A closer look at fertility decline in Singapore : state ideologies as the prime influence in fertility decision making. by Bok, Catherine Ke Xin.

“…It strives to examine individuals' fertility decision making process and contend that state ideologies have a vital role to play. It then serves to bring awareness and help policy makers make better policies for pronatalist coverage and stem perpetual fertility decline.…”
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Testing of metallic specimens using "C" scan ultrasonic procedures to locate, size and determine shape of defects by Loke, Zhen Dong

“…This is due to the “C” scan being more complex to operate and less portable to bring to the test site. One of the main concerns during the inspection of materials is the reliability of the results obtained. …”
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Euthanasia. What is the genuine problem? by Giubilini, A

“…Considering documents by physicians, philosophers and the Roman Catholic Church, I will show that (a) ‘euthanasia’ is defined by the intention to bring about a patient’s death, and (b) the distinction between what is intentional and what is not does not represent the morally problematic reason against euthanasia. …”

Psychedelics, meaningfulness, and the “proper scope” of medicine: continuing the conversation by Cheung, K, Patch, K, Earp, BD, Yaden, DB

“…However, it is currently unclear whether the aforementioned acute subjective effects are necessary to bring about the observed therapeutic effects of psilocybin and other psychedelics. …”

How to make psychedelic-assisted therapy safer by Villiger, D

“…Finally, the paper presents a safety measure that has been overlooked in the literature but could be highly effective and feasible: bringing a close person to the psychedelic session.…”

When Cities Go Nuclear: Exploring the Applications of Nuclear Batteries Toward Energy Transformation by Paul, Sanjana, Klimenka, Mikita, Duarte, Fabio, Crawford, Carmen, Gorman, Claire, Ratti, Carlo, Buongiorno, Jacopo

“…To evaluate situations in which SMRs bring value to urban energy mixes, this paper focuses on Nuclear Batteries (NBs), a specific class of SMRs, that can fit in standard shipping containers. …”
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AR card game design & implementation by Emmanuelle Vania

“…With the growing market of digital games over the recent decade, Augmented Reality (AR) technology has the potential to bring new light to traditionally non-digital games. …”
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Performance optimization strategies of halide perovskite-based mechanical energy harvesters by Jiang, Feng, Lee, Pooi See

“…In this review, we systematically introduce the recent research progress of halide perovskite-based mechanical energy harvesters and summarize the different optimization strategies for improving both the piezoelectric and triboelectric output of the devices, bringing some inspiration to guide future material and structure design for halide perovskite-based energy devices. …”
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Ghost factors in Gauss-sum factorization with transmon qubits by Zaw, Lin Htoo, Tan, Paul Yuanzheng, Nguyen, Long Hoang, Budoyo, Rangga P., Park, Kun Hee, Koh, Zhi Yang, Landra, Alessandro, Hufnagel, Christoph, Yap, Yung Szen, Koh, Teck Seng, Dumke, Rainer

“…We introduce preprocessing as a strategy to increase the discernability of a system, and demonstrate the technique with a transmon qubit. This can bring the total experiment time of the system closer to its decoherence limit, and increase the largest factorizable number.…”
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Epitaxial growth of unusual 4H hexagonal Ir, Rh, Os, Ru and Cu nanostructures on 4H Au nanoribbons by Fan, Zhanxi, Chen, Ye, Zhu, Yihan, Wang, Jie, Li, Bing, Zong, Yun, Han, Yu, Zhang, Hua

“…We believe that the rational crystal structure-controlled synthesis of metal nanomaterials will bring new opportunities for exploring their phase-dependent physicochemical properties and promising applications.…”
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Integrated Project Delivery (Ipd): A Collaborative Approach to Improve the Construction Industry by Abdul Rahim, Syukran, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Abdul Nifa, Faizatul Akmar

“…The Malaysian construction industry is depreciating in comparison to other sectors where most of the construction supplies and materials have increased to unreasonable prices. This issue is bringing down the value of the projects which resulted in the construction players are not deriving any benefit from the projects. …”
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Design, fabrication, evaluation of low-speed UAV wing flap actuated with shape memory alloy by Seow, Aik Khiam

“…It is then followed by design, fabrication and actuation tests for two concepts, namely the shim-based version and hinge-based version. Flexible skins, a key requirement to smooth camber change, are also explored and experimented. …”
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Data collection and analysis for air pollutants (NO2,PM2.5) in Hong Kong by Hui, Benedict Chung Wah

“…This analysis is done in hopes of bringing awareness on the severity of this environmental hazard.…”
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新谣 ：我们的心声 = Xinyao : our voice by Low, Charlotte Qian Hui

“…In addition the book features a series of illustrations, each inspired from the lyrics to bring the stories told in the songs to life. By experiencing Xinyao vicariously from my personal sharing, I hope that one will find a connection with the music through nostalgia, know about it a little more and gain interest in it which in turn would allow for a continued preservation of the music.…”
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Swelling of polymer-salt particle composites by Ong, Liyi

“…Hence, insights taken from the experimental results will help to bring in new information and studies to deduce whether how these factors will produce swelling effects on the polymer composites.…”
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Control strategy for islanded DC microgrids by Zhang, Shilong

“…However, due to the instability of clean energy itself and the occasional communication delay or even failure, and other unstable factors between the system will bring many impacts on the daily supply of the power grid. …”
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Water reclaimation and reuse using photocatalyst : review and preliminary experiment by Ng, Guan Si.

“…The comparison between different experiments will bring a step closer to finding the optimum condition to mineralize Methylene Blue. …”
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Bioinformatics study of enteroviruses which cause waterborne diseases by Koh, Aik Nam.

“…Enteroviruses are destructive to human health, posing many threats, both known and unknown ones which can bring pain and illnesses, and in severe cases, even death. …”
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Fabrication of microfluidic cell culture platform by Zayim Razina Seeni Syed

“…Since its origin in the past decade, microfluidics technology has been widely developed and researched; bringing along with it a vast number of promising applications in various fields of science. …”
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An analysis of the determinants of job search effort by Ng, Jia Wen, Nah, Lay Han, Chan, Carmen Hiu Gwan

“…Our study on graduating job seekers hopes to bring about a better understanding of what attracts potential talents so that organizations can better utilize their recruitment funds.…”
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