Analysis of the role of financial leverage, good corporate governance, and firm size on profit management by Armi Bakar, Nurlela Nurlela, Martha Ayerza Esra, Brastoro Brastoro, Amelia Sandra

“…This article states that the average company has a safe influence in the sense that the company can pay back the debt used to finance the company's assets, so managers need to be more motivated to practice earnings management. Good Corporate Governance (KPI) does not play a role in Profit Management (DA), meaning that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Good Corporate Governance implemented did not make managers practice profit management. …”
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School-Based Health Center Intervention Improves Body Mass Index in Overweight and Obese Adolescents by Alberta S. Kong, Andrew L. Sussman, Carolina Yahne, Betty J. Skipper, Mark R. Burge, Sally M. Davis

“…ACTION consisted of eight visits using motivational interviewing to improve eating and physical activity behavior. …”
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Psychological Health and Spiritual and Moral Values of Young People of Conscription age in the Context of the Destructive Information and Psychological Influence by A.B. Serykh, L.F. Buksha, E.V. Osipova, E.N. Nazarskaya

“…The following were used in the study: the author's questionnaire “Information and psychological impact”; the questionnaire “Motivational structure of information activity”; the questionnaire “Spiritual personality”; the methodology “Individual model of psychological health”. …”
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Caregiver’s Opinions on the Design of the Screens of a Future Gamified Mobile Application for Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Children in Saudi Arabia by Demah M. Alsalman, Zahra Bu Ali, Zainab Alnosaier, Norah Alotaibi, Turki M. Alanzi

“…It can be concluded that the practical implementation of the screens in a future mobile application can motivate children with type 1 diabetes to improve eating habits, physical exercise, and cognitive, emotional, and social behaviors to maintain a stable state of health. …”
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‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ approaches in active transport promotion: analysis and mapping of government policies by Nicholas J. R. Hunter, Benjamin Cramer, Erica Randle, Katherine A. Hunter

“…Our findings suggest that governments in Victoria take a multifaceted approach to active transport promotion, comprising policies that achieve one of the three functions: (i) modifying the built environment (‘hard measures’; 45.1% of policies analysed); (ii) changing social attitudes, motivations and capabilities (‘soft measures’; 27.8%); and (iii) planning and decision-making within government to support active transport promotion (‘governance measures’; 24.6%). …”
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Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development by Jeff C. Huffman, Christina M. DuBois, Rachel A. Millstein, Christopher M. Celano, Deborah Wexler

“…We also discuss how PP interventions could be combined with motivational interviewing (MI) interventions to provide a blended psychological-behavioral approach.…”
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Effect of Coolant Inlet Mode on Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Twin-web Turbine Disc Cavity by Y. T. Guo, S. F. Wang, W. J. Shen

“…Twin-web turbine discs have been the subject of recent research in an effort to lighten the weight of and boost the efficiency of aero engines. This has motivated researchers to investigate other configurations for an expanded blade air supply and twin-web turbine discs. …”
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The Impact of the Quizlet App on Students' Mufradât Mastery: An Experimental Study by Ibnu Rawandhy N. Hula, Yousif Abdelmannan Mohamed Godat Arrashedy, Mohamad Lahay, Mukhtar I. Miolo, Damhuri Damhuri, Abdullah Sakka

“…This research is motivated by the observation that 10th-grade students at MAS Al-Huda in Gorontalo City have low mastery of mufradât. …”
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Catalase Biomimetic Sensor Based on Metal by Malikova Nurana Nahmad, Gurbanova Lala Maharram, Ali-Zadeh Nahmad Islam, Nagiev Tofik Murtuza, Shokhzod Ulashov, Kurbanova Shaxnoza

“…The development of motivated biosensors associated with the study of a large number of different substances is one of the most important areas of development of analytical chemistry. …”
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Mitigating climate change with financial investments: exploring sustainable investment strategies in a novel experimental investment paradigm by Hulda Karlsson-Larsson, Arvid Erlandsson, Joakim Sandberg, Daniel Västfjäll

“…With this research, we explored how decision-makers use three investment strategies illustrating different primary motives: (1) money maximization (economic self-interest), (2) exclusion (not personally harming the environment), and (3) inclusion (helping the environment most efficiently). …”
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Smoking Behavior in First-year Medical Students at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos by Yoel Hernández Guerra, Alain Rodríguez Gómez, Ignacio Marrero Silva, Carlos Manuel Mora Hernández, Zulema Tamara Mesa Montero

