Recent studies on the Service-Dominant (S-D) logic perspective highlighted the importance of customer value. In this perspective, value is seen to be created, determined, and perceived by the customer through use or `value-in-use', which directly highlights the importance of customer participation in the service delivery process. This study used the Vargo and Lusch (2016) practice approach to understand how customers perceive the use of the self-checkout system and how value co-creation impacts the use of the self-checkout system in retail stores. This study carried out qualitative research on a retail store in Sweden, and data was collected using a semi-structured structured interview. The thematic approach was used to identify, analyze, and report patterns within the data. The data were further categorized into four themes – Convenience, Need for Communication, Cooperation, and Intention to Co-create. The result highlighted the factors influencing customer perception and intention toward the self-checkout system. The study further showed that customer’s intention to co-create is recognized as an effective practice in SST, and customer co-creation intention in SST is essential in determining their co-creation practices  Overall, this study showed that customer perceived value is determined by customer participation.

Under det senaste decenniet har artificiell intelligens (AI) inom medicin väckt stort intresse för sin förmåga att automatisera diagnos, behandling och prognos av sjukdomar. Denna studie avser att undersöka etiska utmaningar med att använda AI som beslutsstöd inom medicinsk diagnostik. Genom forskningsartiklar, litteratur samt intervjuer med personer som arbetar inom vården såsom läkare, forskare och IT-experter, identifierades primära utmaningar och en hög acceptans för AI-användning bland samtliga åtta respondenter som intervjuats. Resultaten understryker behoven av att balansera teknologins fördelar med etiska överväganden och betonar vikten av kontinuerlig utbildning för att säkerställa ansvarsfull användning. Avslutningsvis identifierar studien ett antal forskningsområden för att fördjupa förståelsen av AI-teknologins utveckling och dess applicering i vårdmiljön. / During the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine has garnered significant interest for its ability to automate diagnosis, treatment and disease prognosis. This study aims to investigate ethical challenges associated with using AI as decision support in medical diagnostics. Through research articles, literature and interviews with healthcare professionals such as physicians, researchers and IT experts, primary challenges were identified along with high acceptance of AI use among all eight respondents interviewed. The findings emphasize the need to balance the benefits of technology with ethical considerations and stress the importance of continuous education to ensure responsible use. Finally, the study identifies several research areas to deepen understanding of AI technology development and its application in healthcare settings.

Mobiltelefoner har utvecklats i snabb takt över åren, från ett nytt koncept till en vardaglig självklarhet för många i bägge personlig och professional fattning. Efter smartphonens myntning i 1994 med IBM Simon Personal Communicator har mobiltelefonen evolveras i många olika riktningar. 2013 kom den först smartphonen med välvd skärm, Samsung Galaxy Round, vilket påbörjande en ny trend av böjda smartphones. Denna studie undersöker användaracceptans av den senaste typen av välvd skärm, sidoböjning, utifrån ett perspektiv av mänskliga nöjen. Studien föreslår att innovationen av sidoböjning inte avnjuts pragmatiskt utan idealistiskt, med fokus på adoptörens ideologiska och sociala begär. Innovationens framtid och utspridning utöver samhället slutdras som osäkert, med förslag på framtida forskning att vidareutveckla ämnets kunskapsbas. / Mobile phones have developed rapidly over the years, from a novel concept to an typical day certainty for many in both personal and professional use. Following the advent of the smartphone in 1994 with the IBM Simon Personal Comunicator, the mobile phone has evolved in a number of directions. In 2013, the Samsung Galaxy Round was launched, the first smartphone featuring a curved display, sparking a new trend of curved-display smartphones. This study investigates the user acceptance of the latest type of curved displays, curved sides, from a perspective of human pleasures. The studie suggests the innovation of curved sides is not enjoyed pragmatically, but idealistically, with a focus on the adopter’s ideological and social desires. The future of the innovation and its diffusion throughout society is concluded to be uncertain, with suggestions of future research to further develop the subject’s base of knowledge.

