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Motivation

Known as: Motive, motivations 
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives… 
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2010
2010
Handling imprecision in inputs using fuzzy logic to predict effort in software development
Accurate, precise and reliable estimates of effort at early stages of project development holds great significance for the… 
2004
2004
Propagation and breathing of matter-wave-packet trains (6 pages)
We find a set of different orthonormalized states of a nonstationary harmonic oscillator and use them to expand the solution of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
What motivates adolescent smokers to make a quit attempt?
2000
2000
An Economy Grid Architecture for Service-Oriented Grid Computing
Computational Grids are a promising platform for executing large-scale resource intensive applications. However, resource… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Smoking patterns and cessation motivations during adolescence.
With increased knowledge of effective prevention of adolescent smoking, there is a concomitant lack of research on effective… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Early intervention for alcohol use: family physicians' motivations and perceived barriers.
OBJECTIVE To elucidate family physicians' motivations concerning early intervention for alcohol use and their perceived barriers… 
1993
1993
Leading indicators of CAD experience
Current interfaces and help facilities of CAD systems are not designed to respond to a user's performance. To develop such… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Multifrequency Channel Decompositions of Images
In this paper we review recent multichannel models de- veloped in psychophysiology, computer vision, and image processing. In… 
1980
1980
The development of predatory aggression and defense in the domestic cat (Felis catus). III. Effects on development of hunger between 180 and 365 days of age.
Review
1965
Review
1965
The Motivations of Blood Donors *
In an effort to determine a key to recruiting the voluntary donor and to ascertain the conditions which dispose towards or… 
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