Pollen geochronology from the Atlantic coast of the united states during the last 500 years by Christie, Margaret A., Bernhardt, Christopher E., Parnell, Andrew C., Shaw, Timothy Adam, Khan, Nicole S., Corbett, Dorbett Reide, García-Artola, Ane, Clear, Jennifer, Walker, Jennifer S., Donnelly, Jeffrey P., Hasse, Tobias R., Horton, Benjamin P.

“…Inconsistencies were likely related to the hyperlocality of pollen chronohorizons, mixing of salt marsh sediment, reworking of pollen from nearby tidal flats, misidentification of pollen signals, and inaccuracies in or misinterpretation of other age markers. …”
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Causal attribution, benefits sharing, and earnings management by Helikum, Lukas J., Tan, Hun-Tong, Xu, Tu

“…In Experiment 1, we predict and find that managers are more likely to manage earnings when the firm's underperformance is caused by an external event and misreported earnings benefit other employees besides the reporting manager. …”
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Design of a >500MHz current starving VCO/DLL with low phase noise for digital PWM control by Chua, Dillon Yu Ze

“…However, when frequency multiplication is not needed, a DLL offers an advantage in performance over the PLL as it does not suffer on-chip noise and it has better stability. It is also less likely to accumulate jitter from power-supply and substrate noise. …”
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The impact of repeated notifications and notification checking mode on investors' reactions to managers’ strategic positive title emphasis by Chen, Wei, Tan, Hun-Tong, Wang, Elaine Ying

“…As a result, compared to a title without a strategic positive emphasis, we find that a title with a strategic positive emphasis is more likely to result in a favorable investment judgment when investors receive repeated notifications in a one-by-one mode than when they receive a notification for the first time. …”
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Functional analysis of a hypomorphic allele shows that MMP14 catalytic activity is the prime determinant of the Winchester syndrome phenotype by de Vos, Ivo J. H. M., Goggi, Julian L., Wilson, Gabrielle R., Stegmann, Alexander P. A., Amor, David J., Dunn, Norris Ray, Carney, Thomas James, Lockhart, Paul J., Coull, Barry J., van Steensel, Maurice A. M., Tao, Evelyn Yaqiong, Ong, Sheena Li Ming, Scerri, Thomas, Low, Chernis Guai Mun, Wong, Arnette Shi Wei, Grussu, Dominic, van Geel, Michel, Janssen, Renske, Bahlo, Melanie

“…This residual activity likely accounts for the mitigated phenotype observed in our patients. …”
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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 predict and find that when employees can select into tournaments of varying prize spreads (which proxies for an environment where prize spread information is available), high-ability employees are more likely than low-ability employees to select into the tournament with a larger prize spread. …”
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Cultured and popular literary circuits on Facebook: a case study of Singaporean print culture in social media by Sagun, Karryl Kim, Luyt, Brendan

“…Responses (comments and likes) were left out in the primary analysis, but were able to provide supplemental information that supported our initial investigation.Results. …”
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Classification of C. annuum and C. frutescens ripening stages: how well does deep learning perform? by Ibrahim, Zarina, Hanafi, Marsyita, Shafie, Siti Mariam, Syed Ahmad, Sharifah M.

“…Among all of the chilli variants, C. annuum and C. frustescents are the most prevalent and consistently liked variants in Asia, where it is appreciated for its strong taste and pungency. …”
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Drive-specific selection in multistable mechanical networks by Kedia, Hridesh, Pan, Deng, Slotine, Jean-Jacques, England, Jeremy L.

“…In equilibrium, a multistable system is more likely to be found in configurations with lower energy, but the presence of an external drive can alter the relative stability of different configurations in unexpected ways. …”
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Market Adoption of Healthy Buildings in the Office Sector: A Global Study from the Owner’s Perspective by Tan, Zhengzhen, Zheng, Siqi, Palacios, Juan, Hooks, Carl

“…Private equity funds and real estate investment trust (REIT) firms tend to focus on risk mitigation, while direct real estate investment firms are more likely to carry out the latter to position themselves as a leader within the real estate industry.…”
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Semantic sensitive satellite image retrieval by Li, Yikun

“…Although various relevance feedback approaches have been proposed to bridge this gap, most of them can only work well under the assumption that regions belonging to the same or similar signal classes are very likely to share the same semantic concepts as well. …”
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Standalone immersion cooling for high performance servers by Liang, Wayne

“…Based on past recommendations, the author uses PTFE tape to effectively delay the evaporation of the coolant in the tank which likely affected the CPU temperature obtained. Additionally, a submersible pump is introduced to assess the hypothesis that forced convection is more efficient than natural convection. …”
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Empowering communication for mute individuals through AI-assisted conversations by Au, Roydon Yew Rong

“…Lastly, to enhance greater flexibility for the mute user, they are also able to edit the generated responses directly and provide feedback to the ai model through liking or disliking certain responses. Since this project was built from scratch, this report highlights all features implemented, experiments attempted, areas of improvements and next steps. …”
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To avoid or to engage : testing the spiral of silence theory using hypothetical and experimental settings by Cha, Ee Ling, Kwok, Kristle Zhen Hui, Lee, Jamie Jing Ting, Sim, Madeleine Kai Lin

“…Findings suggest that the lack of visual and status cues, rather than perceived anonymity, were more likely to elicit opinion expression. Future research should consider coming to a consensus on the measurement of silence on online platforms.…”
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The impact of the solar energy on the load profile of the building by Zhang, Jun

“…Compared to other renewable energy such as wind, hydro, solar electricity is likely to be the largest contributor to Singapore’s energy supply. …”
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Low dropout linear voltage regulator by Tan, Max Chuan Hung.

“…LDOs has been very well-liked and widely used in low-powered contrivance for the reason that it has efficient voltage regulating capabilities which enhances a prolong battery proficiency and longevity. …”
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Additive friction stir processing by Lin, Longyi

“…The grain size of the SLM specimens was close to that of monolithic FSP specimens, indicating that their higher strengths and microhardness is likely a result of the dense Si phase formed. However, similar to casting, the SLM specimens were brittle and had visible internal defects that acted as nucleation sites for cracks. …”
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Maths pro (I) by Teo, Yu Quan

“…In this independent learning environment, by employing the usage of online lectures, tutorials, quizzes and materials sharing, it will be result in a very different experience for both students and instructors as the whole process of learning and teaching is made more simple and convenient. It is also likely to enhance the learning and understanding of every student in the topic of Engineering Mathematics (Numerical Method etc.).…”
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Sign language recognition – teach machine to talk to deaf people by Goh, Ting Jun

“…The problem is that people who have not learnt sign language before will most likely have difficulties in understanding what the deaf-mutes are trying to convey. …”
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Carbon aerogel for removal of oils and organic solvents spills by Chen, Geng

“…The demand for water is likely to increase due the increase in world population and industrial activities. …”
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