The Internet is the most common communication and research tool worldwide. Perusal of the World Wide Web quickly reveals the variety of information available. Internet adoption can be considered the late 20th century's most important event. In academic environments today, Internet use among faculty members has been widely expanded, with professors now integrating Internet technology into classroom activities. Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University (IMSU) is a pioneering public university in Saudi Arabia. Until recently, some faculty members at IMSU were unable to access the Internet through the university. It is important to study the effects of this delay on faculty members regarding research and academic activities. This study identified the statistically significant differences in demographic characteristics of Internet adopters and non-adopters among faculty members at IMSU, examined whether faculty members' perceptions of the Internet affected adoption, determined if the university administration's decisions impacted faulty members' decisions to adopt the Internet, identified factors motivating faculty members to adopt the Internet, identified obstacles influencing faculty members' decisions to use the Internet, and determined whether innovation characteristics as perceived by faculty members predicted Internet adoption. Using Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory, the influence of eight attributes were examined regarding Internet adoption among IMSU faculty members. Multiple regression and chi-square techniques were conducted to analyze the data and answer research questions. Statistically significant differences were identified among Internet adopters and non-adopters regarding gender, age, academic rank, discipline, and English proficiency. The data revealed 54.7% of IMSU faulty members used the Internet for research and academic activities twice a month or less, indicating a low Internet adoption rate. Statistically significant differences were noted among adopters and non-adopters relative to income level and English proficiency. Multiple regression analysis showed that all attributes of innovation individually predicted Internet adoption. The combination of all attributes indicated the model could predict Internet adoption among faculty.

書是社會文明的載體，是人類進步的階梯。電腦、網路的飛速發展，使得電子書引發了新一輪的書籍革命。隨著智慧型手機的出現，用手機閱讀電子書以前方便靈活，充分利用零散時間，因此受到年輕人的追捧。但是，電子書本身也存在各樣的問題，諸如不符合人們的閱讀習慣，以及產業鏈的不成熟等。因此，調查使用者的行為模式和對於電子書的喜好，以瞭解使用者對電子書的看法及接受度是本文研究的重點，本研究透過UTAUT模式探討績效期望、付出期望、社會影響、輔助條件等自變數對於使用意圖與使用行為的影響力和預測力。本研究採取問卷調查的方式，在多個網路論壇上發放，共收回問卷352份，其中剔除無效問卷後得到有效樣本計232份，有效的樣本回收率達65.9%。究結果顯示，受試者大多擁有智慧型手機（77%），使用時多以娛樂為目的（55%），僅以工作為目的者最少（4%），大多偶爾閱讀（47%），多數人未曾花錢下載付費電子書（86%）。在電子書使用經驗方面，多數受試者使用電子書不到1年（42%），在使用智慧型手機方面，同樣是使用不到1年時間者居多（60%），而使用智慧型手機閱讀電子書方面，同樣是不足1年最多（68%）。 受試者使用智慧型手機閱讀電子書之績效期望、輔助條件、付出期望等各構面對使用意圖及使用行為的預測達到顯著水準，而社會影響構面與使用經驗干擾變數則影響力未達顯著。 / Books are the vehicle for social civilization and the ladder of human progress. Due to the rapid development of computers and the Internet, electronic books (ebooks) have triggered a new round of the book revolution. With the emergence of smartphones, using mobile phones to read ebooks has become convenient, flexible, and a way to make full use of scattered bits of time. Therefore, the use of smartphones for such purposes has been pursued by young people. However, ebooks present various problems of their own, such as incompatibility with individual reading habits and the immaturity of the industrial chain. Thus, the focus of this study was to survey user behavioral models and affinity for ebooks to understand users views on and degree of acceptance of ebooks. This study used the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to investigate the influence and predictive power of the following independent variables on usage intention and usage behavior: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. Research results showed that a majority of respondents had smartphones (77 %). Respondents who used their phones mostly for entertainment purposes composed the largest category (55 %), while those who used their phones only for work purposes formed the smallest category (4 %). A large percentage occasionally read ebooks (47 %), but most respondents had never spent money on downloading payable ebooks (86 %). Regarding experience using ebooks, most respondents had used ebooks for under one year (42 %). Regarding experience using smart phones, the group that had used smart phones for less than one year was also the largest (60 %); a high percentage of users (68 %) had been using smart phones to read ebooks for less than one year. The predictive power of performance expectancy, facilitating conditions and effort expectancy on usage intention and usage behavior with regard to using smartphones to read ebooks achieved a level of significance. As for social influence and moderator experience, the predictive power didn’t reach a level of significance.

