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Journal articles on the topic "Perception Control Theory"

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Schwartz, Jean-Luc, Anahita Basirat, Lucie Ménard, and Marc Sato. "The Perception-for-Action-Control Theory (PACT): A perceptuo-motor theory of speech perception." Journal of Neurolinguistics 25, no. 5 (September 2012): 336–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.12.004.

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Declerck, Carolyn H., Christophe Boone, and Bert De Brabander. "On feeling in control: A biological theory for individual differences in control perception." Brain and Cognition 62, no. 2 (November 2006): 143–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2006.04.004.

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Grush, Rick. "The emulation theory of representation: Motor control, imagery, and perception." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27, no. 3 (June 2004): 377–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x04000093.

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The emulation theory of representation is developed and explored as a framework that can revealingly synthesize a wide variety of representational functions of the brain. The framework is based on constructs from control theory (forward models) and signal processing (Kalman filters). The idea is that in addition to simply engaging with the body and environment, the brain constructs neural circuits that act as models of the body and environment. During overt sensorimotor engagement, these models are driven by efference copies in parallel with the body and environment, in order to provide expectations of the sensory feedback, and to enhance and process sensory information. These models can also be run off-line in order to produce imagery, estimate outcomes of different actions, and evaluate and develop motor plans. The framework is initially developed within the context of motor control, where it has been shown that inner models running in parallel with the body can reduce the effects of feedback delay problems. The same mechanisms can account for motor imagery as the off-line driving of the emulator via efference copies. The framework is extended to account for visual imagery as the off-line driving of an emulator of the motor-visual loop. I also show how such systems can provide for amodal spatial imagery. Perception, including visual perception, results from such models being used to form expectations of, and to interpret, sensory input. I close by briefly outlining other cognitive functions that might also be synthesized within this framework, including reasoning, theory of mind phenomena, and language.
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Rimey, Raymond D., and Christopher M. Brown. "Control of selective perception using bayes nets and decision theory." International Journal of Computer Vision 12, no. 2-3 (April 1994): 173–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01421202.

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Karolina, Monika, and Naniek Noviari. "Pengaruh Persepsi Sikap, Norma Subjektif dan Persepsi Kontrol Perilaku terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi." E-Jurnal Akuntansi 28, no. 2 (August 10, 2019): 800. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/eja.2019.v28.i02.p01.

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The purpose of this research was to determine effect of variabels in theory of planned behavior namely perception ofattitude, subjective norm and behavioral control of individual taxpayer compliance. This research was conducted in East Denpasar Primary Tax Office with 100 individual taxpayes registered as a samples and using non probability of sampling method, especially accidental sampling. The data was collected through the distribution of the questionnaire. Analysis techniques that is used is multiple linear regression. Based on the results of the analysis it was found that the perception of the attitude, subjective norms, and perceptions ofcontrol behavior had a positively influence individual taxpayer.Keywords: Compliance taxpayers, theory of planned behavior, attitude, subjective norm, perception of control behavior.
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Pratiwi, Eva Fauzia Dian, Imam Subekti, and Aulia Fuad Fuad. "DETERMINAN PERILAKU NASABAH PENGGUNA MOBILE BANKING: MODEL DECOMPOSED THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR." EKUITAS (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan) 19, no. 3 (February 2, 2017): 378. http://dx.doi.org/10.24034/j25485024.y2015.v19.i3.1775.

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This study is aimed to analyze variables in Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior. The study is also examining whether behavior control perception variable affecting mobile banking service usage indirectly through intention to use it as medium variable. The sample of this study is customers who use mobile banking service in Surabaya. The result show that perception construct of feasible usage and compatibility not affecting the behavior of the mobile banking service users. Behavior construct also does not affect the intention to use, behavior control perception does not affect the behavior of mobile banking service usage. In the other hand, feasibility perception and risk perception affecting the behavior for the use of mobile banking service. Interpersonal and social norms affect the subjective norms. Self-confidence and facility condition affect the behavior control perception. Behavior, subjective norms and behavior control perception affect the intention in using mobile banking service, test result recently show that intention affect the behavior in using mobile banking service. Implication of this study is relevant for bank management and mobile banking analysis service to reconsider factors of usage, compatibility, behavior and behavior control perception in applying and developing mobile banking system.
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Perrier, Pascal. "Control and representations in speech production." ZAS Papers in Linguistics 40 (January 1, 2005): 109–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.40.2005.261.

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In this paper the issue of the nature of the representations of the speech production task in the speaker's brain is addressed in a production-perception interaction framework. Since speech is produced to be perceived, it is hypothesized that its production is associated for the speaker with the generation of specific physical characteristics that are for the listeners the objects of speech perception. Hence, in the first part of the paper, four reference theories of speech perception are presented, in order to guide and to constrain the search for possible correlates of the speech production task in the physical space: the Acoustic Invariance Theory, the Adaptive Variability Theory, the Motor Theory and the Direct-Realist Theory. Possible interpretations of these theories in terms of representations of the speech production task are proposed and analyzed. In a second part, a few selected experimental studies are presented, which shed some light on this issue. In the conclusion, on the basis of the joint analysis of theoretical and experimental aspects presented in the paper, it is proposed that representations of the speech production task are multimodal, and that a hierarchy exists among the different modalities, the acoustic modality having the highest level of priority. It is also suggested that these representations are not associated with invariant characteristics, but with regions of the acoustic, orosensory and motor control spaces.
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Bui, Huynh Nguyen, and Phung Nam Phuong. "THE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RISK PERCEPTION ON STUDENTS' BEHAVIOURAL INTENTION TOWARDS RETURNING HOME FOR STUDYING." UED Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education 11, no. 1 (June 21, 2021): 122–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.47393/jshe.v11i1.964.

