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Masakatsu, Okabe. "Effective Police Administration: Criminal Investigations in Japan." Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles 76, no. 2 (April 2003): 135–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032258x0307600204.
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Japan has maintained a very low crime rate and a correspondingly high clearance rate for a long time, but recently the circumstances surrounding criminal investigation have been changing remarkably. In order to compare criminal investigations among the developed countries, it will be very informative to consider the situation in Japan. This article gives a brief introduction to the conditions for, and characteristics of, police criminal investigations in Japan. The first part explains the background to investigations, for example limited legal competence, the cooperative attitude of citizens and changing circumstances in recent times (the increase in the number of offences, new demands from the public and victim support). In the second part, the characteristics of police criminal investigations are noted, that is organised investigations, forensic investigations and countermeasures under the new criminal situation.
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Uitto, Anna, Pirkko Kärnä, and Riikka Hakonen. "Relationship between the Working Methods and Lower Secondary School Students’ Performance and Attitudes towards Biology." Lumat: International Journal of Math, Science and Technology Education 1, no. 3 (September 30, 2013): 263–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.31129/lumat.v1i3.1105.
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The contribution of different working methods and learning environments to grade nine students’ performance in biology as well as their attitudes towards biology as school subject were studied. The research is based on the data collected for the assessment in natural sciences at comprehensive schools by the Finnish Board of Education in 2011. The survey data of the present study consisted of 2989 ninth grade students from 97 comprehensive schools. Students’ performance in biology was clearly correlated with the positive attitude towards biology as a school subject. There were strong correlations between the performance and teaching approaches, which emphasize students’ activity in experimental investigations, making observations, pondering of causes and effects as well as applying knowledge to everyday live. These inquiry-oriented approaches correlated also with the positive attitude towards biology. There were also correlations between positive attitude to biology and teacher-led conversations, pondering of different viewpoints, taking account of students’ opinions and ideas in teaching and the methods emphasizing students’ autonomy and self-evaluation. Positive attitude correlated also with the teaching approach, by which students received information about the development, structures and mechanisms of the world. Directed teaching did not correlate with the performance in biology or the positive attitude towards biology. To enhance students’ performance and positive attitudes in biology, it would be important use experimental work and inquiry-based learning in biology education.
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Ioratim-Uba, G. A. "Adapting Data Gathering Methods to Multilingual and Multicultural Settings." ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 131-132 (January 1, 2001): 35–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/itl.131-132.03ior.
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Abstract African Multilingual nations are in dire need of empirical investigations, which will expose the real language situations, attitudes, and how all of these can be harnessed for development. This study attempts to show that a rich variety of research methods can serve this purpose. An illustration is carried out by adapting the matched guise to study language attitudes in Nigeria. The findings show that apart from working in a simple and direct way in Nigeria, the matched guise reveals subconsciously held language attitudes which the questionnaire or interview methods may not have shown. Descriptive statistics, and paired t-test results show significant p-values in favour of RP (as against the PNEP). It is recommended that new language attitude studies in Nigeria, and Africa as a whole, should enrich their findings through the increased use of the matched guise and other fresh methods. The attitude shown towards RP implies that it will continue to serve as a model for English pronunciation in Nigeria. PNEP will remain relevant in non formal domains of communication.
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Marhenke, Tristan, and Roland Imhoff. "Different facets of attitudes towards having children: The Procreation Attitude Scale (PrAttS)." Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships 14, no. 1 (July 2, 2020): 69–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v14i1.3935.
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The attitudes towards children are more complex than simple positive/negative distinctions. In the present study, we sought in two studies (N = 445) to provide a tool to explore different facets of attitudes towards babies and procreation by developing and validating a questionnaire regarding attitudes towards procreation. Study 1 was conducted to develop an English language scale tapping into adults’ attitudes toward having offspring. A larger number of statements were formulated that expressed an emotional value and motivational attitudes towards having babies. The sample consisted of n = 157 participants. Participants’ responses were subjected to a preliminary principal components analysis with an oblique rotation. Study 1 obtained a relatively economical scale to tap into three facets of attitudes toward having children. Study 2 sought to validate a German language version of the same scale as in the previous study. A total of n = 288 participants were recruited. The 13 items of the scale were subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis. Study 2 confirmed the three-dimensional structure. The Procreation Attitude Scales (PrAttS) consists of 13 items representing three underlying dimensions: (1) unconditional positivity, (2) anticipated annoyance and (3) contingent willingness. The present investigations showed twice a gender difference in emotional attitudes, revealing that women have a stronger emotional interest in procreation and babies. The PrAttS provides an explicit method of interest for children, providing an alternative to more recently criticized implicit measures.
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KOUKAL, D. R. "Afterword: Aude Describere!" PhaenEx 3, no. 2 (December 27, 2008): 179. http://dx.doi.org/10.22329/p.v3i2.652.
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This essay speaks to a certain kind of difficulty that stands in the way of doing phenomenology. I argue that this difficulty has its source in the sort of institutional structures many of us think and write under, which gives rise to a kind of attitude that tends to obscure or diminish the worth and promise of attending to the things themselves, phenomenologically. I refer to this attitude as the “exegetical attitude.” In attempting to make this attitude more manifest, I hope to further phenomenological investigations of the lived world.
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Fargnoli, Mario, and Mara Lombardi. "NOSACQ-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities: A Case Study in Central Italy." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24 (December 8, 2020): 9177. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249177.
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Safety climate assessment has been recognized as a powerful tool to bring to light workers’ perceptions related to safety practices, attitudes and behaviors at the workplace. Accordingly, its investigation can provide useful information about safety problems within a company before accidents occur. In literature, numerous studies can be found investigating safety climates in different types of industry. However, safety climate assessment in agricultural activities is addressed scarcely, even though agriculture represents a very hazardous sector. To reduce this gap, the present study proposes an investigation of safety climate among farmers by means of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50). The results of the survey brought to light a low level of safety perception of the interviewed sample, especially as concerns safety commitment and risk-taking attitudes. In particular, a different attitude toward safety issues has been registered depending on both the position and gender of the interviewed farmers. Overall, the output of this cross-sectional analysis adds to the current literature by expanding knowledge of safety climate among farmers, representing a baseline for further investigations based on human-centered approaches to enhance safety in agriculture and consequently social and workplace aspects of sustainable agricultural systems.
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Clarke, Harold D., and Alan C. Acock. "National Elections and Political Attitudes: The Case of Political Efficacy." British Journal of Political Science 19, no. 4 (October 1989): 551–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400005639.
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Elections constitute a principal avenue of citizen involvement in political life, and knowledge of their effects on public attitudes towards the polity and the role of the individual therein has important implications for theories of democratic governance. One sucli attitude is political efficacy, ‘the feeling that individual political action does have, or can have, an impact on the political process’. Although many studies have documented that political efficacy is positively associated with electoral participation, the causal mechanisms involved are not well understood. Most researchers have simply assumed that the ‘causal arrow’ runs from efficacy to participation, i.e. from the attitude to the behaviour. Investigations of the hypothesis that the behaviour (participation) affects the attitude (efficacy) are rare. Rarer still are enquiries focusing on the impact of election outcomes on efficacy, and studies that examine both effects are virtually non-existent. In this Note covariance structure analysis is used to investigate the effects of voting, campaign activity and the outcomes of the 1984 national elections on political efficacy in the American electorate.
