Labour reallocation and total factor productivity growth in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…The empirical evidence rejects VES and CES and supports the Cobb Douglas production function. We find that rural transformation has made a highly significant contribution to total factor productivity and output growth in China irrespective of the production function and capital series employed. …”
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Long memory and fractional integration in high frequency financial time series by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Fractional integration or I(d) models are estimated with a variety of specifications for the error term. In brief, we find evidence that a lower degree of integration is associated with lower data frequencies. …”
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EU banks rating assignments: is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries? by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. We find that country-specific factors (in the form of heterogeneous intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. …”
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Price Discovery and Trade Fragmentation in a Multi-Market Environment: Evidence from the MTS System by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Girardi, Alessandro

“…The implications of these empirical findings are discussed in the light of the debate about the possible restructuring of the regulatory framework for the Treasury bond market in Europe.…”
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Consumption, Wealth, Stock and Housing Returns: Evidence from Emerging Markets by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Sousa, Ricardo M.

“…We use quarterly data for a panel of 31 emerging economies and find that, when agents expect future stock returns to be higher, they will temporarily allow consumption to rise. …”
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Ordered choice models of international banks' ratings with an indicator variable for country effects by Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Using data on international banks’ ratings we find that banks with a greater capitalisation, larger assets, and a higher return on assets have higher bank ratings. …”
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Book review : Streetwalking: LGBTQ lives and protest in the Dominican Republic, by Ana-Maurine Lara by López, María E.

“…In a similar vein, Streetwalking: LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic gives priority to the narration of the LGBTQ victims of police repression and political violence—those lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, and queer individuals who hang out in parks and streets and find refuge in each other.…”
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The possibilities of disruption: serendipity, accidents and impasse driven search by Ross, Wendy

“…The feeling of impasse, when problem-solvers are stuck and unable to find a solution, is also explored as an important generative state for creativity. …”
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A comprehensive survey of fake review detection technology by Quyyam, Tayybaha, Qicheng, Yu

“…The survey also offers future research directions and an easy way to find datasets, carry out pre-processing, and extract multiple features. …”
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Land suitability modelling using geographical information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) by Hussain Khahro, Shabir, Hussain Ali, Tauha, Ali Mangi, Sajjad, Ahmed Memon, Nafees, Hussain Khahro, Qasim

“…Big projects involve numerous factors, and this makes land selection as a complex activity; thus, it is not easy to find the best suitable land parcel for development projects. …”
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Optimization of RFID network planning using MDB-FA method by Elewe, Adel Muhsin, Hasnan, Khalid, Nawawi, Azli

“…The generated data are utilized as an input representation to apply into firefly algorithm based on Density-Based Algorithm (DBSCAN) to find the optimal network solution. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the method in L-Shape RNP, and show that the proposed algorithm is capable of achieving high coverage and use of fewer readers in actual conditions of warehouse design.…”
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Tool path generation of contour parallel based on ant colony optimisation by Abdullah, Haslina, Ramli, Rizauddin, Abd Wahab, Dzuraidah, Abu Qudeiri, Jaber

“…An Ant Colony Optimisation (ACO) method is used to optimize the tool path length because of its capability to find the shortest tool path length. The optimisation of tool path length based on ACO algorithm ascertained that the cutting tool remove the uncut line once and able to eliminate the uncut region in the shortest tool path length. …”

Microalgal biomass production through phycoremediation of fresh market wastewater and potential applications as aquaculture feeds by Mohd Apandi, Najeeha, Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira, Al-Gheethi, Adel, Mohd Kassim, Amir Hashim

“…However, significant processes to find the optimum quality and quantity of microalgal biomass are still required especially when it is used as a replacement for aquaculture feed. …”
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An e-learning system in Malaysia based on green computing and energy level by Ullah, Arif, Mohd Nawi, Nazri, Shahzad, Asim, Khan, Sundas Naqeeb, Aamir, Muhammad

“…In this paper also, we try to find out some specific area which consumes energy as compared to green computing in E –learning centre in Malaysia. …”
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Optimized location prediction handover algorithm for Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) network by Ahmad Hasbollah, Arfah

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Islamic finance: a growing industry the proliferation of interest-free finance by Kassim, Salina, Abd Majid, M. Shabri

“…While many believe that the "worst is not over", continuous deliberations are ongoing to diagnose the root of the crisis and find solutions to the current problems that the global economy is facing. …”
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Investigation of the Swirl Effect on Engine Using Designed Swirl Adapter by Mohiuddin, A. K. M.

“…The objective of this paper is to find the effect of swirl on the engine and to compare it with the normal turbulence mixing process. …”
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Electronic transaction of internet banking and its perception of Malaysian online customers by Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Tarofder, Arun Kumar, Rahman, Sabbir, Raquib, Md. Abdur

“…The purpose of this research is to find out significant factors of consumers’ perception on e-banking transaction by Malaysian bank consumers. …”
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Experimental investigation of the swirl effect on CAMPRO engine using designed swirl adapter by Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Rahman, Mohammed Ataur

“…The objective of this paper is to find the effect of swirl on the engine and compare it to the normal turbulence mixing process. …”
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Development of a prospective web-based inventory system for management of lab facilities by A.N., Mustafizul Karim, Saad, Mohd Fadli, Mahbubul, Haque

“…This online system would help the personnel in charge of the laboratories find out the capacity of the labs as well as the relevant information of asset availability, and replace the current practice of extensive manual recording of asset documentation thus holding a key for an organization like university to gaining competitive advantage through efficient operational performance…”
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