Trust is essential for Mobile Banking (MB) adoption and usage. MB technology has the potential to improve people's quality of life and to bring efficiency to banks. In this paper, MB trust was ...addressed in Brazil, a developing country that has an enormous potential for expansion of banking services. We used Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling to analyze the database, which was composed of 1077 questionnaires. In this study sample, determinants of trust had similar behavior when compared to determinants of trust previously pointed out in the literature. Our discussion indicated a kind of information asymmetry that could be mitigated in order to build trust in MB and promote its adoption. However, we observed a negative relationship between trust in MB and undergraduate course area (dummy variable for undergraduate courses in technology). The inclusion and analysis of this new variable, especially in developing countries, may contribute with the literature on MB adoption.
•We studied mobile banking trust in Brazil where has a high potential for expansion of banking services.•We analyzed the database, which was composed of 1077 questionnaires using structural equation model.•We found the information asymmetry for trust in mobile banking and promote its adoption.•We observed a negative relationship between trust and undergraduate course area.•Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in the paper.
•This study adopted a holistic approach in investigating China’s C&D waste diversion.•China’s waste management practice was compared with selected developed countries.•Governmental supervision had a ...high impact on China’s C&D waste management.•Lack of client demands was a major barrier in practicing C&D waste diversion.•Perceptions on C&D waste diversion were tested among subgroups in the survey sample.
This study was designed to investigate the recent movement and current stage of China’s construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling and reuse. Specifically, the research aimed to provide the big picture of recent C&D waste diversion practice in China, as well as to offer insights from Chinese field practitioners’ perceptions towards benefits, challenges, and recommendations of C&D recycling and reuse. This research was conducted based on a review of existing practice and a holistic approach by collecting feedback of professionals from multiple disciplines through a questionnaire-based survey. Totally 77 valid responses were received from 592 questionnaires sent. Both quantitative data and qualitative information implied that China was still at the early stage of recycling C&D wastes. Lack of client demands was identified as one of the main difficulties in C&D waste diversion. The study revealed that engineers and consultants had a more positive perception on promoting industrial training in C&D waste recycling, while construction management professionals held more conservative opinion on it. It was also found that gaining experience in C&D waste recycling and reuse would offer professionals more positive perception on the quality of products containing recycled contents. It was further implied that although governmental supervision had a high impact on China’s current C&D waste management practice, the economic viability should eventually dominate the C&D waste diversion.
•A survey on energy consumption and behavior was conducted in urban China households.•China's urban family became smaller while house size became bigger.•Average electricity consumption per ...households increased with demand growth.•Energy consuming equipment and related behavior was analyzed.•China urban households’ behavior is decentralized, diversified and low energy consuming.
Building performance, equipment efficiency, and occupant behavior play important roles in China urban residential building energy conservation. An online survey was conducted in 2015 to study the urban residential energy and usage behavior. A total of 4964 Chinese urban households participated in the survey, answering questions about their family composition, buildings, energy use and conservation behaviors, and reactions to specific energy conservation policies. The results suggest that the general trend in Chinese urban households is larger unit sizes (on average, 109m2 per household) and smaller families. The average electricity consumption of urban residential buildings is 1690kWh per year per household in 2015 and it continues to grow as home electronics become more widespread and the demand for higher quality of life increases. China urban residential buildings energy use has the following characteristics: steady growth in size and energy consumption of the buildings associated with rapid urbanization, decentralized and individual equipment with diversified energy usage behavior, and relatively low energy consumption level compared to other countries. In addition to the current energy efficiency programs, China should focus on energy consumption and intensities target of building sector, and the key for urban residential building energy efficiency is to retain traditional behaviors and lifestyles, as well as promoting outcome-based energy conservation policies and technology systems to improve indoor environment and comfort.
For obtaining fundamental knowledge about Terminal-care of village, I selected targets of the survey by analyzing demographic change past 20 years and conducted questionnaire survey to government ...officer and residents. The results of this study are summarized as follows.1. 82.4% of municipalities had marginal villages.2. The answerers of residents were classified by 4-type of geological locations and 5-types of formation backgrounds3. In remaining life of village, 34.2% of the residents answered upper 60 years, but 64.3% of the government officers answered 20~40 years.4. In the necessity of Terminal-care, the residents had stronger awareness than government officers.
Aim: The present study evaluated whether or not post-graduation lectures on gerontology were useful for university students.Methods: To survey the opinions of graduated students, a questionnaire was ...sent to students who had graduated from the Department of Occupational Therapy (students in the Department of Physical Therapy were subjects for selection) asking whether or not the lectures on gerontology had been useful. Responses were obtained from 58 out of 511 graduates.Results: One graduate (1.7%) found the gerontology lectures very useful, 30 (51.7%) found them useful, 26 (44.8%) found them not very useful, and 1 (1.7%) found them not useful at all.Conclusions: These results suggest that we should deliver more detailed lectures on why gerontology is needed and revise the contents to be more concrete and skillful than before.