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Pérez-Jorge, David, Olga María Alegre de la Rosa, María del Carmen Rodríguez-Jiménez, Yolanda Márquez-Domínguez, and Milagros de la Rosa Hormiga. "La Identificación Del Conocimiento Y Actitudes Del Profesorado Hacia Inclusión De Los Alumnos Con Necesidades Educativas Especiales." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 12, no. 7 (March 30, 2016): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2016.v12n7p64.
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This article describes the development and evaluation of a tool to assess knowledge and attitudes of teachers towards inclusion of students with special educational needs (SEN). A questionnaire on attitudes of teachers towards these students was designed paying attention to three different levels: knowledge and attitude towards disability, organization of the educational response created to help students with SEN, and professional skills to adequately respond to the SEN students. The suitability of the instrument was assessed takng into account its content validity, reliability and underlying structure. Six different key dimensions, related to the investigations that have been carried out so far, were analyzed. These dimensions justified, from their theoretical point of view, their value.
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Przygoński, Krzysztof. "A critical assessment of the construct of attitude in sociolinguistics: A socio-psychological insight (Part 2)." Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 138, no. 2 (2021): 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/20834624sl.21.007.13470.
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The present article constitutes the second part of a brief critical analysis of the research on attitude and attitude-(speech) behaviour relations. Its major aim is to show that the contribution from the socio-psychological paradigm can prove relevant and valuable when applied to sociolinguistic research on attitude and attitude-behaviour relations. The author argues that attitudinal investigations in sociolinguistics, despite their popularity and rich history, frequently suffer from a number of methodological and theoretical flaws. The author advances an argument that a reconceptualization of the construct of attitude and some additional methodological principles can help refine the whole paradigm of language attitude research. Specifically, it is pointed out that a cognitive/information-processing approach to attitude formation, the theory of planned behaviour and other theoretical and methodological insights discussed in this paper can prove immensely rewarding and can give a new impetus for further research.
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Przygoński, Krzysztof. "A critical assessment of the construct of attitude in sociolinguistcs: A socio-psychological insight (Part 1)." Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 137, no. 4 (2020): 285–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/20834624sl.20.022.12984.
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The present article constitutes the first part of a brief critical analysis of the research on attitude and attitude-(speech) behaviour relations. Its major aim is to show that the contribution from the socio-psychological paradigm can prove relevant and valuable when applied to sociolinguistic research on attitude and attitude-behaviour relations. The author argues that attitudinal investigations in sociolinguistics, despite their popularity and rich history, frequently suffer from a number of methodological and theoretical flaws. The author advances an argument that a reconceptualization of the construct of attitude and certain methodological principles can help refine the whole language attitudes paradigm. Specifically, it is pointed out that a cognitive/information-processing approach to attitude formation, the theory of planned behaviour and other theoretical and methodological insights discussed in this paper can prove immensely rewarding and can give a new impetus for further research.
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Emil Berg, Morten, Geoff Dean, Petter Gottschalk, and Jan Terje Karlsen. "Police management roles as determinants of knowledge sharing attitude in criminal investigations." International Journal of Public Sector Management 21, no. 3 (April 4, 2008): 271–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513550810863178.
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Bassam Mahmoud, Ali. "Linking information motivation to attitudes towards Web advertising." Journal of Islamic Marketing 5, no. 3 (September 2, 2014): 396–413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jima-02-2013-0011.
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Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationships among Syrian consumers’ information motivation and beliefs about and attitude towards Web advertising. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional investigation is conducted and the proposed model is tested and revised using structural equation modeling technique. Findings – The results indicate that information motivation predicts three dimensions of beliefs about Web advertising, i.e. positively for information and entertainment; and negatively for irritation. It is found also that information motivation positively influences consumers’ attitudes towards advertising. As well as, information, entertainment and irritation are found to partially mediate the relationship between information motivation and attitude towards Web advertising. Additionally, values corruption is found to negatively influence Syrian consumers’ attitudes toward Web advertising. Research limitations/implications – Researchers are advised to use the validated scales in the present study when it comes to measure beliefs about and attitudes toward Internet advertising in the Syrian context or other Arab countries contexts. Also, further investigations using longitudinal design are needed to check the validity of our results on a longer period of time, besides using qualitative methods along with quantitative analyses could produce a wider vision to the results. Additionally, it is recommended that other types of Internet usage motivation are included in future studies’ models. Practical implications – Advertisers promoting in Syria are encouraged to influence Syrian consumers’ attitudes towards Web advertising to be more positive and less negative through offering free and high-quality content of information, especially for Internet users with high levels of informative motivation. Additionally, producing informative, enjoyable, less annoying and less values corruptive could help promoting for favorable attitudes towards Web advertising. Originality/value – This research comes to be one of the first studies to investigate Syrian consumers’ beliefs about and attitudes towards Internet advertising. Also, this study provides evidence of the direct relationship between information motivation and general attitudes towards Web advertising.
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Wada, Daichi, Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada, and Shane Windsor. "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Pitch Control Using Deep Reinforcement Learning with Discrete Actions in Wind Tunnel Test." Aerospace 8, no. 1 (January 14, 2021): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8010018.
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Deep reinforcement learning is a promising method for training a nonlinear attitude controller for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. Until now, proof-of-concept studies have demonstrated successful attitude control in simulation. However, detailed experimental investigations have not yet been conducted. This study applied deep reinforcement learning for one-degree-of-freedom pitch control in wind tunnel tests with the aim of gaining practical understandings of attitude control application. Three controllers with different discrete action choices, that is, elevator angles, were designed. The controllers with larger action rates exhibited better performance in terms of following angle-of-attack commands. The root mean square errors for tracking angle-of-attack commands decreased from 3.42° to 1.99° as the maximum action rate increased from 10°/s to 50°/s. The comparison between experimental and simulation results showed that the controller with a smaller action rate experienced the friction effect, and the controllers with larger action rates experienced fluctuating behaviors in elevator maneuvers owing to delay. The investigation of the effect of friction and delay on pitch control highlighted the importance of conducting experiments to understand actual control performances, specifically when the controllers were trained with a low-fidelity model.
