Leadership Personality and Social Dis-integration in Somalia by Hussein, Abdisamad Hassan, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Ajis, Mohd Na'eim

“…To achieve this objective, qualitative interviews were held with 13 respondents across Somali elite in Mogadishu. Using the Big Five personality framework, the results revealed that previous Somali leadership personalities were deeply flawed due to colonial legacy and influence of clannism. …”
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Do behavioral drivers matter for healthcare decision-making during crises? A study of low-income women in El Salvador during the COVID-19 pandemic by Lara, Pedro B., Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boo, Florencia L.

“…Locus of control was also associated with women’s use of preventive health services (one standard deviation improves the likelihood of having a hypertension test in the last six months by 5.8 percentage points). In a sub-sample of mothers, we find significant relationships between the four behavioral drivers and the decisions the mothers make for their children. …”
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Synthetic recrystalization matrix for converting coal ash into value added product by Ong, Khiaw Chong.

“…Human health is greatly endangered as exposure to coal combustion waste has a ninety-nine times higher chance of having cancer than smoking a packet of cigarette each day. …”
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Fourier transform-based scalable image quality measure by Narwaria, Manish, Lin, Weisi, McLoughlin, Ian Vince, Emmanuel, Sabu, Chia, Clement Liang-Tien

“…We report extensive experimental results using a total of nine publicly available databases: seven image (with a total of 3832 distorted images with diverse distortions) and two video databases (totally 228 distorted videos). …”
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Zanthoxylum bungeanum essential oil induces apoptosis of HaCaT human keratinocytes by Li, K, Zhou, R, Wang Jia, W, Li, Z, Li, J, Zhang, P, Xiao, T

“…Western blot analysis was employed to estimate the expression level of proteins including caspase-8/9/3, PARP, Bax and Bcl-2. Results: Thirty-nine compounds of the ZBEO were identified GC-MS. …”

Intrinsic permanent shape reconfigurable semicrystalline biopolyester thermoset by Chen, Xiangping, Wong, Jie-Wei, Low, Jia Tee, Lok, Tow-Jie, Xue, Yaoting, Zeng, Zehao, Zhang, Kaihang, Shen, Yifeng, Li, Siyang, Zhou, Haofei, Zhao, Qian, Wong, Tuck-Whye, Li, Tiefeng, Yang, Wei

“…Annealing at slightly above melting-transition temperature (Tm) allows for shape reconfigurability up to nine times, comparable in performance to the existing bond-exchange systems. …”

Political corruption and accounting choices by Zhang, Huai, Zhang, Jin

“…We examine how political corruption affects firms’ accounting choices. We hypothesize and find that firms headquartered in corrupt districts manipulate earnings downwards, relative to firms headquartered elsewhere. …”
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Understanding the justifications for food policies through political theory: a method for public policy analysis by Thomas, O

“…In other words, this thesis addresses the following question: How can looking at political theories help us understand the justifications for food policies?</p> <p>I examined five case studies of sugar reduction interventions. …”

Comparative study on different extraction methods for stilbenoids: Maceration and Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) of anisoptera laevis ridl. by Noorazlina, Adnan, Muhammad Sulaiman, Mohd Johari, Raihana, Mohd Yusof, Nurul Iman, Aminudin, Nurul Nadiah, Hamidon, Aisyah Salihah, Kamarozaman

“…In maceration and SFE crude extracts, nine stilbenoids were found, with two more peaks detected in maceration crude extract. …”
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Evolution of an extracellular pathogen recognition mechanism in Solanaceae by Kourelis, J

“…First, I present a review and meta-analysis of the molecular mechanisms by which <em>R</em> gene products function, thereby identifying nine molecular mechanisms conferring pathogen resistance in plants. …”

Conformable ultrasound breast patch for deep tissue scanning and imaging by Du, Wenya, Zhang, Lin, Suh, Emma, Lin, Dabin, Marcus, Colin, Ozkan, Lara, Ahuja, Avani, Fernandez, Sara, Shuvo, Ikra Iftekhar, Sadat, David, Liu, Weiguo, Li, Fei, Chandrakasan, Anantha P., Ozmen, Tolga, Dagdeviren, Canan

“…The in vitro studies and clinical trials reveal that the array using a piezoelectric crystal [Yb/Bi-Pb(In <jats:sub>1</jats:sub> <jats:sub>/2</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>1/2</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -Pb(Mg <jats:sub>1/</jats:sub> <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>2/3</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -PbTiO <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> ] (Yb/Bi-PIN-PMN-PT) exhibits a sufficient contrast resolution (~3 dB) and axial/lateral resolutions of 0.25/1.0 mm at 30 mm depth, allowing the observation of small cysts (~0.3 cm) in the breast. …”
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Piezoelectric single crystal based one-dimensional phased array for breast tissue imaging by Du, Wenya

“…In this thesis, I propose a conformable ultrasound breast patch (cUSBr-Patch) consisting of a one-dimensional (1D) phased array and a nature-inspired patch design, which offers large-area, deep tissue scanning and multi-angle, repeatable breast imaging while avoiding the drawbacks of conventional ultrasound imaging technologies. I used a Yb/Bi-doped PIN-PMN-PT single crystal as the active element due to its superior piezoelectric properties (d33 = 2,800 pC/N, εr = 7,000, k33 = 0.93). …”
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Taking Flight: FROM WAR ORPHAN TO STAR BALLERINA/ by Deprince, Michaela, author 656399, Deprince, Elaine, author 656400

“…But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. …”

Predicting
mergers
and
acquisitions
: a study of Tobin's Q. by Chong, Hui Shan., Lim, Jian Liang., Tan, Keng Tiong.

“…This paper attempts to document the relations between takeover probability and a comprehensive set of takeover determinants, with an emphasis on Tobin’s Q. We find firms characterized by low Q ratios are more likely to be the targets of takeovers. …”
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Financial reporting quality and audit firms’ past experiences of litigation by Li, Bing

“…In addition, I find an improvement in financial reporting quality subsequent to Big 4 auditors’ recent litigation experiences when the analysis is conducted at the audit office level. …”
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Study of chemical vapor deposited carbon nanotubes as electrical interconnect by Ng, Chou Shing

“…Last but not least, a comparison study is done to find out the differences in properties of the carbon nanotubes grown on the two thin films.…”
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Breaking invisible barriers: does fast internet improve access to input markets? by Demir, B, Javorcik, B, Panigrahi, P

“…Using the expansion of fiber-optic networks and firm-to-firm transaction data, we find that better connectivity shifts input sourcing to well-connected regions and diversifies supplier networks. …”

House price expectations and inflation expectations: evidence from survey data by Dhamija, V, Nunes, R, Tara, R

“…Housing is a closely monitored and prominent sector for households. We find that households tend to overweight house price expectations when forming inflation expectations with a coefficient of 25–45 percent, significantly above the weight of house prices in the inflation index. …”

Location Selection for Beekeeping in Optimizing Honey Production using Linear Programming Model (S/O 14038) by Abdul Rahman, Syariza, Benjamin, Aida Mauziah, Omar, Mohd Faizal

“…A set of questionnaires with nine criteria is distributed to meliponiculturists. …”
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Technology index : a millennium perspective. by Chan, Kai Wai., Lee, Tuck Weng., Ng, Bee Hoong.

“…To investigate whether technology stocks in general is still a sound investment. Five fundamentally sound technology companies for a more in-depth analysis.…”
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