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Due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is more difficult for international students to complete their study abroad. There has been little discussion concerning international students' perspectives regarding their study plan during this health-related crisis. Based on the frameworks of risk perception theory and the extended Theory of Planned Behaviour, this study highlights returning home for studying as a health-protective behaviour stemming from international students' perceptions of COVID-19 risk. In other words, overseas students' behavioural intention is scrutinized through the lens of the risk perception. An online survey with random sampling method was administered to the Vietnamese students who were studying in the UK in February and March 2021. A total of 588 responses were collected for data analysis. The results reveal that international students' cognitive and affective risk perceptions are positively related to their attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control over returning home for studying. There also exists a significant influence of both cognitive and affective risk perceptions on the students’ behavioural intention. Attitude, subject norms, and perceived behavioural control are considered significant mediators between risk perception and behavioural intention.
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Sawrey, Brittany, Jamie Copsey, and E. J. Milner-Gulland. "Evaluating impacts of training in conservation: a case study in Mauritius." Oryx 53, no. 1 (April 27, 2017): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605316001691.

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AbstractThe need for increased monitoring and evaluation within the conservation sector has been well documented, and includes the monitoring and evaluation of training activities. We evaluated the impacts of a long-term training programme in Mauritius, using a questionnaire and semi-structured key informant interviews to develop a theory of change from the perspective of the trainers, and validated it against participants' perceptions of the benefits of training. Our findings indicated that an important outcome of training was to increase participants' belief that they could effect change, also called perception of control; this is related to an increase in a trainee's practical skills, which enables them to become more effective in their work. However, if a trainee's work environment was negative, the impact of training on practical skills, job performance and perception of control was lower. Neither the acquisition of conservation theory nor the opportunity to network was perceived by participants as improving their conservation performance, despite trainers anticipating that these matters would be important. Perception of control and work environment should therefore be considered when designing conservation training programmes, and the effectiveness of teaching conservation theory and networking should be examined further.
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Stoffregen, Thomas A., and Benoît G. Bardy. "Theory testing and the global array." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27, no. 6 (December 2004): 892–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x04270200.

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The new commentaries raise important issues about the target article (Stoffregen & Bardy 2001). The commentaries also highlight some assumptions, often implicit, that underlie traditional interpretations of perception. We argue that evaluation of the global array and its implications for perception requires both analytical research on specification in the global array and new empirical research on the use of information in the global array for the control of action.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Perception Control Theory"

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Smadi, Ahmad Abdel-Majid. "Effects of Control Theory Training Upon Self-Concept and Locus of Control Among Selected University Freshmen." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332280/.

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This study examined the effects of Control Theory training upon self-concept and locus of control among students enrolled in the Provisional Admission Program (PAP) at the University of Texas at Arlington. Twenty-nine students randomly assigned to treatment or placebo control groups took the Coppersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSSEI-A) and the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (ANSIE) as pre- and posttests. Participants in the placebo control group attended their regular educational program for the same amount of time given to the treatment group. No significant differences were found on the Analysis of Covariance for CSSEI—A or ANSIE scores following the training period. CSSEI-A and ANSIE scores were elevated, indicating that PAP students think of themselves internally as do other college students, regardless of their SAT scores. The results of this study indicate that Control Theory training is insignificantly effective in producing changes in the self-concept and locus of control among PAP students. Control Theory research may need to be carried out with a smaller group size, use larger samples, provide more time to address the issues specific to PAP student needs, include a stronger counseling emphasis to meet their needs, use more sensitive instruments to detect such changes, and allow more time for the learning to occur before the administration of the posttest.
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Dunipace, Richard A. (Richard Alan). "The Industrial Representative's Perception of the Impact of Managerial Control Systems on Performance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278008/.

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The objective of this study was to examine whether the factors which constitute the manufacturer/industrial-representative relationship, influence performance as predicted by control theory. In addition, the study evaluated the contribution of selected demographic factors such as size of the firm, and the representative's experience, on performance.
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Barton, Hayley. "Identifying the visual information and processes underlying expert judgements of deceptive intent." Thesis, Brunel University, 2013. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8755.

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The aims of the current research programme were, first, to examine expertise effects with regard to anticipation skill and the perception of deceptive movement, and, second, to examine how knowledge of the probability of behavioural events influences anticipation performance and visual search behaviour. In addition, this thesis sought to test the predictions of attentional control theory (ACT) in examining how anxiety affects the influence of top-down probability information on anticipation skill and visual search behaviour. In Chapter 3, skill-based differences in anticipation and decision making were examined using judgement accuracy and confidence ratings. High-skilled soccer players demonstrated superior anticipatory performance and were less susceptible to deception compared with low-skilled players. In Chapters 4 and 5 Posner’s spatial cueing paradigm was adapted to examine the influence of top-down probability information on anticipation skill and visual search behaviour. High-skilled participants were found to be more accurate and demonstrate more efficient visual search behaviour compared to low-skilled participants. However, findings demonstrated that both groups benefited from the provision of probability information, and performance was moderated by the degree of certainty conveyed through the probability information. In Chapter 6, the same anticipation task and process tracing measures were used to examine the effects of heightened anxiety on the processing of probability and visual information. The findings supported the predictions of ACT, as the influence of top-down information was suppressed during high-pressure conditions, owing to an increased influence of the stimulus-driven attentional control system. The series of studies in this thesis are the first to explore the influence of top-down probability information on anticipation performance and the perception of deception. Study 4 is also the first to test the predictions of ACT regarding the processing of (top-down) explicit knowledge and (bottom-up) visual information under pressure during a simulated soccer anticipation task. The use of probability information through performance analysis feedback plays a prominent role across a number of sports, and the present findings highlight the importance of understanding the costs and benefits associated with such information. It is concluded that future perceptual training interventions should incorporate context-specific information that mimics the real-life demands of competitive sport, and should be directed towards enhancing players' ability to detect deception rather than training players to become attuned to non-deceptive movement.
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Cocklin, Alexandra. "Client perceptions of helpfulness : a therapy process study." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/client-perceptions-of-helpfulness-a-therapy-process-study(f959b87c-ce66-467f-a1db-34030e51b1ef).html.

