Evaluation of La-promoted Ni/Al2O3 Catalyst for Ethanol Dry Reforming by Mahadi, Bahari, Nguyen, Huu Huy Phuc, Nurul Aini, Razali, Vo, Dai-Viet N.

“…Although the common method for H2 production is reforming of hydrocarbons which are unsustainable, ethanol has been considered as an economically attractive feedstock for replacing hydrocarbons due to its high availability, renewability and low toxicity [1]. …”
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Design for Micro-Enterprise: An Approach to Product Design for Emerging Markets by Austin-Breneman, Jesse, Yang, Maria C.

“…Product design for emerging markets in the developing world is a rapidly growing field due to a steadily increasing market and an interest in profitably transforming consumer quality of life for this population. Economic and cultural barriers as well as other constraints present a daunting challenge for designers working in this area. …”
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Suppliers' Associations in the Japanese Automobile Industry by Sako, Mari

“…On the basis of company visits and a largescale survey of first-tier suppliers conducted by the author, the paper analyzes the reasons why suppliers' associations were established, why they continue to exist today, and their effects on economic performance.…”
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Populism and the Failures of Representation by Berger, Suzanne

“…Attempts to explain populism by the economic or cultural characteristics of individuals are insufficient. …”
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Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles by Schoar, Antoinette, Zuo, Luo

“…We show that economic conditions when managers enter the labor market have long-run effects on their career paths and managerial styles. …”
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Mechanistic Insight Facilitates Discovery of a Mild and Efficient Copper-Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides to Nitriles Using Hydrosilanes by Liu, Richard, Bae, Minwoo, Buchwald, Stephen Leffler

“…Metal-catalyzed silylative dehydration of primary amides is an economical approach to the synthesis of nitriles. We report a copper-hydride(CuH)-catalyzed process that avoids a typically challenging 1,2-siloxane elimination step, thereby dramatically increasing the rate of the overall transformation relative to alternative metal-catalyzed systems. …”
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From linear to exponential: How SMEs in emerging markets can adopt innovation-driven strategies by Vega Sanchez, Anahi

“…SMEs play an essential role in the economic development and prosperity of emerging markets. …”
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The Imperfect Question of Stadium Development: A Typology of Contemporary Development and Strategies for a Sustainable Future by Hill, Melissa

“…This thesis explores the paths forward at the intersection of economic development, public space, and parking. Using OpenStreetMap data and American Community Survey estimates, this project uses GIS analysis to develop a typology of contemporary NFL stadium developments. …”
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The Design of a Relational Engine by Torlak, Emina, Jackson, Daniel

“…An efficient engine must have a mechanism for specifying partial solutions, an effective symmetry detection and breaking scheme, and an economical translation from relational to boolean logic. …”
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Trade in waste among developed countries : evidence and origins by Bernard, Andrew B., Chang, Pamela H.

“…Data from the 1980s suggest that while the trade in waste between developed and less developed countries has garnered the most attention, the preponderance of waste flows have been among the developed countries. We examine both economic and institutional factors governing incentives to export and import waste. …”
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Learning To Be Civic: Higher Education and Student Life, 1890-1940 by Dobkin Hall, Peter

“…A variety of forces and collective experiences have been offered to explain this phenomenon: the unifying and paradoxically civilized impact of war; efforts to overcome the atomizing effects of immigration, urbanization, and industrialization; the enactment of laws facilitating corporate and associational activity; efforts by religious and economic conservative activists to privatize religion and culture.…”
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Deregulating the electric utility industry by Bohn, Roger E.

“…The paper explicitly addresses the many practical engineering and economic functions and issues which must be taken into account by any proposal to deregulate electric power generation. …”
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Enhanced multiplex genome engineering through co-operative oligonucleotide co-selection by Carr, Peter A., Sr., Wang, Harris H., Sterling, Bram Henry, Isaacs, Farren J., Lajoie, Marc J., Xu, George Jing, Church, George M., Jacobson, Joseph

“…Genome-scale engineering of living organisms requires precise and economical methods to efficiently modify many loci within chromosomes. …”
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Beyond the Sea-Land Divide: A World Map by Segal, Rafi, Cohen, Yonatan

“…The boundaries shown combine national borders with their respective Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) but exclude the world’s coastlines. …”
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Strategic and Financial Bidders in Takeover Auctions by Gorbenko, Alexander S., Malenko, Andrey

“…We also find that (i) valuations of different strategic bidders are more dispersed and (ii) valuations of financial bidders are correlated with aggregate economic conditions. Our results suggest that different targets appeal to different types of bidders, rather than that strategic bidders always value targets more because of synergies.…”
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When the role fits : how firm status differentials affect corporate takeovers by Shen, Rui, Tang, Yi, Chen, Guoli

“…We argue that the more the status differential between two firms is aligned with expectations of their roles embedded in the specific economic activity, the easier it is for them to agree on the appropriate means to reach consensus on the transaction. …”
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Volcanic tsunami : a review of source mechanisms, past events and hazards in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea) by Paris, Raphaël, Switzer, Adam D., Belousova, Marina, Belousov, Alexander, Ontowirjo, Budianto, Whelley, Patrick L., Ulvrova, Martina

“…Southeast Asia has had both volcanic tsunamis and possesses some of the most densely populated, economically important and rapidly developing coastlines in the world. …”
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Quality assessment of multimedia information by Goh, Siew Chuan.

“…Without compression algorithms to reduce this storage size, multimedia applications will not be economical. If lossy compression methods are used, then this will result in artefacts (blurring, tiling, noise etc.) in the multimedia content. …”
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Brain hemisphericity in art and non-art elective students (express) and implications for curriculum by Lee, Jean Say Ying.

“…Earlier national focus on building a unified system of education for all races and on responding to economic pressures of a fledging independent nation in the 1960s, has given way to the development of thinking skills and the nurturing of creativity and a society appreciative of the arts and culture. …”
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Effectiveness of anti-fouling paint on ship hull by Ting, Leng Shiang

“…With current uncertainly economic climate, cost saving is the main avenue for ship’s owner to remain competitive in this turbulent market. …”
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