A study of bank debt on an international level by Neo, Candice Bao Yue, Lim, Georgina Ru Qun, Ong, Vicky Ling

“…Market-to-book ratio generally decreased during the affected period and significant variables that cause change in the ratio include book leverage, profit, investment, cash-holding, book size and bank debt. Lastly, investment generally decreased before and after the crisis. …”
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When advertising goes tribal green : a study on socialisation's role in green consumer behaviour. by Hor, Cha Lin., Chen, Lishi., Lin, Juanita Jiaxuan.

“…Print advertisements should include self-empowerment elements that arouse the emotions of a shopper to increase purchase intention. Lastly, companies may want to alter their promotional efforts and retail environment to enhance socialisation by adopting communication channels such as social media platforms. …”
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A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of dyslexia in alphabetic words and chinese characters. by Kwok, Fu Yu.

“…Using the meta- analysis technique, this study provides the first analysis comparing the effect of dyslexia between the alphabetical languages and the Chinese language. Lastly, the cross language generalizability of the two main theories of dyslexia (i.e. the phonological theory and the cerebellar theory) are also examined using functional neuroimaging data.…”
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A study of shoppers' motives and profiles by Ang, Delphine Ling Ling, Seah, Beng Huey, Hee, Li Ling

“…It was discovered that there are significant differences in the consumers' profile in the two types of shopping centres in terms of gender, income level, nature of housing and lastly, occupation. With all these in mind, it would assist the shopping centres in creating the kind of image to attract the right customers so as to better survive in the competitive retail industry.…”
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Preliminary study on the preparation and characterization of novel organophilic membranes used for organic extraction by Xia, Yuan

“…When the feed wastewater was of pH higher than 8, it was suggested to adjust the pH of feed stream to below 5 to ensure the majority of phenol is present in the form of phenol molecule. Lastly, the test proved that increase in Re at two sides of the membrane indeed decreased liquid boundary layer resistance. …”
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Conversion from carbon nanotubes to boron nitride nanotubes and boron nitride-carbon nanotubes by Wei, Mingwei

“…Moreover, the mechanism of the conversion process and discussed the differences in formation of multi-wall vs cone-stacking BNNTs structure have also been examined. Lastly, the optical bandgap of converted boron nitride-carbon nanotubes has successfully been tuned. …”
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Characterizing the spectrum of slip behavior at the Sumatran subduction zone with long-term geodetic records by Tsang, Louisa Lok Hang

“…This event is the longest lasting slow slip event reported at any subduction zone around the world, and is the first to be discovered in Sumatra. …”
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Transdermal Drug Delivery by Ong, Yuhui

“…On the contrary, when frequency was increased, the penetration area would decrease. Lastly, a simulation was done using a software called COMSOL 5.0 to simulate the injection. …”
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Investigation of solar cell carrier lifetime using photoconductance lifetime measurements by Lam, Sze Yin

“…Additionally, I have concluded a relationship between resistivity, open circuit voltage and minority carrier lifetime. Lastly, I also analyzed the effect of spin coating on open circuit voltage and minority carrier lifetime.…”
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Wireless skeletal muscle contraction monitoring device by Kong, Xiangyi

“…In the meantime, simulation and testing on the front-stage acquiring circuit were carried out to verify the function. Lastly, in this stage of the project, a LabVIEW software is designed to receive the signal data from the monitoring device and to derive the electromyogram waveform for future analysis. …”
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Fabrication of artificial defects in aircraft components for nondestructive testing using 3D printing by Chan, Marcus Jia Jun

“…It was found that despite being able to correctly measure the component’s depth, the topography was found to be distorted due to a combination of beam spread and machine measurement errors. Lastly, due to the limitations and cost of this project, several recommendations and improvements have been identified. …”
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Minoan Linguistic Resources: The Linear A Digital Corpus by Petrolito, Tommaso, Petrolito, Ruggero, Winterstein, Grégoire, Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco