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Client reports of perceived helpfulness in therapy may provide valuable information to clinicians and researchers about what makes therapy therapeutic for individuals. This may help us to understand more about common factors in effective psychotherapies, to explain the processes through which these factors might operate and to understand how the therapeutic relationship contributes to change for different clients. However, the meth-methodological complexity involved in the design of experimental studies has so far prevented research from being able to fully utilise what clients can tell us about their experience of change. This thesis aimed to address some of these challenges in client centered psychotherapy process research.
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Jez, Chelsea G. "Work-Life Balance, Locus of Control, and Negative Spillover." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1496146613840986.

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Gosse, Catherine Suzanne. "Illness representation and glycemic control in women with Type 2 diabetes mellitus." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1185986001.

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Littman, Eric Marshall. "Prospective Control: Effect of Exploratory-task-generated-motion on Adaptation in Real and Virtual Environments." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1237518547.

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Williamson, Dermot. "Perceptions of management control by mainland Chinese, Czech and British managers." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2001. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5581/.

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This exploratory research inquires into the effect that national culture, among other cross-national factors has upon perceptions of management control. It studies differences in control perceptions between mainland Chinese, Czech and British managers workingfor two Western multi-national companies (MNCs). Different perceptions can lead to misunderstanding and thence to weak, or break down in, control. Barriers of national culture and differences in national contexts pose ever greater challengesfor managers who need to provide or receive assurance that their business is under effective control. They also have implications for regulation of internal control of MNCs. Empirical cross-national research to date into management control is to a large extent inconsistent, and offers little supportfor theory. Existing theory appears to be insufficiently grounded in past empirical research to provide a sound foundation for hypotheses and future nomothetic research. Middle range methodology is put forward as a way out of this quandary. Middle range research between objectivist and subjectivist methodologies faces competing criteria for rigour. Criteria are interpreted for middle range methodologies and developedfor grounded theory case studies. The main features of the substantive theory from this grounded theory (Strauss and Corbin, 1998) case study are that there is no standard perception of management control. Control perception is therefore unpredictable from a manager's cultural background Yet, clear patterns in control perceptions emerge between countries of upbringing; these patterns are distinct from differences between the 2 MNCs. Six key areas of differences in perception are analysed (external relations, obligations of responsibility and accountability, internal relations, information, law and procedures, and systems logic). A number of values and preferences, generally shared by managers from the same country, appear to underlie these differences in perception. Differences in control perception are related to national cultures and other contextualfactors, yet all of these are seen as potentially interdependent. This substantive theory does not provide a basisfor prediction. It is a skeletal theory that can be transferred to other situations where researchers and practitioners find it applicable. It may there give awareness of possible differences in control perceptions, assist explanation, and contribute to the building of consistent knowledge and learning. Awareness and understanding of cultural differences in control perceptions are shown to be useful to ethnocentric or polycentric approaches to management control. They may also assist reconciliation of cultural differences for management that adopts a geocentric approach. Perceptions by the managers from the Czech Republic and mainland China are generally inconsistent with accountability theory, although not with a systems approach to management control. The implication is that some management control theories may be parochial to the cultures in which they have been developed. This has policy implicationsfor howfar professional guidance and standards on internal control (COSO, 1994; IIA - UK, 1994; APB, 1995; Turnbull, 1999) can be applied internationally without recognising the impact of national culture and other crossnational contextual factors.
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Hutton, Stacy Lynn. "Perceptions of control and social cognitive theory understanding adherence to a diabetes treatment regimen /." Electronic thesis, 2002. http://dspace.zsr.wfu.edu/jspui/handle/10339/193.

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May, Donald. "CURRICULUM CONTROL AND TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL DISCRETION AND SATISFACTION." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2116.