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Seriki, Olalekan K., Kenneth R. Evans, Hyo-Jin (Jean) Jeon, Rajiv P. Dant, and Amanda Helm. "Unintended effects of marketing messages on salespeople’s cynicism." European Journal of Marketing 50, no. 5/6 (May 9, 2016): 1047–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejm-07-2014-0440.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine how external marketing messages, which are generally used to convey company and product information to external target audiences, influence job attitudes and behaviors of salespeople. Design/methodology/approach The study is conducted based on survey data on 348 salespeople working at regional banks in the Midwestern USA. The relationships among salespeople’s perceptions of marketing messages (i.e. in terms of value incongruence and claim inaccuracy), organizational cynicism, job attitudes (i.e. organizational commitment and job satisfaction) and behaviors (i.e. extra-role performance) are empirically tested. Findings Salespeople’s perceptions of value incongruence and claim inaccuracy of marketing messages heighten organizational cynicism, which in turn negatively impacts on organizational commitment, job satisfaction and extra-role performance. Also, inaccurate claim directly decreases job attitudes and behaviors. Research limitations/implications The results are limited to salespeople in financial institutions, and future research should investigate perceptions of non-customer contact employees in other industry contexts. Future investigation may also include objective performance metrics and consumer satisfaction ratings. Practical implications Service firms should strive to align salespeople’s perceptions of marketing messages with firms’ intended goals from those messages. Originality/value Drawing on attitude theory and perspectives from sales literature, social psychology and organizational behavior literature, in the first of such investigations, the authors studied the impact of external marketing messages on salespeople’s cynicism, job attitudes and behaviors.
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Oymak, Onur, and Feral Ogan-Bekiroglu. "Comparison of Students’ Learning and Attitudes in Physical versus Virtual Manipulatives using Inquiry-Based Instruction." IAFOR Journal of Education 9, no. 4 (August 27, 2021): 23–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.4.02.
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This research aimed to determine whether implementation of virtual technology or implementation of physical materials in a learning environment is more efficient in understanding physics concepts and developing positive attitudes at the high school level. The theory that framed this study is the model of learning as dynamic transfer. Participants were 96 ninth grade students (n = 96) distributed randomly to the virtual or physical group. Inquiry-based instruction continued during teaching of kinematics and dynamics, which lasted for eight weeks for both groups. Data from the Force and Motion Achievement Instrument (FMAI), student worksheets, the Attitude Towards Physics Scale (APCS), and anecdotal observations were collected. This study concluded that the use of physical and virtual manipulatives in inquiry-based instruction had the same effect on students’ conceptual and procedural knowledge, as well as their attitudes towards physics. However, students who dealt with physical experimentation had lower learning than their peers who experienced virtual experimentation due to measurement errors made by students. Furthermore, physical investigations left students with some irrelevant knowledge. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that implementing virtual manipulatives is more advantageous for learning in some conditions. The final conclusion is that attitude and learning may be developed in a parallel manner.
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Gross, Sven, Phillip Wilson, Jie Zhang, Chris Shao, and Alan J. Dubinsky. "Selected Antecedents of Consumer Attitude toward a Product in an Eco-Label Context." International Journal of Business and Management 11, no. 5 (April 18, 2016): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v11n5p33.
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Marketers’ use of eco-labels—verifying the environmental friendliness of products—has steadily grown. Earlier studies have focused on the direct influence of eco-labels on consumer purchase intention for these products. Findings from that empirical work revealed that eco-labels can have a positive impact on purchase intention. Other investigations disclosed a positive relationship between consumer attitude toward the brand and purchase intention. Based on the foregoing research efforts, the purpose of the present work was to examine selected factors that may influence consumer attitude toward eco-labeled products. The following constructs were discerned to have that impact: recognition/awareness of eco-labels, perceived credibility of the eco-label, and current purchase behavior of eco-labeled products. Environmental attitude, though, was found to be unrelated to consumer attitude toward eco-labeled products. Implications and suggestions for future research are provided.
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Wang, Gang. "Design and Realization of Network Gambling Crime Investigation System." Applied Mechanics and Materials 687-691 (November 2014): 1712–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.687-691.1712.
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The article discusses the investigation of net gambling. In the world, according to different states have different attitude; the section concludes the illegality of net gambling. Initiation of investigation has two categories: automatic initiation and compelling initiation, we should choose the latter, but it should have exception. The specific countermeasures are collecting leads from citizens’ reports or the public security organs’ conduct. Then the public security organs should find out the truth of the case, arrest the suspects and obtain the evidence. When the investigations were concluded, the organs should remove it to procurator ate for examination, or quash the case, in accordance with the following elements: the facts, evidence and legality. At the last of the section, specific investigation countermeasures for different kinds of net gambling are discussed.
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Correia, José Pedro. "Analysis and Explanation in the Philosophical Investigations." History of Philosophy and Logical Analysis 22, no. 1 (April 5, 2019): 53–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.30965/26664275-02201004.
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In Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, one can find a number of remarks that could be seen as antithetical to classic philosophical analysis. There are passages seemingly rejecting the ideas of concept decomposition, regression to first principles, and semantic substitution. The criticism, I argue, is aimed not at analysis in particular, but rather at some idealizations that pervade a certain picture of philosophy. This picture can be contrasted with Wittgenstein’s pragmatist view of explanations of meaning which, I believe, can inform a different attitude towards philosophical method that aligns well with a vision of philosophy as conversation. If we think of philosophy as engaging in the development and exchange of explanations of meaning, we can see how various methods can coexist insofar as they are useful, and as long as the urge to sublimate them beyond our practices can be avoided.
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CHEUNG, MONIT. "CRITICAL ISSUES IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATION INVESTIGATIONS." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work 35, no. 01n02 (January 2001): 13–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219246201000031.
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During the past ten years, research in the area of investigative interviews of child sexual abuse has focused on the child victim. Current literature in this area can be grouped into eight interrelated categories: (1) the developmental aspects of memory recall, (2) understanding children's language, (3) avoidance of repeated questioning, (4) validation and children's credibility, (5) false allegations, (6) videotaping interviews, (7) using anatomical dolls, and (8) interviewing techniques. A growing concern is the use of developmentally appropriate techniques to avoid false allegations. A dual-focus approach in conducting an investigative interview and 12 guiding principles are recommended for improving social workers' knowledge, skills and attitude.
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Iovinelli, Robert. "Technology Tips: Using Spreadsheets to Analyze the Historical Perspectives of Apportionment." Mathematics Teacher 91, no. 2 (February 1998): 176–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mt.91.2.0176.
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One topic that I cover in my evening class for liberal arts students is the mathematics of apportionment. Even when done with a calculator, the investigations with this problem setting are often tedious, and the students quickly become bored with what appeared to be mundane arithmetic calculations. In an attempt to quell this counterproductive attitude, I turned to the computer lab, where students can use a spreadsheet to do the calculations. This decision proved to be extremely productive, as the students' attitudes became positive and the quality of work showed a level of excellence associated with highly motivated students. When I introduced this technique of using a spreadsheet and computer into my secondary-level classroom, the results were equally gratifying.
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Willoughby, Hannah, Haroon Ahmed, Rebecca Jenkinson, and Adrian Edwards. "GP speciality trainees’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding risks associated with common radiological investigations." Education for Primary Care 24, no. 5 (January 2013): 355–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2013.11494200.
