Incidence and mortality rates of 14 site-specific infectious diseases in 10 diverse areas of China: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank, 2006-2018 by Huang, R, Kartsonaki, C, Turnbull, I, Pei, P, Chen, Y, Liu, J, Du, H, Sun, D, Yang, L, Barnard, M, Lv, J, Yu, C, Chen, J, Li, L, Chen, Z, Bragg, F

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> From 2004 to 2008, the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank enrolled 512,726 adults aged 30-79 years from 10 diverse areas (5 rural, 5 urban) of China. …”

Active Vorticity Control in a Shear Flow Using a Flapping Foil by Gopalkrishnan, R., Triantafyllou, M.S., Triantafyllou, G.S., Barrett, D.S.

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Effects of coarse-grained material on hydraulic properties and shear strength of top soil by Rahardjo, Harianto, Indrawan, I. Gde Budi, Leong, Eng Choon, Yong, W. K.

“…Sidewalk failures associated with top soil of low shear strength are a common problem in urban areas. …”
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Shear behaviour of steel members and beam-to-column joints under elevated temperatures by Qian, Zhenhai

“…In this study, the beam web shear component of a joint has first been simplified into an equivalent girder web panel subjected to shear force. …”
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The effects of shear deformation in non-rectangular steel reinforced concrete structural walls by Luo, Da, Zhang, Zhongwen, Li, Bing

“…Methods for calculating the portion of shear deformation and shear lag effect in design are proposed based on a truss analogy. …”
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Shear Capacity of RC Beam with Opening Strengthened Using CFRP Sheet and Plate by Fai, Moi Kin, Ali, Noorwirdawati

“…This study aims to compare the maximal shear capacity of each CFRP configuration to that of conventional beams and evaluate the deflection profiles, failure modes, strain distribution, and crack patterns under shear loads. …”
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When Do Investors Freak Out? Machine Learning Predictions of Panic Selling by Elkind, Daniel, Kaminski, Kathryn, Lo, Andrew W., Siah, Kien Wei, Wong, Chi Heem

“…We find that a disproportionate number of households make panic sales when there are sharp market downturns, a phenomenon we call ‘freaking out.’ …”
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#let’s-discuss: Analyzing Students’ Use of Emoji when Interacting with Course Readings by Blobstein, Ariel, Facciotti, Marc T., Igo, Michele, Karger, David, Ravi, Prerna, Sripathi, Kamali, Gal, Kobi

“…This paper studies how students use instructor-selected emoji when relating to and engaging with educational content. …”
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Aesthetic innovation and radical nostalgia in Kazuo Ishiguro's when we were orphans by Chew, Sim Wai, Murphy, Neil

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When three’s (good) company : third-party friendships on cooperation across departments by Wong, Sze-Sze, Boh, Wai Fong, Wu, Anne

“…Based on the logic of dependence from interdependence theory, we show that providers are more cooperative to recipients when third-party friends have more organizational knowledge to offer socio-emotional support to providers, but this effect is reduced when providers themselves have more organizational knowledge. …”
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Effects of accuracy of incentive weights when rewarding non-financial value drivers. by Khim, Kelly.

“…These results suggest that continuing to reward a summary financial measure may prevent performance decline when the relative incentive weights on non-financial value drivers are inaccurate. …”
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When role conflict leads to greater job satisfaction: encouraging employee participation. by Tan, Chiu Ling.

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Facing China's rise : the emerging US-Vietnam partnership in the South China Sea. by Zou, Yu.

“…The thesis maintains that the Washington-Hanoi partnership emerges because they have overlapping strategic interests in balancing against China. Although China is developing peacefully, the US and Vietnam perceive China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea as a threat to their national interests. …”
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The impact of foreign direct investment on the economy of the people's republic of China : a macroeconomic model by Lim, Harold Chee Kian, See Toh, Wai Meng, Hu, Koon Phei

“…The econometric study is purely empirical in nature and thus throws new light on the various channels through which FDI influences five macroeconomic variables: economic growth, exports, imports, national saving and domestic investment. For the case of China, FDI appears to have a positive effect on economic growth, exports and imports, negative effect on national savings and no significant effect on domestic investment. …”
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The effectiveness of eugenia oleina in protecting tropical residual slope from excessive shear failure by Youventharan, D., Rokiah, Othman, Mohd Arif, Sulaiman, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah, Siti Noor Linda, Taib, Irfan Hakimie, Mohd Rodzif, Kuraisha, Kambali

“…Laboratory tests were conducted to measure soil shear strength, root properties, and the factor of safety (FOS) of tropical slopes before and after plant root implementation. …”
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Convergence of factor returns in China. by Cheong, Lai Fern.

“…This project estimates 4 series, the marginal returns and average returns to labour and capital of 27 provinces in China. Marginal returns are estimated using a translog production function,whereas average returns uses observed data. …”
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Effect of base columns arrangement to lateral displacement and shear lag of modified diagrid structures / by Fatin Izzaidah Anuar, 1991-, author 595269, Roslida Abd. Samat, supervisor 613915, Sariffuddin Sa'ad, supervisor 644487, Fakulti Kejuruteraan. Sekolah Kejuruteraan Awam 619085

Effect of base column length to the lateral displacement and shear lag of modified diagrid structures / by Chua, Fong Teng, 1991-,author 594696, Roslida Abd. Samat 613915, Sariffuddin Sa'ad 644487, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam 8022

Effect of base column length to the lateral displacement and shear lag of modified diagrid structures / by Chua, Fong Teng, 1991-,author 594696

Relationship between pore-size distribution and shear strength of compacted sand-kaolin mixtures by Fu, Weiqi.

“…Determination of pore size distribution of sand-kaolin relationship with shear strength is the main objective of the study. …”
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