Predictors of Weight Loss and Weight Gain in Weight Management Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Jennifer L. Kuk, Rebecca A. G. Christensen, Elham Kamran Samani, Sean Wharton

“…Reports of social isolation was associated with increased odds for weight loss in women (OR = 2.0, 1.2–3.3), while low motivation (OR = 1.9, 1.0–3.7), depression (OR = 2.5, 1.0–6.3), and struggles with carbohydrate intake (OR = 2.1, 1.0–4.3) were associated with weight gain. …”
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Effectiveness of a Simplified ESP Curriculum for Adult Learners by Khalid A. Alghamdi

“…By focusing on essential language skills and reducing cognitive load, the simplified curriculum not only improved language proficiency but also boosted learner motivation and engagement. These findings have important implications for ESP educators and curriculum designers, suggesting that simplified, goal-oriented programs can yield superior outcomes for adult learners.…”
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Empirical Research on the Relationship between Industry Working Capital Shortfall and Company Cash Holding in the Same Industry by Zhaohua Li, Junyi Jiang, Lijuan Xia, Chien-Chi Chu

“…From the perspective of preventive motivation of corporate cash holding, we creatively use the industry working capital shortfall as the explanatory variable to construct an Extended Cash Holding Model and a Cash Holding Value Regression Model. …”
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Diagnosis of cylindrical projections and analysis of suitability for the territorial area of South America by Leonardo Carlos Barbosa, Luiz Filipe Campos do Canto, Willian dos Santos Ferreira, Max Vinicius Esteves Torres, Andresa Ayara Torres e Silva

“…The study provided a clear, simple and objective understanding of how different projections behave. The motivation comes from the insufficiency of detailed information and applied to the choice of map projection in regions of large areas. …”
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Identifying multilevel factors on student mathematics performance for Singapore, Korea, Finland, and Denmark in PISA 2022: considering individualistic versus collectivistic culture... by Jinpeng Niu, Hui Xu, Jiangtao Yu

“…The results showed that (a) economic, social and cultural status (ESCS), school average ESCS, mathematics self-efficacy, and mathematics anxiety are significantly associated with mathematics performance for Singapore, Korea, Finland, and Denmark; (b) mathematics teacher support has a significantly positive effect on mathematics performance for Finland and Denmark, while ability grouping for mathematics classes and student disruptive behaviours have a significantly negative impact on mathematics performance for Singapore and Korea; (c) the relationship between time in mathematics homework and mathematics performance is positive in Singapore and Korea but negative in Finland and Denmark; as well, (d) curiosity is positively related to mathematics performance for Korea, Finland, and Denmark, while the influence of mathematics motivation on mathematics performance is only significant for Finland and the influence of mathematics extra-curricular activities on mathematics performance is merely significant for Korea. …”
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Sequence Analysis of How Disability Influenced Life Trajectories in a Past Population from the Nineteenth-Century Sundsvall Region, Sweden by Lotta Vikström, Helena Haage, Erling Häggström Lundevaller

“…Accordingly, we detail our motivation for this method, describe our analytical approach, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages associated with sequence analysis for our case study.…”
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Efektivitas Jumlah Ikan Nila (Oreochromis niloticus) Terhadap Pertumbuhan Tanaman Sawi Pakcoy (Brassica rapa L.) pada Sistem Akuaponik by Diah Karunia Binawati, Rikza Fardatus Sabila

“…Tilapia (O. niloticus) is one of the freshwater fish products that are most popular by different gatherings. The motivation behind this review was to decide the impact of the quantity of tilapia (O. niloticus) on the development of mustard greens and the treatment of the ideal number of tilapia (O. niloticus) on the development of mustard greens (B. rapa L) utilizing hydroponics framework. …”
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Multiple-Camera Patient Tracking Method Based on Motion-Group Parameter Reconstruction by Simeon Karpuzov, George Petkov, Stiliyan Kalitzin

“…Motivation. The visual tracking of patients with specific adverse conditions such as epileptic seizures is an important task related to the prevention of unwanted medical situations and events. …”
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The Linguistic Landscape of Urban Vellore: A Comprehensive Analysis of Language Distribution, Choice, and Implications in the Commercial Space Through Shop Signs by Mishra Sneha

