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A study of the effectiveness of the Oregon DUII (driving under influence of intoxicants) mandated educational program in changing knowledge and attitude concerning driving after drinkingConkey, Judith A. 26 April 1984 (has links)
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the
effectiveness of the Oregon Level I Diversion Program in changing
knowledge and attitude concerning driving after drinking.
A secondary purpose was to determine the effect of the eight
different class-time schedules used to teach the required 12-hour
curriculum on the clients' test scores. An additional purpose was to
determine if a significant correlation existed between gain in
knowledge scores and selected instructional variables.
The 61 Item Drinking and Driving Inventory was administered to
all 965 individuals in the sample. Pretest and posttest scores were
analyzed using a Paired T and Analysis of Covariance. Data from
questionnaires administered to teachers in the Oregon Diversion
Program were correlated with students' gains in knowledge scores.
The Pearson r and Spearman rho were used in the correlation analyses.
Results of the statistical analyses at the .05 level of
significance were:
1. There was a significant difference in pretest and posttest
scores for all four dependent variables (knowledge score, two
attitude scores and the behavioral intention score).
2. There was a significant difference in the adjusted means
among the eight time spans for three of the dependent
variables (knowledge score, one attitude score and the
behavioral intention score).
3. The instructional variable identified as Cultural Differences
on the questionnaire correlated significantly with students'
gains in knowledge scores.
An additional finding was gathered from the Oregon Department of
Motor Vehicles' statistics. There was a lower re-arrest rate for the
clients who completed the Level I Diversion Program than for the
persons who chose to be processed through the court system.
Selected recommendations included:
1. A long range study of recidivism to include correlation of
personal and demographic variables of clients should be conducted.
2. A demographic analysis of program instructors, including
their educational background correlated with
performance, should be undertaken. / Graduation date: 1984
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How to Perform Market Orientation in New Product DevelopmentHu, Hao, Xu, Chenke January 2011 (has links)
In turbulent environments, the infused marketing function has become an essential and natural part in the firms’ new product development (NPD). Some scholars define NPD as the transformation of a market opportunity into a product as a result of the coupling of market assumptions with technological possibilities. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the role of market orientation in NPD, with the specific focus on how market orientation is carried out in NPD and how it affects NPD. This study is built on a conceptual framework and a tool, both are formed from literature. The authors use the case study to conduct this research, and one company’s (Tylö’s) data is gathered through the semi-structured interview. Some findings are obtained from analysis: Firstly, market orientation contains two approaches, one is the market-driven approach and the other is the driving-market one, and firm could choose one of them according to the new product features. Secondly, there are four areas in market orientation, for each approach, the specific content in each area is different. Thirdly, the four areas are identifying customers’ needs, collecting information, inter-functional coordination and taking action and they move on sequentially. In addition, two crucial factors-time and cost should be paid much attention in NPD.
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Experiment on the Information Integration of Risk Perception of Drunk DrivingKuo, Wen-Chun 27 August 2001 (has links)
Over the past five years, an average of about 323 traffic accidents that were caused by drunk driving occurred in Taiwan every year, resulting in 306 deaths and injuring 297 people and costing Taiwan society a lot. Concerned government agencies have recognized this harsh problem and taken measures as a counteract, for example, imposing heavy fines and punishing the driver with penal code, in order to discourage this poor habit of drunk driving. However, the tragedies caused by drunk driving have not abated. Government agencies usually execute public powers from the subjective perspective of statutory law, and similarly the research and investigation of related problems conducted in Taiwan usually emphasize the enforcement aspect. However, the results of foreign research indicate that risk message can be conveyed through risk communication so as to change the public¡¦s risk perception, resulting in their changes in behavior. This study began with the cognitive perspective of the risk of drunk driving perceived by the law enforcers, voluntary group of drunk driving risk, and pressured group of drunk driving risk, and used the experimental method of Information Integration Theory to investigate the integrated algebra model of each concerned group¡¦s ¡§probability information¡¨ and ¡§outcome information¡¨ of drunk driving risk and its level of risk perception. The findings are as follows:
I. Cognitive algebra model
(I) On drunk driving cases with high-probability, low-outcome risk of being stopped, the law enforcers as a whole used the multiplying model, while the drunk driving group and the ordinary driving group used the equal-weight averaging model to integrate the information.
(II) On drunk driving cases with low-probability, high-outcome risk of causing traffic accidents, the law enforcers, the drunk driving group, and the ordinary group all used the adding model, with more emphasis on the outcome information.
