Digital entrepreneurship through the prism of student attitudes: Challenges and opportunities by Tripković Anđelka, Aleksić Ivana

“…The research was conducted at the University of Pristina with a temporary seat in Kosovska Mitrovica, with the aim of determining the level of knowledge of the concept of digital entrepreneurship among students, their motivations for starting their own business, as well as the key skills that are considered important for success in this field. …”
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Democratizing the media by Coenie de Villiers

“…Parallels between media demqcratization in CentralEastern Europe and South Africa are drawn, and the danger of an overriding commercial motive in radio broadcasting is outlined. …”
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Majoritarianism and Monoculture (M&M) by Mansoor “Manny” Ahmed, Dann R. Toliver, Hazem Danny Nakib

“…In this article, we first detail this phenomenon of majoritarianism and point out how minority protections in the nondigital world have been implemented. We motivate adding minority protections to collaborative systems with examples. …”
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A model for predicting dropout of higher education students by Anaíle Mendes Rabelo, Luis Enrique Zárate

“…Higher education institutions are becoming increasingly concerned with the retention of their students. This work is motivated by the interest in predicting and reducing student dropout, and consequently in reducing the financial losses of said institutions. …”
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Epididymal Adenomatoid Tumor: A Very Rare Paratesticular Tumor of Childhood by Ioannis Patoulias, Christos Kaselas, Dimitrios Patoulias, Constantine Theocharides, Maria Kalogirou, Konstantinos Farmakis, Thomas Feidantsis

“…This notice and our concern, as well, about the patient’s surveillance protocol during the postoperative period were the motive for this case study.…”
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Testing Gaussianity, Homogeneity, and Isotropy with the Cosmic Microwave Background by L. Raul Abramo, Thiago S. Pereira

“…We review the basic hypotheses which motivate the statistical framework used to analyze the cosmic microwave background, and how that framework can be enlarged as we relax those hypotheses. …”
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Stigmatization as a Barrier to Urologic Care: A Review by Parker Foster, Marie Luebke, Abrahim N. Razzak, Danyon J. Anderson, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Recognizing these concerns can also assist in public health outreach approaches to motivate patients for seeking urologic care. The scope of this review was limited to three highly prevalent conditions affecting both men and women, including urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause.…”
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Exploring the Role of Video Games in Reducing Academic Stress among Filipino Students by Lowel L. Urian, Maria Lourdes L. Chavez

“…Four prominent themes emerge: video games offer stress relief and relaxation, foster social interaction and community, provide cognitive skill practice and development, and motivate time management. Consistent with prior research, the findings suggest video games can be a valuable resource for managing academic stress. …”
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Principles and Practices to Secure and Hold Interest by R. Kirby Barrick, Andrew C. Thoron

“…Students learn more and retain what they have learned longer when they are interested in the content, see its usefulness, and are motivated to learn and apply what they have learned. …”
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On Improving Ratio/Product Estimator by Ratio/Product-cum-Mean-per-Unit Estimator Targeting More Efficient Use of Auxiliary Information by Angela Shirley, Ashok Sahai, Isaac Dialsingh

“…The results are conforming to our motivating aim behind our proposition.…”
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Attracting Native Bees to Your Florida Landscape by Rachel Mallinger, Anne Yasalonis, Gary Knox, Wayne Hobbs

“…Recently reported declines in some bee species have heightened awareness of bee conservation across the United States and motivated efforts to increase floral resources for bees. …”
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Principles and Practices to Secure and Hold Interest by R. Kirby Barrick, Andrew C. Thoron

“…Students learn more and retain what they have learned longer when they are interested in the content, see its usefulness, and are motivated to learn and apply what they have learned. …”
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Grafites do amor, da paz e da alegria na cidade Olímpica: interfaces entre política, arte e religião no Rio 2016 by Christina Vital da Cunha

“…The objective of this article is to analyze the meanings attributed by different actors to graffiti, stencils and murals that form a motivational landscape in Rio de Janeiro in the context of the 2016 Olympics. …”
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Maintaining optimal physical activity of patients following cardiac rehabilitation by Anna L. Persiyanova-Dubrova, Marina G. Bubnova, David M. Aronov, Inna F. Matveeva

“…Various strategies, including motivational, are used to maintain patients’ PA after cardiac rehabilitation program. …”
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USING BUSINESS LEADERSHIP MODELS TO ANALYSE LEADERSHIP STANCES IN A DEVELOPMENTAL ORGANISATION IN THE CAPE FLATS by R. Tucker

“…The analysis reveals that, within the overall transcendental leadership stance of the researched organisation, the primary purpose and motivational incentivisation is transformational. It is suggested that the research may provide leaders of other and African Christian developmental organisations with useful and productive insights into their own organisations. …”
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Basal cell carcinoma. Case presentation by Yusdenia G. Soto Serrano, Jeyffry E. García Castillo, Eduardo L. Hernández Peña, Aimeé Seife Echevarría

“…The hist-pathological  diagnosis informed a sebaceous baso-cellular carcinoma, a differentiation of a very low frequency that motivated the presentation of this report.…”
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TUTOR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL EVENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM FOR TEACHER FURTHER TRAINING by Svetlana V. Dudchik

“…This activity promotes his (her) formation as a subject of professional development, and fosters the development of his (her) individual motives and values. Subjectivity of a participant of educational event is manifested in the ability to become a strategist of his (her) professional activities, to set and adjust personal goals, to realize the reasons to construct his (her) own actions and to assess their compliance with what was intended, to plan individual professional development, and to communicate effectively with colleagues.…”
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Soap opera viewing in a communal context by Michele Tager

“…Although the research undertaken covered various aspects of the soap opera viewing experience and the consumption of an international vs a local soap opera, this paper will focus specifically on the nature of the viewing process and the ways in which the respondents relate to both soap operas, and it touches briefly on how the viewing patterns of the students and their motivations for watching compare with audience studies conducted elsewhere in the world. …”
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Second-order general Emden-Fowler differential equations of neutral type: Improved Kamenev-type oscillation criteria by Asma Al-Jaser, Osama Moaaz

“…The study of the oscillatory behavior of a general class of neutral Emden-Fowler differential equations is the focus of this work. The main motivations for studying the oscillatory behavior of neutral equations are their many applications as well as the richness of these equations with exciting analytical issues. …”
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Anxiety and Related Factors in Chronic Pain by Gordon JG Asmundson

“…The association between chronic pain and anxiety may not be particularly surprising when one considers that, in the acute phase, both pain and target-oriented anxiety (or fear) motivate actions that serve to minimize the threat and maximize the likelihood of successful escape. …”
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