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The goal of this research was to investigate teachers' perceptions of professional discretion and satisfaction related to internal and external factors of curriculum control. Results of the study were intended to provide data to policy makers and school district administrators that could be used in the development and implementation of the curriculum reform process. Middle and high school teachers in a large central Florida school district completed the survey. The survey's six constructs were 1. Influence of Teacher Beliefs 2. Perceptions of Success and Satisfaction 3. Influence of Tests and Curriculum Guides 4. Teacher Control of Pedagogy 5. Leadership 6. Maintaining High Standards The research questions focused on determining the difference in perspectives due to years of teaching experience, level of teaching (middle or high school), and curriculum control category (high, medium, or low). The results revealed there was not significant disagreement among teacher perceptions based on years of teaching experience. However, results indicated significant differences in perceptions based on level of teaching and curriculum control category in regard to the six survey constructs. The construct of leadership revealed significant differences between both levels of teaching and curriculum control categories. Overall, the results indicated a significant relationship among curriculum control policies and effects on teachers' perceptions of professional discretion and satisfaction. The literature on curriculum reform efforts since the 1980s, specifically in the areas of curriculum standards, textbook adoption policies, testing policies and leadership practices, framed the study. The literature review focused on existing research issues within the six constructs and the research questions. The information gained from this study may be used to inform policies, improve teachers' working conditions, and promote teacher and leadership effectiveness. Recommendations for practice were addressed in terms of what policy makers, school district administrators, and individual classroom teachers can and should do to implement and support meaningful curriculum reform. The researcher emphasized that recognizing the professional expertise and knowing the perspective of teachers are key to the development and implementation of an effective curriculum reform process.
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Books on the topic "Perception Control Theory"

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Powers, William T. The control of perception. New Brunswick, N.J: Aldine Transaction, 2007.

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Behavior: The control of perception. 2nd ed. New Canaan, Conn: Benchmark Publications, 2005.

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Marken, Richard. Mind readings: Experimental studies of purpose. Gravel Switch, Ky: Control Systems Group, 1992.

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Wankhade, Lalit. Quality uncertainty and perception: Information asymmetry and management of quality uncertainty and quality perception. Berlin: Physica-Verlag, 2010.

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Roy, Shelley. A people primer: The nature of living systems. Chapel Hill, N.C: New View Publications, 2008.

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John, Flach, ed. Control theory for humans: Quantitative approaches to modeling performance. Mahwah, N.J: L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003.

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Dylla, Frank. An agent control perspective on qualitative spatial reasoning: Towards more intuitive spatial agent development. Heidelberg: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 2008.

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Runkel, Philip Julian. People as living things: The psychology of perceptual control. Hayward, CA: Living Control Systems Pub., 2003.

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Powers, William T. Living control systems: Selected papers of William T. Powers. Gravel Switch, Ky: Control Systems Group, 1989.

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service), SpringerLink (Online, ed. Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementation. London: Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2011.

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Book chapters on the topic "Perception Control Theory"

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Larbig, Wolfgang. "Gate Control Theory of Pain Perception." In International Perspectives on Self-Regulation and Health, 223–37. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2596-1_13.

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Kamada, Hiroshi, and Masumi Yoshida. "A Visual Control System Using Image Processing and Fuzzy Theory." In Springer Series in Perception Engineering, 111–28. New York, NY: Springer New York, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2778-6_4.

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Blanz, W. E., J. L. C. Sanz, and D. Petkovic. "Control-Free Low-Level Image Segmentation: Theory, Architecture, and Experimentation." In Springer Series in Perception Engineering, 255–82. New York, NY: Springer New York, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4532-2_7.

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Galluccio, Carla, Rosa Fabbricatore, and Daniela Caso. "Exploring the intention to walk: a study on undergraduate students using item response theory and theory of planned behaviour." In Proceedings e report, 153–58. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8.30.

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Physical activity is one of the most basic human functions, and it is an important foundation of health throughout life. Physical activity apports benefit on both physical and mental health, reducing the risk of several diseases and lowering stress reactions, anxiety and depression. More specifically, physical activity is defined as "any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditure" (World Health Organization), including in this definition several activities. Among them, walking has been shown to improve physical and mental well-being in every age group. Despite that, insufficient walking among university students has been increasingly reported, requiring walking promotion intervention. In order to do this, dividing students based on their intention to walk might be useful since the intention is considered as the best predictor of behaviour. In this work, we carried out a study on university students' intention to walk and some of its predictors by exploiting Item Response Theory (IRT) models. In particular, we inspected the predictors of intention by mean of Rating Scale Graded Response Model (RS-GRM). Then we used the Latent Class IRT model to divide students according to their intention to walk, including predictors' scores as covariates. We chose the intention's predictors according to an extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), with both classic and additional variables. The formers are attitude toward behaviour, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control, whereas we used risk perception, self-efficacy, anticipation, self-identity and anticipated regret as additional variables. Data was collected administrating a self-report questionnaire to undergraduate students enrolled in the Psychology course at Federico II University of Naples.
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Monsen, Erik, and Diemo Urbig. "Perceptions of Efficacy, Control, and Risk: A Theory of Mixed Control." In Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind, 259–81. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0443-0_12.

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Sun, Ivan Y., and Yuning Wu. "More Than Blacks and Whites: Theory Development on Immigrant Perceptions of the Police." In Race, Immigration, and Social Control, 127–62. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95807-8_7.

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Burke, Peter J. "Perceptions of Leadership in Groups: An Empirical Test of Identity Control Theory." In Purpose, Meaning, and Action, 267–91. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10809-8_11.

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Wong, Michael TH, Fiona Wilson, Dennisa Davidson, Caitlin Hick, and Andrew Howie. "Cultural Values, Religion and Psychosis: Five Short Stories." In International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice, 117–25. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47852-0_14.

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AbstractThe impact of cultural values and religion on the experience, expression and perception of psychosis and serious mental illness is examined through five case narratives that involve patients of diverse illness experience and personal, cultural, religious and spiritual backgrounds. A recurrent theme among these five case narratives is that in all these respects, there is a complex interplay of values between Anglo-European religion, Māori spirituality and secular psychiatry. Within this clinical context, the health and well-being of patients living with psychosis and serious mental illness are more than the control of symptoms and behaviour and instead involves a perspective of meaning and significance which impacts on how patients recover their identity, roles, capacity and relationships.
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Schelhas, John, Janice Alexander, Mark Brunson, Tommy Cabe, Alycia Crall, Michael J. Dockry, Marla R. Emery, et al. "Social and Cultural Dynamics of Non-native Invasive Species." In Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States, 267–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45367-1_12.

