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

“…Whilst the advantages and appeal of soft law have been widely studied, with its effects explored in both International Relations (IR) and International Law (IL) scholarship, states’ behaviour on commitment to soft law per se has remained underexplored. …”

StudentGO web application by Xie, Zijian

“…StudentGo web application will provide a platform for students to communicate with their peers, find new friends and cultivate a community of like-minded students striving for excellence. …”
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Comparative analysis of undergraduate life science education at NTU, Singapore and Kyutech, Japan : commonalities and differences in preparing students for employment or graduate s... by Lee, Kok Sang.

“…Students in Singapore were found to spend more time to study and less time for entertainment compared to their peers in Japan. Differences in government policies of Japan and Singapore are believed to cause most of the differences observed. …”
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Dual spectrometer system with spectral compounding for 1-μm optical coherence tomography in vivo by Cui, Dongyao, Liu, Xinyu, Zhang, Jing, Yu, Xiaojun, Ding, Sun, Luo, Yuemei, Gu, Jun, Shum, Ping, Liu, Linbo

“…Output of two superluminescent diode sources is combined to provide near infrared illumination from 755 to 1105 nm. The spectral interference is detected using two spectrometers based on a Si camera and an InGaAs camera, respectively. …”
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The maritime safety management system (MSMS) : a survey of the international shipping community by Thai, Vinh Van, Grewal, Devinder

“…The main objectives of this study are to identify key shorebased and near shore activities associated with maritime operations that are currently not covered by the ISM Code and players involved in these activities; to explore and analyse important relationships among them which can affect the management of safety; and to investigate the key safety issues within these relationships and the risks related to these safety issues. …”
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Recent advances of optical imaging in the drying process of grains – a review by Jimoh, Kabiru Ayobami, Hashim, Norhashila, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Che Man, Hasfalina, Jahari, Mahirah

“…Meanwhile, the application of optical spectroscopy such as ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis), near-infrared (NIR), and shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectral in grain drying were less evaluated in recent years. …”

A review on fall detection systems in bathrooms: challenges and opportunities by Ramanujam, E., Perumal, Thinagaran, Shankar, K.

“…Various research works have been proposed to monitor people from falls (fall detection systems -FADE) inside the home environment. …”

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? : an exploratory study on the attitudes of pregnant employees and co-workers towards workplace pregnancy. by Chew, Alicia Jing Yi., Goh, Xin Lei., Tan, Hwee Hoon.

“…Our forum findings shed a different perspective: female employees have the liberty to prioritise between family and career but they will have to bear the consequences of their choice. Recommendations by employees include hiring of temporary help, allowing for flexible working hours and open communication channels. …”
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Negotiating time in British Malaya : colonial Singapore’s role in time legislature, 1895 – 1933 by Teo, Grace Jie Ying

“…This paper argues that the various time changes in Singapore and British Malaya between 1895 to 1933 were products borne of influence from international agreements, yet more strongly bear the marks of local negotiation. Being arbitrary in nature, time offsets in the form of mean times, standard times, and daylight saving times were socially determined, negotiated, and sustained, by the circulation of ideas, objects, and actors. …”
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Autonomised harming by Eggert, L

“…Second, the paper examines how potential differences between human agents and non-human, artificial agents might bear on the permissibility of delegating life-and death decisions to AI systems. …”

‘Maturing out’ as dilemmatic: transitions towards relatively light drinking practices among UK University students by Conroy, Dom, Morton, Charlotte, Griffin, Christine

“…One dilemma was characterised by managing to drink less (or nothing) without cutting off social options with university friends/peers. A second dilemma concerned not wishing to fully abandon the pleasures and increased social confidence that alcohol consumption could afford. …”
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Alcohol Use and Its Relation with Demographic, Environmental, and Psychological Factors among Adolescents in Nabawan, Sabah by Jaimon, Selly, Deligannu, Pravina, Robinson, Fredie

“…Analysis revealed that older age adolescents 18 years and 19 years, respectively (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 3.93; P=0.021; aOR, 5.38; P=0.003), having parents (aOR, 4.11; P=0.001) and peers (aOR, 11.57; P<0.001) who consume alcohol were significantly associated with alcohol use. …”
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从流传和演变角度探析民间童话故事《虎姑婆》的教育意义 = An investigation of the transmission and educational implication of the folk tale “Aunt Tiger” by 黄思蓉 Wong, Sirong

“…This Chinese folk tale was first written down as text by Huang Zhijuan during the Qing dynasty, though it may have been in existence long before its written form. The story was circulated to different areas in China and Taiwan, and as time went by, the title of the story took different forms such as “Grandma Fox”, “Grandma Bear”, “Grandma Tiger”, and “Mother Tiger”. …”
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1 × N (N = 2, 8) Silicon selector switch for prospective technologies at the 2 μm waveband by Sia, Brian Jia Xu, Li, Xiang, Qiao, Zhongliang, Guo, Xin, Zhou, Jin, Littlejohns, Callum G., Liu, Chongyang, Reed, Graham T., Wang, Wanjun, Wang, Hong

“…The 2 μm waveband, specifically near 1.9 μm, is an imperative resource that could possibly be exploited in future communications systems. …”
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Phonological and semantic influences on auditory word perception in children with and without reading impairments using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG... by Wehner, Daniel T

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The Impact of Vegetation Morphology on Turbulence and Bedload Transport by Zhao, Tian

“…Results of flume experiments using a constant channel average velocity revealed that bedload transport was predominantly correlated with near-bed turbulence, but was also weakly correlated with near-bed velocity. …”
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Single-Shot Decoding of Good Quantum LDPC Codes by Gu, Shouzhen, Tang, Eugene, Caha, Libor, Choe, Shin Ho, He, Zhiyang, Kubica, Aleksander

“…Quantum Tanner codes constitute a family of quantum low-density parity-check codes with good parameters, i.e., constant encoding rate and relative distance. …”
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Active Learning for Inference and Regeneration of Applications that Access Databases by Shen, Jiasi, Rinard, Martin

“…Konure also implements a regenerator that produces a translated Python implementation of the application that systematically includes relevant security and error checks.…”
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Inherently vulnerable? Ethnic geography and the intensity of violence in the Bosnian civil war by Di Salvatore, J

“…The results remain robust when accounting for the presence of the UN peacekeeping mission (UNPROFOR) and across several robustness checks.…”

Universal resilience patterns in labor markets by Moro, Esteban, Frank, Morgan R., Pentland, Alex, Rutherford, Alex, Cebrian, Manuel, Rahwan, Iyad

“…Further, cities that increase their job connectivity see increasing wage bills, and workers of embedded occupations enjoy higher wages than their peers elsewhere. Finally, we show how job connectivity may clarify the augmenting and deleterious impact of automation in US cities. …”
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