Landless in God’s own country: development and perpetual struggles in Kerala by Ramapurath Chemmencheri, S

“…<p>Landless Adivasis (officially categorised as Scheduled Tribes) of the southern Indian province of Kerala face insecure lives and livelihoods despite the presence of apparently generous welfare provisions. …”

31 students of the 3rd Cohort of the BJTU–UMPSA Dual Degree Programme celebrated in a simple ceremony at KLIA by Naqiah, Puaad

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Low-carbon warehousing practices and challenges: Insights from emerging country by Azian, Ibrahim, Fernando, Yudi, Tseng, Ming-Lang, Lim, Ming K.

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OLIVER TWIST / by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author 457349

“…After enduring years of brutal treatment, Oliver runs away to London, where he falls in with a band of child pickpockets led by the villainous Fagin. …”

Image transformation for beautification by Lim, Christine Kia Min

“…As technology became more advanced, users can easily take a large number of digital photographs (image) of faces using their camera or hand phone. Sometimes, they wish to beautify a face photograph using image retouching tools. …”
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8 Ways to Boost Students Engagement During Asynchronous English Language Learning by Nurkarimah, Yusof

“…For some students, asynchronous learning is the ultimate game-changer, as it offers flexibilities and new learning opportunities such as self-paced learning. On the other hand, some students may face challenges, particularly in maintaining their motivation and self-discipline to learn, for example in language courses such as English, without direct face-to-face interactions during this learning mode.…”
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Foreign students and implications of their social networking sites usage by Tan, Yi Ting

“…Findings suggest that usage of SNS does have a bit of influence on these students’ self-identity, but a rather limited impact on their collective identity. Also, increased face-to-face contact with locals, stemming from SNS usage improves chances of integration. …”
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Mm-wave CMOS phase-locked loops by Yi, Xiang

“…Fifthly, a low phase noise 24/77 GHz dual-band sub-sampling PLL with a dual-band VCO was proposed for automotive radar applications. …”
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Visible light communication systems supporting wireless data access and indoor positioning applications by Yang, Helin

“…On the other hand, VLP can provide high-accuracy positioning performance compared with RF based indoor positioning systems. …”
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Intersection between individual, household, environmental and system level factors in defining risk and resilience for children in Kenya’s ASAL: A qualitative study by Chongwo, EJ, Aoko, B, Kaniala, M, Esala, M, Magoma, P, Njoroge, E, Nyamanya, S, Marangu, J, Khamis, A, Ng’asike, J, Huizink, AC, Abubakar, A

“…Introduction: Children growing up in arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face heightened risks, often resulting in poor developmental outcomes. …”

A book is a body by Goh, Su-Lynn

“…You feel the weight of the book in your hands, the thickness of the paper used. The scent of paper as you open it. …”
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Exploring the formation of behavioral intention toward rural tourism via sensory experience and memorable tourism experiences, a case study in Henan, China by Zhenbin, Wang, Ramachandran, Sridar, Siow, Mayling, Subramaniam, Thanam, Hui, Zhang

“…On the other hand, sight, sound, taste, and smell do not have a meaningful influence. …”

Girls, let's talk about sex and Islam : a study on young Singaporean Muslim women and how they make sense of sexual agency and religion in contemporary Singapore by Nadya Nasser

“…In today’s contemporary Singapore, young Singaporean Muslim women face opposing pressures from the modern and secular ethos that permeates their lives on one hand, and the standards of ‘piety’ and ‘modesty’ placed on them by religion on the other. …”
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Curtain call : a final bow for the traditional arts. by Chen, Shanshan., Khew, Carolyn Jin-Ny., Koh, Valerie Swee Fang.

“…Curtain Call explores the challenges that today's traditional artists battle on a daily basis, from making a living to finding a successor to hand over the ropes to. In the face of these challenges, many have taken to modernise their art forms, to the dismay of traditional arts purists. …”
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Development of indexing clamper mechanism for wire bonder by Zhang, Yue.

“…For wire bonding integrated circuits, the state-of-art is 30 u.m fine pitch, and the position accuracy of material transmission for wire bonder is required to be 3.5 urn or less. On the other hand, for horizontal LED (light emitting diode), like TO-92, the market price is as cheap as only US 1 cent due to the intensive commercial competition. …”
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Sign language recognition – teach machine to talk to deaf people by Goh, Ting Jun

“…With the introduction of internet, social media and phones, communications have been convenient and easy. Despite this, face-to-face verbal communication remains to be the primary mode of communication for most of the population. …”
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Exploring translation strategies for Chinese dialogue and buzzwords based on 星星上的花（The Flower on the Stars） by Wan, Wenyi

“…During the translation process, two main problems are found: on the one hand, the problem concerning the grasp of language style and register, and the corresponding problem of how to choose words in the face of diverse texts; on the other hand, the problem of how to translate Chinese buzzwords in English. …”
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Smart algorithms for modeling urban traffic by Christian Gunjan Rajeshkumar

“…Hence, we use k-shortest (multiple) paths to tackle this problem. Additionally, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore provides speed data required for routing in the form of speed bands, which has limited (low) resolution. …”
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15.965 Ethical Practice: Professionalism, Social Responsibility, and the Purpose of the Corporation, Spring 2007 by Penn, Kara, Hafrey, Leigh

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Geometric primitive feature extraction : concepts, algorithms and applications by Prasad, Dilip Kumar.

“…The utility of these algorithms has been shown using three practical applications related to image processing for robotics, medical image processing, and object and face detection.…”
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