Does Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? A Reexamination of the Effect of Fitch’s Market Share on Credit Ratings in the Corporate Bond Market by Bae, Kee-Hong, Kang, Jun-Koo, Wang, Jin

“…We examine two competing views regarding the impact of competition among credit rating agencies on rating quality: the view that rating agencies do not sacrifice their reputation by inflating firm ratings, and the view that competition among rating agencies arising from the conflict of interest inherent in an “issuer pay” model creates pressure to inflate ratings. …”
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Effects of high loading rate on reinforced concrete beams by Fujikake, Kazunori, Adhikary, Satadru Das, Li, Bing

“…The majority of past research on reinforced concrete (RC) beams has focused on their behavior under static and relatively slow loading rates, while limited attention has been paid to the corresponding behavior under high loading rates. …”
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The exchange rate exposure of Singapore and Malaysia banking institutions. by Koh, Chen Nie., Lau, Ee Leng., Wu, Xiao Ying.

“…This report examines the exchange rate exposure of Singapore and Malaysia banking institutions. …”
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Slip rate deficit and earthquake potential on shallow megathrusts by Lindsey, Eric Ostrom, Mallick, Rishav, Hubbard, Judith, Bradley, Kyle, Almeida, Rafael V., Moore, James Daniel Paul, Bürgmann, Roland, Hill, Emma M.

“…The likelihood of this behaviour is partly determined by the interseismic slip rate deficit, which is often assumed to be low based on frictional studies of shallow fault material. …”
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Future failure rate prediction for transformers in power systems by Tan, Jia Le

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Efficient rate-distortion optimization techniques for H.264 by Yu, Hongtao

“…This thesis addresses the rate-distortion optimization (RDO) techniques for H.264. …”
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Ultra-high bit rate optical soliton communication by Shum, Ping, Gong, Yandong, Dong, Hui, Tang, Ming, Yu, Xia, Lai, Wenn Jing, Ning, Guoxiang

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Auditory models for low-bit rate audio coders by Kundapur Sandeep.

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Computational prediction of soot formation rates for combustion of plastics by Novozhilov, V., Wong, Yew Wah.

“…The ability to predict soot production rates of these materials will contribute significantly to development of fire-safe design methods for modern buildings.…”
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Exchange rate prediction based on machine learning methods by Hong, Yuyue

“…Actually, exchange rate is a kind of important data in economy. There is immense economic information which can be found through exchange rate. …”
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Sampling Signals With a Finite Rate of Innovation on the Sphere by Deslauriers-Gauthier, Samuel, Marziliano, Pina

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Escape rate and diffusion of a Stochastically Driven particle by Piscitelli, Antonio, Pica Ciamarra, Massimo

“…In the overdamped limit, both the escape rate and the diffusion coefficient coincide with those of a Langevin particle. …”
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Information content of solicited and unsolicited rating change announcements. by Cheong, Melissa Seok Fun., Kiang, Mei Yong., Xu, Xiaoxi.

“…This research examines information content of rating changes in the Japanese capital market by analysing stock prices before, during and after announcements of solicited and unsolicited rating change are made. …”
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Evaporation prediction of ethanol droplet by statistical rate theory by Mao, Wenjian

“…It is found that the classical theory is not accurate and reliable enough for evaporation rate analysis. Statistical rate theory (SRT) was introduced to solve this problem. …”
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The effect of food deprivation on the rate of sulfamethazine elimination in goats by Abdullah, A.S., Baggot, J.D.

“…Because of the analytical method used to measure sulfamethazine concentrations in plasma and urine, no conclusion could be drawn as to whether the rates of hydroxylation or of acetylation, or both metabolic pathways were decreased in the starved condition.…”
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The study of salinity effect on flow rate of water in piping system / by Mazin Saleh Alnaamani, 1992-, author 613181, Nor Azwadi Che Sidik, 1977-, supervisor 612329, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Mekanikal 8081

Modelling of soiling de-rating factor in determining photovoltaic outputs / by Wan Juzaili Jamil, 1983-, author 375188, Hasimah Abdul Rahman, 1961-, supervisor 521735, Sulaiman Shaari, supervisor 235048, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik 540663

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Modelling of soiling de-rating factor in determining photovoltaic outputs / by Wan Juzaili Jamil, 1983-, author 375188

A Machine Learning Based Approach to Reaction Rate Estimation by Johnson, Matthew S., Green, William H.

“…Current techniques for fast automatic rate estimation tend to be poorly optimized and tedious to maintain and extend. …”
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The effects of attire and resume placement on asynchronous video interview ratings by Yap, Mica

“…However, there is a dearth of research examining the impact of interview modality on interview ratings, and it is unclear if there are any undesirable side effects of using AVIs. …”
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