Rojak state by Veera, Sherilyn Shaan

“…It focuses on the idea that everyone has a tint of mixed in their own unique way and aims to move beyond race or boundaries in order to find common ground with both mixed and non-mixed people. …”
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Discrete event simulation and optimization for DOS in a public hospital by Chen, Zitong

“…By using this model, we simulated data and applied a greedy algorithm to find the optimal bed allocation which maximize utilization of resources in the public hospital. …”
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Discrete biquintic spline method for Fredholm integral equations of the second kind by Chen, Fengmin, Wong, Patricia Jia Yiing

“…To find approximate solutions of Fredholm integral equations, we degenerate the kernels by discrete biquintic splines. …”
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Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality by Alexander, James

“…The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in. The book tracks how authorities have transitioned from an enforcement led to a public health approachh to tacking violence. …”
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Mothers’ social networks and socioeconomic gradients of isolation by Andrew, AR, Attanasio, O, Augsburg, B, Behrman, J, Day, M, Jervis, P, Meghir, C, Phimister, A

“…We track 2,170 mothers’ networks over four years and find a high degree of isolation. Wealthier women and women from more-advantaged castes and tribes have smaller networks than their less-advantaged peers, primarily because they know fewer women within their own socioeconomic group. …”

Herding in equity crowdfunding by Åstebro, T, Fernández, M, Lovo, S, Vulkan, N

“…We test predictions using data from a leading European equity crowdfunding platform and find support. Results are consistent with rational information aggregation. …”

Misconduct by voters' own representatives does not affect voters' generalized political trust by Kelly, E, Tilley, J

“…Yet, using a multilevel analysis of survey and representative implication data, we find no evidence for these effects. This is despite voters being aware of their MP's scandal implication, and this awareness affecting voters' support for their own MP. …”

Moment conditions for dynamic panel logit models with fixed effects by Honoré, BE, Weidner, M

“…Our approach is closely related to the numerical "functional differencing" construction in Bonhomme (2012), but our emphasis is to find explicit analytic expressions for the moment functions. …”

Digest: islands promote population differentiation in dispersive swallows by Estandía, A, Merino Recalde, N

“…Broyles and Myers sequence the genomes of almost 150 individuals from the island-dwelling Pacific swallow (<i>Hirundo tahitica</i>) and its continental counterpart, the welcome swallow (<i>H. neoxena</i>). They find strong population structure only among island populations and attribute this to a behavioral reduction in dispersal propensity following island colonization. …”

Why the rule of law? A historical perspective by Pirie, F

“…Around the world, systems of accountability are weak and dictators find ways to avoid the constraints of both national and international laws. …”

Perception and salience of social security contribution incentives: evidence from voluntary contributions by Iraizoz, A

“…Using quasi-experimental variations from three pension reforms, I find that most self-employed workers fail to take advantage of the extraordinary contribution incentives available in Spain, and often make suboptimal contribution choices. …”

The uniqueness trap by Flyvbjerg, B, Budzier, A, Christodoulou, MD, Zottoli, M

“…<br> The cure is to always assume that someone, somewhere has undertaken a project like yours. If you can’t find an analogue, break your project into components, which may prove comparable with other projects. …”

Dissecting the sinews of power: international trade and the rise of Britain’s fiscal-military state, 1689-1823 by Dal Bó, E, Hutkova, K, Leucht, L, Yuchman, N

“…We construct new historical revenue series disaggregating excise revenues from traded and domestic goods. We find substantial growth in revenue from traded goods, accounting for over half of indirect taxation around 1800. …”

The cost of mass gatherings during a pandemic by Phalippou, L, Zhang, D

“…We exploit variation in rainfall during the protest period as an exogenous source of variation in attendance. We find that good weather coincides with both more people protesting and more subsequent COVID-19 cases and deaths. …”

Measuring Outsourcing Performance of Malaysian Economic Transformation Program by Hassan, Mohamad Ghozali, Abdullah, Rohani, Razalli, Mohd. Rizal

“…The focus of this research is to find out the strategic relationship among the environmental dynamism, outsourcing success, and the performance of the relationship. …”
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Cold-formed light gauge steel for rapid deployable shelters by Wu, Hongjun.

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Use of bamboo in construction by Quek, Ming Hui.

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Cell-based assays in flowing and sessile drops by Prastowo, A

“…Fluids and surfactants were screened to find a biocompatible combination for this method. …”

Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…In some cases, these two types of colophons are melded into one, and occasionally, we may find a colophon which contains other types of information. …”

Taylor Swift : In Her Own Words / by Swift, Taylor, 1989-, author 656019, Hunt, Helena, editor 656018, Agate (Online service) 656009

“…Now, for the first time, you can find her most inspirational, thought-provoking quotes in one place.…”
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