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AbstractInvasive species and their management represent a complex issue spanning social and ecological systems. Invasive species present existing and potential threats to the nature of ecosystems and the products and services that people receive from them. Humans can both cause and address problems through their complex interactions with ecosystems. Yet, public awareness of invasive species and their impact is highly uneven, and public support for management and control of invasive species can be variable. Public perceptions often differ markedly from the perspectives of concerned scientists, and perceptions and support for management are influenced by a wide range of social and ecological values. In this chapter, we present a broad survey of social science research across a diversity of ecosystems and stakeholders in order to provide a foundation for understanding the social and cultural dimensions of invasive species and plan more effective management approaches. This chapter also addresses tribal perspectives on invasive species, including traditional ecological knowledge, unique cultural dimensions for tribes, and issues critical to engaging tribes as partners and leaders in invasive species management. Recognizing that natural resource managers often seek to change people’s perceptions and behaviors, we present and discuss some promising approaches that are being used to engage human communities in ways that empower and enlist stakeholders as partners in management.
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Oury, Jacob D., and Frank E. Ritter. "Cognition and Operator Performance." In Human–Computer Interaction Series, 37–62. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47775-2_3.

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AbstractDeveloping systems that foster situation awareness in operators requires that stakeholders can make informed decisions about the design. These decisions must account for the operator’s underlying cognitive processes based on perception, comprehension, and projection of the system state. This chapter reviews the core cognitive processes responsible for monitoring and responding to changes in system state. Operators must perceive information before they can act in response, and the interface design affects operator accuracy and speed via known mechanisms (i.e., effects of color on visual search time). Perception of key information also relies on how the operator thinks during tasks, and certain design choices can support better attention control and detection of signals. After perceiving the information, operators also must comprehend and interpret the information. Design guidance and factors related to supporting comprehension are presented alongside explanations of how cognitive load and working memory affect the operator’s ability to develop and maintain a useful mental model of the system. This review of cognitive mechanisms gives designers a strong foundation to make informed decisions ranging from choosing an alarm color to assessing how much information should be on screen at once.
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Conference papers on the topic "Perception Control Theory"

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Li, Xi, Bing Li, De Xu, and Rui Lu. "Shape Constancy Computation Based on Visual Perception Theory." In 2007 Second International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icicic.2007.518.

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"Perception-prediction-control Architecture for IP Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera through Interacting Multiple Models." In International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications. SCITEPRESS - Science and and Technology Publications, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0004674103140324.

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Baltieri, Manuel, and Christopher L. Buckley. "The modularity of action and perception revisited using control theory and active inference." In The 2018 Conference on Artificial Life. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00031.

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Haseltalab, A., V. Garofano, and MR Afzal. "The Collaborative Autonomous Shipping Experiment (CASE): Motivations, Theory, Infrastructure, and Experimental Challenges." In International Ship Control Systems Symposium. IMarEST, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24868/issn.2631-8741.2020.014.

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The future autonomous ships will be operating in an environment where different autonomous and nonautonomous vessels with different characteristics exist. These vessels are owned by different parties and each uses its owned unique approaches for guidance and navigation. The Collaborative Autonomous Shipping Experiment(CASE) aims at emulating such an environment and also stimulating the move of automatic ship control algorithms towards practice by bringing together different institutes researching on autonomous vessels under an umbrella to experiment with collective sailing in inland waterways. In this paper, the experiments of CASE 2020 are explained, the characteristics of different participating vessels are discussed and some of the control and perception algorithms that are planned to be used at CASE 2020 are presented. CASE 2020 will be held in parallel to iSCSS 2020 at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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Gai, V. E. "Method of diagnostics of the state of rolling element bearing on the basis of the theory of active perception." In 2014 International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Automation and Control Systems (MEACS). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/meacs.2014.6986869.

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Li, Min, and Kok-Meng Lee. "A Distributed-Parameter Control System Using Electromagnetic Images Stimulation for Human-Machine Perception Interface." In ASME 2018 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dscc2018-9217.

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This article develops a new human-machine perception interface method to convert visual patterns to accurate eddy-current stimulation using an electromagnet (EM) array. The eddy-current stimulation is formulated as a feedforward controller design. In this paper, a state-space model for the eddy-current stimulation is derived for design and analysis of the controller. Unlike traditional methods where the distributed parameter systems are often modeled using partial differential equations and solved numerically using numerical methods such as finite element analysis, the model presented here offers closed-form solutions in state-space representation. The novel approach enables the applications of the well-established control theory for analyzing the system controllability. The feasibility and accuracy of the feedforward control method are numerically illustrated and validated by generating the stimulation with two types of patterns, which provides an essential base for future research of human-machine perception interface.
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Samadzade, S., M. Habibnejad Korayem, and N. Sarli. "A Novel Approach for the Design of a 1-DOF Nano-Telemanipulation System Involving a Virtual Slave and Environment Based on Passivity and Coupled Stability Theory." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-40570.

