Popular safe haven assets, do they really exist for stock markets? Analysis on gold, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. by Liu, Chang., Ho, Pauline., Xu, Qiong.

“…The aim of this paper is to examine the existence of the three assets’ safe haven and hedging properties for stock markets, across 13 countries over a span of 17 years (1996-2012). Employing GARCH model on daily equity return data, we establish empirically proven results on their safe haven status. …”
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Fiscal deficit and inflation: an empirical measure in view of Pakistan by Khan, Aurangzeb, Siddiqi, Masood Mashkoor, Khan, Ameerzeib, Khan, Shahbano

“…For this purpose, an Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) is applied to time series data time span from 1971 to 2021, collected from various national and international reports and economic issues. …”
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Opportunities for quantum computing within net-zero power system optimization by Morstyn, T, Wang, X

“…<p><i>Key conclusions: </i>In this review, we identify significant and wide-ranging opportunities for recent breakthroughs in quantum-accelerated optimization to offer value for the transition to net-zero power systems. These opportunities span a variety of problems across planning and operation, which are key for reliable and affordable decarbonization.…”

Battleground for belonging: the migration and identity formation of Qeshmis in the United Arab Emirates by Al Qassim, MH

“…This dissertation explores the complex dynamics of identity and belonging among Qeshmi Emiratis, whose ties span both coasts of the Arabian Gulf and various port cities around the Indian Ocean rim. …”

Efficiency of tuned liquid dampers in mitigating vibrations of structures with mass eccentricity by Teh, Kun Jie, Vafaei, Mohammadreza, Alih, Sophia C., Shad, Hossein

“…Method: In this study, a scaled-down one-bay 3-story structure with a 1 m span length and a total height of 2.65 m was constructed and subjected to free vibration and harmonic excitations. …”

Revisiting values in evaluation: exploring the role of values in shaping evaluation practices and their influences on decision-making within English higher education providers by Kelly, Catherine

“…The results of semi-structured interviews with 17 staff members spanning the organisational hierarchy of three diverse English HE providers highlight conflicts between staff values, job roles and responsibilities and espoused organisational values, and how they can influence symbolic and legitimising evaluation practices. …”
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All-fiber short-wavelength tunable mode-locked fiber laser using normal dispersion thulium-doped fiber by Chen, Shaoxiang, Chen, Yuhao, Liu, Kun, Sidharthan, Raghuraman, Li, Huizi, Chang, Chen Jian, Wang, Qi Jie, Tang, Dingyuan, Yoo, Seongwoo

“…By changing the bending diameter of the fiber, we demonstrated a tunable mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser with a very wide tunable range of 152 nm spanning from 1740 nm to 1892 nm. Pulses at a central wavelength of 1755 nm were able to be amplified in an all-fiber configuration using the W-type NDTDF, without the use of any artificial short-pass filter or pulse stretcher. …”
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Prehistoric human migration between Sundaland and South Asia was driven by sea-level rise by Kim, Hie Lim, Li, Tanghua, Kalsi, Namrata, Nguyen, Hung Tran The, Shaw, Timothy Adam, Ang, Khai C., Cheng, Keith C., Ratan, Aakrosh, Peltier, W. Richard, Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Pratapneni, Mahesh, Schuster, Stephan Christoph, Horton, Benjamin Peter

“…Here, we create a paleogeographic map, focusing on sea-level changes during the period spanning the LGM to the present-day and infer the human population history in Southeast and South Asia using 763 high-coverage whole-genome sequencing datasets from 59 ethnic groups. …”
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Dynamic spectrum allocation for heterogeneous cognitive radio networks with multiple channels by Zhang, Wenjie, Sun, Yingjuan, Deng, Lei, Yeo, Chai Kiat, Yang, Liwei

“…With the objective to maximize the achievable throughput for secondary S-D, we formulate the spectrum allocation problem as a linear integer optimization problem under spectrum availability constraint, spectrum span constraint, and interference free constraint. …”
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Robust Transceiver Design Based on Interference Alignment for Multi-User Multi-Cell MIMO Networks With Channel Uncertainty by Xie, Xianzhong, Yang, Helin, Vasilakos, Athanasios V.

“…Then, for the outer beamformer design, we develop an efficient conjugate gradient Grassmann manifold subspace tracking algorithm to minimize the distances between the subspace spanned by interference and the interference subspace in the time-varying channel. …”
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The Japanese economy in crises : a time series segmentation study by Cheong, Siew Ann, Fornia, Robert Paulo, Lee, Gladys Hui Ting, Kok, Jun Liang, Yim, Woei Shyr, Xu, Danny Yuan, Zhang, Yiting

“…We constructed the minimum spanning trees (MSTs) to visualize the Pearson cross correlations between Japanese industries over five macroeconomic periods: (i) 1997–1999 (Asian Financial Crisis), (ii) 2000–2002 (Technology Bubble Crisis), (iii) 2003–2006 (economic growth), (iv) 2007–2008 (Subprime Crisis), and (v) 2008–2010 (Lehman Brothers Crisis). …”
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Measuring spatial ability: analysis of spatial ability test for Gulf State students using item response theory by Ajmi, Mohammed Al, Mustakim, Siti Salina, Roslan, Samsilah, Almehrizi, Rashid

“…The item difficulty parameters ranged from -1.541 to 1.735, discrimination parameters spanned from 0.419 to 5.252, and guessing parameters varied between 0.00 and 0.346. …”
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Particle self-assembly in sessile droplet on patterned substrate by Lim, Si Xian

“…This indicates that the particle is the pinning force that prevents contact line withdrawal. …”
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Influence of the exchange symmetry beyond the exclusion principle by Tennie, F

“…In particular, we <em>analytically</em> study the (quasi-)pinning effect which corresponds to a saturation of the GPCs and imposes structural simplifications on the <em>N</em>-fermion state. …”

Somatosensory and clinical profiles of patients with spine-related and clinical framework-based neck–arm pain by Kapitza, C, Ballenberger, N, Luedtke, K, Schmid, AB, Tampin, B

“…Symptom descriptors, such as burning (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.031), tingling (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.018), pins and needles (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.031), numbness (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.016), spontaneous pain (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.001), and electric pain/shock (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.026) were more common in the radicular/radiculopathy groups compared with the somatic/mechanosensitivity groups. …”

All you need is rotation: Construction of developable strips by Maekawa, Takashi, Scholz, Felix

“…This enables the potential of the proposed method to be used for a wide range of practical applications, spanning fields such as architectural design, industrial design, and papercraft modeling. …”
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Towards sustainable campuses: a case study of an international school in Singapore by Mohamed Nabil Bin Mohamed Yazeed

“…The campus’s sustainability initiatives, spanning buildings, energy, food systems, procurement and transportation, will also be analysed in the context of best practices in buildings and campuses worldwide. …”
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“Is delulu the solulu?”: Understanding parasocial relationships and fan participatory behaviour in K-pop by Yeo, Jocelin Zhi Ling

“…The unique structures in place within K-pop fan practices, both implemented by the industry and created by fans have resulted in various fan activities that span both the gaining of practical skills and to satisfy gratifications. …”
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A monstrous text : an exploration of genre in the Harry Potter novels by Vanderstraaten Vanessa Ann

“…The writer, who once lived on welfare benefits, became a multi-millionaire in the span of five years, selling a total of more than 325 million copies of the seven novels. …”
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The role of membrane undulations in cell adhesion by Li, Yuan.

“…Human Red Blood Cells (RBC) undergo several physicochemical changes, during their course of life span of approximately 120 days. The increased aggregation of senescent RBC continues to be of great interest to researchers. …”
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