Why do Chinese firms go public abroad and how do they perform? by Yuan, Mengying

“…Next, we compare the performance of listed firms in the Hong Kong, United States, and A-share markets based on statistical analysis. The main finding is that overseas-listed companies do not perform better than A-share listed firms, but they are more likely to conduct M&A activities, financial investments, and bond issuance in currencies other than RMB. …”
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A type of novel energy harvesting device by Deng, J

“…Dozens of different types of vibration energy scavenging devices have been developed, which are mainly consisted of mechanical systems coupled with transduction mechanisms. …”

A Singapore perspective : impact of disclosure and board independence on firm performance. by Chua, Zi Qin., Low, Jason Wei Jie., Yee, Derrick Hock Huat.

“…Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that firms are rewarded with an increase in Tobin’s Q upon greater disclosure of board independence as recommended by the Code. …”
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Carlibration parameters of social force model (SFM) for customized personal mobility devices (PMD) by Yuan, Liqiang

“…After getting the parameters of SFM for different PMDs, simulation can be done to find out the correlation between PMD speed and lateral distance for PMD rider when encountering a pedestrian. …”
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Profiling customers against characteristics of corporate responses to complaints. by Lim, Shing Yee., Tay, Julynn Chu Ling., Wu, Dominique Jiali.

“…This research attempts to draw a link between these two areas of study and find relationships between a number of variables and some aspects of corporate responses. …”
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Chasing the city that cannot stop: Exploring transportation and urban co-development in São Paulo’s history by Borges Costa, Adriano, Zegras, P Christopher, Biderman, Ciro

“…Over the entire 130 years, we find that urban expansion and road development pushed and pulled each other, in a somewhat “orderly” way. …”
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Atmospheric characterization of cold exoplanets using a 1.5-m coronagraphic space telescope by Maire, Anne-Lise, Galicher, Raphael, Boccaletti, Anthony, Baudoz, Pierre, Schneider, Jean, Stam, Daphne, Cahoy, Kerri, Traub, Wes

“…We also define a criterion on the signal-to-noise ratio of the measured spectrum to determine under which conditions SPICES can retrieve planetary physical properties. Results. We find that the characterization of the main planetary properties (identification of molecules, effect of metallicity, presence of clouds and type of surfaces) would require a median signal-to-noise ratio of at least 30. …”
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Interventions for improving patients’ trust in doctors and groups of doctors by Rolfe, Alix, Cash-Gibson, Lucinda, Car, Josip, Sheikh, Aziz, McKinstry, Brian

“…We synthesised data narratively. Main results: We included 10 randomised controlled trials (including 7 new trials) involving 11,063 patients. …”
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Retirement instruments and their distribution channels. by Ong, Cheow Chong., Poh, Choon Kiat., Ong, Joo Liang.

“…More has to be done to help people plan for retirement. First, we hope to find out about the relationship between demographics and instruments used by them. …”
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A parent-friendly Android application by Cao, Yuxuan

“…This application has 3 main functions, one is to help ease parents’ burden in finding suitable tutor by linking them with tutors. …”
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Multipoint sensing for energy efficient operation in buildings by Zhang, Han Wen

“…The first experiment is to find the effect of the multipoint sensing system due to the moving heat source. …”
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Analysis of underground excavation in rocks by Tang, Zhu Min

“…The purpose is to find out the factors which affect the instability and displacements of the underground excavations. …”
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Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics investigation on two interacting cracks by Lee, Jonathon Zhao Feng

“…The second step is to find the relationship between crack, inclusion and dislocation whereby the CTOD of the crack will also be affected by an additional dislocation. …”
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Governing in the face of a global crisis: when do voters punish and reward incumbent governments? by Duch, RM, Loewen, P, Robinson, TS, Zakharov, A

“…Using machine learning techniques, we find only muted heterogeneity in the magnitude and distribution of these treatment effects. …”

A mean field game between informed traders and a broker by Bergault, P, Sánchez-Betancourt, L

“…<p>We find the solution to the stochastic game between a broker and a mean-field of informed traders. …”

Essays on merchant-generated contents and merchant-to-merchant spillovers in e-commerce platform by Zhang, Xueli

“…Retailers have incentives to exaggerate their product quality to attract more consumers, but with the option of returns, retailers should reconsider it, since consumers might return the product if they find the real product quality is lower than the retailer-displayed quality. …”
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Advanced control of wind power systems by Dang, Dinh Quy

“…The cost function with constraints is then minimized in every sampling time to find optimal control input updates to the plant. …”
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The influence of Ti doping on morphology and photoelectrochemical properties of hematite grown from aqueous solution for water splitting by Zhao, Xin, Feng, Jianyong, Wang, Ning, Yao, Xin, Chen, Wei, Chen, Shi, Huang, Zhaohong, Chen, Zhong

“…Herein, we have investigated the influence of Ti doping on the morphology change and find that insufficient precursor concentration is the main reason for the morphology deviation from the optimized nanorod structure. …”
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NTU Q-Count: smart spaces, informed choices by Sri Ganesh Babu Sri Vaishnavi

“…Moreover, it allows prospective NTU students and hall residents to find detailed information about each study space, such as its location, opening hours and restrictions, and navigate to the chosen locations through the Google Maps feature. …”
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Localization using LEO satellites by Xia, Yingyu

“…Three main methods were tried out, their merits, their shortcomings discussed. …”
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