Changes in the phenomenon of icon-painting in Romania from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present day by Draghici-Vasilescu, N

“…<p>The thesis aims to prove, on the one hand that the second half of the nineteenth century was the period of maximum deviation from the traditional Romanian style of icon-painting and, on the other hand, that the process following the Romanian Orthodox Church's Synod of 1889, in spite of the proclaimed return to a pure Byzantine style, actually has involved the coexistence of at least two main styles of painting: Eastern Mannerist of Byzantine lineage and Western Mannerist of <em>Renaissance</em> persuasion. …”

Report on professional attachment with Goh Hwee Cheng & Co. by Teo, Lay Chin.

“…The report gives the reader a first-hand account, albeit brief one, of the unique encounters of a vocational trainee at work. …”
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Development and control of an assistive robotic glove by Seow, Wen Xuan

“…Thus, this project focuses on creating an assistive glove to replace hand gripping function, which is simple to build, rugged and could be used on a daily basis. …”
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Dry bulk freight market analysis and forecast under the yield management framework by Wu, Mengxia.

“…With this calculated CUR ratio, the revenue forecast is becoming more reliable. On the other hand, shipping costs are divided into four types: capital cost, periodic maintenance,operating cost and voyage cost. …”
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A chance-constrained model for regional air quality management by Tan, Michele Mei Wen.

“…The ICCLP allows the left-hand side (LHS) random variables to be expressed as interval numbers while letting the right-hand side (RHS) constraints to be expressed as probabilistic functions. …”
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Publication of share recommendations in Lianhe Zaobao : testing for market response by Foo, Bin Gee, Tan, Tuan Kiong, Tan, Yin Hoon

“…These recommendations could constitute second-hand information as clients of brokerage firms are usually provided with the recommendations ahead of publication in the press. …”
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Mean first passage time of preferential random walks on complex networks with applications by Zheng, Zhongtuan, Xiao, Gaoxi, Wang, Guoqiang, Zhang, Guanglin, Jiang, Kaizhong

“…On the other hand, the center-product-degree (CPD) is introduced as one measure of node strength and it plays a main role in determining the scaling of the MFPT for the PRW. …”
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Design and performance of optical cross-connects with limited wavelength conversion by Chai, Teck Yoong

“…Wavelength conversion can maximize wavelength reuse and boost the efficiency of wavelength-routed WDM all-optical networks but it is both costly and impractical to employ wavelength conversion extensively throughout the network. On the other hand, limited wavelength conversion is capable of improving the efficiency.…”
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Gender and role identity as moderators in the relationship between work and family demands and life outcomes. by Choo, Phyllis Yoon Chee.

“…Through a survey of Singaporeans in full-time paid employment, this study aims to explore some of the relationships between the work and family demands experienced by Singaporeans on one hand, and their work and life outcomes on the other. …”
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Recycled melanoma-secreted melanosomes regulate tumor-associated macrophage diversification by Parikh, Roma, Parikh, Shivang, Berzin, Daniella, Vaknine, Hananya, Ovadia, Shai, Likonen, Daniela, Greenberger, Shoshana, Scope, Alon, Elgavish, Sharona, Nevo, Yuval, Plaschkes, Inbar, Nizri, Eran, Kobiler, Oren, Maliah, Avishai, Zaremba, Laureen, Mohan, Vishnu, Sagi, Irit, Ashery-Padan, Ruth, Carmi, Yaron, Luxenburg, Chen, Hoheisel, Jörg D, Khaled, Mehdi, Levesque, Mitchell P, Levy, Carmit

“…Our findings suggest that interactions mediated by second-hand extracellular vesicles contribute to the formation of the metastatic niche, and that blocking the melanosome cues of macrophage diversification could be helpful in halting melanoma progression.…”
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Semantic sensitive satellite image retrieval by Li, Yikun

“…On the other hand, multiple signal classes may be related to the same semantic concept. …”
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Exploring translation strategies for Chinese dialogue and buzzwords based on 星星上的花（The Flower on the Stars） by Wan, Wenyi

“…During the translation process, two main problems are found: on the one hand, the problem concerning the grasp of language style and register, and the corresponding problem of how to choose words in the face of diverse texts; on the other hand, the problem of how to translate Chinese buzzwords in English. …”
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Morning commute problem with supply management considering parking and ride-sourcing by Su, Qida, Wang, David Zhi Wei

“…The rapidly growing eFHVs, on one hand, supply substantial trip services and complete the trips requiring no parking demand; on the other hand, imposes congestion effects on all commuters. …”
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Gender dimorphism in parasitic behavioural manipulation hypothesis by Abdulai-Saiku, Samira

“…This raises an important question of the role of gender in parasitic behavioural manipulation. On the one hand, it is possible that gender dimorphism in parasite infection and prevalence extends to parasitic behavioural manipulation. …”
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Income change and sympathy for right-wing populist parties in the Netherlands: the role of gender and income inequality within households by Roll, Y, De Graaf, N

“…We hypothesise a negative relationship between, on the one hand, personal and household income change and, on the other hand, sympathy towards RWP parties. …”

Methodology research in clinical studies for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of the skin: Addressing design, conduct and relevance for context and target population by Erber, A

“…It reports results from the diagnostics trial and points out roles for a Bayesian statistical framework using existing data on the one hand, and qualitative research in diagnostics development on the other hand, addressing challenges such as those related to the context or small sample sizes. …”

Evaluating geospatial accuracy for equity analyses: a case study of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory by Gandy, CA, Kang, X, Ritsch, N, Armanios, DE

“…Phase 3 assesses the feasibility of enhancing location granularity through a hand-checked case study. We find that for coarser geospatial levels (state and county), equity-based analyses may be possible, but for more granular geospatial levels (place and census tract), which is where equity-based analyses are often conducted, the data may need greater buffering and hand checks to ensure accuracy. …”

Effect of mangostin on the functional activity and integrity of the Plasmodium falciparum and infected and Uninfected red blood cells membrane by Ibraheem, Z.O., Majid, R.A., Noor, S.M., Farook, M.D., Basir, R.

“…On the other hand, its molecular characteristics were determined using the In Silico Molispiration simulation software and its anti-oxidant activity was measured using conventional in vitro tests and the anti-lipid peroxidation assay. …”

Improvement of reliability for an electro-mechanical simulator by Liu, Chong Tark.

“…This project aims at improving the overall reliability of an electro-mechanical simulator known as Radio Frequency (RF) Hand Grenade Simulator system. An integrated reliability engineering programme (IREP) is used to enhance the reliability and environmental performance of the system. …”
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Novel integrated circuit pressed ceramic package antenna by Xue, Yang

“…It is most suitable for portable communication devices, such as hand phone, personal data assistant (PDA), bluetooth products, wireless modem for notebook computer and etc.…”
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