Scratch based graphical programming online guide/exam system by Chan, Bryan Hong Ming

“…In this project, comparison of various block-based applications are performed to find the most suitable application for students who may or may not have prior programming background to learn programming. …”
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Interactive E-learning environment for maximum power transfer in RFIC by Ratna

“…When the source and load impedance in RFIC are known, an impedance matching is required to be carried out to find a matching network to be added into the circuit. …”
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Annual budgets and rolling budgets use in UK and Australian firms by Bhimani, A, Sivabalan, P, Soonawalla, K, Wakefield, J

“…We find that of the firms using annual and rolling budgets, 75 percent indicated they are equally important, with both budgeting forms used jointly rather than as substitutes. …”

Financial optimization problems by Law, SL

“…Then we study the equivalent problem based on a market model with transaction costs. We find that there is a relationship between these two solutions. …”

Three essays on corporate finance by Koh, Jee Youn

“…In Chapter 1, we examine externalities of tunneling carried out by business group firms. We find that acquirers belonging to Korean business groups (i.e., chaebols) and their targets in intragroup M&As realize negative and positive returns around the M&A announcement dates, respectively. …”
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Directed trust and trustworthiness in a social network : an experimental investigation by Riyanto, Yohanes Eko, Yeo, Jonathan X. W.

“…However, being more central (popular) has little influence on one's levels of trust and trustworthiness. We find these effects on trust to be only partially driven by the expectation of trustworthiness. …”
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Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe : Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction / by Kennedy, Kara, author 656108

“…Kara Kennedy explores how female characters in the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood--from Jessica to Darwi Odrade--secure control and influence through five avenues of embodied agency: mind-body synergy, reproduction and motherhood, voices, education and memory, and sexuality. …”
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AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE / by Jeffrey Archer, author 507936

“…Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi…thus begins one of the 15 short stories Jeffrey Archer has gathered from around the globe during the past five years in this, his sixth collection, of enthralling short stories. …”

DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community by Toh, Christine, Cagan, Jonathan, Fu, Kate, McAdams, Dan A., McComb, Christopher, Seering, Warren, Thurston, Deborah, Wood, Kristin

“…Namely, panelists and audience members in the session identified five new agenda items that have the potential to further strengthen research on Design Theory and Methodology: 1) Ethics, Equity, and Justice-focused design research, 2) Design for Sustainability research programs, and 3) Research on Computational Agents as team members in the design process,4) Building new theories from research conducted on Design Theory and Methodology, and 5) Focus on inclusive excellence in the review process of new and cross-disciplinary research. …”
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Risk assessment and its visualization of power tower under typhoon disaster based on machine learning algorithms by Hou, Hui, Yu, Shiwen, Wang, Hongbin, Huang, Yong, Wu, Hao, Xu, Yan, Li, Xianqiang, Geng, Hao

“…Then the relative optimal model is selected by comparing five evaluation indicators, and the combined model consisting of five relatively superior models is established by goodness of fit method with unequal weight. …”
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On second-order s-sub-step explicit algorithms with controllable dissipation and adjustable bifurcation point for second-order hyperbolic problems by Li, Jinze, Li, Hua, Zhao, Rui, Yu, Kaiping

“…This paper proposes a self-starting, second-order accurate, composite s-sub-step explicit method, within which the first five explicit members are developed, analyzed, and compared. …”
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Intelligent design and discovery of novel 2D TMD alloys with machine learning by Tan, Nicholas

“…In summary, successful machine learning models were created to predict five important targeted properties of TMD/TMD-alloys materials. …”
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Edible bird’s nest mitigates histological alterations in the cortexes of rats’ brains subjected to lead toxicity by Albishtue, Abdulla A., Yimer, Nurhusien, Zakaria, MD Zuki A., Haron, Abd Wahid

“…Thirty Sprague Dawley rats were allocated randomly into five groups, with six rats in each group. The control group (C) received solely distilled water. …”
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Women in management positions in the hotel industry in Singapore by Lee, Mei Hwa., Teo, Ai Tee., Yip, June Yoke Ping.

“…This research is undertaken to find out the general profile of women in management in the hotel industry in Singapore, the types of obstacles they encountered in their career, whether the obstacles cause the existence of the glass ceiling and how the different demographic factors affect the types of obstacles encountered.…”
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Town centre recovery report by Jamieson, Claire

“…The resulting findings, combined with the learnings from the literature review, have been synthesised into a series of eight recommendations, which can help local authorities to ensure better high street recovery and more resilient places.…”
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Posture control and balance for quality of walking in rehabilitation by Li, Lei

“…It is therefore necessary to find ways to improve user-independence which requires human effort to support balance during walking with lower-limb assistive devices. …”
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Characterisation of piezoelectric ZnO cantilever for applications in hard disk drives by Chia, Xin Fang.

“…Three different characterization tests were employed to find the resonant frequency, actuating sensitivity and sensing sensitivity of the ZnO cantilever. …”
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Maritime bunker sales in Singapore : an overview of the bunkering market in Singapore 2018/2019(focusing on charter parties disputes) by Yong, Jordan Yong Jie

“…In order to further mitigate the danger of our planet, International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided to implement the reduction of sulphur content limit into the environment from 3.5% to 0.5% by 2020. Another technology that was introduced to improve the maritime industry was the using of mass flow meters that enhanced transparency to reduce malpractices and disputes between shipowners/charterers and fuel oil suppliers. …”
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Finally, protection for the high seas by Randhawa, Dipinder Singh

“…The High Seas Treaty is the first global agreement to protect the open seas – ninety-five per cent of the oceans that lie beyond exclusive national economic zones. …”
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Factors influencing the choice of traditional and nontraditional careers of secondary four girls by Yeo-Chong, Soon Geok.

“…A Job Preference Inventory which consists of General Information Questionnaire, Career Attitude Checklist and Career Profile Inventory was administered to 480 pupils in five single-sex schools. The survey instrument solicited information concerning job preferences, attitudes, work values, personality type, socioeconomic status, parents' influence, home factors and school factors.…”
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