Improving Driver Assistance in Intelligent Transportation Systems: An Agent-Based Evidential Reasoning Approach by M. Benalla, B. Achchab, H. Hrimech

“…Based on a series of information handling techniques, specifically, the belief functions theory and heuristic inference operations to achieve a consensus about daily driving activity in automatically inferring. …”
Get full text

Correlating the level of patients’ self-efficacy with paternalistic, consumerist, participative and training doctor relationships in dental offices by Lucian Josan, Alina Ormenisan, Iulia Dumitrescu, Mariana Pacurar

“…Self-efficacy—the belief in using abilities for a specific purpose—is an indicator of engagement. …”
Get full text

The relationship between Islamic theology and poetry by Nasufović Sead

“…These restrictions are depicted in the form of the necessary respect and adherence to the norms of Islamic belief and religious laws, which the poet must not renounce, nor express himself poetically in terms of content, while the form of the poem itself is left to the poet's full freedom of choice. …”
Get full text

What factors affect teacher professional learning: a qualitative meta-analysis based on the Onion model by Hanqiang Li

“…Design/methodology/approach – Based on the Onion model, 67 core literature in English and Chinese were coded through qualitative meta-analysis methods to explore environmental, behavioral, competence, belief, identity, mission and other factors that may impact teacher learning. …”
Get full text

Serum salusin levels in diarrhea- and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by Elif Tugba Tuncel, Seda Sabah Ozcan, Mehmet Korkmaz, Elif Börekci

“…Low-grade submucosal intestinal inflammation is also associated with irritable bowel syndrome. It is our belief that salusins may be useful in diagnosing, predicting or treating IBS.…”
Get full text

Success and failure rates of new food and non-food products introduced on the market by Ireneusz P. Rutkowski

“…This would mean that high costs of product innovation are incurred by many stakeholders who create a specific network of relationships, not just enterprises. The widespread belief that the new product failure rate is 90% is not supported by empirical evidence. …”
Get full text

Microbiological Quality Assessment of Popular Fresh Date Samples Available in Local Outlets of Dhaka City, Bangladesh by Rausan Zamir, A. B. M. Nazmul Islam, Anisur Rahman, Sunzid Ahmed, M. Omar Faruque

“…In Bangladesh, the popularity of date and its consumption surge few-fold during Ramadan among Muslims owing to the profound emotion related to religious belief that breaking of dawn-to-dusk fasting with dates is fulfilling a Sunnah. …”
Get full text

On The New Russian Eastern Policy by A. V. Torkunov

“…Conceptually the strategy of Eurasian integration stems from a belief in unity of economic, cultural, civilizational interests of the Eurasian member states with state interests in Asia and Asia-Pacific. …”
Get full text

Effects of garlic and aspirin on some blood parameters of new zeland rabbits fed cholesterol rich ration by Zafer Durgun, Ercan Keskin, Nurcan Dönmez, Feyyaz Önder

“…But to support the prevalanl popular belief in the efficacy of garlic in the management of cardiovascular disease risks, further studies including the b,ood volume, body fluid and urine amount determinations are needed on this subject.…”
Get full text

RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE PERSONAL ATTITUDE TOWARD REPORTING PATIENT SAFETY INCIDENTS by Purwo Andari, Candra Ferdian Handriyanto, Nyoman Anita Damayanti, Widodo Jatim Pudjirahardjo

“…Results: The variables of error orientation (p = 0.001; β = 0.349), behavioral belief (p = 0.008; β = 0.234), and perceived behavioral control (p = 0.003; β = 0.222) had a positive and significant effect on the personal attitude of employees reporting PSI. …”
Get full text

The Role of Self-Efficacy and Religiosity in Determining Female Teachers' Resilience by Siti Marisa, Nurussakinah Daulay, Nefi Darmayanti, Noor Shakirah Mat Akhir

“…Data collection was conducted through a survey using online questionnaires employing three measurement tools: the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the Short Muslim Belief and Practice Scale (Short-MPBS), and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-25 (CD-RISC-25). …”
Get full text

