Unknowing a southern life: writing around the abyss by Collins, K

“…One is a stick chart, a navigational aid from Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands, made from thin strips of wood and seashells (see Figure 5.1). The other is a water carrier from the Northern Cape Province in South Africa, an ostrich egg engraved with shapes and schematic figures such as antelopes and ostriches, into which has been cut a lateral hole (see Figure 5.2). …”

Investment opportunities in the tourism industry of South Africa. by Lim, Boon Khong., Saravanan Malaiyandi Chettiar., Kee, Boon Thow.

“…The aim of this research is to identify opportunities in the South African tourism industy and match them against the strengths of the Singaporean businessmen to see whether it would be worthwhile for the latter to make an investment in South Africa.…”
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Global threat assessment 2009 by Rohan Gunaratna

“…Whilst 2009 will continue to see terrorism as the pre-eminent security threat, much can be done by the West to reach out to alienated communities, especially in the Muslim world. …”
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Facile access to chiral ketones through metal-free oxidative C-C bond cleavage of aldehydes by O2 by Tiwari, Bhoopendra, Zhang, Junming, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…Giving the metal the boot: The title reaction provides facile access to functionalized chiral ketones from chiral α,α′-disubstituted aldehydes in the presence of molecular oxygen (see scheme). The CC bond-cleavage approach offers an alternative or better method relative to the typical bond-forming strategies used in synthesizing chiral ketones.…”
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Hmong in Vietnam : a tradition in flux. by Wong, Gillian Jin-Lin.

“…The author of this project wanted to observe the meeting of Vietnam’s communist politics and “socialist-oriented market economics” from the inside. And also, to see the cultural and social changes brought by rapid industrialisation and foreign investment in one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries.…”
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Measuring equity risk premium and risk aversion in the US. by Chong, Hui Han., Thng, Anthony Lian Guan., Soo, Jia Hao.

“…In the analysis, we want to test to see if the risk aversion is constant over time. …”
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No Shangri-La for North Korea by Samaniego, Catherine

“…Kim Jong-un should expect to see his regime’s political leverage in Northeast Asia gradually reduced, while its biggest ally, China, remains preoccupied with its own domestic concerns.…”
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Non-nested adaptive timesteps in multilevel Monte Carlo computations by Giles, MB, Lester, C, Whittle, J

“…Numerical experiments are given for each, with the full code available for those who are interested in seeing the implementation details.…”

Direct β-activation of saturated aldehydes to formal michael acceptors through oxidative NHC catalysis by Mo, Junming, Shen, Liang, Chi, Robin Yonggui

“…Without detours: Oxidative catalysis mediated by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) enables the direct β-carbon functionalization of saturated aldehydes (see scheme). The reaction proceeds through two sequential oxidative steps to generate ,β-unsaturated triazolium ester equivalents as formal Michael acceptors, which react with 1,3-diketones and β-ketone esters in an enantioselective manner.…”
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Production planning in semiconductor industry using simulation : simplification strategies by Puah, Sen Ann.

“…The thesis is that production planners at high level do not see all the details to develop an effective plan Simplifying the input data of a model as well as decreasing the number of elements in a model can reduce complexities of a model.…”
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The computer sucks!!! by Ho, Li Ting

“…A light-hearted and punny parody of the computer and the Internet, this film follows his many adventures including exploring the Desktop, an encounter with Mozilla Firefox and his escape. Viewers will never see the computer in the same light again.…”
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THE FEVER CODE / by Dashner, James, 1972- 593391

“…Loyalties proven. Youll never see the truth coming…”

Short-term facial skin simulation system by Zhong, Yunjie

“…Using skin care products is a simple and effective way to improve our facial skin quality. Customers may want to see the effect of the product on their face skin. …”
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R codes and curated dataset for “EnoLEX: A Diachronic Lexical Database for the Enggano Language” by Rajeg, GPW, Krauße, D, Pramartha, C, Zobel, E, Nothofer, B, Hemmings, C, Ogilvie, S, Arka, IW, Dalrymple, M

“…Access the database via https://enggano.shinyapps.io/enolex/. See also the source GitHub repository (https://github.com/engganolang/enolex) and Releases page of that GitHub repository for future update. …”

The meanings Singapore secondary one normal technical students attach to the letters used in algebra : a case study by Rahma Pir Mohammed

“…This study was conducted to find the meanings secondary one Normal Technical students in Singapore attach to the letters they see in algebra questions. A class of 35 secondary one Normal Technical students from a Singapore government secondary school took part in the study in which Kiichemann’s algebra test was used in its entirety.…”
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The aesthetic of failure by Eddy Muhammad Ibrahim

“…It investigates the nuances of failure aiming at developing a new way of seeing.…”
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Functional mesoporous silica nanoparticles for photothermal-controlled drug delivery in vivo by Yan, Hong, Teh, Cathleen, Sreejith, Sivaramapanicker, Zhu, Liangliang, Kwok, Anna, Fang, Weiqin, Ma, Xing, Nguyen, Kim Truc, Korzh, Vladimir, Zhao, Yanli

“…Remote-controlled movement of the α-cyclodextrin ring (green) upon trans–cis isomerization of the azobenzene axle (red) enables the loading and release of drugs on demand (see scheme). Curcumin-loaded MSNPs were shown to release curcumin into zebrafish larvae upon treatment with visible light or heat.…”
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Comic objectification by Walker, Z

“…In this paper, I argue that seeing someone as comic involves failing to take into account their subjectivity, which makes it a form of objectification. …”

Beyond representation and reality : 'worldmaking' in John Banville's the sea. by Ong, Selina Kai Li.

“…The paper has four parts which discusses (1) the motivation for engaging in ‘worldmaking’ (2) why did the narrator choose to set his ‘narrative world’ in the past (3) the quality of the ‘narrative world’ resembling paintings and films (4) the effects of ‘seeing’ on the narrator in his ‘narrative world’.…”
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Object tracking enhanced interactive pinball display by Tan, Bryan Zhen Ye

“…However, it is uncommon to see interactive displays which do not use a screen. …”
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