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Let the Weakest Link Go! Empirical Explorations on the Relative Importance of Weak and Strong Ties on Social Networking Sites

open access: yesSocieties, 2014
Theoretical approaches as well as empirical results in the area of social capital accumulation on social networking sites suggest that weak ties/bridging versus strong ties/bonding social capital should be distinguished and that while bonding social ...
Nicole C. Krämer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of conspicuous consumption in social Media on purchasing intentions [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
With the rapid increase in the use of social media in the last decade, the conspicuous consumption lifestyle within society has been now transferred to the social media. Along with the changing culture of consumption, the consumer who witnesses such portrayals on social media aspires to and desires the same products and services.
arxiv  

Code Switching in Social Media Twitter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The study deals with the types of code switching and reasons why people switch their language in social media Twitter. The objectives of study are to find out contextual type and the grammatical type of code-switching which is mostly used in social media
Meisuri, M. (Meisuri)   +1 more
core  

Ablation of LRP6 in alpha‐smooth muscle actin‐expressing cells abrogates lung inflammation and fibrosis upon bleomycin‐induced lung injury

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein 6 (LRP6) is a key receptor for the Wnt antagonist Dickkopf1 (DKK1). DKK1 protein expression is induced in a bleomycin (BLM)‐induced lung injury model. We show that DKK1 induces proinflammatory and profibrotic genes in lung fibroblasts.
Eun‐Ah Sung   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Two-Study Approach to Explore the Effect of User Characteristics on Users’ Perception and Evaluation of a Virtual Assistant’s Appearance

open access: yesMultimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2018
This research investigates the effect of different user characteristics on the perception and evaluation of an agent’s appearance variables. Therefore, two different experiments have been conducted. In a 3 × 3 × 5 within-subjects design
Carolin Straßmann, Nicole C. Krämer
doaj   +1 more source

“Alexa, You're Really Stupid”: A Longitudinal Field Study on Communication Breakdowns Between Family Members and a Voice Assistant

open access: yesFrontiers in Computer Science, 2022
In this paper, we present the results of our long-term study on use of a voice assistant (Amazon Alexa via Amazon Echo Dot) in nine families with children and no previous experience with this technology. The study was conducted over the course of 5 weeks
Lina Mavrina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taurine promotes glucagon‐like peptide‐1 secretion in enteroendocrine L cells

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Taurine, a sulfur‐containing amino acid, is likely taken up by enteroendocrine L cells via the taurine transporter. This process increases the levels of cytosolic ATP. The increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentrations and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 secretion through membrane depolarization is caused by the closure of ATP‐sensitive potassium channels ...
Yuri Osuga   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Social Media Use on Preventive Behaviors during Infectious Disease Outbreaks: The Mediating Role of Self-relevant Emotions and Public Risk Perception

open access: yesHealth Communication, 2020
While there has been increasing attention to the role of social media during infectious disease outbreaks, relatively little is known about the underlying mechanisms by which social media use affects risk perception and preventive behaviors during such ...
Sang-Hwa Oh, S. Lee, Changhyun Han
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Jealousy 4.0? An empirical study on jealousy-related discomfort of women evoked by other women and gynoid robots

open access: yesPaladyn, 2018
While first empirical studies on sexual aspects of human-robot interaction mostly focus on male users’ acceptance, there is no empirical research on how females react to robotic replications of women.
Szczuka Jessica M., Krämer Nicole C.
doaj   +1 more source

Social Media in Healthcare [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 2018
Social media are basically web based tools used for computer mediated communication. It is a powerful tool that healthcare professionals can use to communicate and interact with patients. It has become an undeniable force that healthcare industry must reckon with.
Matthew N. O. Sadiku   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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