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Rutkowska, Katarzyna, and Dariusz Gierczuk. "Selected Cognitive And Emotional Resources Of Untrained Youth And Young Wrestlers." Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism 19, no. 3 (September 1, 2012): 190–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10197-012-0018-x.
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AbstractIntroduction. Wrestling is a sport that requires proper physical and mental preparation. The authors present selected psychological resources, emotional intelligence and creative attitude, as factors influencing the broadly defined mastery, both in the area of sport and out of it. These variables guarantee better adaptation to changing conditions and they are also connected with the effectiveness of handling different situations and optimal problem solving. The aim of the study was to diagnose emotional intelligence and creative attitude among young female and male wrestlers. Material and methods. The study included 20 females from the regional team of cadets and juniors and 19 male wrestlers from the sports school. The control group consisted of two deliberately selected groups of untrained students - 20 girls and 19 boys. KANH and INTE questionnaires were used in the study. Results. In the three groups under investigation medium levels of emotional intelligence and creative vs. reproductive attitude were observed. It was only female wrestlers who manifested low levels of emotional intelligence which, similar to the levels of nonconformity, heuristic thinking and creative attitude, were lower than in female students from the control group. The female wrestlers demonstrated higher levels of conformity and reproductive attitude. Female students demonstrated higher levels of emotional intelligence and conformity than male students. No differences between male and female wrestlers were observed. Conclusions. The findings show that it is necessary to conduct longitudinal research on athletes and untrained individuals. Bearing in mind that learning a motoric task depends, inter alia, on intellectual and emotional factors, the authors also recommend another course of research, i.e. the verification of how these variables are related to the effectiveness of learning motoric tasks. The authors' own research results as well as further (planned) investigations will make it possible to profile various educational effects and deliberately strengthen the potential of young wrestlers.
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Williams, Antonio, Sungwook Son, Patrick Walsh, and Jin Park. "The Influence of Logo Change on Brand Loyalty and the Role of Attitude Toward Rebranding and Logo Evaluation." Sport Marketing Quarterly 30, no. 1 (March 2021): 69–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.32731/smq.301.032021.06.
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Despite sport rebranding becoming an emerging topic for both academia and industry, there has been a limited number of investigations on how sport rebranding influences sport fans. The aim of this study is to investigate how sport rebranding in the form of logo redesign influences fan loyalty. Through an experimental approach, the results indicate that attitude toward rebranding plays a significant role in fan response when sport rebranding occurs. Additional findings suggest that logo evaluation partially mediates the relationship between logo change and brand loyalty. This study makes significant contributions to the body of knowledge on sport rebranding by revealing how fans’ attitudes toward rebranding affects brand loyalty. The proposed model suggests directions for future sport rebranding research, and the paper provides implications for how sport marketers can use various rebranding strategies to improve rebranding outcomes and diminish negative responses from sport fans.
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Williams, Antonio, Sungwook Son, Patrick Walsh, and Jin Park. "The Influence of Logo Change on Brand Loyalty and the Role of Attitude Toward Rebranding and Logo Evaluation." Sport Marketing Quarterly 30, no. 1 (March 2021): 69–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.32731/smq.291.032021.06.
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Despite sport rebranding becoming an emerging topic for both academia and industry, there has been a limited number of investigations on how sport rebranding influences sport fans. The aim of this study is to investigate how sport rebranding in the form of logo redesign influences fan loyalty. Through an experimental approach, the results indicate that attitude toward rebranding plays a significant role in fan response when sport rebranding occurs. Additional findings suggest that logo evaluation partially mediates the relationship between logo change and brand loyalty. This study makes significant contributions to the body of knowledge on sport rebranding by revealing how fans’ attitudes toward rebranding affects brand loyalty. The proposed model suggests directions for future sport rebranding research, and the paper provides implications for how sport marketers can use various rebranding strategies to improve rebranding outcomes and diminish negative responses from sport fans.
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Vedana, Kelly Graziani Giacchero, José Carlos dos Santos, Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti, Adriana Inocenti Miasso, Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura, Sandra Cristina Pillon, Jacqueline de Souza, and Aline Conceição Silva. "Attitudes of Portuguese nursing undergraduate students toward suicidal behaviour." British Journal of Mental Health Nursing 9, no. 1 (February 2, 2020): 41–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2018.0031.
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Background/Aims The attitudes toward suicidal behaviour and related factors are still not understood and may influence the quality of assistance. The attitudes of nursing students regarding suicide and associated factors was investigated in this study. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out with 351 nursing students in a Portuguese higher education institution. Data were collected in 2017–2018, using a self-administered sociodemographic questionnaire and the Suicide Behaviour Attitude Questionnaire. Statistical analyses included Mann–Whitney's U-test, Student's t-test and Spearman's correlation. Results The students had more educational exposure to suicide during the undergraduate course than in extracurricular activities or interpersonal contact. Students nearing the end of the course and older students had more positive attitudes and greater perception of their professional competence. Negative attitudes were associated with condemnatory attitudes and a lower self-perception of professional competence. Condemnatory attitudes were associated with participation in scientific events. Suicidal thoughts were associated with reading about suicide and not attending a class about this subject. Conclusions This study promotes knowledge that may support future investigations and interventions regarding provisional education and support to nursing students.
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Zhang, Angela Huyue. "Strategic Public Shaming: Evidence from Chinese Antitrust Investigations." China Quarterly 237 (January 10, 2019): 174–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741018001340.
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AbstractThis article examines strategic public shaming, a novel form of regulatory tactics employed by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) during its enforcement of the Anti-Monopoly Law. Based on analysis of media coverage and interview findings, the study finds that the way that the NDRC disclosed its investigation is highly strategic depending on the firm's co-operative attitude towards the investigation. Event studies further show that the NDRC's proactive disclosure resulted in significantly negative abnormal returns of the stock prices of the firm subject to the disclosure. For instance, Biostime, an infant-formula manufacturer investigated in 2013, experienced −22 per cent cumulative abnormal return in a three-day event window, resulting in a loss of market capitalization that is 27 times the antitrust fine that it ultimately received. The NDRC's strategic public shaming might therefore result in severe market sanctions that deter firms from defying the agency.
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Mokhovikov, Alexander, and Olga Donets. "Suicide in the Ukraine: Epidemiology, Knowledge, and Attitudes of the Population." Crisis 17, no. 3 (May 1996): 128–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.17.3.128.
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For several decades suicidology could not be discussed in the Ukraine, and so this is one of the first papers on suicide in this country. After a brief discussion of the epidemiology of suicide in the Ukraine, the authors present the results of research investigations on caregivers' knowledge about suicide, as well as an investigation of attitudes towards suicide. The principal conclusions are: 1. The frequency of suicide in the Ukraine is relatively high (24 per 100,000). The rate of suicide is much higher in rural areas than in the cities. The frequency of completed suicide is not the same in different regions of the country. 2. Sociopsychological processes in the post-totalitarian society have resulted in the development of the “Soviet syndrome” in the population. 3. Suicidal behavior in the post-totalitarian society exists in a special social, psychological, and cultural context that creates obstacles for its effective prevention. 4. Research on the level of suicide knowledge revealed a high prevalence of mythical ideas, even in those groups of the population or professional groups that should be directly involved in education and participate in suicide prevention. 5. An assessment of the attitude of the respondents toward suicide revealed an ambivalence of their feelings and attitudes that could have a negative influence on their practical involvement in helping to deal with suicidal clients.