(III) On drunk driving cases with high-probability, low-outcome risk of being stopped, most people used the equal-weight averaging model, and they used the adding model on the cases of low-probability, high-outcome risk of causing traffic accidents.
II. Risk perception
(I) The drunk driving group had the highest risk perception on the type of high-probability, low-outcome risk of being stopped drunk driving, the ordinary group had the second highest risk perception, and the law enforcers had the lowest risk perception.
(II) The ordinary group had the highest risk perception on the type of low-probability, high-outcome risk of drunk driving causing traffic accidents, the drunk driving group had the second highest risk perception, and the law enforcers had the lowest risk perception.
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Motorcycyles emission factors determined by dynamometric tests using real road driving cycles.Wang, Wen-Jeng 24 June 2002 (has links)
Because of the economic development of Taiwan, population gathering and the habit of people using transports, these considerations have made vehicle grow up fast. Vehicles emitted a large amount of pollutant that has caused many air pollution occasions. The motive of this study is to understand the motorcycle driving cycle, amount of pollutant and emission factor in four areas ¡VTaipei, Taichung, Kaoshiung and Pingtung. But it is very poor on concerning study in Taiwan. It is necessary to go on the concerning investigation and to establish the driving cycle and the actual emission factor of mobile source of Taiwan.
The experiment includes two parts: one is regional driving pattern that is selected by factor analysis from samples; the other is to get the concentration of the pollutant and to calculate emission factors of the one by using Dynamometer. The pollutants are carbon monoxide (CO), total hydrocarbon (THC) and nitrogen oxides (NOX).
In this study, the emission factors of motorcycles of the four areas are ¡§Taipei: CO 8.24 g/km, THC 2.53 g/km, NOX 0.12 g/km, CO2 55.98 g/km, Taichung: CO 7.81 g/km, THC 2.28 g/km, NOX 0.12 g/km, CO2 54.31 g/km, Kaoshiung: CO 6.53 g/km, THC 1.62 g/km, NOX 0.13 g/km, CO2 54.03 g/km, and Pingtung: CO 6.79 g/km, THC 1.63 g/km, NOX 0.13 g/km, CO2 41.42 g/km.
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Study on Dynamic Behaviors of the Golf SwingChen, Chien-Chih 08 July 2002 (has links)
The thesis aims to investigate the golf swing dynamic behaviors by a suitable computer simulation. The FEM analysis software DYNA was used to analyze the golf swing motion. The swing model was made by driving moment at two revolving joints to provide torque of golf swing. The point is to set the model under the three-dimension gravity field to analyze the influences of club head speed, loft angle, lie angle and stresses in the shaft caused by different shaft flexes and club head weights. Form the finding of the study, the dynamic response and the shaft flex play important parts in swing motion. Comparing the results of the experiments of other research, the relationship among swing motion factors and their dynamic responses were conducted. It is believed that this thesis will provide some reliable computer stimulation data for the reference in sport science.
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The Influence of Policy on the U.S. Drunk-driving FatalityChen, Li-chiu 30 July 2008 (has links)
Due to drunk-driving fatality is the most focal issue in the U.S. traffic accident, this paper applies panel data model to analyze the influence of beer tax and other drunk-driving related laws on the U.S. drunk-driving fatality rate from 1982-2006. Different from former references, this paper investigate if the drunk-driving fatality rate declines by the time and by region.
The result shows that drunk-driving fatality rate has declined by the time, especially, in 1987; the drunk-driving fatality rate statistically significant drops. The posibility is that U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elizabeth, ordered the automobile manufactures to set seat belt or air bag with the cars from 1987. However, the drunk-driving fatality rate doesn¡¦t show different significantly by region. This may suggest that regions have similar laws and cultural norms, which leads to similar drunk-driving fatality rate. Finally, the survey indicates the higher beer tax, BAC 0.08 Law, and Zero Tolerance Law are effective policies to reduce drunk-driving.
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The interaction of person and situation within the driving environment : daily hassles, traffic congestion, driver stress, aggression, vengeance and past performance /Hennessy, Dwight A. January 1999 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-120). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NQ39272
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Effect of alcohol-related laws on deaths due to motor vehicle and motorcycle crashes in the United States, 1980-1997 /Villaveces, Andrés. January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-52).
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Transport policy and bus operations in Hong Kong /Chiu, Tak-kwong, Michael. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1984.
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The role of steering torque feedback in a driver's control of a nonlinear vehicleKim, Namho January 2011 (has links)
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