Community-based environmental health assessments begin by noting and understanding perceptions of community-specific environmental health issues [ 18, 25].
Of note, local beliefs and perceptions about beneficial and cleansing properties of a potential microbicide were also reported in a study of South African sex workers [ 26] and in a large microbicide trial [ 27].
Additionally, it is important to note that although EM and perceptions of external control are associated with sub-optimal learning approaches and outcomes, no attempt was made to correlate the identification of at risk motivational orientations with academic performance or outcome in our study cohort.
Interestingly, we did observe small differences in open- and closed-note exam performance and perception for students who experienced open-note exams for an entire quarter.
The field notes included interviewer's opinions and perceptions of what was being shared by participants, and the observations included non-verbal communication or environmental cues.
From his years working for Ira, and encountering many other popular-music figures of note, he has interesting recollections and perceptions to offer, as well as a fair number of amusing anecdotes.
Overall, they are responsible for the management of resources, people and perceptions (manager interview notes, 19th July 2010), and judge that their biggest challenges lie in managing people and their perceptions [ 35].
The Berlin-based group Transparency International, which compiles a global corruption ranking, notes that perceptions of corruption have worsened this year despite the high profile eradication campaign.
It is also important to note that speech production and perception systems overlap extensively so that many of the regions used to perceive a voice are also used in thinking and speaking (e.g. STS, Spt).
The IIED report notes, "Perceptions of land rights and historic compensation claims are a continuing source of dissatisfaction and conflict in the mining area".
In addition to recording each interview, interviewers kept field notes documenting their perceptions about the session and documenting nonverbal data.
