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Fast and accurate complex permittivity determination of lossy
materials using amplitude-only reflection and transmission
scattering parameter measurements.
Economics &
Business
EARLY INTERNATIONALIZING FIRMS; FIRM SURVIVAL; EARLY
INTERNATIONALIZATION; BORN-GLOBAL FIRM
Born-global firms leverage a distinctive mix of orientations
and strategies that allow them to succeed in diverse
international markets.
The influence of the maternal nutritional and hormonal
environment in pregnancy in permanently programming appetite
and energy expenditure.
Psychiatry/
Psychology
SOCIAL SCIENCE EXPLANATION; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIOECONOMIC
STATUS MODIFIES HERITABILITY; POWER-CONTROL THEORY
In impoverished families, 60% of the variance in IQ is
accounted for by the shared environment, and the contribution
of genes is close to zero; in affluent families, the result is
almost exactly the reverse.
Social Sciences,
general
CHILDHOOD PHYSICAL ABUSE; LONG-TERM PHYSICAL; LARGE
POPULATION-BASED SAMPLE; MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
Childhood maltreatment has been linked to a variety of changes
in brain structure and function and stress-responsive
neurobiological systems.
The mass and redshift dependence of dark matter halo shapes is
studied using six high-resolution dissipationless simulations
with a varying box size in a flat Lambda cold dark matter
universe.