Does cultural similarity between CFOs and auditors impact audit quality? by Xiong, Xi

“…Using last names to infer cultural values, I find that the cultural similarity between the CFO and the engagement partner is associated with high audit quality. …”
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PCA based feature extraction for cell image retrieval by Ananthagunan Muthukumaran

“…The Euclidian Distance method is adapted to find out the position of the new image in the subspace After Calculating the Euclidian Distance the images, which are stored, are retrieved back in the order of closeness with that of the test image. …”
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Risk perception and attitude of Singaporeans : online shopping in Singapore by Er, Mildred Mei Le, Wan, Shu Ting, Wong, Tai Yee

“…There has been an increase in the number of online purchases made by Singaporeans as compared to the past decade despite the increasing number of various risks involved. This paper aims to find the perceived risks and risk attitudes of Singaporeans by looking into their attitudes and behaviors towards online shopping. …”
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Design of an indoor intelligent navigation system for visual disabilities by Wang, Ziliang

“…This RFID system is an indoor route-guide system for blind people to clearly find the way in a building without others' help. …”
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Design of the physical layer security algorithms for the cellular networks by Lee, Ting Yi

“…From the introduction of the first wireless security standard in WEP to the current standard now of WPA2, adversaries seem to be always able to find a way to break into these wireless networks. …”
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Scratch based graphical programming online guide/exam system by Chan, Bryan Hong Ming

“…In this project, comparison of various block-based applications are performed to find the most suitable application for students who may or may not have prior programming background to learn programming. …”
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Interactive E-learning environment for maximum power transfer in RFIC by Ratna

“…When the source and load impedance in RFIC are known, an impedance matching is required to be carried out to find a matching network to be added into the circuit. …”
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Annual budgets and rolling budgets use in UK and Australian firms by Bhimani, A, Sivabalan, P, Soonawalla, K, Wakefield, J

“…We find that of the firms using annual and rolling budgets, 75 percent indicated they are equally important, with both budgeting forms used jointly rather than as substitutes. …”

Financial optimization problems by Law, SL

“…Then we study the equivalent problem based on a market model with transaction costs. We find that there is a relationship between these two solutions. …”

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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Exploring dependence structures among European electricity markets: static and dynamic copula-GARCH and dynamic state-space approaches by Ly, Sel, Sriboonchitta, Songsak, Tang, Jiechen, Wong, Wing-Keung

“…Our findings provide useful information regarding the dependence, integration, risk management, and asset pricing for the European electricity markets.…”
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Counseling The Culturally Diverse : Theory And Practice / by Sue, Derald Wing, author 303141, Sue, David, author 202337, Neville, Helen A., author 234822, Smith, Laura, author 644198, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…The book examines concepts like “cultural humility,” the role of white allies in multicultural counseling, social justice counseling, “minority stress,” and microaggressions. Readers will also find: Expansive discussions on the implications of numerous subjects for real-world clinical practice; “Reflection and Discussion Questions” that encourage reader engagement, learning, and retention with the concepts discussed within; Access to an instructor’s website that provides PowerPoint decks, exam questions, sample syllabi, and links to other valuable resources. …”
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Dynamics of a self-interacting sheet in shear flow by Funkenbusch, William T., Silmore, Kevin S., Doyle, Patrick S.

“…Finally, we calculate the stresslet and find that, even in the absence of thermal fluctuations and multiple sheet interactions, shear-thinning followed by shear-thickening behavior can appear.…”
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Behavior-based pricing: an analysis of the impact of anticipated regret by Zhou, Qin, Yuen, Kum Fai

“…Contrary to prior research which generally shows that firms performing BBP yield lower profits, we find that firms’ profits can increase or decrease in the presence of anticipated regret. …”
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Knee joint measurement using CT scans for knee joint implant selection by Jing, Mei

“…Then surgeons will place several different sizes of implant on it in order to find out the best fit one. (1) The objective of this project is to develop an efficient way to find out the suitable size of implant using CT scans or photo taking, to measure anterior-posterior and media-lateral lengths of the knee joint. …”
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Social media, misinformation, and age inequality in online political engagement by Ahmed, Saifuddin, Madrid-Morales, Dani, Tully, Melissa

“…However, we also find that perceived exposure to misinformation has varying effects on political engagement across age groups. …”
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Flourishing in burnout society by Lim, Aaron Wei Heng

“…Our worths are measured in output and achievements. We find ourselves under the constant shadow of deadlines and societal expectations, which coerce us to achieve, produce, and work more. …”
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Open-hole tensile behavior of bamboo fiber-reinforced polymer composites by Syakir Ariffin Bin Amran

“…However, there is a shift in the industry to find an alternative material to combat the environmental problems caused by the manufacturing and disposal of synthetic fiber-reinforced composites. …”
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Impact of jet fuel hedging on firm value : a study on global airlines. by Quah, Hui Li., Tan, Jazreel Yan Zhen., Teo, Lay Hui.

“…In our sub-sample study on US and non-US airlines, we find that hedging for US airlines is significantly and positively correlated with firm value while there is no significant relationship for non-US airlines. …”
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Experiencing non-places through soundscapes. by Tan, Emily Sze Hui.

“…And also, to encourage viewers to find their little pleasures in what might seem as the mundane process of commuting and everyday life.…”
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