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The September 11 terrorist attacks pointed out the lack of information sharing between law enforcement agencies as a potential threat to sound law enforcement in the United States. Therefore, many law enforcement agencies as well as the federal government have been initiating information sharing systems among law enforcement agencies to eradicate the information sharing problem. One of the systems established by Homeland Security is the North Central Texas Fusion Center (NCTFC). This study evaluates the NCTFC by utilizing user acceptance methodology. The unified theory of acceptance and the use of technology is used as a theoretical framework for this study. Within the study, user acceptance literature is examined and various models and theories are discussed. Furthermore, a brief information regarding the intelligence work done by law enforcement agencies are explained. In addition to the NCTFC, several major law enforcement information systems are introduced. The data for this study comes from the users of the NCTFC across the north central Texas region. Surveys and interviews are used to triangulate data. It is found in this study that performance expectancy and effort expectancy are important indicators of system use. Furthermore, outreach and needs assessment are important factors in establishing systems. The results of the study offer valuable input for NCTFC administrators, law enforcement officials, and future researchers.

This study examines inexperienced users’ perceptions of therelationships between aspects of user acceptance in professionalmeetings, based on usability tests performed in a VR application.The study is supported by specific parts of a Design scienceresearch methodology. As a starting point in the study of useracceptance, a specifically developed version of the TechnologyAcceptance Model (TAM) is used. This TAM-tool focuses on useracceptance in relation to the two basic aspects, perceivedusefulness and perceived ease of use and these, in which relationsare also explored relative to perceived enjoyment, perceivedpresence and perceived cybersickness. In the study, three testrounds were performed with a total of six participants with minorexperience of VR. The participants conducted usability tests ofprofessional meetings in pairs, in a pre-alpha version of meetingcontexts in Freeland VR based on explicit scenarios. The testsessions were videotaped, and selected clips were used to triggerthe participants’ reflections in the interviews conducted inimmediate connection with the test sessions. The main empiricaldata is thus audio recordings of the interviews. A qualitativeanalysis was then made of the respondents’ reflections on thedifferent aspects of user acceptance that were analyzed in relationto each other to understand how they affect each other in differentways. The results showed that the participants perceived that useracceptance of the professional meetings in Freeland VR was clearlyrelated to the fact that they saw the potential for usefulness inprofessional meeting settings. The lack of ease of use in some of thescenarios and cybersickness were also perceived as somewhatnegatively related to user acceptance, although not explicitly sincethe participants themselves perceived them as transitional anddisappearing with more habit. The result clearly suggested that thepositive aspects in relation to user acceptance were both theevidently perceived presence and enjoyment. The overallconclusion is that the relationships between aspects that are mostclearly perceived as important for user acceptance were therelationships between the overall aspect, perceived usability andthe two underlying aspects perceived enjoyment and perceivedpresence. / I denna studie undersöks ovana användares uppfattningar avrelationer mellan aspekter av användaracceptans i ettprofessionellt möte, utifrån användbarhetstester i en VRapplikation med efterföljande intervjuer, med stöd av en del av endesignvetenskaplig metod. Som utgångspunkt i undersökningenav användaracceptans används en för studien särskilt utveckladvariant av Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). I denna TAM fokuseras användaracceptans i relation till de två grundläggandeaspekterna, uppfattad användbarhet och uppfattadanvändarvänlighet och dessa sätts även i relation till uppfattatnöje, uppfattad närvaro och uppfattad cybersickness. Tretestomgångar har utförts med totalt sex antal deltagare medobetydlig tidigare erfarenhet av VR. Metoden gick ut på attdeltagarna i par fick utföra användbarhetstester av en pre-alphaversion av professionella möten i studiens applikation, FreelandVR, utifrån tydliga scenarier. Dessa videodokumenterades ochutvalda videoklipp användes för att trigga testpersonernasreflektioner i intervjuerna och genomfördes i direkt anslutning tilltestsessionerna. Den huvudsakliga empiriska datan är såledesljudinspelningar av användarintervjuer. En kvalitativ analysgjordes därefter av respondenternas reflektioner om de olikaaspekterna av användaracceptans som analyserades i relation tillvarandra för att ge insikt i hur de påverkar varandra på olika sätt.Resultatet visade att testpersonerna uppfattade attanvändaracceptansen av mötena i Freeland VR var tydligt relaterattill att de såg användbarhetspotential för professionella möten.Även om användarvänligheten inte upplevdes som hög i allascenarier och cybersickness uppfattades vara något negativtrelaterat till användaracceptans, var det inte så påtagligt eftersomtestpersonerna själva uppfattade det som övergående med mervana. Det framgick av resultatet att mer tydliga positiva aspekter irelation till användaracceptans var uppfattad närvaro ochuppfattat nöje. Således är den övergripande slutsatsen att derelationer mellan aspekter som analytiskt framkom tydligast somviktiga för användaracceptansen var relationerna mellan denövergripande aspekten uppfattad användbarhet och de tvåunderliggande aspekterna uppfattat nöje och uppfattad närvaro

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