Sexual behaviors among methadone maintenance patients in a mountainous area in northern Vietnam by Boggiano, Victoria L., Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi, Nguyen, Long Hoang, Tran, Tho Dinh, Van Nguyen, Hung, Le, Huong Thi, Le, Hai Quan, Hoang, Canh Dinh, Nguyen, Cuong Tat, Tran, Bach Xuan, Latkin, Carl A., Zary, Nabil, Vu, Thuc Minh Thi

“…Results: Most patients (66.4%) reported having at least one sexual partner within the previous twelve months. …”
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Embracing the PhD journey: From odyssey to jewels by Zuraina, Ali

“…I have never thought of becoming a lecturer and teaching at a university. …”
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Unsteady flow-induced vibration of the slider in a commercial hard disk drive by Toh, Jeffrey See Ren.

“…To perform the simulation, a simplified 2-dimensional Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model was constructed, by having channel flow around a rectangular block with the use of FLUENT in ANSYS Workbench. …”
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Investigating the significance of disguises : disguise as a double-edged sword- the act of concealing and revealing in Eliza Haywood’s Fantomina by Syafiqah Zaini

“…Due to this eccentric nature, I will argue in my paper that readers are tilting to consider Haywood’s works as having a feminist stance and a slant towards women’s empowerment. …”
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The influence of nutrition on obesity by Ee, Xing Min

“…The causes of obesity have often been linked to overconsumption and a lack of physical exercise. …”
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Investigating the difference between the acute effects of consecutive and non-consecutive days of resistance exercise on the immune system by Teo, Hilary Wei Jian

“…C RE was determined as having ~24 hours of recovery time in between sessions and NC RE was determined as having 48-72 hours of recovery time between sessions. …”
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Diet assistant by Soh, Andy Zi Feng

“…These applications all have different purposes but all have the common goal in improving the lives of people. …”
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A multimedia transcription system by Nguyen, Huy Anh

“…However, for each component there are many existing implementations, but each having differentiated input and output formats, which makes it difficult to integrate to a pipeline. …”
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Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Considerations Raised by Self-Reported Genital Mutilation Following Voluntary Cosmetic Labiaplasty by Metaxas, T, Earp, BD, Bader, D, Ghasemi, S, Solari, M, Abdulcadir, J

“…Most women seeking FGCS have physiologic (neither diseased nor anatomically atypical) genitalia and are reassured by counseling. …”

Synthesis and testing of asynchronous circuits - micropipeline by Khaing, Kathy.

“…Since asynchronous circuits having no globally distributed clock, there are no problems about the clock skew occurring in synchronous systems. …”
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Intermittent demand forecasting by Mishra, Prerna.

“…Forecast of demand of products having regular and uniform usage pattern is easily accomplished. …”
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The uncertain promise of economic interdependence : a comparative case study of Europe and East Asia. by Tan, Swee Bock.

“…This thesis seeks to examine if economic interdependence is a necessary and sufficient condition for peace, and if not, what other factors could be more important. Having faith in the peace-producing potential of economic interdependence has significant implications for state policy and international relations.…”
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Kinematic analysis and optimal design of three-legged reconfigurable parallel manipulators by Anjan Kumar Dash

“…The focus of this work is on a class of three-legged modular reconfigurable parallel manipulators having spherical end joints. In the study on instantaneous kinematics, easy generic and intuitive method of determine reciprocal screws based on POE scheme is proposed using twist annihilators.…”
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Quantization Games on Social Networks and Language Evolution by Mani, Ankur, Varshney, Lav R., Pentland, Alex

“…In contrast to traditional results in language evolution, we demonstrate several vocabularies may coexist in Bayes Nash equilibrium, with each individual having exactly one of these vocabularies. The overlap between vocabularies is high for individuals that communicate frequently and have similar local sources. …”
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Development of heating and cooling materials for sports apparel by Thum, Kai Yang

“…However, the list of types of additive coated fabrics to be used in this mechanics of dual-layer properties is not exhaustive where additives not investigated in this project can have better efficiency.…”
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360 Immersive VR website for experiencing Singapore by Tan, Don Charlton Keat Peng

“…Now, even technology giants such as Facebook are having dedicated teams and labs to develop VR applications and devices of tomorrow. …”
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i-EMS App by Osman, Anuar

“…However, many responders today are not enjoying the luxury of having information data on the go due to lack of technology prowess. …”
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Humans first: why people value animals less than humans by Caviola, L, Schubert, S, Kahane, G, Faber, NS

“…We found that most participants prioritized humans over animals even when the animals were described as having equal or more advanced mental capacities than the humans. …”

The influence of intrinsic motivational forces on consumers’ product purchase intentions by Syed, Sumera, Shah, Syed Rashid Hussain, Sh. Ahmad, Fauziah

“…With the passage of time, this need has been further revolutionized with added requirements of safety and hygienic factors. Halal food having both of these factors, has gained popularity among both Muslims and non-Muslims consumers. …”
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Shariah Monitoring, Agency Cost and Fund Performance in Malaysian Mutual Funds by Sofi, Mohd Fikri, Yahya, Mohamed Hisham

“…This paper provides empirical evidence of the SAP effects from the view of a more complex monitoring structure in consequence of having an additional layer of governance, devoting on the trade-off between benefit and cost to shareholders…”
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