A Short History of South East Asia / by Church, Peter, editor 435931

“…A Short History of South-East Asia with revised chapters for all of the countries in this geographic area, this interesting text paints a remarkable overview of the characters and events that have shaped this part of the world. …”

Civilisation of Virtues / by Osman Nuri Topbas, 1942-, author 543065

“…In particular, many references to the poetry of Rumi, Yunus Emre and other Sufis aim to unite the passion of our spiritual practice with its ritual form. The chapters on paying charity and poor-due possess great beauty. …”

Probabilistic and Analytic Methods in Combinatorics by Sawhney, Mehtaab

“…The third chapter concerns a question of Vu regarding the singularity of the k-core of a random graph. …”
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Towards in-situ texture analysis during LPBF: optical microscopy and texture control by Wang, Xiaogang

“…Finally, I present my attempts atix enabling optical microstructural analysis, in-line, during L-PBF processes (Chapter 4). To this end, I integrated special surface processing techniques as well as the optical characterization methods described in the previous chapters inside a custom-made L-PBF system. …”
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Further studies of extreme learning machine and compressed signal detection by Cao, Jiuwen

“…In part II of the thesis (Chapters 5 and 6), we study the signal detection in CS. …”
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Writing Hong Kong Sinophonicity : history, gender and ethnicity in Hong Kong fiction by Long, Chao

“…Chapter two expands the purview of the historical inquiry in chapter one with its discussion of the notion of gendered Sinophonicity that is constructed in Wong Bik-wan’s Portraits of Martyred Women (1999) and Children of Darkness (2013). …”
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The neoliberal convergence of European industrial relations: economic inevitability or result of European political choices? by Jefferys, Steve

“…The central argument of Lucio Baccaro and Chris Howell’s analysis of European industrial relations over the past four decades (with a statistical analysis of fifteen countries and detailed chapters on five) is that ‘employer discretion’ has increased everywhere, although this is evidenced more in some countries than in others. …”

Silent invader by Loh, Wei Ting

“…Silent Invader is an immersive installation that underlines the entanglement of human and microplastics in everyday life. The three animated chapters highlight the microplastic impact on land, water, and air. …”
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Development of a smart LED lighting system for sleeping hours by Lim, Fa Yuan

“…The prototype will utilize an Arduino Uno Microcontroller and use various Sensors and LEDs for demonstration. The following chapters will discuss the research conducted and the components used in the prototype. …”
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Evaluation of the music collection at the National Institute of Education Library by Yu, Bee Lian.

“…It lacks coverage in its collection of core music materials, this as revealed in its low percentage of holdings when selected chapters from the Basic Music Library were checked against the Library's holdings. …”
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Application of hydroformylation for the stereoselective synthesis of piperidine alkaloids by Sivarajan Kasinathan

“…The fourth chapter explores the advantages of application of hydroformylation in flow chemistry. …”
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An exposition of the Zhuangzi’s zhiyan (至言) by Koo, Hao Wei

“…The meaning of zhiyan (至言) in the Zhuangzi varies. In chapter 12, zhiyan is antithetical to suyan (俗言) or “customary sayings”. …”
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Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology /Edited by Peter Graf, David J. A. Dozois by Graf, Peter, (Professor of psychology), editor 636055, Dozois, David J. A., editor 497583, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…In addition to the papers included in the collection, the Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology features: An insightful preface focused on the theme of connecting basic research to practical solutions in the real world; An overview of the chapters and their arrangement in the collection; An author and subject index to assist readers in finding the information they seek; A focus on the most cutting-edge advancements in the field of applied psychology, with an emphasis on the impact of technological innovation and increased recognition of cultural determinants of behavior. …”
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Understanding Chromatin Organization and Dynamics with Coarse-Grained Modeling by Liu, Shuming

“…In Chapter 2, we present novel CG force fields trained with contrastive learning. …”
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从新加坡妇女理事会到新加坡妇女组织理事会 ：新加坡女性地位演变的考察 = A study of the changing status of women in Singapore (1950) : from the Singapore Council of Women to the Singapore Council of Women’s Organiza... by 王 慧 敏 Ong, Jennifer Hui Min

“…The final chapter will be a detailed analysis of improvements in Singapore’s women's social status and their changes in life which were brought about by the women's organizations in Singapore. …”
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Nation in action : making Chinese in the rural borderland between China and North Korea by Chen, Shiwei

“…Part I includes three chapters, a historical overview of ethnogenesis and ethnic classification in China from top-down perspectives (Chapter 1), a review on the sociological studies of ethnicity and nationalism in everyday life (Chapter 2), methodology and a description of the main fieldsite, a village about 10 km from the North Korean-Chinese border (Chapter 3). …”
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The ideational approach to populism: consequences and mitigation. Volume 2

“…It reaffirms that ideas matter, arguing that an ideational definition of populism leads to more accurate, and sometimes surprising predictions about the impact of populism at multiple levels of analysis. The chapters of this edited volume explore the effect of populist ideas in each of four areas: consequences for state-level institutions, voters, and international relations; and mitigation. …”

Understanding the multi-dimensional nature of cultural identity in historic urban landscapes: a study of Jiaxiulou in Guiyang, China by Linfeng, Shi, Wanyi, Yang, Ujang, Norsidah

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Autistic students' experiences, opportunities and challenges in higher education in Singapore: a qualitative study by Lim, Elinor, Wong, Shawn, Gurbuz, Emine, Kapp, Steven K., López, Beatriz, Magiati, Iliana

“…The present study sought to explore and understand (i) the experiences, opportunities, and challenges of autistic students in HE in Singapore; and (ii) non-autistic HE students’ experiences of studying alongside and socially engaging with their autistic peers. Twenty autistic and twenty-two non-autistic HE students in Singapore completed an online survey with open-ended questions. …”
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The anxious chronicles: visualising my anxiety through acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) as well as humour and satire by Dugang, Pahang Chelsea Ro-Ann

“…I noticed that I myself have been facing anxiety together with my peers around me and how we often use humour in the form of sarcasm or irony to externalise and mediate our emotions. …”
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