“…Thirdly we explain our choice concerning the data format: why we decided to digitize the Linear A resources; why we decided to convert all the ranscriptions in standard Unicode characters; why we decided to use an XML format; why we decided to implement the TEI-EpiDoc DTD. Lastly we describe: the developing process (from the data collection to the issues we faced and the solving strategies); a new font we developed (synchronized with the Unicode Characters Set) in order to make the data readable even on systems that are not updated. …”
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On oxygen-containing groups in chemically modified graphenes by Bonanni, Alessandra, Ambrosi, Adriano, Pumera, Martin

“…This was followed by the quantification of the negatively charged oxygen-containing groups (OCGs) by UV/Vis spectroscopy and of the electrochemically reducible OCGs by voltammetry. Lastly, a biofunctionalization with gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-modified DNA sequences was performed by the formation of covalent bonds with the carboxylic groups ([BOND]COOH) on the CMG surfaces. …”
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Parameter optimization methods for calibrating tank model and neural network for rainfall-runoff modelling by Kuok, King Kuok

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Network analysis and data science for finance: from traditional markets to decentralised exchanges by Miori, D

“…The trading activity of agents on multiple tokens is used to construct a network of transactions for each one of them, and clustering the set of such graphs allows us to identify interpretable “species” of traders. Lastly, we analyse data on liquidity provision, consumption, and price formation on competing decentralised exchange venues, to find a model for the prediction of incoming trading volume at block-level.…”

Cortical evoked activity is modulated by the sleep state in a ferret model of tinnitus. A cross-case study by Milinski, L, Nodal, FR, Emmerson, MKJ, King, AJ, Vyazovskiy, VV, Bajo, VM

“…Following noise overexposure, ferrets developed lasting, frequency–specific impairments in operant behaviour and evoked brainstem activity. …”

Segmentation of magnetic resonance images for assessing neonatal brain maturation by Wang, S

“…We then construct a spatio-temporal growth model for myelin-like signals using logistic regression based on the automatic segmentations of 114 preterm infants aged between 29 and 44 gestational weeks. Lastly, we demonstrate the ability of age estimation using the normal growth model in a leave-one-out procedure.…”

Mucosal signatures of pathogenic T cells in HLA-B*27+ anterior uveitis and axial spondyloarthritis by Paley, MA, Yang, X, Hassman, LM, Penkava, F, Garner, LI, Paley, GL, Linskey, N, Agnew, R, Arantes de Faria, PH, Feng, A, Li, SY, Simone, D, Roberson, EDO, Ruzycki, PA, Esaulova, E, Laurent, J, Feigl-Lenzen, L, Springer, LE, Liu, C, Gillespie, GM, Bowness, P, Garcia, KC, Yokoyama, WM

“…In addition, we find an expansion of YeiH-specific CD8 T cells in the blood of axSpA and B27AAU over healthy controls, whereas influenza-specific CD8 T cells were equivalent across groups. Lastly, we demonstrate the dispensability of TRBV9 for antigen recognition. …”

Governance in international trade beyond the state: Collective agency, the actorness of trading blocs, and institutional learning by Stiller, KT

“…Collective negotiations are a means to overcome individual capacity constraints or to align intra-bloc rules with those governing external trade. Lastly, institutional diffusion processes from the multilateral trading system to the network of PTAs reveal how states’ exercise of public authority is shaped by the indirect, epistemic influence of transnational actors. …”

Awareness of xc and attitude towards thalassemia screening among students in the health campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia by Hilmi, Nur Akilah Mohd

“…There was no association between awareness score and attitude score (p = 0.093), the result shows only 32 (47.1%) of participants have good awareness and positive attitude. Lastly, there was no association between sociodemographic factors [age (p = 0.119), gender (p = 0.774), ethnicity (p = 0.228), year of study (p = 0.234), family history of thalassemia (p = 0.739)] and the level of thalassemia awareness. …”
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