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In a typical passivity-based controller design for a teleoperation task, a passive environment is frequently postulated. This assumption does not hold for nano environments and numerous researches in nano-telemanipulation have attributed this to the substantial van der Waals and capillary forces with respect to inertial forces in nanocosm. This non-passivity diminishes the applicability of most passivity-based methods for controller design unless the reflection of this active behavior to the operator is ignored. The focus of this paper is to present a control structure for an AFM-based telemanipulation system capable of addressing the three main issues in a fine fashion: stability, transparency and human perception. Specifically guaranteeing stability on the premise that the environment is non-passive is the main concern and treated by designing a suitable virtual coupling and haptic interface.
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Pakravan, Mohammad H., and Nordica MacCarty. "Evaluating User Intention for Uptake of Clean Technologies Using the Theory of Planned Behavior." In ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2018-85992.

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Understanding and integrating a user’s decision-making process into design and implementation strategies for clean energy technologies may lead to higher product adoption rates and ultimately increased impacts, particularly for those products that require a change in habit or behavior. To evaluate the key attributes that formulate a user’s decision-making behavior to adopt a new clean technology, this study presents the application of the Theory of Planned Behavior, a method to quantify the main psychological attributes that make up a user’s intention for health and environmental behaviors. This theory was applied to the study of biomass cookstoves. Surveys in two rural communities in Honduras and Uganda were conducted to evaluate households’ intentions regarding adoption of improved biomass cookstoves. Multiple ordered logistic regressions method presented the most statistically significant results for the collected data of the case studies. Baseline results showed users had a significant positive mindset to replace their traditional practices. In Honduras, users valued smoke reduction more than other attributes and in average the odds for a household with slightly higher attitude toward reducing smoke emissions were 2.1 times greater to use a clean technology than someone who did not value smoke reduction as much. In Uganda, less firewood consumption was the most important attribute and on average the odds for households were 1.9 times more to adopt a clean technology to save fuel than someone who did not value fuelwood saving as much. After two months of using a cookstove, in Honduras, households’ perception of the feasibility of replacing traditional stoves, or perceived behavioral control, slightly decreased suggesting that as users became more familiar with the clean technology they perceived less hindrances to change their traditional habits. Information such as this could be utilized for design of the technologies that require user behavior changes to be effective.
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Rafik, A. Aliev. "Decision making theory with imprecise probabilities." In 2009 Fifth International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control (ICSCCW). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsccw.2009.5379425.

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Madera, Coralis, Mehdi Hojatmadani, Nathan Crane, and Kyle Reed. "Thermal Perception of Skin Using Optical Projections." In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2017-72025.

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The largest human organ is skin, which covers and protects the body from external objects and serves as a medium of interaction with the outside world. Having adequate knowledge about human thermal perception aids in the design of devices that interact with skin and broaden our perspective of the affecting parameters in the perception process. A thermal projector was designed based on an Optima X316 Projector which is capable of creating different thermal patterns on a surface with different intensities by use of visible light waves. Skin temperature was measured via a FLIR A325-SC thermal camera. Using these devices we were able to create thermal patterns and control the rates at which the temperature of human skin is changed. A psychophysical experiment using the setup was used to determine skin thermal sensitivity and threshold. Subjects’ skin was exposed to different thermal projections and their skin was heated at constant rates to certain degrees higher than their skin temperature. As their skin temperature was altered incrementally on each location, they stated whether they could feel the heat on their skin. The experiment showed that there was statistical significance between the rate at which the subjects’ skin was heated and whether the subjects felt a temperature change. Statistical significance was also found between the amount of exposure time prior to the instance subjects felt a change in temperature and the rate at which the skin was exposed.
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Reports on the topic "Perception Control Theory"

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McPhedran, R., K. Patel, B. Toombs, P. Menon, M. Patel, J. Disson, K. Porter, A. John, and A. Rayner. Food allergen communication in businesses feasibility trial. Food Standards Agency, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46756/sci.fsa.tpf160.

