A study on the impact of chief executive officer / managing director's selection, succession and compensation on the firm's performance by Leow, Chu Meng, Lee, Woei Shiuan, Ng, Kai Woon

“…The study offers a model of these issues from a combined agency and organisational perspective. Five hypothesis formulated were tested using data from survey responses from 53 CEOs of the firms listed on SES mainboard and SESDAQ. …”
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Public-private partnership model for transport sector by Sreenath, Sreenivasan

“…For the present research, five alternatives were considered based on case studies to be evaluated under fourteen different criteria, whose values can be exact, stochastic and fuzzy. …”
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A study on business development strategies and tactics in the shipping industry to improve customer satisfaction (port sector) by Lau, Benedict Yew Fei

“…As Internet of Things (IoT) and Big data analytics are one of the top five evolving trends in the global maritime industry, it creates both new opportunities and additional uncertainties into the future of the industry. …”
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Dose response effect of carbohydrate mouth rinse on 10 km running time trial by Muhammad Saufy Abdul Karim

“…Methods: In this double-blinded, randomized, counterbalanced cross-over study, nine recreationally active and healthy men [mean age 23.78 (SD 1.39) years] completed three 10 km running sessions on the treadmill at a self-selected pace. Participants had a five minutes warm up, followed by a 30 seconds (s) mouth-rinse. …”
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An advanced firewall rules matching algorithm by Elvira, Febiani

“…The experiment in this project started with around two hundred and fifty rules, until more than six hundred forty-five thousand rules. The results proved at least four times faster than standard binary search obtained. …”
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Studies on the main group-based aromatic compounds : 1,4,2-Diazaborole and Germanium(0) species by Su, BoChao

“…In this thesis, a new family of aromatic five-membered B,N-heterocyclic rings, namely 1,4,2-diazaboroles, were introduced and fully characterized. …”
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Structure of the human telomere in Na+ solution : an antiparallel (2+2) G-quadruplex scaffold reveals additional diversity by Lim, Kah Wai, Ng, Veronica Chinn Min, Martin-Pintado, Nerea, Heddi, Brahim, Phan, Anh Tuan

“…Single-stranded DNA overhangs at the ends of human telomeric repeats are capable of adopting four-stranded G-quadruplex structures, which could serve as potential anticancer targets. Out of the five reported intramolecular human telomeric G-quadruplex structures, four were formed in the presence of K+ ions and only one in the presence of Na+ ions, leading often to a perception that this structural polymorphism occurs exclusively in the presence of K+ but not Na+. …”
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Social media-based civic engagement solutions for dengue prevention in Sri Lanka : results of receptivity assessment by Lwin, May O., Vijaykumar, Santosh, Foo, Schubert, Fernando, Owen Noel Newton, Lim, Gentatsu, Panchapakesan, Chitra, Wimalaratne, Prasad

“…The overall receptivity to the system was high with a score of >4.00 on a five-point scale. Participants belonging to younger, better educated and higher income groups reported significantly better perceptions of the efficaciousness of the system, were confident in their ability to use the system, and planned to use it in the future. …”
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A pilot study on peptidylarginine deiminases and protein deimination in animal cancers across vertebrate species by Inal, Jameel, Hristova, Mariya, Lange, Sigrun

“…PAD isozyme diversity differs throughout phylogeny in chordates, with five PAD isozymes in mammals, three in birds, and one in fish. …”
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Sign language detection and translation using Smart Glove by Maharjan, Sunila, Shrestha, Subeksha, Fernando, Sandra

“…The project's goals include designing and creating a smart glove prototype that has an MPU-6050 and five flex sensors. Intricate finger and hand movements, which are essential to sign language, are precisely captured by these sensors. …”
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Accelerating black objects and their holographic duals by Boido, A

“…</p> <p>We illustrate our findings with many examples throughout, including an explicit solution obtained in 5d STU gauged supergravity and uplifted on a five-sphere.…”

Development and implementation of a 3d-HDR brachytherapy program for cervical cancer in a sub-Saharan African centre by Joseph, A, Balogun, O, Adegboyega, B, Salako, O, Irabor, OC, Ajose, A, Adeneye, S, Alabi, A, Ohazurike, E, Ogamba, CF, Oladipo, A, Fagbemide, O, Habeebu, M, Puthoff, D, Onitilo, A, Ngwa, W, Nwachukwu, C

