ATTITUDE AND PERCEIVED RISK TOWARDS COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION

Several vaccines have been approved against COVID-19 infectious disease and are being given to pop-ulations in different regions of the world. But, the number of people getting vaccines are quite less than the targeted population for whom the vaccines are being kept for immunization purpose. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the attitude and perceived risk towards COVID-19 vaccination decision in Bangladesh. An exploratory population-based survey was conducted among 186 general individuals chosen purposively from the metropolitan area of Dhaka. The survey was conducted using a structured and self-administered questionnaire. Multiple linear regression technique was performed to determine the variables predicting immunization decision. The findings reflect a significant positive attitude along with insignificant risk-taking behaviour towards COVID-19 immunization decision among the general population in Bangladesh.

Reality Versus Beliefs About the Effects of the Preview Learning Method

This study is mainly designed to evaluate a popular learning method: previewing material before classes and to answer two research questions on the learning method. The research questions are “Does previewing have benefits in promoting future learning?” and “Do people have correct metacognitive judgements on the effects of previewing?” The hypothesis states that previewing is beneficial in ways other than directly pre-stating answers (e.g., providing context information or keywords) and that, in general, individuals’ judgements on the effects of previewing are correct. This experiment found that participants who read preview materials before watching a brief lecture do not perform significantly better on post-tests than participants who have not read the preview. At the same time, most people who read preview materials see the preview as beneficial to their understanding of the topic, which is an incorrect metacognitive judgement. This study indicates that the importance of preview for learning performance may be a myth and reveals how people misjudge the benefits of previewing. These findings can lead to an improved understanding of better ways to conduct self-cognitive study.

Environmental assessment of Petasites spurius (Retz.) Reichb. in various habitats of the southern taiga subzone in Kirov oblast

The paper presents the results of an ecological assessment of Petasites spurius habitats in the southern taigasubzone of Kirov oblast. Indicators of potential ecological valence indicate a low degree of lability of species individuals,which is manifested in the predominance of stenovalent and hemistenovalent fractions. Their distribution is limited by verydry and damp, poor and saline soils, low illumination. The studied P. spurius cenopopulations differ in the level of soilmoisture and salt regime, which is associated with the degree of their distance from the water line. In general, individuals of P.spurius quite fully realize their ecological potential, however, in cenopopulation 1 they are realized the least. This is due to itslocation, high level of moistening, surface occurrence of water table and constant leaching of mineral salts from the substrate.

Intelligent Shopping Cart Using RFID and RF Module

The looking could be a essential requirement of individuals, that covers completely different fields, from vegetable and grocery search to apparel. In general, individuals accustomed go { completely different} retailers to shop for their different variety of artifact. Now days, retailers area unit unified, we will notice all the essential things beneath the one slate, that is thought as looking .The statistics of the minor and major looking malls grows over the years throughout the planet thanks to the request of the community. Thus, this results in the expansion within the level and formation of a mall. In our country, there area unit still plentiful would like for upgrading the facilities for providing the commendable looking to shoppers. Customers oft affect difficulties and bother once search. These issues conjointly contain worrying regarding the whole quantity of cash, inadequate info regarding the things that area unit purchasable and offers of the day, and conjointly waiting within the queue at the charge counter for bill cause wasting the superfluous time. For partitioning the issues explicit higher than varied ways area unit developed, however the effectualness remains thought-about for the betterment and improves the looking expertise. samples of these varied existing ways like barcode technology, wherever the worth is hold on within the barcode and RFID technology area unit enforced.

