Essays on the dynamics of the U.S. real exchange rate by Li, Yingzhu

“…Subsequent structural form analysis shows that only relative productivity shock has a significant long-run impact on the U.S. real exchange rate. Forecast error variance decomposition also shows that while transitory shocks and relative fiscal policy shock account for more than two thirds of short-run movements in the U.S. real exchange rate, relative productivity shock dominates its long-run fluctuations. …”
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Active learning with applications in biomedical document annotation by Han, Xu

“…Active learning is an approach to resolve this issue and aid annota- tors to reduce the time and effort needed for the corpus annotation process. …”
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Dynamic linkages of Asian stock markets by Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi, Sarmidi, Tamat, Tan, Hui Boon

“…This study examines the dynamic interrelationship among the major stock markets and in the four Asian markets (Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea), both in the short run and in the long run. To investigate the impact of financial reforms and the Asian financial crisis on these markets, we split the sample into three sub-periods: pre-liberalization (1988-91), post-liberalization (1992-96) and post-crisis (1997-99) periods. …”

PandoraHearts : Caucus Race, by Shinobu Wakamiya, author 655895, Jun Mochizuki, illustrator 655896

“…Caucus race: A race that is run within a circle, any which way one likes. A race with no goal. …”
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Some Brief Thoughts on Housing Supply and Policy by Saiz, Albert

“…I elucidate the key interactions between supply and demand that generate macroeconomic problems and lack of affordability, and emphasize the distinction between short run and long run housing supply. My main conclusions are not new: policymakers should be aware of the Tinbergen rule. …”
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Achieving Secure and Performant Databases with Minimal Resource Overhead by Lim, Darren

“…Modern cloud databases run in virtualized environments, which are typically implemented with Linux virtual machines (VMs). …”
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Android smart phone based participatory sensing (2) by Leung, Lap Kan

“…This project aims to develop an eye tracking system running on IOS devices which provides similar accuracy as the mac book version. …”
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Efficient visual search of videos cast as text retrieval by Sivic, J, Zisserman, A

“…We report results for object retrieval on the full length feature films 'Groundhog Day', 'Casablanca' and 'Run Lola Run', including searches from within the movie and specified by external images downloaded from the Internet. …”

The do's and don'ts of quantum memory in cryptanalysis by Jaques, S

“…This narrows the scope of the capabilities of quantum computers and the engineering costs to build and run them. I then focus on “QRAM”, a type of quantum memory. …”

Disrupting Monocultural Tendencies through Multimodal Montage by Singha, Mrinalini

“…Tracing the aesthetic and political evolution of montage from its early 20th-century origins in Soviet cinema to its contemporary forms, the thesis outlines the transition from montage defined by collision and conflict to the soft, spatial, and interactive practices of figures such as Nam June Paik and Harun Farocki. It further investigates how `surface tension' and `unquiet objects' manifest within the multi-modal montage in the works of artists like Nalini Malani, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Shilpa Gupta and Nida Sinnokrot. …”
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Anaerobic co digestion of biologically pretreated oil palm mesocarp fibre with cattle manure for biogas production by Mohammed Saidu

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SHERLOCK HOLMES : PENUNGGANG BASIKAL SOLO ; MISTERI KEHILANGAN DI SEKOLAH PRIORY & MISTERI KEMATIAN BLACK PETER = THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST, THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY... by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930, author 284049, Fatimah Rodhiah Mohd Yusof, translator 620234

“…Lebih merumitkan keadaan, seorang daripada guru di sekolah ituyang mengajar bahasa Jerman turut hilang. Pengetua sekolah tersebut mengesyaki pelajarnya itu melarikan diri untuk berjumpa dengan ibunya yang baru sahaja berpisah dengan ayahnya. …”

Kesejahteraan kewangan dan penggunaan lestari dalam kalangan pengguna di Semenanjung Malaysia by Md Zaini, Norzalika

“…Oleh itu, tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti kesejahteraan kewangan dan penggunaan lestari dalam kalangan pengguna di Semenanjung Malaysia. Kajian ini turut mengenal pasti tahap pengetahuan penggunaan lestari, sikap terhadap penggunaan lestari, amalan penggunaan lestari dan kesejahteraan kewangan. …”
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iDEA : a DSP block based FPGA soft processor by Cheah, Hui Yan, Fahmy, Suhaib A., Maskell, Douglas L.

“…The result is a very compact processor that can run at high speed, while executing a full gamut of general machine instructions. …”
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Fiscal deficit and inflation: an empirical measure in view of Pakistan by Khan, Aurangzeb, Siddiqi, Masood Mashkoor, Khan, Ameerzeib, Khan, Shahbano

“…The paper concluded that budget deficit and exchange rate are the variables that affect INFL in the short as well as in long-run, whereas MSP has only long run effect on inflation.…”
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Tracking people by learning their appearance by Ramanan, D, Forsyth, DA, Zisserman, A

“…We demonstrate the resulting tracker on hundreds of thousands of frames of unscripted indoor and outdoor activity, a feature-length film ("Run Lola Run"), and legacy sports footage (from the 2002 World Series and 1998 Winter Olympics). …”

Exploratory study on sustainability of no frills airlines in Singapore by Lin, Chuyan, See, Boon Leng, Yan, Kexin

“…In light of the emergence of No Frills airlines in Southeast Asia, our study aims to explore the sustainability of No Frills airlines in Singapore over the long run, in terms of availability of market demand and ability to adopt cost leadership positions.…”
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An empirical investigation of IPO pricing and operating performance of firms. by Tan, Michelle Mei Xuan., Tan, Hui Li., Ng, Zi Wei.

“…In addition, we investigate if firm's intended use of IPO proceeds will affect long run performance.…”
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Impak duti eksais minuman bergula terhadap gelagat pengguna dan kesihatan awam di Malaysia by Nur Azizah Khalid, Norain Mod Asri

“…Malah, cukai ini dilihat mampu menyedarkan pengguna untuk mengambil gula pada kadar yang optimum. Cukai ini turut menyebabkan peningkatan harga produk terbabit. …”
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Isu serta cadangan penambahbaikan kualiti pengajaran dan pembelajaran penulisan karangan Bahasa Melayu sekolah menengah by Rohaida Mazlan, Zamri Mahamod, Khairul Azhar Jamaludin

“…Penulisan karangan merupakan kemahiran paling sukar dan kompleks untuk dikuasai oleh murid yang turut memberi cabaran kepada guru bahasa Melayu dalam melaksanakan pengajaran dan pembelajaran (PdP) penulisan karangan. …”
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