Stigma management : an exploratory study on middle class Chinese naturalised citizens by Chua, Xiu Juan

“…Drawing on in-depth data from interviews with self-identified middle class naturalised citizens who originated from Mainland China, this study aims to explore the ways in which youth naturalized citizens negotiate their national identity in the face of stigma. Adopting Goffman’s work and neo-Goffmanian literature on stigma, this study examines (a) the stigma and double consciousness experienced by stigmatized individuals, and (b) the stigma and identity management strategies employed. …”
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Taking the bite out of automated naming of characters in TV video by Everingham, M, Sivic, J, Zisserman, A

“…In addition, we incorporate complementary cues of face matching and clothing matching to propose common annotations for face tracks, and consider choices of classifier which can potentially correct errors made in the automatic extraction of training data from the weak textual annotation. …”

Advancing STEM Education and Innovation in a Time of Distance Learning / by Gonzalez-Lezcano, Roberto Alonso, 1971- editor 650255, IGI Global (Online service) 631983

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Failure of plastic structures due to drop impact by Yuen, Shuqin.

“…One test specimen type is made of two acrylic face skins bonded to a Nomex honeycomb core in the middle. …”
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A Study on Gender Perception of Emoticon in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) by Anuar, Herman Shah, Mat Saat, Rafeah, Abu Talib, Zuraidah

“…The usage of emoticon has tremendously well accepted by the user when the message can be understood clearly without face-to-face interaction. When we use it as if, the face of the sender is in front of the computer screen when receiver receives the message. …”
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Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett : A Grandfather's Thoughts on Faith, Family, and the Things That Matter Most / by Huckabee, Mike, 1955-, author 464637

“…A few years ago, Mike Huckabee began drafting a series of letters to his grandchildren, Chandler and Scarlett, about the things that matter most: faith, love, family, overcoming adversity, and staying true to your values in the face of failure and temptation. Those letters are collected in this charming and inspirational bestseller, full of personal stories. …”

A vision-based positioning system by Chen, Victor Jiajun

“…Technology in image processing had always been improving over the past few decades. From the simplest face detection, to the face recognition programs the world have now, the ability to break down and process images to each individual’s requirement had helped mankind in many areas, such as tracking and identification. …”
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Foreign students and implications of their social networking sites usage by Tan, Yi Ting

“…Findings suggest that usage of SNS does have a bit of influence on these students’ self-identity, but a rather limited impact on their collective identity. Also, increased face-to-face contact with locals, stemming from SNS usage improves chances of integration. …”
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Regrounding in a Foreign Land: The Resilience of Migrants by Tan Yun Min, Claire, Pillai, Sarita

“…The unique and complex circumstances migrants face has resulted in a growing interest in studying resilience specifically amongst migrants. …”
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Why do rural migrant mothers in urban China digitally monitor their children? by Murphy, R, Wu, G

“…The discussion draws on our 22 face-to-face interviews with the rural migrant mothers of at least one child ages 7–14 years. …”

Automated person identification in video by Everingham, M, Zisserman, A

“…We show that the identity of a target face can be determined by first proposing faces with similar pose, and then classifying the target face as one of the proposed faces or not. …”

How in-person conversations shape political polarization: quasi-experimental evidence from a nationwide initiative by Fang, X, Heuser, S, Stötzer, LS

“…We provide quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of in-person conversations on individual-level polarization outcomes, studying a large-scale intervention in Germany that matched pairs of strangers for private face-to-face meetings to discuss divisive political issues. …”

Software/ hardware interactive learning for trigonometry by Chia, Dint

“…In today’s context of education, many institutions mainly focus on face to face teaching with students by conducting classes and lectures to teach various subjects and topics. …”
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Celebrity morph game development by Singh, Anjalika.

“…The game utilizes Matlab to morph faces of celebrities and then presents these morphed images to users with options identifying the component faces of the morph. …”
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Real-time facial expression recognition system by Xu, Meng Yao

“…The real-time recognition system could locate face regions, extract facial features and recognise basic human expressions that could be considered as an important study or exploration for the future driving safety enhancement.…”
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Identifying individuals in video by combining 'generative' and discriminative head models by Everingham, M, Zisserman, A

“…The objective of this work is automatic detection and identification of individuals in unconstrained consumer video, given a minimal number of labelled faces as training data. Whilst much work has been done on (mainly frontal) face detection and recognition, current methods are not sufficiently robust to deal with the wide variations in pose and appearance found in such video. …”

A Study on the Implementation of Remote Learning at Universiti Utara Malaysia (S/O 14767) by Mohd Yusoff, Nurahimah, Ibrahim, Yusnidah, Abdul Karim, Abdul Malek, Awang, Mohd Isha, Shapii, Aspalila, Bukhari, Nurliyana, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Noor

“…Remote learning is defined as any forms of learning using the internet and the technology but without the traditional classroom face-to-face interaction. Remote learning can be done synchronously or/and asynchronously. …”
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Determinants of SMEs Performance in Pakistan: A Pilot Study by Tariq, Tamoor Ali, Mad Lazim, Halim, Iteng, Rosman

“…This study's main objective is to investigate the face validity and reliability of the determinants of SMEs' performance in Pakistan. …”
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Improving Practicum Assessment Instruments for IT Programme by Using Action Research Approach (S/O 14142) by Muhd Darus, Norida, Che Pa, Noraziah

“…Good Practicum instruments are crucial in ensuring the accuracy of the assessment and how well students to be prepared to face the industry as stated in IR 4.0. Due to the drawbacks of the existing assessment tools, an improved design of assessment instruments are needed. …”
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That's Not How We Do It Here! : A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall - and Can Rise Again / by Kotter, John P., 1947-, author 368412, Rathgeber, Holger, author 507836

“…The executive team quarrels about possible solutions, and sugges­tions from frontline workers face a soul-crushing response: "That's not how we do it here!" …”