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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"perception study"”.
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Patient adherence to smartphone weight loss applications: A dietitian perception study
… <p>Objective: To determine the dietitians’ perception on whether their involvement with the use of smartphone weight loss apps results in increased patient/client adherence and increased weight loss.</p> <p>Methods: An online survey was completed by 2,532 weight management dietitians. Paired …
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Management strategies for outdoor recreation resources around the Maphelane nature reserve: a perception study
… of the principles cited above, this research study seeks to investigate the management strategies in place towards promoting outdoor recreation resources in the Maphelane environment also called Maphelane-KwaMbonambi. The ultimate goal in this study is to emphasise the conservation of the …
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Cultivating Mindsets and Transformative Practices of Beginning Alternative Certified Teachers: A Teacher Perception Study
… et al., 2022). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of initial preparation training, support, and resources through the lived voices of alternatively certified educators. Examined through the lens of Carol Dweck’s (2006) Growth Mindset Theory and Shulman’s (1986) …
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Are gender differences status differences? : coping as a model case
… the hypothesis. The overall hypothesis was that perceptions of the coping of high and low status individuals would correspond to perceptions of the coping of men and women (i.e., gender stereotypes) and to self-perceptions of coping (i.e., self-report coping). In Study 1, men and women completed …
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ASSESSMENT OF ACCESSIBILITY, USE BEHAVIOR, AND EQUITY OF PARKS IN A COMPACT CITY: A CASE STUDY IN SINGAPORE
… or not adequately studied. The aim of this study was to make methodological and empirical developments in accessibility, use demand and behavior, and equity assessment of urban parks. Comparative analysis was conducted using four planning areas in Singapore, a well-known compact city, as …
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Perception of teacher feedback - a case study
… Previous studies on students' and teacher's perception through questionnaires and interviews typically found teachers overemphasize local feedback, but students also showed preference towards such feedback. Working to update the existing research, this study investigated how ESL students and …
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The viability and public perception of the introduction of bio-hydrogen technology to Wales with specific reference to anaerobic dark fermentation of agricultural crops
This was the first study to be undertaken to research hydrogen perception using qualitative research techniques in Wales and one of the first in the UK.<br/><br/>The public perception study identified gender differences, with women generally more accepting of hydrogen technology. The main concerns …
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Animating observed emotional behaviour: a practice-based investigation comparing three approaches to self-figurative animation
… and its findings are explored first though a perception study and then a production study. This thesis is based on the investigation and discourse of observed emotional behaviour surrounding the use of animation, specifically, the direct study of the observation of emotional behaviour through …
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The influence of individual difference variables on vocal emotion processing
… differences might impact on vocal emotion perception; Study 1 examined influences of individual differences on vocal emotion recognition accuracy of emotionally intoned, semantically neutral sentences, as well perceived speaker intensity; Study 2 examined the time-course of vocal emotion …
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Age differences in risk-taking behaviour: the role of risk preference and cognitive ability
… on a financial in-person behavioural measure (study 1), a financial computerized behavioural measure with multiple levels of complexity (study 2), and risk-taking in a real-life situation concerning the COVID-19 pandemic (study 3). The findings of these studies highlight the complexity of age …
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Rape Definitions and Perceptions Among Korean Women: Application of a Sociocultural Framework
… define and perceive rape. In the rape definition study, the dimensions and the breadth of rape definitions emerged. Nine categories were identified: Five categories (i.e., Involves Sexual Acts or Acts, Involves Consent, Involves Force, Identifies Rape Types, and Identifies Gender of …
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Building Strong Energy Brands: Energy Brand Valuation Criteria to Enhance Understanding of the Foundations of Energy Brand Value
… criteria based on three pillars, consumer perception, specialist valuation on brand differentiation and company market performance. Results of the consumer perception study indicate that energy suppliers should build their image and differentiation on trust and responsible behaviour against …
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Assessing functional links between speech production and perception in multilingual speakers
… between speech production and speech perception capacities is highly debated. The picture is complicated further by studies of second language acquisition, where development of speech perception is not always accompanied by proportional gains in speech production, and vice versa. This …
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Understanding perception of different urban thermal model visualizations
… remote sensing techniques are often used for studying and visualizing the urban heat island effect, they are limited in terms of resolution, view bias, and revisit times. In comparison, modern UAVs equipped with infrared sensors allow very fine-scale (cm) data to be collected over smaller …
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Gay American English: Language Attitudes, Language Perceptions, and Gay Men's Discourses of Connectedness to Family, Lgbtq Networks, and the American South
… dissertation explores attitudes toward and perceptions of gay male varieties of American English, or Gay American English (GAE). Building on language attitude research in folk dialectology and social psychology, I use both quantitative and qualitative techniques to analyze interview data, an …
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Variability in cross-dialectal production and perception of contrasting phonemes: the case of the alveolar-retroflex contrast in Beijing and Taiwan Mandarin
… and gradient modes of alveolar-retroflex perception in different vowel contexts are investigated for listeners of both dialects. Results of the production study indicate that the acoustic characterization of Beijing vs. Taiwan Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast varies by vowel and by how …
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Perceptions of Weight Status: The Effects of Target Features (Fat/Muscularity Level, Gender, Ethnicity) and Rater Features (Ethnicity and Gender)
Previous research has explored self-perception of weight and has established that women tend to overestimate their own weight while men tend to underestimate. New research has also begun to examine parental perceptions of their children's weight and has indicated that parents tend to be fairly …
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The Perception and Production of Portuguese Mid-Vowels by Native Speakers of American English
… trained native Brazilians. To test for perception, informants were evaluated on their ability to distinguish between tokens (individual vowel sounds) spoken in context by native Brazilian speakers. These tokens used to test perception were recorded in a professional recording studio in …
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Psychological aspects of risk and safety management in the UK offshore oil and gas industry.
… thesis consists of three studies. The first risk perception study aimed to investigate the relative accuracy of offshore workers' risk perceptions and to identify the organisational factors that influence their perceptions. A questionnaire was used to collect risk perceptions, job satisfaction, …
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Investigating sources of phonological rarity and instability: a study of the palatal lateral approximant in Brazilian Portuguese
… erroneously. Understanding the production and perception of rare speech sounds is important for understanding the distribution of speech sounds cross-linguistically, especially with regards to the establishment of a single phonetic alphabet (i.e. the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)) that …
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