Does Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? A Reexamination of the Effect of Fitch’s Market Share on Credit Ratings in the Corporate Bond Market by Bae, Kee-Hong, Kang, Jun-Koo, Wang, Jin

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Hedging interest rate risk using simple, covariance-adjusted and volatility-adjusted immunization strategies : Japanese government bonds : April 1989 to December 2000 by Lim, Ming Siang, Wee, Hans Hang Leong, Poh, Leong Poh

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The impacts of US Fed interest rate liftoff on Southwest Asia stock markets, sovereign bond and currencies by Ooi, Teik Khim

“…This paper aims to examine the impact of US interest rate lift-off on the performance of ASEAN equities, currencies and sovereign bond during that period. …”
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Kababayan : faces of Filipinas in Singapore. by Kong, Yen Lin., Ling, Nuria Xinyi.

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Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…Chapter 1 studies the impact of credit rating changes on corporate bond returns. This study uses a large dataset of corporate bond transactions from the TRACE database for the US corporate bond market, combined with credit rating changes from Fitch, Moody's and Standard and Poor's (S&P), to analyse over 22,000 bonds, coupled with approximately 28,400 rating events over nearly six years. …”

Development of the bond markets in Singapore and Malaysia. by Chan, Wei Lun.

“…The study also explores avenues for increasing the demand for corporate bonds such as increasing provident fund investments in bonds; changes to the commission rate structure for bond trading, and reduction or abolition of tax for interest received and stamp duty transferances. …”
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Social bonds and community support are vital to prison reform by Newson, M, Whitehouse, H

“…This research highlights the importance of fostering positive group bonds and community support to enhance reintegration efforts and reduce reoffending rates.…”

Social bonding among children in joint physically active play by Jefferies, M

“…PA levels were also measured indirectly via heart rate monitors (HRM). We found that observed-PA was associated with frequency of smiling/laughing between pairs. …”

Investigating rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation and carbon-carbon bond activation by Coxon, T

“…The second area explores new carbon-carbon bond activation methodologies.<p> <p>Chapter 1 presents a literature review of the historical development of rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation, with a focus on chelating groups that can currently be used to suppress decarbonylation. …”

Hydrogen-bond memory and water-skin supersolidity resolving the Mpemba paradox by Zhang, Xi, Huang, Yongli, Ma, Zengsheng, Zhou, Yichun, Zhou, Ji, Zheng, Weitao, Jiang, Qing, Sun, Changqing

“…Analysis of experimental database reveals that the hydrogen bond (O:H–O) possesses memory to emit energy at a rate depending on its initial storage. …”
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Flip chip joint-in-via architecture on flexible substrates with Au-Sn interdiffusion bonding by Lee, Teck Kheng

“…A new joint-in-via architecture has been developed with an instantaneous fluxless bonding know as SLICF (solid-liquid interdiffusion bonding by compressive force) for fine pitch microelectronic packaging. …”
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The role of free volume, hydrogen bonding, and crosslinks on physical aging in polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) by Joo, Taigyu, Rodriguez, Katherine Mizrahi, Lee, Hyunhee, Acharya, Durga, Doherty, Cara M., Smith, Zachary P.

“…The results suggest that higher initial fractional free volume is the primary factor contributing to higher rates of physical aging and that the introduction of hydrogen bonds and crosslinks reduces the initial free volume of PIM-1. …”
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Debonding-on-demand Fe₃O₄-epoxy adhesively bonded dissimilar joints via electromagnetic induction heating by Caglar, Hasan, Aksoy, Y. Altay, Idapalapati, Sridhar, Caglar, Baris, Sharma, Mohit, Chian, Kerm Sin

“…Ti-6Al-4 V adherends were bonded with CFRP or GFRP adherends using neat/modified epoxy adhesive. …”
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A soccer-based intervention improves incarcerated individuals’ behaviour and public acceptance through group bonding by Newson, M, Peitz, L, Cunliffe, J, Whitehouse, H

“…As incarceration rates rise globally, the need to reduce re-offending grows increasingly urgent. …”

σ-Bonded organochromium(III) complexes. 3. decomposition in acid solution of chromium(III) complexes containing pyridylmethyl and polydentate amine ligands by Crouse, Karen, Goh, Lai-Yoong

“…The aquation rates were compared with those of inorganic chromium complexes containing similar amine ligands. …”

The third imperative: framework for the relational values of nature by Tan, Rebecca Si En

“…Current work on the values of nature tends to focus on intrinsic and instrumental values of nature. In the face of escalating climate issues, however, it is becoming increasingly important to accurately identify and target people’s motivations in supporting sustainable policy. …”
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Measuring equity risk premium and risk aversion in the US. by Chong, Hui Han., Thng, Anthony Lian Guan., Soo, Jia Hao.

“…The S&P 500 stock index was used as the market index; and constant maturity 10-year T-Bonds as well as T-Bills yields were used to represent the risk-free rate. …”
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Effect of size on degradation and different fabrication methods for nano particles by Loh, Eugenia Mei Ting.

“…However, since nano particles have higher surface area, the degradation rate will speed up. Therefore, the degradation rate of the smaller particles will have to depend on the dominating factor which could either be the surfactant concentration or the surface area of the particles.…”
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Microstructural evolution during mechanical milling of Nd-Fe-B nanocomposites by Toh, Hon Kun.

“…XRD results revealed that higher milling intensity increased the rate of phase transformation and the rate of change in crystal sizes and strain but did not affect the steady state phase composition. …”
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Investigation of solar cell carrier lifetime using photoconductance lifetime measurements by Sng, Joseph Ding Wen

“…This results in the presence of many impurities and defects that enhances surface recombination and contributes to a high surface recombination rate. The TMOs are able to passivate the Si surface by forming bonds with Si, resulting in a reduced number of dangling bonds and lower surface recombination rate. …”
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