Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…Whilst the advantages and appeal of soft law have been widely studied, with its effects explored in both International Relations (IR) and International Law (IL) scholarship, states’ behaviour on commitment to soft law per se has remained underexplored. …”

Autonomised harming by Eggert, L

“…Second, the paper examines how potential differences between human agents and non-human, artificial agents might bear on the permissibility of delegating life-and death decisions to AI systems. …”

The phenomenology of mediumship by Benjamin, Geoffrey

“…The latter requirement leads mediums to perform actions that generate in themselves the directly felt sensation of simultaneously acting and being acted upon. …”
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Book review : The race conversation: an essential guide to creating life-changing dialogue by Eugene Ellis by Ezendiokwele, Chibuzor Roselyn

“…In the authors initial exposition ‘Who I am’ (page 22), Ellis described himself as a young person 'who felt fear much of the time and a kind of unease' (page 23).…”
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Surface Compositions of Trojan Asteroids by Emery, Joshua P., Binzel, Richard P., Britt, Daniel T., Brown, Michael E., Howett, Carly J. A., Martin, Audrey C., Melita, Mario D., Souza-Feliciano, Ana Carolina, Wong, Ian

“…A bimodality of spectral slopes has been detected and confirmed across all these wavelengths, and the ratio of “less-red” to “red” Trojans increases with decreasing size. …”
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Patient and Health Care Worker Perceptions of Communication and Ability to Identify Emotion When Wearing Standard and Transparent Masks by Chu, Jacqueline N., Collins, Joy E., Chen, Tina T., Chai, Peter R., Dadabhoy, Farah, Byrne, James D., Wentworth, Adam, DeAndrea-Lazarus, Ian A., Moreland, Christopher J., Wilson, Jaime A. B., Booth, Alicia, Ghenand, Omkar, Hur, Chin, Traverso, Giovanni

“…RESULTS: The national survey consisted of 1000 participants (mean [SD] age, 48.7 [18.5] years; 496 [49.6%] women) with a response rate of 92.25%. …”
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Largest testicular tumour in South-East Asia: a case report by Aizat, S. I., Yusof, M. R., Lee, F. Y., Fahmy, O., Lee, C. K.S., Khairul Asri, M. G., Muhammad Nasrulazam, N., Vikinesan, V. K., Liyana Zayani, Y., Yusuf, M., Rashide, Y., Othman, A.

“…We present the largest testicular tumour that first ever reported in Malaysia and we believed first reported in Southeast Asia. A 21 years old Malay gentleman presented to us with painless large scrotal swelling. …”
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Rehabilitating coastal agriculture and aquaculture after inundation events : spatial analysis of livelihood recovery in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia by Daly, Patrick, Halim, Agus, Nizamuddin, Ardiansyah, Hundlani, Divya, Ho, Ezra, Mahdi, Saiful

“…Additionally, our case study suggests the human impact of coastal hazards can be felt outside the physical extent of inundation.…”
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‘An unimaginable challenge’: a cross-cultural qualitative study of ethics and decision-making around tracheostomy ventilation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Ozeki-Hayashi, R, Wilkinson, D

“…Previous studies have shown that doctors' values may affect decisionmaking. There have been no previous international qualitative comparisons of medical decision-making process for TIV or why practice varies. …”

Atomic structure of the open SARS-CoV-2 E viroporin by Medeiros-Silva, João, Dregni, Aurelio J., Somberg, Noah H., Duan, Pu, Hong, Mei

“…Compared to the closed state, open ETM has an expansive water-filled amino-terminal chamber capped by key glutamate and threonine residues, a loose phenylalanine aromatic belt in the middle, and a constricted polar carboxyl-terminal pore filled with an arginine and a threonine residue. …”
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Investor behavioral intention in investment-based crowdfunding: a systematic literature review by Astiwi Indriani, Aisyah Abdul Rahman, Shifa Mohd Nor, Nur Sa’adah Muhamad

“…By establishing an insightful foundation for future research and providing actionable insights for practitioners seeking to foster trust, manage risk, and harness both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, our findings bear the potential to shape the evolution of investment-based crowdfunding in the coming years.…”
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Autism narratives in Singapore by Ho, Melissa Yun Ling

“…Examining Singaporean autism narratives allows us insight into the ways in which dominant global discourses about autism are negotiated in local contexts; narratives are shaped by their socio-cultural contexts and examining those from Singapore, a globalised and multicultural, yet socially conservative city-state, enables us to understand the ways in which such multiple discourses come to bear upon individual narratives. Given that these narratives have, in turn, the potential to shape cultural discourses, and having shown through close literary analysis some effects of existing stereotypes and discourses, I argue for the urgency and importance of attending to narrative ethics in the production of autism narratives in Singapore.…”
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DO ENGINEERING STUDENTS FEAR THE BLANK PAGE? by Rosnani, Ismail, Nurul Nadia, Muhammad, Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid

“…Have you ever stared at a blank white page and felt your heart pound loudly, your palms sweat, and your mind scream, "Aah... …”
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The characteristics and improvement paths of think tank construction and exchange between China and ASEAN by Zhang, Wei, Teh, Benny Cheng Guan

“…The ASEAN region is an important geographical area for China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The development of international exchanges and cooperation among think tanks under the background of new types of think tanks with distinctive Chinese features will contribute to the strengthening of international collaboration and the fostering of closer understanding. …”
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《新客》：新加坡第一部华语电影的书报讨论 = Discussions of the first Singapore Chinese-language film, Xinke (new immigrant) by 张陶陶 Chong, Pheona TaoTao

“…But according to Jan Uhde and Yvonne Ng, Uhde in “Latent Images: Film in Singapore”, they found that “Nanyang Annual (by 1951)” reported that the film was scrapped because its technique was so poor it was felt the movie would be unable to command any audience. …”
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Chemoselective synthesis and evaluation of β-oxovinylarsines as an arsenic synthetic precursor by Tay, Wee Shan, Li, Yongxin, Lu, Yunpeng, Pullarkat, Sumod A., Leung, Pak-Hing

“…Unlike other arsenic precursors which are toxic or volatile or have low reactivity, β-oxovinylarsines bear a well-defined organic backbone that confers both stability and known reactivity. …”
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Increasing international students’ autonomy and boosting their engagement via the use of active self-correction in writing: a transformative approach to sustainable self-regulated... by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…The results showed that students found the self-correction method difficult but rewarding. They felt that it was fairer because it gave students (especially low-achieving students) more opportunities to reflect on their work and improve it at their own pace. …”
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Enhancing early warning: A DNA biosensor with polyaniline/graphene nanocomposite for label-free voltammetric detection of saxitoxin-producing harmful algae by Chwan Chuong Chin, Jeremy Jason, Akbar, Muhamad Afiq, Mohd Yusof, Nurul Yuziana, Pike, Andrew, Goh, Choo Ta, Mustapha, Shuhadah, Tan, Ling Ling

“…Yearly reports of detrimental effects resulting from harmful algal blooms (HAB) are still received in Malaysia and other countries, particularly concerning fish mortality and seafood contamination, both of which bear consequences for the fisheries industry. …”
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Social bonding among children in joint physically active play by Jefferies, M

“…Each of these features has been associated with interpersonal affiliation in either human or non-human primates. …”

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.

“…The Mw 7.9 Wenchuan, China, earthquake ruptured two large thrust faults along the Longmenshan thrust belt at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. …”
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