Three essays on corporate finance by Fu, Kangkang

“…Moreover, from the principal customers’ perspective, a higher level of environmental risk lowers a supplier firm’s probability of being selected relative to its industry peers by its potential customer. Conditional on an ongoing relationship with principal customers, supplier firms with high environmental risk have lower sales to principal customers and shorter relationship durations. …”
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Health economic aspects of childhood excess weight by Onyimadu, O

“…My analyses of CPRD-HES data revealed that children living with overweight and obesity incurred significantly higher direct healthcare costs than their peers with a healthy weight. In comparison to children with healthy weight, those living with overweight generated additional costs of £133.93 and £66.32, on average, in the year preceding and following a BMI measurement, respectively, while children with obesity incurred additional costs of £115.47 and £154.51, on average, during the same periods. …”

High cycle fatigue characterisation and modelling of 316L stainless steel processed by laser powder bed fusion by Zhang, Meng

“…Despite the diverse fatigue and fracture properties, the models produced good prediction accuracy when checked against the test data. Moreover, the method demonstrated good generalisation capability on applying to literature data. …”
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Progressive collapse behaviour of precast concrete structures with advanced joints by Nguyen, Van Hung

“…Secondly, the pull-out test results highlighted a pivotal role of bearing force in anchorage strength of headed bars and strain behaviour. …”
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Design and investigation of block copolymers for dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrices by Liu, Chengyin

“…To further improve the tensile properties of the SWNTs/epoxy nanocomposites, we fabricated another series of PI-derived block copolymers via ring-opening polymerization initiated from hydroxyl-terminated polyimide of lactide and allyl-bearing 2-methyl-2-(allyloxycarbonyl)propylene carbonate) (MAC) to produce PLA-b-PI-b-PLA (TB1) and PMAC-b-PI-b-PMAC (TB2) which are polyester and poly(ester-carbonate)-derived, respectively. …”
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Synthesis of heavy cyanide analogs for the design of novel Prussian blue analogs by Yang, E

“…In order to provide illustrative points of comparison, analogous metal complexes bearing various strong-field ligands are also synthesized and analyzed using the same approach.…”

Bacteria-mediated anti-cancer therapy by Bhave, Madhura Satish

“…However, IB significantly inhibited the growth of the tumors and improved the survival rate of immunocompetent CT26 tumor-bearing mice. Histological analysis showed that IB increased the necrotic area in HCT116 tumors. …”
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Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…Last but not least, we must bear in mind that Singapore is only a small economy. …”
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Health professions digital education on antibiotic management : systematic review and meta-analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration by Kyaw, Bhone Myint, Tudor Car, Lorainne, van Galen, Louise Sandra, van Agtmael, Michiel A., Costelloe, Céire E., Ajuebor, Onyema, Campbell, James, Car, Josip

“…We also searched the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Search Portal and metaRegister of Controlled Trials to identify unpublished trials and checked the reference lists of included studies and relevant systematic reviews for study eligibility. …”
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Advances in 3D optical profilometry by Huang, Lei

“…In addition, a practical phase retrieval framework is proposed for multi-frequency phase shifting method to accurately calculate the absolute phase and automatically identify invalid phase points via a thresholding and criterion checking process. For dynamic application, only a single frame of data is available to retrieve the wrapped phase and then unwrap it. …”
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Rethinking speech sound disorder (SSD) in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate: the importance of recognizing phonological and language difficulties by van Eeden, S, McKean, C, Stringer, H

“…There is growing evidence of concomitant language difficulties in children with CP ± L and of a higher prevalence of developmental speech errors in children compared with non-CP ± L peers. The impact of underlying phonological and language skills on speech production in children with CP ± L is poorly understood. …”

Habit Formation and Political Persuasion: A Behavioral and Statistical Approach by Tohidi Kalorazi, Amir

“…Surprisingly, findings reveal discordant predictions: deniers anticipate a backfire effect among peers, climate believers foresee negligible effects. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…Bioceramics play an important role in the replacement and regeneration of human tissues, but their intrinsic brittleness and low wear resistance make the monolithic bioceramics still problematic for load-bearing applications. The two dimensional (2D) graphene and one dimensional (1D) carbon nanotube (CNT), as the secondary strong and tough biocompatible nanofillers, are popular nanocarbons to reinforce bioceramics. …”
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Engineered terahertz emission from spintronic heterostructures: amplitude, phase and chirality by Agarwal, Piyush

“…To summarize, the thesis aims to contribute to the synergies of spintronics and photonics for advanced applications in developing scalable devices bearing low-cost fabrication with on-chip compatibility.…”
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Health monitoring, lifetimes estimation, and thermal management of IGBT-based power converters by Mohamed Halick Mohamed Sathik

“…Normally, mean time to failure (MTTF) is used to check the reliability of power electronic components. …”
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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Wu, AD, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…<p><strong> Search methods</strong></p> We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO to 1 February 2024 and the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group's Specialized Register to 1 February 2023, reference‐checked, and contacted study authors. <p><strong> Selection criteria</strong></p> We included trials randomizing people who smoke to an EC or control condition. …”

Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation by Lindson, N, Butler, AR, McRobbie, H, Bullen, C, Hajek, P, Begh, R, Theodoulou, A, Notley, C, Rigotti, NA, Turner, T, Livingstone-Banks, J, Morris, T, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…&lt;h4&gt;Search methods&lt;/h4&gt;We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group's Specialized Register to 1 February 2023, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO to 1 July 2023, and reference-checked and contacted study authors.&lt;h4&gt;Selection criteria&lt;/h4&gt;We included trials in which people who smoke were randomized to an EC or control condition. …”

An Unusual Harassment Training That Was Warmly Received and Also Inspired Bystanders by Rowe, Mary P.

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New techniques for searching differential trails in Keccak by Liu, Guozhen, Qiu, Weidong, Tu, Yi

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Social Development / by Parke, Ross D., author 450250, Roisman, Glenn I., author 655021, Rose, Amanda J. (Amanda Janel), 1971-, author 655022, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

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