Olfactory cue dependence of insects such as mosquitoes is beneficial in understanding insect behaviour during host seeking. Understanding of the host-seeking behaviour, particularly, the olfactory process involved in it at molecular level is likely to provide new means of controlling insects. A number of studies have shown Drosophila as a successful model system to decipher and delineate the ro...

Psychological motivation for information searching is an important area of research that has received relatively little attention. This study addresses these motivatio11s in an academic environment. Psychological needs causing undergraudates to seek informtion in the context of continuing motivation are identified. In addition, the study identifies categories of sources used to satisfy these in...

Today, health care consumers are taking more control over their health care problems, investing more time in finding and getting information as well as looking for proper methods in order to investigate more closely the health care information received from their physicians. Unfortunately, in health care consumers' views, the trustworthiness of health authorities and institutions has declined i...

Microblog has grown popularly as a seminal social medium for timely information seeking and sharing. However, the reason why individuals update real-time information in microblog has not been well understood, and empirical research to address this specific information behavior is hardly available. As a felt urge can be conceptualized as a precursor of real-time updating in the microblog, we att...

In oligopolistic industries firms face at least two types of uncertainty. First, there is uncertainty about the evolution of demand and possibly also production technology. This type of uncertainty is typically exogenous to the industry. Second, there is uncertainty that emerges endogenously from the strategic decisions of firms. This strategic uncertainty often arises because a firm does not k...

The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) group is the fastest-growing minority group in the United States. AAPIs have been touted in the literature as the "model minority" because of their achievements in the socioeconomic and educational spheres, which in certain categories are beyond the average levels of the dominant majority. However, generalizations such as these are very misleading,...

Many interactive learning environments (ILEs) offer on-demand help, intended to positively influence learning. Recent studies report evidence that although effective help-seeking behavior in ILEs is related to better learning outcomes, learners are not using help facilities effectively. This selective review (a) examines theoretical perspectives on the role of on-demand help in ILEs, (b) review...

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In this paper we explored three areas: decision making and information seeking, the relationship between information seeking and uncertainty, and the role of expertise in influencing information use. This was undertaken in the context of a qualitative study into decision making in the initial stages of emergency response to major incidents. The research took an interpretive approach in which ac...

Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag wird die Beobachtung des Informationsverhaltens als zentraler methodischer Ansatz der informationswissenschaftlicher Forschung identifiziert, der auch unter Anerkennung terminologischer, evtl. sogar ontologischer Grundannahmen eine Kooperation über die Grenzen etablierter Paradigmata hinaus erlaubt.