Decentralization : the China and Indonesia experiences. by Quan, Quan.

“…Donor agencies’ push for adoption of decentralization policies in developing countries indiscriminately, which forms an important part of policies prescribed in “Washington Consensus”, seem to fall into the trap of mistaking decentralization as a political development end goal, instead of a means towards further political development.…”
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What makes you beautiful? A multimodal discourse analysis of female beauty ideals in print advertisements in Singapore shopping centres by Ong, Fonda Zheng Jing

“…Advertising is a powerful social discourse that taps into and reinforces women’s insecurities and fear of unattractiveness. …”
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The role of social capital in information systems research productivity. by Teo, Jerryca Hui Zhong., Peh, Chun Boon., Ong, Su Yi.

“…Hence, researchers should bridge knowledge silos to tap at new perspectives and knowledge to further research.…”
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Marketing of "Do-It-Yourself" tour package for Destinations Holidays Pte Ltd by Chang, Ei Leen, Teo, Ivy Mun Li, Wong, Teck Wee

“…Due to the ease in entry into the travel industry, many travel agencies are being set up in Singapore to tap into this "Travel Boom". For the past few years, the travel industry has been a fast growing and competitive industry in Singapore. …”
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New supermarket for Jurong West by Mohammed Effendi Basri, Tan, Shok Keng, Yong, Sheue Horng

“…The analysis concludes that a need for the new supermarket exists. With a market to tap, the marketing strategies for the achievement of the expected sales level were outlined. …”
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Cell charactetization in differnet regions of the native annulus fibrous in a porcine intervetebral disc model through cell sorting and molecular analysis by Teo, Tong

“…Hence, there is a need to tap on tissue engineering to build a biological constructs for the replacement of the degenerated tissue. …”
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Intraindividual dynamics of primary school students’ executive functioning: accuracy and response-time by Malmberg, L-E, Lo, H, Heemskerk, C, Esser, P, Dawes, H, Claudia, R

“…Forty-three 8-11 year-old children (M_age = 9 yrs; 11 mos, 51.5% boys) completed the Mixed block (including both congruent and incongruent trials) of the Hearts and Flowers task on tablets twice per school-day during two weeks (n_ti = 651). The Mixed block taps into working memory, inhibition and switching elements of Common EF. …”

A sociological analysis of Iranian popular music in the 21st century by Safideh, Mohammad Rezazadeh

“…The result of this investigation indicates that pop and rap genres with very simple, easy and repeatable rhythm and musical construction are currently the most popular music in Iran, and the younger generation (14–29 year old) makes the greatest number of consumers for popular music. …”
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Study of applying fiber based laser with the primary standard for optical power and improvement of spectral responsivity scales in near IR range by Zhang, Jing, Teo, Jia Jie, Huang, Xuebo

“…The absolute optical power was measured and two absolute transfer standard detectors (InGaAs based trap detectors) were calibrated at 1310nm. The measurement setup is described and the measurement uncertainty was analyzed. …”
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Development of nitride-based optical phased array at 1092 nm for the optical addressing of ⁸⁸Sr+ Ion by Lim, Yu Dian, Goh, Simon Chun Kiat, Seit, Wen Wei, Zhao, Peng, Guidoni, Luca, Likforman, Jean-Pierre, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…Optical phased array (OPA) structures are designed and fabricated for the optical addressing of trapped 88Sr+ ions. Laser light of 1092 nm wavelength corresponding to the 2D3/2 to 2P1/2 of 88Sr+ ion is used, where silicon nitride (SiN) platform with integrated titanium nitride (TiN) thermos-optic heaters are selected. …”
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Conflict and the formation of political beliefs in Africa by Adhvaryu, A, Fenske, J

“…Our results suggest that at the population level, the “conflict trap” in Africa is not driven by shifts in political beliefs and engagement caused by conflict exposure in childhood.…”

Mechanisms and Implementation of Thermo-Optical Annealing in Silica Fiber Sensors for Radiation-Induced Attenuation Mitigation by Legoupil, Aurelien Y. M.

“…For the pure silica core and F-doped cladding fibers studied, the RIA spectrum obtained is decomposed into known radiation-induced defect absorption bands, highlighting the key role of self-trapped holes in RIA at telecommunication wavelengths. …”
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Towards a translation policy in Singapore : illuminations by community translation & interpretation by Li, Xulin

“…A bolder contribution is proposing that the concept of CTI may, in the local and regional context, tap on the nation’s educational and technological capability to sprint towards a cross-boundary and crowdsourcing solution to facilitate policy compliance and society inclusivity of empowering minority language communities in the spirit of humanism.…”
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Multi-stable configurations for vibration-based energy harvester by Wileen Kristanto

“…Vibration energy stands to be one of the most abundant, yet the possibly least tapped resource. This study of energy harvesting is to utilize the energy present in vibrations and convert it to a usable form using energy harvesters. …”
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Attachment and savouring on mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Lu, Sharrie Yuyi

“…As such, this study explores Savouring as an intervention to tap on one’s ability to attend to positive emotions and memories, helping mothers of children with ASD to recognise and cherish moments of sensitive care towards their child, thus improving parent-child relationship and satisfaction. 32 mothers were randomly assigned to either personal or relational savouring conditions; focusing on positive personal moments or moments shared with their child, respectively. …”
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Nanoimprinting of nanostructured catalysts by Aravinthan, T.

“…Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas which traps heat radiated by the sun in the atmosphere and causes global warming. …”
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Tactile Speech Communication: Reception of Words and Two-Way Messages through a Phoneme-Based Display by Jung, Jaehong, Reed, Charlotte M., Martinez, Juan S., Tan, Hong Z.

“…Study II consisted of two-way messaging between two users of TAPS (TActile Phonemic Sleeve) for 13 h over 45 days. …”
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On the physics of intranuclear organization by Sood, Amogh

“…Epigenetic modifications of histone proteins, which DNA wraps around to form nucleosomes, are key determinants of nucleosomes’ condensability and chromatin’s higher-order structure. …”
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Investigation of the strain sensing performance of 3D-printed electrically conductive polymeric nanocomposites by Koh, Peng Hoi

“…The electrically conductive polymeric nanocomposites were prepared with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at a concentration of 2 wt%, wrapped thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powders. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructures-graphene hybrid system. by Lee, Xin Ying.

“…It was found that ZnO nanowires might be too thick to be wrapped in graphene nanoscrolls. In contrary, α-Fe2O3 nanoparticle-graphene nanoscrolls hybrid structure has the potential to be developed. …”
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