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HOLLANDER, WILLIAM DEN. "Historicus Practicus: Calvin’s Use of Josephus in the Commentaries and Lectures." Unio Cum Christo 2, no. 1 (April 1, 2016): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.35285/ucc2.1.2016.art8.
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Abstract: This article contributes specifically to the filling in of a lacuna in scholarship regarding the reception of Josephus’s writings among the Reformers and contributes generally to investigations into the humanist scholarship of the Reformation. It analyzes the use of Josephus’s writings in Calvin’s Commentaries and Lectures in order to bring about a better understanding of both the nature of his reception of Josephus and the character of his historical enterprise. The picture that emerges is of Calvin as historicus practicus: i.e., his role as historian was subordinated to his responsibility as theologian to edify the church. Calvin’s specific attitude towards the writings of Josephus is best explained by competing historical factors, especially Josephus’s earlier positive reception by the early church and the negative attitudes toward Jews present in the sixteenth century.
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Li, Jo-Yun, Holly Overton, and Nandini Bhalla. "Communicative action and supportive behaviors for environmental CSR practices: an attitude-based segmentation approach." Corporate Communications: An International Journal 25, no. 2 (April 6, 2020): 171–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ccij-04-2019-0045.
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PurposeWhile the segmentation approach has been frequently employed to explore individuals' environment-friendly behaviors, the investigation of environmental corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication by using such a method is limited. Given that the importance of the role of public segmentation is well documented in both public relations and environmental management literatures, the present study attempts to fill the gap by exploring whether consumers can be segmented on the basis of attitudinal factors, and, if so, how this segmentation informs communication efforts aimed at promoting companies' environmental CSR programs.Design/methodology/approachThis segmentation approach is examined based on a survey of 470 participants. Results of a k-means cluster analysis identified three subgroups: active publics, aware publics and latent publics.FindingsSurvey results provide empirical support evidence on how different public segmentation approaches can be used to predict individual communication behaviors on environmental CSR issues. Segmentation approach that considered individuals' attitudes on environmental issues and their perceptions on company environmental CSR practices helps identify three subgroups. Significant differences regarding communicative action and supporting behaviors among the three groups are identified and discussed.Originality/valueThis study provides key insights about public segmentation and different publics' communicative action, and supportive behaviors provide direction for future research investigations that will strengthen theoretical arguments and best practices in public relations.
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Sari, Nirmala, Orin Hidayusa Wiza, Retni Sulistioning Budiarti, and Yolanda Eka Putri. "ATTITUDES TOWARDS NATURAL SCIENCE: COMPARISON OF STUDENT ATTITUDES IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN MUARO JAMBI DISTRICT." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 8, no. 2 (April 12, 2020): 546–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2020.8262.
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Purpose of the study: This research was conducted to review the comparison of students’ attitudes towards science subjects through 3 indicators, namely the social implications of science, attitudes towards investigation and career interests in the field of science sourced from TOSRA.
Methodology: The research design used is quantitative with the type of survey research. The research subjects were 1075 students. The instrument used in the form of a questionnaire attitude towards science subjects. The analysis technique used is descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in the form of one way ANOVA test.
Main Findings: Students at Junior High School 26Muaro Jambi were dominant in the indicators of social implications with a percentage of 66.9% (103 out of 154 students) with a good category, while Junior High School 6 Muaro Jambi was dominant in the social implication indicators with a percentage of 51.5% (313 out of 608 students) with a sufficient category, and Junior High School 5 Muaro Jambi dominant in the indicators of social implications with a percentage of 62.3% (195 of 313 students) with a sufficient category. Based on the one way ANOVA test, it was found that there were differences in attitudes towards science subjects at Junior High School 26 Muaro Jambi, Junior High School 6 Muaro Jambi and Junior High School 5 Muaro Jambi.
Novelty/Originality of this study: The renewal of this study is the absence of research conducted in Junior High School in Muaro Jambi Regency, Indonesia regarding students’ attitudes toward science subjects reviewed through indicators of the social implications of science, indicators of attitudes towards science investigations, and indicators of career interest in the field of science.
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Hernandez, José Augusto Evangelho, Lúcia Helena de Pinho Freitas França, and Sandra Aparecida Medeiro. "Bifactor analysis of the rosenberg self-esteem scale in morbid obesity." Psico 52, no. 1 (May 20, 2021): e35760. http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.1.35760.
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Self-esteem is a set of feelings and thoughts a person has about his/her own worth and competence, which is reflected in a positive or negative attitude toward himself/herself. This study examined the factor structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale with scores of 288 obese brazilian women waiting for bariatric surgery. Psychometric studies have found controversial results regarding the factor structure of this measure with samples from different profiles. In this investigation, the unifactor, two-oblique-factor and bifactor models were tested by Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results clearly support the existence of a single dimension for the scale, but also for the method effects relating to the positively and negatively worded items. Further investigations with the inclusion of obese males are suggested.
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Lodhi, Muhammad Arfan, Ayesha Fatima, Farzana Ismail, Nadia Amin, Faiza Khalid, and Ayesha Siddiqa. "Attitude of Male and Female Students Towards Computer Assisted Language Learning at Intermediate Level." English Language Teaching 12, no. 3 (February 10, 2019): 108. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v12n3p108.
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Today’s world is the era of technology and it is playing a dominant role in the field of education. The current research work is quantitative in nature. It aims to investigate students’ attitudes, their interests and difficulties regarding the concept of computer assisted language learning at intermediate level. A self reported questionnaire (SRQ) was designed and administered to obtain the objectives of the current study. The sampling statistic comprised of 300 students with equal gender from public and private colleges. The collected data was statistically analyzed by running descriptive statistic technique. The findings revealed that male students had more positive attitude towards CALL as compared to their female counterparts. However, it was also revealed that male students found CALL interesting for the development of language proficiency while female students faced more difficulties in using computer technology for English Language learning. The results provide ideas, paths and suggestions to the future researchers to undergo further investigations in developing computer mediating language learning programs for the benefits of learners and learning.
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Abdullah, Salina, and Ern Chen Loo. "Gender and belief factors on attitude towards Social and Environmental Accounting (SEA)." Social and Management Research Journal 6, no. 2 (December 1, 2009): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v6i2.5176.
