Simone de beauvoir against the power of phallocentrism. by Yeo, Cheryl Zhi Zhen.

“…Simone de Beauvoir has been considered as one of the first few feminists many others follow, but reading through The Second Sex leaves one to wonder why: the way she writes is incongruent with the ideas she seems to portray and the language she uses betrays this. …”
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Bunkering in Singapore : challenges and ideas to maintain Singapore as the world's top bunkering port by Ng, Ming Wei.

“…However, as increasingly environmental regulations get more stringent and oil-based fuels get more expensive, another evolution from oil to gas seems to be on the horizon. However, as with any evolution, it is not without its difficulties and while small steps have been taken, even larger ones need to happen. …”
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Self-knowledge : strengthening our privileged access and the inner sense mechanism by Nur Amirah Sabrina Mohamad

“…In the discourse of self-knowledge, the concept of privileged access and the inner sense account seems to be taken for granted in that we are not cognizant of what else it can offer. …”
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Cloud nine by Li, Joan Zheying

“…Through this project, I aim to spread a little awareness on the situations of rescue pets in Singapore, and how their plight and backstories may not be as positive as it seems.…”
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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. ‘Trance’ – which seems not to be a unitary altered state of consciousness – labels the kind of performance that mediums must actively perform in order to convince themselves that some other agency is acting on (or through) them. …”
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Multi-scale modelling in computational biomedicine by Sloot, Peter M. A., Hoekstra, Alfons G.

“…However, an underpinning multi-scale modelling methodology seems to be missing. We propose a direction that complements the classic dynamical systems approach and introduce two distinct case studies, transmission of resistance in human immunodeficiency virus spreading and in-stent restenosis in coronary artery disease.…”
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Variation in height and BMI of adult Indians by Som, S, Ulijaszek, S, Pal, M, Bharati, S, Bharati, P

“…In the case of BMI, it is age that seems to be the most influential factor. Surprisingly, the observed changes in height and BMI are not as expected for short and tall or underweight and overweight people; these sometimes behave in the opposite directions to that of normal height and weight people. …”

Must refugees be grateful? by Buxton, R, Gibney, MJ

“…We conclude by suggesting that, once we take account of those features, resentment rather than gratitude often seems a more apt response by refugees to their asylum state.…”

Impostor syndrome and pretense by Levy, N

“…Anecdotally, it is experienced more by members of historically disadvantaged groups, but the empirical data seems inconsistent with this view. I argue that impostor syndrome occurs because (a) it is normal, appropriate and often even necessary to engage in some degree of pretense in order to acquire specialist expertise, but (b) we are much more likely to be aware of our own pretense than that of others. …”

A Fifty Million Dollar Piece of Dirt: Somerville as a Case Study in Development by Aizman, Asya

“…Through interviews with residents, activists, and senior city officials, I present a story of a city attempting to rectify its progressive values with the forces of neoliberalism, which it seems unable—and unwilling—to stop.…”
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Structured warrant pricing in Singapore. by Koh, Jessica Mun Yee., Tan, Cai Zhi., Tan, Pei Yih.

“…Prior studies have mentioned that warrants were found to be overpriced in the respective markets included in those studies but it seems that no previous research has been done on Singapore’s warrants market. …”
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Tweens' online privacy risks and the role of parental mediation by Faber, Ronald J., Shin, Wonsun, Huh, Jisu

“…A survey conducted with 381 parent-tween dyads in Korea revealed that, while parental mediation was not directly associated with tweens' information disclosing behaviors, parent-tween disagreement on restrictive mediation was: tweens' inaccurate perception of what parents do to limit their access to commercial Web sites seems to be positively related to tweens' information disclosure on the Web.…”
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Visualisation of a ship's behaviour in seaways by Tan, Ee Hua

“…Additionally, with further development, the Unreal Engine seems to have the ability to produce better simulations. …”
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Underpricing of initial public offerings in Singapore. by Lee, Wah Seng., Tay, Lim Hock.

“…However, there is no observed trend on the amount of underpricing for each year between 1987 to 1994, except that the amount of underpricing at the 1st and 90th trading days seems to have a downward trend from 1992 to 1994.…”
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Investigation of the effects of commensurability on friction between concentric carbon nanotubes by Zhu, Chunzhang, Shenai, Prathamesh Mahesh, Zhao, Yang

“…However, this perception seems paradoxical as commensurability is found to have negligible effect on the energy dissipation in double-walled carbon nanotube (DWNT) based oscillators. …”
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A tymovirus from Calopogonium mucunoides in Malaysia is not clitoria yellow vein tymovirus: brief report by Gibbs, A.J., Mackenzie, A.M., Abdul-Samad, N.

“…Most of the serological specificity of the virions of tymoviruses seems to reside in the C-terminal hexapeptide of the virion protein.…”

That's Not How We Do It Here! : A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall - and Can Rise Again / by Kotter, John P., 1947-, author 368412, Rathgeber, Holger, author 507836

“…But not everything in this small clan is as perfect as it seems at first. Can Nadia figure out how to combine the best of both worlds--a large, disciplined, well-managed clan and a small, informal, inspiring clan--before it's too late? …”

Biofuel : impact on global economy. by Ho, Sarah Shu Ching., Seah, Patricia Kai Ling.

“…Some researchers advocate the use of biofuel, the others feel that biofuel is not as great as it seems. The key determinants of biofuel production used in our analysis are Gross National Income (GNI), agricultural land, share of renewable energy (SRE) out of total primary energy supply, CO2 emissions, and poverty rate. …”
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Rock the house : nationalism and queer bodies in Singapore cinema by Zhang, Helaine Huiling

“…Nationalism seeks to control order by ensuring what seems to be a “clear” regulating of its citizen’s heterosexuality. …”
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Frail Line by Er, Kia Hui, Ong, Grace Xi Wei, Ho, Baofei, Tan, Jit Quan, Boithar, Faizal

“…It also explores the disenchantment with interpersonal relationships that youths face and what they do the stem the pain when relief seems elusive……”
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