The Impact of Virtual Clinic Services on Healthcare Practitioners’ Attitudes: A Case Study at Maternity and Children Hospital Makkah al Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia by Misfer A. Asiri, Judy Jenkins, Jomin George, Aalia A. Hayat, Jalal H. Meny, Hassan H. Al-Qurashi, Emad N. Alsubhi, Saad A. Almalki

“…Results indicate significant associations between factors such as performance expectancy (0.022|), perceived value (0.004), social influence (0.002), facilitating conditions (0.002), hedonic motivation (0.029), and habit influence (0.035), and healthcare practitioners’ attitudes toward virtual clinic use. …”
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Spatial Differentiation and Influencing Factors of Second-Hand Housing Prices: A Case Study of Binhu New District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China by Song Xu, Zhen Zhang

“…This paper studies the price characteristics of second-hand residential transactions in Binhu New District taking advantage of the hedonic price model and MGWR model and draws the following conclusions. (1) There are obvious spatial positive correlation and spatial heterogeneity in the price of second-hand housing in Binhu New District. (2) The number of bedrooms, area, age of the house, and the distance to the nearest school have small effect on the scale, so they have strong spatial heterogeneity. …”
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Storage Stability of Chilled and Frozen Starch Gels as Affected by Blended Starch Formulation, Sucrose Syrup, and Coconut Milk by Aumaporn Arlai, Kanitha Tananuwong

“…According to the consumer test of the model desserts subjected to a single freeze-thaw cycle, the sample containing 50% HDP gel in sucrose syrup or 25% HDP gel in coconut milk gained the highest hedonic score of texture and overall acceptance (p≤0.05).…”
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Consumer Preference for the Chevon Sausage in Blind and Nonblind Sensory Evaluations: A Comparative Study by Irene Rumbidzai Mazhangara, Eliton Chivandi, Ishmael Festus Jaja

“…There were 52 and 20 participants in the blind and nonblind sensory evaluations, respectively. Using a 9-point hedonic scale, the participants evaluated each sausage for its juiciness, flavor, tenderness, and overall satisfaction. …”
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Organoleptic and physicochemical of meltique beef steak injected with varying concentrations of coconut oil by Permata Sari Dian, Apriantini Astari, Budiman Cahyo, Cipta Dainy Nunung, Humayrah Wardina, Lesa Aditia Edit

“…The study included malondialdehyde (MDA) analysis, antioxidant properties, Texture Profile Analysis (TPA), and a hedonic sensory test. Data were analyzed using a completely randomized design (CRD), with Tukey and Duncan tests employed for sensory analysis. …”
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How to measure consumer's inconsistency in sensory testing? by László Sipos, Kolos Csaba Ágoston, Péter Biró, Sándor Bozóki, László Csató

“…The suggested approach is illustrated by data from sensory tests of biscuits enriched with three pollens at different levels. 100 consumers evaluated the samples on two different scales (nine category monotonic ascending hedonic response scale, five-category just about right (JAR) intensity scale). …”
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The effect of sunflower wax and carnauba wax on the storage stability and sensory evaluation of palm-based chocolate spread by N. A. Mohd Hassim, S. Kanagaratnam, T. K. Tang, N. S. Sofian Seng

“…A sensory evaluation of these chocolate spreads was conducted using a 7-point hedonic scale. The hardness of both chocolate spreads was influenced by low temperatures of 5-10 °C during the storage study. …”
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Distinct neural bases of visual art- and music-induced aesthetic experiences by Youjing Luo, Qianqian Yu, Shuyi Wu, Yue-jia Luo

“…Aesthetic experiences are characterized by a conscious, emotionally and hedonically rewarding perceptions of a stimulus's aesthetic qualities and are thought to arise from a unique combination of cognitive and affective processes. …”
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Protein enrichment in instant pudding with fish protein hydrolysate (FPH) from trash fish by Salampessy Randi B.S., Yuniarti Tatty, Handayani Melur Gitawigati, Nurbani Siti Zachro

“…The study evaluated several parameters related to pudding quality: Hedonic Quality, Taste Intensity and Proximate, used ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) to compare means among different treatments (pudding with varying levels of FPH). …”
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Banana blossom as a local resource-based emergency food innovation fusion food product by Bridha Risya Ladiva, Putri Dias Pratami, Priatini Woro, Sabila Salwa Siti, Tsaniah Ilmiati, Insani Hurry Mega

