The US–China Trade War: Quantify the Negative Shocks to Local Housing Markets and Land-Based Finance in Chinese Cities by Li, Boning, Liao, Wen-Chi, Sun, Weizeng, Zeng, Yongxuan, Zheng, Siqi

“…A one percentage point (p.p.) increases in the (weighted average) tariffs applicable to cities’ exports reduced cities’ new home sale volume by 3.1% and prices by 1.2%. Besides, city governments’ land sale revenues dropped 7.6%. …”
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Effect of pore size distribution on the desalination performance of the selective layer of nanoporous atomically-thin membranes by Chow, Chun-Man, Karnik, Rohit

“…Sealing of large, salt-permeable pores (e.g. by interfacial polymerization) limits salt leakage but substantially reduces water permeance. …”
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Effect of pre-load on diffusion characteristics of composite material by Chew, Xin Yun

“…The aim of this project was to study the water absorption properties of the composite when immersed in salt water – the salt water had a salt to water concentration of 3.5%. …”
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When Do Investors Freak Out? Machine Learning Predictions of Panic Selling by Elkind, Daniel, Kaminski, Kathryn, Lo, Andrew W., Siah, Kien Wei, Wong, Chi Heem

“…We find that a disproportionate number of households make panic sales when there are sharp market downturns, a phenomenon we call ‘freaking out.’ …”
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Conference report: authoritative speech in the Himalayan region by Mazard, Mireille

“…On 25-26 November 2011, Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Anne de Sales held a conference on “Authoritative Speech in the Himalayan Region”. …”
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Use of co-cultivation method to stimulate the production of antimicrobial natural products from mangrove microorganisms by Tan, Jin Wei

“…Cryptic gene clusters from actinomycetes are suspected to harbor potential in producing bioactive products, and in this study, co-cultivation is utilized to stimulate these cryptic gene clusters in novel antibiotics production. 10 actinomycete strains isolated from Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve were co-cultured with Mycobacterium Abscessus and Asperigillus Westerdijikiae in two liquid mediums, Glucose-Yeast extract-Malt extract (GYM) and Minimum Media (MM). Their culture extracts were screened for antibacterial activity using filter-disc assay. …”
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Mathematical modelling of water filtration by Tan, Cindy Xin Yu

“…Saline water can be desalinized with the use of reverse osmosis, wherein a mixture of water and dissolved salt molecules is forced by a high pressure pump through a semi-permeable membrane, preventing the bigger salt molecules from getting through the holes of the membrane but allowing the tinier water molecules to do so. …”
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Experimental investigation on the performance of binary carbon-based nano-enhanced inorganic phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications by Rajamony, Reji Kumar, Johnny Koh, Siaw Paw, Pasupuleti, Jagadeesh, Pandey, A. K., Chong, Tak Yaw, Sieh, Kiong Tiong, Yusaf, Talal, Mahendran, Samykano, Sofiah, A. G. N., Laghari, Imtiaz Ali, Ahmed, Oday A., K., Kadirgama

“…The binary nanoparticle-enhanced nanocomposites can form a decent thermal network, resulting in a remarkable enhancement in thermal conductivity by 160 % (1.2 W/mK) compared to pure salt hydrate. Moreover, a remarkable improvement in optical absorptance and a reduction in optical transmittance by 82.55 % for 0.7 wt% graphene and 0.07 wt% MWCNT enhanced salt hydrate PCM (SAHGrM-0.07) than pure salt hydrate PCM. …”
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Changes in selected personality traits of network marketeers after participating in network marketing activities by Kieu, Chin Wah, Kwok, Wei Liang, Yang, Shi Jie

“…The purpose of this paper is to examine if exposure to network marketing activities do change the personality traits of the network marketeers that may enable them to be more successful in a sales and marketing career.…”
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Modeling Henry's law and phase separations of water–NaCl–organic mixtures with solvation and ion-pairing by Wilson, Aaron D., Foo, Zi Hao, Jayasinghe, Ashini S., Stetson, Caleb, Lee, Hyeonseok, Rollins, Harry W., Deshmukh, Akshay, Lienhard, John H

“…We used a two-variable speciation-based solution model to correlate VLE (organic Henry’s law coefficient and water activity), SLE (organic-induced salt crystallization), and salt-induced LLE separation of H<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O-NaCl-MeCN mixtures.…”
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Complex coacervates loaded with nano enzymes as microreactor by Ng, Si Yi

“…Complex coacervates are predominantly driven by electrostatic forces and entropic changes and are affected by numerous parameters such as pH, mixing ratio and salt concentration. In this study, we aim to derive the optimum conditions for the complex coacervates of the Cetylpyridinium Chloride (CPC; IUPAC name, is a 1-hexadecylpyridinium chloride) and Carboxymethyl-dextran sodium salt (Dextran sodium salt, DSS), focusing on the optimum pH, mixing ratio and salt concentration. …”
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ZooInd: location based group buying service. by Lim, Yvonne Wei Ting

“…With the growth of e-commerce on the Internet, more and more businesses have been using persuasive technologies to drive customers and sales.…”
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In-vitro compatibility evaluation of fungal mixed culture for bioconversion of domestic wastewater sludge by Molla, Abul Hossain, Fakhru'l‐Razi, Ahmadun, Abd‐Aziz, Suraini, Hanafi, Mohamed Musa, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…Two different fungi were grown in the same petri dish 4 cm apart in two culture media, potato dextrose agar (PDA) and malt extract agar (MEA). Fifteen different in-vitro interactions were studied and summarized according to five possible outcomes, i.e., mutual intermingling, partial mutual intermingling, inhibition at contact point, inhibition at a distance and replacement. …”
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Process economics and operating strategy for the energy-efficient reverse osmosis (EERO) process by Chong, Tzyy Haur, Krantz, William B.

“…To address problems encountered in a pilot-scale test of the EERO process, it develops an operating strategy involving boosting the pressure to the low salt-rejection stage of the CMCR to compensate for using membranes with a higher salt rejection than required. …”
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Effects of membrane chlorination on performance of reverse osmosis and nano-filtration membranes by Ho, Yung Lin.

“…Salt permeability for all membranes was improved after chlorination. …”
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New methods in 18F-fluorination and fluoroalkylation by Ford, J

“…Attention is then given to the automation and scale-up of the reaction, the use of pyridinium salts as elution reagents, the evaluation of crude pyridinium salts in 18F-fluorination and comparison to other substrates.…”

Effect of varying SRT on inorganics retentate concentration in MDBR and its impact on bioprocess by Koh, Seok Han.

“…The main objectives of this study are to (i) investigate the correlation between accumulation rate of inorganic salts in the Membrane Distillation Bioreactor (MDBR) retentate and Sludge Retention Time (SRT) of 10 and 30 days, (ii) to determine the inhibitory effects of potential inhibitors on the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) removal efficiency and specific biomass growth rate of the aerobic thermophiles by conducting batch tests and (iii) to determine whether inhibition by inorganic salt occurs in MDBR system.…”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Fu, Kangkang

“…Conditional on an ongoing relationship with principal customers, supplier firms with high environmental risk have lower sales to principal customers and shorter relationship durations. …”
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The impact of product delay and recall announcements on firm performance. by Yeo, Elaine Hui Ling., Yeo, Pei Hoon.

“…However, by delaying product introduction or making product recall, a firm may risk loss in sales and credibility.…”
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Osmotic oedometer using sodium chloride solution and reverse osmosis membrane by Bulolo, Sam, Leong, Eng Choon

“…The salt solution in the vapor equilibrium technique applies a total suction, whereas the salt solution in the osmotic technique induces a matric suction on the soil specimen. …”
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