Employment of professional managers in local Chinese family businesses : issues and problems. by Ong, Ai Ming.

“…With professionalisation mooted as the key for survival and growth of family businesses, this study examined the motivations for nine professional mangers to join local Chinese family businesses, through the use of a short closed-ended questionnaire and in-depth interviews. …”
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HEK222 - Critical Reading And Writing June 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Second Semester Examination 2018/2019 Academic Session June 2019 HEK222 -Critical Reading And Writing Duration : 3 hours Please check that this examination paper consists of NINE (9) pages of printed material before you begin the examination. …”
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Developing a tongue coating index for Traditional Chinese Medicine by Choy, Meng Xuan

“…Approach 1, where L-a-b values of each tongue region were compared with those of the tongue tip, and Approach 2, where L-a-b values of each tongue region were compared with those of the ideal tongue color (Pink). Results obtained show that Approach 1 was more consistent with visual perception of post-corrected tongue images in the database. …”
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Effective and efficient topic mining and exploration from geo-textual data by Zhao, Kaiqi

“…Because each check-in often consists of limited textual information, and most of the users only shared few check-ins, it is difficult to discover meaningful topics of individuals from the check-in data. …”
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Heterogeneity in definitions of surgical site infection after cranial surgery limits the validity of research findings in neurosurgery: a systematic review by Majidi, N, Sivakumar, A, Vogt, A, Ranganathan, S, Ashkan, K, Price, SJ, Lee, KS

“…Twenty-six different indicators for SSI-CRAN were used, with a median of nine (range: one to 16) utilised per study. Only 21 (4.0%) studies considered the varying definitions of SSI-CRAN in their conclusions, indicating that a lack of consistent definitions across studies impacted the ability to draw clear conclusions. …”

Positioning using GNSS and IMU by Zhang, Jingyang

“…First, the background of combined navigation system and the basic principles of inertial navigation system and INS/GPS combined navigation are introduced, and the linear and nonlinear error models of MEMS inertial guidance are derived. …”
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Optimizing Cas9-mediated HDR in HEK293 by Lee, Cheryl

“…With its programmable guide RNA sequence for specific gene targeting, it allows for precise genome editing including substitutions, knock-outs, and knock-ins. For the treatment of genetic disorders, a precise edit is compulsory compared to inaccurate end-joining modifications. …”
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Change method signature refactoring plug-in for eclipse C/C++ development tooling by Le, Truc Viet.

“…Currently, there are certain automated refactoring tools implemented for Eclipse CDT by means of plug-ins. However, one useful refactoring tool is still not yet available for CDT, i.e., change method signature (CMS) refactoring. …”
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Advances image-based automated security system by Kumar, Sunil, Mishra, Rashmi, Jain, Tanvi, Shankar, Achyut

“…This system deals with the protection of possessions, minimizing break-ins, and avoiding any dangerous situations. The additional salient feature is that it also deals with the COVID-19 alerts, which are generated from the temperature sensor. …”
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To bail-out or to bail-in? Answers from an agent-based model by Klimek, P, Poledna, S, Farmer, JD, Thurner, S

“…Under no circumstances do taxpayer-funded bail-out schemes outperform bail-ins with private sector involvement.…”

OORD: the Oxford Offroad Radar Dataset by Gadd, M, De Martini, D, Bartlett, O, Murcutt, P, Towlson, M, Widojo, M, Musat, V, Robinson, L, Panagiotaki, E, Pramatarov, G, Kühn, M, Marchegiani, L, Newman, P, Kunze, L

“…The radar data we offer to the community are accompanied by GPS/INS reference – to further stimulate research in radar place recognition. …”

Indonesia’s Tax Amnesty: A Reflection by Paramitha, Santi H.

“…Indonesia’s nine-month tax amnesty programme ended in March 2017. …”
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Trans-pacific partnership : now it gets difficult by Deborah K Elms.

“…A meeting of officials from nine countries in Singapore next week will decide whether the Trans-Pacific Partnership will fly or flounder. …”
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Place-based household vouchers for locally supplied fruit and vegetables: the Fresh Street pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by Relton, C, Blake, MK, Bridge, G, Umney, D, Taylor, SJC, Adams, J, Mihaylova, B, Griffiths, C, Hooper, R, Phillips, R, Palmer, L, Gamston, A, Williamson, K

“…Weekly envelopes containing vouchers (5 x £1), a healthy seasonal recipe and brief nutritional information were offered to all households in nine intervention streets. Nine control streets received no intervention. …”

Next point of interest (POI) recommendation by Guvvala, Sanjusha

“…This project also involves the evaluation of some common recommender system techniques, applied to POI check-ins. From the evaluation, we get a few important discoveries in order to utilize POI recommendation models in different scenarios. …”
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Cab45G trafficking through the insulin secretory pathway is altered in human type 2 diabetes by Germanos, M, Yau, B, Taper, M, Yeoman, C, Wilson, A, An, Y, Cattin-Ortolá, J, Maslar, D, Tong, J, Naghiloo, S, Needham, EJ, van der Kraan, AG, Sun, K, Loudovaris, T, Diaz-Vegas, A, Larance, M, Thomas, H, von Blume, J, Thorn, P, Ailion, M, Asensio, CS, Kebede, MA

“…In type 2 diabetes (T2D), the rate of insulin secretory granule biogenesis can limit insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells. Using rat insulinoma INS1 β-cells, we show that the soluble Ca2+-binding/trafficking protein, Cab45G, serves as a non-essential chaperone for insulin granule biogenesis. …”

Living with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: radiological images of a patient with extensive heterotopic ossification by Mohammed Mostafa Kotb, Omar, Usama Farghaly, Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar

“…Radiographic evaluation with X-rays and CT scans revealed scoliosis and total fusion of almost all levels of the spine, with only a few disc spaces spared. A large mass of heterotopic bone was observed, corresponding to the location of the paraspinal muscles in the lumbar region, branching upwards and fusing with the scapulae on both sides. …”
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Creative Schools / by Robinson, Ken, author 509031, Aronica, Lou, author 621386

Pressure Dependence of the Infrared Laser Lines in Barium Vapor by Madigan, M., Hocker, L.O., Flint, J.H., Dewey, C.F. Jr

“…We have studied nine laser transitions in Ba vapor at wavelengths between 1.13 and 3.05 micrometer. …”
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Specific inhibition of PI3K p110δ inhibits CSF‐1‐induced macrophage spreading and invasive capacity by Mouchemore, KA, Sampaio, N, Murrey, MW, Stanley, ER, Lannutti, BJ, Pixley, FJ

“…Here we show that pY721‐based signaling is necessary for CSF‐1‐stimulated PtdIns(3,4,5)P production. While primary bone marrow‐derived macrophages and the immortalized bone marrow‐derived macrophage cell line M−/−.WT express all three class IA PI3K isoforms, p110δ predominates in the cell line. …”