Essays in dynamic pricing, channel control and channel competition by Song, Boqian

“…Dynamic pricing has been successfully applied in the travel, hospitality, retail and entertainment industries to boost revenue and profits. In recent years, the popularity of the Internet and advances in information technology allow sellers to integrate dynamic pricing into their service bundling/unbundling strategy as well as multi-channel distribution strategy. …”
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Active control of wakes and vortex-induced vibration of a circular cylinder at Re = 100 by Wang, Chenglei

“…For years appropriate control methods have been actively sought to mitigate vortex-induced vibration (VIV) through either altering the shedding frequency or completely eliminating the vortex shedding. …”
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Soundfield control using loudspeaker array by Li, Renshi

“…Control of loudspeaker arrays have been studied in the past few years for a wide variety of applications. One of such application is to control a pre-defined listening environment to achieve audible and inaudible zones so as to gain a personalized and immersive sound experience. …”
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Essays on social responsibility in the marketplace : an experimental economic analysis by Wang, Yan

“…The idea of market exchange dates back to the ancient world, as evidenced, for example, by ancient bazaars. Over the years, along with the development of the market economy, there have been many cases where sellers or buyers do not take responsibility for external costs generated by their activities, and these costs have instead been passed on to society. …”
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Advanced code reuse attacks against modern defences by Wang, Chenyu

“…In this thesis, I will introduce the development of code reuse attacks in recent years together with control flow integrity (CFI). …”
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Nation in action : making Chinese in the rural borderland between China and North Korea by Chen, Shiwei

“…Data collection is based on multi-sited fieldwork over the span of three years, utilizing participant observation and in-depth interviews. …”
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Dietary fiber intake and risk of advanced and aggressive forms of prostate cancer: a pooled analysis of 15 prospective cohort studies by Sidahmed, E, Freedland, SJ, Wang, M, Wu, K, Albanes, D, Barnett, M, van den Brandt, PA, Giles, GG, Cook, MB, Giovannucci, E, Haiman, CA, Larsson, SC, Key, TJ, Loftfield, E, Männistö, S, McCullough, ML, Milne, RL, Neuhouser, ML, Platz, EA, Perez-Cornago, A, Sawada, N, Schenk, JM, Sinha, R, Tsugane, S, Visvanathan, K, Wang, Y, White, KK, Willett, WC, Wolk, A, Ziegler, RG, Genkinger, JM, Smith-Warner, SA

“…<h4>Participants/setting</h4>There were 842 149 men followed for up to 9 to 22 years between 1985 and 2009 across studies.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>The primary outcome measures were advanced (stage T4, N1, or M1 or PC mortality), advanced restricted (excluded men with missing stage and those with localized PC who died of PC), and high-grade PC (Gleason score ≥8 or poorly differentiated/undifferentiated) and PC mortality.…”

Pathogen diversity and antimicrobial resistance transmission of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi: a genomic epidemiological study... by Dyson, ZA, Ashton, PM, Khanam, F, Chunga Chirambo, A, Shakya, M, Meiring, JE, Tonks, S, Karkey, A, Msefula, C, Clemens, JD, Dunstan, SJ, Baker, S, Dougan, G, Pitzer, VE, Basnyat, B, Qadri, F, Heyderman, RS, Gordon, MA, Holt, KE, Pollard, AJ, STRATAA Study Group

“…Phylogenetic analyses showed that most cases derived from pre-existing, locally established pathogen variants; 702 (98%) of 713 drug-resistant infections resulted from local circulation of AMR variants, not imported variants or recent de novo emergence; and pathogen variants circulated across age groups. 479 (66%) of 731 cases clustered with others that were indistinguishable by point mutations; individual clusters included multiple age groups and persisted for up to 2·3 years, and AMR determinants were invariant within clusters.…”

Childhood bullying and mental health: understanding risk, resilience, and the role of anti-bullying interventions by Guzman Holst, C

“…While most children and young people experience low and stable trajectories of bulling victimisation and/or perpetration throughout the school years, a few experience chronic and increasing levels of victimisation and/or perpetration (Barker et al., 2008). …”

Large-scale profiling of antibody reactivity to glycolipids in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome by Thomma, RCM, Halstead, SK, de Koning, LC, Fehmi, J, Rinaldi, S, IGOS consortium

“…<br> In total, 1413 patients from the observational International Guillain-Barré syndrome Outcome Study (0-91 years, 60.3% male) and 1061 controls (healthy, family, infectious, vaccination, other neurological disease) were included. …”

Impact of media literacy on soft drink consumption among adolescents in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Mohammad Shahid, Nur Nadirah

“…A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed to adolescents aged between 13 to 18 years old at selected secondary schools in Klang Valley. …”
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Design and Implementation of Active Antennas for IoT-Based Healthcare Monitoring System by MUSA, UMAR, MOHD SHAH, SHAHARIL, A. MAJID, HUDA, AHMAD MAHADI, ISMAIL, A. RAHIM, MOHAMAD KAMAL, YAHYA, MUHAMMAD SANI, ZAINAL ABIDIN, ZUHAIRIAH

“…The experimental data are obtained from ten participants with ages ranging between 18 and 40 years old for 10-minutes duration with a 1-minute step size which implies 10 samples. …”
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Design and Implementation of Active Antennas for IoT-Based Healthcare Monitoring System by MUSA, UMAR, MOHD SHAH, SHAHARIL, A. MAJID, HUDA, MAHADI, ISMAIL AHMAD, A. RAHIM, MOHAMAD KAMAL, YAHYA, MUHAMMAD SANI, ZAINAL ABIDIN, ZUHAIRIAH

“…The experimental data are obtained from ten participants with ages ranging between 18 and 40 years old for 10-minutes duration with a 1-minute step size which implies 10 samples. …”
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Effect of antimicrobial agents on biofilm cells and invitro development of resistance in planktonic cells of pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 by Balasankar Meera Priyadarshini

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Building HPC Learning Pathways: Understanding our Community by Filinger, Weronika, Mullen, Julie, Cohen, Jeremy, Wittke, Samantha, Backhaus, Ann

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IFA/1 : an interactive airline fleet assignment model by Duchesne de Lamotte, Herve

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Narcotics & counternarcotics measures in Afghanistan by Halimullah Kousary Mohammad Kawsar

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Transcriptional profiling and network-based gene annotations of human malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum by Hu, Guang An

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Printing of functional materials in 2D and 3D structures by Halevi, Oded

“…In recent years, controlled deposition of functional materials has become a highly investigated field. …”
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Smart window for tuning transparency and noise absorption by Shrestha, Milan

“…For example, an optical smart window based on polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC) ages when exposed to UV for years; an electrochromic window is pricey and prone to leakage; micro-perforated glass absorbers are only effective to absorb mid-frequency sound over a moderate bandwidth. …”
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