Transnational healthcare seeking : how ageing Taiwanese return migrants view homeland public benefits by Sun, Ken Chih-Yan

“…In so doing, this article contributes a nuanced understanding of how ageing migrants imagine, pursue and construct an ideal later life across national borders.…”
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Euro food : sustainable growth driven by entrepreneurial leadership by Lam, Kwok Yan, Chin, Tahn Joo, Fu, Xiaofang

“…Somchai Wachakorn set up European Food Public Co., Ltd (Euro Food) from scratch in 1984. Almost four decades later, through the relentless effort of Mr. Somchai, Euro Food turned out to be one of the leading manufacturers of Confectionery items in Thailand and won consumers’ recognitions. …”
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Bridging the gap between animation mediums in 'Wait.' by Teoh, Soon Heng

“…In 1985, Disney’s ‘The Black Cauldron’, animated by Barry Cook, introduced the first experiments with combining three-dimensional (3D) with two-dimensional (2D) in a feature film. A year later in Disney’s ‘The Great Mouse Detective’, its distinguished ‘Clock tower scene’ encompassed sophisticated 3D animated clock gears with a 2D background environment. …”
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Case study on queues : models analysis of service centre by Yong, Wei Der.

“…Suggestion for reducing delays also would be presented in later part of the report. The author will mention the problems and limitations which reduce the accuracy of the results. …”
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Gaussian integer solutions of the diophantine equation x4 + y4 = z3 for for x ≠ y by Ismail, Shahrina, Atan, Kamel Ariffin Mohd, Sejas-Viscarra, Diego, Yow, Kai Siong

“…The discussion includes various preliminary results later used to build the resolvent theory of the Diophantine equation studied. …”
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Finding meaning behind immortality of Anne Rice’s vampires. by Nurhayati Zakaria.

“…These novels follow the psychological and emotional experiences of vampiric immortality, firstly, via two first-person accounts of two separate vampires, Louis and Lestat, and later trace Rice’s interpretation of vampiric urban legend through the stories of various vampires of different walks of life. …”
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Design and characterization of multiple-stimuli responsive shape memory hybrids by Tan, Jun Liang.

“…This shape-memory hybrid will later be used in the experiments for the testing of shape recoverability when subjected to the two stimuli. …”
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Composite right/left handed coplanar transmission line by Syed Moshin Ibrahim Ameena Fathima.

“…The simulation is done with the best knowledge of the software provided. The later stage of the dissertation involves the fabrication of four unit cell transmission line structure. …”
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Option-based quantification and generic optimization of debt refinancing in public-private partnership infrastructure projects by Zheng, Sha

“…It is very common for infrastructure PPP projects to undertake debt refinancing for improving project sponsors’ returns at a later stage. It is considered particularly suitable for long-term infrastructure projects where the construction has been completed and the successful operation has been demonstrated. …”
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Design and development of a solar-powered vehicle by Zhou, Bo

“…The car running powered by batteries was done first and later car running powered by solar panel was done also. …”
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A web portal for the social support of the elderly by Kok, Kelvin Jian Rong

“…More important functions can be included later if required. As this application is meant for the elderly, the user interface was made as user-friendly and simple as possible. …”
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Microfluidic chip for blood sample processing by Chalapathy Raja Shobana

“…The aluminum coating on the surface of filter paper traps the parasites, which is later observed under Raman Spectroscopy for detection of disease. …”
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'You would never pick up the thread from where you left off’: older Irish women migrants' narratives of non‐return, post‐retirement by Ryan, Louise, Doshi, Neha

“…Less is known about how return, and indeed non‐return, decision‐making evolves in later years, with calls for more research on migrants in the old‐old age groups. …”
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Piloting a drama-based oral language intervention by Faitaki, F, Liggins, S, Murphy, V

“…Children’s oral language skills at the earliest stages of education are known to determine their success at school later on. Improving oral language skills is achievable through targeted intervention, and drama can be an effective intervention medium, but its potential has not been extensively evaluated to date. …”

The 'Clisurean' finds from Climente II cave, Iron Gates, Romania by Bonsall, C, Boroneanţ, A, Evatt, A, Soficaru, A, Nica, C, Bartosiewicz, L, Cook, G, Higham, TFG, Pickard, C

“…Comparison of the Climente II archaeological inventory with that from later, fisher-hunter-gatherer settlements in the Iron Gates indicates continuity of mortuary ritual, lithic tradition and subsistence practices from the Lateglacial into the Early Holocene.…”

Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations by Barrie, W, Yang, Y, Irving-Pease, EK, Attfield, KE, Scorrano, G, Jensen, LT, Armen, AP, Dimopoulos, EA, Stern, A, Refoyo-Martinez, A, Pearson, A, Ramsøe, A, Gaunitz, C, Demeter, F, Jørkov, MLS, Møller, SB, Springborg, B, Klassen, L, Hyldgård, IM, Wickmann, N, Vinner, L, Korneliussen, TS, Allentoft, ME, Sikora, M, Kristiansen, K, Rodriguez, S, Nielsen, R, Iversen, AKN, Lawson, DJ, Fugger, L, Willerslev, E

“…We further show that these MS-associated immunogenetic variants underwent positive selection both within the steppe population and later in Europe, probably driven by pathogenic challenges coinciding with changes in diet, lifestyle and population density. …”

Psychological significance of name changes: a case study of (North) Macedonia's name referendum by Stojanov, A, Segal, K, Halberstadt, J, Whitehouse, H

“…Participants (ethnic Macedonians, N = 301) took a survey measuring these variables, along with their voting intentions and behavior, one week prior to a national referendum on the name change, and again several weeks later. The results indicated that while all variables predicted negative attitudes toward the name change, only considering the name a sacred value and, to a lesser extent, being identified with the country, uniquely predicted this outcome, and only sacred values uniquely predicted voting. …”

The longitudinal effects of intergroup contact on youth attitudes towards ethnic minorities and constructive societal engagement by Schaefer, D, McKeown, S, Ali, S, DuPont, P-L, Manley, D, Rao, S, Taylor, LK, McKeown Jones, S

“…Building on the relatively smaller body of longitudinal intergroup contact research, we conduct a three-time point survey amongst youth in Northern Ireland to determine whether frequent and good quality interactions with ethnic minority groups is associated with later reports on: (1) attitudes towards ethnic minorities, (2) prosocial behaviour toward ethnic minorities, and (3) civic engagement. …”

Express: Learning new words via reading: the influence of emotional narrative context on learning novel adjectives by Dong, Y, Mak, MH, Hepach, R, Nation, K

“…Both immediately after and 24 hours later, participants completed a series of post-tests including speeded recognition, sentence completion, meaning generation, and valence judgment. …”

Childhood language development and alexithymia in adolescence: an eight-year longitudinal study by Lee, K-S, Catmur, C, Bird, G

“…Results indicated that boys with low language function at ages 4-5, and those who later met the diagnostic criteria for language disorders at ages 5-6, reported elevated alexithymic traits when they reached adolescence. …”