This paper aims to analyse the pandemic impact on internet banking services offered to Albanian customers. We will examine the online banking environment and the latest trends in Albania based on secondary data from the Bank of Albania reports. Based on a focus group interview with banking customers, we used some variables from the technology acceptance model (TAM), indicating the pandemic impact on online banking services acceptance and usage among private banking customers in Albania. The study utilized a questionnaire design based on a 7-point scale to obtain primary data from a sample (n = 384). Our results show that age, education, income level, perceived credibility, and safety are essential factors that influence its use. Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and gender were not significant. The findings will be helpful to both scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the pandemic effect’s challenges.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is an analytical technique extensively used in almost every chemical laboratory for structural identification. This technique provides statistically equivalent signals in spite of using spectrometer with different hardware features and is successfully used for the traceability and quantification of analytes in food samples. Nevertheless, to date only a few internationally agreed guidelines have been reported on the use of NMR for quantitative analysis. The main goal of the present study is to provide a methodological pipeline to assess the reproducibility of NMR data produced for a given matrix by spectrometers from different manufacturers, with different magnetic field strengths, age and hardware configurations. The results have been analyzed through a sequence of chemometric tests to generate a community-built calibration system which was used to verify the performance of the spectrometers and the reproducibility of the predicted sample concentrations.
The analysis of the main measures aimed at countering the illegal import and circulation of goods on the territory of the Russian Federation, conducted by the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, as well as other regulatory authorities, and their results, is carried out. The main problems and directions for further improvement of work on countering the illegal import and circulation of goods are considered.
Based on the analysis of the results of the implementation of information technologies in the customs control processes, the article reveals certain aspects of the further development of this process. The analysis of the development strategy of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation in this direction is carried out, certain problematic issues and options for their resolution are noted.
Based on the analysis of the regulatory framework, as well as law enforcement practice, the article models a typical scheme of evasion by unscrupulous participants of foreign economic activity from administrative responsibility for violation of currency legislation when withdrawing currency values outside the Russian Federation. It offers a number of recommendations to regulatory authorities, as well as proposals for changes to the current legislation on currency regulation.
