Does Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? A Reexamination of the Effect of Fitch’s Market Share on Credit Ratings in the Corporate Bond Market by Bae, Kee-Hong, Kang, Jun-Koo, Wang, Jin

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The impacts of US Fed interest rate liftoff on Southwest Asia stock markets, sovereign bond and currencies by Ooi, Teik Khim

“…This paper aims to examine the impact of US interest rate lift-off on the performance of ASEAN equities, currencies and sovereign bond during that period. …”
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Hedging interest rate risk using simple, covariance-adjusted and volatility-adjusted immunization strategies : Japanese government bonds : April 1989 to December 2000 by Lim, Ming Siang, Wee, Hans Hang Leong, Poh, Leong Poh

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Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…Chapter 1 studies the impact of credit rating changes on corporate bond returns. This study uses a large dataset of corporate bond transactions from the TRACE database for the US corporate bond market, combined with credit rating changes from Fitch, Moody's and Standard and Poor's (S&P), to analyse over 22,000 bonds, coupled with approximately 28,400 rating events over nearly six years. …”

Development of the bond markets in Singapore and Malaysia. by Chan, Wei Lun.

“…The study also explores avenues for increasing the demand for corporate bonds such as increasing provident fund investments in bonds; changes to the commission rate structure for bond trading, and reduction or abolition of tax for interest received and stamp duty transferances. …”
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Social bonds and community support are vital to prison reform by Newson, M, Whitehouse, H

“…This research highlights the importance of fostering positive group bonds and community support to enhance reintegration efforts and reduce reoffending rates.…”

Social bonding among children in joint physically active play by Jefferies, M

“…PA levels were also measured indirectly via heart rate monitors (HRM). We found that observed-PA was associated with frequency of smiling/laughing between pairs. …”

Hydrogen-bond memory and water-skin supersolidity resolving the Mpemba paradox by Zhang, Xi, Huang, Yongli, Ma, Zengsheng, Zhou, Yichun, Zhou, Ji, Zheng, Weitao, Jiang, Qing, Sun, Changqing

“…Analysis of experimental database reveals that the hydrogen bond (O:H–O) possesses memory to emit energy at a rate depending on its initial storage. …”
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Flip chip joint-in-via architecture on flexible substrates with Au-Sn interdiffusion bonding by Lee, Teck Kheng

“…A new joint-in-via architecture has been developed with an instantaneous fluxless bonding know as SLICF (solid-liquid interdiffusion bonding by compressive force) for fine pitch microelectronic packaging. …”
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The role of free volume, hydrogen bonding, and crosslinks on physical aging in polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) by Joo, Taigyu, Rodriguez, Katherine Mizrahi, Lee, Hyunhee, Acharya, Durga, Doherty, Cara M., Smith, Zachary P.

“…The results suggest that higher initial fractional free volume is the primary factor contributing to higher rates of physical aging and that the introduction of hydrogen bonds and crosslinks reduces the initial free volume of PIM-1. …”
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Debonding-on-demand Fe₃O₄-epoxy adhesively bonded dissimilar joints via electromagnetic induction heating by Caglar, Hasan, Aksoy, Y. Altay, Idapalapati, Sridhar, Caglar, Baris, Sharma, Mohit, Chian, Kerm Sin

“…Ti-6Al-4 V adherends were bonded with CFRP or GFRP adherends using neat/modified epoxy adhesive. …”
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A soccer-based intervention improves incarcerated individuals’ behaviour and public acceptance through group bonding by Newson, M, Peitz, L, Cunliffe, J, Whitehouse, H

“…As incarceration rates rise globally, the need to reduce re-offending grows increasingly urgent. …”

σ-Bonded organochromium(III) complexes. 3. decomposition in acid solution of chromium(III) complexes containing pyridylmethyl and polydentate amine ligands by Crouse, Karen, Goh, Lai-Yoong

“…The aquation rates were compared with those of inorganic chromium complexes containing similar amine ligands. …”

Analisis Persepaduan Infrastruktur Sosial dengan Data Raya (Big Data) Komuniti dan Usahawan Setempat di Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah (S/O 14558) by Abd Rahman, Muhamad Azwan, Mohd Pozi, Muhammad Syafiq, Low, Kah Choon, Abdul Mutalib, Rozita, Ahmad, Zalinah

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oltammetric studies on microcrystalline C60 adhered to an electrode surface by solvent casting and mechanical transfer methods by Tan, W., Lim, E., Bond, A.

Lenggong Iron Bound Melangkaui Had by Siti Rabiatull Aisha, Idris

“…Lenggong, sebuah bandar kecil yang terletak di Perak, sering kali dikaitkan dengan warisan sejarahnya yang kaya. …”
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Dynamic fracture mechanics of FRP-concrete interface by Li, Gen

“…To shed light on the FRP bond-slip behaviour under high loading rates (above 800 mm/s), the author proposed a novel experimental method for high loading-rate impact tests using a modified Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) set-up. …”
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A simulation study showed that linear regression and Mann-Whitney test can be used to analyse the Days Alive and at Home by day 30 (DAH30) outcome in a randomized controlled trial by Cook, J

Automotive radiators: An experimental analysis of hybrid nanocoolant by Hizanorhuda, Zurghiba, Kumaran, Kadirgama, Muhamad, Mat Noor, Rosli, Abu Bakar, Semin, S.

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Microstructural evolution during mechanical milling of Nd-Fe-B nanocomposites by Toh, Hon Kun.

“…XRD results revealed that higher milling intensity increased the rate of phase transformation and the rate of change in crystal sizes and strain but did not affect the steady state phase composition. …”
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