Effect of the shapes of foundation soil on the seismic response of dikes by Loo, Zhi Yung

“…Much focus is given to the comparison of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) and ground settlement readings at the dike crest when the dike sits above different subsoil shapes. …”
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Leveling the playing field: the selection and motivation effects of tournament prize spread information by Cardinaels, Eddy, Chen, Clara Xiaoling, Yin, Huaxiang

“…We also find that employees exert more effort when they can select into a tournament than when they are randomly assigned to one (which proxies for an environment where prize spread information is absent). …”
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An ultra-low power asynchronous-logic in-situ self-adaptive VDD system for wireless sensor networks by Lin, Tong, Chong, Kwen-Siong, Chang, Joseph Sylvester, Gwee, Bah Hwee

“…The filter bank embodied in the SSAVS is shown to be ultra-low power and highly robust. When benchmarked against the competing conventional Dynamic-Voltage-Frequency-Scaling (DVFS) synchronous-logic counterpart, no one system is particularly advantageous when the operating conditions are known. …”
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Competitive overlap as a signal in expert partner choice: evidence from patent law firm selection by Borchhardt, G, Kovacs, B, Rogan, M

“…Companies rely on this signal most when they lack direct experience with potential partners or when entering new technological domains. …”

A Study on Gender Perception of Emoticon in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) by Anuar, Herman Shah, Mat Saat, Rafeah, Abu Talib, Zuraidah

“…When we use it as if, the face of the sender is in front of the computer screen when receiver receives the message. …”
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Modeling of formation and breaking of lubricant bridge in the head–disk interface by molecular dynamic simulation by Dai, Xiangyu, Li, Hui, Lei, Xiao, Shen, Shengnan, Wu, Shijing, Liu, Sen, Du, Hejun

“…Moreover, the effects of lubricant temperature, heating-up time, disc rotation speed and bearing pressure on the HDI were studied. It has been found that the amount of transferring atoms sharply increased when the lubricant temperature was above 700 K. …”
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Blood Runs Cold / by Barclay, Alex, author 582003

“…When an FBI agent is found dead on the white slopes of Quandary Peak in Colorado, a brilliant but volatile agent is drafted in from Denver to lead the investigation. …”

Decision making in mergers & acquisitions using chaos theory : an additional perspective for managers by Quek, Wei Lee, Ng, Joycelyn Huiling, Wang, Diying

“…This paper introduces the Chaos Theory model as an additional perspective for managers when making merger and acquisition decisions. It is therefore meant to be a supplement to traditional decision making models when managers are assessing the suitability of a potential target. …”
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The impact of audit partner's behavioural traits on audit staff's objectivity. by Koh, Hong Fong., Lee, Vernon Koon Yong., Sun, Chin Hon.

“…Auditors must exercise objectivity when forming their professional opinion. However, psychological studies have suggested that auditors may be affected by “self-serving bias” when rendering their professional service [Bazerman et al., 1989, 1997]. …”
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Auditor industry specialization and earnings quality around the world. by Low, Kai Ling., Poh, Ying Ying., Tan, Valerie Mei Yin.

“…Our research also highlights the importance of auditor industry specialization when the legal environment differs among countries and we seek to find possible reasons why auditor industry specialization is important when such differences are present.…”
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Occupancy tracking in indoor environment by Chan, Jacob

“…When it comes to wayfinding in indoor environments, the Global Positioning System (GPS) is not competent enough to give an accurate position of where the user is due to the obstruction of signal transmitted between satellite and mobile device. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Si, Fangbo

“…The results are more evident when the scandal is severer, when tainted institutions have a longer holding horizon before the shock, and when firms have greater shareholder-debtholder conflicts, poorer governance, and higher information asymmetry. …”
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A painting of us. by Nuraliah Norasid.

“…Lina is someone important to Nelson, and when she died, all he has left are her paintings, all of which conceals another below it. …”
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Acquiring cultural knowledge through passive exposure. by Lee, Sau-Lai.

“…They would provide more information to the audience to identify the referent when they perceive the referent as unfamiliar to the audience in the community, whereas they would provide less information to the audience when they perceived the referent as familiar to the audience in the communcity. …”
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Effects of free travel programme on commuter behaviour : evidence from individual office access records by Hong, Shengkai, Liew, Rong Qi, Saw, Han Lyn

“…The Travel Smart Pilot Programme was implemented to reduce morning peak hour congestion by providing free fares to early commuters, giving them the incentive of fare savings when one commutes during off-peak hours. It aims to redistribute peak demand over a wider time period. …”
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Characterising the anti-aging role of high glucose diet-induced osmotic stress in aged Caenorhabditis elegans by Lim, Venus Wen Xuan

“…The research of our laboratory appears to be promising in demonstrating the outcome of an extended lifespan when aged C. elegans are fed a high glucose diet. …”
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Prism dispersion effects in near-guided-wave surface plasmon resonance sensors by Shalabney, Atef, Abdulhalim, Ibrahim

“…As a result it is shown that when the prism is dispersive, an additional dip in the spectral response of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) sensors is observed in the Kretschmann-Raether (KR) configuration. …”
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Public functions of political parties in the United Kingdom by Trueblood, L

“…The case law says that functions are public when bodies are ‘operating as an integral part of a governmental framework’. …”

Ratio-of-distance rigidity theory with application to similar formation control by Cao, Kun, Han, Zhimin, Li, Xiuxian, Xie, Lihua

“…Its relations to three existing rigidity theories (distance, bearing, and angle rigidity theories) are established. …”
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Experimental study on effects of multi-column removal affecting behaviour of RC frames to mitigate progressive collapse by Ye, Da Wei

“…Various studies were conducted in the last decade with majority focusing on instances whereby only a single load bearing member, such as a column, was removed. However, in most real life accidental situations (terrorist attack/ vehicular impact) involving progressive collapse, they will often result in heavy initial impact that will lead to multi-column loss in a RC structure. …”
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