The (lack of) distortionary effects of proxy-means tests: Results from a nationwide experiment in Indonesia by Banerjee, Abhijit, Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A., Sumarto, Sudarno

“…We find no change in actual television sales, or reported or actual SIM card ownership, suggesting that consumption distortions are likely small.…”
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Background matters, but not whether parents are immigrants: outcomes of children born in Denmark by Jensen, M, Manning, A

“…While children of immigrants are more likely to come from deprived backgrounds, they do not experience substantially different outcomes conditional on parental background.…”

Distribution and cycling of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon in peatland-draining rivers and coastal waters of Sarawak, Borneo by Martin, Patrick, Cherukuru, Nagur, Tan, Ashleen S. Y., Sanwlani, Nivedita, Mujahid, Aazani, Müller, Moritz

“…DOC and CDOM showed conservative mixing with seawater except in the largest river (the Rajang), where DOC concentrations in the estuary were elevated, most likely due to inputs from the extensive peatlands within the Rajang Delta. …”
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A review on antibacterial properties of Malaysian kelulut, tualang and acacia honey to prevent wound infectious bacteria by Mohd Amir Shahlan, Mohd-Aspar, Norhidayah, Kamarudin, Abdul Nasir, Abd Ghafar, Hadi, Manap

“…The antibacterial activity of these honey is mainly attributed to the physicochemical and phytochemical, which have been shown to be effective against a broad range of bacterial pathogens. …”
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Ultrathin Three-Dimensional Thermal Cloak by Xu, Hongyi, Shi, Xihang, Gao, Fei, Sun, Handong, Zhang, Baile

“…The cloak’s thickness is 100  μm while the cloaked air bubble has a diameter of 1 cm, achieving the ratio between dimensions of the cloak and the cloaked object 2 orders smaller than previous thermal cloaks, which were mainly realized in a two-dimensional geometry. This work can find applications in novel thermal devices in the three-dimensional physical space.…”
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A sketch grammar of Singapore Foochow by Thang, Marcus Guo Ping

“…It is by no means a fully comprehensive description of Foochow though through inductively analysing mainly data gathered by recording native speakers of the language, the author hopes to have this paper as a springboard to further research into this dying language. …”
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Design of compact and conformal rectennas by Xie, Zunbo

“…The objective of this project is to design several rectennas that are compact and can be mounted on a conformal platform. The rectenna mainly consists of the receiving antenna and the rectifier circuit. …”
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REITs in a dividend portfolio (industrial, hospitality, healthcare, new economy) by Loke, Zhao Fook

“…This project focuses on analyse of the REIT in a dividend portfolio and mainly focuses on the 4 different sectors which are Industrial, Hospitality, Healthcare and New Economy. …”
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Feasibility of developing the reclaimed lands in Singapore as storage and recharge aquifers: hydraulic considerations by Yu, Zuo Wen.

“…In this study, large-scale ground water recharge projects using treated wastewater, reclaimed water, stormwater, and mains water in the world are reviewed. The successes of these projects may show the way for those countries still uninitiated to the technology.…”
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Punching shear strength of reinforced concrete slabs without shear reinforcement by Jin, Ling

“…For mechanical models, previous works were mainly on predicting ultimate punching shear strength of slab supported on circular column.…”
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A sketch grammar of Chang. by Chor, Wan Ting.

“…The chapters of the grammar are mainly divided into phonology and morphosyntax. In the phonology chapter, Chang has 17 consonant phonemes and 7 vowel phonemes. …”
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Graphene-based gas sensor by Sun, Boyuan.

“…I-V characteristics and gas sensing characteristics are mainly focused on in the experimental part of this project.…”
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Studies of some short conjugation length polymeric light-emitting diode materials and their blends by Liau, Chu Yaw.

“…This thesis is mainly divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 gives an overview of light-emitting materials which in particular focuses on the PPV derivatives and their electrical-optical properties. …”
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E-learning software package for introduction of modern radar technology by Tan, Jason Soon Ee

“…The following two parts of works are mainly covered in this report: The scope of the first part is to study the essential theories behind the models. …”
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Report on Industrial Attachment with institute of materials research and engineering by Jin, Ziyu

“…In the 22 weeks of attachment, the author devoted most of her time to the project on organic polymer photovoltaic (OPV) cells. Hence this report mainly focuses on the introduction, background information, experimental design, and data analysis of the OPV project. …”
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Use of mobile phone data for determining multimodal traffic by Prawirodidjojo, Eric Valega

“…The project has partially completed its aims, mainly as the findings are still not usable for the commuters.…”
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Dating jitters, a study and guide to CG hair by Lim, Emmanuel Bao Qun

“…One of my responsibilities included the creation of the computer generated characters fur which is the topic of this report. This report mainly follows my development process starting from initial attempts and analysis of said attempts, followed by secondary attempts learning from my analysis, and finally a guide to my work flow which have been found to be effective in producing relatively good results. …”
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Knowledge and skills required to set up and operate clean energy communities by Golob, U, Kamin, T, Barnes, JPJ

“…The study concludes that skills can be divided into two categories – technical (hard skills) and non-technical (mainly soft skills). Pre-existing technical skills are necessary but not sufficient to create and operate energy communities. …”

Russian oil – challenges and possibilities by Moe, A

“…Among observers of the sector there had been a debate about Russia’s ability to sustain the output level, sceptics arguing that the impressive growth was caused mainly by forced exploitation of existing fields with the use of new technologies, with Yukos in the forefront, and that this could not continue due to exhaustion of the fields. …”

Effects of mobile advertising (SMS) in Singapore. by Chan, Joel Yik Yeow., Chang, Hui Yi., Peh, Jia Hong.

“…Our findings will hopefully shed some light on Singaporeans’ attitude and likely acceptance of SMS advertisements and if it can become one of the mainstream forms of advertising in Singapore. …”
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