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. …”

Laser Beacon Tracking for High-Accuracy Attitude Determination by Nguyen, Tam, Cahoy, Kerri

“…However, inertial-based attitude sensors often limit ground tracking capability of the satellite due to high ephemeris uncertainty of most CubeSats. …”
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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

“…While, the second model traces the announcement effect of Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) figure. …”
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A 311.6 GHz phase-locked loop in 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS process with –90 dBc/Hz in-band phase noise by Liang, Yuan, Boon, Chirn Chye, Chen, Qian, Liu, Zhe, Li, Chenyang, Mausolf, Thomas, Kissinger, Dietmar, Wang, Yong, Ng, Herman Jalli

“…This paper introduces a 320 GHz PLL employing QXOR to cancel the reference spur, suppress in-band noise, and also reduces the power consumption of the frequency tracking loop (FTL). …”
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Indoor positioning system for manufacturing and logistics by Teo, Kok Chun

“…Research on Indoor Positioning System (IPS) and DWM1001 capabilities and finding ways to enhance warehouse IPS to track assets and try to apply a tag as an anchor to reduce the number of anchors needed in the environment. …”
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A narrowband ultrasonic ranging method for multiple moving sensor nodes by Ashhar, Karalikkadan, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam, Soh, Cheong Boon

“…Accurate ranging using narrow-band ultrasonic transducers in small-scale environments can be used for indoor localization, human motion capture, and robotic navigation. …”
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Radiometer Calibration Using Colocated GPS Radio Occultation Measurements by Cahoy, K. L., Blackwell, W. J., Bishop, R., Cohen, B., Crail, C., Cucurull, L., Dave, P., DiLiberto, M., Erickson, N., Fish, C., Ho, S. P., Leslie, R. V., Milstein, A. B., Osaretin, I. A.

“…We present a new high-fidelity method of calibrating a cross-track scanning microwave radiometer using Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation (GPSRO) measurements. …”
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Exploiting LoRaWAN for efficient and resilient IoT networks by Gu, Chaojie

“…The accurate frequency bias tracking capability enables the detection of the attack that introduces additional frequency biases. …”
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Evolutionary explanations and the debunking of moral beliefs by Cofnas, N

“…The latter process is not truth tracking (or so this paper argues) because empathy-based moral beliefs are themselves susceptible to an evolutionary debunking argument. …”

Water‐binding‐mediated gelation/crystallization and thermosensitive superchirality by Xing, Pengyao, Li, Yongxin, Wang, Yang, Li, Pei-Zhou, Chen, Hongzhong, Phua, Fiona Soo Zeng, Zhao, Yanli

“…Water binding was a key factor in leading trace water‐induced crystallization against gelation in apolar solvent. …”
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New Purification Strategies and Monomer Platforms for Ruthenium-Initiated Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization by Kilgallon, Landon J.

“…Ruthenium-initiated living ROMP remains an extraordinary tool for polymer synthesis, but removal of trace ruthenium from the polymeric product remains a difficult task due to the wide scope of polymer compositions, the lack of a complete understanding of initiator decomposition, and the unknown identities of trace ruthenium products generated during ROMP. …”
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3D surface analysis of coral microatolls by Gautam, Rohan

“…In addition, they also can be used to track tectonic changes associated with their area of growth. …”
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Wireless channel modeling and spectrum monitoring for interference mitigation and link reliability insurance for existing and future CBTC systems by Kalyankar Shravan Kumar

“…CBTC operators use a 2.4 GHz ISM frequency band to reduce the operating cost. However, this introduces a significant risk of wireless interference from other ISM band applications to the CBTC signals. …”
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Combining stratigraphy and tectonics to understand intermittent deposition on the outer rise offshore Sumatra, Indonesia by Tan, Li Ching

“…A secondary method of identifying horizontal displacement of sediments involves tracking normal faults from the its current site to the location of formation, which hypothetically occurs at a band of seismicity, which we identified. …”
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Structural and functional studies of C-nucleoside formation enzymes by Li, W

“…</p> <br> <p>The thesis overviews the history of natural product discovery, tracing its evolution from ancient folk traditions to the contemporary application of advanced genetics and chemical modifications for biosynthesis. …”

Development of in-line fiber-optic interferometric sensors by using biopolymer : chitosan. by Chen, Li Han.

“…In addition, these sensors are able to trace the presence of an analyte in a tested medium in real time and estimate the concentration of analyte by kinetics analysis.…”
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Dwarf galaxies as a probe of a primordially magnetized Universe by Sanati, M, Martin-Alvarez, S, Schober, J, Revaz, Y, Slyz, A, Devriendt, J

“…These halos are selected from a &Lambda;CDM cosmological box, tracking their evolution down to redshift z = 0. We explore a variety of primordial magnetic field (comoving) strengths B&lambda; ranging from 0.05 to 0.50 nG.…”

Human-Computer Interaction : Interaction Techniques and Novel Applications : Thematic Area, HCI 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Even... by International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (23rd : 2021 : Online) 642922, Kurosu, Masaaki, 1948-, editor 573627

Discrete geodesic graphs by Fang, Zheng

“…Another application is tracing the iso-curve of geodesic distance fields. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced bioceramic nanocomposites by Hu, Huanlong

“…When rGO and CNT hybrid were used as reinforcements, the optimum dispersion of rGOs and CNTs, and the strong interface bonding between the nanocarbons and HA matrixes were established in the composites. …”
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