Attitudinal Reactance: Another Response to Influence Attempts in Websites

Quit attempts in response to smoke-free legislation in England.

OBJECTIVES To determine whether England's smoke-free legislation, introduced on 1 July 2007, influenced intentions and attempts to stop smoking. DESIGN AND SETTING National household surveys conducted in England between January 2007 and December 2008. The sample was weighted to match census data on demographics and included 10 560 adults aged 16 or over who reported having smoked within the p...

Yet another perspective: a response to Connolly

Salbutamol-Induced Desensitization and Attempts to Resensitize In Vitro

The study was carried out to desensitize spontaneously active isolated chick rectum with salbutamol in log doses starting from 100 nanogram and resensitize with various drugs as a result to revive the desensitized tissue and respond to Salbutamol. The tissue response after desensitization to alpha, beta adrenergic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists was isotonically recorded for 1...

A simulation of attempts to influence crowd dynamics

1 This work was supported by the Non-lethal Technology Innovation Center, University of New Hampshire. 0-7803-7952-7/03/$17.00 © 2003 IEEE. Abstract – An understanding of how to alter crowd dynamics would have a significant impact in a number of scenarios, e.g., during riots or evacuations. The social force model, where individuals are self-driven particles interacting through social and physic...

Leukocyturia, another clue to inflammation in acute coronary syndrome

Introduction: Cronary artery disease is the main cause of mortality in developed countries. Classic risk factors have not been able to explain epidemiologic variants in this disease, hence other risk factors including systemic infections are under survey. This study was designed to evaluate the possible role of local and systemic infections in producing acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods: ...