Arguing about moral causation by Baysan, E

“…More specifically, the argument relies on the premise that only natural properties can play causal roles in the natural world, but based on the existing dialectic, the most likely way of defending that premise requires accepting claims about causation that generate difficulties for naturalists’ attempts to explain moral causation. …”

Towards an ethics of conceptual engineering by Crisp, R

“…Reaching agreement should be a key aim of conceptual engineers, and this is likely to be achieved most effectively by philosophers working together in research groups in close collaboration with other groups. …”

Contemporary Somali piracy : evaluating the effectiveness of counter-piracy measures by Tan, Cherlyn Shuyi.

“…Through literature reviews, a hypothesis was drawn up to test if ship owners will most likely adhere to the BMP due to its effectiveness and ability to overcome the limitations imposed by the international measures.…”
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The effect of China's weak institutional environment on the quality of Big 4 audits by Ke, Bin, Lennox, Clive S., Xin, Qingquan

“…We find that the Big 4 assign their less experienced partners to companies that are listed only in China compared with clients cross-listed in Hong Kong. The Big 4 are less likely to issue modified audit reports, and they charge lower audit fees for clients that are listed only in China. …”
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Nanonet as a scaffold with targeted functionalities by Zhao, Yanli, Grüner, George

“…The initial work on this novel materials platform will likely followed up by development efforts so that the fundamental value propositions associated with the scaffold can be fully exploited. …”
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Towards graphane applications in security: the electrochemical detection of trinitrotoluene in seawater on hydrogenated graphene by Seah, Tzu Hui, Poh, Hwee Ling, Chua, Chun Kiang, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…Graphene was found to display a higher sensitivity than hydrogenated graphene and could be an ideal material for the detection of TNT in seawater. This is likely due to the fact that graphene contains a larger amount of aromatic rings than hydrogenated graphene, enabling larger preconcentration. …”
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Does cultural similarity between CFOs and auditors impact audit quality? by Xiong, Xi

“…Using the exogenous change in cultural similarity as a result of normal CFO retirement, I show that the relationship between cultural similarity and audit quality is likely to be causal and unlikely driven by endogeneity. …”
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Laboratory and field measurement of dispersion curves using surface wave methods by Tan, Roy Guan Ming.

“…The use of active wave methods, such as the likes of Continuous Surface Wave and Spectral Analysis of Surface Wave, predominate the discussions of this project. …”
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Children’s influence on parental yielding on toys with respect to educational value and perceived price. by Li, Xian., Lee, Mildred Sook Han., Tan, Rachael Yan Hang.

“…In this research, results have shown that mothers are more likely to yield to toys that possess high educational value as compared to low educational value ones. …”
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Lie, cheat, and steal: how harmful brands motivate consumers to act unethically by Rotman, Jeff D., Khamitov, Mansur, Connors, Scott

“…That is, consumers are more likely to lie, cheat, or steal to punish a harmful brand. …”
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Surface plasmon enhanced thermal properties of noble metallic nanofluids by Lee, Kwang Hong, Low, Swee Ling, Lim, Geok Kieng, Wong, Chee Cheong

“…This mechanism of thermal enhancement is most likely attributable to the high surface area to volume ratio of the nanoparticles, and should be operative in other metallic nanoparticle suspensions as well.…”
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Improved NiSi salicide process using presilicide N2+ implant for MOSFETs by Wee, A. T. S., Chan, L., Mangelinck, D., Lee, Pooi See, Pey, Kin Leong, Ding, Jun

“…Phase transformation to the undesirable high resistivity NiSi2 phase was delayed, likely due to a change in the interfacial energy. …”
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Asia-Pacific university libraries on facebook : content analysis on posts and interactions by Somasundram, V., Seah, Frank Eng Kiat, Wong, Evelyn, Tan, Catherine, Sum, Hedren Wai Yuan

“…The majority (83%) of the interactions were expressed through post likes while the remaining were expressed through comments. …”
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Tournaments of financial analysts by Yin, Huifang, Zhang, Huai

“…Using data from 1991 to 2007, we find that interim losers are more likely to increase the boldness of their forecasts in the remainder of the tournament period than interim winners. …”
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Characterisation of decellularised oesophagus in tissue engineering by Chia, Evelyn Sheng Nan.

“…Results from the cyclic loading test mostly showed that the decellularised samples did not vary from the fresh samples insignificantly, which indicated that the composition of the extracellular matrix of the decellularised samples were likely to be preserved. The slight variation between the samples was the also found to be most likely caused by the difference in hydration level. …”
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Agriculture and citadel in the Bronze Age Aegean: the view from western Anatolia by Maltas, T

“…This scenario of independent households engaged in extensive farming systems is likely to have created the potential for sustained high wealth inequality within settlements. …”

Manual laterality, grip types and tool use styles of andaman long-tailed macaques. by Tan, Say Hoon.

“…Results suggest that macaques were able to display a myriad of hand grips and that lateralization in tool use is likely to have clear advantages.…”
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Perceptions of hip-hop dance. by Swee, Daren Jin Quan.

“…This was followed by a quantitative study in which the participants were given 5 sets of questions, assessing their perception of hip-hop, Singapore culture, U.S culture, their motivations behind dancing hip-hop, and the importance they attached to certain aspects of the dance. Hip-hop dance was likely to be perceived as similar to the Singapore culture as compared to the U.S culture. …”
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Mental accounting and its impact on outbound leisure traveler’s overspending Behavior. by Chu, Peng., Leng, Wei Yi., Song, Wanyi Celestine.

“…Lastly, outbound tourists who practise mental accounting are more likely to overspend as compared to those who do not.…”
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From captivity to courtship : the representation of romance in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Disney's beauty and the beast by Siti Aishah Kasman

“…The story of the captive heroine found in the likes of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela endures time and underwent a relatively similar re-telling in Disney’s 1991 animated film, Beauty and the Beast. …”
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