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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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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University ownership and information about the entrepreneurial opportunity in commercialisation: a systematic review and realist synthesis of the literature by Kalantaridis, Christos, Merle, Kuttim

“…In addressing this issue we adopt a theory-led realist synthesis approach to the conduct of a systematic literature review. Whilst we find empirical evidence supporting the conclusions of theoretical models, i.e. the strengthening role of technology transfer offices, we also point to their shortcomings. …”
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Correlation between foam stability and electrokinetic signal in foam assisted water alternate gas process by Omar, Shaziera

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Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: an empirical Investigation by Wang, Meng, Kumar, Vikas, Ruan, Ximing, Saad, Mohammed, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Anil

“…Based on the 532 valid responses from Chinese consumers, our study shows that all five pillars of sustainability, moral economy and Chinese relationship have a positive influence on consumers’ participation in SFSCs. …”
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Non-performing bank loans and banking crisis in the Pakistani banking system by Masood, Omar

“…The inefficiency of the banking sector was highlighted in our findings, showing an increase in interest spread between lending and deposit, as well as unequal distribution of credit among different sectors. …”
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Postural stability in cyclists by Preece, Mia, Grainger, Karl, Starrs, Paul

“…Methods: 42 adults (53 ± 7 y), RC N = 14, MTB N = 14, and CN N = 14, balanced with eyes closed in five stances as instructed by the SWAY app on a mobile phone held to the chest, which gave the mean of five stances as a total balance score. …”
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Novel narrowband microstrip filters for wireless communications systems by Farhat, Mohamad

“…The tuning range is across a frequency range of 1.51 fo, where fo is centre frequency of the primary passband. …”
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Persepsi penduduk flat kos rendah terhadap strategi intervensi anteseden dan konsekuen bagi pembuangan sampah by Abdul Shukor, Fatin Syazwina

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The biology of crayfish plague (Aphanomyces Astaci: Schikora) in Great Britain by Rodgers, Matthew

“…Populations may also exist in the Ash and at two sites in the Lea. The occurrence of five Pacifastacus leniusculus introductions in the system may explain the occurrence of the disease in these waterways. …”
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Indeks kesejahteraan spiritual Islam dalam kalangan remaja by Ab. Rahim, Sakinah

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Celebration of London Irish Centre's 1000 mile cycle by London Irish Centre, LIC

“…Black and white group portrait photograph of five people holding a large framed photograph of Fr Jim Butler's 1000 mile cycle ride for the London Irish Centre's fundraiser in 1983. …”
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The presentation to Canon Ambrose Woods by London Irish Centre, LIC

“…Black and white portrait photograph of five men, three of them in clerical dress. The clergyman in the centre holds two glasses in a presentation box. …”
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Donegal quiz team by Lockyer, B. C., Kilkenny Association, KILK

“…Black and white group portrait photograph of a group of five men and a woman, standing behind a display of trophies on a small table. …”
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Faktor kejayaan kritikal dalam melaksanakan pelan induk operasi dan penyenggaraan aset tak alih by Md. Yunus, Norhidayah

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Biological and environmental determinants of 12-minute run performance in youth by Freitas, Duarte L., Maia, José A., Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios, Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio, Antunes, António M., Thomis, Martine A., Lefevre, Johan A., Claessens, Albrecht, Hedeker, Donald, Malina, Robert M.

“…Height, body mass and five skinfolds were measured and skeletal maturity was assessed. …”

Mean reversion, long memory and fractional integration in African stock market prices by Anoruo, Emmanuel, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Our results can be summarized as follows: we cannot find evidence of mean reversion in any single market, and evidence of long memory returns (i.e., orders of integration above 1 in the logged stock prices) is obtained in the cases of Egypt and Nigeria, and, in a lesser extent in Tunisia, Morocco and Kenya. …”
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