The relationship between ridehailing and public transit in Chicago: A comparison before and after COVID-19 by Meredith-Karam, Patrick, Kong, Hui, Wang, Shenhao, Zhao, Jinhua

“…Furthermore, using spatial regression, we find that an increased tendency of TNC trips to substitute transit is related to a lower proportion of elderly people, greater proportion of peak-period TNC travel, greater transit network availability, a higher percentage of white population, and increased crime rates. …”
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Supply chain performance with target-oriented firms by Chen, Lucy Gongtao, Tang, Qinshen

“…We also investigate the role of outside option and retailer-type misidentification and find that both can alleviate the retailer’s disadvantage of being target-oriented.…”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Koh, Jee Youn

“…In Chapter 1, we examine externalities of tunneling carried out by business group firms. We find that acquirers belonging to Korean business groups (i.e., chaebols) and their targets in intragroup M&As realize negative and positive returns around the M&A announcement dates, respectively. …”
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Opportunities and challenges of green logistics in Singapore by Kee, Jaclyn Chun Ling

“…The report then delves into exploring the limiting and motivating factors along with the types of challenges faced during implementation. Through the findings, it has been concluded that cost is a major limitation followed by resources and capabilities constraints as well as organizational culture. …”
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Study of 3PL selection and development in Singapore by Liu, Zelai

“…This finding is partly consistent with FMCG and CC sectors but there are unique distinctions as well, particularly in terms of how 3PL users evaluate the importance of service quality. …”
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Orchestration and value co-creation in ecosystems : a mixed methods investigation by Agarwal, Neha

“…Our findings also reveal that in addition to the routine orchestration actions which are initiated and driven by the keystone organization to orchestrate evolution, the keystone organization also engages in actions that are in response to the tensions and are taken in consideration with the members’ feedback. …”
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Achieving circularity is a distant dream: entrepreneurial barriers to circular business models in SMEs of emerging economies by Saharan, Akash, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Kumar, Anil, Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Luthra, Sunil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…Finally, Best-Worst Method (BWM), a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method, was used to analyze the significant importance of the barriers. Findings: The findings of the study suggested the ‘financial barrier’ as the first-ranked barrier in the adoption of Circular Business Models (CBMs), followed by the ‘regulatory and operational barriers’ as the top second and third barriers. …”
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Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: A pilot prospective cohort study by Stephenson, T, Harris, I, Armstrong, C, Fazel, S, Short, R, Blackwood, N

“…The finding regarding frequent cellmate changes predicting self-harm is novel. …”

Smartphone application-based addiction scale: psychometric evidence across nine Asian regions using advanced analytic methods by Chen, I-Hua, Pramukti, Iqbal, Gan, Wan Ying, Ruckwongpatr, Kamolthip, Pham, Le An, Huang, Po-Ching, Mamun, Mohammed A., Ullah, Irfan, Jahrami, Haitham A., Lin, Chung-Ying, Pakpour, Amir H.

“…Conclusion: The present study findings showed that the SABAS possesses a one-factor structure across nine Asian regions; however, noninvariant findings in scalar and strict levels indicate that people in the nine Asian regions may interpret the importance of each SABAS item differently. …”
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Insights on the characteristics and therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes for mitigation of Alzheimer’s disease’s pathogenicity: a systematic review by Mohammed Yousuf Abdi, Sarah, Mustaffa Al-Bakri, Siti Sarah, Nordin, Norshariza

“…PubMed, Scopus, and Medline were used to find relevant published works from January 2016 until December 2020, using assigned keywords including “Alzheimer’s disease”, “secretome”, and “exosomes”. …”

Microelectronic Devices and Circuits - 2006 Electronic Edition by Fonstad, Clifton

“…This edition will appear enlarged 110% from the original page size when printed on standard letter paper (8.5” x 11”).…”
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Asymptotic improvement of GV bound by Yip, Jose Zheng Ho

“…This paper will asymptotically improve upon by 1.5$\frac{\log n}{n}$ for unconstrained binary systems. …”
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Graphene field effect transistor photodetector fabrication and investigation by Deng, Qinfei

“…Ultrahigh electron mobility of up to 200,000cm2V-1s-1 has been reported.…”
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Dynamic kinetic resolution allows control of remote stereochemistry in asymmetric hydrogen borrowing alkylation by Cheang, DMJ, Crompton, JL, Amer, MM, Battiti, F, Skjelstad, BB, Christensen, KE, Barton, P, Duarte, F, Donohoe, TJ

“…<p>A catalytic asymmetric method for the synthesis of γ-substituted ketones via hydrogen borrowing alkylation of both racemic linear precursors and 1,5-diols is described. The base mediated racemization of an intermediate cyclohexenone facilities a dynamic kinetic resolution, affording highly enantioenriched cyclohexanes in excellent yields, which could be further functionalized by removal of the Ph* group. …”

Les sanctions coutumières comme gage de la paix et de la sécurité chez les traditionnalistes moundang du Nord-Cameroun by Dekane, E

“…These included quarantine, ostracism, imprisonment or capital punishment for crimes, and amendments fines, compensation or restitution with interest for misdemeanors. …”

Edible Bird's Nest treatment effects on subchondral bone and articular cartilage changes and synovial fluid proteome profiles in an osteoarthritis rabbit model by Syed Sulaiman, Sharifah Zakiah

“…As for chemically induced group, more severe changes were recorded with median values of 4.5 and 5 with significant difference with control group (p=0.0184, 0.0208) in femur and tibia, respectively. …”
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Ramanujan's convolution sum twisted by Dirichlet characters by Aygin, Zafer Selcuk, Hong, Nankun

“…We find formulas for convolutions of sum of divisor functions twisted by the Dirichlet character (−4/∗), which are analogous to Ramanujan's formula for convolution of usual sum of divisor functions. …”
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A study on the employee stock option plan in Singapore. by Peh, Hwee Hwee., Wong, Chee Yong., Yeo, In May.

“…We examine the regulations governing the ESOP and the changes of the features of the ESOPs of 20 listed companies in Singapore between 1996 and 1999, and to find whether there are any significant differences between NBS and engineering students in their level of perception towards ESOP.…”
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Engineered terahertz emission from spintronic heterostructures: amplitude, phase and chirality by Agarwal, Piyush

“…This thesis aims to identify and answer a few of them by unveiling efficient spin manipulation methods. The main findings of the thesis are divided into two parts. …”
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Anti-fouling thin film composite (TFC) polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes based on piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) substrates by Fu, Jia Shen

“…It was found the effectiveness of electrical poling in piezoelectric property (d33) enhancement for such substrate was insignificant (d33 value improvement was less than 5%). Besides, it was confirmed piezoelectric property was able to be induced during NIPS. …”
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