The belief that cervical cancer is contagious and the prolonged course of cervical cancer were perceived to sometimes explain in part relatives' abandonment of patients.
"It wasn't really an area of high crime, it was just perceived to be," explains Niddy Noddy of the KGB (Knitting Guerrillas of Birstall) who got involved in the project.
The intelligence community, he said, has "a perceived need to explain itself to the public".
Curious about what President Obama might say when he believes he is off the record and can therefore afford to be "very blunt?" In the case of the interview he gave this week to The Des Moines Register, the president used his perceived anonymity to explain why he thinks the political calculus will make it possible for him to overhaul the nation's immigration laws next year.
From the public policy or provider perspective risk management may occur in order to protect certain provider or funder sectors from implicit or perceived criticism, to explain time and fiscal resource constraints, and 'sell' the benefits of change or innovation.
The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of how women wearing high heels are perceived in order to explain why men's behavior changes depending on the presence of high heels on women's feet.
The potential outcome of a 'pre-symptomatic patient' is perceived as difficult to explain by professionals and difficult to understand for parents, as it falls outside the scope of the current screening programme.
A simplified model informed by our analysis describes how after an initial stress (having a diagnosis of COPD) specific demographic and socioeconomic factors predict Internet access and that among those with access, activating mechanisms based on the risks and potential rewards (perceived needs) help to explain the frequency of Internet use.
Accordingly, in a familiar and still current sense, phenomena are whatever we observe (perceive) and seek to explain.
Regression analyses showed that the perceived lighting qualities helped to explain the variance in visual accessibility, whereas PCQ helped to explain perceived danger in the environment.
