Exploring the formation of behavioral intention toward rural tourism via sensory experience and memorable tourism experiences, a case study in Henan, China by Zhenbin, Wang, Ramachandran, Sridar, Siow, Mayling, Subramaniam, Thanam, Hui, Zhang

“…On the other hand, sight, sound, taste, and smell do not have a meaningful influence. …”

Girls, let's talk about sex and Islam : a study on young Singaporean Muslim women and how they make sense of sexual agency and religion in contemporary Singapore by Nadya Nasser

“…In today’s contemporary Singapore, young Singaporean Muslim women face opposing pressures from the modern and secular ethos that permeates their lives on one hand, and the standards of ‘piety’ and ‘modesty’ placed on them by religion on the other. …”
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Curtain call : a final bow for the traditional arts. by Chen, Shanshan., Khew, Carolyn Jin-Ny., Koh, Valerie Swee Fang.

“…Curtain Call explores the challenges that today's traditional artists battle on a daily basis, from making a living to finding a successor to hand over the ropes to. In the face of these challenges, many have taken to modernise their art forms, to the dismay of traditional arts purists. …”
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Development of indexing clamper mechanism for wire bonder by Zhang, Yue.

“…For wire bonding integrated circuits, the state-of-art is 30 u.m fine pitch, and the position accuracy of material transmission for wire bonder is required to be 3.5 urn or less. On the other hand, for horizontal LED (light emitting diode), like TO-92, the market price is as cheap as only US 1 cent due to the intensive commercial competition. …”
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Sign language recognition – teach machine to talk to deaf people by Goh, Ting Jun

“…With the introduction of internet, social media and phones, communications have been convenient and easy. Despite this, face-to-face verbal communication remains to be the primary mode of communication for most of the population. …”
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Exploring translation strategies for Chinese dialogue and buzzwords based on 星星上的花（The Flower on the Stars） by Wan, Wenyi

“…During the translation process, two main problems are found: on the one hand, the problem concerning the grasp of language style and register, and the corresponding problem of how to choose words in the face of diverse texts; on the other hand, the problem of how to translate Chinese buzzwords in English. …”
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Security enhancement of fingerprint authentication by Alias, Joe

“…Biometric recognition deals with the use of distinctive physiological and behavioral characteristics of an individual such as iris, fingerprint, hand geometry, face, signature, gait etc which are called biometrics or biometric identifiers to automatically recognize a person. …”
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Labour pains: mothers and motherhood on the British left in the twentieth century by Riley, CL, Jenkins, L, Baughan, E

“…Mothering has added additional hurdles to the gendered obstacles women already face in pursuing politics as activists or elected representatives. …”

Smart algorithms for modeling urban traffic by Christian Gunjan Rajeshkumar

“…Densely populated areas, such as Singapore, face the problem of traffic congestion on daily basis. …”
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High five: recognising human interactions in TV shows by Patron-Perez, A, Marszalek, M, Zisserman, AP, Reid, ID

“…Noting that people generally face each other while interacting, we learn a structured SVM that combines head orientation and the relative location of people in a frame to improve upon the initial classification obtained with our descriptor. …”

The correlation between CEO remuneration and company performance : a Singapore-Hong Kong comparison. by Chui, Vanessa Jie Yi., Luo, Yijie., Low, Jeanne Yi Jun.

“…This paper recognizes the quintessential role that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) remuneration historically plays in aligning the interests of the CEOs with those of the stockholders by virtue of motivating them to improve company performance. On the other hand, such pay-for-performance schemes have been increasingly facing criticism for its seemingly growing ineffectiveness. …”
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Enviro-toons : what do parents think about it? by Goh, Jeannette

“…Using a phenomenological framework to examine the face-to-face interviews with 10 parents, this paper found that parents were cautiously optimistic about the medium, where they all saw its potential to teach but saw the need for sources outside this media to ensure that the environmental message is received by their children. …”
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Tour-into-picture with Kinect by Meng, Taing

“…In this project, we enhanced the Tour-Into-Picture method by introducing Kinect face-tracking to substitute mouse controls. This could provide users more realistic and immersive interaction by looking at a picture from different angles with hand-free experience. …”
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Green gatekeepers by Enriques, L, Romano, A, Tuch, A

“…After distinguishing green gatekeepers from highly reputation-sensitive traditional gatekeepers in financial markets, we argue that green gatekeepers face weaker reputational constraints than traditional ones. …”

Real-Time Object Detection System for Hospital Assets Using YOLOv8 by Andalusia, Friska, Suakanto, Sinung, Hamami, Faqih, Mat Raffei, Anis Farihan, Nuryatno, Edi

“…Hospitals must have efficient asset management to offer quality medical care. On the other hand, many hospitals face problems such as data entry errors. …”
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Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in UK by Ching, Claudia Loke Wei

“…This will prompt shipping sectors across UK to respond with the necessary mitigation strategies, as they restructure their operations in the face of BREXIT. The aim of this research paper is to identify the impacts of BREXIT on the UK maritime industry due to its geographical proximity, as well as the intensity of impacts experienced first-hand by the maritime sectors in UK. …”
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A narrowband ultrasonic ranging method for multiple moving sensor nodes by Ashhar, Karalikkadan, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam, Soh, Cheong Boon

“…Accurate ranging using narrow-band ultrasonic transducers in small-scale environments can be used for indoor localization, human motion capture, and robotic navigation. …”
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Developing a taxonomy of consumer preferences for enhancing B2C e-commerce last-mile delivery: delivered food by Teo, Ee Lin

“…The surge in OFD orders has resulted in OFD platforms facing some difficulty in keeping up with the demand. …”
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Behaviours and attitudes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a cross-national Facebook survey by Perrotta, D, Grow, A, Rampazzo, F, Cimentada, J, Del Fava, E, Gil-Clavel, S, Zagheni, E

“…Respondents rapidly adopted the use of face masks when they were not yet mandatory. We observed a clear pattern in threat perceptions, sharply increasing from a personal level to national and global levels. …”

Comparison of Finite Element Methods and Satellite InSAR for Monitoring Deformations of a Large Tailings Dam by Fetell, Robert Henry

“…The InSAR data are also insightful in showing relatively uniform lateral deformations occurring over the face of the dam, consistent with the interpreted translational failure mechanism. …”
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