“…The variables: age, sex, skin color, start of consumption, causes that motivated smoking and place of consumption were studied. …”
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Appropriateness in Dentistry: A Survey Discovers Improper Procedures in Oral Medicine and Surgery by Giacomo Oteri, Vera Panzarella, Antonia Marcianò, Olga Di Fede, Laura Maniscalco, Matteo Peditto, Giuseppina Campisi

“…This coincides with the Italian Slow Medicine program entitled “Fare di più non significa fare meglio–Choosing Wisely Italy,” which has also motivated this study.…”
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Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system by Gregory R. Foltz, Yassir A. Eddebbar, Janet Sprintall, Antonietta Capotondi, Antonietta Capotondi, Sophie Cravatte, Sophie Cravatte, Peter Brandt, Peter Brandt, Adrienne J. Sutton, Tamaryn Morris, Juliet Hermes, Juliet Hermes, Clive R. McMahon, Michael J. McPhaden, Lev B. Looney, Lev B. Looney, Lev B. Looney, Franz Philip Tuchen, Franz Philip Tuchen, Mathew Koll Roxy, Fan Wang, Fei Chai, Regina R. Rodrigues, Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca, Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca, Aneesh C. Subramanian, Marcus Dengler, Cheyenne Stienbarger, Kathleen Bailey, Weidong Yu

“…The tropical ocean observing system in particular has been developed over decades, motivated in large part by the far-reaching and complex global impacts of tropical climate variability and change. …”
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Organizational Culture Shapes the Adoption and Incorporation of Simulation into Nursing Curricula: A Grounded Theory Study by Karyn Taplay, Susan M. Jack, Pamela Baxter, Kevin Eva, Lynn Martin

“…The organizational elements that shape simulation in nursing (OESSN) model depicts five key organizational factors at the nursing program level that shaped the adoption and incorporation of simulation: (1) leaders working in tandem, (2) information exchange, (3) physical locale, (4) shared motivators, and (5) scaffolding to manage change. Conclusions. …”
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Experience of Initial Symptoms of Breast Cancer and Triggers for Action in Ethiopia by Timothy D. Dye, Solomon Bogale, Claire Hobden, Yared Tilahun, Teshome Deressa, Anne Reeler

“…Eventually, changes in their symptoms motivated most participants to seek advice. Most participants did not think the initial lump would be cancer, nor was a lump of any particular concern until symptoms changed. …”
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Comparative Study on Leadership Styles and Customer Behavior: Environmentalist and Non-Environmentalist Students, Barcelona, Spain by Aida MEHRAD, Hamza BOUTAMENT, Neema GEORGE RWERAMILA, Mohammad Hossein TAHRIRI ZANGENEH, Meriem BOUZEDIF, Rashi SHAH, Isaiah NKETIAH

“…The study categorizes participants into environmentalist and non-environmentalist groups, analyzing their motivations, purchasing behaviors, and the influence of leadership styles on their decisions. …”
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Digital Recording and Documentation of Endoscopic Procedures: Do Patients and Doctors Think Alike? by Nadav Willner, Maya Peled-Raz, Dan Shteinberg, Michal Shteinberg, Dean Keren, Tova Rainis

“…In contrast, physicians appear to be much more reluctant towards DRD and are centrally motivated by legal concerns when opposing DRD, as well as when supporting it.…”
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Explainable machine learning framework for cataracts recognition using visual features by Xiao Wu, Lingxi Hu, Zunjie Xiao, Xiaoqing Zhang, Risa Higashita, Jiang Liu

“…., AS-OCT-based histograms) have good explanations but have not been fully exploited. Motivated by these observations, an explainable machine learning framework to recognize cataracts severity levels automatically using AS-OCT images was proposed, consisting of three stages: visual feature extraction, feature importance explanation and selection, and recognition. …”
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Remuneration of veterinary specialists of the State Veterinary Service in the Russian Federation Subjects by I. M. Klinovitskaya, M. A. Shibayev, A. K. Karaulov, A. M. Selyanin

“…Remuneration is one of the main factors that can motivate an employee to work productively, as well as influence the prestige of a profession. …”
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Cognitive Stimulation for Apathy in Probable Early-Stage Alzheimer's by Linda L. Buettner, Suzanne Fitzsimmons, Serdar Atav, Kaycee Sink

“…The examination of the data at this four-week time point shows promising results that the MSA intervention may provide a much needed method of reducing apathy and depressive symptoms, while motivating participation and increasing quality of life.…”
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