte touristique

Using the decomposed theory of planned behavior (DTPB) to explain the intention to book tourism product online

The purpose of this article is to investigate the factors influencing the intention to use the Internet to book tourism products online in Tunisian context. To this end, the authors selected the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB) to help account for the intention to book online. The authors conduct an online survey. Data was obtained from 158 questionnaires and analyzed through regression. The study demonstrated the importance of causal relationships between predictor variables and the dependent variable, namely the intention to book online. A novel result, perceived usefulness does not admit a positive impact on the attitude towards online booking. Thus, the study has confirmed the explanatory power of the DTPB model in accounting for consumers\u27 behavioral intention in the context of e-tourism

Tourism Web Aceptance Model (TWAM) : A study of intention to book e-tourism product

The tourism web acceptance model (T-WAM) is a model of consumers’ acceptance of information technology (IT) designed for e-tourism. The model aims to explain intention to book tourism products online better than other models do. Results from a survey collected from 389 Tunisian consumers show that the T-WAM is more robust than other models and theories (e.g. TAM, TPB, DTPB, flow theory) to explain behavioral intention in the context of e-tourism. The explained variance of intention to book is about 51% (R² = 50.6%). Results are discussed in detail, and recommendations, limitations, and suggestions for future research are provided

Preliminary results on the effects of orthopedic implant stiffness fixed to the cut end of the femur on the stress at the stump-prosthetic interface

A lot of trans-femoral amputation patients experience skin breakdown due to the pressures and shear stresses in the stump-prosthesis interface. In this study, a finite element model was employed to investigate the stresses at the stump interface in the case of an orthopedic implant fixed to the cut end of the femur. By changing the stiffness of this implant, we aim to see how the stiffness of this implant affects the stresses in the interface between the amputated limb and the prosthesis. To find out the effects of implant stiffness, five values for the elastic modulus, ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 Mpa, with an interval of 0.1 Mpa were employed in the implant structure of the FE model. Obtained results show that the implant played important role in reducing the stresses at the stump-prosthesis interface where the contact pressure did not exceed 53 Kpa and 17.3 Kpa for shear stress in the stiffer case of an implant, while the contact pressure in the case of femur without implant exceeded 79Kpa and 42 Kpa for shear stress. We also noted that the intensity of the contact pressure and the shear stress is proportional to the stiffness of the implant, as the greater the implant stiffness, the higher the peak of these stresses

Cancer pulmonaire: parcours de soins au service de radiothérapie à l’institut national d’oncologie de Rabat

L'objectif de cette étude est d'expliquer la discordance entre le nombre important de patients présentant un cancer du poumon localement avancé demandeurs de consultations en service de radiothérapie et le faible nombre de patients effectivement traité. Il s'agit d'une étude décrivant le circuit de soins des patients admis au service de radiothérapie de l'Institut national d'oncologie de Rabat entre le premier mars 2011 et le 29 février 2012 pour la prise en charge d'un cancer du poumon inopérable et/ou non résécable. On a utilisé pour la collecte des données les dossiers cliniques, le registre des nouveaux patients du bureau des admissions de l'institut ainsi que les registres des rendez-vous de consultation et de traitement du service de radiothérapie. 117 patients ont été collectés. Le stade de la maladie n'a pu être déterminé que chez 102 patients, on a ainsi trouvé 53 cancers non métastatiques et 49 cancers métastatiques. Chez les patients avec un cancer non métastatique une radiothérapie palliative a été réalisée chez 9 patients, chez 2 patients la radiothérapie a été contre indiquée, une chimiothérapie néo-adjuvante a été réalisée chez 7 patients et la radio-chimiothérapie concomitante d'emblée fut proposée à 35 patients, mais 34 patients seulement ont pu avoir leur première séance de radiothérapie à visée curative. Cette étude nous a permis de décrire le circuit de soins de nos patients en repérant les points critiques, auxquels on propose des mesures correctives

Effet de la salinité sur la fluorescence chlorophyllienne, la teneur en proline et la production florale de trois espèces ornementales

Effect of Chloride Sodium on Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Plant Proline Content and Flowers Production of Three Ornamental Species. Three ornamental species (Zinnia elegans, Tagetes patula and Petunia hybrida) were used to test sodium chloride effect on chlorophyll fluorescence, plant proline content and flowers production. Three treatments were used in this trial: 0, 2 and 4 g of Nacl.l-1 of irrigation water. The results showed that chlorophyll fluorescence was not affected by sodium chloride treatment but plant proline content increased and flowers production decreased as NaCl doses increase

The Meaning of the Habit: Religious Orders, Dress and Identity, 1215-1650

It is well known that there was an increasing concern with clothing as a means of social and cultural distinction in the late medieval and early modern periods. This has been called the birth of fashion. One way in which this importance was expressed was through the development of some well-defined sartorial codes and rules, both tacit and explicit. These gradually lead to more exhaustive and specific regulatory forms. Hitherto, most of the scholarly emphasis has been on the secular world, particularly through the study of sumptuary laws, whereas analysis of the ecclesiastical sphere (the Carmelite order apart) has not got much attention beyond anecdotal description. This dissertation aims to provide a 'thick description' to understand the meaning of ecclesiastical dress in a social and cultural context for the period 1215-1650. Thus, the focus is not on clothes as such, but on the ways by which dress can express conscious and unconscious ideas at the base of the interaction between people, groups and institutions. Studying the dynamics, ideas, worries and controversies generated by religious habits, both within and outside the religious orders, reveals the layers of meaning that exist beyond the anecdotal evidence. And what they reveal is how religious orders in Western Europe developed a complex process of identity formation in which clothing, in its different levels, played a fundamental role. What lies at the core of this analysis of the conceptions about religious clothing – used as a heuristic tool – is precisely its capacity to show not only how the identities of the religious orders of the period evolved, but also how they were perceived and conceived, and how they shaped these changes

A cross-cultural validation of tourism web acceptance model: A comparison of Tunisia and China

Internet use has intensified worldwide. However, this evolution masks cultural differences in booking behaviors. This study investigates the effects of culture on the online booking practices of consumers from Tunisia and China. Differences in the structural patterns across the Tunisian (Arabic) and Chinese (Asian) cultural contexts are analyzed. We find that the model of technology acceptance for tourism online booking (tourism web acceptance model) holds for both countries. The effects of perceived risk or subjective norms, which are highly significant in the Tunisian context, attest to the important influence of culture on the online booking behaviors of consumers. Two cognitive constructs, namely, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, produce a greater effect on the online booking behaviors of those from Tunisia