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Research on social and environmental accounting (SEA) has mainly concentrated on disclosure of SEA by corporate bodies, where investigations on ones attitude towards SEA are rarely discussed. SEA is a medium that develops relationships between business and society, community and nature. In addition, SEA involves a concept of sustain ability; where natural resources need to be sustained for the needs of future generations (Alhabshi et al., 2003). SEA also tries to recognise the role of accounting in sustainable development and the use of environmental resources. There are arguments that the young generations today are not fully aware of preserving these natural resources as well as handling social and environmental issues wisely. This perhaps link closely to their belief and cultural background. Hence, this paper examines the influence of gender and belief factors on the undergraduate students’ attitude towards SEA. Four dimensions of belief (fixed ability, quick learning, simple knowledge and certain knowledge) proposed by Schommer (2005) were adapted to analyse how belief factors have influence on their attitude towards SEA. An independent sample t-test was used to examine the relationship between gender and students’ attitude towards SEA. Spearmen’s correlation was employed to show the relationship between belief and attitude towards SEA. The results revealed that gender differences did not show influences on their attitude towards SEA. It was found that there is a significant relationship between belief and students’ attitude towards SEA. Students who believe on the importance of SEA tend to report positive attitude towards SEA. Perhaps findings of this study may provide some information on the SEA education and further be incorporated in the syllabus.
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Fujimoto, Kazunori. "Unexplored Hypotheses on Potency-Magnitude Relations of eWOM Messages with Intensified Comparative Expressions." International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence 5, no. 2 (April 2013): 15–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijssci.2013040102.
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Electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) is an important information source that influences consumer product evaluations. The author previously developed a computational model that predicts the potency-magnitude relations of eWOM messages involving subjective rank expressions, which refer to linguistic representations related to the attitude-levels of the benefits of product attributes. This paper extends the typology of message expressions and mathematically investigates potency-magnitude relations with a focus on intensified comparative expressions that involve the “degree” of the differences among two or more objects. The investigations were performed first under the premise of a strict assumption called an interval assumption, and the results were verified under the premise of a conservative assumption called a surjection assumption. These assumptions were introduced to determine the cognitive relationship between attitude-levels and their difference-levels. The investigations include the development of a Q-magnitude Relation Map (Q-Map) that illustrates how the relations change based on the values of two evaluation parameters: evaluation target size and evaluation scale size. Based on the observations of the Q-Maps, five unexplored hypotheses on the potency-magnitude relations were developed with respect to intensified comparative expressions.
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Sammet, Rebecca, and Daniel Dreesmann. "Developing Science Observation Skills." American Biology Teacher 77, no. 7 (September 1, 2015): 517–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.7.6.
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Acorn ants (genus Temnothorax) are a powerful model organism for illustrating the variety of interactions in an ecosystem. We developed five teaching units with acorn ants as the exemplary insect. The aim of this study was to provide a quantitative and qualitative analysis of secondary school students’ attitudes before and after teaching units. Students (N = 459) from 22 classes participated in the study. Students’ attitudes were measured using a two-stage test design. We investigated the influence of class level, gender, teaching units, and time period of participation on students’ attitudes. Additionally, we surveyed a subsample of students on their learning enjoyment in 10-minute interviews. The findings suggest that students’ previous investigations with insects in science classes had been few. The results indicate an influence of gender, time period, and the autonomous keeping of ants on attitudes toward the social insects. Although no changes in attitudes were observed for students of lower and higher secondary school, students at the intermediate level had slightly higher attitude scores on the posttest than on the pretest. The majority of students evaluated teaching units positively. Our findings suggest that ant research may offer new opportunities for directing students’ attention to native woodland inhabitants.
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Duncan, Sean C. "“Games with learning”: adpositions and the lusory attitude." On the Horizon 24, no. 3 (August 8, 2016): 246–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oth-04-2016-0020.
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Purpose Games and learning research has diverged into “games for learning” and “games as learning” research. This paper aims to provide a third framing, “games with learning”, that can help address the lived experiences learners have with these media outside of formal, instructional contexts. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a critical analysis of the current games and learning field, considering what has been missed by recent research in the field and how we might benefit from further consideration of what Bernard Suits calls the “lusory attitude” or voluntary choice to accept inefficiencies in achieving goals. The paper analyzes dominant rhetoric of educational game research, with the intent of revealing the implicit assumptions about play and choice that much recent “games for learning” and “games as learning” work may have ignored. Findings The paper reveals that the further consideration of learning through extant play with games (characterized here as “games with learning”) can be a means of shifting the direction of educational games research toward investigations of how games are played “in the wilds” of out-of-school contexts. The paper advocates for a shifting of focus from compulsory contexts to the study of voluntary game play. Social implications The paper argues for the complex value of games and gameplay in non-institutional settings, and advocates for further research to understand games in non-institutional spaces. Originality/value The key argument is that games and learning to date has focused inordinately on how games can further educational design, rather than how the use of games can reveal important new contexts for learning.
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Singh, Paramdeep, Simmi Aggarwal, AmteshwarMohan Singh Kapoor, Rupinderjeet Kaur, and Amarpreet Kaur. "A prospective study assessing clinicians attitude and knowledge on radiation exposure to patients during radiological investigations." Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine 6, no. 2 (2015): 398. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.160019.
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Liggett, Kristen K., Peter Venero, and Martin N. Anesgart. "Preliminary Investigations into 3D Auditory Attitude Displays: Comparing Training and Methods to Display Azimuth and Elevation." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 50, no. 17 (October 2006): 2079–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120605001778.
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Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Shlomo Vinker, Tuomas H. Koskela, Thomas Frese, Nicola Buono, Jean Karl Soler, Jette Ahrensberg, et al. "Exploring dementia management attitudes in primary care: a key informant survey to primary care physicians in 25 European countries." International Psychogeriatrics 29, no. 9 (April 18, 2017): 1413–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610217000552.
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ABSTRACTBackground:Strategies for the involvement of primary care in the management of patients with presumed or diagnosed dementia are heterogeneous across Europe. We wanted to explore attitudes of primary care physicians (PCPs) when managing dementia: (i) the most popular cognitive tests, (ii) who had the right to initiate or continue cholinesterase inhibitor or memantine treatment, and (iii) the relationship between the permissiveness of these rules/guidelines and PCP's approach in the dementia investigations and assessment.Methods:Key informant survey. Setting: Primary care practices across 25 European countries. Subjects: Four hundred forty-five PCPs responded to a self-administered questionnaire. Two-step cluster analysis was performed using characteristics of the informants and the responses to the survey. Main outcome measures: Two by two contingency tables with odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were used to assess the association between categorical variables. A multinomial logistic regression model was used to assess the association of multiple variables (age class, gender, and perceived prescription rules) with the PCPs’ attitude of “trying to establish a diagnosis of dementia on their own.”Results:Discrepancies between rules/guidelines and attitudes to dementia management was found in many countries. There was a strong association between the authorization to prescribe dementia drugs and pursuing dementia diagnostic work-up (odds ratio, 3.45; 95% CI 2.28–5.23).Conclusions:Differing regulations about who does what in dementia management seemed to affect PCP's engagement in dementia investigations and assessment. PCPs who were allowed to prescribe dementia drugs also claimed higher engagement in dementia work-up than PCPs who were not allowed to prescribe.
