EU banks rating assignments: is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries? by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. We find that country-specific factors (in the form of heterogeneous intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. …”
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Price Discovery and Trade Fragmentation in a Multi-Market Environment: Evidence from the MTS System by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Girardi, Alessandro

“…The implications of these empirical findings are discussed in the light of the debate about the possible restructuring of the regulatory framework for the Treasury bond market in Europe.…”
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Consumption, Wealth, Stock and Housing Returns: Evidence from Emerging Markets by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Sousa, Ricardo M.

“…We use quarterly data for a panel of 31 emerging economies and find that, when agents expect future stock returns to be higher, they will temporarily allow consumption to rise. …”
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Ordered choice models of international banks' ratings with an indicator variable for country effects by Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Using data on international banks’ ratings we find that banks with a greater capitalisation, larger assets, and a higher return on assets have higher bank ratings. …”
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Book review : Streetwalking: LGBTQ lives and protest in the Dominican Republic, by Ana-Maurine Lara by López, María E.

“…In a similar vein, Streetwalking: LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic gives priority to the narration of the LGBTQ victims of police repression and political violence—those lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, and queer individuals who hang out in parks and streets and find refuge in each other.…”
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The possibilities of disruption: serendipity, accidents and impasse driven search by Ross, Wendy

“…The feeling of impasse, when problem-solvers are stuck and unable to find a solution, is also explored as an important generative state for creativity. …”
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A comprehensive survey of fake review detection technology by Quyyam, Tayybaha, Qicheng, Yu

“…The survey also offers future research directions and an easy way to find datasets, carry out pre-processing, and extract multiple features. …”
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Producers of indecent images of children : a qualitative analysis of the aetiology and development of their offending patterns by Sheehan, Valerie

“…Accordingly, it is important to gain a greater understanding of those who create such material in the interests of prevention, child safeguarding and detection. …”
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Neural network-based ammonium aeration control of wastewater treatment plant by Huja Husin, Maimun

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An IPA exploration of women’s experiences of being undecided about motherhood in their late thirties by Barnett, Georgina

“…Consequently, some women find themselves in their late thirties and undecided about motherhood in the face of the relentless ticking of the biological clock. …”
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Making Assessment Meaningful by Hirst, Laura Lea

“…With larger student numbers it is becoming harder for academics to find the time to engage in formative assessment. …”
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Is the Future in T-Bond Trading? by Bojkova, Viara

“…These expectations predetermined the interest in looking at the investment decisions, particularly of institutional investors, to find out whether there is a shift towards T-bond holdings.…”
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Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Russia, Ukraine and Belarus by Bojcun, Marko

“…All of them are now recovering in terms of GDP output, but insofar as this is a truly global crisis, no one country, no region, let alone one that accounts for less than 2% of world GDP1 can find a lasting solution to the problems the crisis has thrown up.…”
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A tabular source approach to modelling and simulating device and circuit noise in the time domain by Brinson, Mike, Jahn, Stefan, Nabijou, Hassan

“…It is also unusual to find circuit simulators that extend noise simulation to the time domain. …”
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Green-lean operations evaluation framework: a case from Iranian automotive industry by Ojani, Shabnam, Avakh Darestani, Soroush

“…Companies have been forced to find alternatives to balance productivity and the environment in their operations and products as they move to greener operations and products. …”
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Marta Czok EX_PATRIA by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig, Czok, Marta

“…Migration, political asylum, xenophobia and nationalist populism relate to this principle, reinforcing its symbolic meaning and the lived experience of those directly affected by this. In these works, we find a gap between those who need to leave their countries and those who have the power to determine their destiny. …”
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Compact macromodelling of operational amplifiers with equation defined devices by Brinson, Mike, Jahn, Stefan

“…The new macromodel models the principle operational amplifier characteristics, plus a number of features not normally found in previously published macromodels, including common-mode range, differential gain reduction during output voltage saturation, power-supply current sensing and temperature effects. …”
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Bandwidth enhancement of dielectric resonator reflectarray antenna by Ahmadi, Farzaneh, Forooraghi, Keyvan, Atlasbaf, Zahra, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The array exhibits a 3-dB gain bandwidth of 28% and radiation efficiency of 43.8%. …”
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Aircraft noise, overheating and poor air quality in London primary schools' classrooms by Montazami, Azadeh

“…For such schools, it would be beneficial that the solar gain and internal gain are controlled and heavy thermal mass materials are used for their construction. …”
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Internal service quality in the Malaysian telecommunication industries by Mohd Yusoff , Ainan

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