Why Do Parents with Toddlers Store Poisonous Products Safely? by Tinneke M. J. Beirens, Eduard F. van Beeck, Johannes Brug, Paul den Hertog, Hein Raat

“…Associations between self-reported habits on the child safe storage of medication and cleaning products and family, and psychosocial factors were assessed, using a model based on the Protection Motivation Theory. By identifying correlates of safety behavior in this manner, more insight in factors which influence this behavior is obtained. …”
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Twisted thinking and its relationship to radical thinking among university students by Mohammed H.T.S. AL-Ogaidi, Yasir M. Al-Dulami

“…Research purpose: This study aimed to reveal the level of twisted and radical thinking, and to know the relationship between them among university students. Motivation for the study: To know the effects of these two negative types of thinking on students. …”
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Evaluating Company’s Readiness for Adopting Product Line Engineering: a Second Evaluation Round by Luisa Rincón, Raúl Mazo, Camille Salinesi

“…We proposed APPLIES, a framework for evaluating the organization’s motivation and preparation for adopting product lines. …”
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Effective theory approach to new physics with flavour: general framework and a leptoquark example by Marzia Bordone, Oscar Catà, Thorsten Feldmann

“…In this paper, we address this issue in view of the recently observed “flavour anomalies” in B-meson decays, which we take as a motivation to develop a general framework that allows us to systematically reduce the number of flavour parameters in the EFT. …”
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Examining the key factors behind foreign language anxiety (FLA) in online teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by Lađarević Maja Novak

“…Furthermore, the study establishes the underlying structure of FLA, with five factors positively correlated with overall language anxiety at the. 01 level of statistical significance: speech anxiety, evaluation and comprehension anxiety, online ESP classroom environment, anxiety of talking to native speakers, and lack of motivation for online class attendance. Finally, multiple regression analysis shows that the five aspects of FLA, alongside the variables of gender and self-assessed pronunciation proficiency, represent statistically significant predictors of the total level of FLA among online ESP learners. …”
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Instilling democratic values in social science learning in junior high school by Mila Wati, Syarbaini Saleh

“…The results of this study suggest that 1) Implementation of Group Discussion: in this case the teacher emphasizes the importance of group work to foster a sense of responsibility among students; 2) Educators use a variety of strategies to instill democratic values, including facilitating discussions that encourage students to express their opinions freely; 3) This involvement is related to their ability to practice democratic values, such as tolerance and respect for different viewpoints; 4) a supportive school environment, including the involvement of teachers and school leaders, plays an important role in the successful implementation of democratic values in the curriculum; 5) The effectiveness of the teaching used in integrating democratic values into the learning process; 6) Supporting and inhibiting factors: a) supporters, namely educators, students, facilities or infrastructure, and school culture; b) Obstacles are limited time and lack of motivation for students' learning.…”
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Analysis of Viability of Core Inflation Components Based on Excluded Items in Uganda. by Munyambonera, Ezra, Mukiza, Chris Ndatira, Niyimpa, Ediga Mfite

“…The motivation behind this study was to investigate the viability of core inflation components based on traditionally excluded items of the consumer price index in Uganda. …”
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The Impact of ICT On Students' Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Western Division Rukungiri Municipality. by Agaba, Goddie

“…A questionnaire was used to collect data, and the results showed that the majority of respondents agreed that the use of ICT improves academic performance, helps understand difficult concepts, increases motivation to learn, and improves the overall learning experience. …”
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Effects of Monetary Reward on Employee Performance: A Case Study of Kahondo Education SACCO. by Akorebirungi, Joshua

“…Salaries and wages were identified as significant motivators for effective performance, with effective performance appraisal systems creating a motivated and committed workforce. …”
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The Impact of Instructional Supervision Practices on Students’ Academic Performance in Uganda Certificate of Education Examinations in Kamwenge District by Herbert, Nzaana