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Background: Clear allergen communication in food business operators (FBOs) has been shown to have a positive impact on customers’ perceptions of businesses (Barnett et al., 2013). However, the precise size and nature of this effect is not known: there is a paucity of quantitative evidence in this area, particularly in the form of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The Food Standards Agency (FSA), in collaboration with Kantar’s Behavioural Practice, conducted a feasibility trial to investigate whether a randomised cluster trial – involving the proactive communication of allergen information at the point of sale in FBOs – is feasible in the United Kingdom (UK). Objectives: The trial sought to establish: ease of recruitments of businesses into trials; customer response rates for in-store outcome surveys; fidelity of intervention delivery by FBO staff; sensitivity of outcome survey measures to change; and appropriateness of the chosen analytical approach. Method: Following a recruitment phase – in which one of fourteen multinational FBOs was successfully recruited – the execution of the feasibility trial involved a quasi-randomised matched-pairs clustered experiment. Each of the FBO’s ten participating branches underwent pair-wise matching, with similarity of branches judged according to four criteria: Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) score, average weekly footfall, number of staff and customer satisfaction rating. The allocation ratio for this trial was 1:1: one branch in each pair was assigned to the treatment group by a representative from the FBO, while the other continued to operate in accordance with their standard operating procedure. As a business-based feasibility trial, customers at participating branches throughout the fieldwork period were automatically enrolled in the trial. The trial was single-blind: customers at treatment branches were not aware that they were receiving an intervention. All customers who visited participating branches throughout the fieldwork period were asked to complete a short in-store survey on a tablet affixed in branches. This survey contained four outcome measures which operationalised customers’: perceptions of food safety in the FBO; trust in the FBO; self-reported confidence to ask for allergen information in future visits; and overall satisfaction with their visit. Results: Fieldwork was conducted from the 3 – 20 March 2020, with cessation occurring prematurely due to the closure of outlets following the proliferation of COVID-19. n=177 participants took part in the trial across the ten branches; however, response rates (which ranged between 0.1 - 0.8%) were likely also adversely affected by COVID-19. Intervention fidelity was an issue in this study: while compliance with delivery of the intervention was relatively high in treatment branches (78.9%), erroneous delivery in control branches was also common (46.2%). Survey data were analysed using random-intercept multilevel linear regression models (due to the nesting of customers within branches). Despite the trial’s modest sample size, there was some evidence to suggest that the intervention had a positive effect for those suffering from allergies/intolerances for the ‘trust’ (β = 1.288, p<0.01) and ‘satisfaction’ (β = 0.945, p<0.01) outcome variables. Due to singularity within the fitted linear models, hierarchical Bayes models were used to corroborate the size of these interactions. Conclusions: The results of this trial suggest that a fully powered clustered RCT would likely be feasible in the UK. In this case, the primary challenge in the execution of the trial was the recruitment of FBOs: despite high levels of initial interest from four chains, only one took part. However, it is likely that the proliferation of COVID-19 adversely impacted chain participation – two other FBOs withdrew during branch eligibility assessment and selection, citing COVID-19 as a barrier. COVID-19 also likely lowered the on-site survey response rate: a significant negative Pearson correlation was observed between daily survey completions and COVID-19 cases in the UK, highlighting a likely relationship between the two. Limitations: The trial was quasi-random: selection of branches, pair matching and allocation to treatment/control groups were not systematically conducted. These processes were undertaken by a representative from the FBO’s Safety and Quality Assurance team (with oversight from Kantar representatives on pair matching), as a result of the chain’s internal operational restrictions.
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Harris, Gregory, Brooke Hatchell, Davelin Woodard, and Dwayne Accardo. Intraoperative Dexmedetomidine for Reduction of Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly: A Scoping Review. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21007/con.dnp.2021.0010.

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Background/Purpose: Post-operative delirium leads to significant morbidity in elderly patients, yet there is no regimen to prevent POD. Opioid use in the elderly surgical population is of the most significant risk factors for developing POD. The purpose of this scoping review is to recognize that Dexmedetomidine mitigates cognitive dysfunction secondary to acute pain and the use of narcotic analgesia by decreasing the amount of norepinephrine (an excitatory neurotransmitter) released during times of stress. This mechanism of action also provides analgesia through decreased perception and modulation of pain. Methods: The authors developed eligibility criteria for inclusion of articles and performed a systematic search of several databases. Each of the authors initially selected five articles for inclusion in the scoping review. We created annotated literature tables for easy screening by co-authors. After reviewing the annotated literature table four articles were excluded, leaving 11 articles for inclusion in the scoping review. There were six level I meta-analysis/systematic reviews, four level II randomized clinical trials, and one level IV qualitative research article. Next, we created a data-charting form on Microsoft Word for extraction of data items and synthesis of results. Results: Two of the studies found no significant difference in POD between dexmedetomidine groups and control groups. The nine remaining studies noted decreases in the rate, duration, and risk of POD in the groups receiving dexmedetomidine either intraoperatively or postoperatively. Multiple studies found secondary benefits in addition to decreased POD, such as a reduction of tachycardia, hypertension, stroke, hypoxemia, and narcotic use. One study, however, found that the incidence of hypotension and bradycardia were increased among the elderly population. Implications for Nursing Practice: Surgery is a tremendous stressor in any age group, but especially the elderly population. It has been shown postoperative delirium occurs in 17-61% of major surgery procedures with 30-40% of the cases assumed to be preventable. Opioid administration in the elderly surgical population is one of the most significant risk factors for developing POD. With anesthesia practice already leaning towards opioid-free and opioid-limited anesthetic, the incorporation of dexmedetomidine could prove to be a valuable resource in both reducing opioid use and POD in the elderly surgical population. Although more research is needed, the current evidence is promising.
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Levantovych, Oksana. COVID 19 MEDIA COVERAGE: AN ANALYSIS OF HEORHII POCHEPTSOV’S VIEW. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vjo.2021.49.11061.

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The article analyses the peculiarities of the coverage of the covid pandemic in the Ukrainian media, the emphasis placed by the media in news, and how the online mode of modern life and social distancing affects the growth of media influence. Special attention is paid to the view of the famous publicist Heorhii Pocheptsov, who does not exclude the possibility that the coronavirus was invented intentionally to control millions of people around the world. Permanently, the world faces numerous challenges of different scales: economic, military, socio-political, environmental, epidemiological ones. In 2020, the largest and the most unexpected event, undoubtedly, was the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which spread from the small Chinese province of Wuhan to the whole world and already took more than one million people’s lives in less than a year. Thus, the media, that in the post-information society actually have an unprecedented impact on people, form a person’s perception of such challenges. As a result, our understanding of the pandemic is directly related to the information we consume from the media. In fact, from the very start of quarantine, the media space began to be captured by analytical materials in which experts from various fields tried to predict what the world would be like after the end of coronavirus. These experts were of two types: some claimed that irreversible changes would deepen the permanent economic and socio-political crisis, and by claiming that they intensified panic, while others argued that any crisis is a chance to restart and grow. The experts put different emphases covering the covid pandemic in the media, but it is important to pay attention to the analysis of the famous publicist, propaganda researcher – Heorhii Pocheptsov, who sees the coronavirus as a tool to influence millions of people. The pandemic will end sooner or later, but no matter whether the virus was artificially invented or not, the processes that have already been launched around the world cannot stop as if nothing had happened. But Heorhii Pocheptsov’s opinion about the possible artificial nature of the virus should make us more vigilant while consuming information from TVs or from the online media, as it is possible that this information might be a part of a great game that we were not warned about.
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Hunter, Fraser, and Martin Carruthers. Iron Age Scotland. Society for Antiquaries of Scotland, September 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/scarf.09.2012.193.

