The study of technology acceptance for e-wallets application of clinic fees payment

The purpose of this study was to investigate the demand of application of e-wallet in domestic retail industry by examining the needs of adoption of small amount paying method and the reasons for customers’ using of IC stored value card in this industry and aimed at providing suggestions on the e-development of small amount paying methods for domestic retail and banking industries. This study was developed in a way that the model constructs in TAM were adapted to the context of using e-wallets for clinic fees. Scale items on the survey include those measuring perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, a user's attitude toward using and intention. The questionnaire contains no identifying information about the individual participants. A total of 320 Taipei City Hospital patients’ feedbacks were collected. Results indicate most of the relationships in the proposed model are statistically significant and in the predicted directions. Each observed variables influence with two ways: direct effect and indirect effect, and the total effect is the sum of direct effect and indirect effect. The Main effect of most of these observed variables is direct effect, but the information technology experience with the perceived usefulness. In this study, it could be finding that the perceived usefulness, the perceiver ease of use is positively associated with users’ attitude toward using, and the perceiver ease of use is positively associated with the perceived usefulness. It means the useful and easily operation of payment clinic fees with e-wallet products (such as Taipei Easy Card) is very important for the users. Besides, the easier for e-wallet using, the more people think it is usefulness. This suggestion is the same as the point at issue of Davis [1]. The users’ attitude toward using is positively associated with the intention using.

Should Apple Charge Fees for Tipping on Social Networking Apps?

Recently, Apple＇s decision to start taking a 30-percent cut on tips given by users of socia networking apps has sparked heated debates in China.

Impacts of equity structure on audit fees: Evidence from Chinese A-share listed companies in Shanghai Stock Exchange

Based on the data of 923 Chinese listed companies in 2013 to 2014, we investigated the impact of company equity structure on audit fees from the perspective of cross section and period duration. It is found that there is a positive correlation between the proportion of state-owned shares in listed companies and audit fees. To be more specific, there is a U-shaped relation between audit fees and equity concentration which is represented by the proportion of the largest shareholder. And the equity restriction ratio, represented by the sum of the proportion of the second largest shareholder to the tenth, has a positive effect on audit fees.

Abnormal Audit Fees and Audit Opinion–Further Evidence from China's Capital Market

The existing literature on audit opinion shopping provides inconsistent evidence on whether such shopping has any association with abnormal audit fees. In this paper, we hypothesize that firms engage in audit opinion shopping and pay an abnormal audit fee only when their degree of accounting quality is low. To examine the issue, we group firms on the basis of their change in return on assets(ROA), and show that abnormal audit fees improve audit opinions only among firms that engage local auditors and have a low degree of ROA, but report a large increase in ROA, especially when the ROA change is the result of abnormal accruals. We find no association between abnormal audit fees and audit opinion improvement for other firms.

CFO narcissism and audit fees: Evidence from listed companies in China

This paper examines the effects of CFO narcissism on audit fees in China.Using the size of CFO signatures in annual audit reports to measure individual narcissism,we find that CFO narcissism is associated with higher audit fees.We find empirical evidence that CFO narcissism significantly increases the audit fees of listed companies,and this effect is stronger in state-owned enterprises.This paper also explores the mediating effects of financial information and the engagement of prestigious Big-4 and Big-10 firms.The results show that companies with narcissistic CFOs have lower quality financial information and prefer more prestigious firms,which leads to higher audit fees.This research highlights the importance of CFO narcissism in corporate performance and provides new evidence that will be useful for listed companies that plan to hire senior executives.

Corporate governance and audit fees:Evidence from companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange

This study uses data from companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange to investigate the relationship between corporate governance and audit fees. Full sample results reveal a significant negative relationship between corporate governance and audit fees, and subsample results further show that corporate governance's influence on audit fees is affected by corporate growth. The negative relationship between corporate governance and audit fees is economically and statistically significant in sample companies that grew moderately during the sample period, and mixed or insignificant in companies that experienced overly fast or negative growth.

Medical service fees-a key step forward

First,the MSF and a set of strategies have facilitated an orderly flow of patients and have remodeled the patient distribution configuration among different levels of hospitals.Efforts to increase financial and personnel support to community health service centers (CHSCs) have been implemented for many years.Unfortunately,the “inverted pyramid” distribution of patients has not been reversed.After the implementation of the MSF,the out-of-pocket cost for attending physicians was increased at tertiary hospitals and reduced or even free at primary hospitals and CHSCs.In contrast,the costs for deputy chief physicians (DCPs),chief physicians (CPs),or honor specialist physicians (HSPs) stayed the same at all levels of hospitals.

