Experimental study on the factors promoting independence of junior auditors. by Lim, Mae., Tan, Sheah Joo., Teo, Bee Tat.

“…The first objective is to determine how auditor independence can be promoted by the variation of three cognitive factors, namely, peer opinion, accountability and independent review. …”
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Cobalt-Catalyzed Arylative Cyclization of Acetylenic Esters and Ketones with Arylzinc Reagents through 1,4-Cobalt Migration by Yan, Jianming, Yoshikai, Naohiko

“…We report herein that the cobalt/arylzinc combination can also promote a cascade arylative cyclization reaction of alkynes bearing pendant ester or ketone moieties to afford benzo-fused cyclic ketone or alcohol products, respectively. …”
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Access to spirocyclic oxindoles via N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed reactions of enals and oxindole-derived α,β-unsaturated imines by Jiang, Kun, Tiwari, Bhoopendra, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…A diastereoselective access to β-lactam fused spirocyclic oxindoles and related compounds bearing all carbon spiro centers is described. This N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed process employed challenging β,β-disubstituted α,β-unsaturated imines to react with enals.…”
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Unbiased in silico design of pH-sensitive tetrapeptides by Hu, Yue, Rigoldi, Federica, Sun, Hui, Gautieri, Alfonso, Marelli, Benedetto

“…We used coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations to screen all possible histidine-bearing tetrapeptide sequences, finding novel peptide sequences with pH-tunable assembly properties. …”
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Greening our laws : revising land acquisition law for coal mining in India by Srivastav, S, Singh, T

“…The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 provides minimal social and environmental safeguards, and deviates, in important ways, from India’s general land acquisition law. …”

The blockchain: a new framework for robotic swarm systems by Castelló Ferrer, Eduardo

“…Blockchain, an emerging technology originated in the Bitcoin field, demonstrates that by combining peer-to-peer networks with cryptographic algorithms a group of agents can reach an agreement on a particular state of affairs and record that agreement without the need for a controlling authority. …”
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A model of P2P energy trading for active distribution network based on cooperative game by Li, Yiyang

“…In order to solve these problems, this project introduces the concept of Agent to manage the power consumption and transaction in local areas and establishes a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading framework where Agents work as transaction individuals representing residential electric power consumers. …”
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N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed aza-benzoin reaction for access to α-aminoketone molecules containing benzothiazole fragments by Li, Wei, Lv, Jie, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…The target benzothiazole-containing aminoketone products bearing different substituents and substitution patterns can be obtained in good to excellent yields under mild conditions.…”
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Mathematical models for waste water treatment using activated carbon by Shukla Jayati Jagdishchandra.

“…The purpose of study to check the applicability of model for the adsorption process in wastewater treatment using activated carbon.…”
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RES.2-001 Engineering Design Instructional Computer System (EDICS), Spring 2008 by Wilson, David Gordon, Blanco, Ernesto, Tsutsumi, Seichi, Flowers, Woodie

“…EDICS, or Engineering Design Instructional Computer System, is an interactive multimedia program started in 1981, which consists of three chapters on bearings, rotors and cylinders, lets students with little background in engineering learn about procedures on a computer with text, graphics, animation, sound and diagrams.Online Publication…”
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Single-Shot Decoding of Good Quantum LDPC Codes by Gu, Shouzhen, Tang, Eugene, Caha, Libor, Choe, Shin Ho, He, Zhiyang, Kubica, Aleksander

“…Quantum Tanner codes constitute a family of quantum low-density parity-check codes with good parameters, i.e., constant encoding rate and relative distance. …”
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A test for the reliability of loan loss provisions reported by commercial bank management and relevance of macro economic variables. by Goh, Soew Cheng., Yeo, Khar Buay., Ong, Li Wei.

“…Loan loss provisions and problem loans reported by commercial banks management could be doubtful at times. As a check on the reliability of the loan data, we propose the usage of loan loss provisions and problem loans as the means to classify failed and survived banks.…”
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Biocementation of fine-grained soil by Ong, Jun Hao

“…However, the California Bearing Ratio tests did not show improvement for samples tested immediately after compaction. …”
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Black-box cryptography is dangerous III by Lee, Esther Yu Ling.

“…Cryptographic libraries are readily available for developers to use and download however, many a times, developers do not understand or check the exact codes that they have downloaded and are implementing. …”
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Automated scripts for testing verilog designs with iVerilog by Ng, Gary Jia Hao

“…Python scripts were written to check for the coding bugs or errors of the source design through the usage of testbenches. …”
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A vehicle social distancing management system based on LiFi COVID pandemic: real-time monitoring for smart buildings by Murad, Sallar S., Yussof, Salman, Oraibi, Bha-Aldan Mundher, Badeel, Rozin, Badeel, Banan, Alamoodi, A. H.

“…For this reason, each time a vehicle requests entry into the facility, a real-time test or check must be performed. This study proposes a real-time vehicle social distancing decision system for managing the number of vehicles (RT-VSDD) that adds an additional testing method besides the traditional testing phase (test reports from test centers) with a real-time vital health check at the building access request in order to reduce the risk of unidentified infected individuals. …”
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US-China Conflict : Will ASEAN Centrality Be Derailed? by Yang Razali Kassim

“…The US-China trade war is fast escalating into a political one with security implications as US senators re-introduced a sanctions bill to check Beijing on its expansionism in the South China Sea and East China Sea. …”
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Trust management for large-scale heterogeneous wireless sensor and actuator networks (I) by Ummeaiman Najmuddin Shakir

“…Reputation is the perception that a peer creates through past actions about its intentions and norms. …”
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Channelized coinShuffle++ : practical unlinkability in the ethereum blockchain by Xiong, Luoyuan

“…In this work, we proposed a practical, peer-to-peer, coin mixing protocol in the Ethereum blockchain that significantly enhance transaction privacy and bring back the unlinkability property. …”
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Fintech renaissance: powering efficiency in Asian banking through country competitiveness by Mozaffar Alam Chowdhury, Soh, Wei Ni, Norhuda Abdul Rahim, Jalila Johari

“…The panel data regression utilized a fixed-effect model, which was run after a diagnostic check. The validated data satisfied the criteria for stationary, serial autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, homogeneity, and multicollinearity. …”
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