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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"forewarning"”.
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The Effect of Forewarning on Suggestibility: Does it Depend on Working Memory Capacity?
… The present study examined the effect of forewarning on suggestibility, including the influence of working memory capacity (WMC). The main hypotheses are that forewarnings will reduce suggestibility compared to the control group and that high-WMC will yield lower suggestibility compared to …
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The Production of Nonconformity Within an Experimental Setting
… to be the most effective strategy, followed by forewarning and challenge-insult. Seventy four subjects were assigned to a control condition or one of three treatment conditions. Control subjects were given 14 imperative instructions. Remaining subjects received these instructions prefaced by …
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The experience of living with traumatic bereavement: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… where the loss is unexpected (without forewarning), untimely, and often (but not always) associated with horrific or frightening circumstances. The study sought to identify common existential themes underlying the experience, and therefore did not restrict itself to investigating a …
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The Effects of an Educational Intervention of the Knowledge of, Beliefs about, and Behavioral Intentions Related to Preterm Labor Signs and Symptoms Among Normal, Healthy, Pregnant Women
… premature birth and patient education of these forewarning signs is a necessity in prenatal care. The purpose of this study was to assess by quantitative methods, the effects of a teaching intervention on the knowledge of, beliefs about, and behavioral intentions related to preterm labor signs …
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Predicting estuarine algal blooms using artificial neural networks
… management regimes to be implemented, by forewarning managers of an impending algal bloom. To monitor algal blooms a telemetric buoy was deployed in the Berowra Estuary which records (at 15 minute intervals) Chlorophyll-a (CHLa), temperature, salinity and photosynthetically available …
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Ductility and deformability of FRP strengthened reinforced concrete structures
… prior to ultimate loads to ensure sufficient forewarning of impending failure.<br/><br/>The crack patterns of strengthened elements vary considerably from un-strengthened ones, particularly with respect to beams. Cracks in strengthened members tend to be smaller and narrower, with an increased …
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Azimuthal Localization and Detection of Vehicular Backup Alarms Under Electronic and Non-Electronic Hearing Protection Devices in Noisy and Quiet Environments
… backup alarm signal, thus indicating the earlier forewarning by the standard alarm. In addition, passive hearing protection devices characterized with high attenuation significantly reduced the detection distance. These results may be applied to assist safety professionals in selecting hearing …
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Metadiscourse in oral discussions and persuasive essays of children exposed to collaborative reasoning
… by organizing metadiscourse, sets forewarning signals and results in resistance to potential manipulative attempts. Also, proliferate organizing variants of metadiscourse get “de-ranked” or weakened in their cohering functions. Notably, the facilitation of information integration …
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A warning by press release that the retrospective application of legislation to completed transactions will be applied: A case analysis of the Pienaar Brothers (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner of the South African Revenue Services and Another (2017)
… to the initial proposal contained in the forewarning, the practical consequence of section 44(9A) of the ITA was that the income which rolled over from the amalgamated company to the Taxpayer (the resultant company) had in the process changed its nature from revenue to capital which was …
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Children's advertising literacy : empowering children to cope with advertising. A multiperspective inquiry into children's abilities to critically process contemporary advertising
… n = 142). Here it is demonstrated that a visual forewarning cue (rather than an auditory or concurrently shown cue) most adequately triggers 8- to 10-year-old children’s advertising literacy for brand placement in TV programs and movies. In chapter 6, it is shown that for advertising embedded in …
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MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL
One out of three Americans undergoes drunk-driving crashes; 23% result in death. To deter DWIs (Driving While under Influence), MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) created VIPs (Victim Impact Panels) where victims impact offenders with gory stories, photos, and threats of punishments and loss of …