Multifunctional iron oxide supported alumina/yttria stabilized zirconia hollow fiber adsorptive membrane for water treatment by Paiman, Syafikah Huda

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The research in Scotland event in Edinburgh: reflections and key issues by Terry, Cassandra, French, Fiona, Morrison, Neil

“…Several important points were raised: the requirement for better awareness and better support for those living with Parkinson’s (including specialist care) and the need to invest in research and work together including the importance of Patient and Public Involvement to find better treatments and, hopefully, a cure.…”
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Costantini, Mauro, Paradiso, Antonio

“…We estimate a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model including the saving rate, asset prices, equity withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern.…”
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Competitiveness of credit associations and credit cooperatives in Japan by Matousek, Roman, Minegishi, Shinya, Stewart, Chris

“…The results correspond to research findings by Tsutsui and Kamesaka (2005), and Uchida and Tsutsui (2005). …”
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Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation with heterogeneity in preferences : the Portuguese case by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros

“…A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individuals (in terms of socio-economic variables such as age, gender and income), which must be taken into account by any policy aimed at changing retirement saving behaviour.…”
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Identification of segments of European banks with a latent class frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…A latent class frontier model is used which allows the identification of different segments in the production frontier. We find that there are three statistically significant segments in the sample. …”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Rain profile characterization and rain effect analysis of land mobile satellite based on measurement in Malaysia by Abo Zeed, Mohammad Ibrahiem

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Public libraries, social class and social justice by Pateman, John

“…In this paper I will examine the link between inequality, social class and the use of public libraries. …”
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Global attraction and repulsion of a heteroclinic limit cycle in three dimensional Kolmogorov maps by Hou, Zhanyuan

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Cybersecurity-based blockchain for cyber-physical systems: challenges and applications by Maleh, Yassine, Mounir, Soufyane, Ouazzane, Karim

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Making of intimate capitalism: from cultrural economy to creative and cultural industries by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

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The problem of the public good and the implications for researching educational policies for social justice by Ross, Alistair

“…We identified different types of potential injustices, and the subsequent chapters examined various of these in turn, in a range of educational contexts, through the prisms of research directed towards finding policy initiatives that might counter the effects of particular inequities. …”
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Characteristics of ferrocement sandwich aerated concrete wall elements incorporating pozzolanic waste materials by Navaz, Taha Mehman

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In-situ melting assessment of AZ91D magnesium alloy investment casting by Jafari, Hassan

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Optimization and fractionation of quercitrin-rich extract from Melastoma malabthricum leaves and its bioactivities by Awang, Mohd. Azrie

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Biofilm formation on metal surfaces by Beech, Iwona B.

“…SEM studies reveal very different patterns of bacterial biofilms on mild and stainless steel and show varied degrees of corrosion occurring on these surfaces. Thin and patchy Pseudomonas biofilms are accompanied by little corrosion whilst thick. more continuous, Desulfovibrio biofilms are associated with higher levels of corrosion. …”
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Are rating agencies' assignment opaque? Evidence from international banks by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Although support vector machines can identify significant determinants we argue that ordered choice models are more reliable for this. Our findings suggest that ratings reflect a bank’s financial position, the timing of rating assignment and a bank’s country of origin. …”
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Finite sample sensitivity of the critical value of an F-test for cointegration in a single equation ADL model by Stewart, Chris

“…Using simulation methods we find that these critical values are sensitive to the degree of autocorrelation and lag length in the DGP in finite samples. …”
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