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Good reduction of 1-motives
In this dissertation we study 1-motives over number fields and their application to questions dealing with reductions of points in semiabelian varieties. We prove a version of the Néron-Ogg-Shafarevich criterion for 1-motives and show how the image of the Frobenius in the ℓ-adic Galois …
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Buying motives in women's hosiery
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Business & Engineering Administration, 1952.
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Identity motives : influences of multiple motives on cognitive and behavioural dimensions of Facebook identity construction
… identity construction theory, six identity motives: self-esteem, efficacy, continuity, distinctiveness, meaning, and belonging, were examined in the present research project. Study 1 was a cross-sectional quantitative study designed to investigate the extent to which Facebook users perceived …
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Motives and Meanings in Psychedelic Use
… therapeutic value. Study 2 examined whether motives for psychedelic use are differentially associated with depressive symptoms. Secondary analysis of the 2023 Global Psychedelic Survey (N = 5,943) used latent class analysis of six motive indicators and identified five profiles: Well-being …
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Motives for taking up tai chi
… no systematic research. This study examined motives for initial involvement in Tai Chi and how these motives varied with respect to demographic factors. Two hundred and twenty-three subjects (M=65, F=158), ranging in age from 12 to 82 years, were included in the study. They were all the …
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Individual Differences in Internet Usage Motives
… & Eysenck (1985) and Internet use and usage motives was examined. A sample of 210 undergraduate students were asked to report on their motives for using the Internet and how often they engaged in a variety of Internet and web-based activities. The findings demonstrate distinctive patterns of …
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Drinking motives and influences among college students
The purpose of this study was to examine to identify what influences college students to consume alcohol. Specifically, the research was susceptibility to social pressure and social expectations play the central role and are a major influence in college students drinking behaviors. Twenty-eight …
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Talk Show Viewing Motives: an Exploratory Perspective
… between gender, age, and talk show viewing motives. Talk show viewing motives were operationalized using Rubin's motive instrument. Students from six randomly selected introductory communication classes, members of a nontraditional student organization (OASIS), and residents of a retirement …
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Suicide Terrorism: Understanding the Mindset and Motives
… a qualitative method of study. Understanding the motives and mindset of suicide terrorist can be very complex. In the study, variables of political, educational, family moral and beliefs, and religion are all researched comparing to the personal experiences of what drives an individual to carry …
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Developing and validating a measure for recovery motives
… interviews. Responses were used to create a Motives for Recovery scale which was then validated in a survey study. Three common motivational themes were identified; self-regulation, social and personal development, and externally driven roles. Self-regulation and social/personal development …
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Motives Relating to Internet Usage Among Korean Adolescents
… personal characteristics and social interaction motives. The aim of this study is to determine what motives and gratifications influence Internet use. This study also includes a conceptual model derived from a uses-and-gratification perspective suggesting that people use the Internet to gratify …
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Voluntary motives to participate in community enterprise activity
This study was concerned with the symbolic costs and benefits associated with different stages of volunteering, from the perspective of 222 participants engaged in three types of community enterprise activity across Scotland. Costs and benefits were set within a social exchange/incentive framework …
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Social Motives and Behavior in an Interpersonal Situation
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T23:01:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6604198.pdf: 13187222 bytes, checksum: 9bb2dc388b0acf19552435a417bbfa4f (MD5) Previous issue date: 1965
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France's Algeria Policy (1988-1995): Discourse, Motives and Means
France's Algeria Policy (1988-1995). Discourse, Motives and Means is a study of the French response to political upheavals in Algeria. The October 1988 riots in Algeria sparked off a fast-track democratisation process which was, however, rapidly brought to an end. Following Algeria's Winter 1991/92 …
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A Comparison of Youth Participation Motives in Organized Sports
… of this study was to investigate participation motives of youth in organized sports. The Participation Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ) (Gill, Gross, & Huddleston, 1983) was completed by 300 youth (129 girls, 171 boys) ranging in age from 10 to 18 years. The participants were mainly from the …
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Allopathy Goes Native: Models, Motives and Medicine in Iran
Cultural influences on the practice of allopathic medicine in the United States have been vastly documented; at the same time, applied medical anthropologists have been working to help implement measures thought by allopathic medicine to improve morbidity and mortality in non-Western settings. In …
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Relationships Among Self-Efficacy, Implicit Associations, Motives and Exercise Behaviour
… to examine how self-efficacy, explicit exercise motives and implicit automatic associations with exercise influence exercise behaviour of sedentary adults. This dissertation is divided into three manuscripts. The first manuscript examined how self-selection influences the decision to enrol in an …
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