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Hermann, Erik, Martin Eisend, and Tomás Bayón. "Facebook and the cultivation of ethnic diversity perceptions and attitudes." Internet Research 30, no. 4 (April 20, 2020): 1123–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/intr-10-2019-0423.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to apply cultivation theory to social network sites by investigating how Facebook uses cultivates users' ethnic diversity perceptions and attitudes.Design/methodology/approachThe authors’ investigations include an online and offline survey study with 476 Facebook users and a follow-up experiment with 75 individuals.FindingsThe authors provide empirical support that Facebook use cultivates ethnic diversity perceptions and ethnic diversity-related attitudes. They show that Facebook use relates to perceptions of ethnic minorities that resemble the world on Facebook that is characterized by high ethnic diversity. The authors further demonstrate that the cultivation of ethnic diversity-related attitudes is mediated by diversity perceptions related to users' close social environment.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research should consider culturally and educationally diverse samples as well as longitudinal research designs to address external validity and causality issues.Practical implicationsAlgorithms determining the content users are exposed should be thoughtfully curated to avoid attitudinal and ideological polarization.Social implicationsFacebook can play an important role in positively shaping intergroup relations, thereby countering negative outgroup attitudes, social anxieties and radical right-wing parties.Originality/valueThe authors’ studies extend the scope of cultivation research by identifying a new media vehicle as a source of cultivation influences and shed light on the cultivation-based process of attitude change on social network sites.
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Crowley, Jennifer, Lauren Ball, Dug Yeo Han, Bruce Arroll, Michael Leveritt, and Clare Wall. "New Zealand Medical Students Have Positive Attitudes and Moderate Confidence in Providing Nutrition Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey." Journal of Biomedical Education 2015 (August 6, 2015): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/259653.
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Throughout the world, medical students and doctors report inadequate nutrition education and subsequently lack of knowledge, attitude, and skills to include nutrition in patient care. This study described New Zealand’s students’ attitudes to and self-perceived skills in providing nutrition care in practice as well as perceived quantity and quality of nutrition education received in training. 183 medical students from New Zealand’s largest medical school (response rate 52%) completed a 65-item questionnaire, partially validated, using 5-point Likert scales. Students believed incorporating nutrition care into practice is important, yet they were less confident patients improve nutrition behaviours after receiving this care. Students were confident in skills related to nutrition in health and disease but less confident in skills related to general food knowledge. Greater quantity and quality of nutrition education received was associated with greater self-perceived skills in providing nutrition care to patients but not with attitudes towards incorporating nutrition care into practice. This cohort of New Zealand medical students places similarly high importance on nutrition care as students and doctors from other countries. Further investigations beyond graduation are required to inform whether additional nutrition education is warranted for these doctors.
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Paul, Ashim Kumar. "Integrating CALL Into English Language Learning: Bangladeshi College Students’ Perceptions." Journal of English Education and Teaching 4, no. 4 (November 25, 2020): 499–515. http://dx.doi.org/10.33369/jeet.4.4.499-515.
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This study aims to explore Bangladeshi college students’ attitude, perception, interests and challenges with regard to the application of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in learning English. A mixed method research was designed and administered to obtain the purposes of the present study. One hundred undergraduate students (52 male and 48 female) of English Department studying at a government college in Bangladesh participated in the questionnaire survey while twenty students (11 male and 09 female) were purposively chosen for the semi-structured interview section. The collected data of quantitative part were analysed by SPSS software and the responses of the qualitative part were thematically analysed. The findings revealed that students showed positive attitude towards the integration of CALL in English language learning and teaching process. Nonetheless, the Chi-square value revealed that there is no significant relationship between gender variation and the attitude to CALL. The results also revealed that students face some difficulties in using computer and other relevant technological equipment for English Language learning. The results provide concepts and suggestions to the future researchers for further investigations in relation to CALL for the benefits of learners and learning.
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Allen, Pauline. "Some Aspects of Hellenism in the Early Greek Church Historians." Traditio 43 (1987): 368–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0362152900012605.
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Studies dealing with the attitudes of various writers of the patristic period towards Hellenism, including the aspect ofpaideia, have tended to concentrate, up to the present, on a specific writer or time-span. It is no accident that fourth-century writers have loomed large in recent investigations in this area, since the fourth century was pivotal in determining Christian attitudes to pagan literary traditions. Here it is my aim to draw attention not to a single writer or period but rather to the representatives of a Christian literary genre, and to discuss their stance with regard to Hellenism, in particularpaideia. My choice falls on the Greek ecclesiastical historians; although they have been scrutinised increasingly in the past twenty years, their collective attitude to Hellenic culture or Greek letters has not yet received a separate study. Those early Greek historical works that have survived to us more or less intact — the histories of Eusebius of Caesarea, Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen, Theodoret of Cyrus, and Evagrius Scholasticus — provide us with a more reliable overall picture of the Hellenism of their composers than, for example, the fragmentaryChurch Historiesof Philostorgius and Theodore Lector; taken together, they give us at the same time a useful chronological spread from the early fourth to the late sixth century. The crucial questions to be posed are to what extent these writers deemed Hellenism to be compatible with ecclesiastical historiography, and how typical their perspective on Hellenism was of their own times. Where appropriate, we shall also try to ascertain how these church historians stand with regard to using classical citations and references in their narratives, how they view the classical past, and what their attitude is towards non-Greek culture.
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Lashari, Zulfiqar Ali, Joonho Ko, and Junseok Jang. "Consumers’ Intention to Purchase Electric Vehicles: Influences of User Attitude and Perception." Sustainability 13, no. 12 (June 15, 2021): 6778. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13126778.
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Electric vehicles (EVs) have been developed as an efficient solution to reduce automobile emissions. To ensure the effective diffusion of EVs in current transport systems, it is vital to understand the factors affecting consumers’ intentions to purchase EVs. To provide insights for this understanding, this study aims to investigate such factors with a particular focus on users’ attitudes and perceptions. A questionnaire survey was conducted in September 2019 among potential consumers in the major cities of South Korea. A total of 1500 valid survey responses were obtained, and investigations using binary logistic regression and regression tree were conducted for an empirical analysis. The results showed that among attitudinal attributes, environmental and economic perceptions concerning EV use were the strongest predictors for an EV purchase. In addition, technological concerns were found to have negative impacts on EV purchase intentions. The findings of this study could provide reasonable guidelines for establishing marketing strategies and serve as a reference for EV stakeholders to improve the applicability of current policies regarding EV adoption.
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Mirto, Giorgia. "BETWEEN EXCLUSION AND FAMILIARITY: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MISSING PROJECT1." Practicing Anthropology 40, no. 2 (March 1, 2018): 28–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552.40.2.28.
