Relationship between Goal Orientation and Procrastination in High School Students: Mediating Role of Attributional Styles by Kobra Akhlaghinia, Majid Barzegar, Soltanali Kazemi

“…Results: The findings indicated that mastery-approach and performance-approach goal orientations exerted a positive direct influence on optimistic attributional styles while simultaneously demonstrating a negative impact on pessimistic attributional styles. …”
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RETRACTED Ecological Situation and Environmental Protection Policy in Russian Regions RETRACTED by Tatiana Olegovna Tagaeva, Vadim Manavirovich Gilmundinov, Lidiya Kuzminichna Kazantseva

“…The forecast of emission according to the various scenarios of Russian development has been done: a pessimistic scenario with a slowdown in economic growth and an optimistic scenario with the acceleration of economic growth. …”
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Estimation of Energy Demand in Indonesia using Artificial Neural Network by Satrio Mukti Wibowo, Dedi Budiman Hakim, Baba Barus, Akhmad Fauzi

“…Energy estimation is using a pessimistic, realistic and optimistic scenario that estimates of energy demand in the next 10 years using artificial neural networks shows that energy demand in Indonesia continues to increase every year, both in pessimistic, realistic and optimistic scenarios. …”
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Assessment of development prospects, economic effects and return on investment in the infrastructure of the international transport corridor “North-South” by Kazanskaya Liliya, Chetchuev Maksim

“…Objective: to substantiate the methodology of economic assessment of the return on investment in the development of the infrastructure of the international transport corridor “North-South” and on its basis to calculate the terms of return on investment of the Russian side (Russian investors) according to the basic and optimistic options. Methods: feasibility study, scenario modeling and forecasting, supply chain modeling. …”
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Pessimistic Multigranulation Rough Set of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets Based on Soft Relations by Muhammad Zishan Anwar, Ahmad N. Al-Kenani, Shahida Bashir, Muhammad Shabir

“…There are two types of MGRS models, named optimistic MGRS and pessimistic MGRS. Recently, Shabir et al. presented an optimistic multigranulation intuitionistic fuzzy rough set (OMGIFRS) based on soft binary relations. …”
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Lunar Cold Microtraps as Future Source of Raw Materials—Business and Technological Perspective by Adam Jan Zwierzyński, Jakub Ciążela, Piotr Boroń, Weronika Binkowska

“…Since the thickness of the layer containing raw materials is subject to high uncertainty, three arbitrary scenarios for the value of this parameter were assumed: pessimistic (1 cm), nominal (5 cm), and optimistic (1 m). For the analyzed sites, a preliminary market valuation of the raw materials contained therein will be obtained at USD 74 billion; USD 370 billion; USD 7403 billion for the assumed pessimistic, normal, and optimistic scenarios, respectively. …”
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Bargaining with Optimism by Yildiz, Muhamet

“…First, when there is a nearby deadline, optimistic players delay the agreement to the last period before the deadline, replicating a broad empirical regularity known as the deadline effect. …”
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FORMATION OF BALANCED DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS OF THE SYRIAN ECONOMY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF HIGH UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT by Mohammad Ibrahim

“…The SWOT-analysis of the Syrian Arab Republic is carried out, the scenario method is applied, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios are formedfor forecasting the development of Syria in the post-crisis period.…”
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Bank Negara policy rate hike is to tame inflation by Zainal Abidin, Irwan Shah

“…With strong growth in the first quartet of this year, improving Industrial Production Index, and an optimistic outlook on exports and buoyant private sector-led initiatives, Bank Negara Malaysia.…”
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The influence of progeny-Parents family travel on the well-being of the elderly in filial piety culture. by Yujia Wang, Xiong He, Fengying Zhang, Xiaoxia Zhang, Xiuying Hu, Xiaofeng Xie

“…It explores the effect and path of progeny-parents family travel on the elderly's sense of well-being and examines the mediating roles of generational interaction, optimistic emotion, and psychological resilience. The findings indicate that progeny-parents family travel positively influences the well-being of the elderly, with generational interaction, optimistic emotion, and psychological resilience serving as intermediary roles. …”
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Managerial Optimism and the Cost of Capital. The SEM-Approach with a Focus on the German Capital Market by Jan-Hendrik Meier, Walid Esmatyar

“…Based on a large sample of companies listed in Germany, this study found strong evidence that optimistic managers caused a higher equity risk and a higher risk of insolvency. …”
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Exploring social problem-solving profiles among Hungarian high school and university students by József Balázs Fejes, Szilvia Jámbori, László Kasik, Tibor Vígh, Zita Gál

“…We identified three homogeneous groups that had shared characteristics in the two age samples (optimistic–hasty; optimistic–reflective; resigned–procrastinator). …”
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Medical Students and Their Attitude to COVID-19 Pandemic and Restrictive Measures: Coping Strategies and Psychological Features by Pavel R. Yusupov, Tatiana A. Mardasova

“…The subjects with a subjective and optimistic perception believed that they were able to select relevant information on preventive measures and reduce psychological stress.…”
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Social Dynamics of Expectations and Expertise: AI in Digital Humanitarian Innovation by Guillaume Dandurand, François Claveau, Jean-François Dubé, Florence Millerand

“…This article explores how optimistic expectations for AI concretely motivate and mobilize actors, how much heterogeneity hides behind the seeming congruence of optimistic visions, and how the expected technological future is in fact difficult to enact as planned. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Climate Change on Evapotranspiration of Mango Plant: A Case Study of Minab Plain by M. Paritaghinezhad, H.R. Kamali, S. Jamshidi, M. Abdolahipour

“…The results showed that the values of annual evapotranspiration will increase by 0.31 and 1.23 mm on average in the optimistic and pessimistic scenario, respectively in the future due to the increase in annual temperature.…”
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Artificial intelligence in higher education: exploring faculty use, self-efficacy, distinct profiles, and professional development needs by Dana-Kristin Mah, Nele Groß

“…The optimistic profile moderates the relationship between self-efficacy and usage. …”
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BIOCAPACITY OF BRAZILIAN BIOMES USING EMERGY ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT CONCEPTS by Wallan Azevedo dos Santos, Milton Erthal Junior, Renato Gomes Sobral Barcellos

“…The biomes’ forest coverage areas were investigated and simulated in two scenarios: optimistic (with 100% forest coverage) and pessimistic (only 10%). …”
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Effects of self-affirmation, narratives, and informational messages in reducing unrealistic optimism about alcohol-related problems among college students by Kim, Hye Kyung, Niederdeppe, Jeff

“…The narrative message appeared to increase perceived risk among unrealistic optimists via transportation and identification with the character. …”
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The puzzle of work: autonomy and commitment plus discipline and insecurity by Edwards, P

“…Accounts of recent developments of work organization in the UK are often organized around 'optimistic' (improving levels of skills and training, and better communication at the workplace) and 'pessimistic' (increased levels of effort and stress, work intensification, a 'representation gap') scenarios. …”

Evaluating the feasibility of constructing shopping centers on urban vacant land through a spatial multi-criteria decision-making model by Jafar Khosravian, Salman Qureshi, Sajedeh Rostamzadeh, Bahare Moradi, Parisa Derakhshesh, Samin Yousefi, Keyvan Jamali, Reyhaneh Ahmadi, Fatemeh Nickravesh

“…Then, the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) method was used to prepare a potential map of urban vacant lands for the construction of a shopping center under different decision-making scenarios, including very optimistic, optimistic, intermediate, pessimistic, and very pessimistic. …”
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