Employing attitude measures to explain valuation responses in contingent valuation studies has the potential to improve statistical analyses as well as interpretation of response information. In this paper, four types of attitude measures are compared for their ability to provide these benefits in the context of a contingent valuation of an air quality management plan for Sofia, Bulgaria. Findi...

Environmental sustainability (ES) requires conducting business activities by causing the least harm to environment. Care and caution must be exercised see that natural resources are not depleted environmental assets preserved for posterity. ES is a precondition sustained economic growth, requiring integrated multi-disciplinary knowledge decision-making. Using structural equation modelling (SEM)...

PURPOSE This study explores how diverse attitudes about health literacy are assessed by medical librarians and other health care professionals. PROCEDURES An online survey of thirty-six items was conducted using Q methodology in two phases in spring 2005 and winter 2006. Respondents (n = 51) were nonrandomly self-selected from a convenience sample of members of the Medical Library Association...

The purpose of this research was to identify the variables that increase concern about the health, environmental contamination, and economic consequences of toxic substances in the environment. A mail survey was sent to a New York State sample, and a 66% response was obtained. Seven indices were developed from specific concerns about toxic substances in the environment including, among others, ...

This study developed a model that examined the relationship between undergraduate students' beliefs, norms and pro-environment behavioral intentions in the context of global climate change (GCC). The model was further evaluated to determine whether latent variables, such as sustainability value, environmental concern, social norms, perceived risk, pro-environmental attitude, as defined by the t...

This paper addresses three-axis attitude control for a Danish spacecraft, R mer. The algorithm proposed is based on an approximation of the exact feedback linearisation for quaternionic attitude representation. The proposed attitude controller is tested in a simulation study. The environmental disturbances correspond to those expected for the R mer mission. The pros and cons of the algorithm ar...

The environment as a place where living things live has undergone significant changes which have resulted in decrease environmental quality. level of students' understanding and awareness the greatly influences existing conditions. However, fact is that knowledge possessed by students not been fully applied their environment. This study aimed to ascertain relationship between attitudes. employe...