Scheduling on a Single Machine and Parallel Machines with Batch Deliveries and Potential Disruption by Hua Gong, Yuyan Zhang, Puyu Yuan

“…In this paper, we study several coordinated production-delivery scheduling problems with potential disruption motivated by a supply chain in the manufacturing industry. …”
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Consciência política e participação no Orçamento Participativo em Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (ES, 2009-2012) by Leandro Vianna Silva Souza, Marcia Prezotti Palassi, Alfredo Rodrigues Leite da Silva

“…We can conclude that different types of political consciousness motivate the participation in this PB case: PB as an effective political mechanism for discussion and sharing of resources; PB as an opportunity to express the collective identity and prioritize their own community; PB as an opportunity to discuss power relations on the public budget. …”
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Empowering Entrepreneurial Competencies and Mindset in Teacher Training by Karmen Trasberg

“…Teacher students evaluate these activities as motivationally challenging and essential for developing an entrepreneurial mindset. …”
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Using Prospecting to Expand Your Customer Base by Kara DiNardo, Allen F. Wysocki

“…One reason why prospecting is often avoided is its high failure rate; it is a struggle to be motivated to prospect when it seems to be met with constant failure. …”
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La biopolitique dans la théorie critique du tourisme : une critique radicale de la critique by Rodanthi Tzanelli

“…Cette critique doit s’articuler avec les questions de (a) pouvoir institutionnel et discursif dans la création des mondes et des destinations touristiques (worldmaking, Hollinshead, 2009a), mais aussi, et surtout, (b) les contre-discours analogues institués par les chercheurs critiques en études touristiques, qui cherchent à légitimer leur propre communauté épistémique et à produire ainsi une voix majoritaire assurant un soutien apparent (mais non exempt d’intérêts ou de motivations) à des causes moralement justes pour un meilleur avenir humain et planétaire.…”
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Ways of Aesthetically Integrating Conservation Theory in an Era of Neoliberal Illusions and Post-Colonial Migration by Hiltrud Schinzel

“…This article explores the fundamental question in conservation-restoration: for whom and why do we preserve art? The motivations for conserving cultural heritage evolve over time, influenced more by sociocultural contexts than by established theories. …”
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Degradation Kinetics and Durability Enhancement Strategies of Cellulosic Fiber-Reinforced Geopolymers and Cement Composites by Lulseged Belay Addis, Zenamarkos Bantie Sendekie, Neela Satheesh

“…The need to overcome the low energy-absorbing response and low tensile strength of geopolymers and cementitious materials has motivated researchers to develop fiber-reinforced composites. …”
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"CYCLIST ON THE MARSH": LESSONS AND PROSPECTS OF THE LAST EU ENLARGEMENT by A. I. Tevdoy-Bourmouli

“…The paradox is predetermined by the combination of the EU motives – common interests of the integration group with the interests both of individual members and outside actors.…”
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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA: ROLE OF THE TEACHER by SUDETU OSENI, ABDUL-SALAMI NASIRU ELAMAH, OLAJIRE AFUSAT ORINIOWO

“…It was suggested amongst others that teachers should encourage their students in the classroom by praising them verbally as this will motivate them to learn more.  Also, that management of schools should improve the classroom management skills and approaches of teachers by setting up many seminars/workshops. …”
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Value systems and participation in drug trafficking activities in Sonora, Mexico by Francisco Manuel Piña-Osuna

“…The value systems transmitted by this criminal modality have become embedded in some sectors of society, vindicating it and generating approval and a desire to choose this way of life, motivating people to enter this activity. The objective of this article is to identify the value systems of a group of people in drug trafficking, as well as to explore the relationship that these values had on their entry into the activity. …”
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Fiery words: Unveiling anger in Hindi idioms through conceptual metaphors and metonymies by Abhijeet Satsangi

“…This paper investigates the conceptual and cognitive motivations behind anger-related Hindi idioms. The study is based on 40 idiomatic expressions on anger curated from diverse sources, including websites, books, and native speakers’ intuition. …”
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Biblical Turns of Phrase, Repetition and Circularity in Oscar Wilde’s Salome by Sébastien Salbayre

“…Indeed, in Salome, the extremely short accounts of the beheading of John the Baptist that can be found in the Gospels turn into a sexual tragedy in which lust, perversity and frustration are the main motivating forces behind the characters’ actions. But Wilde’s impertinent originality does not only lie in his departure from the factual biblical accounts of the events and the presence of a sexual subtext. …”
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Standort dialogue between government and business in ght context of polycrisis in Germany by Vladislav B. Belov

“…Both the government and business, represented by interest groups, are motivated to counteract these adverse trends by retaining capital and labor within Germany’s economic territory, as well as attracting them from other economic locations. …”
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AN INQUIRY INTO CHINA’S ALIGNMENT WITH RUSSIA by W. Li

“…Since China and Russia have moved their comprehensive strategic partnership forward towards an unprecedented height, people have wondered what the motives are behind the two huge land powers to crave this end. …”
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Mobile Music Distribution: A Multichannel Approach by Marco Furini

“…Several studies state that excessive downloading time and high cost are the main burdens. Motivated by the growth of social and mobile applications, in this paper we propose an approach that aims at reducing both the downloading time and the cost to get digital music when acquired in the mobile scenario. …”
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Sujet clitique et dynamique de l’écrit : un éclairage par les jets textuels by Quentin Feltgen, Florence Lefeuvre, Dominique Legallois

“…To shed light on their linguistic contents and motivations, we focus on subject clitics. We show, using a Monte-Carlo-type statistical method, that these clitics are found to a marked degree in the front position of the production bursts. …”
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THE VALUE OF SERVICE; EXPLORING THE MODEL OF SERVICE QUALITY IN INDONESIAN AND TUNISIA ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY by Wildatul Islamiyah, Nurul Najma Kamila Hasyim

“…This research aims to understand the model of service quality based on Islamic values in Indonesia and Tunisia. The study is motivated by a lack of awareness regarding the importance of Islamic values in service, conflicts in values and cultures, insufficient resources and support, resistance from internal parties, consumer ignorance, differences in the interpretation of Islamic values, and the influence of political and economic contexts. …”
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Students’ perceptions of adopting songs for English online learning in Indonesian tertiary education by Eka Wulandari, Yuyun Putri Mandasari

“…This creates challenges for teachers to discover suitable techniques or media to motivate students to keep being active in online class interaction. …”
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Consumption of boutique hotel experiences as revealed by electronic word-of-mouth by Carolina Fiuza Parolin, Ricardo Boeing

“…This study sought to understand consumers’ online manifestations of boutique hotel experiences and individuals’ motivations for engaging in electronic word-of-mouth. …”
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PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE YU. M. LOTMAN: COGNITIVE DIALOGUE SEMIOTICS AND HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY PURPOSE by S. SH. Aytov

“…In particular, the cognitive structure allows us to study the underlying causes of the motives and actions of individuals and entire societies past. …”
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