Surviving the economic crisis In distribution and warehousing business by Tan, Ai Leen

“…After 4 years of economic boom with the world seeing soaring trade volumes and rapid growth, the global recession had brought the trading market to a halt and countries experiencing depreciating growth. …”
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The effect of the union paper case on stock price and volume behaviour of Malaysian stocks by Heng, Chong Eng, Yiu, Lai Peck, Hoe, Peh Chern

“…The purpose of this project is to study the developments in the Union Paper's case and to examine whether perceived sh01t sales restrictions have any effects on the stock returns volatility, the leverage effect and the volume return relation of stocks on the KLSE and CLOB. …”
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Théodore Rousseau (1812-67), his patrons and his public by Kelly, S

“…These have included the often unpublished correspondence of the artist and his collectors, contemporary Salon criticism and sale catalogues, auctioneers' records and the stock-books of the Durand-Ruel firm of dealers, as well as a close formal analysis of Rousseau's paintings themselves.…”

A case study on the application of new media technology and market expansion of rural enterprises in Central China by Liu, Meng, Wan Abas, Wan Antia, Mamat, Roslina

“…New media has become a critical marketing method in modern times and plays a vital role in rural China's market expansion and development. Currently, the sales of agricultural products by Chinese rural enterprises have become an indispensable part of agricultural product marketing. …”
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Impact of foreign exchange rate on direct investment. by Chen, Zhen Lin., Chiah, Hwee Seong., Tan, Soo Hiok.

“…In general, investment is affected by sales, exchange rate volatility and interest rate. …”
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The philosophers versus the sponge: feeling early modern by Ibbett, K

“…It follows the flickering presence of gender in the exchanges between René Descartes and Elisabeth of Bohemia, and in Descartes’s work on the passions, before asking whether we might find better sources for a gendered affect in forms of religious writing addressed to women such as that of François de Sales. It proposes that to glimpse gender in early modern affect writing we must learn to read against the grain.…”

Dynamic stabilization of formation fines to enhance oil recovery of a medium permeability sandstone core at reservoir conditions by Agi, Augustine Aja, Radzuan, Junin, Mohd Zaidi, Jaafar, Zulkifli, Abdul Majid, Nor Aishah Saidina, Amin, Akhmal, Sidek, Yakasai, Faruk, Muhammad Abbas Ahmad, Zaini, Azrul Nurfaiz, Mohd Faizal, Gbadamosi, Afeez Olayinka, Sirajo, Lawal, Oseh, Jeffrey Onuoma

“…Fines migration has impacted the efficiency of low salinity water flooding at reservoir condition. However, previous studies on the use of nanoparticles to combat this problem were not done at reservoir condition and the effect of porous media length was neglected. …”
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Carbonated beverage consumption of young adults in Singapore by Cai, Tingting, Christy Tania Angwidjaja, Ho, Wen Ya

“…Carbonated drinks have been really popular; however sales have started to slow down. Although there has been much controversy about how unhealthy carbonated drinks are and after all the 'healthy living' campaigns by the government in different countries, carbonated drinks still rank as the No. 1 selling soft drink in the market. …”
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Crustal strain in the Marmara pull‐apart region associated with the propagation process of the North Anatolian Fault by Karakaş, Çagil, Armijo, R., Lacassin, R., Suc, J.-P., Melinte-Dobrinescu, M. C.

“…The folding is mostly coeval with the Messinian Salinity Crisis and accommodated several kilometers of shortening at the fault tip. …”
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Data analytics on averted and failed distribution transformers by Lim, Zhen Hao

“…As such distribution transformer are hermetically sealed and are mineral oil-filled with an aid of a nitrogen cushion, it is impossible to open it up to visually identify the faults. …”
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Novel multi-way microvalve with ease of fabrication and integration for microfluidics application by Tang, Shao Qiang, Li, Holden King Ho, Lee, Sheung Jien, Zeng, Jasmine Jiamin, Ng, Sum Huan

“…Its operation is based on a rotary mechanism, with compressible rotor and complementary stator seat valve specially designed to have five-degree rotational symmetry, and in which the rotor is made of Viton elastomer to provide a seal and switch between outlets precisely. The microvalve, which can be manually, as well as automatically actuated, is able to withstand pressures up to 370 kPa with no leakage and has a switching torque of under 0.03 Nm.…”
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Analysis of the revolving vane (RV-0) expander, part 1 : experimental investigations by Subiantoro, Alison, Ooi, Kim Tiow

“…The findings show that the prototype machine has the volumetric efficiency of up to 55% with the major leakage paths due to the lip seal and at the radial clearances, contributing to around 50% and 40% of the total leakage, respectively. …”
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Integrated information system for logistics by Loh, Vivienne Kit Wai, Ng, Seok Yee, Tham, Lai Yeng

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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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Chlorine and NaCl in hydrous basaltic melts by Rusiecka, MK, Wood, BJ

“…From the trapping pressures of the inclusions and their compositions we find that decompression from 500 MPa to ∼50 MPa is accompanied, in this case, by a salinity increase from <1 wt% NaCl to ∼50 % NaCl.…”

Temperature induced biological alterations in the major carp, Rohu (Labeo rohita): assessing potential effects of climate change on aquaculture production by Mridul, Md. Monirul Islam, Zeehad, Md. Shariar Kabir, Aziz, Dania, Salin, Krishna R., Hurwood, David A., Rahi, Md. Lifat

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Fabrication of a rotary MR brake and data collection by Sim, Desmond Huang De.

“…In this report, a finalized design of MR drum rotary brake which consists of 3 main sub-assemblies of external housing comprising of inner housing, rotor, coil holder, bearings and radial shaft seals can therefore ensure to achieve at least 5Nm of torque in the presence of magnetic field. …”
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