Canine Gouging: A Taboo Resurfacing in Migrant Urban Population by Anila Virani Noman, Ferranti Wong, Ravikiran Ramakrishna Pawar

“…Cosmopolitan cities have become a pool of migrants from different parts of the world, who carry their cultural beliefs and superstitions with them around the globe. …”
Get full text

Comparing Expert Driving Behavior in Real World and Simulator Contexts by Hiran B. Ekanayake, Per Backlund, Tom Ziemke, Robert Ramberg, Kamalanath P. Hewagamage, Mikael Lebram

“…For the analysis, we used several novel approaches such as scatter plots to visualize driving tasks of different contexts and to obtain vigilance estimators from electroencephalographic (EEG) data in order to obtain important results about the differences between the driving in the two contexts. Our belief is that both experimental procedures and findings of our experiment are very important to the field of serious games concerning how to evaluate the fitness of driving simulators and measure driving performance.…”
Get full text

Helicobacter pylori Management: How to Improve the Therapeutic Confusion in Practice by Nicholas J Talley

“…There appears to be a disconnect between current guidelines for Helicobacter pylori testing and treatment, and clinical practice, including physician beliefs and actual prescribing patterns. In particular, there are markedly different approaches in primary and secondary care, and country- specific differences in eradication therapy for H pylori infection. …”
Get full text

Fire Hazards Caused by Equipment Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Prescriptive vs. Goal-Oriented Legislation by Dejan Brkić

“…This article also reviews achievements in safety through the efforts of regulatory authorities, industry collaborations, technical standards, and risk assessments, with particular attention given to the status of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs). Contrary to common belief, the most frequent types of accidents are not those involving a fire/explosion caused by the failure of the Blowout Preventer (BOP) after a well problem has already started. …”
Get full text

Ideological Apparatuses of Shari’a and Reproduction of Domination: A Critique on the Book The Circles of Fear by Reza Najafzadeh

“…This article reviews Abu Zaid’s views critically in five parts: Abu Zaid and critical theory of society; reconstruction of reawakening discourse and the history of Etzali belief; women in crisis discourse, the ideology of language and the production of domination; the defeat and historical decline and critique of anti-woman practices and discourses on the eve of the transition to the information age; and the critique of the commodification of women.…”
Get full text

A Critical Review on the Book New Left Thinkers by Tayebe Domanlou

“…He wanted to show how these ideas were emerged in emotional reaction to the historical events of their time, and actually they were rooted in the human’s need for faith and belief in something. Although criticizing the mainstream of Scruton’s time is a courageous subject, special and scares, and we can admire Scruton for doing this, in final analysis of this work, I must say Scruton argued and criticized the new left in a way that he should be criticized too. …”
Get full text

Development and validation of a Malay version questionnaire for assessing risk perception of type 2 diabetes (RPDM). by Miaw Yn Jane Ling, Norfazilah Ahmad, Mohd Firdaus Mohd Radi, Azimatun Noor Aizuddin

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The questionnaire (RPDM) was developed based on the Health Belief Model and previous literature. A 59-item question pool was initially developed, reviewed by experts for content validity and pretested on five respondents. …”
Get full text

Faith, Understanding, Proof by A. E. Razumov

“…The most common, characteristic case is the belief in the semantic ability of mathematics. One can also call the judgment of faith in a sufficiently finite number of expert checks to finally confirm the law relating to an infinite (in potency) number of cases. …”
Get full text

THE SOCIAL COMPOSITION AND MAIN TASKS OF RUSSIAN RIGHT-MONARCHIST AND CENTRIST POLITICAL PARTIES OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY by A. S. Zabolotskikh

“…The ideology of the Black Hundreds, which had the universal Christian character, reflecting the traditionalist outlook of the country's population, contributed to their penetration into the masses. Contrary to popular belief, the big bourgeoisie and the landlord class were not the only groups that are members of the «Union of October 17th». …”
Get full text