Organization capital and mergers and acquisitions by Li, Kai, Qiu, Buhui, Shen, Rui

“…Using a sample of completed U.S. acquisition deals over the period 1984–2014, we find that acquirer organization capital as measured by capitalized selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses is associated with superior deal performance. …”
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Investigation of pollen microgel and its viability as a sunscreen product by Koh, Wei Jun

“…This project aims to compare the UV-shielding abilities of plant-based microgels and compare it to commercialised sunscreen gels that are already available in the market. The two plant-based microgels used in this project are camellia microgel and sunflower microgel. …”
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SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems. by Boccaletti, Anthony, Schneider, Jean, Traub, Wes, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Stam, Daphne, Gratton, Raffaele, Trauger, John, Cahoy, Kerri, Snik, Frans, Baudoz, Pierre, Galicher, Raphael, Reess, Jean-Michel, Mawet, Dimitri, Augereau, Jean-Charles, Patience, Jenny, Kuchner, Marc, Wyatt, Mark, Pantin, Eric, Maire, Anne-Lise, Vérinaud, Christophe

“…SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. …”
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Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response for Security Analysts : Learn the secrets of SOAR to improve MTTA and MTTR and strengthen your organization's security posture / by Kovacevic, Benjamin, author 656337, Packt Publishing (Online service) 656336

“…Next, you'll learn how SOAR works and what its benefits are, including optimized threat intelligence, incident response, and utilizing threat hunting in investigations. You'll also get to grips with advanced automated scenarios and explore useful tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, and Google Chronicle SOAR. …”
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Ensemble neural networks with input optimization for flood forecasting by Mohd Khairudin, Nazli, Mustapha, Norwati, Mohd Aris, Teh Noranis, Zolkepli, Maslina

“…This paper proposed an ensemble of neural networks for long-term flood forecasting that combine the output of backpropagation neural network (BPNN) and extreme learning machine (ELM). The proposed ensemble neural networks model has been applied towards the rainfall data from eight rainfall stations of Kelantan River Basin to forecast the water level of Kuala Krai. …”
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Near-Field Antenna Measurements : Calculations and Facility Design / by Kalashnikov, Vadim Serafimovich, author 643223, Ponomarev, Maxim Yurievich, author 643225, Platonov, Oleg Yurievich, author 643226, Shubnikov, Victor Vasilievich, author 643227, Rivkin, Mark Ilyich, author 643228, Shatrakov, Artem Yurievich, author 643229, Shatrakov, I͡U. G. (I͡Uriĭ Grigorʹevich), author 643230, Zavalishin, Oleg Ivanovich, author 643231

“…This book is useful both for those who want to get initial information on the measurement of the antenna parameters, and for specialists directly involved in the experimental determination of the antenna parameters from the results of measuring the amplitude-phase distribution in the near zone of the antennas. …”

Digital Transformation for Entrepreneurship / by Durst, Susanne, editor 624151, Pevkur, Aive, editor 656303, World Scientific (Online service) 655444

“…Entrepreneurial firms will get concrete ideas and recommendations as to how to address and/or improve their entrepreneurial activities/approaches to entrepreneurship triggered by digital transformation, and 2. …”
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Spoken dialect translation by Suo, Yanpeng

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THE ART OF CLOSING THE SALE : The Key to Making More Money Faster in the World of Professional Selling / by Brian Tracy, author 504285

“…When salespeople follow a practical, proven, step-by-step process, they get more orders, faster and easier than ever before.…”

Modelling and optimization of EMI filter for power converter by Li, Luyao

“…It is of great help for EMI filter design to get an accurate CM choke model to ensure the EMI filter is well designed.…”
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New moon by Chen, Danning

“…While on the magical maze of the planet, your goal is to get past obstacles and navigate back home to Earth. …”
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Investigating the EM performance of building materials for mid-band 5G in urban built environment: an exploratory study by Ng, Sean Jake Peng

“…The thesis is concluded with the investigation of material loading on an evolved antecedent hexagonal-stubbed complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR)-loaded electrically small antenna (ESA) designed to cover the 3.5 GHz 5G frequency band. …”
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Micro-DSC, rheological and NMR investigations of the gelation of gallic acid and xyloglucan by Hirun, Namon, Bao, Hongqian, Li, Lin, Deen, Gulam Roshan, Tantishaiyakul, Vimon

“…For the mixture of GA and 1% (w/v) TSX, the critical gel concentration of GA was 0.69% (w/v) at physiological temperature (37 °C) and the sol–gel transition was well described by the scaling law. …”
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Feedback consolidation algorithm and timout scheme for ABR service by Ji, Liang

“…We also proposed a timeout algorithm to deal with nonresponsive leaves.…”
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Discrete wavelet transform coefficients for emotion recognition from EEG signals by Ser, Wee, Huang, Guang-Bin, Yohanes, Rendi E. J.

“…Two classifiers were used: Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). Experimental results confirmed that the proposed DWT coefficients method showed improvement of performance compared to previous methods.…”
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Design, simulation and experimentation for the geometric of optofluidic prism by Leong, Amanda Si Min.

“…Based on the simulation and experimentation, an optimal chip design is built and a suitable flow rate range is proposed to get high performace of the optofluidic prism.…”
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Bunkering in Singapore : challenges and ideas to maintain Singapore as the world's top bunkering port by Ng, Ming Wei.

“…However, as increasingly environmental regulations get more stringent and oil-based fuels get more expensive, another evolution from oil to gas seems to be on the horizon. …”
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Classification of helicopters for passive radar - theoretical studies and measurements by Qiao, Na

“…From the previous research, author get the time-frequency domain figure based on theory and formula. …”
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Design and development of intelligent knee brace for monitoring daily activities by Lim, Wen Xi

“…Studies have shown that prolonged period of sitting down in addition to inactive lifestyle is detrimental to the health. Getting up to move around after every 30 minutes can reduce the risks of prolonged sitting on human health. …”
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Knowledge and Learning in Organizations : A Knowing-In-Practice Perspective of University Academic Managers / by Larentis, Fabiano author 655495, Antonello, Claudia Simone author 655496, SpringerLink (Online service) 666

“…Hence, academic-managers are supposed to deal with a multiplicity of activities and interpersonal relationships. …”
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