Taking Flight: FROM WAR ORPHAN TO STAR BALLERINA/ by Deprince, Michaela, author 656399, Deprince, Elaine, author 656400

“…But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. …”

Predicting
mergers
and
acquisitions
: a study of Tobin's Q. by Chong, Hui Shan., Lim, Jian Liang., Tan, Keng Tiong.

“…This paper attempts to document the relations between takeover probability and a comprehensive set of takeover determinants, with an emphasis on Tobin’s Q. We find firms characterized by low Q ratios are more likely to be the targets of takeovers. …”
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Financial reporting quality and audit firms’ past experiences of litigation by Li, Bing

“…In addition, I find an improvement in financial reporting quality subsequent to Big 4 auditors’ recent litigation experiences when the analysis is conducted at the audit office level. …”
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Study of chemical vapor deposited carbon nanotubes as electrical interconnect by Ng, Chou Shing

“…Last but not least, a comparison study is done to find out the differences in properties of the carbon nanotubes grown on the two thin films.…”
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Breaking invisible barriers: does fast internet improve access to input markets? by Demir, B, Javorcik, B, Panigrahi, P

“…Using the expansion of fiber-optic networks and firm-to-firm transaction data, we find that better connectivity shifts input sourcing to well-connected regions and diversifies supplier networks. …”

House price expectations and inflation expectations: evidence from survey data by Dhamija, V, Nunes, R, Tara, R

“…Housing is a closely monitored and prominent sector for households. We find that households tend to overweight house price expectations when forming inflation expectations with a coefficient of 25–45 percent, significantly above the weight of house prices in the inflation index. …”

Technology index : a millennium perspective. by Chan, Kai Wai., Lee, Tuck Weng., Ng, Bee Hoong.

“…To investigate whether technology stocks in general is still a sound investment. Five fundamentally sound technology companies for a more in-depth analysis.…”
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Outward Japanese manufacturing foreign direct investment in Asia : from an industry-level perspective by Loo, Betsy, Ang, Chien Hwee

“…To investigate empirically the main factors driving Japanese Foreign Direct Investment to Asia using panel data set on five manufacturing industries for the years 1989-1999.…”
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Security and safety in hotels by Koh Siew Ying Eileen, Tan SOk Lang, Tan Wei Miin Eveleen

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Effectiveness of PowerPoint : a case study approach. by Heng, Jasmine Siok Hui., Ong, Zhongren., Su, Yuxiong.

“…This paper examines five in-depth case studies of business enterprises in Singapore from key industries, one of which is the national recruitment agency of the Ministry of Defence, and looks at the value of PowerPoint as a business communication medium to them.…”
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Analysis on Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm and algorithms for solving the discrete logarithm problem by Loo, Jia Ein

“…The DLP is defined as: given a group Fp, a generator g of the group and an element k of p, find the discrete logarithm to the base g of k in the group p. …”
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Driving Miss Norma : AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS AT THE END OF LIFE / by Bauerschmidt, Tim, author 655967, Liddle,Ramie, author 655968

“…But instead of confining herself to a hospital bed for what could be her last stay, Miss Norma - newly widowed after nearly seven decades of marriage - rose to her full height of five feet and told the doctor, "I'm ninety years old. …”

Sense of familiarity : improving older adults' adaptation to exergames by Zhang, Hao

“…To evaluate the familiarity level of exergames, we propose a novel familiarity model with five factors, namely prior experience, positive emotion, repeated time, level of processing, and retention rate. …”
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Development of high performance Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for wireless ad-hoc network by Phang, Jian Kai.

“…Several surveys are done on various MAC protocols and five of them with high throughput enhancement are focused in this report. …”
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The Japanese economy in crises : a time series segmentation study by Cheong, Siew Ann, Fornia, Robert Paulo, Lee, Gladys Hui Ting, Kok, Jun Liang, Yim, Woei Shyr, Xu, Danny Yuan, Zhang, Yiting

“…We constructed the minimum spanning trees (MSTs) to visualize the Pearson cross correlations between Japanese industries over five macroeconomic periods: (i) 1997–1999 (Asian Financial Crisis), (ii) 2000–2002 (Technology Bubble Crisis), (iii) 2003–2006 (economic growth), (iv) 2007–2008 (Subprime Crisis), and (v) 2008–2010 (Lehman Brothers Crisis). …”
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Spouse and partner immigration to the United Kingdom: history and current issues in British immigration policy by Hutton, J

“…The effect of laws and policies in the above five countries on same-sex and queer couples is also examined;</li> <li>Explain how the fact that marriage has become a political and a security issue derails or reinforces the theorization of rights and citizenship in Western liberal democracies.…”

A menu of standards for green infrastructure in England: effective and equitable or a race to the bottom? by Grace, M, Smith, A, Mell, I, Houghton, J, Neal, P

“…We show how existing standards and guidelines were curated into a comprehensive framework consisting of a Core Menu and five Headline Standards. This moved beyond simplistic metrics such as total green space, to deliver GI that meets five key ‘descriptive principles’: accessible, connected, locally distinctive, multi-functional and varied, and thus delivers 5 ‘benefits principles’: places that are nature rich and beautiful, active and healthy, thriving and prosperous, resilient and climate positive, and with improved water management. …”

Stability analysis of dual solutions for boundary layer stagnation point flow over a shrinking sheet with suction by Ismail, Nurul Syuhada

“…This thesis studies some problems in stagnation point region by considering five problem in different situation. The five problems considered are stagnation point flow over exponentially shrinking sheet, stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet in homogeneoues heterogeneous reactions, MHD stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet, MHD stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet in nanofluid and unsteady MHD stagnation point flow over shrinking sheet. …”
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Risk perception and attitude of Singaporeans : online shopping in Singapore by Er, Mildred Mei Le, Wan, Shu Ting, Wong, Tai Yee

“…There has been an increase in the number of online purchases made by Singaporeans as compared to the past decade despite the increasing number of various risks involved. This paper aims to find the perceived risks and risk attitudes of Singaporeans by looking into their attitudes and behaviors towards online shopping. …”
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Formulation, optimization and characterization of palm kernel oil esters nanoemulsion system containing sodium diclofenac by Rezaee, Malahat

“…Opt.F and F-2 had the higher percentage of drug release. Five different terpenes based on the different chemical structure in five different concentrations were chosen as enhancer in Opt.F. …”
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