The literature concerning the controversy between dissonance and selfperception theories is reviewed. It is proposed that the two theories be regarded not as “competing” formulations but as complementary ones and, furthermore, that each theory is applicable only to its own specialized domain. Self-perception theory, it is suggested, accurately characterizes attitude change phenomena in the cont...

A multi-antenna GPS array has been used by many researchers and in practise and to determine the attitude parameters of a mobile platform. At the heart of high accuracy real-time GPS-based attitude determination is the quick and correct resolution of the carrier phase ambiguities. So far the majority of research has focused on improving the time-to-ambiguity resolution, and in improving the acc...

BACKGROUND Obesity and over weight is one of the causes of threatening children's present and future life. One of the factors that cause this problem is parents' attitude toward preschool children's nutritional patterns. Education can improve the parents' attitude and prevents from this big issue. This study aimed to assess changes in mother's attitude and behavioral intention using intention m...

Among different factors contributing to foreign language learning, affective variables such as attitudes, orientations, motivation, and anxiety are of paramount importance. Among these various factors, learners' attitude towards language learning is considered as one of the key factors in motivating the learners to learn that language. This studyexamined a sample of Iranian medical students' at...

Background. Engagement in physical exercise in pregnancy is hamstrung by safety concerns, skepticism about usefulness, and limited individualized prescription guidelines. This study assessed knowledge and attitude of pregnant women towards antenatal exercises (ANEx). Methods. The cross-sectional study recruited 189 pregnant women from six selected antenatal clinics in Ile-Ife, South-West, Niger...

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitude of engineering students towards sketching and drawing (S&D) and its relationship with spatial visualisation ability. Three aspects of attitude towards S&D were investigated namely, (a) the view of the professional role of S&D, (b) the personal value of S&D and (c) the usage tendency of S&D. Comparison was made between engineering and archite...

OBJECTIVES Undergraduate medical teaching in occupational health (OH) is a challenge in universities around the world. Case-based e-learning with an attractive clinical context could improve the attitude of medical students towards OH. The study question is whether case-based e-learning for medical students is more effective in improving knowledge, satisfaction and a positive attitude towards O...

BACKGROUND Of the overall 9.5 million deaths annually in India, nearly 100,000 are due to organ failure. To save and extend lives, organ donation and organ transplantation have become the only hope. Health care professionals (HCPs) are a key element in facilitating cadaveric organ donation process. OBJECTIVE To assess and compare the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding organ donation ...

An accelerometer-array attitude-calibration method is proposed here. Being based on the compatibility of rigid-body point accelerations, this method can be applied to determine and account for the accelerometer installation errors with a high degree of accuracy. It is assumed that the number of three-axis accelerometers in the array is redundant in order to help reduce the effect of sensor nois...

This article presents an inexpensive inertial attitude and position reference system for a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that utilizes low cost inertial sensors in conjunction with a global positioning system (GPS) sensor. The attitude estimates are obtained from a complementary filter and a Kalman filter by combining the measurements from the inertial sensors with the supplementary attit...