“…Major recommendations were: need to develop and build a remedial mechanism into the school system, proper staffing of the Directorate of Education Standards, need for increasing teachers’ motivation, regular evaluation of the instructional process, school administration procedure and educational outcomes by the supervisors, need for government to always provide instructional materials and other learning facilities and need to promote capacity development of teachers through intensive and regular seminars/workshops.…”
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Presenting the Model of the Elites' Desertion Factors in Iran's Continental Plateau Oil Company by Mohammad Shaaf Amal, Ahmad Vedadi, Mehdi Tavakoli, Daryoosh Gholamzadeh

“…The results showed that the factors of leaving the service of elites include three organizational dimensions (job nature, management, organizational culture), individual (motivation, demographic characteristics, psychological factors), and environmental (laws and regulations, environmental pressures). …”
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How do individuals with mental health disorder and spinal cord injury gain access to participate in voluntary sport groups in Switzerland? by Florence Epiney, Siegfried Nagel, Christopher Klenk

“…R., & Vancampfort, D. (2016a). Motivating factors and barriers towards exercise in severe mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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Optimization of 3D Printed Patterns for the Hybrid Investment Casting Technology by R. Štěpán, V. Krutiš, R. Jelínek, M. Petřík

“…The hybrid investment casting technology using 3D printed models offers new possibilities in the production of such complex and thin-walled castings. The motivation for this paper was to find a solution to the problem with ceramic shells cracking during the 3D model firing stage. …”
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Modulation Instability, Analytical, and Numerical Studies for Integrable Time Fractional Nonlinear Model through Two Explicit Methods by Md. Mamunur Roshid, Mosfiqur Rahman, Mahtab Uddin, Harun Or Roshid

“…The present work deals with the investigation of the time-fractional Klein–Gordon (K-G) model, which has great importance in theoretical physics with applications in various fields, including quantum mechanics and field theory. The main motivation of this work is to analyze modulation instability and soliton solution of the time-fractional K-G model. …”
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A Qualitative Study Exploring Factors Associated with Retention in HIV Care among Women with HIV in a Large HIV Clinic in Lagos, Nigeria, after Implementing the Test and Treat Poli... by Omoladun O. Odediran, Oluwakemi O. Odukoya, Mobolanle R. Balogun, Jonathan A. Colasanti, Alani S. Akanmu

“…Also mentioned were self-perception of being HIV positive, motivation to remain in care, linkage to care, and intention to stay in care. …”
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Hackathon: Definition, Practice and Perspectives of Use in Higher Education by N. V. Grechushkina, E. A. Arefieva

“…The analysis and evaluation of the hackathons impact on professionalization, academic motivation and educational achievements of students are promising areas of research on the problem of using hackathons in the educational process of higher education.…”
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Problem of Professional Self-Determination Formation and Person’s Professional Typology Construction by O. A. Kolosova

“…Therefore, there is an opportunity for dynamic development of person’s qualities in the presence of strongly expressed motivation to professional activity.This direction of researches is especially topical in connection with political and social-economical transformations in society, and introduction of professional standards, demanding essential changes in training of specialists. …”
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SliceScore: A Network Function Sharing Aware and Slice-Oriented DDoS Filtering Approach by Omer Zekvan Yilmaz, Kubra Kalkan, Fatih Alagoz

“…Deploying vertical use cases on shared resources is the main motivation for network slicing. Recently, network function (NF) sharing has been proposed in the literature in order to further exploit unused resources and lower the costs for network operators. …”
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INCOMPATIBILITY OR CONVERGENCE: HUMAN LIFE AS CAPITAL by N. M. Boichenko, Z. V. Shevchenko

“…Human life cannot be considered as a result of integrating economic expectations into the concept of "advertising" capital: first, expectations may well be inadequate; second, expectations by themselves are not directly related to capital; third, expectations do not necessarily lead to development; fourth, one should clearly distinguish between the spontaneous "expectations" and the values that express people’s strong motivation as members of social communities. The multiplicity of possible cultural conditions that affirm the unconditional value of life indicates that this unconditionality is always relevant rather than absolute. …”
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