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Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds
Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2014 This paper examines the determinants of friendship between two users in a virtual world who are unaware of each other's real identities. Drawing on theories of homophily, heterophily and propinquity, three virtual world behaviours are analysed: avatar appearance, avatar location, and avatar communication.
Thomas Chesney +4 more
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Experimental Characterization of Mycelium‐Based Composites Under Multiple Loading Conditions
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study examines the mechanical response of mycelium‐based composites under compression, shear, and tension using mechanical testing and imaging methods. The comparison between unpressed and hot‐pressed specimens shows that hot pressing is associated with higher compression and shear stiffnesses.
Shaghayegh Elahi +5 more
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Use and Participation in Virtual Social Networks: a Theoretical Model [PDF]
, 2010 Managers are increasingly interested in the social web as it provides numerous opportunities for strengthening and expanding relationships with customers.
HOFACKER, Charles F. +2 more
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Effect of Virtual Social Networks on Nursing Students’ English Learning [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences, 2016 Introduction Development of new virtual technologies has evolved teaching-learning process. As for the technologies, it can be refered to the use of virtual social networks in education.
Rahele Sarikhani +3 more
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New AI‐Assisted Approach for Expanding the Solution Space: Application to Lattice Structure Design
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This work introduces an innovative framework for designing structured materials by ex panding the design space through reparameterization of qualitative variables into continuous structural descriptors. Combined with machine‐learning‐based prediction and multi‐objective optimization, the approach enables the discovery of novel lattice architectures ...
G. H. Gahimbare +5 more
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The co-evolution of the “social” and the “technology":a netnographic study of Social movements in virtual worlds [PDF]
, 2012 Virtual worlds provide new forms of social interaction. They offer alternative spaces where social functions can be carried out in online three-dimensional virtual environments.
Gardner, Lesley +2 more
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Molecular Adsorbing Host•Guest (MAHG) Crystals: A New Paradigm for Porous Materials?
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Networking! Introduction of guest molecules in macrocycles before crystallization profoundly influences the material obtained in terms of structure and function. Beside simplicity and porous space improvement, this approach is endowed with a huge potential given the myriad of potential guest molecules that can be used to tune this burgeoning class of ...
Ingrid Suzana +4 more
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Journal of Medical Education and Development, 2016 Introduction: Social networks are the most important means of communication in the societies as well as in the world, so the use of virtual social networks among students is important.
Meisam Dastani +3 more
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Chronic Diseases Journal, 2018 BACKGROUND: The growing popularity of social networking sites (SNS) raises concerns about privacy and security, especially among teenagers and young people, as they experience different types of unsafe behaviors on SNS. In this regard, the problem of the
Tahereh Pashaei
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Relationship of Personality Traits and Level of Social Network Use: Five -Factor Model [PDF]
پژوهشهای کاربردی روانشناختی, 2018 Many studies have shown that personality affects the level and the way of using technologies especially internet. This study aimed to determine the relationship between personality traits and the amount of virtual social networks use. The research method
Zohreh Rafezi, Maryam Shojaee
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