Measuring and improving construction productivity on Singapore building project by Liong, Julio

“…Construction productivity is vital in maintaining economic development and the future attraction of the construction industry which still suffers from an image problem due to the number of foreign workers and the social problems it could bring (Jin, 1994). The current paper aims to identify the most important factors affecting construction productivity and also assess their significance through risk management.…”
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Better translation via collaboration: the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network by Sansom, O, Wells, S, Kent, D, Wood, A, Pitceathly, RDS, Isles, A, Liu, K, Twigg, S, Blyth, K, Chesler, L

“…The MRC National Mouse Genetics Network (NMGN) has been established in the UK to bring together researchers from academia and industry across the country from a wide range of disease areas and research backgrounds to rapidly facilitate clinical translation of mouse research findings and foster an environment of interdisciplinary learning.…”

China’s Xinjiang predicament : time to look out of the box by Nodirbek Soliyev

“…The recent attacks in Xinjiang and Beijing question whether China’s current approach is the most effective one to bring lasting peace to the province.…”
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Causes of failure of negotiations in international conflicts. by Keshav, Nirupama.

“…In order to suggest areas for improvement, I will bring together points that elaborate factors that may need to be collectively or individually considered during the negotiation process. …”
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Blitzkrieg followed by prolonged post war engagement : the epitome of future wars? by Ee, Phillip Kwang Yong

“…Why did the exorbitant amount of precision guided missiles, satellite technology, space technology and secret edge technology invested in pursuing the war not solve the problem and bring about a lasting peace? The answer lies within the Remarkable Trinity. …”
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Cards of feelings by Dai, Yunlang

“…Cards of Feelings is a set of playing cards created to shape meaningful conversations between friends, family, and significant others that bring them closer to not just each other, but also themselves. …”
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灸 (jiu) by Ye, Luwei

“…Traditional Chinese Medical treatment is integrated with modern technology to bring about optimal therapeutic effect, sensitive to the needs of wearer to relieve periodic pain and muscle tension.…”
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Women in combat roles in US military : still a small step to equality by Fitriani, Matthews, Ron

“…How big a change will this shift in policy bring to the structure of the US military?…”
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Automated teller machines in Singapore by Soh, Yong Chee, Phua, Alice Loo Huay, Tan,Yang Leng

“…Activation of ATMs can also be enhanced by substituting the present A TM card and PIN system with either voice recognition, retina recognition or thumbprints. …”
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Real time analysis of social behavior from video and kinect recordings by Ramasamy, Pandi Ramesh

“…Finally,analysis will be performed using pattern recognition algorithms and machine learning classifiers to detect the emotion of the subject.In this project,machine learning classifiers such as K-nearest neighbors,Naive Bayes and C4.5 Decision tree learning has been used. The prime aim is to pin point the most seemly machine learning classifier for obtaining highest accuracy for classification.…”
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Living Together Across Borders : Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families / by Arnold, Lynnette, author 656202, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…The book demonstrates that these communicative practices bring inequities between Global North and South into family life by continually reproducing distinctions between relatives in El Salvador and those living in the United States. …”
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SUPERHERO OF LOVE : HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEART & THEN GO SAVE THE WORLD / by Fonger, Bridget, 1962-, author 655765

“…This book helps clear the decks by shedding light on the shadow-filled, broken pieces of the reader's heart to bring them to an even stronger, healthier, more powerful place. …”

Creative Schools / by Robinson, Ken, author 509031, Aronica, Lou, author 621386

Returning Indonesian fighters from Syria and Iraq : learning from the past by Navhat Nuraniyah

“…Indonesian fighters with the self-declared Islamic State (IS) recently posted a video threatening to bring the armed struggle home. Indonesia can learn a lot from past handling of former foreign fighters who returned from the Afghan and Mindanao battlefronts.…”
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Design and evaluation of ATM and satellite interconnecting system by Cong, Rong.

“…This project aims to design and evaluate an ATM and Satellite Interconnecting System, which can extend or bring into being the multimedia superhighway in the near future.…”
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Demography-religion nexus: tipping point for societal norms by Mohammad Alami Musa

“…The recent debate about repealing Section 377A that criminalises sex between men assumes a high signature because it may lead to a social change in Singapore. It can potentially bring a largely conservative Singaporean society to a tipping point where many of its traditional pro-family norms may be undermined, even replaced with secular-liberal norms, leading to a decline in religion. …”
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Deconstructing the kiasu parent in Singapore by Amirah Arip

“…This study seeks to rationalize the stereotypical images of the Singaporean kiasu parent using the structural-educational context of Singapore. I will also bring in new perspectives of childhood, such as the notion of the Athenian child, to explain their motivations to put pressure on their children at an early age despite their hesitations for doing so. …”
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Manifest the unseen by Hon, Vanessa Shemander

“…This project aims to question the stereotype of imperfections and hopefully bring about a change in perspective of imperfections, that by living in harmony with our imperfections then can we reach our greater potential.…”
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Japan’s New Cybersecurity Strategy : Plugging the IoT Gap by Matsubara, Mihoko

“…Japan should craft a new Cybersecurity Strategy to encourage risk-averse business leadership to tackle shadow IT and bring visibility and control on two key fronts: first, endpoint security to protect computers, servers, and wireless devices and second, cloud security to protect data, applications, and infrastructure of cloud computing.…”
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The inference-boundary model reinterpreting theme and rheme by Leong, Ping Alvin

“…The Hallidayan notions of theme and rheme pose an interesting challenge to linguists in their attempts to pin them down more specifically. This paper argues that since the thematic structure of the clause organises it as a message, a useful starting point in theme–rheme research is an understanding of how clausal messages are typically processed by language users. …”
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