Does Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? A Reexamination of the Effect of Fitch’s Market Share on Credit Ratings in the Corporate Bond Market by Bae, Kee-Hong, Kang, Jun-Koo, Wang, Jin

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Hedging interest rate risk using simple, covariance-adjusted and volatility-adjusted immunization strategies : Japanese government bonds : April 1989 to December 2000 by Lim, Ming Siang, Wee, Hans Hang Leong, Poh, Leong Poh

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The impacts of US Fed interest rate liftoff on Southwest Asia stock markets, sovereign bond and currencies by Ooi, Teik Khim

“…This paper aims to examine the impact of US interest rate lift-off on the performance of ASEAN equities, currencies and sovereign bond during that period. …”
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Land ase analysis for Surabaya metropolitan area urban transportation planning using spatial method by Abidin, Zainal, Prasetijo, Joewono, Mohd Masirin, Mohd Idrus

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Dengue death rate higher among women than men in Bangladesh by Roney, Miah, Mohd Fadhlizil Fasihi, Mohd Aluwi

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Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…Chapter 1 studies the impact of credit rating changes on corporate bond returns. This study uses a large dataset of corporate bond transactions from the TRACE database for the US corporate bond market, combined with credit rating changes from Fitch, Moody's and Standard and Poor's (S&P), to analyse over 22,000 bonds, coupled with approximately 28,400 rating events over nearly six years. …”

Evaluating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Among Malaysian Public Listed Construction Companies Using FTSE Russell Rating Model by Sulaiman, Nurul Nabila, Omar, Abdul Jalil, Pakir, Faizal, Mohamad, Marlina

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Development of the bond markets in Singapore and Malaysia. by Chan, Wei Lun.

“…The study also explores avenues for increasing the demand for corporate bonds such as increasing provident fund investments in bonds; changes to the commission rate structure for bond trading, and reduction or abolition of tax for interest received and stamp duty transferances. …”
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The adaptability of native to land administration in Sarawak, Malaysia by Toh, Ming Liang, Tan, Liat Choon, Tan, Wee Vern, Ujang, Muhamad Uznir, Azri, Nor Suhaibah, Thoo, Ai Chin, Looi, Kam Seng

“…The perception of native towards land governance is a crucial aspect in determining the success of the land administration system. …”
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Land reclamation without using soil-fills by Yeo, Eng Swee

“…In order to sustain the fast-paced economic development and urbanisation, an increasing emphasis has been placed on land reclamation projects. Coupled with inflation and increasing cost of fill materials, conventional land reclamation methods are slowly becoming less feasible due to the increasing cost. …”
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Generative models for simulation of KamLAND-Zen by Fu, Zhenghao, Grant, Christopher, Krawiec, Dominika M., Li, Aobo, Winslow, Lindley A.

“…They will be looking for event rates of less than one event per ton of instrumented isotope per year. …”
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Social bonds and community support are vital to prison reform by Newson, M, Whitehouse, H

“…This research highlights the importance of fostering positive group bonds and community support to enhance reintegration efforts and reduce reoffending rates.…”

Grid compliance for the land based electrical power generators by Yang, Shicong

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Long-term care for rehabilitation in Malaysia / by Mazlynda Md Yusuf, author 655502, Rose Irnawaty Ibrahim, author 655503, Waidah Ismail, author 632991

Modelling trip and parking generation of major land uses in Singapore by Wee, Ka Siong.

“…The main objective of this study is to develop trip and parking generation rates of office, commercial and industrial land uses in Singapore.…”
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Social bonding among children in joint physically active play by Jefferies, M

“…PA levels were also measured indirectly via heart rate monitors (HRM). We found that observed-PA was associated with frequency of smiling/laughing between pairs. …”

Sea-level rise from land subsidence in major coastal cities by Tay, Cheryl, Lindsey, Eric O., Chin, Shi Tong, McCaughey, Jamie W., Bekaert, David, Nguyen, Michele, Hua, Hook, Manipon, Gerald, Karim, Mohammed, Horton, Benjamin Peter, Li, Tanghua, Hill, Emma M.

“…Coastal land can be lost at rapid rates due to relative sea-level rise (RSLR) resulting from local land subsidence. …”
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Computer vision approaches for automatic inspection of wire bonding of semiconductor devices by Lim, Han Ooi.

“…The operators need only to place the lead frame of the integrated circuit at a reference location on the X-Y table and press a button on the keyboard. The system will take care of the alignment, focusing, height measurement and diameter measurement of the bonding balls on the integrated circuit.…”
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Hydrogen-bond memory and water-skin supersolidity resolving the Mpemba paradox by Zhang, Xi, Huang, Yongli, Ma, Zengsheng, Zhou, Yichun, Zhou, Ji, Zheng, Weitao, Jiang, Qing, Sun, Changqing

“…Analysis of experimental database reveals that the hydrogen bond (O:H–O) possesses memory to emit energy at a rate depending on its initial storage. …”
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Hydrogen bond and surface stress relaxation by aldehydic and formic acidic molecular solvation by Chen, Jiasheng, Yao, Chuang, Zhang, Xi, Sun, Chang Q., Huang, Yongli

“…Solvation of aldehydes and formic acids has an important impact to health care because these additives can damage DNA and denature proteins causing cancers with the mechanism behind remaining great challenge. …”
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