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Abstract For decades, migrants have continued to die or go missing in the Mediterranean, while the European Union and Italy continue to exhibit a policy vacuum around the issue of the missing, despite the duties on states imposed by human rights law. The investigation of deaths is inadequate, the Italian judicial authorities demonstrate disinterest to proceed with investigations in the identification of deceased migrants, and the inefficient post-mortem data collection seriously compromise every effort to restore names and dignity to the dead. This attitude seems to confirm the theory of “necropolitics,” which views the state as a racist and excluding sovereign entity. But ethnographic analysis of the work of some of the involved actors reveals recognition of the deceased and missing migrants based on a sense of familiarity and closeness. Here, the experience of the Mediterranean Missing Project is discussed, with an emphasis on future work prospects for both academia and practitioners.
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Zhu, Zhongmin, Jinsong Shen, Chunhui Tao, Xianming Deng, Tao Wu, Zuofu Nie, Wenyi Wang, and Zhaoyang Su. "Autonomous-underwater-vehicle-based marine multicomponent self-potential method: observation scheme and navigational correction." Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 10, no. 1 (February 4, 2021): 35–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gi-10-35-2021.
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Abstract. Marine self-potential (SP) investigation is an effective method to study deep-sea hydrothermal vents and seafloor sulfide deposits. At present, one of the commonly used marine self-potential systems is a towed array of electrodes. Large noises are recorded when great changes in electrode distance and array attitude occur due to the complex seafloor topography. In this paper, a new multicomponent electrical field observation system based on an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) was introduced for the measurement of seafloor self-potential signals. The system was tested in a lake, and the multicomponent self-potential data were collected from there. Observed data involve the navigational information of the AUV, which could be corrected using a rotation transform. After navigational correction, measured data can recover the location of the artificial source using self-potential tomography. The experimental results showed that the new SP system can be applied to marine SP observations, providing an efficient and low-noise SP acquisition method for marine resources and environmental investigations.
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Manalu, Herland Franley, Diana Anggraeni, and Asrul Munazar. "ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE EDMODO USAGE IN LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE STUDENTS." Journal of English Literacy Education: The Teaching and Learning of English as a Foreign Language 7, no. 1 (June 29, 2020): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.36706/jele.v7i1.11356.
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The increment of concern in the use of online learning tools into English Language Teaching to adopt the Industrial Revolution 4.0 has inspired this study to examine students’ thoughts on Edmodo, as one of the online learning tools, at the English Literature department within the University of Bangka Belitung. Edmodo is used by the researchers to discuss the students’ attitude in improving their English skills. Data were collected by means of questionnaires and interview. A Likert scale questionnaire was administered and open-ended interviews were conducted to get more information from the students. Data were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed by using SPSS v.22 Software. The results reveal that the Edmodo usage is aiding students’ cooperation in small group discussions, reflecting that teaching and learning activities established on the ground of communicative teaching method were able to improve cooperation and communication, raising students’ motivation to take part and involve in various learning and also empowering them to be self-determining and be more responsible for their own learning. This study is an endeavor to attract more researchers to do further investigations on this area within the Indonesian English learners at the university level.
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Kuete, Martin, Qiao Huang, Abid Rashid, Xiu Lan Ma, HongFang Yuan, Juan Pablo Escalera Antezana, Rakhmanov Yeltay, et al. "Differences in Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior towards HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections between Sexually Active Foreign and Chinese Medical Students." BioMed Research International 2016 (2016): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4524862.
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Although the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) decreased in the last decade worldwide, the number of deaths due to HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases including syphilis, hepatitis, and tuberculosis had dramatically increased in developing countries. Education and behavior are incredibly important factors to prevent these diseases’ spread. This study highlights the range of differences in knowledge, attitude, and behavior of 434 sexually active medical students towards HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Because the surveyed population constitutes the forefront of healthcare providers and was originated from different area of the world, this is the first time a study sought to investigate the behavioral attitude of this group of population irrespective of the three levels of their academic and professional knowledge. Several factors including sociodemographic characteristics, sexual behavior, HIV/AIDS, and STIs related patterns play a key role in medical student attitude and behavior towards people infected with HIV/AIDS and STIs. Our findings add consistent value in prior studies which aimed to stop new infections and also imply further investigations on the management of the studied infections by medical students. The present study arouses much interest among participants and provides evidence of reinforcing medical students’ education on HIV/AIDS and STIs.
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Camilleri, Sylvain. "Husserl, Reinach et le probléme de l’attitude naturelle." Phänomenologische Forschungen 2012, no. 1 (2012): 31–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.28937/1000107806.
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The concept of “natural attitude” as it was developed by Husserl in the Ideas I plays a key role in the phenomenological methodology. But was it in and for itself enough investigated? Heidegger’s critics and radical transformation of it is well known, unlike its treatment by the first generation of Husserl’s student. Adolf Reinach, for a short time leader of the realist phenomenology faithful to Husserl’s breakthroughs in the Logical Investigations, is one of the latter. Within a veiled debate with Husserl about possibilities and limits of transcendental idealism (e. g. a critical reception of Ideas I) he attempts a kind of rehabilitation of natural attitude by way of an original and thorough description of it. Still in a strictly phenomenological manner, it though privileges for strategic reasons the “variation” process over the “reduction” one. The result is a subtle reflection that helps us thinking lived experience exactly as we lived it and not how philosophy would have it.
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Hoque, Mohammad Enamul, Nik Mohd Hazrul Nik Hashim, and Mohammad Hafizi Bin Azmi. "Moderating effects of marketing communication and financial consideration on customer attitude and intention to purchase Islamic banking products." Journal of Islamic Marketing 9, no. 4 (November 12, 2018): 799–822. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jima-01-2017-0005.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a conceptual framework that can facilitate investigations concerning the impact of marketing communication and financial consideration on the relationship between customer attitude and purchase intention of Islamic banking products and services. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper is structured based on the extant literature; it provides a review of theoretical perspectives, highlights the gap and illustrates the significance for developing a framework. Findings The authors identify notable patterns and limitations in previous empirical studies. Specifically, despite increasing interest in Islamic banking customer behavior, prior research has not given much attention to explore moderating effects on the customer attitude–intention link. This has left researchers and bank managers with very limited information to explain the conditions that enhance customers’ attitude and intentions toward Islamic banking products. Based on this backdrop, the paper displays a viable research model with propositions that assess potential moderating effects on the domain relationship. Research limitations/implications This paper contributes to Islamic banking and management literature because prior research has predominantly focused on variables that directly influence customers’ behavior. This novel conceptual framework enables managers to better understand their customers and has implications for emerging themes, such as formulating strategies for specific customer groups and internationalization process. In addition, this paper provides a starting point to empirically examine whether and how the proposed moderators affect the link between customer attitude and behavioral intentions to purchase Islamic banking products. Originality/value To the best of knowledge, this is the first attempt to introduce relevant moderating variables for investigating the attitude and intention nexus in an Islamic banking context. Furthermore, the authors propose a new measure, namely, profit-loss sharing proportions which could enhance customers’ intention to purchase Islamic banking products.