Eye contact perception in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder

The present study investigated how the eye contact perception of ingroup and outgroup faces by Japanese adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder differed from that of age-, sex-, and IQ-matched typically developing individuals. The autism spectrum disorder and typically developing individuals were equally likely to perceive subtly averted gazes as self-directed gazes. In both groups, the frequency with which self-directed gazes were perceived decreased as gaze aversion increased. In general, individuals with autism spectrum disorder were equally capable of perceiving a self-directed gaze as typically developing individuals. However, typically developing individuals, but not individuals with autism spectrum disorder, were more likely to perceive self-directed gazes from ingroup faces than from outgroup faces. Stimuli ratings revealed that individuals with autism spectrum disorder, but not those with typically developing, gave higher warmth ratings to ingroup faces with averted gazes and outgroup faces with direct gazes compared to other types of face stimuli, suggesting atypical affective experiences in response to ingroup and outgroup faces in autism spectrum disorder. These results suggest that individuals with autism spectrum disorder did not show an ingroup bias for the perception of a self-directed gaze, and raise the possibility that an atypical emotional experience contributes to the diminished ingroup bias for the perception of a self-directed gaze. Lay abstract The detection of a self-directed gaze is often the starting point for social interactions and a person who feels as if they are being watched can prepare to respond to others’ actions irrespective of the real gaze direction because the other person may likely be motivated to approach. Although many studies demonstrated that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have difficulty discriminating gaze direction, it remains unclear how the perception of self-directed gaze by individuals with autism spectrum disorder differs from that of age-, sex-, and IQ-matched typically developing individuals. Participants observed faces with various gaze directions and answered whether the person in the photograph was looking at them or not. Individuals with and without autism spectrum disorder were just as likely to perceive subtle averted gazes as self-directed gazes. The frequency of perceiving a self-directed gaze decreased as gaze aversion increased in both groups and, in general, individuals with autism spectrum disorder showed a comparable ability to perceive a self-directed gaze as that of typically developing individuals. Interestingly, considering face membership of photographs (ingroup or outgroup faces), typically developing individuals, but not individuals with autism spectrum disorder, were more likely to perceive self-directed gazes from ingroup faces than from outgroup faces. However, individuals with autism spectrum disorder had different affective experiences in response to ingroup and outgroup faces. These results suggest that individuals with autism spectrum disorder did not show an ingroup bias for the perception of a self-directed gaze, and raise a possibility that an atypical emotional experience contributes to the diminished ingroup bias.

Sign Language Digit Recognition Using Different Convolutional Neural Network Model

An enormous number of world populations in current time are unique in that sense that they have no broad language because of the absence of their hearing capability. The people with hearing impairment have their own language called Sign Language however it is hard for understanding to general individuals [1]. Sign digits are additionally a significant piece of gesture based communication. So a machine interpreter is important to permit them to speak with general individuals. For making their language justifiable to general individual’s computer vision based arrangements are notable these days. In this exploration of work we target to develop a model based on CNN to deal with the recognition of Sign Language digits. A dataset of 10 classes is used to train (70%), validation (20%) and test (10%) of the network. We consider three different models of CNN network to train and test the accuracy of sign digit. Among the three model transfer learning based pre-trained CNN performs better with test accuracy of 92%.

strategi dalam pengambilan keputusan

Decision making is one element of economic value, especially in the era of globalization, and if it is not acceptable in the decision making process, we will be left behind. According to Robins, (2003: 173), Salusu, (2000: 47), and Razik and Swanson, (1995: 476) say that decision making can be interpreted as a process of choosing a number of alternatives, how to act in accordance with concepts, or rules in solving problems to achieve individual or group goals that have been formulated using a number of specific techniques, approaches and methods and achieve optimal levels of acceptance.Decision making in organizations whether a decision is made for a person or group, the nature of the decision is often determined by rules, policies, prescribed, instructions that have been derived or practices that apply. To understand decision making within the organization it is useful to view decision making as part of the overall administrative process. In general, individuals tend to use simple strategies, even if in any complex matter, to get the desired solution, because the solution is limited by imperfect information, time and costs, limited thinking and psychological stress experienced by decision makers.

