Unpacking the Municipal Demarcation Application in South Africa by Zaakirah Iqbal Jeeva, Trynos Gumbo, Juanee Cilliers

“…This article unpacks the application process that needs to be followed by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), the Member of Executive Council (MEC), and the public to motivate for the re-demarcation of local boundaries. …”
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Gender-based violence committed by women against men in the Kingdom of Eswatini by Phumuzani Mpofu, Lungile Goodness Mamba

“…The study employed the bioecological model as a theoretical framework to examine various forms of abuse experienced by men, barriers to seeking help, and potential motivators for seeking assistance. A purposive sample of twenty-five participants was selected for the study. …”
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Exploring the multidimensional nature of the psychopathy construct in social media context: Insights from Instagram by Mojtaba Elhami Athar

“…Results indicated that each component of the psychopathy construct demonstrated unique associations with online behaviors, suggesting that these components may reflect distinct underlying motivations for engaging in specific online activities. …”
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Psychological factors of flow state in online learning by Daša Jalen

“…Findings – The findings indicate that flow is associated with a range of positive cognitive, emotional and motivational factors. Platforms that help students achieve flow are interactive, provide feedback, contain entertaining yet professional content, and consider the difficulty level. …”
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A Novel Approach on the Advancement in Polymer Phase Change Material in Solar Energy by G. Jegan, P. Ramani, T. J. Nagalakshmi, S. Chitra, T. Samraj Lawrence

“…A wide interest has been shown in the application of solar energy in recent times. This motivated the researchers to make a development in the approach of solar energy, but there are different technologies like MPPT, CPG, and grid mode that have been used to maintain a constant temperature. …”
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A Mathematical Model for a Transmissible Disease with a Variant by A. Otto, M. Amidou

“…The outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic around the world has caused many health and socioeconomic problems, and the identification of variants like Delta and Omicron with similar and often even more transmissible modes of transmission has motivated us to do this study. In this article, we have proposed and analyzed a mathematical model in order to study the effect of health precautions and treatment for a disease transmitted by contact in a constant population. …”
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Modified Grey Wolf Optimizer for Global Engineering Optimization by Nitin Mittal, Urvinder Singh, Balwinder Singh Sohi

“…A comparatively new algorithm motivated by the social hierarchy and hunting behavior of grey wolves is Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), which is a very successful algorithm for solving real mechanical and optical engineering problems. …”
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DOCTRINE OF MAN IN DESCARTES AND PASCAL by A. M. Malivskyi

“…The paper substantiates the meaningful relationship in the doctrine of man from both French thinkers, which manifests itself in the vision of the initial situation as a person’s choice of their own foundations in the course of conceptualization the scientific revolution, understanding of Christianity as a basic paradigm of thinking, priority of the anthropological interest over natural-science one, the dominant role of the ethical philosophizing motive.…”
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In the Search of Fundamental Inner Bond Strength of Solid Elements by Maziar Sahba Yaghmaee, Reza Riahifar

“…In order to understand the physics behind the surface properties and nano-scale phenomena, we are motivated first to investigate the inner bond strengths as well as the effect of number of neighboring atoms and their relative distance in addition to space positions (crystallography). …”
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Performance Trades for Multiantenna GNSS Multisensor Attitude Determination Systems by Nathan A. Tehrani, Jason N. Gross

“…In particular, attitude estimation performance sensitivity to various error sources and system configurations is assessed. This study is motivated by the need for system designers, scientists, and engineers of airborne astronomical and remote sensing platforms to better determine which system configuration is most suitable for their specific application. …”
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Cyberterrorism: content, forms and promising countermeasures by D. S. Melnyk

“…This type of terrorism should be regarded as a socially dangerous politically motivated activity aimed at disrupting the critical information infrastructure of the State and thus creating a danger to human life and health or causing other serious consequences, provided that such actions were committed for terrorist purposes, or using cyberspace for other purposes of terrorist activities not directly related to terrorist acts. …”
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Enhancing the Achievement of Learning Outcomes for Foreign Language Learners Based on Gamification and Card Games by Yasmeen Alomair, Salah Hammami

“…However, it is noteworthy that these approaches often prioritize the motivational aspect while neglecting the imperative need to enhance student learning outcomes (SLOs). …”
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Crystalline-symmetry-protected Majorana modes in coupled quantum dots by Bradraj Pandey, Gonzalo Alvarez, Elbio Dagotto, Rui-Xing Zhang

“…We propose a minimalist architecture for achieving various crystalline-symmetry-protected Majorana modes in an array of coupled quantum dots. Our framework is motivated by the recent experimental demonstrations of two-site and three-site artificial Kitaev chains in a similar setup. …”
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SAFETY LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTIC OF SUPERVISOR PRODUCTION DIVISION AT PT. BCD by Septyani Prihatiningsih

“…Supervisors are not fully involved to safety program that consist of are involved in all corrective actions, and motivate the employee to participate in the OHS program. …”
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Capital flow management as a tool for ensuring financial stability by V. V. Kuznetsova, O. I. Larina

“…The authors conclude that depending on the motives of the regulator, there may be different approaches to the application of capital control measures. …”
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Maximal resolving sets in a graph by V. Swaminathan, R. Sundareswaran

“…A vertex [Formula: see text] in a connected graph G is said to resolve two vertices [Formula: see text] if [Formula: see text] Clearly, x resolves [Formula: see text] A subset S of [Formula: see text] is a resolving set of G if for any two distinct vertices [Formula: see text] there exists a vertex [Formula: see text] such that x resolves [Formula: see text] Motivated by this equivalent definition, a study of resolving chain and maximal resolving set is initiated in this paper. …”
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Smart Microgrid Energy Management Using a Novel Artificial Shark Optimization by Pawan Singh, Baseem Khan

“…The ASO algorithm is motivated by the sound sensing capability of sharks, which they use for hunting. …”
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Miss-represented by Pontsho Pilane, Mehita Iqani

“… This paper reports on a quantitative content analysis of 2,699 images of women present in one year’s worth of the South African edition of Glamour magazine. Motivated by critical race theory, black feminist thought and critical consumption studies, the aim of the study was to determine how often black women were represented in the sample and, further, to examine the particular body types and hairstyles preferred in the aesthetic of black women featured. …”
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Development of Learning Media for the Elderly to Promote Child Health in the Community by Napalai Chaimaha, Supawadee Putthinoi, Suchitporn Lersilp

“…Efficiency of the learning media was evaluated after the trial, when the participants expressed their opinion, and the users perceived that the learning media was effective, motivating, easy to use, and simple in the terms used, as well as appropriate in the sequence of contents and pictures and font, size, and color of the text.…”
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Effectiveness of the application of instructional media using the Canva application in marketing subjects at SMK 45 Lembang by Diah Putri Nunirmala, Hamdan Rachmatulah, Senny Alfia

“…Descriptive quantitative research conducted at SMK 45 Lembang aims to measure the effectiveness of using the Canva application in learning to improve student learning outcomes because students are more motivated to participate in learning related to technology they are already familiar with, such as Android, WhatsApp, and Instagram. 1) In the context of using Canva as a learning medium in Marketing subjects at vocational high schools (SMK), its implementation is not optimal because most educators are not yet proficient in this technology. …”
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