Physical attractiveness, drug taking and gender differences
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the relationship between adolescent physical attractiveness and drug‐taking behaviour, emphasizing the human capital and “pretty girl” effects on the decision to use drugs. Through the human capital effect, physically attractive adolescents are better positioned to accumulate human capital at a young age compared to ...
Andy Chung, Junsen Zhang
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Encoding Occupancy in Memory Location for Efficient and Compact High‐Resolution Voxel Structures
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.We encode information about geometric structure into the pointers of a sparse voxel directed acyclic graph (SVDAG). Each pointer carries information about the structure of the node it points to. Our encoding improves ray tracing performance and reduces model size in memory.
Jaina Modisett, Markus Billeter
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Distributed Hash Table Based Design of Soft System Buses [PDF]
, 2007 Mohammad Reza Selim +3 more
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Antimicrobial‐Releasing Implant Substrates for Combating Oral Biofilms: An In Vitro Study
Clinical Oral Implants Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Peri‐implantitis, a biofilm‐associated inflammatory disease, significantly threatens dental implant longevity. Current treatments face limitations due to biofilm robustness. This study evaluates the efficacy of antimicrobial‐releasing titanium‐silica (Ti/SiO2) composite implant systems against multispecies oral ...
Nur Hidayatul Nazirah Kamarudin +7 more
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Analysis of distributed hash table [DHT]-based routing protocol for a scalable manets / Nurul Atikah Jaafar [PDF]
, 2020 Nurul Atikah Jaafar
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global illegal activities, and it negatively affects biodiversity and sustainable development worldwide. DNA barcoding coupled with high‐throughput sequencing (i.e., metabarcoding) is useful in identifying taxa affected by IWT and has been used routinely for decades.
Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva +9 more
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A link between increased temperature and avian body condition in a logged tropical forest
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The combined effects of anthropogenic disturbances, such as logging and climate change, remain poorly understood; yet, they are the main threats to tropical biodiversity. Most tropical African countries lack long‐term climate data, so climate impacts on biodiversity cannot be assessed.
Moreen Uwimbabazi +7 more
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Implicit Promises and the Timing of Defined‐Benefit Pension Plan Freezes
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms time defined‐benefit (DB) plan freezes after CEO turnovers to protect CEO retirement benefits from cost cuts affecting the wider workforce. We document a significant increase in voluntary CEO turnovers just before the freeze, without notable post‐freeze changes.
Zacharias Petrou, Adamos Vlittis
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Round-Hashing for Data Storage: Distributed Servers and External-Memory\n Tables [PDF]
, 2018 Roberto Grossi, Luca Versari
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An Economic Analysis of Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms in Proof‐of‐Work Blockchain Systems
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the stability of cryptocurrency systems through difficulty adjustment. Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment algorithm (DAA) exhibits instability when the reward elasticity of the hash rate is high, implying that a sharp price reduction could disrupt the current Bitcoin system.
Shunya Noda +2 more
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