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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Primary motivations"”.
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Motivation of managers assigned to a Federal agency towards participation in government-sponsored training
This study examined the motivations of managers in a Federal government agency to participate or not participate in voluntary government-sponsored training. The researcher distributed a questionnaire, via agency electronic mail, to managers and supervisors in the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
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The Queen's Feud: Women and Kinship in Malory's <em>Morte Darthur</em>
… family connections are always considered as primary motivations. The women of the Round Table, while trying to uphold individual chivalry and the Round Table value system, are nevertheless always judged by others in terms of the old blood feud loyalty system. These misinterpretations hasten …
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Microscopic diffusion measurements with nanoporous materials: complementary benefits of infrared microimaging and pulsed field gradient NMR
… diffusion in nanoporous materials, which are the primary motivations behind the present work. To rise the challenges, it proposes an option of employing IR microimaging in parallel with PFG NMR in the measurement of the molecular diffusion. The second chapter describes the basic principles of the …
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El Camino de Santiago: a catalyst for transformative tourism in the secular space
… catalysts that facilitate the experience. As primary motivations for walking the Camino have shifted from religious and spiritual towards secular, this research corroborates that many modern pilgrims seek transformation rather than transcendence. Four main themes of catalysts were observed: …
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Ontological Security and Status-Seeking: Thailand's Proactive Behaviours during the Second World War
… and recognition from the great powers were the primary motivations of Thailand’s proactive behaviours. In order to discern material and ideational motives of the Thai foreign policy-makers, this research heavily relies on archival research and utilises documents which were formerly considered to …
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The academic transitional experience of postgraduate students in the faculty of community and health sciences at the University of the Western Cape
… when engaging with postgraduate studies. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the academic transitional challenges postgraduate students' experience as reflected by the inconsistencies in the enrollment and throughput rates. Secondly, to determine whether students utilised …
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Dynamic channel selection for meshed wireless personal area network
… user increase in the network is one of the primary motivations that lead researchers to investigate the required changes for topology and study performance parameters to support the meshed WPAN. Therefore, many prototypes have emerged as a draft candidate, but many problems have arisen. One …
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Alliance revenue management in practice : techniques and simulation analysis
The primary motivations for the formation of airline alliances have been to increase revenues and decrease costs for alliance partners. A major advantage comes through increase in the number of destinations served by an airline at little costs, by using codesharing. Airlines share seat inventory on …
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UN Peacekeeping Operations: Conflicting Interests and Effectiveness
… peacekeeping effectiveness. Troop-providers’ primary motivations behind committing peacekeepers, on the other hand, are largely neglected. This dissertation offers to fill this gap by attempting to examine the relationship between troop-providers’ primary motivations and ‘success’ in …
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Elk and Deer Hunters in Washington State: Affiliations and Ethical Behavior
… have been based on the assumption that the primary factor motivating hunters is harvesting more animals. However, this study has found that the primary motivations are actually socializing with friends and family and enjoying the outdoors. The Washington Master Hunter Permit Program was …
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Robust Statistical Modeling In Functional Linear Regression
… an underdeveloped practice in this area. The primary objective of this dissertation is to enhance the utilization of robust methods for modeling functional linear regression by primarily focusing on robust estimation techniques, hypothesis testing procedures that are resilient to outliers or …
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Entangled Eden: ecological change and the Lake Huron Commercial Fisheries, 1835-1978
… is that economic considerations were the primary motivations for policy development related to the Great Lakes fisheries. Historically management programs and legislation were shaped by local and regional economic interests. The central focus of this project is Lake Huron. Anthropogenic …
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The evaluation of case-mix adjusted efficiency scores the case of the South African private hospital industry
… in case mix across hospitals. One of the primary motivations for this dissertation is to help fill this gap in the literature by examining the impact that adjusting for differences in case mix has on efficiency scores. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is chosen as the efficiency measurement …
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Regional income disparities in Indonesia: measurements, convergence process, and decentralization
… or regional disparities, driven by two primary motivations. First, spatial inequality can contribute to the overall inequality across households or individuals. Second, spatial inequality can jeopardize the fabric of society, upsetting social and political stability. Regional disparities …
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External communication displays for connected truck platoons in mixed traffic : a federated simulator study
… consumption by minimizing drag. These are the primary motivations that have caused companies to develop and deploy these systems, but there are still obstacles opposing their implementation. One obstacle is the issue of communication between CAVs and the surrounding traffic. For example, …
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Circuit designs for low-power and SEU-hardened systems
… and faster portable devices is one of the primary motivations for technology scaling. Though advancements in device physics are moving at a very good pace, they might not be aggressive enough for now-a-day technology scaling trends. As a result, the MOS devices used for present day …
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Analysis of epidemiological models for disease control in single and multiple populations under resource constraints
Efficient management of epidemics is one of the primary motivations for computational modelling of disease dynamics. Examples range from reactive control measures, where the resources used to manage the epidemic in real time may be limited to prophylactic control measures such as deployment of …
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A Study of Open Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises in Hong Kong
… marketing channels and cost reduction are the primary motivations for Hong Kong SMEs to engage in OI. Additionally, technology acquisition, talent acquisition, and improving corporate performance are also significant drivers. The research revealed that gaps in not participating in OI activities …
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Modification of Iron pnictide and MgB2 thin films using focused He+ ion beam irradiation for superconducting devices
… ion beam evolves in a complex material are the primary motivations behind this work. The materials of interest are MgB2 and Co-doped Ba122. Superconducting properties of MgB2 were discovered in 2001. It is the first superconductor recognized as a multigap superconductor. Owing to its high Tc of …
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Relationships between motivation to use social network sites, relational interdependent self-construal, achievement goals, social goals, and academic performance among Malaysian adolescents
… students’ SNS context, which became one of the primary constructs in this thesis. In the present study, motivation to use SNS was defined as the purposes and reasons for using SNS. Simultaneously, phase one’s results were used to develop an instrument that assesses adolescents’ motivation to use …
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