Three essays on corporate finance by Si, Fangbo

“…The results are more evident when the scandal is severer, when tainted institutions have a longer holding horizon before the shock, and when firms have greater shareholder-debtholder conflicts, poorer governance, and higher information asymmetry. Moreover, bond returns around the scandal announcement date are negatively correlated with stock returns. …”
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Amidinato Isopropylmethylamidosilylene-catalyzed hydroboration of carbonyl compounds by Lee, Jiawen, Fan, Jun, Koh, An-Ping, Cheang, Joslyn Wan-Jun, Yang, Ming-Chung, Su, Ming-Der, So, Cheuk-Wai

“…Mechanistic studies shows that the Si lone pair electrons on 1 and the B vacant p orbital of HBpin activates the C=O double bond of aldehydes and ketones, the intermediates of which undergoes hydroboration to yield borate esters and regenerate compound 1.…”
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Investigating the effects of nanoparticles (NPs) on healthy and diseased 2D skin models by Chin, Michael Sean

“…Characterising methods include the use of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) equipment to observe the interacting bonds within the samples and its surface charge. …”
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Like the sea: living communityship as a form of participatory leadership within the creativity for learning in HE (#creativeHE) community by Nerantzi, Chrissi, Gillaspy, Emma, Sinfield, Sandra, Karatsiori, Marianthi, Burns, Tom, Hunter, Anna, Seat, Hannah, Tasler, Nathalie

“…Their humane and affective bonds as a collective provide a safe and calm working space in which everybody can flourish.…”
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Interplay of Transition Metals and Noncovalent Interactions in C–H Activation Catalysis by Vennelakanti, Vyshnavi

“…While synthetic routes to activate unreactive C–H bonds require harsh conditions and usually show poor selectivity, biological systems, such as non-heme iron enzymes, carry out selective C–H activation efficiently under ambient conditions. …”
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Investigation of solar cell carrier lifetime using photoconductance lifetime measurements by Sng, Joseph Ding Wen

“…The TMOs are able to passivate the Si surface by forming bonds with Si, resulting in a reduced number of dangling bonds and lower surface recombination rate. …”
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Screen printed quinone-derivatives-based carbon electrode : a novel universal voltammetric pH sensor in buffered and unbuffered solution by Karya, Arthur Bentus

“…Substitution of double bond by methyl group in TMNQ and DMQ do not show similar phenomenon. …”
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Direct imaging of exoEarths embedded in clumpy debris disks by Defrere, D., Stark, C., Cahoy, K., Beerer, I.

“…Hence, the presence of large amounts of dust in the habitable zone around nearby main-sequence stars is considered as a major hurdle toward the direct imaging of exoEarths with future dedicated space-based telescopes. …”
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Temporal and spatial characteristics of the Beaufort Sea ambient noise environment by Chen, R., Schmidt, H.

“…In particular, the influx of warm Pacific water, so called the Beaufort Lens, has dramatically altered the level and vertical directionality of ambient noise, creating a low noise zone in the ∼75–250 m depth interval with a noise notch at low grazing angles. …”
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An abundant bacterial phylum with nitrite-oxidizing potential in oligotrophic marine sediments by Zhao, Rui, Jørgensen, Steffen L, Babbin, Andrew R

“…Nitrosediminicola aerophilus) is generally confined within the oxic zone, another (Ca. Nitrosediminicola anaerotolerans) additionally appears in anoxic sediments. …”
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Single-crystal growth of organic semiconductors by Jiang, Hui, Kloc, Christian

“…The growth of large crystals from the melt by zone melting, the Bridgman, or the Czochralski methods has been used to produce stable materials used in wafer manufacturing or large scintillator detectors. …”
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Evaluation of unsaturated soil slope stability by incorporating soil-water characteristic curve by Zhai, Qian, Tian, Gang, Ye, Weimin, Rahardjo, Harianto, Dai, Guoliang, Wang, Shijun

“…Loess soils are unsaturated and widely distributed in the northwest zone in China. Many steep slope of unsaturated are observed are observed to be naturally stable. …”
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Studies on coordination chemistry of a nitrogen–sulfur donor ligand with lighter and heavier metal ions and biological activities of its complexes by H. Tarafder, M. Tofazzal, Asmadi, A., Talib, Siti M. S., Ali, A. M., Crouse, K. A.

“…[Fe(SBDTCA)3], [Sb(SBDTCA)3] and [Sb(SBDTCA)2Cl · H2O] were strongly effective against bacteria giving clear inhibition zones with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus. …”

Assessment of the biological durability of oil palm trunk modified with 1,3-dimethylol-4,5-dihydroxy-ethyleneurea (DMDHEU) following subsequent curing at elevated temperatures by Rosli, Siti Nurul Ashikin, Chin, Kit Ling, Lee, Chuan Li, Maminski, Mariusz, Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Toczylowska-Maminska, Renata

“…High curing temperature (> 180 °C) caused cracks and ruptured the cell walls, exposing the untreated zone of the OPT to biological attack. As a non-biocidal wood modification, homogeneous dispersion of DMDHEU with adequate concentration and curing temperature is important to fully prevent OPT degradation by wood-destroying fungi and termites. …”
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Development of temperature and mass transfer-based empirical models for estimating reference evapotranspiration in Nigeria by Awhari, Dauda Pius, Jamal, Mohamad Hidayat, Muhammad, Mohd. Khairul Idlan, Kamai, Matthew Boniface, Yaseen, Zaher Mundher, Shahid, Shamsuddin

“…The spatial distribution analysis of performance metrics showed both equations exhibited superior accuracy in estimating ET0 across diverse climatic zones in Nigeria. The incorporation of PSO in model development, coupled with spatial analysis, highlights the study’s multidimensional approach. …”
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Crosslinkable vegetable oil based natural materials for packaging applications by Ker, Adonica Yan Ting

“…Castor oil and citric acid been selected as raw materials due to its high versatility and potential in undergoing esterification reaction, leading to the formation of hydrolysable ester bonds, followed by the addition of resorcinol, 1,10 decandiol and 1,12 dodecandiol as a linker to adjust the polymer film mechanical and degradation properties.…”
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Kababayan : faces of Filipinas in Singapore. by Kong, Yen Lin., Ling, Nuria Xinyi.

“…No matter which far-flung corner of the globe Filipinos are on, the bonds with their kababayan, or countrymen in Tagalog, remain close to their hearts.…”
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Numerical simulation and modeling of carbon nanotubes by Wong, Chee How

“…Throughout the whole of this research, Brenner’s “second-generation” empirical potential is used to describe the many-body short-range interatomic interactions, while the long-range non-bonded interactions is described using van der Waals forces characterized by Lennard-Jones (12,6) potential.…”
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Application of hydroformylation for the stereoselective synthesis of piperidine alkaloids by Sivarajan Kasinathan

“…It highlights the importance of hydroformylation as a tool for formation of a new carbon-carbon bond and its capability of introducing reactive aldehyde functional groups. …”
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A micro-model for investigating the effective thermal property of a microscopically damaged interface by Choong, Li Xing

“…Two materials of different thermal properties are bonded together. Ideally, no cracks should be found between the interface. …”
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