Personnel Formalization and the Enhancement Of Teamwork: A public–private comparison by Chen, Chung-An, Rainey, Hal G.

“…In much of the contemporary public management literature, personnel formalization implies red tape, referring to excessive rules that bring negative outcomes such as employee frustration. …”
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Framing, friction, and the continuity of social movements : the case of the ambonese peace movement in Indonesia by Rohman, Abdul

“…The study found that the social movements’ actors’ ability to construct a new frame and reconcile friction among themselves was pivotal to reduce conflict, bring peace and sustain the movement. The finding suggests that framing is critical to continue a movement after it achieves its immediate goal and when political opportunities and resources are limited. …”
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Finding common ground on the threshold: an experiment in critical urban learning by Cognetti, Francesca, De Carli, Beatrice

“…Practices of Urban Inclusion is thus seen as a threshold space that attempted to bring different subjectivities and forms of knowledge into connection by foregrounding experiential knowledge, fostering collaborative learning, and connecting temporalities. …”
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Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

“…In grounding zones and floating ice shelves, ice fracturing is often associated with flexure modulated by ocean tides and subglacial water flow, as well as stresses created by shearing, such as pinning points. Fracture and flexure significantly affect the vulnerability of Antarctic ice shelves to hydrofracturing and, by altering buttressing effects, the mass balance of the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet. …”

Implementation of Machine Connectivity in Low-Volume High Variety Manufacturing Line by Pal, Kanishk

“…These include: 1) securing connection to critical CNC machine controllers, 2) acquisition of hardware including local server and network switch, 3) server bring-up through remote imaging and installation of standard monitoring tools and 4) implementation of software on edge devices for CNC file transfer and machining data collection. …”
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Enchantment, possession and the uncanny in E.T.A. Hoffmann's ‘The Sandman’ by Dawson, Terence.

“…All enchantment is a form of possession: as love or religious belief, it can invest a person’s life with significance; but as revenge or fanaticism, it can also bring about a fundamental change in the subject’s personality. …”
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The redirected gesture in Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa by Lee, Cheryl Julia

“…Building on the premise of the lieu de mémoire, as elucidated by historian Pierre Nora, this essay examines the ways in which Friel rewrites the theatrical vocabulary of Irish memory plays in order that he might bring memory out from under the dust of history. …”
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Short-term facial skin simulation system by Zhong, Yunjie

“…Second, we propose a primary pipeline that combines indicators and control parameters with facial skin simulations based on actual product usage. Third, we bring the indicators from the preliminary data study into our pipeline to form the final simulation system, which can achieve quick simulation based on the actual usage of our study products. …”
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Ride-hailing application for driver (gamification) by Lim, Yu En

“…It has revolutionized the way people travel and commute, bringing about an ease of convenience and plenty of time saved, especially in a fast-paced society like ours. …”
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Potential for naturalising the concrete-lined storm channels in Singapore by Tay, Sharon Xue Ren.

“…However, it has to be taken into the account that these costs outweigh the benefits that naturalizing concrete-lined storm channels bring about. It is more than just providing an environment of high aesthetic value to the community; it also helps improve the quality of storm water that is retained and lessen the quantity of runoff. …”
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Economic impact of distributed generation in Singapore by Mohamed Benferooz Faiz Mohamed.

“…Consequently, this will bring electricity price down. For the end user to feel the impact of tariffs variation as a result of competition, Electricity Vending System, a simple gadget displaying tariff prices, will be introduced in Singapore for household users. …”
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Smart phone based personalized health screening and biofeedback system by Pham, Duy Duc

“…Eliminating the need of travelling to clinical institutions bring much convenience to users, allowing them to accurately assess their balance in the comfort of their own homes. …”
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Ball game measurement and analysis on Android by Ng, Wei Kang

“…The user are require to control the movement of the ball by tilting the tablet accordingly and bring the ball to the designated hole. During the game play, information will be collected and store in text file. …”
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The business plan of Electras Technologies Pte Ltd by Lim, Khar Hwee, Loh, Vanessa Wee Heng, Wong, Lai Peng

“…Under Chapter 4, the actual business plan is presented for the purpose of attracting strategic partners to bring ETPL to its next phase of expansion. As a management tool, it provides a focal point for organizing the whole management effort, a summary of business activities, a summary of the company's goals, financial objectives and strategies, and an assessment of the required resources and the allocation. …”
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The loss of 4 legged friends : supporting pet owners through pet bereavement by Yuen, Pei Yun

“…Through the platform, it also aims to create awareness to non-pet owners the emotional implications of loosing a companion animal and bring about wider empathy of pet bereavement.…”
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Modeling MELAS-associated cardiac defects using patient-specific iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and cardiac organoids by Phua, Qian Hua

“…Overall, we were able to successfully model MELAS-associated cardiomyopathies in vitro, which has potential in bringing great strides into advancing the understanding of MELAS syndrome and facilitate therapeutic discoveries for these patients.…”
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The inert online citizen : online political spaces in Singapore by Rachna Raghupathi

“…While assessing the obstacles that Singapore must deal with in bringing about political change, I also aim to assess the internet as a medium, as a supposed tool for political destabilisation, to understand if claims of its potential were warranted- again, in the context of Singapore.…”
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Predicting the antigenicity and reassortment probability of influenza viruses by Ong, Wenqi

“…The emergence of novel combinations of influenza virus strains has been the main cause of pandemics as it outpaces the development of flu vaccines to bring the spread of the influenza virus under control. …”
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Everyday streets: inclusive approaches to understanding and designing streets by Clossick, Jane, Hausleitner, Birgit, Martire, Agustina

“…They are places of social aggregation, bringing together those belonging to different classes, genders, ages, ethnicities and nationalities. …”
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'She loved this place': memorial benches as death writing, life writing and life siting by Karpf, Anne

“…So this paper also reflects on the benches as a celebration of seemingly undistinguished lives, as a mode of bringing the private into the public and for its performative aspects. …”
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