Meaning and speech acts by Rumfitt, I

“…This chapter draws on recent work on the speech act of telling in order to refute Strawson’s argument in favour of the first party. …”

Masdar City: ‘City of Possibilities’ by Griffiths, S

“…As the global population continues to migrate to cities, new models for sustainable city design are being developed and tested. …”

The maintenance of parents Act and the elderly. by Gue, Boon Lin., Quek, Kian Ek., Sim, Huey Min

“…We will also be focusing on the provisions of the Act and the issues that are related to its enactment. …”
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Urban Life and the Ambient in Smart Cities, Learning Cities, and Future Cities / by McKenna, H. Patricia, 1954-, author 650202

Subjects: “…Smart cities…”

Urban Life and the Ambient in Smart Cities, Learning Cities, and Future Cities / by McKenna, H. Patricia, 1954-, author 650202, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

Subjects: “…Smart cities…”
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SOCIAL MASKING: The act of comfortable personalities by Yar, Lionel Jun Cheng

“…As society becomes more and more progressive, the advancement of plurality has both given way to higher diversity but not necessarily higher tolerance or acceptance within those pluralities. The act of social masking has hence become more complex and harder to navigate. …”
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Mas Selamat Kastari's disappering act : assessing the fallout by Hoo, Tiang Boon, Kumar Ramakrishna

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A study and evaluation of the old and new bankruptcy acts. by Chin, Collins Ye Kai., Khoo, Kenny Boo Pean., Lee, Ee Loon.

“…This study aims to provide the reader with an insight into the salient features of the old and new Acts. We will introduce to the reader the shortcomings of the old Act and the rationale for the formulation of the new Act. …”
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Professional obligations and the demandingness of acting against one’s conscience by Giubilini, A

“…Thus, a question worth exploring is whether, among the extra burdens that healthcare professionals should be expected take on themselves as a matter of professional obligation, there is the burden of acting against one’s own conscience.</p>…”

Visualising human life in volumetric cities: city digital twins and other disasters by Rose, G

“…City digital twins (CDTs) are attracting considerable attention as a tool for the management of cities facing many kinds of crises. …”

Preferences of Persons With or at Risk for Hepatitis C for Long-Acting Treatments by Weld, Ethel D, Astemborski, Jacqueline, Kirk, Gregory D, Sulkowski, Mark S, Katz, Stephanie, Rothman, Richard, Solomon, Sunil S, Matthews, Gail V, Hsieh, Yu Hsiang, Verma, Malvika, Traverso, Giovanni, Swindells, Susan, Owen, Andrew, Feld, Jordan, Flexner, Charles, Mehta, Shruti H, Thomas, David L

“…We sought to understand the acceptability of approaches to long-acting HCV treatment. Methods A cross-sectional, 43-question survey was administered to 1457 individuals with or at risk of HCV at 28 sites in 9 countries to assess comparative interest in a variety of long-acting strategies in comparison with oral pills. …”
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Case studies on construction contract disputes under SOP act by Teo, Bjorn Jun Pei

“…Before the enactment of the Security of Payment Act (SOP Act), payment disputes for construction projects were often lengthy and costly to resolve. …”
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The α-globin super-enhancer acts in an orientation-dependent manner by Kassouf, MT, Francis, HS, Gosden, M, Suciu, MC, Downes, DJ, Harrold, C, Larke, M, Oudelaar, M, Cornell, L, Blayney, J, Telenius, J, Xella, B, Shen, Y, Sousos, N, Sharpe, JA, Sloane-Stanley, J, Smith, AJH, Babbs, C, Hughes, JR, Higgs, DR

Black empowerment and white mobilization: the effects of the Voting Rights Act by Bernini, A, Facchini, G, Tabellini, M, Testa, C

“…How did southern whites respond to the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA)? Leveraging newly digitized data on county-level voter registration by race between 1956 and 1980, and exploiting pre-determined variation in exposure to the federal intervention, we document that the VRA increases both Black and white political participation. …”

Representing perpetrator trauma in Ian McEwan’s The Children Act by He, Qijia, Kaur, Hardev, Ujum, Diana Abu, Ching, Florence Toh Haw

“…Drawing on Dominick LaCapra’s concepts of historical trauma and structural trauma, acting out and working through, as well as Judith Butler’s concepts of posttraumatic symptoms, which are described as vulnerability, grief and aggression, this study inquires into the traumatic experience of the protagonist Fiona Maye in Ian McEwan’s The Children Act. …”
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Creating a "city of art" : evaluating Singapore's vision of becoming a renaissance city by Lee, Wai Kin, 1975-

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Urban Informatics and Future Cities / by Geertman, S. C. M., editor 642892, Pettit, Christopher, editor 310233, Goodspeed, Robert, editor 642893, Staffans, Aija, editor 642894

Subjects: “…City planning…”

IPOH : A CITY ON THE MOVE by Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh 578243

Exœrcising a Haunted City by Wong, Bryan Hon Ting

“…The duality of ritual and everyday movements shall exercise the ghosts of a haunted city.…”
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Green city under the earth by Sim, Jun An

“…“An underground city” – A concept which will be soon realised in Singapore together with the existing subterranean projects such as Underground Ammunition Facility (UAF). …”
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