Tuition Fees for Higher Education and Intergenerational Mobility in China

This paper studies the impact of an increase in higher education tuition on intergenerational mobility in China.We develop a theoretical model for the parental decision about the investment on education of children to illustrate the impact from the perspective of borrowing constraint.We consider the Chinese college tuition and subsidy reform around 1986 as a quasi-natural experiment for identifying the policy effect of the reform on intergenerational educational mobility by using the data from the census of 2000 and the China Family Panel Studies(CFPS).We find that an increase in the education burden induced by the reform of college tuition has reduced intergenerational educational mobility,and it is more noticeable in regions with a relatively higher increment in the tuition fee.Our results are robust with consideration of the co-residence bias,government investment in elementary education,and the higher education expansion.

Does Government’s Waiving of Court Fees Interfere in the Judicial Process?

It isn’t often that officialdom helps fi-nance a businessperson’s court fees in a lawsuit where it is the accused.But that is exactly what happened in Chenghua District Chengdu,capital of Sichuan Province,where the local government recently took the sur-prising action of assisting plaintiff and auto parts manufacturer Gu Kui in fighting a court battle to sue itself.

喀斯特山区森林资源-环境-经济复合系统可持续发展评价体系构建——基于农户视角

[JP+1]针对随着工业化、城市化的加速,森林面积、森林蓄积量逐渐减少,使得森林有效供给与社会需求的矛盾日益突出,进一步破环了森林资源-环境-经济复合系统(FEES)结构平衡性的问题。从喀斯特山区FEES可持续发展的必要性、目标、原则和系统构成阐述其内涵,以科学性、可操作性和系统性为原则,结合贵州喀斯特山区禀赋,构建了基于农户视角的喀斯特山区森林资源-环境-经济复合系统可持续发展评价体系,为FEES可持续发展评价提供参考。[JP]

江苏省森林资源—环境—经济复合系统可持续发展评价

在可持续发展理论指导下．以江苏省森林资源—环境—经济复合系统(FEES)的良性循环为目标．从森林资源与环境的协调、森林资源与经济的协调、以及环境与经济的协调3个方面综合考虑,构建了反映江苏省FEES可持续发展状况的评价指标体系；在此基础上对江苏省及苏南、苏中和苏北地区的FEES可持续发展状况进行了评价和分析,并用因子分析法对评价结果进行了验证。图1,表2,参6。

Tourists’Willingness to Pay for Recreation Services in Nyerere National Park,Tanzania:Are We Overvaluing or Undervaluing Our Nature Recreation Resources?

This study estimated tourists’Willingness to Pay(WTP)per day for recreation services in Nyerere National Park(NNP)and compared these values with daily travel costs that are incurred by tourists to visit NNP in order to inform whether recreation resources in the park are overvalued or undervalued.The study revealed that tourists’WTP per day for recreation services was estimated at$237.4 and$1521 for resident and non-resident tourists,respectively.The estimated tourists’WTP values exceed the daily travel costs currently incurred by tourists,which are$201.04 and$1517.97 for resident and non-resident tourists,respectively.This indicates that tourists are willing to spend more to enjoy recreation services in NNP,which signifies that recreation resources in NNP are slightly undervalued.In addi­tion,the findings disclosed that the largest share of tourist daily travel expenses is allocated to transportation services,and very little is paid to the park as a conservation fee.It was revealed that out of the daily travel expenses incurred by non-resident and resident tourists,only 4.62%and 2.23%are respectively paid directly to NNP as conservation fees.This study considers that allocation is not very fair;thus,NNP,in collaboration with TANAPA,needs to adjust the current entrance or conservation fee and reduce the transportation costs charged by tourist companies.The travel costs incurred by tourists,age,education,monthly income,site visited,substitute site,and quality of park were identified as significant factors in influencing tourists’WTP for recreation services in NNP.Thus,policies oriented to reduce tour­ists’transportation costs and improve the quality of national parks would attract more tourists to NNP.

BESⅢ飞行时间计数器前端电子学测试系统设计

BESⅢ的TOF前端电子学(Front End Electronic,FEE)共有488个通道,如何快速地测试所有的FEE通道是个亟待解决的问题。本文详细描述一个基于网络互联的虚拟仪器测试系统,利用该系统可以实现对TOFFEE进行测试,较快速地得出FEE的相关指标。

BESⅢ Muon鉴别器前端电子学读出系统

本文介绍了BESⅢ Muon前端电子学读出系统的结构,详细说明了依据菊花链方式的前端板和基于USB的读出板的设计和实现方法。该系统中较多地采用了FPGA技术,极大地降低了系统的复杂程度和建造成本。文章最后介绍了系统的自检方式,并给出了该系统在北京高能物理研究所谱仪大厅内的宇宙线测试结果,论证了系统的可靠性。

