Employee turnover : bad attitude or poor management? by Khadijah Abdul Rahman., Norfarhana Supaat., Norhayati Haron.

“…The variables for the turnover are segmented into three categories - controllable, uncontrollable and demographics.…”
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Surface modification and characterization of polypropylene fibers by Tan, Terry Jian Hong.

“…Surface characterization were carried out using the SEM for surface topography as well as the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy or XPS to get some insights of the chemical characteristics of the treated PP fiber surface. …”
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Tissue engineering approach using fibrous scaffold with matricellular protein for wound healing by Chen, Huizhi

“…For wound healing applications, the interactions between scaffold topographic features and cellular responses, especially the directional cell migration and phenotypic change, are critical but not well explored yet. …”
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Brand- and price-based usage pattern analysis on peer-to-peer car-sharing platform by Tan, Xuan Yi

“…The results consist of the demographics of the dataset used, categorized by different attributes such as car age, mileage and car brand. …”
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Islands’ Metamorphoses: Two River Islands in Nanjing, China, as a Case Study in Historical Toponymy and Cartography by Xu, Duoduo

“…The present study illustrates the historical toponymy and historical topography of two river islands (located in the riverbed of the Yangtze River), belonging to the Nanjing’s territory, China, starting the toponymic analysis from a collection of ancient maps. …”
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Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting generated by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China by Yu, Guihua., Chen, Guihua., Klinger, Yann., Xu, Xiwei., Wen, Xueze., Hubbard, Judith., Shaw, John H.

“…Large oblique thrusting observed during this earthquake indicates that crustal shortening is an important process responsible for the high topography in the region, as everywhere along the edge of Tibetan Plateau.…”
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Injury patterns in elderly cyclists and motorcyclists presenting to a tertiary trauma centre in Singapore by Cheong, Hui Shyuan, Tham, Kum Ying, Chiu, Li Qi

“…The aim of this study was to describe and compare patient demographics, injury patterns and outcomes among elderly cyclists and motorcyclists presenting to a Level 1 trauma centre.…”
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Tailoring the angular and spectral reflectance characteristics of color-dynamic films by modifying their photonic texture and topcoat roughness by Blair, Andrew D.

“…An effective approach for controlling the optical properties of such color-dynamic photonic films, which are manufactured holographically, is demonstrated using two simple control handles: the texture of the photonic structure and the surface roughness of a transmissive topcoat. …”
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Migration and phenotype control of human dermal fibroblasts by electrospun fibrous substrates by Chen, Huizhi, Lui, Yuan Siang, Tan, Zhen Wei, Lee, Justin Yin Hao, Tan, Nguan Soon, Tan, Lay Poh

“…To design functional scaffolds, it is important to explore the interactions between scaffold topographic features and cellular responses, especially directional migration and phenotypic changes, which are critical functional aspects during wound healing. …”
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Effect of coupling agent on hollow carbon microsphere/phenolic resin syntactic foam by Chan, Sze Hua.

“…The FITR and SEM were used to scan for chemical bonds and topography of hollow carbon microsphere respectively. …”
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Singaporeans' attitudes toward gender stereotypes in advertising. by Ng, Meng Yee., Yap, Mee Lee.

“…Purposes of this project are to identify the effects of respondents’ involvement in processing advertisements on their attitudes and the potential relationships between their demographical and psychographical characteristics on their attitudes. …”
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Retirement instruments and their distribution channels. by Ong, Cheow Chong., Poh, Choon Kiat., Ong, Joo Liang.

“…First, we hope to find out about the relationship between demographics and instruments used by them. Secondly, we hope to find out about people’s perception about the best distribution channels for promoting and purchasing retirement instruments.…”
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Study of LIDAR mapping technology by Liu, Jing.

“…High-resolution digital terrain models (DTMs) are essential and key component for topographic applications such as earth moving industry, flood modeling and etc. …”
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Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction by Summers, Stephen, Pek, Y. Shona, Vinod, Deepthi P., McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A., Birch, William R., Rice, Scott A.

“…Metagenomic assessment of marine microbial communities indicated no significant impact of material on microbial diversity, irrespective of the diverse surface chemistry and topography. Based on KEGG pathway analysis, surface properties appeared to influence the community composition and function during the initial stages of biofilm development, but this effect disappeared by Day 31. …”
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Using brain functional connectivity pattern to examine the effectiveness of a reading intervention for children with dyslexia. by Naidu, Shanthini Chandra Sekaran, Al-Naimi, Taha Mahmoud, Samah, Narina A., Sha'Ameri, Ahmad Zuri

“…Partial Directed Coherence (PDC) technique was utilized and 2D EEG topography images were produced when the subjects were involved in live different rapid automatized naming (RAN) tasks. …”

Long-term slip rate of the southern San Andreas Fault from 10Be-26Al surface exposure dating of an offset alluvial fan by Ryerson, Frederick J., Van der Woerd, Jérôme, Klinger, Yann, Sieh, Kerry, Tapponnier, Paul, Mériaux, Anne-Sophie

“…Field mapping complemented with topographic data, air photos and satellite images allows precise determination of piercing points across the fault zone that are used to measure an offset of 565 ± 80 m. …”
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Study of local site effects using microtremor survey method by Zhu, Cheng.

“…The relationships between the average shear wave velocity of the upper 30 m soil and topographic slope as well as fundamental frequency are established for site classification, taking into account the uncertainty involved in the estimation. …”
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In situ nanoscopy of single-grain nanomorphology and ultrafast carrier dynamics in metal halide perovskites by Zizlsperger, M, Nerreter, S, Yuan, Q, Lohmann, KB, Sandner, F, Schiegl, F, Meineke, C, Gerasimenko, YA, Herz, LM, Siday, T, Huber, MA, Johnston, MB, Huber, R

“…At all of the measured locations, despite topographic irregularities, diffusion is surprisingly homogeneous on the 100 nm scale, although it varies between mesoscopic regions. …”

Study on the regulation of focal adesions and cortical actin by matrix nanotopography in 3D environment by Han, Jingjing, Lin, Keng-Hui, Chew, Lock Yue

“…It has been proposed that nanoscale topography is possible to modulate the tensions which direct the formation of cytoskeleton and the organization of the membrane receptor within the cell, which in turn regulate intracellular mechanical and biochemical signaling. …”
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The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Reich, Peter B., Bardgett, Richard D., Eldridge, David J., Lambers, Hans, Wardle, David A., Reed, Sasha C., Plaza, César, Png, Kenny Guochen, Neuhauser, Sigrid, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Hart, Stephen C., Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Bastida, Felipe, Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Cutler, Nick A., Gallardo, Antonio, García-Velázquez, Laura, Hayes, Patrick E., Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Pérez, Cecilia A., Santos, Fernanda, Siebe, Christina, Trivedi, Pankaj, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Weber-Grullon, Luis, Williams, Mark A., Fierer, Noah

“…Parent material, climate, vegetation and topography predict, collectively, 24 times more variation in ecosystem properties than soil age alone. …”
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