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Clicking with dollars : how consumers can pay for purchases from E-tailers [PDF]

open access: yes
The Internet is often referred to as the world’s largest mall. About half of all adults in the United States have made a purchase online. Worldwide, online shopping is considerably greater—and cybershopping is expected to continue to grow as more ...
Stacey L. Schreft
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Mobile Water Payment Innovations in Urban Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This study assess mobile payment options for water service bills in four urban African contexts. Systems are evaluated to identify differences in adoption levels and motivations and barriers to uptake; how costs are distributed among water service ...
Aaron Krolikowski   +3 more
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Bayesian Optimisation for the Experimental Sciences: A Practical Guide to Data‐Efficient Optimisation of Laboratory Workflows

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study provides an introduction to Bayesian optimisation targeted for experimentalists. It explains core concepts, surrogate modelling, and acquisition strategies, and addresses common real‐world challenges such as noise, constraints, mixed variables, scalability, and automation.
Chuan He   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of roles and position of mobile network operators in mobile payment infrastructure [PDF]

open access: yes
A number of different mobile payment solutions have been presented the last decade. The phone subscription with its security mechanisms are used for user identification and payments.
Andersson, Per   +2 more
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Retinal Vessel Segmentation: A Comprehensive Review From Classical Methods to Deep Learning Advances (1982–2025)

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Four decades of retinal vessel segmentation research (1982–2025) are synthesized, spanning classical image processing, machine learning, and deep learning paradigms. A meta‐analysis of 428 studies establishes a unified taxonomy and highlights performance trends, generalization capabilities, and clinical relevance.
Avinash Bansal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ProCard mobile banking system [PDF]

open access: yes
The mobile banking involves the use of some mobile telecommunication devices (such phones or PDAs - Personal Digital Assistants) in order to complete, in a secure manner, banking transactions (like payments, transfers, account information and so on).
Felician ALECU, Traian SURCEL
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Towards Advanced Intelligent and Perceptive Soft Grippers

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Implementing soft yet strong and intelligent soft grippers request innovative and creative solutions in designing soft bodies and seamlessly integrating actuated systems with hierarchical sensing. This review systematically analyses soft grippers with a deep understanding of core components, from fundamental design principles to actuation and sensing ...
Haneul Kim   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Micropayments on Polish Internet Market [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In this article author aims to give you a brief insight into problem of micropayments. Especially author takes into consideration situation on Polish Internet market. In the article classification of payments on Web is presented.
Zakonnik, Łukasz
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Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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