this paper aims to investigate a new and intricate behavior of immediate follower during the lane change of leader vehicle. accordingly, the mentioned situation is a transient state in car following behavior during which the follower vehicle considerably deviates from conventional car following models for a limited time, which is a complex state including lateral and longitudinal movement simul...

Despite the benefits they derive from social networking sites (SNSs), members of those services are not always satisfied with their online behaviors. The investigation of desires for behavior change in SNSs both provide insight into users’ perceptions of how SNSs impact their lives (positively or negatively) and can inform tools for helping users achieve desired behavior changes. We use a 604-p...

Behavioral science provides useful ideas about how programs of mass communication and community participation can produce synergistic influences on the lifestyles and policy decisions of populations and their representatives. Media campaigns featuring real-life behavior models and community networks mobilized to promote behavior change provide a theoretically sound paradigm for community-level ...

When drivers are approaching a signalized intersection at the onset of a yellow change interval, they must decide whether to stop or cross the intersection. This can be a difficult decision when the vehicle is located within the dilemma zone and the result is sometimes a rear-end crash due to a sudden stop. This paper presented a new pavement-marking countermeasure which purpose is to reduce th...

Currently, the major risks to health are the result of engaging in risky behavior. Risky behaviors include not seeking treatment for psychiatric disorders, engaging in unsafe sex, escalating interpersonal conflicts, and abusing drugs. The authors have been involved with two research projects and one large-scale naturalistic study—all of which underscore several key principles necessary to cause...

Background Breastfeeding plays a major role in the health of mothers and babies has potential to positively shape an individual’s life both short long term. In United Kingdom (UK), although 81% women initiate breastfeeding, only 1% breastfeed exclusively 6 months as recommended by World Health Organization. UK, who are socially disadvantaged younger less likely at 8 weeks postpartum. One strate...

This paper presents algorithms that fuse information in multiple event streams to update models that represent system behavior. System behaviors vary over time; for example, an information network varies from heavily loaded to lightly loaded conditions; patterns of incidence of disease change at the onset of pandemics; file access patterns change from proper usage to improper use that may signi...

All behavior is based on processes in people’s minds. Knowledge is activated, beliefs and emotions rise to the fore, and an intention to perform a particular behavior emerges, eventually resulting in observable behavior. In other words, these processes, which we term behavioral factors, determine behavior. To change behavior effectively, these behavioral factors have to be targeted by intervent...

The transtheoretical model posits that health behavior change involves progress through six stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination. Ten processes of change have been identified for producing progress along with decisional balance, self-efficacy, and temptations. Basic research has generated a rule of thumb for at-risk populations: 40...