On the manipulator-focused response to manipulation cases by De Marco, G, Cyr, TW

“…In this paper, we identify a class of responses to cases of manipulation that we label manipulator-focused views. …”

Gender gaps and the structure of local labor markets by Petrongolo, B, Ronchi, M

“…In this paper we discuss some strands of the recent literature on the evolution of gender gaps and their driving forces. …”

“Who are you?” - Learning person specific classifiers from video by Sivic, J, Everingham, M, Zisserman, A

“…We investigate the problem of automatically labelling faces of characters in TV or movie material with their names, using only weak supervision from automatically-aligned subtitle and script text. …”

Unsettling subject English in the 21st century by Elliott, VF, McLean Davies, L

“…This paper uses examples from Australia and England to explore subject English with regard to the multiple metaphors inherent in the terms ‘settling’ and ‘unsettling’. …”

AutoAD III: the prequel – back to the pixels by Han, T, Bain, M, Nagrani, A, Varol, G, Xie, W, Zisserman, A

“…In this paper, we make three contributions: (i) We propose two approaches for constructing AD datasets with aligned video data, and build training and evaluation datasets using these. …”

The velar animal prefix relic in Vietnam languages by Smith, Kenneth D.

“…Section 3 lists all Sedang animal names in which there is a non-final k.…”
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Physical Modelling in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering by Einstein, Herbert

“…The paper presented at the International Congress and this extended version are intended to pay homage to Professor Leopold Müller who was a leading developer and user of physical models. …”
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Differential evolution with large initial populations by Qian, Yanfei

“…This paper proposed a novel method to determine which individuals can enter from the first search phase to the second phase search. …”
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Excluding severe bacterial infection in neutrophilic dermatoses with systemic manifestations : negative predictive value of procalcitonin by Yew, Yik Weng, Tey, Hong Liang, Yeo, Pei Ming

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Diachronic Toponomastics and Etymology: Epistemological Proposals According to the New Convergence Theory by Perono Cacciafoco, Francesco

“…This paper introduces the basic principles of the New Convergence Theory (NCT) in the field of Indo-European Linguistics. …”
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The effectiveness of freight derivatives in managing a ship-operator's systematic and unsystematic risks by Tan, Ivy Lay Hui.

“…This research project is the study of hedging effectiveness of the Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) in a ship-operator’s risk management strategy, as opposed to the traditional methods like Time Charter (TC) and Contract of Affreightment (COA). The paper commences with a preliminary discussion on the elements of systematic & unsystematic risks, cost structure and revenue hedging mechanism within the context of a ship-operator involved in ocean transportation of crude oil. …”
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The rise of political dynasties in decentralized Indonesia. by Yoes Chandra Kenawas.

“…Consequently, the Indonesian government is now proposing the anti-dynastic clause in the newly proposed Regional Election Bill to prevent the emergence of local political dynasties. This paper argues that there are three contributing factors to the rise of regional political dynasties in Indonesia, namely weak party institutionalization, deficient electoral law implementation and a 'personalistic' mindset among the voters when choosing leaders. …”
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Analysis of changes in composites after different level of heat exposure by Chua, HongWei

“…One of the popular extended non-destructive testing used by the aviation industry to determine heat damage in carbon fiber is the 4100 ExoScan. 4100 ExoScan’s manufacturer, the Agilent’s Technologies had published a research paper named “Composite thermal damage – correlation of short beam shear data with FTIR spectroscopy” to show the effectiveness of 4100 ExoScan to characterize the heat damage in carbon fiber. …”
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Using insurance to gain more mileage out of CPF funds by Lye, Fook Kong, Tan, Mark Seow Hwa, Tan, Audrey Joo Leng

“…Two other issues were also explored in this paper namely, the current provision of old age needs and medical care under the CPF. …”
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Beyond “make” or “buy”: evaluating value‐for‐money in public service delivery by Shiva, M, FitzGerald, C, Carter, E, Airoldi, M

“…The naivety of this request dramatically overlooks the subtlety and challenge faced by public managers. In this paper we connect a range of differently configured contractual agreements to underlying components of “value for money”, namely, the pursuit of economy, efficiency and effectiveness. …”

Maqasid Syariah in Islamic Consumption by Ahmad Musadik, Siti Hajar Salwa, Yusuff, Noraini, Abd Aziz, Noriza, Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ilhaamie

“…Therefore, the objective of this conceptual paper is to review the concept of Islamic consumption from Maqasid Syariah perspective which consists of three major classifications of maqasid shariah namely; daruriyyah (necessities), hajiyah (needs), and tahsiniyyah (luxuries), and the five fundamentals of necessities namely; preserving of religion (al-Din), preserving of life (al-Haya), preserving of wealth (al-Mal), preserving of mind (al-Aql), and preserving of lineage (nasab). …”
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"中华胶不胶?" ：从媒体留言分析探讨马来西亚华人的对中立场 = Sinophobia or Sinophilia? Discussing the identity confusion among Malaysian Chinese : based on the comments analysis... by 李政辉 Lee, Chan Hui

“…In order to expand the research layout of identity studies on Malaysian Chinese, this paper will aim to answer how this identity turn is formed. …”
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Sustainable shipping: a critical review for a unified framework and future research agenda by Zhou, Yusheng, Li, Xue, Yuen, Kum Fai

“…However, the concept of sustainable shipping remains ambiguous. This paper investigates the motives, drivers, and benefits of sustainable shipping, as well as the critical success factors, antecedents, barriers and solutions. …”
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Integrated photonic devices for realizing photonic quantum computing: part 1: FDTD (quantum devices) by Muhammad Faris Zikri Bin Zainal

“…To advance photonic quantum computing, this report focuses on the usage of integrated photonic devices, namely beam splitters functioning as directional couplers. …”
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Preliminary environmental risk consideration for small UAV ground risk mapping by Chung, Han Jie, Mohd Hasrizam Che Man, Sivakumar, Anush Kumar, Low, Kin Huat

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