The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…When a German captain requisitions Vianne’s home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. …”
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Three essays on behavioral and experimental economics by Li, Yupeng

“…We explain this difference on the basis of the Singaporean senders’ beliefs about trustworthiness: they believed that people with a Mainland Chinese accent would return more money to them than their in-group Singaporean counterparts. …”
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Mobile app for crowdsourcing by Tan, Jesse Yin Xuan

“…Amateur who contributed to the task will receive money as reward from the task owner. With this model, the efficiency of outsource a task was increased significantly. …”
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Comparing destination images : Resorts World Sentosa and Resorts World Genting. by Low, Kah Hwee., Tang, Joo Wen., Teo, Jia Yun.

“…From the survey findings, respondents felt that Resorts World Sentosa was more luxurious and business-oriented, while Resorts World Genting was more value-for-money. Deeper analyses reflected that these image differences were influenced mainly by word-of-mouth. …”
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The effect of political contributions on CEO compensation. by Mok, Alan Zhen Tao., Tan, Nicholas Hua Shang., Yeo, Desmond Jan Hao.

“…The findings reveal that both individual and Political Action Committees (PAC) contributions has a significant positive effect on CEO Compensation both for fixed Total Current Compensation (TCC) and variable Total Direct Compensation (TDC) components of CEO compensation whereas Soft Money contributions are insignificant in explaining CEO Compensation. …”
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Unbiased metabolomics of volatile secondary metabolites in essential oils originated from Myrtaceae species by Manickavasagam, Ganapaty, San, Priscilla Wong Chie, Gorji, Sara Ghorbani, Sungthong, Bunleu, Yong, Yoke Keong, Fitzgerald, Melissa, Dewi, Firli Rahmah Primula, Lim, Vuanghao

“…In this study, an untargeted metabolomic approach was applied to analyze volatile secondary metabolites in five different essential oils (i.e., anise myrtle oil, honey myrtle oil, lemon myrtle oil, lemon-scented tea tree oil, and peppermint gum oil) from the Myrtaceae family, originating from the Australian bush plants. …”
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Using an ER-specific optogenetic mechanostimulator to understand the mechanosensitivity of the endoplasmic reticulum by Song, Yutong, Zhao, Zhihao, Xu, Linyu, Huang, Peiyuan, Gao, Jiayang, Li, Jingxuan, Wang, Xuejie, Zhou, Yiren, Wang, Jinhui, Zhao, Wenting, Wang, Likun, Zheng, Chaogu, Gao, Bo, Jiang, Liwen, Liu, Kai, Guo, Yusong, Yao, Xiaoqiang, Duan, Liting

“…To fill the knowledge gap, after developing a light-inducible ER-specific mechanostimulator (LIMER), we identify that mechanostimulation of ER elicits a transient, rapid efflux of Ca2+ from ER in monkey kidney COS-7 cells, which is dependent on the cation channels transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 1 (TRPV1) and polycystin-2 (PKD2) in an additive manner. …”
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Development of toolkits for software analysis and testing by Ng, Song Teck.

“…Although more cost effective than traditional methods of prototyping and implementing analogue logic systems, large amounts of time and money are still spent, particularly during the testing phase. …”
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Measuring sustainability : a holistic approach for a more sustainable future. by Chia, Xing Hua., Swathi Eswaramurthi.

“…Hence, we integrated the best of the existing rankings – Newsweek’s Green Rankings, CNN Money’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work For rankings and “Fortune’s Global 500 World’s Largest Corporations” ranking – to produce one holistic sustainability ranking. …”
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Dynamic web service composition by Tan, Li Ling.

“…Many different new ideas and concept had built upon on web services with cloud computing; and many big organizations have also tap to on these trends by investing money to build internal web services for their stakeholders. …”
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Effects of engine oil additives on engine performance and temperature by Law, Zheng Yi

“…Besides, the engine may keep running at a very high temperature that is over its operating temperature, this may cause the breakdown of the engine oil and thus increase the frequencies of changing engine oil. Hence, it costs more money. Here is where the problem comes. How to get the engine efficiency as good as the new one without doing any hardware modifications? …”
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Measuring Lean Culture: Designing a Research Instrument by Osman, Azim Azuan, Nordin, Norani, Abd. Rahman, M.F.

“…Self�administered questionnaire is a practical research instrument to measure the level of lean culture in multiple manufacturing organizations that are located in far-reaching geographical as it saves time, money and effort. In this paper, 36 questionnaire items for measuring lean culture has been designed. …”
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Portfolio optimization using genetic algorithm by Zhao, Guanglei.

“…However, for making the profit via the limited available capital, allocating the money to construct a portfolio is a challenge to be dealt with. …”
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Distributed simulation of UK national blood service by Ridon, Jap Michael Denise Ramos.

“…By simulating the operation numerous advantages such cost saving in terms of time money is saved. Other benefits include experimentation of ideas such policies to test out its effectiveness and efficiency before they can be implemented into the system. …”
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Option-based quantification and generic optimization of debt refinancing in public-private partnership infrastructure projects by Zheng, Sha

“…The concept of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and its application in procurement and development of infrastructure projects have been promoted worldwide due to the introduction of additional financing sources and value for money by this means. A large portion of debt or high leverage is usually structured in PPP infrastructure projects. …”
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Biodegradable antenna on fiber-based substrate by Tan, Yun Xian

“…With the increase in demand for better healthcare, large amounts of money are being devoted to improve and create new kinds of Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs). …”
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Relevancy rankings : pay for performance search engines in the hot seat by Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Ang, Rebecca P.

“…Pay for performance (PFP) search engines provide search services for documents on the Web but unlike “traditional” search engines, they rank documents not on content characteristics but according to the amount of money the owner of a Web site is willing to pay if a user visits the Web site through the search results pages. …”
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To bail-out or to bail-in? Answers from an agent-based model by Klimek, P, Poledna, S, Farmer, JD, Thurner, S

“…The distressed institution can either be closed via a purchase and assumption transaction, it can be bailed-out using taxpayer money, or it may be bailed-in in a debt-to-equity conversion. …”

The Influence of Human Resource Practices towards Improving Organizational Performance by Mansor, Mohd Fitri, Abu, Noor Hidayah, Kamil, Syahida, Nasir, Hussein

“…Human Resources is the most valuable assets of any organization with the machines, materials and even the money, nothing get done without manpower. In view of that, the aim of study is to investigate the influence of human resource practices towards improving organizational performance. …”
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Measuring Lean Culture: Designing a Research Instrument by Osman, Azim Azuan, Nordin, Norani, Abd. Rahman, M.F.

“…Self-administered questionnaire is a practical research instrument to measure the level of lean culture in multiple manufacturing organizations that are located in far-reaching geographical as it saves time, money and effort. In this paper, 36 questionnaire items for measuring lean culture has been designed. …”
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