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Motivating masters [PDF]

, 2006
Motivation is the powerful inner force that drives all of our thoughts, feelings and actions. One of the critical differences between a champion athlete and an also-ran entails how they are able to maintain intensity of effort over time.
Karageorghis, CI, Morton, HM
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Language motivation in a reconfigured Europe: access, identity, autonomy [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper, I propose that we need to develop an appropriate set of conceptual tools for examining motivational issues pertaining to linguistic diversity, mobility and social integration in a rapidly changing and expanding Europe.
Benson P., Benson P., Block D., Bourdieu P., Breidbach S., Bremer K., Canagarajah S., Deci E. L., Dewey J., DiPardo A., Dörnyei Z., Dörnyei Z., Ema Ushioda, Gardner R. C., Giddens A., Graddol D., Holliday A., Jenkins J., Karpov Y., Kymlicka W., Little D., Markus H., Meisel J., Norton B., Norton B., Oxford R. L., Pavlenko A., Pavlenko A., Pennycook A., Pintrich P. R., Richterich R., Rueda R., Simpson Lazenby B., Thorne S. L., Toohey K., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., van Ek J., van Lier L., van Lier L., Vygotsky L., Vygotsky L., Wright S.   +44 more
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Synthetic Electrocardiogram Spectrogram Generation Using Generative Adversarial Network‐Based Models: A Comparative Study

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Cardiovascular diseases are leading death causes; electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis is slow, motivating machine learning and deep learning. This study compares deep convolutional generative adversarial network, conditional GAN, and Wasserstein GAN with gradient penalty (WGAN‐GP) for synthetic ECG spectrograms; Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) and ...
Giovanny Barbosa‐Casanova, Norelli Schettini, Winston Percybrooks, Begoña García‐Zapirain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the Effect of Talks and Motivational Interviews on Self-efficacy of Exclusive Maternal Breastfeeding in Primiparous Women

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background and purpose: Breastfeeding self-efficacy is the feeling of confidence of the mother to experience exclusive breastfeeding. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of talks and motivational interviews on breastfeeding self-efficacy in ...
Fatemeh Salehi, Zahra Motaghi, Afsaneh Keramat, Shahrbanoo Goli, Masoumeh Rasouli, Zohreh Hoseini, Seyed Abbas Mousavi   +6 more
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Motivation and Beliefs in Distance Language Learning: The Case of English Learners at RTVU, an Open University in China [PDF]

, 2010
To date, research into the role of affective variables in language learning has been conducted almost exclusively with learners in the classroom. However, the steady increase in the numbers of distance language learners worldwide calls for the research ...
Hurd, Stella, Xiao, Junhong
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Review of Memristors for In‐Memory Computing and Spiking Neural Networks

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Memristors uniquely enable energy‐efficient, brain‐inspired computing by acting as both memory and synaptic elements. This review highlights their physical mechanisms, integration in crossbar arrays, and role in spiking neural networks. Key challenges, including variability, relaxation, and stochastic switching, are discussed, alongside emerging ...
Mostafa Shooshtari, Teresa Serrano‐Gotarredona, Bernabé Linares‐Barranco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract As young people explore and reflect on the conditions of their neighborhoods and communities, they can forge a critical consciousness—merging their perspectives and analysis to direct both individual and collective actions. Photovoice is a methodological tool that allows participants to document their perspectives and analysis and discuss with
Linnea L. Hjelm, Aishia A. Brown, Benjamin W. Fisher, Alice Story, Nubia Bennett   +4 more
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Navigating an STI diagnosis: The role of social support, intergenerational learning, and transformative growth among Black women

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Black women face a myriad of challenges that heighten their susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), resulting in a disproportionate impact of STIs among this population. Yet, there is a lack of research that explores how women navigate these diagnoses with resilience.
Jaleah D. Rutledge, Jasmine Abrams, Ijeoma Opara, Robin Lin Miller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-determination theory in health care and its relations to motivational interviewing: a few comments

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2012
The papers of this special issue have the dual focus of reviewing research, especially clinical trials, testing self-determination theory (SDT) and of discussing the relations between SDT and motivational interviewing (MI).
Deci Edward L, Ryan Richard M
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Playful and creative ICT pedagogical framing : A nursery school case study [PDF]

, 2013
This article reports on the findings of a one-year qualitative study in which a nursery school used information and communication technology (ICT) and a digital media consultant as a catalyst for cultural change leading to teachers’ improved pedagogical ...
Roberts-Holmes, Guy
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