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The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarised under five key headings:  Building blocks: The ultimate aim should be to build rich, detailed and testable narratives situated within a European context, and addressing phenomena from the longue durée to the short-term over international to local scales. Chronological control is essential to this and effective dating strategies are required to enable generation-level analysis. The ‘serendipity factor’ of archaeological work must be enhanced by recognising and getting the most out of information-rich sites as they appear. o There is a pressing need to revisit the archives of excavated sites to extract more information from existing resources, notably through dating programmes targeted at regional sequences – the Western Isles Atlantic roundhouse sequence is an obvious target. o Many areas still lack anything beyond the baldest of settlement sequences, with little understanding of the relations between key site types. There is a need to get at least basic sequences from many more areas, either from sustained regional programmes or targeted sampling exercises. o Much of the methodologically innovative work and new insights have come from long-running research excavations. Such large-scale research projects are an important element in developing new approaches to the Iron Age.  Daily life and practice: There remains great potential to improve the understanding of people’s lives in the Iron Age through fresh approaches to, and integration of, existing and newly-excavated data. o House use. Rigorous analysis and innovative approaches, including experimental archaeology, should be employed to get the most out of the understanding of daily life through the strengths of the Scottish record, such as deposits within buildings, organic preservation and waterlogging. o Material culture. Artefact studies have the potential to be far more integral to understandings of Iron Age societies, both from the rich assemblages of the Atlantic area and less-rich lowland finds. Key areas of concern are basic studies of material groups (including the function of everyday items such as stone and bone tools, and the nature of craft processes – iron, copper alloy, bone/antler and shale offer particularly good evidence). Other key topics are: the role of ‘art’ and other forms of decoration and comparative approaches to assemblages to obtain synthetic views of the uses of material culture. o Field to feast. Subsistence practices are a core area of research essential to understanding past society, but different strands of evidence need to be more fully integrated, with a ‘field to feast’ approach, from production to consumption. The working of agricultural systems is poorly understood, from agricultural processes to cooking practices and cuisine: integrated work between different specialisms would assist greatly. There is a need for conceptual as well as practical perspectives – e.g. how were wild resources conceived? o Ritual practice. There has been valuable work in identifying depositional practices, such as deposition of animals or querns, which are thought to relate to house-based ritual practices, but there is great potential for further pattern-spotting, synthesis and interpretation. Iron Age Scotland: ScARF Panel Report v  Landscapes and regions:  Concepts of ‘region’ or ‘province’, and how they changed over time, need to be critically explored, because they are contentious, poorly defined and highly variable. What did Iron Age people see as their geographical horizons, and how did this change?  Attempts to understand the Iron Age landscape require improved, integrated survey methodologies, as existing approaches are inevitably partial.  Aspects of the landscape’s physical form and cover should be investigated more fully, in terms of vegetation (known only in outline over most of the country) and sea level change in key areas such as the firths of Moray and Forth.  Landscapes beyond settlement merit further work, e.g. the use of the landscape for deposition of objects or people, and what this tells us of contemporary perceptions and beliefs.  Concepts of inherited landscapes (how Iron Age communities saw and used this longlived land) and socal resilience to issues such as climate change should be explored more fully.  Reconstructing Iron Age societies. The changing structure of society over space and time in this period remains poorly understood. Researchers should interrogate the data for better and more explicitly-expressed understandings of social structures and relations between people.  The wider context: Researchers need to engage with the big questions of change on a European level (and beyond). Relationships with neighbouring areas (e.g. England, Ireland) and analogies from other areas (e.g. Scandinavia and the Low Countries) can help inform Scottish studies. Key big topics are: o The nature and effect of the introduction of iron. o The social processes lying behind evidence for movement and contact. o Parallels and differences in social processes and developments. o The changing nature of houses and households over this period, including the role of ‘substantial houses’, from crannogs to brochs, the development and role of complex architecture, and the shift away from roundhouses. o The chronology, nature and meaning of hillforts and other enclosed settlements. o Relationships with the Roman world
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India: Enhancing girls' life skills requires long-term commitment. Population Council, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh16.1003.

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While adolescents in India face a rapidly changing economic environment, the choices available to unmarried girls are very different from those available to boys. Girls are much less likely than boys to remain unmarried into their twenties, complete middle school, or generate income. Due to social norms, they have limited control over their life choices, and are less likely than boys to be allowed mobility within or beyond their immediate community. In 2001, the Population Council teamed with CARE India to test a pilot intervention to enhance skills and expand life choices for adolescent girls living in the slums of Allahabad. The 10-month intervention tested the effect of the skills intervention on the girls’ reproductive health knowledge, social contacts and mobility, self-esteem, and perception of gender roles. The impacts were assessed using survey responses from girls who were interviewed in both baseline and endline surveys. As noted in this brief, girls and their parents found the life skills training acceptable, but the intervention had little overall impact.
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