Smart home system for elderly by Nur Raisah Mohamed Arffah

“…In combination with an Android mobile application that was designed with ease of usage by elderly in mind, this smart home system built provides a safety alert and monitoring capabilities that can not only alleviate stresses of a caregiver but also mitigate the adverse effect of fall amongst elderly that were not provided with crucial immediate aid.…”
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Impact of Singapore’s ageing population on the macroeconomy. by Park, Sun Jung., Tan, Yi Jun.

“…Our findings show that an ageing population will also affect the current account due to the fall in savings. It is thus vital for the government to determine how an ageing population will affect the economy and make appropriate plans for these upcoming challenges. …”
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Market outlook of VLCCs in the next 5 years by Cheah, Peifang.

“…This can be achieved by segmenting the market into 5 bands based on historical Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) namely very weak, weak, steady, strong and very strong condition and a forecast of the strength of the freight market will be derived (ie the band the market will fall in). Discounted cashflow analysis would be applied to derive the Net Present Value (NPV) and the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of investing in newbuild, 5 year old, 10 year old and 15 year old VLCC based on the forecasted freight rates under the various scenarios (varying WACC from 0 to 20%). …”
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We do not select, nor are we choosy: reproductive biology of Strepsiptera (Insecta) by Kathirithamby, J, Hrabar, M, Delgado, JA, Collantes, F, Dötterl, S, Windsor, D, Gries, G

“…We conclude that Strepsiptera fall within the synchronous sensory exploitation model where short-lived males take advantage of a pre-existing sensory system involving pheromone signals emitted by females.…”

The Role of Social Media Towards Political Accountability in Pakistan: A Literature Review by Sadiq, Saiqa, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Ajis, Mohd Na'eim

“…Scholars think about the ideas of global democratic government, wherein short fall of democracy is ill-fated. However, political accountability is the essential characteristics of democracy and it cannot flourish without it. …”
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Intellectual Property Law for Engineers, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs / by Rockman, Howard B., author 270498, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Additionally, it examines trademark protection for domain names, and other ancillary matters that fall within the genre of intellectual property protection. …”
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Learning from Decommunization: What Eastern Europe Can Teach Us about Slavery-Related Urban Fallism in the United Kingdom and United States by Vlasenko, Yegor, Ryan, Brent D.

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Ethical theories and their application by Forcehimes, Andrew T.

“…You do momentous things. You fall in love and have a child. Mundane or momentous, you have no doubt thought about whether what you did is, in point of fact, what you ought to have done. …”
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Singapore's battle against hepatitis B in the late twentieth century by Chionh, Lynn

“…This exemplifies how the cultural construct of illnesses is dependent on the social and political context of the time which caused the responsibility of managing hepatitis B to fall onto the public and the owners of such establishments. …”
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Private residential property market in Singapore by Ho, Yee Lin, Lee, Ee Jia, Wee, Boon Hong

“…Private residential properties prices has been increasing rapidly in the 1990s despite expectations that prices will fall or stabilise. The market is buoyant and speculation has been rampant throughout the period from 1991 to 1993 . …”
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Pre-emption and prevention : an ethical and legal critique of the Bush doctrine and anticipatory use of force in defence of the State by Brailey, Malcolm

“…Likewise, the provisions of international law may be said to permit the lawful use of force in self-defence (even anticipatory self-defence), but that claims for perventive war fall clearly outside its boundaries. My paper aruges that the ethical and legal 'norms' operating within international relations that limit the use of force, and also that permit lawful and justified actions in self-defence must be uplead; and that the claims of the Bush Doctrine in regard to prevention are therefore largely invalid.…”
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Polyvinyl alcohol coated photonic crystal optical fiber sensor for humidity measurement by Wong, Wei Chang, Chan, Chi Chiu, Chen, Li Han, Li, Tao, Lee, Kok Xian, Leong, Kam Chew

“…The sensor with 9% (w/w) coating showed a high sensitivity of 0.60 nm/%RH, displayed little hysteresis, high repeatability, low cross-sensitivity to temperature and ammonia gas and stability over 7 days of testing. A rise/fall time of 300/500 ms was achieved respectively.…”
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A hybrid approach for image/video content representation and identification by Chaisorn, Lekha, Fu, Zixiang

“…However, if the process do not find a match, the query video is suspected to fall into more complicated cases such as picture-in-picture and cropped video. …”
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Managing unstructured information by Tredinnick, Luke, Laybats, Claire

“…The more structure we impose the more ways there are for things to fall out of order. This editorial explores the role of unstructured and semi-structured information in the workplace, and how to maximise their benefits.…”
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Kick-starting the shale boom in Argentina? The new reforms in context by Mares, DR

“…This fall the Argentine government passed a new hydrocarbons bill with the intent of attracting foreign direct investment in its energy sector, particularly in shale oil and shale gas areas. …”

Predictive modeling of gold prices: integrating technical indicators for enhanced accuracy by Husiani, Noor Aida, Gan, Yee Jing, Ghazali, Rozaida, Mohmad Hassim, Yana Maswin, Yap, Jie Shen, Joseph, Jerome Subash

“…We propose a comprehensive approach to develop a robust predictive model capable of predicting both the rise and fall of gold prices. For this, three (3) machine learning (ML) models - Decision Tree Regressor (DTR), Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Random Forest (RF); must be carefully chosen, and model parameters must be adjusted so that predicted values roughly match actual results. …”
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Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…From the analysis, it was found that majority of the Malaysian food-based manufacturers green logistics practices fall into light green colour band for each one of three logistics activities. …”
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Load-carrying mechanism to resist progressive collapse of RC buildings by Qian, Kai, Li, Bing, Ma, Jiaxing

“…A more feasible proposition would be to consider alternative fall-back parameters such as secondary load carrying mechanisms that can help to reduce the severity of the collapse, should it actually occur. …”
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Thick thrills: because life's too short for skinny taste by Mehta Shivani

“…For this study, “smaller bodied woman” refers to individuals whose body measurements fall below the average standards within their respective societies. …”
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Smart phone based personalized health screening and biofeedback system by Pham, Duy Duc

“…According to the World Health Organization, falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide, with an estimated 424 000 individuals die from falls globally annually. …”
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