“…</p> <p><strong>RESULTS:&nbsp;</strong>The 3D-HDR brachytherapy program was successfully implemented, with five cases treated in the first 2 months despite challenges such as high equipment costs, expertise and proficiency needs, and source replacement delays. …”

Force transduction through the bacterial cell envelope by Williams-Jones, D

“…Further molecular insights were gleaned through <em>in vivo</em> crosslinking, where I probe the conformational rearrangements that occur within the TolQR motor in response to proton flux (chapter five). Additional modelling and bioinformatic data reveal the putative TolA binding site on the TolQR motor, and I demonstrate the biological relevance of a previously unknown interaction motif involved in TolA-TolR interactions and force transduction (chapter six). …”

A co-produced online cultural experience compared to a typical museum website for mental health in people aged 16–24: a proof-of-principle randomised controlled trial by Syed Sheriff, RJ, Vuorre, M, Riga, E, Przybylski, AK, Adams, H, Harmer, CJ, Geddes, JR

“…<p><strong>Results:</strong></p> Over the intervention phase (an aggregate score including all post-allocation timepoints to day-five) a group difference was apparent in favour of WoB for NA (WoB-Ash n=448, NA -0.158, p=0.010) but no differences were detected for PA or K10 and differences were not detected at week six. …”

The interrelation of EU law with inter se international agreements of the EU member states by Georgaki, K, Eleftheriadis, P

“…Chapter Four moves on to define the notion of ‘conflict’ between EU law and inter se agreements and provides the conceptual framework, within which it is to be grasped. Chapter Five explores the available conflict avoidance techniques, identifying two interrelated, yet distinct interpretative methods applicable to the context of this thesis: first, the principle of systemic integration, enshrined in Article 31(3)(c) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT); and second, the principle of a consistent-with-EU-law interpretation of inter se agreements, as a special application of the principle of harmonious interpretation applied in international law. …”

Emergency care knowledge, utilization, and barriers in Northern Tanzania: A community-based survey by Shayo, F, Zaccheus, GG, Sakita, F, Hernandes, TR, Vissoci, JRN, Gordee, A, Kuchibhatla, M, Kiremeji, M, Minja, L, Mmbaga, BT, Staton, CA, Keating, EM, Joiner, AP

“…The primary outcome was an inappropriate response to any of five hypothetical emergency conditions. Secondary outcomes were the incidence of household emergencies and delay in care access for those with emergency conditions. …”

Joyce's Blake: troubling idealism by Harder, M

“…Chapter Four examines intersections between Blake’s pursuit of sexual liberation and Joyce’s writing life, particularly in <em>Exiles</em>. Chapter Five turns to Joyce’s interest in Blake’s non-orthodox theology and W. …”

The Holy Roman Empire in conservative political thought by Reho, FO

“…It traces the formation, development, and influence of five distinct strands of conservative thought on the Empire: cosmopolitan, Romantic, national, Borussian and supranational conservatism. …”

Perception, justification, and identity: Kumārila’s theory of universals in the Ākṛtivāda chapter of the Ślokavārttika by Ye, AX

“…To achieve the first goal, I prepare a new edition of the <em>Ākṛtivāda</em> in Chapter 2 by using four published editions and five manuscripts, and then I provide an annotated translation of the <em>Ākṛtivāda</em> in Chapter 3. …”

Clinical sub-phenotypes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia by Swets, MC, Bakk, Z, Westgeest, AC, Berry, K, Cooper, G, Sim, W, Lee, RS, Gan, TY, Donlon, W, Besu, A, Heppenstall, E, Tysall, L, Dewar, S, de Boer, M, Fowler, VG, Dockrell, DH, Thwaites, GE, Pujol, M, Pallarès, N, Tebé, C, Carratalà, J, Szubert, A, Groeneveld, GH, Russell, CD

“…</p> <br> <p><Strong>Results:</strong> Included patients had predominantly methicillin-susceptible SAB (1366/1430,95.5%). We identified five distinct, reproducible clinical sub-phenotypes: (A) SAB associated with older age and comorbidity, (B) nosocomial intravenous catheter-associated SAB in younger people without comorbidity, (C) community-acquired metastatic SAB, (D) SAB associated with chronic kidney disease, and (E) SAB associated with injection drug use. …”