An Investigation of the Reliability of the Taiwan Earthquake Model PSHA2015 by Wang, Yu‐Ju, Lee, Ya‐Ting, Chan, Chung‐Han, Ma, Kuo‐Fong

“…For densely populated faults in southwestern Taiwan, the assessed hazard level is more sensitive to the maximum magnitude of earthquakes than it is to the slip rate of active faults, creating concern for the possibility of larger earthquakes due to multiple‐segment ruptures in this area, which has not yet been considered in the TEM PSHA2015. …”
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An investigation into the feasibility of implementing activity-based costing in a local, family-owned manufacturing firm : a case study. by Cheong, Chi Kit., Chuah, Yak Ngi., Ong, Sang Bin.

“…The subject firm has been chosen due to the circumstances under which the firm is operating: high volume sales at low unit prices of many end products provide a suitable situation to explore the application of activity-based costing to assist management in arriving at a more accurate costing of products and, ultimately, in making better management decisions.…”
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Unit-linked policies in Singapore by Ong, Yee Chen, Poh, Chee Chung

“…It is amazing that such a product can create such excitement and generate high volume sales in just a short time. It has been in existence in Singapore since 1972 but only proved to be a success in the life industry when the market was on the bull run in 1993 concurrent with the launching of Prudential's first unit-linked product. …”
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The Eoan Group and the politics of coloured opera in apartheid South Africa by Pistorius, JM

“…After the group’s operatic activities came to a permanent halt in 1980, their history sank into obscurity, despite their importance in the establishment of an operatic culture in the country. …”

The future of the timeshare industry : will the brands dominate? : A summary of the vacation ownership industry and an analysis of the advantages that the brands have over smaller... by Bornstein, Ethan S., 1973-

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Stingless bee (Heterotrigona itama) honey and its phenolic-rich extract ameliorate oxidant–antioxidant balance via KEAP1-NRF2 signalling pathway by Zulhilmi Cheng, Mohamad Zulhafiz Shafiq, Zulkhairi Amin, Fatin Aina, Zawawi, Norhasnida, Chan, Kim Wei, Ismail, Norsharina, Ishak, Nur Akmal, Mohd Esa, Norhaizan

“…Analyses of the liver, skeletal muscle and adipose tissues revealed differences in their capacities to scavenge free radicals and halt lipid peroxidation. Transcriptional alterations hypothesised tissue-specific control of KEAP1-NRF2 signalling by upregulation of Nrf2, Ho1 and Sod1 in a tissue-specific manner. …”
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Low wage work in the United Kingdom

“…The changes instituted by Tony Blair's New Labour government since 1997, including the introduction of the National Minimum Wage, halted the growth in low pay but have not reversed it. …”

The (lack of) distortionary effects of proxy-means tests: Results from a nationwide experiment in Indonesia by Banerjee, Abhijit, Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A., Sumarto, Sudarno

“…We find no change in actual television sales, or reported or actual SIM card ownership, suggesting that consumption distortions are likely small.…”
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Ways and means to improve the quality of life insurance agents by Lim, Hwee Hoon, Lim, Puay Kiang, Tay, Winnie Seok Keow

“…In addition, with the growing affluence of the population, they will go for more competitive premiums and a high standard of service, whether in sales servicing or claims functions. Thus, to ensure that a life insurance company continues to grow and prosper in a highly competitive field, she has to excel in her service to customers. …”
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Relay coordination planning for high photovoltaic penetration using preset-time method by Abdulkareem, Ahmed Abduljabbar, Md. Rasid, Madihah, Jamian, Jasrul Jamani, Md. Sapari, Norazliani

“…One of the most essential effects caused by PV is an increase in the relay operating time (ROT) of the backup protection relay during faults. Many studies have focused on improving the coordination of protection relays at high PV penetration, either by using current limiters or modifying the characteristics of the protection curves. …”
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Critical test of the beneficial consequences of lifting the ban on direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs in Italy: experimental exposure and questionnaire study by Schulz, Peter Johannes, Crosignani, Francesca, Petrocchi, Serena

“…This argument has been part of the health care community's wider discussion of whether DTCA of prescription drugs benefits the population's general interest or is only an attempt to increase the sales of the pharmaceutical branch. Belief in true learning by DTCA is rooted in concepts of empowered consumers and their autonomous and empowered decision-making.…”
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Investigation into the effect of process parameter on properties of AM parts - scan speed by Lau, Marilyn Li Qin

“…Also, AM is expected to gain more recognition in dominating the worldwide sales of products and services. The benefits of AM able to provide the user freedom in designing and the reduce production cost thus it has replaced many conventional manufacturing technique. …”
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Investigating the components of brand equity and their impacto n consumers' buying decisions : an application to the MP3 player market. by Lim, Shu Hui., Lin, Shiting., Tan, Noella Sok Hua.

“…We hope to use the results of our study to recommend strategies that firms can use to enhance the equity of their brands and improve sales. Our study is done within the context of the Apple and Creative brands in the MP3 player industry. …”
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Novel memory motor drive with integrated winding concept for traction applications by Yan, Yuming, Shen, Fawen, Wang, Shuai, Cheong, Benjamin, Gajanayake, Chandana Jayampathi, Gupta, Amit Kumar, Cai, Shun, Yuan, Xin, Chen, Jiahao, Xie, Shuangchun, Lee, Christopher Ho Tin

“…Upon implantation of the proposed design, the winding utilization, torque/power density and fault tolerant capability are significantly improved. …”
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Optimal portfolio management. by Lim, Xue Jing., Ng, Jie Wen., Peh, Ying Jie.

“…However, these results are sensitive to changes in the sample used, investment horizon, short-sales constraints.…”
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Application of linear programming and optimisation software in an operations consultancy problem : a costs-minimising computerised optimisation model for empty container reposition... by Wang, Jiali., Chen, Hazel Shijia., Tan, Desmond Zhewen.

“…The objective is to minimise the expected total repositioning costs such as day-dependent transport cost, port handling cost (i.e. the costs of loading and unloading an empty container at a port), holding (i.e. storage) cost and lost-sale penalty cost. The AIMMS optimisation software was used to model the linear programming formulation, and generate repositioning solutions for end-user shipping companies. …”
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Copper-nanoparticle-coated fabrics for rapid and sustained antibacterial activity applications by Gonçalves, Rui A., Ku, Joanne W. K., Zhang, Hao, Salim, Teddy, Oo, Guodong, Zinn, Alfred A., Boothroyd, Chris, Tang, Richard M. Y., Gan, Chee Lip, Gan, Yunn-Hwen, Lam, Yeng Ming

“…This study offers a rational strategy on how to slow down or even halt the transmission of infectious pathogens.…”
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Floquet Codes without Parent Subsystem Codes by Davydova, Margarita, Tantivasadakarn, Nathanan, Balasubramanian, Shankar

“…We generalize this construction to three dimensions and obtain a code that fault tolerantly alternates between realizing two type-I fracton models, the checkerboard and the X-cube model. …”
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ASIC-based design of NMR system health monitor for mission/safety–critical applications by Balasubramanian, Parvathavarthini

“…N-modular redundancy (NMR) is a generic fault tolerance scheme that is widely used in safety–critical circuit/system designs to guarantee the correct operation with enhanced reliability. …”
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CMOS compatible building blocks by Tan, Darel Teng Kiat

“…This project explores the application of physical reservoir computing in predicting alcohol sales and highlights its potential to match the recurrent neural networks in performance with less complexity and improve efficiency when dealing with sequential data taskings. …”
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