A lamb wave approach for fatigue damage prognosis with piezoelectric transducers by Lim, Say Ian

“…Thus, collective effort from the various field of research is required to solve this problem. The author hopes that the originality and contribution from this research will benefit the community and spur research in the field of damage prognosis.…”
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Requests for actions and their responses in caregiver-child interactions : a conversation analytic approach by Tse Crepaldi, Yvonne

“…Finally, bald resistance with single or multiple no's are analysed and contrasted with I don't want in terms of the notion of entitlement. The study hopes to contribute not only to studies of requests and adult-child interaction, but also to deepen our understanding of children's acquisition of social understanding.…”
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Examining the Empirical Model of Malaysian Youth Motivation in Political Participation: The Three-Culture Perspective (S/O 14182) by Halim, Haslina, Mohamad, Bahtiar, Dalib, Syarizan, Abdu, Shamsu Dauda

“…Taking this into consideration, the present research hopes to further investigate youth behavior in political participation. …”
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Performance of toughened acrylic thermoplastic composites under mode I loading by Ng, Ronald Zi Foong

“…The results from this final year project hopes to shed light on possible improvements which may be undertaken to optimize the results, and the possibility of incorporating higher weight percentages of Clearstrength® XT100 to further enhance the outcomes.…”
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Religious and economic soft power in Ghana-Turkey relations by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…The paper assesses Turkey’s various forms of influence in Ghana and considers what Turkey hopes to achieve in foreign policy terms. The paper is in four sections. …”
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Dialectic of digital enlightenment: reclaiming radical philosophy for our times by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

“…Adorno and Limits of Digital Positivism, Technological Society and Hopes of Ernst Simon Bloch, Walter Benjamin and Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Erich Fromm and Digital Human Nature, Herbert Marcuse and Eros of Digital Civilisation, Habermas, Reason and AI, Marx and Class Consciousness in the Age of Digital Work. …”

Moris Mai : to be born by Cai, Yun, Har, Jiawei, Loh, Jing Ting, Toh, Yan Wei

“…Moris Mai, meaning “to be born” in Tetum, the indigenous language of Timor-Leste, is a 20-minute documentary on the pressing child and maternity issue in the young nation, its root causes, practical implications and the hopes of the locals towards an improved healthcare system. …”
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Sustainable structural design optimization - prestressed concrete beams by Ng, Kok Hang

“…The findings from this project can be used by structural engineers to minimise the EC emissions associated with the construction industry by prudent selection of the prestressed beam parameters during the initial design. The author hopes that the sustainable design guidelines provided in this paper will inspire deeper research into other beam parameters such as the tendon profile that will also influence the EC of the structure.…”
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The artifice that endures the burden of the past : analysing memory in Angela Carter's fictional works. by Yuvaneswari.

“…Most criticism of Angela Carter’s writing begins by studying Carter’s works from their written words. This essay hopes to prove that memory is integral to Carter’s cause and that her texts show her subtle but significant involvement with the process of memory. …”
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Investigating the use of neurofeedback to promote self-regulation of cortical motor activities as a potential rehabilitation tool post-stroke by Huang, Y

“…By examining multiple neuroimaging modalities, this thesis hopes to explore the potential of various neurofeedback setups for motor rehabilitation after stroke.…”

STandards for reporting interventions in clinical trials of tuina/massage (STRICTOTM): extending the CONSORT statement by Zhang, Xuan, Liang, Feng, Lau, Chung Tai, Chan, Jacky C. P., Wang, Nana, Deng, Jiashuai, Wang, Juan, Ma, Yanfang, Zhong, Linda Lidan, Zhao, Chen, Yao, Liang, Wu, Taixiang, Lyu, Aiping, Tian, Guihua, Shang, Hongcai, Miao, Jiangxia, Bian, Zhaoxiang

“…Conclusions: The working group hopes that the STRICTOTM, in conjunction with both the CONSORT statement and extension for nonpharmacologic treatment, can improve the reporting quality and transparency of Tuina/Massage clinical research.…”
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Epidemiology of injuries in street dancers by Yee, Ernest Chun Tuck

“…Background: Street dance (also known as hip-hop dance) has rapidly grown in popularity since its origination in the 1970s and is now practiced by millions of people worldwide. …”
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Analysis of influence and its applications in social advertising by Zhu, Yuqing

“…To improve the efficiency in the sampling process of influence estimation, we propose a new sampling method, called 2-hop+. Our method generates only the samples spreading influence beyond the source with at least one 2-hop live path. …”
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Writing Hong Kong Sinophonicity : history, gender and ethnicity in Hong Kong fiction by Long, Chao

“…Thus, my dissertation will be structured in accordance with these three aspects, in the hopes of shedding new light on the complex historical formation of Hong Kong’s Sinophone culture. …”
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新加坡福建话马来语及英借词使用情况调查 = Usage of English and Malay loanwords amongst Singapore Hokkien speakers by 张良忆 Teo, Joey Liang Yi

“…Therefore, this study hopes to examine the overall use of these loanwords in Singapore in recent years. …”
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新加坡当代社会同志自由的研究 = A study of homosexuals’ liberty in present day Singapore by 陈惠嫔 Tan, Mabel Hui Ping

“…Therefore, this thesis hopes to be able to examine if the differences in thoughts and values between the gay community and society can come to a satisfied conclusion, achieving a consensus. …”
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Understanding the justifications for food policies through political theory: a method for public policy analysis by Thomas, O

“…In addition, it highlights that while theory is relevant to practice, looking at practice also has much to offer to political theories, particularly where these are too far removed from real-world contexts or fail to address key ethical issues. Overall, this work hopes to have contributed to the literature on the ethics of sugar reduction policies, on political theories and their practical applications and provided a method that can be useful in policy analysis.…”

HAPS-based relaying for integrated space-air-ground networks with hybrid FSO/RF communication : a performance analysis by R., Swaminathan, Sharma, Shubha, Vishwakarma, Narendra, Madhukumar, A. S.

“…Thus, we propose single-hop and SAGIN-based dual-hop system models for uplink satellite communication with hybrid FSO/RF links and the performance is investigated using analytical and simulation results. …”
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论李世民音乐政治观对儒家礼乐思想的继承和转化 = A study on Li Shimin music-politics: inheritance and transformation of Confucian ritual and music thought by 许惠佳 Koh, Hwee Kay

“…To a certain extent, he had inherited Yueji, Confucian ritual and Music thought - which extensively covers the social influence and educational function of music to society – while at the same time, his Music-politics thought bears much resemblance to those of Ji Kang. This article hopes to explore in detail Li Shimin’s Music-politics thought, and by using Yueji as a comparison, analyses how his inheritance and transformation of Confucian Ritual and Music thought played an important role in shaping the Tang Culture.…”
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孟子与董仲舒论“圣人之善”的比较分析 = A comparative analysis between the "Sage's Goodness" as proposed by Mencius and Dong Zhong Shu by 范舒玲 Wan, Cassandra Sue-Lynn

“…Therefore, since both Dong Zhong Shu and Mencius are divergent in their views regarding human nature, which includes the “goodness” (善, shan) of human nature and “the sage’s goodness”(圣人之善, sheng’ren zhi’shan), this essay hopes to shed light on how the socio-political environment had influenced their views respectively. …”
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