Planetary Social Thought : The Anthropocene Challenge to the Social Sciences / by Clark, Nigel, author 655155, Szerszynski, Bronislaw, author 655154, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…In this innovative book, Clark and Szerszynski argue that social thinkers need to revise their own presuppositions about the social: to understand it as the product of a dynamic planet, self-organizing over deep time. …”
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Strategizing With Institutional Theory / by Sminia, Harry, 1963-, author 655497, Cambridge University Press (Online service) 655240

“…While the competitive based style sees institutional theory submitting to mainstream strategy research, offering additional variables and considerations to explain competitive advantage, the legitimacy based style makes institutional theory a strategy theory in its own right by providing an explanation for an organization's viability that emphasizes legitimacy over competitive advantage. …”
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Encore Valentine / by Adriani Trigiani, author 656192

“…More so, she longs to create one of her own, but is torn between a past love that nurtured her, and a new one that promises to sustain her.…”

PhD: The Amazing Journey - Volume 3

“…We wish you the best of luck and may PhD: The Amazing Journey Volume 3 we have the opportunity to collect your very own PhD story in our future PhD: The Amazing Journey series.…”
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Animation of electronic and optical processes in semiconductors by Yeo, Raymond Chin Keong.

“…However these website are from oversea source and usually created by the professor themselves with reference to their own sets of notes thus the explanation might be too profound for students to understand. …”
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Web application for community driven DIY augmented reality platform by Seah, Yunting

“…fixIT wants to encourage users to share their own ways of DIY by creating and sharing the guides on the website so that the community can benefit from it. …”
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Race and ethics in the translation classroom: reflections on teaching the Amanda Gorman’s translators controversies as a white British lecturer by Freeth, Peter J.

“…It argues that more discussions of race and translation ethics are required within British translation studies programs and reflects on my own approach to teaching the Gorman’s translators controversies in a practical translation class as an attempt to meet that need. …”
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Humans first: why people value animals less than humans by Caviola, L, Schubert, S, Kahane, G, Faber, NS

“…Is such <em>moral anthropocentrism</em> based in perceived differences in mental capacity between humans and non-humans or merely because humans favor other members of their own species? We investigated this question in six studies (<em>N</em> = 2217). …”

Cultural transmission of fitness in mathematical population genetics by Kvasznicza, I

“…<p>Cultural transmission of fitness is the observed phenomenon in human populations that the number of a parent's siblings in uences the number of their own offspring. We propose an extension of the classical Wright-Fisher model for constant size haploid populations to allow for setting the magnitude of these `in uences' for each family size separately. …”

Coping strategies of the sandwich generation in the care process: a qualitative study by Pashazade, Hakime, Maarefvand, Masoomeh, Abolfathi Momtaz, Yadollah, Abdi, Kianoush

“…Objective: The sandwich generation refers to individuals who are simultaneously responsible for caring for their aging parents and their own children. Research shows that the number of sandwich generation caregivers is increasing, and they face significant physical, psychological, social, and economic challenges. …”
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Harmonized co-existence with robust interference management in femto-macro cellular architectures by Ponnu Jacob

“…If the indoor traffic can be routed into the cellular network using a femtocell base station, the connected users will experience an increase in capacity along with ubiquitous coverage while macrocell base station resources might be spared. This in turn implies a reduction in network maintenance and deployment cost for the operator. …”
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The question of beauty in contemporary fiction by Teo, Tiffany Xi Qing

“…The thesis explores how principles of beauty pattern the narrative fabric and form of the chosen novels, which in turn enact within the reader’s reception the drama of awakening consciousness.…”
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Effect of implicit theories on emigration intention. by Sam, Puay Leng.

“…They are believed to predict people’s quality of social relationships and adjustment in a new culture, which in turn affect their migration decisions. Implicit person theory moderated effect the effect of stereotype on intention to leave, but did not show significant effect on intention to leave. …”
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Parent-child relationship in contemporary Singapore by Tamil Vani Gunasilan

“…This research indicates that it is less about Western versus Asian parenting, but more about social class differences that, in turn, impacts parent-child relationships.…”
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Busyness and its impact on speed of work. by Soon, Yi Zhen.

“…Though studies are abound on how factors like clock time, people's pattern of activity consumption, affluence and technology contribute to an accelerated speed of life and in turn make people feel “busy”, little has been done on the inverse relationship. …”
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Predictive modeling of g-induced loss of consciousness for entertainment theme parks by Hariharan Anushya.

“…During high G levels there is pooling of blood in the lower extremities, draining blood away from the brain. This in turn causes low oxygen consumption by the brain finally resulting in brain ischemia. …”
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The hidden scar : uncovering Singapore's trauma preparedness by Amir Yusof, Goh, Rui Qi, Koh, Steffi Min Xuan, Goh, Tiffany Qi Qi

“…The stories are interspersed with snapshots showcasing healing options that trauma survivors turn to, aside from conventional psychotherapy and medication.…”
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Bodyslam! by Tan, Jared Alex Wen Jie, Muhammad ‘Zack’ Zailani Bin Ismail, Razinah Anwarali

“…Overweight, unathletic and facing disapproval at every turn, Bodyslam! documents this uphill journey while simultaneously displaying that such an unusual passion should be taken just as seriously as its more conventional counterparts.…”
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Jokowi’s “Look West” foreign policy : expanding Indonesia’s sphere of influence? by Sebastian, Leonard C., Syailendra, Emirza Adi

“…His primary strategies will be to turn Indonesia into a “global maritime nexus” and pursue a “Look West” strategy.…”
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The rising joint Israel-US strategic fortunes in the Middle East by Saikal, Amin

“…Israel’s military triumph in the Middle East is not entirely its own. It is a result of joint Israeli-American campaigns. …”
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