What do elderly problem drinkers aim for? Choice of goal for treatment among elderly treatment-seeking alcohol-dependent patients

Objective: The patient’s free choice of treatment goals for alcohol use disorder (AUD) is predictive for treatment outcome. Presently there is limited knowledge of whether the age at onset of AUD influences the choice of goal for treatment. The present study investigates whether there are differences in choice of treatment goal between patients with very late onset alcohol use disorder (VLO AUD ≥ 60 years) and those having early or mid-age onset of AUD (EMO AUD < 60 years). Method: Participants were 341 persons, voluntarily enrolled in the Elderly Study, who were seeking treatment for AUD in outpatient centres for alcohol treatment in Denmark. Data regarding thoughts about abstinence, alcohol use in the last 90 days, motivation for treatment and psychiatric diagnosis were collected via questionnaires. A logistics regression was used to analyse the data. Results: 32.1% of the participants with VLO AUD chose temporary abstinence goals, compared to 18.2% of the patients with earlier-onset AUD ( p = 0.024). Further, 10.7% of participants with VLO AUD chose total abstinence goals compared to 31.3% of participants with early or mid-age onset AUD ( p = 0.002). Conclusion: There are significant differences in choice of goal between participants with very late onset AUD and early or mid-age onset AUD. Individuals with very late onset alcohol use disorder tend to choose temporary abstinence over any other treatment goal whereas, in general, individuals with early onset alcohol use disorder choose permanent abstinence over other treatment goals.

strategi dalam pengambilan keputusan

Decision making is one element of economic value, especially in the era of globalization, and if it is not acceptable in the decision making process, we will be left behind. According to Robins, (2003: 173), Salusu, (2000: 47), and Razik and Swanson, (1995: 476) say that decision making can be interpreted as a process of choosing a number of alternatives, how to act in accordance with concepts, or rules in solving problems to achieve individual or group goals that have been formulated using a number of specific techniques, approaches and methods and achieve optimal levels of acceptance.Decision Making in Organizations whether a decision is made for a person or group, the nature of the decision is often determined by rules, policies, prescribed, instructions that have been derived or practices that apply. To understand decision making within the organization it is useful to view decision making as part of the overall administrative process. In general, individuals tend to use simple strategies, even if in any complex matter, to get the desired solution, because the solution is limited by imperfect information, time and costs, limited thinking and psychological stress experienced by decision makers.

Diseño de una encuesta para identificar las formas de relación identitaria en Castilla y León

Los diversos vínculos entre los individuos y el patrimonio que les rodea han sido ampliamente analizados en la literatura, constatando su complejidad y diversidad dada la naturaleza del concepto de patrimonio. En este artículo nos centramos en el análisis de un tipo de vínculo, el identitario, para tratar de cuantificarlo, ver si existen diferencias entre personas con distinto perfil socioeconómico, y si el grado de vinculación identitaria varía en función del número de programas de educación patrimonial implementados en el territorio. Para ello, hemos elaborado una encuesta que incorpora datos socioeconómicos básicos de los individuos y cuestiones relativas al grado de vinculación identitaria. Los primeros resultados apuntan a que, en general, las personas que han respondido a la encuesta son conocedores de la existencia del patrimonio que les rodea, lo que nos permitirá, en análisis posteriores, medir el grado de vinculación identitaria de los individuos del territorio de Castilla y León, dar respuesta a las hipótesis planteadas en la elaboración de esta encuesta, y poner de manifiesto la importancia de la educación patrimonial en el fomento de la creación de vínculos identitarios. The different connections between individuals and the heritage which surrounds them have been widely analyzed in the literature, stating their complexity and diversity due to the nature of the concept of heritage. This paper is focused on the analysis of one type of connection, the identity one, in a try to quantify it, to check the existence of disparities between persons with a different socioeconomic profile, and to corroborate whether the identity connection varies according to the number of heritage education programs implemented in the territory. To achieve this, we have performed a survey which includes basic socioeconomic information about individuals and questions related to the degree of identity connection. The first results show that, in general, individuals who answered the survey are aware of the heritage which surrounds them, what will let us, in further analysis, measure the degree of identity connection of individuals from Castile and Leon, give an answer to the hypothesis outlined during the elaboration of the survey, and bring to light the importance of heritage education in the creation of identity connections.