Does bankruptcy law prevent internalization of environmental costs: evidence from China by Li, Xingwei

“…Environmental costs of bankrupt polluters are paid by public funds, which contradicts the polluter pays principle. …”
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A correlational study between creative thinking ability and the performance of open-ended science investigations for secondary two female students by Md. Shahrin K.S. Moorthy.

“…The call to teach higher-order thinking skills has prompted science educators to seek new strategies in their instructional programme. …”
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Heart cycles using heart sounds by Ng, Jia Long

“…Heart auscultation is an old but gold technique in finding heart valve abnormalities. It involves the listening of acoustic sounds that are produced from our heart. …”
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Alternative credit scoring for the un(der)banked by Elrakabawy, S

“…My work contributes socially by improving access to finance for the un- and underbanked, as well as academically by filling gaps in research. A comprehensive empirical comparative demographic analysis of Company X's loan applicant base highlights social aspects (such as gender inequality) and emphasizes a lack and / or low access to finance. …”

Social gating of statistical learning in infants through interpersonal neural synchrony by Teo, Kai Xin

“…Infants of 8 to 10 months old (n = 18) were recruited and results showed that there were significant effects of eye- contact on neural synchrony (within-infant, within-adult, and infant-adult), but it was only found for within-infant synchrony in the full eye-contact condition. No significant findings were found between neural synchrony and statistical language learning. …”
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THE SECRETS OF PROFESSIONAL SALES CLOSING / by Seymour, Ian, author 655075

“…It's packed with unbeatable advice from 5omeone who knows because he has done it himself.VWith The Secrets Of rofessional Sales Closing you too can join the elite breed of truly successful sales people and call yourself a PRO-CLO.…”

Effectiveness of interpretive exhibits in influencing students’ intention in birdwatching activity at a Bird Interpretive Center, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia by Mokhli, Nuraain Amalina

“…The study has shown that the new interpretive intervention exhibit is more effective in influencing students’ affect and intention to participate in birdwatching compared to the existing non-interpretive exhibit at the Bird Interpretive Centre. These findings indicated that the interpretive exhibit developed in this study successfully delivers the messages and the ‘call for action’ and shapes students’ affect and intention based on the objective of the interpretive exhibit.…”
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Prediction of stable perovskite quantum dots (QDs) using machine learning (ML) algorithms by Cheong, Ivan

“…However, they have not been widely studied, with applications limited to solar cells and catalytic activity, the full extent of possible applications are yet to be realised. …”
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Optimization of petrochemical supply chain by Foo, Dan Yu Yao.

“…With proper interest form the industry, funding can be obtained for more detailed research.…”
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Why the rule of law? A historical perspective by Pirie, F

“…Yet we continue to call for better laws and for aggressors to be tried for war crimes. …”

Two Paths: Why States Join or Avoid China’s Belt and Road Initiative by Atkins, Eleanor, Fravel, M Taylor, Wang, Raymond, Ackert, Nick, Huang, Sihao

“…Although China’s motives for developing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have been well studied, scholars have yet to comprehensively examine why states seek to join the initiative. We fill this gap by examining how and why states join the BRI. …”
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Preparation and characterization of photo electrochemical cells based on nanostructured ZnO and multiwalled carbon nanotubes by Ayu, Aaron Alexander

“…The emphasis of this project is to find a cheap and suitable semiconductor and to study its potential and efficiency in water splitting, in order to generate H2 gas for usage as a renewable source of fuel. …”
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Conservation planning in Europe: ecological, financial, and political challenges by Hannemann, H

“…</p> <p>Overall these findings significantly improve the understanding of conservation and resource management in Europe and fill a number of important knowledge gaps. …”

Exploring opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence research for islamic ethical guidelines by Aliff, Nawi, Nor Yazi, Khamis, Mohd Faiz, Yaakob, Mohd Al Adib, Samuri, Zakaria, Gamal Abdul Nasir

“…Hence, this study aims to fill the gap by reviewing contemporary perspectives on AI opportunities and risks. …”
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Statistical predictions of trading strategies in electronic markets by Cartea, Á, Cohen, SN, Graumans, R, Labyad, S, Sanchez Betancourt, L, van Veldhuijzen, L

“…In particular, for the most liquid share in our study, we identify three types of behaviour that we call (i) directional trading, (ii) opportunistic trading, and (iii) market making, and we find that around one third of Liquidity Providers behave as market markers.…”

Sample size estimation with missing values on clinical trials by Zhang, Mengyang

“…Also comparing the number of subjects (full data) which can reach 80% power through formulas and simulations. …”
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E-Government Practices and Organizational Performance in Malaysia Local Governments by Husin, Rohana, Othman, Abdul Aziz, Othman, Zakirah, Baharom, Norashikin

“…Therefore, the study's findings conclude that the direct relationship is not significant. …”
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Relative importance of soil properties and functional diversity to the spatial pattern of the forest soil nitrogen by Kang, Jian, Deng, Zebang, Zhang, Zhongrui, Chen, Shuilian, Huang, Jianguo, Ding, Xiaogang

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Target detection in stationary background by Liu, Lu.

“…In this experiment, we are trying to find the moving object by using webcam, and three basic image processing algorithms are used to get the best result. …”
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Player acceptance of human computation games by Wang, Xiaohui

“…Therefore, investigating the continuance use of HCGs with longitudinal data is necessary to capture a full image of user acceptance. By combining the findings in Study I, II, and III, this research presents a comprehensive understanding of HCG acceptance in different platforms and across time. …”
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