Tournament induced incentives and analysts' boldness. by Yin, Huifang.

“…This finding survives several robustness checks and is more pronounced when the interim assessment date is closer to the end of the tournament period, when analysts are inexperienced/non-all-star, and when the market activity is high. …”
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Application development on an Android smart-phone by Udit Batra

“…The application intercepts all incoming messages and checks them for a certain password which uniquely identifies the owner. …”
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Evaluation and fabrication of damaged composite material using non-destructive testing by Lai, Abigail Jang Wai

“…Since composites are extensively employed in many areas, it is important to determine the existence of surface and sub-surface defects before production and during regular maintenance checks. As time goes on, wear and tear occur to a material. …”
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Essays on foreign direct investment: some missing pieces by Fernandez-Delgado, K

“…<p>This thesis contains three chapters. All are based on firm-level data for Chile between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s, and all concern the effects of foreign direct investment: the first and second chapters are about the gender balance of employment and training, respectively, while the third analyses how productivity spillovers depend on distance from the productivity frontier.…”

Between these bones by Park, Caitlin Elizebeth, Ng, Joyce Hui Jie, Li, Jiaqi, Shridhar, Pranamika Subhalaxmi

“…The film looks at how they cope with the inherent limitations present in spaces within the country and how they attempt to transcend them. Divided into three chapters, each segment explores the effects of space on different individuals. …”
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Development of a portable prototype of smart LED lighting system for sleeping hours by Tan, Ming Tah

“…In this report, the research, development, and evaluation of the project will be discussed in the following chapters below.…”
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Using insurance to gain more mileage out of CPF funds by Lye, Fook Kong, Tan, Mark Seow Hwa, Tan, Audrey Joo Leng

“…With the liberalisation of the CPF Investment Scheme announced in March this year, CPF members would be allowed to purchase insurance products like endowment policies using CPF monies. …”
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An exposition of the Zhuangzi’s zhiyan (至言) by Koo, Hao Wei

“…The meaning of zhiyan (至言) in the Zhuangzi varies. In chapter 12, zhiyan is antithetical to suyan (俗言) or “customary sayings”. …”
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Influence of non-linear wave load models on monopile supported offshore wind turbines for extreme conditions by Ryan, GV, Tang, T, McAdam, RA, Adcock, TAA

“…These models are compared to the widely used constrained wave approach, showing that significant differences are predicted for steel and geotechnical design checks. This suggests that the industry standard approach may be inappropriate for the design of monopile structures against extreme wave loads.…”

Small molecule motion within and through organic nanomaterials: an anthology by Kaser, Sam

“…This thesis chronicles three distinct projects united by the common theme of small molecule motion in organic materials. Chapter 1 provides a holistic introduction to key background for the main body chapters, Chapters 2-4. …”
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Synthesis of metal complex crystals of bisisoquenolines derivatives and their x-ray crystallography by Teng, Jun Boon.

“…This report documents the author’s final year project on the synthesis of metal complex crystals of bisisoquinoline derivatives and their X-ray crystallography. …”
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Automatic programming assessment for personalized learning by Ngoh, Xinyi

“…In the recent years, self-learning or E-learning approaches for computer programming has gained its popularity in which it became a popular medium for students, who are keen to practice and enhance their knowledge of the programming language. …”
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Weakly nonlinear water waves over varying topography by Xiao, Rong

“…This thesis consists of 2 sections, part A chapters 1-6 and part B chapters 6-7 with references and appendices. …”
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Attentional control of goal directed behaviour by King, R

“…Chapter 3 takes a subset of patients from the previous chapter and uses a voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping approach to examine damage associated with impaired attentional control. …”

The junior officers of the Roman army, 91BC - AD14 by Wrobel, T

“…There follow three chapters of diachronic analysis, each analysing the number of officer positions available, the roles and functions of the junior officers, and the status of the junior officer positions in the periods 91 – 50BC, 49 – 31BC, and 30BC – AD14, and finally three thematic chapters examining professionalism and other motivations for service, the perception of service as a junior officer, and the role of the municipal elite within the junior officer corps. …”

SECRETS of CLOSING the SALE / by Ziglar, Zig, 1926-2012 author 456132, Harrington, Kevin, author 199765

“…This new edition includes fresh opening and closing chapters as well as tips and examples throughout that illustrate the relevance of these truths in the marketplace today. …”

Tree radar image acquisition and processing by Lim, Linson Ze En

“…In this research paper, the processed measurement results via Matlab which I collected weekly using the antenna system will be shown in the next few chapters. The two main measurements conducted are detecting the trunk with cavity and control tests with and without wet tissue inside the cavity. …”
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Identifying novel neuromodulator targets of human cognition by Colwell, MJ

“…<strong>Chapter 6</strong>, the final chapter, unifies the research findings reported within this thesis, placing them in a broader literature context, with suggestions for potential directions of travel for future research. …”

Divine assemblies in early Greek and Mesopotamian narrative poetry by Ballesteros Petrella, B

“…The comparative approaches in Part 3 are developed in two chapters (9-10). Chapter 9 offers a detailed comparison of this typical scene's poetic morphology and compositional purpose. …”

A landscape of conflict? Rural fortifications in the Argolid (400 – 146 BC) by Blomley, AM

“…</p> <br> <p>Chapters 2–4 “set the scene” for the analysis of fortified sites in the Argolid. …”