Contemporary Somali piracy : evaluating the effectiveness of counter-piracy measures by Tan, Cherlyn Shuyi.

“…Through literature reviews, a hypothesis was drawn up to test if ship owners will most likely adhere to the BMP due to its effectiveness and ability to overcome the limitations imposed by the international measures.…”
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The effect of China's weak institutional environment on the quality of Big 4 audits by Ke, Bin, Lennox, Clive S., Xin, Qingquan

“…We find that the Big 4 assign their less experienced partners to companies that are listed only in China compared with clients cross-listed in Hong Kong. The Big 4 are less likely to issue modified audit reports, and they charge lower audit fees for clients that are listed only in China. …”
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Nanonet as a scaffold with targeted functionalities by Zhao, Yanli, Grüner, George

“…The initial work on this novel materials platform will likely followed up by development efforts so that the fundamental value propositions associated with the scaffold can be fully exploited. …”
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Quality of life and healthcare service utilization among methadone maintenance patients in a mountainous area of Northern Vietnam by Nguyen, Long Hoang, Nguyen, Lan Huong Thi, Boggiano, Victoria L., Hoang, Canh Dinh, Van Nguyen, Hung, Le, Huong Thi, Le, Hai Quan, Tran, Tho Dinh, Tran, Bach Xuan, Latkin, Carl A., Zary, Nabil, Vu, Minh Thuc Thi

“…Individuals who were multiple substance abusers and those who recently had inpatient care were more likely to have a lower VAS. Older respondents, those taking their medications at the more impoverished clinic, substance abusers, and individuals who were struggling with anxiety/depression or their usual daily activities were more likely to use both inpatient and outpatient care.Conclusions: In summary, we observed good HRQOL, but high prevalence of anxiety/depression and low rates of service utilization among MMT patients in Tuyen Quang province. …”
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Towards graphane applications in security: the electrochemical detection of trinitrotoluene in seawater on hydrogenated graphene by Seah, Tzu Hui, Poh, Hwee Ling, Chua, Chun Kiang, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…Graphene was found to display a higher sensitivity than hydrogenated graphene and could be an ideal material for the detection of TNT in seawater. This is likely due to the fact that graphene contains a larger amount of aromatic rings than hydrogenated graphene, enabling larger preconcentration. …”
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Does cultural similarity between CFOs and auditors impact audit quality? by Xiong, Xi

“…Using the exogenous change in cultural similarity as a result of normal CFO retirement, I show that the relationship between cultural similarity and audit quality is likely to be causal and unlikely driven by endogeneity. …”
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Children’s influence on parental yielding on toys with respect to educational value and perceived price. by Li, Xian., Lee, Mildred Sook Han., Tan, Rachael Yan Hang.

“…In this research, results have shown that mothers are more likely to yield to toys that possess high educational value as compared to low educational value ones. …”
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Lie, cheat, and steal: how harmful brands motivate consumers to act unethically by Rotman, Jeff D., Khamitov, Mansur, Connors, Scott

“…That is, consumers are more likely to lie, cheat, or steal to punish a harmful brand. …”
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Surface plasmon enhanced thermal properties of noble metallic nanofluids by Lee, Kwang Hong, Low, Swee Ling, Lim, Geok Kieng, Wong, Chee Cheong

“…This mechanism of thermal enhancement is most likely attributable to the high surface area to volume ratio of the nanoparticles, and should be operative in other metallic nanoparticle suspensions as well.…”
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Improved NiSi salicide process using presilicide N2+ implant for MOSFETs by Wee, A. T. S., Chan, L., Mangelinck, D., Lee, Pooi See, Pey, Kin Leong, Ding, Jun

“…Phase transformation to the undesirable high resistivity NiSi2 phase was delayed, likely due to a change in the interfacial energy. …”
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Tournaments of financial analysts by Yin, Huifang, Zhang, Huai

“…Using data from 1991 to 2007, we find that interim losers are more likely to increase the boldness of their forecasts in the remainder of the tournament period than interim winners. …”
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Effects of various surface treatments on the storage life of guava (Psidium guajava L) at 10°C by Mohamed, Suhaila, Kyi, Khin Ma Ma, Yusof, Salmah

“…LDPE shrinkwrap was most effective in reducing weight loss and maintaining the firmness of guava (most likely indicating its effectiveness in alleviating water stress), followed by clingwrap packaging and 200 g litre−1 palm oil emulsion coating. …”

Characterisation of decellularised oesophagus in tissue engineering by Chia, Evelyn Sheng Nan.

“…Results from the cyclic loading test mostly showed that the decellularised samples did not vary from the fresh samples insignificantly, which indicated that the composition of the extracellular matrix of the decellularised samples were likely to be preserved. The slight variation between the samples was the also found to be most likely caused by the difference in hydration level. …”
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Novel nitric oxide donors for the dispersal and control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Poh, Wee Han

“…Two purified proteins, DipA and RbdA, were not found to act as sensors of NO, and are likely to be involved in the dispersal process through other mechanisms. …”
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Agriculture and citadel in the Bronze Age Aegean: the view from western Anatolia by Maltas, T

“…This scenario of independent households engaged in extensive farming systems is likely to have created the potential for sustained high wealth inequality within settlements. …”

A mid-life health crisis : supplements for good health. by Toh, Hwee Ling.

“…An important finding is the challenges to their doctors’ opinions by seeking second opinions from friends and the Internet, as well as the link between gender and the propensity to consume health supplements, where men are more likely to reject supplements and women to consume them and encourage others to consume them regardless of their ethnicity.…”
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Manual laterality, grip types and tool use styles of andaman long-tailed macaques. by Tan, Say Hoon.

“…Results suggest that macaques were able to display a myriad of hand grips and that lateralization in tool use is likely to have clear advantages.…”
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Perceptions of hip-hop dance. by Swee, Daren Jin Quan.

“…This was followed by a quantitative study in which the participants were given 5 sets of questions, assessing their perception of hip-hop, Singapore culture, U.S culture, their motivations behind dancing hip-hop, and the importance they attached to certain aspects of the dance. Hip-hop dance was likely to be perceived as similar to the Singapore culture as compared to the U.S culture. …”
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Mental accounting and its impact on outbound leisure traveler’s overspending Behavior. by Chu, Peng., Leng, Wei Yi., Song, Wanyi Celestine.

“…Lastly, outbound tourists who practise mental accounting are more likely to overspend as compared to those who do not.…”
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From captivity to courtship : the representation of romance in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Disney's beauty and the beast by Siti Aishah Kasman

“…The story of the captive heroine found in the likes of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela endures time and underwent a relatively similar re-telling in Disney’s 1991 animated film, Beauty and the Beast. …”
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