objective: different educational tools are now commonly used in universities worldwide such as illustrations, audio and videotapes, etc. this study aimed to compare the efficacy of educational film and clinical demonstration for instruction of fiber-reinforced composite (frc) post restorations to dental students in department of restorative dentistry.   methods: this interventional study was co...

Effects of anti-tobacco and anti-marijuana TV advertisements on explicit (i.e., semantic differential ratings) and implicit (i.e. Implicit Association Test, IAT) attitudes toward tobacco and marijuana were compared. Two hundred twenty nine, 18- to 19-year-old U.S. college students were randomly assigned to anti-tobacco or anti-marijuana PSA viewing conditions. Participants completed a short sur...

INTRODUCTION Parents can set household practices that influence children's behaviors. The objective of this study was to determine whether children (children and adolescents aged 9-18 y) who live in a household that has healthful practices related to behaviors associated with obesity have a lower body mass index (BMI). METHODS We analyzed data from the 2005 Styles mail panel survey (N = 1,685...

AIMS The current study investigated the effect of a media health message for drinking on risk perception estimates (comparative optimism). METHODS Sixty-five young adults who regularly drink alcohol watched an anti-drinking scenario (having an accident due to drinking). There were two intervention conditions: 30 participants 'imagined' they were part of the scenario, and 35 'watched' the scen...

Target tracking has many applications in various fields. Millions of cameras are being used globally and people are constantly being watched everywhere. These cameras record over 48 hours of videos weekly which are impossible to be monitored manually. Many applications have been presented to improve the performance of pedestrian tracking. However, it still has remained a challenging topic. In t...

The present study investigated the neuroscience of memory for actions using event-related potentials (ERPs). Actions were performed, initiated but not completed (i.e., interrupted), or watched while the experimenter performed the action during encoding. Memory was assessed in a reality monitoring (RM) test (performed vs. watched actions), as well as in an internal source monitoring (ISM) test (...

It is unclear if children of different weight status differ in their nutritional habits while watching television. The objective of the present paper was to determine if children who are overweight or obese differ in their frequency of consumption of six food items while watching television compared with their normal-weight counterparts. A cross-sectional study of 550 children (57·1 % female; m...

Research suggests that the presence of peers influences adolescent risk-taking by increasing the perceived reward value of risky decisions. While prior work has involved observation of participants by their friends, the current study examined whether observation by an anonymous peer could elicit similarly increased reward sensitivity. Late adolescent participants completed a delay discounting t...

Information search behavior is an attitude or action in seeking finding the information needed. important to do get required that can help solving problems. Kriklas (2006: 16), argues activity determining and identifying messages satisfy perceived needs. The method used this research a qualitative describe nature of problems being monitored. Sulistyo-Basuki 78) describes intending complete refl...

The wide spread of mobiles as handheld devices leads to various innovative applications that makes use of their ever increasing presence in our daily life. One such application is location-tracking and monitoring. This paper proposes a prototype model for location tracking using Geographical Positioning System (GPS) and Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) technology. The system display...