Benchmarking money manager performance : issues and evidence by Chan, Louis K. C., Dimmock, Stephen G., Lakonishok, Josef

“…The benchmarks most widely used in academic research - attribute-matched portfolios from independent sorts, the conventional three-factor time series model, and cross-sectional regressions of returns on stock characteristics - have poor ability to track returns. Simple alterations are provided that improve the performance of the methods.…”
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Focusing of linearly polarized Lorentz–Gauss beam with one optical vortex by Rui, Fu, Zhang, Dawei, Ting, Mei, Gao, Xiumin, Zhuang, Songlin

“…Results show that the focal pattern can be altered considerably by charge number of the optical vortex and the beam parameters. …”
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Anisotropic particles focusing effect in complex flows by Atis, Séverine, Leclair, Matthieu, Sapsis, Themistoklis P., Peacock, Thomas

“…Finite-size effects can lead neutrally buoyant particles to exhibit different dynamics than tracer particles, and can alter their transport properties in fluid flows. …”
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Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization by Kilgore, Henry R., Chinn, Itamar, Mikhael, Peter G., Mitnikov, Ilan, Van Dongen, Catherine, Zylberberg, Guy, Afeyan, Lena, Banani, Salman F., Wilson-Hawken, Susana, Ihn Lee, Tong, Barzilay, Regina, Young, Richard A.

“…ProtGPS identified pathological mutations that change this code and lead to altered subcellular localization of proteins. Our results indicate that protein sequences contain not only a folding code, but also a previously unrecognized code governing their distribution to diverse subcellular compartments.…”
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Effect of Carbon Overcoat Implantation on the Magnetic and Structural Properties of Perpendicular Recording Media by Piramanayagam, S. N., Shakerzadeh, M., Varghese, B., Tan, H. K.

“…The studies reveal that the energetic deposition alters the anisotropy constant of the magnetic layer, resulting in a reduction in the coercivity and the thermal stability factor.…”
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Manipulation of frozen water droplets with nanoparticles by Sathiasingham Rethinasingam

“…It will be observed that this singular point will be altered to form a flat top with increasing concentrations of nanoparticles. …”
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The price of choice : pressures faced by voluntarily childless married women in Singapore by Shamini De Mello

“…Data analysis illustrates that these women face pressures in the form of persuasion whereby they were frequently questioned about their childless status and impelled to alter their decision. They also experienced pressure in the form of negative sanctions through: (1) the ascription of negative evaluations upon them; (2) social exclusion and (3) devaluation of their achievements. …”
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The post office : a comparative social history of Britain and Singapore, 1840s to 1880s by Yeow, Jeremy Yong Qi

“…This paper argues, firstly, that the reformed Post Office was more than just a change in the postal system which lowered the price of posting a letter; secondly, the perceptions and responses towards the institution differed. To the British, it altered the fabric of their society, empowered and liberated them; whilst, to the people in Singapore, it intruded their way of life and conformed them to the British rule.…”
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Algorithmic discrimination is an information problem by Cofone, I

“…We should use existing pre-processing techniques to alter the data that is fed to algorithms to prevent disparate impact outcomes. …”

Psychedelics, meaningfulness, and the “proper scope” of medicine: continuing the conversation by Cheung, K, Patch, K, Earp, BD, Yaden, DB

“…Psychedelics such as psilocybin reliably produce significantly altered states of consciousness with a variety of subjectively experienced effects. …”

New approaches to the architectural design, amenities, and function of macella: typologies, scale, and the Macellum Magnum by Hanson, JW

“…This reveals that there is a series of relationships between these measures that are not only consistent with wider theoretical and empirical expectations, but also have the potential to alter dramatically our understanding of macella by revealing the connections between the sizes and capacities of these structures and the wealth, connectivity, and integration of settlements.…”

p53-sensitive epileptic behavior and inflammation in Ft1 hypomorphic mice by Vernì, Fiammetta, Saggio, Isabella, Burla, Romina, La Torre, Mattia, Zanetti, Giorgia, Bastianelli, Alex, Merigliano, Chiara, Del Giudice, Simona, Vercelli, Alessandro, Di Cunto, Ferdinando, Boido, Marina

“…Premature aging defects of Ft1 mutant mice include skeletal alterations and lipodystrophy. The epileptic behavior of Ft1 mutant animals was age and sex linked. …”
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Endothelial damage arising from high salt hypertension is elucidated by vascular bed systematic profiling by Vinaiphat, Arada, Pazhanchamy, Kalailingam, JebaMercy, Gnanasekaran, Ngan, SoFong Cam, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Ho, Hee Hwa, Gao, Yong-Gui, Lim, Kah-Leong, Richards, A. Mark, de Kleijn, Dominique P. V., Chen, Christopher P., Kalaria, Raj N., Liu, Jian, O'Leary, Deborah D., McCarthy, Neil E., Sze, Siu Kwan

“…In the EC fraction, HS-induced hypertension significantly altered protein mediators of contractility, metabolism, mechanotransduction, renal function, and the coagulation cascade. …”
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End Organ Affection in Sickle Cell Disease by Bathla, Tanvi, Lotfollahzadeh, Saran, Quisel, Matthew, Mehta, Mansi, Malikova, Marina, Chitalia, Vipul C.

“…While genetic therapy holds promise to alter the fundamental disease process, the major challenge in the field remains the target end organ damage and ways to mitigate or reverse it. …”
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Biased competition between Lgr5 intestinal stem cells driven by oncogenic mutation induces clonal expansion by Snippert, Hugo J., Schepers, Arnout G., van Es, Johan H., Simons, Benjamin D., Clevers, Hans

“…The concept of ‘field cancerization’ describes the clonal expansion of genetically altered, but morphologically normal cells that predisposes a tissue to cancer development. …”
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Analysis of the role played by ligand-induced folding of the cocaine-binding aptamer in the photochrome aptamer switch assay by Shoara, Aron A., Churcher, Zachary R., Steele, Terry W. J., Johnson, Philip E.

“…The Photochrome Aptamer Switch Assay (PHASA) relies on ligand binding by an aptamer to alter the local environment of a stilbene compound covalently attached to the 5' end of the aptamer. …”
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Colour transfer between images by Khor, Zi Yun

“…Some of its usage include, but is not limited to, automatic colorization of grayscale images and modifying the impression and atmosphere of a video or image through colour alteration. This report will explore and evaluate two colour transfer methods: the colour transfer method by Reinhard et al [1] which performs colour transference between images using simple statistical analysis of the image colour characteristics; and the N-dimensional probability density function (PDF) transfer [2]. …”
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A linearization based on Taylor expansion to multi-objective linear fractional program with fuzzy coefficients and fuzzy decision variables by Mojtaba Borza, Azmin Sham Rambely

“…In two phases, this method alters the fully fuzzy problem into linear programming problem (LPP) which its solution is at least a weakly E - efficient for the main problem. …”
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Tunable optical and dielectric properties of metal phthalocyanine based coatings as passive camouflage materials by Poh, Jia Chin

“…After the analysis of the characterization techniques, it is found that the substituting the metallic species in the phthalocyanine ring can indeed alter the optical and dielectric properties of the phthalocyanine coating.…”
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Curved oligonucleotide constructs as human topoisomerase I inhibitors : a mechanistic study of the enzyme’s recognizing passway. by Zhao, Guanjia.

“…Topoisomerases I are enzymes that alter the topological states of DNA. In eukaryotic organisms, including human being, Topoisomerase I is diverse and significant. …”
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