at·trac·tive

(ə-trăk′tĭv)

adj.

1. Pleasing to the senses or mind, as by being beautiful: plants with attractive flowers; an attractive painting.

2. Interesting because of the likelihood of being advantageous or profitable: an attractive business deal.

3. Having the power to attract: the attractive force of gravity.

at·trac′tive·ly adv.

at·trac′tive·ness n.

at·trac·tiv′i·ty n.

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On the concept of existence and local attractivity of solutions for some quadratic Volterra integral equation of fractional order.

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Analysing Table 6, we can draw the following conclusions: residents of the city of Odessa find the following factors the most important for the beginning the smartization (presented in descending order): Participation in decisionmaking, Sustainable, innovative and safe transport systems, Public and social services, Individual safety, Health conditions and Touristic attractivity. Accordingly, the city's leadership should focus on these characteristics, what will allow the government to enlist the support of citizens.

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Existence and Attractivity Results for Coupled Systems of Nonlinear Volterra-Stieltjes Multidelay Fractional Partial Integral Equations

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Stepanov-Like Asymptotical Almost Periodic Functions and an Application

[20], and Banas and O'Regan [21] investigated the attractivity of solutions for fractional ordinary differential equations and integral equations.

Existence and Attractivity for Fractional Evolution Equations