Environmental attitudes towards wine tourism

Wine tourism marketers frequently seek new ways to promote destinations, often executing ecologically sustainable practices. As consumer environmental knowledge of a wine tourism destination increases, consumer attitudes change, influencing perceptions of the environmental policies of a wine region. In this consumer-driven economy, it is therefore important to search for effective ways to market destinations, and one approach is selective marketing. By focusing on consumers in this manner, it is possible to understand better their concerns and motivations, which should aid in marketing and advertising efforts. This study investigated wine consumers environmental concerns and attitudes about wine regions. Results suggest environmental attitudes differed by demographics regarding the impact of wine tourism, providing ideas on further marketing efforts for those involved in wine tourism

Australia's energy options: policy choice not economic inevitability

Executive summary A reliable and affordable supply of energy is a fundamental component to a vibrant economy. As a major source of commodities, including significant known reserves of low carbon emission energy sources, Australia is well positioned to supply the world’s future energy needs. In order for that to occur, Australia needs to examine all its energy options. The Government released a Draft Energy White paper in November 2011. CEDA considers this an opportunity that the Government should not miss in ensuring that Australia not only develops its energy resources for national economic gain but also to guarantee access to reasonably priced energy for Australian consumers. CEDA determined it would contribute to this significant debate by undertaking a year-long research project that examined Australia’s future energy options. As part of this research project CEDA published three policy perspectives that addressed Australia’s nuclear, renewables and efficiency and unconventional energy options. Recommendations in each of these perspectives were made with the specific aim of providing policy-makers with evidence-based research on the various energy sources either currently available or being actively explored and researched, often funded through the public purse. Fundamental governance decisions underpinned by strong economic policy arguments were at the centre of these recommendations. This final research report canvasses one of the more significant current debates associated with the availability of energy – the Australian electricity market. It puts forward a series of recommendations designed to enhance this element of the energy sector’s efficiency, security and effectiveness by placing consumers at the centre of the energy market and a reform agenda is proposed. Related identifier: ISBN 0 85801 284

North Africa and the Making of American Psychological Warfare and Propaganda, 1942-1945

In 1942, the United States founded the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Tasked with preparing North Africa for the first major Allied invasion of World War II, the OSS conducted extensive preparations that drew on resistance groups for support, utilized radio propaganda to destroy morale, spread rumors to discredit the enemy, and produced leaflets and pamphlets that influenced local populations. Operation Torch, as it would be known, was instrumental in laying the foundation for U.S. intelligence operations in the World War II period and beyond. After Operation Torch, the OSS conducted numerous psychological operations in Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. While the OSS faced challenges in conducting propaganda, stemming from jurisdictional battles with other U.S. wartime intelligence agencies, it was able to significantly improve its propaganda methods and tactics. In fact, by 1944, OSS radio programs had become so sophisticated that they fooled American military radio operators into believing they were enemy broadcasts. Other OSS psychological operations also showed great success, showcased by the thousands of soldiers who would surrender to Allied forces with OSS-made pamphlets in hand. Eventually, with the end of the War, President Truman abolished the OSS, instead replacing it with transitional intelligence agencies which culminated in the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency. This study utilizes a variety of recently declassified OSS documents to emphasize the importance of North Africa in the birth of modern American psychological warfare, which seems to stem from present day Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

Belief and Belongingness: Are Supernatural Agents and Forces Social Surrogates?

Motivational approaches to the study of supernatural beliefs propose that such beliefs serve psychological functions. I tested the proposal that supernatural agents and forces are sought out as social surrogates to fulfill the need to belong. First, I present preliminary data consistent with the claim that the belongingness motive and deficits in belongingness (i.e., loneliness) are related to supernatural beliefs. Next, I report an experiment testing the supernatural social surrogate proposal. I hypothesized that affirming belongingness would reduce supernatural beliefs and that the relationship between the predictors and supernatural beliefs would weaken if one’s belonging is affirmed. If supernatural beliefs are motivated by belongingness concerns, then meeting people’s belongingness needs should reduce their inclination to turn to supernatural social surrogates. I further predicted these effects would remain significant when controlling for known cognitive correlates of supernatural beliefs. Results did not support the social surrogate hypothesis

Exploring the Use of Integrative Therapies during Pregnancy

Background: About 60% of women experience back pain while pregnant (Jayson, 2016). “Morning sickness� affects about 80-90% of pregnant women (Viljoen, Visser, Koen, & Musekiwa, 2014). Stress and anxiety during pregnancy can cause negative birth outcomes (Effati-Daryani, Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Mirghafourvand, Taghizadeh, & Mohammadi, 2015). Purpose: The purpose of this research was to (1) explore the published literature regarding the use of integrative therapies during pregnancy for low back and pelvic pain (LBPP), nausea and vomiting (N/V), and depressed mood or anxiety, and (2) to survey ethnic and racially diverse pregnant women receiving prenatal care at a birth center in North Carolina about their use of integrative therapies to alleviate common discomforts of pregnancy, including LBPP, N/V, and depressed mood or anxiety. Methodology: A convenience sample of 31 was obtained by requesting participation in a survey from pregnant women at a birth center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that assessed their use of integrative therapies during pregnancy. Pregnant women of all trimesters and races were included in the study. Those women who were unable to speak and read English were excluded from this study. Results: Yoga (32.3%) and chiropractic services (29.1%) were commonly reported integrative therapies used to treat low back and pelvic pain during pregnancy. Acupressure (12.9%) was the most commonly reported integrative therapy used to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Meditation/yoga (6.5%) and herbs (6.5%) were commonly reported integrative therapies used to treat mood disturbances during pregnancy. About 23% of participants reported having used integrative therapies during pregnancy without notifying their healthcare providers. Implications: The findings of this research were used to understand what integrative therapies women are using to alleviate their common discomforts of pregnancy, specifically related to LBPP, N/V, & mood disturbances

Predictive measurements of college success : a study of the relationship between the freshman testing program and college success at the University of Richmond

The writer undertook this study with several objectives in view. Primarily it was desired to study the exact statistical relationship between academic success at University of Richmond and each of several scores obtained in the freshman testing program. More specifically, it was desired to check the predictive ability of: (1) the Q or quantitative score, (2) the L or linguistic score, (3) the T or total score, (sum of Q and L scores) obtained from the American Council on Education Psychological Examination for College Freshmen. In addition to this, it was desired to compute the validity coefficient for another test of the battery, the Cooperative Reading Comprehension Test. This is one of three complete tests which are combined in the testing program to make up the Cooperative English Test. Finally, it was the purpose of this study to review the literature for reports of previous investigations of this and closely related problems. This was done not only as a check on the writer\u27s findings, but to prevent him from covering over-investigated territory. Also, it was a search for an indication of the most profitable direction of exploration

Personality in the philosophy of Josiah Royce ..

Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Bibliography: p. 85-88