Is Africa’s growing public debt really crowding out private investment? by Mulangu, Francis

“…Total external debt for sub-Saharan Africa jumped nearly 150% to $583 billion in 2018, from $236 billion 10 years earlier according to the World Bank. Many now worry the debt burden is unsustainable. …”
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Exploring the bidirectional relationship between childhood BMI z-scores and harsh parenting measures: a longitudinal study by Chew, Jacinth

“…Linear mixed models did not find significant associations between physical coercion or verbal hostility and BMI z-scores in either direction, but an interaction effect suggested that BMI z-scores at year 4.5 could predict greater increases in verbal hostility from year 4.5 to year 8.5. …”
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Design of blockchain supported security function for IoT by Tan, Jervin Guan Yu

“…The usage of Internet of Things devices has increased significantly in the past few years, due to their ability to greatly improve upon the quality of service across many industries. …”
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Group formation in a pandemic world by Tan, Janssen Guan Rong

“…Universities have been relying on student project work as a cornerstone to the educational paradigm for many years. In addition, in the years that university education has been around, most classes have been in person. …”
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The effect of biculturalism on executive functions by Xie, Wenhan

“…While variables such as proficiency, immigration, and age of acquisition have received much attention over the years, there is still a paucity of research into culture as a variable exerting an effect on bilingualism. …”
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Development of Attention-based Prediction Models for All-cause Mortality, Home Care Need, and Nursing Home Admission in Ageing Adults in Spain Using Longitudinal Electronic Health... by Carrasco-Ribelles, LA, Cabrera-Bean, M, Khalid, S, Roso-Llorach, A, Violán, C

“…In this study, we developed deep-learning-based prognostic models to predict 1-year and 5-year all-cause mortality, nursing home admission, and home care need in people over 65 years old using all the longitudinal information from EHRs. …”

Interactive mobile information hub by Yang, Zhiyong

“…The number of smartphones have been increasing over the years. There are currently 78% of people owning at least one smartphone in Singapore as of June2013 up from 74% in the previous year[1]. …”
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Predicative adjectives in Thai: diachronic changes in the past century by Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Park, Kyung-Eun, Tan, Samuel Yuan Han

“…Peripheral adjectives, on the other hand, bear resemblance to both nouns and verbs from a syntactic standpoint (e.g. they may co-occur with the negation marker, auxiliary verbs and even the copula /pen/). …”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…<p>Two dimensional (2D) materials bear a lot of expectations on playing important role in next generation electronics and optoelectronics. …”

Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…My findings are brought to bear on three traditionally disparate bodies of research –industrial policy, corporate strategy and institutional theory – extending each and also bringing them into fruitful communion with one another.…”

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

“…In this thesis, incorporating insights from public international law into rationalist IR approaches, I argue that soft law instruments can have important effects over time and bring substantial costs for states to bear. This is particularly the case for soft law instruments ‘hardening’ through domestic law, treaties or customary international law, increasing the sovereignty and implementation costs attached to commitment. …”

Unravelling giant molecular clouds by Liang, F

“…<p>Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) provide the fuel for star formation and bear various feedbacks. Thus, they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the baryon cycle. …”

Vectors of power and specters of control. by Tan, Jonathan Wei Peng.

“…The interest for this Project surfaced when I returned to live in Singapore after spending 14 years in China. Having not grown up in Singapore, I did not have any memories of my birth-country at large and my experience with the landscape was predominantly new and unfamiliar. …”
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Development of mobile phone application for health monitoring by Neo, Shi Xiong

“…During the past few years, the development of smart phone dramatically changed the usage model of handheld device. …”
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Striking a new balance : tripartism and labour relations in post-colonial Singapore by Ho, Justin Chang Pern

“…How have these relations and the dynamics of collaboration and consultation changed over time in the considerations of the transformation in Singapore’s economy over the last 50 years? This study traces the evolution of tripartism and labour relations in Singapore between 1965 and 1986, in the first twenty years of the country’s economic success story. …”
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A study to minimize 'A'-pillar blind spot in cars by Choo, Daryl Gavin Jun Yan

“…This is due to the presence of the A-pillar found in cars and its thickness has increased over the years. The reason for the increased thickness over the years is to fortify the structural cage of the cars, protecting the occupants inside. …”
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Understanding the intermittency of the wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation and East Atlantic Pattern seasonal forecast skill in the Copernicus C3S multi-model ensemble by Baker, L, Shaffrey, L, Johnson, S, Weisheimer, A

“…The wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and East Atlantic Pattern (EA) are the two leading modes of North Atlantic pressure variability and have a substantial impact on winter weather in Europe. The year-to-year contributions to multi-model seasonal forecast skill in the Copernicus C3S ensemble of seven prediction systems are assessed for the wintertime NAO and EA, and well-forecast and poorly-forecast years are identified. …”

EEG-based mental workload recognition using deep learning techniques by Zeng, Chenxuan

“…EEG is a good indicator of cortex activities. In the past a few years, small wearable EEG devices became available in the market. …”
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Outward Japanese manufacturing foreign direct investment in Asia : from an industry-level perspective by Loo, Betsy, Ang, Chien Hwee

“…To investigate empirically the main factors driving Japanese Foreign Direct Investment to Asia using panel data set on five manufacturing industries for the years 1989-1999.…”
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Analysis of braided textile composite unit cells under jamming condition by Shi, Zhiyuan.

“…Predicting the elastic constants of braided composites has gained increasing importance over the years. This is mostly due to the broad use of the braided composites and the need to accurately predict their properties.…”
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