Citizen science plays an important role in the early detection of invasive alien species (IAS). The involvement of young people in initiatives related to citizen science in Bulgaria could contribute ...to better monitoring of IAS because of mobility and digital skills of those people. Based on a questionnaire survey, key aspects of involvement of young people in citizen science initiatives were analysed. Two groups of respondents, including professionals (with an educational background in biology or with professional activities related to the bioresources) and non-professionals (not connected with bioresources) were asked to make judgments about their own level of knowledge about: (1) IAS issues, (2) the level of awareness of citizen science; (3) the motivation and preferable ways to participate in citizen science; and (4) the most appropriate approaches for IAS awareness raising. A total of 337 young people in the age range of 15-30 years were questioned during the period 2019-2021. The results show that there is no significant difference between the responses of the two groups of respondents to the questionnaire - professionals and non-professionals. In both groups, less than 50% of respondents are aware of issues related to IAS. Less than 40% of respondents indicated the correct definition of citizen science. The leading motivation factor to participate in citizen science initiatives is “caring for nature” followed by “to contribute to nature conservation” and “to learn more about nature”. Most of the respondents are interested in additional information related to IAS and prefer online sources for information.
Background
There are limited nationwide data regarding breast cancer surgery in China. The Chinese Anti‐Cancer Association's Committee of Breast Cancer Society and the Chinese Society of Breast ...Surgeons conducted a nationwide survey to examine the use of and barriers associated with surgical options among patients with breast cancer.
Methods
Surveys were sent via e‐mail to the directors of 110 centers that performed at least 200 breast cancer operations in 2017. The electronic questionnaire contained 183 questions and covered six aspects, including demographic information about the hospitals and surgeons, surgical practice, and application of breast reconstruction.
Results
The selected hospitals were from 31 provinces or municipalities. The overall proportion of breast‐conserving surgery (BCS) was 22%. Local gross domestic product was significantly related to the rate of BCS (p = .046). Sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed routinely in 76% of hospitals. Only 14.5% (16/110) of hospitals used the dual‐tracer method, including radioisotopes. For patients with cN0 disease receiving BCS with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes, 20% (22/110) of hospitals accepted omitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). For patients who underwent mastectomy, only 4% (4/110) of hospitals accepted omitting ALND. There was an obvious polarization trend in the proportion of oncoplastic breast‐conserving surgery (OPS); 35/110 (32%) performed OPS in fewer than 10% of cases, whereas 36/110 (33%) performed OPS in more than 50% of cases. OPS was more likely to be performed in academic hospitals. Volume displacement was more commonly used than volume replacement (p < .001). Breast reconstruction was routinely performed in 96/110 (87%) of hospitals, 62% of which involved cooperation with the plastic surgery department. Factors influencing breast reconstruction after mastectomy included the establishment of a plastic surgery department, regional economy, and cooperation between the plastic and general surgery departments. Overall, the proportion of breast reconstruction procedures after mastectomy was 10.7%, with 70% being implant‐based reconstruction, 17% autologous tissue reconstruction, and 13% a combination. Overall, 22% of the hospitals predominantly performed immediate breast reconstruction. For delayed reconstruction, two‐stage implant‐based breast reconstruction was the first choice for 46% of centers, whereas 20% of centers chose autologous reconstruction. Among the 96 centers that performed autologous‐based reconstruction, 96% performed latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction, 65% performed transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap reconstruction, and 45% used deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flaps.
Conclusion
The results are of great value for promoting the implementation of a consensus on diagnostic and treatment standards, development of guidelines for breast cancer, and training of breast specialists.
Implications for Practice
This study aimed to establish comprehensive baseline data on the status of current breast cancer treatment in China by presenting the statistics on clinical treatments and surgeries, the distribution of clinical stages, and the demographic characteristics of patients. This report is based on a survey conducted by the Chinese Anti‐Cancer Association's Committee of Breast Cancer Society and the Chinese Society of Breast Surgeons, which examined the use of breast cancer surgical options in hospitals all over the country and the factors hindering the adoption of procedures and techniques. This study makes a significant contribution to the literature because there are limited nationwide data regarding breast cancer surgery in China.
On the basis of a survey that examined the use of breast cancer surgical options in hospitals across China, this article reports statistics on clinical treatments and surgeries, the distribution of clinical stages, and demographic characteristics of patients, in order to establish comprehensive baseline data on the current status of breast cancer treatment in China.
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