Principles : Life and Work / by Dalio, Ray, author 656003, Simon & Schuster (Online service) 656004

“…Here, from a man who has been called both "the Steve Jobs of investing" and "the philosopher king of the financial universe" (CIO magazine), is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you'll find in the conventional business press.…”
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Stigma management : an exploratory study on middle class Chinese naturalised citizens by Chua, Xiu Juan

“…Notwithstanding the limitations of nonprobability sampling, this study reveals three key strategies: distancing, selective disclosure, and situated identity. Notably, the findings mirror those of neo-Goffmanian studies that reflect the diversity of the stigmatized; it suggests that the stigma management strategies employed by respondents change depending on the visibility of stigmatizing traits and the varying motivations of the participants in the face of stigma or potentially stigmatizing circumstances.…”
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Local multipliers in tradables and non-tradables by van Dijk, J

“…Using a reduced form regression with a shift-share instrument I find a significant local multiplier effect in Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the USA. …”

Home by Pei, Qianru

“…This project is a self-exploitary journey to find out where is home for me and people like me. …”
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Unveiling perspectives of Islam : seeing through the eyes of Singapore's educated Chinese youths who subscribe to No religion by Nur Ameera Amirrudin

“…The results of 8 interviews illuminate the effectiveness of knowledge and education in reducing negative perceptions. The findings also show that respondents exercise their identity as a dominant ethnic group in maintaining societal norms resulting in unfavorable attitudes towards the out-group. …”
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A dynamical analysis of the alignment mechanism between two interacting cells by Leech, V, Dalwadi, M, Manhart, A

“…We find that some self-propulsion is necessary to achieve perfect alignment, however too much self-propulsion hinders alignment. …”

A facile formulation based on polyacrylate resin for SLA 3D printing by Lie, Anthony

“…FTIR was utilised to find the degree of double carbon bond conversion which helps us find the approximate degree of polymerization. …”
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Conditional conservatism and debt versus equity financing by Goh, Beng Wee, Lim, Chee Yeow, Lobo, Gerald J., Tong, Yen Hee

“…We also find that the reduction in cost of equity associated with conservatism is greater for equity issuers than for debt issuers, but find no such difference when we examine cost of debt. …”
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A Singapore perspective : impact of disclosure and board independence on firm performance. by Chua, Zi Qin., Low, Jason Wei Jie., Yee, Derrick Hock Huat.

“…Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that firms are rewarded with an increase in Tobin’s Q upon greater disclosure of board independence as recommended by the Code. …”
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Gamson going global? Cabinet proportionality in comparative perspective by Chaisty, P, Power, T

“…Among the constitutional predictors of cabinet proportionality, we find that pure presidentialism is a major outlier, with an exaggerated form of formateur advantage. …”

Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries by Feitosa, Mary F., Kraja, Aldi T., Chasman, Daniel I., Sung, Yun J., Winkler, Thomas W., Ntalla, Ioanna, Guo, Xiuqing, Franceschini, Nora, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Sim, Xueling, Vojinovic, Dina, Marten, Jonathan, Musani, Solomon K., Li, Changwei, Bentley, Amy R., Brown, Michael R., Schwander, Karen, Richard, Melissa A., Noordam, Raymond, Aschard, Hugues, Bartz, Traci M., Bielak, Lawrence F., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Fisher, Virginia, Hartwig, Fernando P., Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R., Lohman, Kurt K., Manning, Alisa K., Rankinen, Tuomo, Smith, Albert V., Tajuddin, Salman M., Wojczynski, Mary K., Alver, Maris, Boissel, Mathilde, Cai, Qiuyin, Campbell, Archie, Chai, Jin Fang, Chen, Xu, Divers, Jasmin, Gao, Chuan, Goel, Anuj, Hagemeijer, Yanick, Harris, Sarah E., He, Meian, Hsu, Fang-Chi, Jackson, Anne U., Kähönen, Mika, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kühnel, Brigitte, Laguzzi, Federica, Luan, Jian'an, Matoba, Nana, Nolte, Ilja M., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Muhammad Riaz, Rueedi, Rico, Robino, Antonietta, Said, M. Abdullah, Scott, Robert A., Sofer, Tamar, Stančáková, Alena, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Tayo, Bamidele O., van der Most, Peter J., Varga, Tibor V., Vitart, Veronique, Wang, Yajuan, Ware, Erin B., Warren, Helen R., Weiss, Stefan, Wen, Wanqing, Yanek, Lisa R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Afaq, Saima, Amin, Najaf, Amini, Marzyeh, Arking, Dan E., Aung, Tin, Boerwinkle, Eric, Borecki, Ingrid, Broeckel, Ulrich, Brown, Morris, Brumat, Marco, Burke, Gregory L., Canouil, Mickaël, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Charumathi, Sabanayagam, Ida Chen, Yii-Der, Connell, John M., Correa, Adolfo, de Las Fuentes, Lisa, de Mutsert, Renée, de Silva, H Janaka, Deng, Xuan, Ding, Jingzhong, Duan, Qing, Eaton, Charles B., Ehret, Georg, Eppinga, Ruben N., Evangelou, Evangelos, Faul, Jessica D., Felix, Stephan B., Forouhi, Nita G., Forrester, Terrence, Franco, Oscar H., Friedlander, Yechiel, Gandin, Ilaria, Gao, He, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Gigante, Bruna, Gu, C. Charles, Gu, Dongfeng, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Hallmans, Göran, Harris, Tamara B., He, Jiang, Heikkinen, Sami, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hirata, Makoto, Howard, Barbara V, Ikram, M. Arfan, John, Ulrich, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Koh, Woon-Puay, Krieger, José E., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A., Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Lehne, Benjamin, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Yize, Lin, Shiow, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Jingmin, Loh, Marie, Louie, Tin, Mägi, Reedik, McKenzie, Colin A., Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milaneschi, Yuri, Milani, Lili, Mohlke, Karen L., Momozawa, Yukihide, Nalls, Mike A., Nelson, Christopher P., Sotoodehnia, Nona, Norris, Jill M., O'Connell, Jeff R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Perls, Thomas, Pedersen, Nancy L., Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A., Poulter, Neil, Raffel, Leslie J., Raitakari, Olli T., Roll, Kathryn, Rose, Lynda M., Rosendaal, Frits R., Rotter, Jerome I., Schmidt, Carsten O., Schreiner, Pamela J., Schupf, Nicole, Scott, William R., Sever, Peter S., Shi, Yuan, Sidney, Stephen, Sims, Mario, Sitlani, Colleen M., Smith, Jennifer A., Snieder, Harold, Starr, John M., Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Tan, Nicholas Y. Q., Tang, Hua, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tham, Yih Chung, Turner, Stephen T., Uitterlinden, André G., Vollenweider, Peter, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wang, Lihua, Wang, Ya Xing, Wei, Wen Bin, Williams, Christine, Yao, Jie, Yu, Caizheng, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zhao, Wei, Zonderman, Alan B., Becker, Diane M., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chambers, John C., Deary, Ian J., Esko, Tõnu, Farrall, Martin, Franks, Paul W., Freedman, Barry I., Froguel, Philippe, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Jonas, Jost Bruno, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kato, Norihiro, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kutalik, Zoltán, Laakso, Markku, Laurie, Cathy C., Leander, Karin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Study, Lifelines Cohort, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Polasek, Ozren, Porteous, David J., Rauramaa, Rainer, Samani, Nilesh J., Scott, James, Shu, Xiao-Ou, van der Harst, Pim, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Weir, David R., Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wu, Tangchun, Zheng, Wei, Bouchard, Claude, Christensen, Kaare, Evans, Michele K., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Horta, Bernardo L., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Liu, Yongmei, Pereira, Alexandre C., Psaty, Bruce M., Ridker, Paul M., van Dam, Rob M., Gauderman, W. James, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Fornage, Myriam, Rotimi, Charles N., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Kelly, Tanika N., Fox, Ervin R., Hayward, Caroline, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tai, E. Shyong, Wong, Tien Yin, Kooperberg, Charles, Palmas, Walter, Rice, Kenneth, Morrison, Alanna C., Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J., Munroe, Patricia B., Rao, Dabeeru C., Province, Michael A., Levy, Daniel

“…Several genes in these loci (e.g., PINX1, GATA4, BLK, FTO and GABBR2) have been previously reported to be associated with alcohol consumption. These findings provide insights into the role of alcohol consumption in the genetic architecture of hypertension.…”
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Carlibration parameters of social force model (SFM) for customized personal mobility devices (PMD) by Yuan, Liqiang

“…After getting the parameters of SFM for different PMDs, simulation can be done to find out the correlation between PMD speed and lateral distance for PMD rider when encountering a pedestrian. …”
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Profiling customers against characteristics of corporate responses to complaints. by Lim, Shing Yee., Tay, Julynn Chu Ling., Wu, Dominique Jiali.

“…This research attempts to draw a link between these two areas of study and find relationships between a number of variables and some aspects of corporate responses. …”
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Chasing the city that cannot stop: Exploring transportation and urban co-development in São Paulo’s history by Borges Costa, Adriano, Zegras, P Christopher, Biderman, Ciro

“…Over the entire 130 years, we find that urban expansion and road development pushed and pulled each other, in a somewhat “orderly” way. …”
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Retirement instruments and their distribution channels. by Ong, Cheow Chong., Poh, Choon Kiat., Ong, Joo Liang.

“…More has to be done to help people plan for retirement. First, we hope to find out about the relationship between demographics and instruments used by them. …”
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Multipoint sensing for energy efficient operation in buildings by Zhang, Han Wen

“…The first experiment is to find the effect of the multipoint sensing system due to the moving heat source. …”
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Analysis of underground excavation in rocks by Tang, Zhu Min

“…The purpose is to find out the factors which affect the instability and displacements of the underground excavations. …”
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Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics investigation on two interacting cracks by Lee, Jonathon Zhao Feng

“…The second step is to find the relationship between crack, inclusion and dislocation whereby the CTOD of the crack will also be affected by an additional dislocation. …”
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Governing in the face of a global crisis: when do voters punish and reward incumbent governments? by Duch, RM, Loewen, P, Robinson, TS, Zakharov, A

“…Using machine learning techniques, we find only muted heterogeneity in the magnitude and distribution of these treatment effects. …”

A mean field game between informed traders and a broker by Bergault, P, Sánchez-Betancourt, L

“…<p>We find the solution to the stochastic game between a broker and a mean-field of informed traders. …”