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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Wear behaviour of martensitic NiTi shape memory alloy under ball-on-disk sliding tests by Yan, Lina, Liu, Yong, Liu, Erjia

“…Three stages of degradation were identified, namely, a near-zero wear stage, a transition wear stage and an abrasive wear stage. …”
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Modeling of microfluid droplet resonator based on whisper gallery mode by Dong, Bin

“…Since the droplet is formed by surface tension, the surface will be quite smooth, so that whisper gallery modes can be formed near the surface of the droplet, which means the light will be transmitted by total internal refraction near the surface and get accumulated. …”
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Simultaneous mid-infrared gas sensing and upconversion based on third harmonic generation in cascaded waveguides by Pan, Jianxing, Chen, Zhenxing, Huang, Tianye, Zeng, Shuwen, Cheng, Zhuo, Huang, Pan, Zhao, Xiang, Shum, Perry Ping, Brambilla, Gilberto

“…Moreover, the signal is up converted from mid-infrared to near-infrared and thus it can be easily detected by efficient near-infrared detectors. …”
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Indefinite metamaterials for optical applications by Bisht, Ankit

“…Hence, it becomes imperative to find means of performing near-field (Superlensing) and label-free real time far-field super-resolution imaging (hyperlensing) at the nanoscale. …”
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Fatigue analysis of a cracked shaft: A finite element modeling approach by Thinesshwaran, Gunasekaran, Muhamad Husnain, Mohd Noh, Mohd Akramin, Mohd Romlay, Mohd Shamil, Shaari, Takahashi, Akiyuki

“…SIF is usually adapted to predict the stress intensity near the crack tip where crack propagation occurs. …”
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Magnetohydrodynamics CU˗TiO2 hybrid nanofluid with viscous dissipation by Rahimah, Jusoh, Zulkhibri, Ismail, Muhammad Khairul Anuar, Mohamed, Nooraini, Zainuddin

“…He proposed that the influence of friction was primarily confined to the boundary layer, which is a thin layer near the surface, while the flow beyond this layer was nearly inviscid, akin to the flow discussed for centuries prior (Anderson, 2005). …”
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First-principles study of the lattice dynamics of Sb2S3 by Liu, Yun, Eddie Chua, Kun Ting, Sum, Tze Chien, Gan, Chee Kwan

“…The effect of Born effective charges is taken into account using a mixed-space approach, resulting in the splitting of longitudinal and transverse optical (LO-TO) phonon branches near the zone center. Zone-center frequencies agree well with Raman scattering experiments. …”
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Deformation and slip along the Sunda megathrust in the Great 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake by Sieh, Kerry, Galetzka, John, Simons, Mark, Hananto, Nugroho, Suprihanto, Imam, Prayudi, Dudi, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Prawirodirdjo, Linette, Bock, Yehuda, Hsu, Ya-Ju, Briggs, Richard W., Meltzner, Aron J., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Suwargadi, Bambang W.

“…The southeastern edge abuts a predominantly aseismic section of the megathrust near the equator.…”
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On solving singular interface problems using the enriched partition-of-unity finite element methods by Lee, Chi King, Liu, X., Fan, Sau Cheong

“…In the present approach, asymptotical expansions of the analytical solutions near the interface singularities are employed to enhance the accuracy of the solution. …”
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Semiconducting Polymer Nanobioconjugates for Targeted Photothermal Activation of Neurons by Lyu, Yan, Xie, Chen, Chechetka, Svetlana A., Miyako, Eijiro, Pu, Kanyi

“…Optogenetics provides powerful means for precise control of neuronal activity; however, the requirement of transgenesis and the incapability to extend the neuron excitation window into the deep-tissue-penetrating near-infrared (NIR) region partially limit its application. …”
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The maritime security management system : perceptions of the international shipping community by Thai, Vinh Van, Grewal, Devinder

“…The main objectives of this study are to identify key shore-based and near shore activities associated with maritime operations that are currently not covered by the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and players involved in these activities; to explore and analyse important relationships among them, which can affect the management of security; to investigate the key criteria of a good/effective security management system; to explore the perceived effectiveness of some major aspects of security activities in a MSMS; and to identify the perceived importance of essential elements in a MSMS. …”
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Will we ever go back to normal? An international exploration of the impact of Covid-19 on tourism teaching in 5 countries by Bamford, Jan

“…Tourism lecturers also faced the near devastation of ‘their’ industry, while students saw their chances of employment in the industry dwindle. …”
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Access, dignity, and choice: social supermarkets and the end of the food bank model in the UK? by Ranta, Ronald, Nancheva, Nevena, Mulrooney, Hilda M., Bhakta, Dee, Lake, Stef

“…These are characterized as not-for-profit social enterprises that sell mostly food, at low or symbolic prices to those living near or in poverty. In this article we provide a timely empirical account of SSMs and the experiences and perspectives of their members, focusing on three key themes: access, dignity, and choice. …”
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A quantitative measurement method for nuclear-pleomorphism scoring in breast cancer by Teoh, Chai Ling, Tan, Xiao Jian, Ab Rahman, Khairul Shakir, Bakrin, Ikmal Hisyam, Goh, Kam Meng, Siet, Joseph Jiun Wen, Wan Muhamad, Wan Zuki Azman

“…The HM equation yields a value approaching 1 for nuclei demonstrating characteristics of score-3 nuclear pleomorphism and near 0 for those exhibiting features of score-1 nuclear pleomorphism. …”
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Densification of LaGaO3 at low sintering temperatures via Fe3+ substitution at Ga3+ site by Chandrasekaran, A., Azad, A.-M.

“…Attempts to achieve near theoretical density in polycrystalline LaGaO3 compacts using Fe2O3 as a dopant have been made. …”
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Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS by Lokman, Eleanor Daniella

“…They usually get involved in agriculture activities including oil palm plantation, fisheries, fruits plantation, working with the government and doing own job.Spatially, the results indicated that most of the paddy farmers involved in off-farm job lives near to the town which in Kuala Selangor, as is less than ten (10) kilometres away from their house and paddy lot. …”
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Application of smartphone-based biophotonic instrumentation for glucose sensing using photometric method by Aziz, Nur Anis Huda

“…The photonic device constructed consists of a 940 nm near-infrared light-emitting diode (NIR LED) as an emitter, a BPW34 photodiode as a detector, a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller board acts as a digital interface to convert the receiving data into output voltage, and an Android app; Scoppy as a digital oscilloscope to display the output voltage value on a smartphone. …”
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A Review of Genetic Algorithm: Operations and Applications by Md Isa, Faizatulhaida, Ariffin, Wan Nor Munirah, Jusoh, Muhammad Shahar, Erni Puspanantasari Putri, Erni Puspanantasari Putri

“…By facilitating the discovery of optimal or near-optimal solutions within large solution spaces, GA proves its mettle in scenarios where traditional methods fall short. …”
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Diffusion of polyethylene oxide in montmorillonite : single molecule study of polymer nanocomposite by Jefri Sanusi Teguh

“…Slower diffusion was expected due to the presence of depletion zone near the crystal which was confirmed by AFM measurement. …”
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