“…The results of the research on the experimental design tested three formulations in organoleptic tests on 30 semi-trained panelists to see the level of preference (hedonics) for one of the recipe formulations. The Banana Heart Samosa SJP2 received the highest preference score of 4.14. …”
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Acceptance of Electric Car Sharing in Rural Areas by Jan Silberer, Maja Mrso, Thomas Bäumer, Patrick Müller

“…The results showed that performance expectancy, hedonic motivation, and facilitating conditions were the most important factors in the use of electric car sharing in rural areas, at least when presented at a conceptual level. …”
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Exploring the drivers of digital technology adoption for enhancing domestic tax mobilization in Ghana by Alexander Asmah, Kingsley Ofosu Ampong, Dzifa Bibi, Wihlemina Ofori

“…Purpose: This study investigates the determinants of tax compliance through the lens of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and hedonic motivation. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted both quantitative and qualitative research methods to gather data on the adoption of tax technologies. …”
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Analysis of Factors Affecting Use Behavior towards Mobile Payment Apps: A SEM Approach by Ashish A. Linge, Tushar Chaudhari, Baldeo B. Kakde, Mahesh Singh

“…The main aim of this research study is to examine the impact of five independent variables viz. performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and hedonic motivation on behavioral intention to use mobile payment apps. …”
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Evaluation of Paperless Electronic Data Entry and its Comparison with Manual Entry Method for Oral Health Assessment of Adults by Manu Batra, Deeksha Gijwani, Hansika Popli

“…UEQ scores for all scales under attractiveness, pragmatic, and hedonic quality were found to be good with a value more than 0.8. …”
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The Palatability of Lopinavir and Ritonavir Delivered by an Innovative Freeze-Dried Fast-Dissolving Tablet Formulation by David W. Pittman, Alexandra M. Brantly, Alexandra L. Drobonick, Hannah T. King, Daniel C. Mesta, Caroline G. Richards, Manjari Lal, Manshun Lai

“…Negative hedonic sensory qualities of HIV antiretroviral drugs often reduce patient adherence particularly in pediatric populations requiring oral consumption. …”
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Coleus Amboinicus (Bangun-Bangun Leaves) and Stolephorus Commersonii (Anchovies) Biscuit in Increasing Iron Intake in Adolescent Girls by Bernardin Dwi Fontani, Fatmalina Febry, Rostika Flora, Windi Indah Fajar Ningsih

“…Based on the results of the hedonic test, F3 biscuits were the most preferred formula compared to other formulations. …”
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Almond cold-pressed oil by-product as ingredient for cookies with potential health benefits: Chemical and sensory evaluation by João C.M. Barreira, M. Antónia Nunes, Beatriz Vieira da Silva, Filipa B. Pimentel, Anabela S.G. Costa, M. Alvarez-Ortí, J.E. Pardo, M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira

“…To assess the cookie sensory properties, seventy-four consumers evaluated “appearance”, “taste”, “sweetness”, “crunchiness”, “hardness”, “overall quality” using adequate hedonic scales. Fat and protein levels showed significant differences among industrial and the other three samples. …”
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Investigating the impact of user perception and gamification elements on repurchase decisions in game live broadcasting by Guihua Zhang, Guihua Zhang, Junwei Cao, Mengli Huang, Shang Meng

“…Based on the theory of affordance-psychological outcome-behavioral (A-P-B), this paper introduces three gamification elements of user activity visibility, user level visibility and purchase effect visibility, and three user-perceived experience values of perceived hedonic value, perceived cognitive value and perceived social value to establish the model. …”
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Neurobehavioral plasticity in the rodent gustatory system induced by regular consumption of a low-calorie sweetener during adolescence by Clare M. Mathes, Sarah J. Terrill, Juan P. Taborda-Bejarano, Sandrine Chometton, Mallory J. Witt, Gaurikka Mendiratta, Emily G. Gilman, Delenn R. Hartswick, Bo M. Anderson, Lindsey A. Schier

“…Here, we investigated if exposure to the LCS Acesulfame Potassium (Ace-K) during this critical period of development reprograms the taste system in a way that would alter hedonic responding for common dietary compounds. Results revealed that early-life LCS intake not only enhanced the avidity for a caloric sugar (fructose) when rats were in a state of caloric need, it increased acceptance of a bitterant (quinine) in Ace-K-exposed rats tested when middle-aged. …”
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The predictors of behavioral intention to use ChatGPT for academic purposes: evidence from higher education in Somalia by Ahmed-Nor Mohamed Abdi, Abukar Mukhtar Omar, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed, Abdullahi Abdulkadir Ahmed

“…The results uncovered that perceived usefulness, ease of use, social influence, hedonic motivation, and credibility have positively and significantly impacted students’ intention to use ChatGPT. …”
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