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Character and creditworthiness: Unveiling the role of job titles in peer‐to‐peer lending
Abstract Using data from the Prosper lending platform, we examine the influence of job‐based trust on credit market dynamics. We find that the generalized trust implied by borrowers' job titles, as a reflection of individuals' ethical and integrity standards in professionals, positively affects listing and loan performance.
Zagdbazar Davaadorj +2 more
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TET-GAN: Text Effects Transfer via Stylization and Destylization
Text effects transfer technology automatically makes the text dramatically more impressive. However, previous style transfer methods either study the model for general style, which cannot handle the highly-structured text effects along the glyph, or ...
Guo, Zongming +3 more
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The Material and Textual Value of Manuscript and Print Binding Waste☆
Abstract In 2019, the Foundation of Christ's Hospital at Lincoln made a bequest of early printed books to the Bodleian Library. The collection is rich in sixteenth‐century tooled bindings, many of which preserve manuscript and printed waste in the form of pastedowns, endleaves and endleaf guards.
Tamara Atkin
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No need to justify your choice: pre-compiling line breaks to improve eBook readability [PDF]
Implementations of eBooks have existed in one form or another for at least the past 20 years, but it is only in the past 5 years that dedicated eBook hardware has become a mass-market item.
Bagley, Steven R. +2 more
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Reader Interaction with Graphic Devices in Early Modern English Printed Books☆
Abstract Research into marginalia or reader annotations has become a well‐established branch of early modern book studies, shedding light on one of the ways in which manuscript and print coexisted and interacted in this period. The present study sets out to discover how readers engaged with printed graphic devices and with texts that contain such ...
Aino Liira
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Ground Truth for training OCR engines on historical documents in German Fraktur and Early Modern Latin [PDF]
In this paper we describe a dataset of German and Latin \textit{ground truth} (GT) for historical OCR in the form of printed text line images paired with their transcription.
Baiter, Johannes +3 more
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Caxton's Afterlife in Manuscript (c.1475‐c.1500)
Abstract At least thirty‐five manuscript copies of Caxton's prints have been found so far. This article explores the implications of such manuscript copies of Caxton's prints and, interrupting the linear history of the book, considers Caxton's appeal beyond print in manuscript.
Aditi Nafde
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Early Instrumental Weather Observations From Ukraine: The ClimUAsd‐Stn.v2 Dataset, 1808–1880
The ClimUAsd‐stn.v2 dataset, containing instrumental sub‐daily meteorological observations (primarely air temperature and atmospheric pressure) recorded between 1808 and 1880 at twelve meteorological stations located within the territory of modern Ukraine, is presented.
Olesya Skrynyk +7 more
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Assessing the Usefulness of Assurance Cases: Experience With the Large Hadron Collider
ABSTRACT Assurance cases (ACs) are structured arguments designed to show that a system is sufficiently reliable to function properly in its operational environment. They are mandated by safety standards and are largely used in industry to support risk management for systems; however, ACs often contain proprietary information and are not publicly ...
Torin Viger +7 more
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Abstract Extensive research over the past two decades has shown that early Mars likely had a warmer, wetter climate with widespread water activity. Ferromagnesian (Fe,Mg‐rich) clay deposits are compelling markers of these ancient environments, helping reconstruct Mars' hydrologic evolution, assess past habitability, and guide future exploration.
Jeremy Brossier +8 more
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