“…The study analyzed the total of 250 shop signs from 5 sample areas and interviewed 25 sign producers and 15 sign readers to understand the motivation and implication of language choices on the name boards of shops. …”
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Ontologies in bioinformatics and systems biology by N. L. Podkolodnyy, O. A. Podkolodnaya

“…This review summarizes the features of the subject area (bioinformatics, systems biology, and biomedicine), the main motivation for the development of ontologies and the most important examples of ontological modeling and semantic analysis at different levels of the hierarchy of knowledge: the molecular genetic level, cellular level, tissue levels of organs and the body. …”
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The Impact of Academic Staff Appraisals on Job performance in Rwanda's Private Universities. by Ngirabakunzi, Felicien, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…Implementing more regular and comprehensive appraisal processes, along with diverse appraisal methods, could potentially lead to increased motivation and productivity among academic staff.…”
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Shortening duration of untreated illness in young people with first episode eating disorders: protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial of a smartphone friendly multi-m... by Luiza Grycuk, Dina Monssen, Molly R. Davies, Helen Sharpe, Karina L. Allen, Vibhore Prasad, Rachel Potterton, Priya Popat, Victoria A. Mountford, Sheryllin McNeil, Vanessa Lawrence, Nina Grant, Kimberley A. Goldsmith, Danielle Glennon, Sarah Byford, Amy Brown, Ulrike Schmidt

“…This tool aims to improve knowledge about EDs, increase motivation to seek treatment and teach early steps towards change or recovery, thus reducing DUED. …”
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Designing a security-oriented leadership model of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences by Saeid Miladigorji, Mohammad Hassan Shakki, Mojtaba Rezaei Rad

“…One of the responsibilities placed on the shoulders of every management is to create enough motivation among the employees to perform their duties well and as they were told. …”
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RISK MANAGEMENT AND BANK PROFITABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS by Lukman Adebayo Oke ABDULRAUF

“… Risk management issues in the banking sector do not only have greater impact on bank profitability but also on national economic growth and the general business development. The bank’s motivation for risk management comes from those risks which can lead to underperformance. …”
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Log-Based Analysis of Creativity in the Context of Computational Thinking by Rotem Israel-Fishelson, Arnon Hershkovitz

“…These findings suggest that educators should foster intrinsic motivation and encourage students to explore multiple solution paths to enhance both CT and creativity skills. …”
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Sequence Analysis of How Disability Influenced Life Trajectories in a Past Population from the Nineteenth-Century Sundsvall Region, Sweden by Lotta Vikström, Helena Haage, Erling Häggström Lundevaller

“…Accordingly, we detail our motivation for this method, describe our analytical approach, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages associated with sequence analysis for our case study.…”
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Study of Research and Development Processes through Fuzzy Super FRM Model and Optimization Solutions by Flavius Aurelian Sârbu, Monika Moga, Gavrilă Calefariu, Mircea Boșcoianu

“…The aim of this study is to measure resources for R&D (research and development) at the regional level in Romania and also obtain primary data that will be important in making the right decisions to increase competitiveness and development based on an economic knowledge. As our motivation, we would like to emphasize that by the use of Super Fuzzy FRM model we want to determine the state of R&D processes at regional level using a mean different from the statistical survey, while by the two optimization methods we mean to provide optimization solutions for the R&D actions of the enterprises. …”
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Determinants of Muslim’s intention to boycott Israel-affiliated products: Evidence from Indonesia by Uus Ahmad Husaeni, Mohammed Ashfaq Ayoob

“…Findings – The main results show that animosity, intrinsic religious motivation, self-enhancement, product judgment, and attitude toward the boycott influence the intention to boycott. …”
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Application of the Professional Psychological Quest in the Professional Training of Police Officers by N. E. Miloradova, N. Ye. Tverdokhliebova

“…It is noted that in order to create the proper conditions for the formation of future police officers professional competence, motivational focus on positive personal changes and the desire for professional self-development, it is advisable to use the possibilities of innovative teaching technologies, in particular, trainings and quests. …”
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Higher partial wave contamination in finite-volume 1-to-2 transitions by M. T. Hansen, T. Peterken

“…However, as the precision of lattice calculations increases, it may become important to assess the systematic uncertainty arising from this approximation. With this motivation, we compare the S-wave-only results with those truncated at the next contaminating partial wave: the G-wave (ℓ = 4) for zero total momentum in the finite-volume frame and the D-wave (ℓ = 2) otherwise. …”
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