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Effects of training and experience on perception of hazard and risk.

This study was designed to show how those proficient at a machining task, where proficiency was gained through both training and past experience, influence the perceived hazard and risk when observing Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining. The study ...
Vincent G Duffy (Ergonomics, 200301)
effects-training-experience-perception-hazard-risk.asp

222.

College attendance and risk-related driving behavior in a national sample of young adults.

OBJECTIVE: This study examined and sought to explain the relationship between college attendance and indicators of risk-related driving (drinking and driving, seatbelt use) among young adults who participated in the 1999 National Household Survey on Drug ...
Mallie J Paschall (J Stud Alcohol, 200301)
college-attendance-risk-related-driving-behavior-national-sample.asp

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Considerations for more effective social norms based alcohol education on campus: an analysis of different theoretical conceptualizations in predicting drinking among fraternity men.

OBJECTIVE: Recent alcohol education campaigns targeting college students have focused on correcting the erroneous perception students have of the amount of alcohol their peers consume. This strategy is based on assumptions that college students ...
Mickey Trockel, Sunyna S Williams, Janet Reis (J Stud Alcohol, 200301)
considerations-more-effective-social-norms-based-alcohol-education.asp

224.

Measuring seasonality: psychometric properties of the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire and the Inventory for Seasonal Variation.

There is a general consensus that seasonal changes in mood, behavior and vegetative functions vary in magnitude across the general population. Studying the dimension of seasonality requires reliable and valid measures. This study examined and compared ...
Michael A Young, Christina Blodgett, Annemarie Reardon (Psychiatry Res, 200301)
measuring-seasonality-psychometric-properties-seasonal-pattern.asp

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Elementary school teachers techniques of responding to student questions regarding sexuality issues.

Fifth- and sixth-grade elementary school teachers (n = 277) techniques of responding to students human sexuality-related questions were assessed. Few teachers (34%) reported receiving formal training in sexuality education. The most commonly asked ...
James H Price, Joseph A Dake, Gregg Kirchofer, Susan K Telljohann (J Sch Health, 200301)
elementary-school-teachers-techniques-responding-student-questions.asp

226.

Liberalisation of abortion laws in Nigeria: the undergraduates perspective.

Nothing in the field of health care generates more controversy than does the issue of abortion. The views of 396 undergraduates of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria concerning the liberalisation of abortion laws were investigated in May 2001. ...
E O Orji, A B Adeyemi, O A Esimai (J Obstet Gynaecol, 200301)
liberalisation-abortion-laws-nigeria-undergraduates-perspective.asp

227.

Immediate free recall of drug names: effects of similarity and availability.

The prescribing frequency, subjective familiarity, and two measures of similarity as predictors of error in immediate free recall of drug names were assessed. The study design utilized prospective, computer-based, word memory experiments in which 30 ...
Bruce L Lambert, Ken-Yu Chang, Swu-Jane Lin (Am J Health Syst Pharm, 200301)
immediate-free-recall-drug-names-effects-similarity-availability.asp

228.

Patterns of alcohol use among Australian secondary students: results of a 1999 prevalence study and comparisons with earlier years.

OBJECTIVE: This study was initiated to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use among Australian secondary students in 1999 and to examine changes in that prevalence over a 15-year period between 1984 and 1999. METHOD: A randomly selected representative ...
Victoria M White, David J Hill, Yuksel Effendi (J Stud Alcohol, 200301)
patterns-alcohol-australian-secondary-students-results--prevalence.asp

229.

What users want in e-commerce design: effects of age, education and income.

Preferences for certain characteristics of an online shopping experience may be related to demographic data. This paper discusses the characteristics of that experience, demographic data and preferences by demographic group. The results of an online ...
Nancy J Lightner (Ergonomics, 200301)
users-want-e-commerce-design-effects-age-education-income.asp

230.

Internationalization and localization: evaluating and testing a Website for Asian users.

The objective of this study was to combine internationalization and localization of Websites and improvement of Website usability with user-centred design methods. This study designed for internationalization and localization of Websites for Asian users, ...
Pei-Luen Patrick Rau, Sheau-Farn Max Liang (Ergonomics, 200301)
internationalization-localization-evaluating-testing-website-asian.asp