急性脑卒中患者吞咽功能评估的临床研究

目的通过对志愿者及卒中患者VF及FEES的检查对比,对吞咽功能进行全面的评估,并研究通过改变食物黏稠度可以降低患者出现吞咽障碍的概率,从而明确降低吸入肺炎发生的概率。方法通过对50例志愿者及35例卒中吞咽障碍患者VF的检查,并与FEES检查对比。结果①14%志愿者在检查中出现误吸,36%出现食物进入喉前庭内,但未进入声门下。这两个指标VF的阳性率均明显高于FEES。渗漏、潴留的阳性率与FEES接近;②稀钡的咽部通过时间延长是误吸的危险因素;③VF对食物进入喉前庭内,但未进入声门下的诊断可能更为敏感;④正常志愿者相比,患者的稀钡进入咽部至会厌闭合时间、布丁样钡进入咽部至会厌闭合时间、稀钡到达会厌水平至会厌闭合时间均显著延长。结论通过VF及对比FEES检查,能够了解志愿者及患者不同黏稠度食物的吞咽生理;通过定量指标研究患者的吞咽功能,能够对吞咽功能进行较为全面的评估;通过改变食物黏稠度可以降低患者出现吞咽障碍的概率,从而降低吸入肺炎发生的概率。

急性脑卒中患者误吸临床分析

目的研究急性脑卒中患者误吸的发生率及其危险因素。方法 201例急性脑卒中患者根据纤维鼻咽喉镜吞咽功能检查(FEES)的结果分为误吸组和无误吸组。对可能影响脑卒中后误吸发生的危险因素进行统计学分析。结果急性脑卒中患者误吸的发生率为51.2%,36.9%的误吸患者为无症状性误吸。年龄、脑卒中史、病变部位、卒中严重程度和意识障碍严重程度是卒中后误吸的危险因素(P<0.05〉。结论误吸是脑卒中急性期的常见问题,发生率很高,年龄、脑卒中史、病变部位、卒中严重程度和意识障碍严重程度是卒中后误吸的危险因素。

BESⅢ TOF前端读出电子学模块测试控制及分析软件系统的设计

为配合BEPC Ⅱ(Beijing Electron Positron Collider,即北京正负电子对撞机)的改造,目前北京谱仪(Beijing Spectrometer,简称BES)正在进行第三期升级改造工程,称为BESⅢ。改造后的BESⅢ将大幅度提高探测器性能。TOF(Time of Flight),即飞行时间计数器,是BESⅢ的重要子系统,其负责时间和电荷测量的前端电子学读出模块(Front End Electronics Module,简称FEE)要求时间分辨率好于25ps,电荷分辨率好于10bit。为了对FEE模块的性能进行测试,保证工程进度和质量,一个完备的测试控制/分析系统的建立是十分必要的。文章将简要论述其中测试控制及分析软件的设计。

Modeling optimal oil production paths under risk service contracts

Due to the rigorous fiscal terms and huge potential risk of risk service contracts,optimizing oil production paths is one of the main challenges in designing oilfield development plans.In this paper,an oil production path optimization model is developed to maximize economic benefits within constraints of technology factors and oil contracts.This analysis describes the effects of risk service contract terms on parameters of inputs and outputs and quantifies the relationships between production and production time,revenues,investment and costs.An oil service development and production project is illustrated in which the optimal production path under its own geological conditions and contract terms is calculated.The influences of oil price,service fees per barrel and operating costs on the optimal production have been examined by sensitivity analysis.The results show that the oil price has the largest impact on the optimal production,which is negatively related to oil price and positively related to service fees per barrel and operating costs.

用氢氧化物共沉淀法研究热液体系REE(Nb,Ti)_2O_6型矿物的形成机理

作者进行了稀土铌钛氢氧化物共沉淀实验,对共沉淀物及其高温灼烧产物进行了XRD、IR、DTA和Raman研究,结合前人高温高压实验结果以及野外地质事实,提出了热液体系复杂氧化物矿物易解石和黑稀金矿的络合物高温水解、氢氧化物共沉淀、脱水去羟、聚合成核和结晶的成因模式。

高取向碳纳米管薄膜和碳纳米管束薄膜的场发射性质研究

采用热解二茂铁/三聚氰氨混合物方法合成了高取向碳纳米管薄膜和碳纳米管束薄膜。二氧化硅基底上生长的碳纳米管具有一致的外部直径约22 nm和一致的长度约40μm;陶瓷基底上生长的碳纳米管具有变化的外部直径为10～90 nm和不同的长度约20～100μm;合成的纳米管为多壁纯碳管并存在大量的缺陷和石墨断层;高取向碳纳米管薄膜的开启电场为3.9 V/μm,场增强因子为3000;碳纳米管束薄膜的开启电场为2.9 V/μm,场增强因子为5200。