Capturing the essence : designing a cultural center for the coastal and mountain peoples of Taiwan by Yuen-Schat, Chuei-Ming

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Culturally responsive architecture : a community center and housing for Latinos in Roxbury by Kockler, Ruth Elizabeth

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Environmental resistance and Aboriginal development : a comparative study of mining ventures in the United States and Canada by Ali, Saleem H

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The Italian venture capital market, or the lack thereof : an analysis in the European context by Aicardi, Andrea

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InMind : mobile application for sharing the status of serious stuff by Chen, Joy C., M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Gravitational Lensing and Telescope Aberrations by Levinson, Rebecca S

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Eroding the palimpsest : landscape, cinema and the site of history by Soroka, Ian Jacob

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Training binary neural networks by Tham, Marcus Wei Jie

“…Through these experiments, I am able to examine the best parameter settings for training the best BNNs. …”
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Dismantling the Nganjuk and Surocolo maṇḍalas: seeking Esoteric Buddhism through a Javanese bronze typology by Lua, Nicholas Swee Yang

“…Given that scholars who have attempted to identify both hoards with maṇḍalas tend to force-fit the objects to known textual descriptions, overlooking the many non-correspondences between the bronzes and text, I am sceptical of these attempts. Aligned with the material turn, this thesis seeks a more rigorous approach to studying Java’s objects. …”
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A broken home = 破碎的家 (A visual journal of emotions). by Noh, Samantha Peiwen.

“…Children are always the victims in divorce and their voices have rarely been heard as the parents are usually busy with their own issues and neglect the voices who have the least control of the process and who are the most affected by it. I am working on this project inspired by personal experiences involving in parents’ separation, listening to many similar stories from people around me and also studying cases from books relating to children of divorce. …”
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空间、地方、乡愁 ：重读林海音的“城南旧事” = Space, place, nostalgia : a reinterpretation of Lin Haiyin my memories of Old Beijing by 石修榕 Shih, Xiu Rong

“…Assuming the role of a reader, I am certain one can definitely experience the nostalgic emotions of Lin Haiyin in her renowned masterpiece, Cheng Nan Jiu Shi.…”
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The application of Islamic Law relating to non-consensual sexual offence: a comparative study by Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail

“…Lastly, it is also interesting to note that it is important to study the article in order to identify whether the main aim of formulating the law relating to sexual crimes (i.e. to protect especially, the female, young persons, minors and mentally retarded against non-consensual sexual intercourse) is achieved or not at some extent of its implementation. I am confident that the Muslim and non-Muslim legal researchers, legal practitioners, members of the judiciary, law lecturers, policemen and lay men will find this article valuable and useful as it contains a comprehensive analysis of the law relating to sexual offences with special reference to the law of rape. …”
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Pseudo-Arcadius' Epitome of Herodian's Περὶ καθολικῆς προσῳδίας; with a critical edition and notes on Books 1-8 by Roussou, S

“…The two manuscripts which I am the first to employ turn out to be the only non-derivative manuscripts, and therefore by far the most important. …”

Social aspects of educational inequality by Raabe, I

“…Using social network data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (<em>CILS4EU</em>), I am investigating to what extent social aspects can contribute to our understanding of ethnic and gendered patterns in educational inequality. …”

Transition metal fluorides as lithium ion cathodes by Xiao, AW

“…By combining the unique vantage point afforded by this novel materials system with the morphology preserving qualities of our new electrolyte, I am further able to characterize the discharge/charge mechanism with an unprecedented level of detail. …”

Spin dynamics calculations applied to systems of potential biological significance by Player, TC

“…By including spin relaxation, I am able to fit the experimental results and derive a set of physically reasonable parameters that quantitatively account for the observed field effect.…”

Becoming queen: voices, bodies, and technologies in drag lip-sync performance by Bird, JM

“…In the second section, I am more concerned with why drag queens choose to lip-sync, and what benefits it holds for the queen. …”

National hardwoods programme: report of the eighth meeting and second meeting of the Uneven-aged Silviculture Group 7 January 1988 by Savill, P

“…These will be discussed today. I am sure that the Institute of Chartered Foresters and the two Royal Forestry Societies will continue to take an active interest in the development of these two systems in Britain, in addition to working with the Forestry Commission in formulating the policy for broadleaved forestry.…”

Living life precariously with rheumatoid arthritis - a mega-ethnography of nine qualitative evidence syntheses by Toye, F, Seers, K, Barker, K

“…We abstracted ideas into 10 conceptual categories: (1) rheumatoid arthritis is in control of my body (2) rheumatoid arthritis alters reciprocity; (3) rheumatoid arthritis is an emotional challenge; (4) rheumatoid arthritis disrupts my present and future self; (5) the challenge of balancing personal and work life; (6) I am trying to make sense of what is happening; (7) rheumatoid arthritis is variable and unpredictable; (8) rheumatoid arthritis is invisible; (9) I need a positive experience of healthcare, and (10) I need to reframe the situation. …”

An exploration of student and teacher interpretations of individualised support within post-16 learning environments by Carter, B

“…</p> <p>This action research project took place within one post-16 educational institution in England, where I am employed as a teacher. FAT-CAT was integrated into the learning environments of all my teaching groups for a period of 23 weeks. …”