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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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. …”

Avoiding sovereign default contagion: A normative analysis by De Ferra, S, Mallucci, E

“…First, we look at cross-country bailouts. We find that whenever agents anticipate them, bailouts induce higher borrowings, and yet still enhance welfare. …”

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. …”

Response of geostationary communications satellite solid-state power amplifiers to high-energy electron fluence by Lohmeyer, Whitney, Carlton, Ashley, Wong, Frankie, Bodeau, Michael, Kennedy, Andrew, Cahoy, Kerri

“…Building on the work of Lohmeyer and Cahoy (2013), we find that anomalies occur at a rate higher than just by chance when the >2 MeV electron fluence accumulated over 14 and 21 days is elevated. …”
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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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Evaluating geospatial accuracy for equity analyses: a case study of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory by Gandy, CA, Kang, X, Ritsch, N, Armanios, DE

“…Phase 2 focuses on potential ways to correct locational mismatches. We find that a 30.5 m (100 ft) buffer and Thiessen polygons provide the greatest improvements in matching accuracy in the NBI record over point coordinates. …”

Deception POINT / by Brown, Dan, 1964- 274722 author

“…When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election.With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable - evidence of scientific trickery - a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy...…”

Exploratory study of school social work and counselling practices in Singapore secondary schools - implications for schools and practitioners by Lim, Adrian Peng Ann.

“…This exploratory study on School Social Work(SSW) and School Counselling(SC) Practices seeks to find out the various types and forms of services provided by social workers and counsellors in the Singapore's secondary schools. …”
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An investigation in China urban population distribution from 2000 to 2010 by Liu, Yanxiong

“…We also included the urban efficiency externalities factors and find that the majority of the urban population will move into only a few number of cities. …”
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Effects of quarantine in imperfect disease control by Yang, Jiongcheng

“…After that we do some analysis to the model and find the optimal control. In the first part, when considering the control strategies, we use SIR type model to understand the dynamics. …”
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Teaching and learning enabled by technology : design and development of active learning for small classes by Khor, Le Yi

“…This motivated the researcher to find ways to improve the video watching experience to better supplement the learning for students. …”
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Effects of peer pressure on endogenous goal setting and performance by Lim, Wee Meng, Chua, Shannen Qi Shan, Tan, Li Xuan

“…We have 2 main results. Firstly, we find that the effects of peer pressure on endogenous goals are significant in males. …”
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Statistical predictions of trading strategies in electronic markets by Cartea, Á, Cohen, SN, Graumans, R, Labyad, S, Sanchez Betancourt, L, van Veldhuijzen, L

“…The coefficients from the fitted models are used to cluster trading behaviour and we find that algorithms registered as Liquidity Providers exhibit the widest range of trading behaviour among dealing capacities. …”

Do behavioral drivers matter for healthcare decision-making during crises? A study of low-income women in El Salvador during the COVID-19 pandemic by Lara, Pedro B., Daga, Giuliana, Kossuth, Lajos, Boo, Florencia L.

“…However, we find these associations are less robust compared to the decisions they make for themselves. …”
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Coseismic and postseismic slip of the 2005 Mw8.6 Nias‐Simeulue earthquake : spatial overlap and localized viscoelastic flow by Qiu, Qiang, Feng, Lujia, Hermawan, Iwan, Hill, Emma M.

“…We thus run many synthetic tests and models with various setups to find features that consistently appear in all our models, which we consider as robust. …”
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The impact of repeated notifications and notification checking mode on investors' reactions to managers’ strategic positive title emphasis by Chen, Wei, Tan, Hun-Tong, Wang, Elaine Ying

“…Consistent with our expectations, we find that repetition not only dampens the negative content incongruency effect but also amplifies the positive title impression effect. …”
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Homeland engagement and host-society integration: A comparative study of new Chinese immigrants in the United States and Singapore by Zhou, Min, Liu, Hong

“…Finally, we find that homeland engagement generally benefits integration into host societies. …”
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