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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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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Can PECL help with vexing issues of maritime law? Critical reflections from the example of the Rotterdam Rules by Magklasi, Ioanna

“…This paper studies the trajectory, background and objectives of PECL and identifies the link between contract law and maritime laws (namely carriage of goods by sea and international sale of goods).The author will present the intricacies of these laws, in an attempt to justify why, despite extensive codification and standardisation, maritime law is still in need of legal certainty and occasionally of fairer application of the law to the disputes not only by national courts, but also in the wider European context. …”
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Measurement-based quantum computation on two-body interacting qubits with adiabatic evolution by Kyaw, Thi Ha, Li, Ying, Kwek, Leong-Chuan

“…Errors induced by thermal fluctuations and adiabatic evolution within finite time can be eliminated ensuring fault-tolerant quantum computing schemes.…”
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Protection circuit design of wireless power transfer systems by Sim, Jia Ee

“…Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system is the transmission of electrical power through space (theory of electromagnetic field) from a transmitter device, consisting of a power source to a receiver device, consisting of an electrical load unlike the traditional electrical power transfer through electrical cables. However, fault protection is need in any electrical system such as circuit breaker. …”
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Taylor Swift : In Her Own Words / by Swift, Taylor, 1989-, author 656019, Hunt, Helena, editor 656018, Agate (Online service) 656009

“…Her latest, unprecedented record deal gives her ownership of all her master records, the ability to dictate the terms of her albums' streaming releases in order to maximize her profits, and a requirement that her label share proceeds from sale of its stake in Spotify with its musicians. …”
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Primary type of trust required in the chinese workplace : a qualitative approach. by Chua, Li Ling.

“…This study used 10 Taiwanese participants each with at least 4.5 years of sales-related working experience. There were two purposes for this study: (1) to understand the primary type of trust required to getting things done in the Chinese workplace, (2) to explore the dynamics of trust; attributes of Cognitive and Affective-based trust, and the type of trust developed at the initial engagement. …”
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New approaches to the architectural design, amenities, and function of macella: typologies, scale, and the Macellum Magnum by Hanson, JW

“…In recent years, scholars have drawn particular attention to the existence in the ancient world of permanent, specialized market buildings, macella or μάκɛλλοι, which offered dedicated facilities for the processing and sale of luxury commodities such as fish and meat. …”

Counterexample computation in compositional nonblocking verification by Malik, Robi, Ware, Simon

“…Counterexamples are an important feature of model checking that explains the cause of a detected problem, greatly helping users to understand and fix faults. In compositional verification, counterexamples are difficult to compute due to the large state space and the loss of information after abstraction. …”
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Developing an eCommerce Pricing Model Using Rank Centrality by Tong, Kevin C.

“…Using this prediction, a pricing strategy is formed to maximize sales volume and profits on these sites. This strategy is then implemented and evaluated as part of a 6-month internship with Spero Goods.…”
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