A Japan with Fewer Japanese: Enter the Machines by Tan, Ming Hui, Lim, Christopher H.

“…Japan has long been beset by persisting demographic challenges – an ageing population, a shrinking workforce, and a reluctance to embrace immigration. …”
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‘I don’t care who joins my choir’: investigating attitudes to diversity and inclusivity in lower- and upper-voice choirs in the United Kingdom by MacGregor, E

“…Using descriptive statistics to show demographic trends and qualitative thematic analysis to identify experiences shared across choirs, we highlight how the development of some lower- and upper-voice choirs has been affected by a homogeneous demographic with limited recognition of – and, in some cases, resistance towards – wider societal issues of diversity and inclusivity. …”

Islands’ Metamorphoses: Two River Islands in Nanjing, China, as a Case Study in Historical Toponymy and Cartography by Xu, Duoduo

“…The present study illustrates the historical toponymy and historical topography of two river islands (located in the riverbed of the Yangtze River), belonging to the Nanjing’s territory, China, starting the toponymic analysis from a collection of ancient maps. …”
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Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting generated by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China by Yu, Guihua., Chen, Guihua., Klinger, Yann., Xu, Xiwei., Wen, Xueze., Hubbard, Judith., Shaw, John H.

“…Large oblique thrusting observed during this earthquake indicates that crustal shortening is an important process responsible for the high topography in the region, as everywhere along the edge of Tibetan Plateau.…”
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"Wooing the manosphere: he‘s just a bro.” Donald Trump’s 2024 digital transactions with ‘dude’ social media influencers by Wheeler, Mark

“…In the 2024 Presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s winning 2.0 strategy of “transgression as entertainment” was evident in his decision to target a disaffected demographic of largely young white male voters (the “manosphere”) within the key swing states.…”
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Tailoring the angular and spectral reflectance characteristics of color-dynamic films by modifying their photonic texture and topcoat roughness by Blair, Andrew D.

“…An effective approach for controlling the optical properties of such color-dynamic photonic films, which are manufactured holographically, is demonstrated using two simple control handles: the texture of the photonic structure and the surface roughness of a transmissive topcoat. …”
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Foreign talent : antecedents and consequences of underemployment. by Chang, Mun Wai., Lew, Keen Lung., Tan, Hsueh Pin.

“…This study explores the antecedents (demographic characteristics, overseas unit factor, job level factors, and personal characteristics) and consequences (work attitudes and behaviour) of underemployment among foreign talent in Singapore. …”
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Effect of coupling agent on hollow carbon microsphere/phenolic resin syntactic foam by Chan, Sze Hua.

“…The FITR and SEM were used to scan for chemical bonds and topography of hollow carbon microsphere respectively. …”
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Consumer preferences in air travel : an application of conjoint analysis. by Leoh, Chay Hoon., Leow, Isabelle Hui Fen., Tee, Hwee Teng.

“…Cluster analysis technique was applied to group consumers with similar preferences to uncover underlying demographic profiles.…”
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Fuel card system by Chew, Geck, Chong, Siew Ling, Tan, Siew Fang

“…To achieve this, the report attempts to find out marketers' motivations for the launch of fuel cards, and the differences between fuel card users and non-users in terms of demographic profile, purchase behaviors, attitudes towards and perceptions of fuel card. …”
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Singaporeans' attitudes toward gender stereotypes in advertising. by Ng, Meng Yee., Yap, Mee Lee.

“…Purposes of this project are to identify the effects of respondents’ involvement in processing advertisements on their attitudes and the potential relationships between their demographical and psychographical characteristics on their attitudes. …”
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Comparative study of heroin and ecstasy abusers in the SAF by Ip, Lee Lee.

“…This study aimed to understand the ecstasy and heroin abusers in the SAF in terms of six factors, namely, demographic profile, family background, social factors, addiction history, abstention history and social support network. …”
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Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction by Summers, Stephen, Pek, Y. Shona, Vinod, Deepthi P., McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A., Birch, William R., Rice, Scott A.

“…Metagenomic assessment of marine microbial communities indicated no significant impact of material on microbial diversity, irrespective of the diverse surface chemistry and topography. Based on KEGG pathway analysis, surface properties appeared to influence the community composition and function during the initial stages of biofilm development, but this effect disappeared by Day 31. …”
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Using brain functional connectivity pattern to examine the effectiveness of a reading intervention for children with dyslexia. by Naidu, Shanthini Chandra Sekaran, Al-Naimi, Taha Mahmoud, Samah, Narina A., Sha'Ameri, Ahmad Zuri

“…Partial Directed Coherence (PDC) technique was utilized and 2D EEG topography images were produced when the subjects were involved in live different rapid automatized naming (RAN) tasks. …”

An application of MCMC simulation in mortality projection for populations with limited data by Li, Jackie

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Influence of family background on academic achievements among nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia health campus by Adam, Nursyazana

“…There is no association between socio-demographic data (parents’ income) and students’ academic achievement (p>0.05). …”
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Fairness testing of machine translation systems by Sun,Zeyu, Chen, Zhenpeng, Zhang, Jie, Hao, Dan

“…FairMT operates on the assumption that translations of semantically similar sentences, containing protected attributes from distinct demographic groups, should maintain comparable meanings. …”
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Parameter optimization methods for calibrating tank model and neural network for rainfall-runoff modelling by Kuok, King Kuok

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Study on the regulation of focal adesions and cortical actin by matrix nanotopography in 3D environment by Han, Jingjing, Lin, Keng-Hui, Chew, Lock Yue

“…It has been proposed that nanoscale topography is possible to modulate the tensions which direct the formation of cytoskeleton and the organization of the membrane receptor within the cell, which in turn regulate intracellular mechanical and biochemical signaling. …”
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The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Reich, Peter B., Bardgett, Richard D., Eldridge, David J., Lambers, Hans, Wardle, David A., Reed, Sasha C., Plaza, César, Png, Kenny Guochen, Neuhauser, Sigrid, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Hart, Stephen C., Hu, Hang-Wei, He, Ji-Zheng, Bastida, Felipe, Abades, Sebastián, Alfaro, Fernando D., Cutler, Nick A., Gallardo, Antonio, García-Velázquez, Laura, Hayes, Patrick E., Hseu, Zeng-Yei, Pérez, Cecilia A., Santos, Fernanda, Siebe, Christina, Trivedi, Pankaj, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Weber-Grullon, Luis, Williams, Mark A., Fierer, Noah

“…Parent material, climate, vegetation and topography predict, collectively, 24 times more variation in ecosystem properties than soil age alone. …”
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