Macroeconomic and Firm-Specific Effects on Islamic Deposits Sustainability by Ab Rahman, Sazana, Ahmad, Nor Hayati, Che Arshad, Noraziah

“…Then, the panel data regression analysis continues with the Least Square Dummy Variable (LSDV), which includes the control variable to test the presence of the firm-specific effects. …”
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Unexpected anthropogenic emission decreases explain recent atmospheric mercury concentration declines by Feinberg, Aryeh, Selin, Noelle E., Braban, Christine F., Chang, Kai-Lan, Custódio, Danilo, Jaffe, Daniel A., Kyllönen, Katriina, Landis, Matthew S., Leeson, Sarah R., Luke, Winston, Molepo, Koketso M., Murovec, Marijana, Nerentorp Mastromonaco, Michelle G., Aspmo Pfaffhuber, Katrine, Rüdiger, Julian, Sheu, Guey-Rong, St. Louis, Vincent L.

“…In contrast to existing emission inventories, our modeling analysis suggests that annual NH anthropogenic emissions must have declined by at least 140 Mg between the years 2005 and 2020 to be consistent with observed trends. …”
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Lóngyóu tones and tone sandhi by Chen, Sherry Yong, Kenstowicz, Michael J.

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How many online workers are there in the world? A data-driven assessment by Kässi, O, Lehdonvirta, V, Stephany, F

“…Approximately 19 million of them have obtained work through the platform at least once, and 5 million have completed at least 10 projects or earned at least $1000. …”

The first person pronoun in archaic Chinese, with a note on duplex characters by Benedict, Paul K.

“…The widely represented *nga, from Chepang, Chang (Northern Naga), and Trung (Nungish) on the north(/west) and Tujia (west-central China) on the east to Burmese-Lolo on the south(/east), as our "mouse," is at times firmly in the paws of our TM "cat": Waling (Kiranti) angka < *-nga-ga '1 p. prn.' …”
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UNCLOS and its Limitations as the Foundation for a Regional Maritime Security Regime by Sam, Bateman

“…The paper concludes that uncertainty in the law of the sea is likely to grow and that State practice in East Asia, under the influence of domestic politics and regional tensions, may well continue to diverge from more traditional views of the law. …”
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A Descriptive Analysis of Housing Affordability in Malaysia by Musaddad, Hafirda Akma, Maamor, Selamah, Zainol, Zairy

“…Therefore, this paper tends to discuss the descriptive analysis of housing affordability containing several variables (House Price, Household Income, Household Expenses, Land Cost, Population, Inflation, Interest rate and Rental Rate) used in this study for the sample of East Coast Region (Kelantan, Terengganu, and Pahang),Central Region (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Negeri Sembilan), Southern Region (Melaka and Johor), Northern Region (Perlis, Kedah, Penang and Perak), and also East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak).…”
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Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…Logistics has been regarded as a key determinant to business performance over the past 50 years. However, the increase in environmental concerns over pollution, climate change, congestion, waste disposal, and resource depletion among others have triggered an increased attention from the government and society. …”
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Use of bamboo in construction by Quek, Ming Hui.

“…For the past 45 years, the world population has increase drastically from 1.90 billion in 1955 to 62 billion in 2000. …”
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Pumice cone eruptions at Aluto volcano, Ethiopia by Clarke, Ben, Calder, Eliza S., Fontijn, Karen, Desalegn, Firawalin, Tierz, Pablo, Yirgu, Gezahegn

“…Alongside recent evaluation of distal tephras, we suggest that these eruptions, at least at Aluto, vary in intensity and magnitude from violent-Strombolian to sub-Plinian, and each follow a remarkably similar sequence of eruptive processes.…”
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Design of slender concrete column using chinese design code GB50010-2010 by Chen, Qiaofen

“…Total of 150 columns which were tested by other researchers in the past have been selected for the analysis. Their eccentricity to depth ratios e/h range from 0 to 0.75, length to depth ratios L/h range from 14.697 to 50, percentages of reinforcements As/(bh) range from 0.8884% to 5.24%, actual concrete strengths fcu range from 16.7MPa to 106.7MPa, and actual yield strengths of steels fy range from 206MPa to 625MPa. …”
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Design of slender reinforced concrete column using Indian design code and Chinese design code (dual project) by Tan, Xesman Zhong Hong

“…This writer has selected 152 columns that were experimented by past researchers. In this report, all 152 columns will be evaluated in four different aspects, factored and unfactored with IS 456: 2000 and factored and unfactored with BS EN 1992. …”
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Econometric analyses of liquefied petroleum gas and product tanker shipping markets by Bai, Xiwen

“…This research starts with a review of past work on tramp shipping freight market modeling, identifying the major trends and methods in each topic. …”
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Multi-linear regression models for traffic prediction in large-scale networks by Zhao, XinYue

“…Various methods have been practice in the traffic forecasting study and some algorithms that used in other fields like In this paper we apply 3 multi-linear regression models on the speed data collected from 266 road segments in Singapore, which are Partial Least Square, High-Order Partial Least Square and N-way Partial Least Square model. …”
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The impacts of new shipping routes/ passages : a study on the impact of the expansion of the Panama Canal on various shipping sectors by Ong, Randolph Jian Jie

“…As container carriers seek to deploy larger vessels to lower slot costs, there has been no tangible increase in volume experienced on the US East Coast ports. Freight rates for shipments from Asia to East Coast has also became costlier than the West Coast. …”
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The militarisation of central Asia – a new great game? by Pardesi, Manjeet S

“…Captain Arthur Connolly of the British East India Company coined the phrase, ‘The Great Game’, in mid-1800s, to describe the contest for supremacy between Czarist Russia and Victorian England in Central Asia. …”
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Temporal Telepresence: Immersive Interfaces for TeleAbsence by Pillis, D.

“…To store the past in a simulation may enable greater understanding of ourselves, our stories, and our histories. …”
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Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…The reference forecast is our estimate of the most likely fertility future given the model, past fertility, forecasts of covariates, and historical relationships between covariates and fertility. …”

Global Human Resource Development : Regional and Country Perspectives / by Garavan, Thomas N., editor 517539, McCarthy, Alma, editor 655105, Morley, Michael, editor 312792

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Evidence-based roadmap for geoheritage conservation in southeast Arabia: Inventory, evaluations, and communicating geocultural connections by Sayama, K

“…<p>Geoheritage, encompassing significant abiotic features and processes that shape our planet, plays a vital role in understanding planetary history, supporting biodiversity, and explaining historic and prehistoric relationships between humans and nature. Over the past 30 years, the need for protecting geoheritage sites has become increasingly recognised, especially in Europe and East Asia, epitomised by the establishment of international frameworks such as the UNESCO Global Geoparks in 2015. …”