Budgetary processes in medical organizations under a global budget payment system by Cheng-Tsung Lu, Wen-Hsin Huang

“…Using questionnaire results from budgeting supervisors, four key effects are identified: the motivational effect of budgetary participation, the information effect of budgeting information system (BIS) characteristics, the cognitive effect of budget quality, and the performance effect of budget performance. …”
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Feasibility Verification of Mountable PZT-Interface for Impedance Monitoring in Tendon-Anchorage by Thanh-Canh Huynh, Young-Hwan Park, Jae-Hyung Park, Jeong-Tae Kim

“…This study has been motivated to numerically evaluate the performance of the mountable PZT-interface for impedance monitoring in tendon-anchorage. …”
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Performance management in university hospitals: an empirical analysis in a Brazilian institution by Márcia Maria dos Santos Bortolocci Espejo, Henrique Portulhak, Vicente Pacheco

“…Findings indicate the absence of alignment between strategy, performance management and decision-making, as well as inadequacies of the artifact and the reward system. These results have motivated reflections on the alignment between the institution’s strategic plan, its performance management system, and the relationship between decision-making and strategy. …”
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Fostering the Teachers Rediness for Using the Informational Educational Environment in Higher Scool by N. V. Lomovtseva, E. V. Tchubarkova, A. A. Karasik

“…The components of teachers’ readiness for using information technologies in their daily professional work are defined including the motivational, technological, emotional, volitional, communicative and reflexive ones. …”
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Promoting Ag Awareness through Commodity Fact Sheets by Kathryn A. Stofer, Jessica Sullivan, Joy N. Rumble, Libbie Johnson

“… Increasing public awareness of Florida agriculture is a vital step in motivating the public to support agriculture. A basic understanding of Florida’s agricultural products, their impacts on the economy and the environment, and their availability contributes to Extension’s mission to sustain and enhance quality of life. …”
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Intelligent Inventory Control via Ruminative Reinforcement Learning by Tatpong Katanyukul, Edwin K. P. Chong

“…Ruminative reinforcement learning (RRL) has been introduced recently based on this approach. RRL is motivated by how humans contemplate the consequences of their actions in trying to learn how to make a better decision. …”
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Dynamic Effects of Embedded Macro-Fiber Composite Actuators on Ultra-Light Flexible Structures of Repeated Pattern- a Homogenization Approach by A. Salehian, T.M. Seigler

“…Motivated by deployable satellite technology, this article presents a homogenization model of an inflatable, rigidized lattice structure with distributed macro-fiber composite (MFC) actuation. …”
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A New Trajectory Optimizing Method Using Input Shaping Principles by Pu Zhao, Yunfei Zhou, Rougang Zhou

“…Input shaping is an efficient control technique which has motivated a great number of contributions in recent years. …”
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Two-Stage Humanitarian Logistics Deprivation Model for the Planning of Scarce KN-95 Facemask Supplies under Agent’s Cooperation by Oscar L. Pineda-Martinez, Carlos D. Paternina-Arboleda, Guisselle A. García-Llinás

“…Humanitarian logistics encompasses a wide spectrum of conditions or constraints for supply chains, yet its focus on mitigating human suffering efficiently is what has motivated organizations and governments to make rapid decisions in real time. …”
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Undernourishment and tuberculosis: two flagella of underdevelopment. A case assisted in Timor Leste by Anagalys Ortega Alvelay, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Pedro Juan Barrios Fuentes, Sol Esther García Morales

“…The patient is diagnosed as a case of pulmonary tuberculosis after a previously prolonged disease associated to malaria, acute respiratory diseases and intestinal parasites which motivated a stepped clinical assistance and further hospital admissions. …”
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Promoting Ag Awareness through Commodity Fact Sheets by Kathryn A. Stofer, Jessica Sullivan, Joy N. Rumble, Libbie Johnson

“… Increasing public awareness of Florida agriculture is a vital step in motivating the public to support agriculture. A basic understanding of Florida’s agricultural products, their impacts on the economy and the environment, and their availability contributes to Extension’s mission to sustain and enhance quality of life. …”
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development of University Innovative Potential as a Factor Contributing to the Growth of Labor Satisfaction of Young Teachers by N. I. Prokopov, S. N. Antonyuk, S. Yu. Ivanov, D. V. Ivanova

“…In the course of studying the respondents’ motivational preferences and working conditions there were revealed the peculiarities of young teachers’ adaptation in the educational process. …”
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Guidance on Setup, Calibration, and Validation of Hydrodynamic, Wave, and Sediment Models for Shelf Seas and Estuaries by Jon J. Williams, Luciana S. Esteves

“…The paper is motivated by a present lack of clear model performance guidelines for shelf sea and estuarine modellers seeking to demonstrate to clients and end users that a model is fit for purpose. …”
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LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MARINE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS, THAILAND by Chanisada CHOOSUK, Prawit KHUNNIKOM, Thitichaya BOONSOM, Somporn KHUNWISHIT, Poonyanuch RUTHIRAKO, Narun NATTHAROM, Jitrawadee THITINANTHAKORN

“…Notably, understanding internal factors like beliefs and motivations towards sustainability is crucial for effective waste management strategies. …”
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Wavelet Optimal Estimations for Density Functions under Severely Ill-Posed Noises by Rui Li, Youming Liu

“…Motivated by Lounici and Nickl's work (2011), this paper considers the problem of estimation of a density f based on an independent and identically distributed sample Y1,…,Yn from g=f*φ. …”
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F(R) Gravity’s Rainbow and Its Einstein Counterpart by S. H. Hendi, B. Eslam Panah, S. Panahiyan, M. Momennia

“…Motivated by UV completion of general relativity with a modification of a geometry at high energy scale, it is expected to have an energy dependent geometry. …”
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الميول القرائية لدى طلاب المرحلة الثانوية ودور المکتبة المدرسية في تنميتها وتحفيزهم على القراءة : دراسة ميدانية على طلاب إدارة قنـا التعليمية بمحافظة قنــا... by مصطفى عارف

“…The research was based on the field approach, and one of the most important results of the study was the existence of significant differences in tendencies between students of general and technical education and the existence of an impact on them according to gender, and for this the study recommended taking into account the fulfillment of the reading tendencies of students and motivating them in proportion to those variables.…”
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Adherence with Preventive Medication in Childhood Asthma by Scott Burgess, Peter Sly, Sunalene Devadason

“…Electronic monitoring devices are likely to be more frequently used to remind patients to take medication, as a strategy to motivate patients to maintain adherence, and a tool to evaluate adherence in subjects with poor disease control. …”
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The interplay of secondary EFL teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and pedagogical content knowledge with their instructional material use approach orientation by Nurul Fitriyah Almunawaroh, János Steklács

“…Teachers' cognitive abilities and affective-motivational characteristics were found to be predictive of their instructional activities in earlier studies. …”
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An action research of student cognative english program: the online activity teaching strategy applications by Han-Kwang Chen

“…"Online Activity" was chosen as a possible optimization strategy because it assisted teachers in applying online activities to current course materials, improving students' learning motivations and learning outcomes. The results showed that online activity was a practical strategy for improving foreign language learning. …”
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