The present research examines the impact of listeners' own rate of speech production on their perception of speech rate. We recorded 28 native French speakers reading a passage at normal, fast and slow rates. The same speakers then assessed the rate of production of these samples by all speakers and at all rates (normal, fast and slow), using a magnitude estimation task. We show that there is a...

The issue of electronic waste is becoming increasingly problematic in both advanced and emerging nations due to the presence harmful substances nearly all items, which can have negative effects on human health environment. objective study was examine influence perceived vulnerability benefit e-waste management practices among technicians. In this study, we utilized Health Believe Model determin...

background: somatic signs, perceived stress and self-efficacy are differ in smoker and non-smoker students. the purpose of present study was investigating the somatic symptoms, perceived stress and self-efficacy in smoker and non-smoker students. methods: 200 volunteer students, 100 smokers and 100 non-smokers, were selected and completed the somatic signs checklist, perceived stress and self-e...

Background: Knowledge of perceived benefit from acupuncture treatment is important to predict who is using acupuncture, to inform physicians of the possible benefits of acupuncture, to determine where rigorous research should be focused, and to help policy makers predict future demand. Objectives: To determine the proportions of survey respondents who reported perceived effectiveness of acupunc...

Transient covert attention affects basic visual dimensions such as contrast sensitivity, spatial resolution, and temporal resolution. Two recent studies provide evidence of corresponding phenomenological changes: The increase in contrast sensitivity and spatial resolution at the attended location is associated with increased apparent contrast (M. Carrasco, S. Ling, & S. Read, 2004) and apparent...

Wages and benefits in the hospitality industry are notoriously low, tight margins often mean that organizations do not have resources to increase pay. Existing research has demonstrated low pay is a large factor high rate of turnover industry. Therefore, present study aimed understand whether enriching job characteristics such as variety may attenuate relationship between benefit satisfaction. ...