Arbitration, fairness and stability by Yair Zick

“…In other words, choosing a payo division that maximizes long-term social welfare will be agreeable for all players.…”
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Preliminary study on the preparation and characterization of novel organophilic membranes used for organic extraction by Xia, Yuan

“…These tests analyzed the membrane’s chemical robustness, long-term stability and effects of feed solution pH and hydrodynamic conditions on mass transfer rate. …”
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Thermal Conductivity Augmentation of Epoxy Injection Moulds for Cooling Time Reduction by Altaf, Khurram, Rani, Ahmad Majdi Abdul

“…Polymer injection moulds are generally manufactured with tool steels which give reliable functioning of moulds with long service life. Manufacturing of injection moulds in steel is a lengthy process due to the strength and hardness. …”
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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in a Polariton and Photon Laser by Ohadi, H., Kammann, E., Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Lagoudakis, K. G., Kavokin, A. V., Lagoudakis, P. G.

“…We report on the simultaneous observation of spontaneous symmetry breaking and long-range spatial coherence both in the strong- and the weak-coupling regime in a semiconductor microcavity. …”
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Electronic and magnetic properties of V-doped anatase TiO2 from first principles by Du, Xiaosong, Li, Qunxiang, Su, Haibin, Yang, Jinlong

“…Oxygen vacancy induced magnetic polaron could produce long-range ferromagnetic interaction between largely separated magnetic impurities. …”
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Slip along the San Andreas fault associated with the great 1857 earthquake by Sieh, Kerry

“…It is relatively uniform along each of several long segments, but changes rather abruptly in value between these segments. …”
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Negative density dependence promotes persistence of a globally rare yet locally abundant plant species Oenothera coloradensis by Stears, AE, Heidel, B, Paniw, M, Salguero-Gómez, R, Laughlin, DC

“…<p>Identifying the mechanisms underlying the persistence of rare species has long been a motivating question for ecologists. Classical theory implies that community dynamics should be driven by common species, and that natural selection should not allow small populations of rare species to persist. …”

Non-prescribed spaces, creativity and narrative formation: a systems-based examination of a community art group exploring food poverty by Wheeler, B

“…This article describes a year-long participatory arts project carried out as part of a community–university partnership in the South of England. …”

Feasibility of an undergraduate academic fellowship in global health system development by Pine, H, Mayoras, BR, Klapow, MC, Smith, NJ, Delaney, PG, Eisner, ZJ

“…Future development should expand fellowship concentrations to additional global health fields and assess the long-term impacts of the program.…”

Delay-and-pay: prolonging pharmaceutical patent protection without paying the ‘price’ by Foss-Solbrekk, K

“…<p>This thesis argues that actors use the patent system as part of a ‘delay-and-pay’ strategy to preserve drug prices for as long as possible by delaying generic/biosimilar market entry – and that they have a significant incentive to do so. …”

Temporal variability in host availability alters the outcome of competition between two parasitoid species by Wang, H, Liu, T, Sun, S, Lewis, OT, Xi, X

“…The outcome of this interspecific competition depended on host temporal variability, with&nbsp;<em>T. drosophilae</em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>P. vindemiae</em>&nbsp;dominating in short and long host exposure treatments, respectively.</li> <li>These results can be explained by the combination of host availability and egg load of female adult parasitoids. …”

Egg development, hatching, and larval development of Marble Goby Oxyeleotris marmoratus under artificial rearing conditions by Senoo, Shigeharu, Kaneko, Masaharu, Cheah, Sin Hock, Ang, Kok Jee

“…Newly ovulated eggs from a female of 255 g in body weight were measured 0.94 and 0.62mm in the long and short axes, and weighed 1,669.6 eggs/g. …”
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Rules and Regulations Review on Micro-takaful Scheme Development in Malaysia by Sofi, Mohd Fikri, Mohamed Naim, Asmadi, Isa, Mohamad Yazid, Maamor, Selamah, Ahmad, Shahrul Nizam, Shari, Wahidah, Muhamed, Nurul Aini

“…Although the features of the first micro-takaful are slightly different from the customary long-established takaful settings, the rules and regulations remain unchanged following the original guidelines of operating insurance and takaful. …”
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Rules and Regulations Review on Micro-takaful Scheme Development in Malaysia by Sofi, Mohd Fikri, Mohamed Naim, Asmadi, Isa, Mohamad Yazid, Maamor, Selamah, Ahmad, Shahrul Nizam, Shari, Wahidah, Muhamed, Nurul Aini

“…Although the features of the first micro-takaful are slightly different from the customary long-established takaful settings, the rules and regulations remain unchanged following the original guidelines of operating insurance and takaful. …”
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The Effect of National Debt on Private Investment (S/O 14327) by Hassan, Sallahuddin

“…The specific objectives are to investigate the asymmetric effects of national debt on private investment; analyse the long-run effect of national debt on private investment; and evaluate the short-run effect of national debt on private investment. …”
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Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…There are six long-lived fission products (LLFPs) identified in nuclear spent fuel, which account for at least 99% of the long-term radiotoxicity once actinide recycling is completed. …”
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Essays on the dynamics of the U.S. real exchange rate by Li, Yingzhu

“…Subsequent structural form analysis shows that only relative productivity shock has a significant long-run impact on the U.S. real exchange rate. Forecast error variance decomposition also shows that while transitory shocks and relative fiscal policy shock account for more than two thirds of short-run movements in the U.S. real exchange rate, relative productivity shock dominates its long-run fluctuations. …”
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Quantifying the energy consumption of the water use cycle by Cardenes Trujillo, I

“…Secondly, it incorporates detailed energy costs into short and long-term water resources management and planning. …”

An effort for disabled youths : the conceptualisation and execution of an integrated marketing communications campaign. by Hwee, Iidrem Jolene., Lee, Magdalene Hui Peng., Ng, Daen Ho Kwang., Teo, Daniel Min Hsin.

“…It is a month-long awareness campaign by 4titude Productions to convey one key message about the disabled - 'same dreams, different expressions".…”
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Strain relaxation in SiGe/Si heteroepitaxy by Wong, Lydia Helena

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