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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Security enhancement of fingerprint authentication by Alias, Joe

“…Biometric recognition deals with the use of distinctive physiological and behavioral characteristics of an individual such as iris, fingerprint, hand geometry, face, signature, gait etc which are called biometrics or biometric identifiers to automatically recognize a person. …”
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Labour pains: mothers and motherhood on the British left in the twentieth century by Riley, CL, Jenkins, L, Baughan, E

“…Mothering has added additional hurdles to the gendered obstacles women already face in pursuing politics as activists or elected representatives. …”

High five: recognising human interactions in TV shows by Patron-Perez, A, Marszalek, M, Zisserman, AP, Reid, ID

“…Noting that people generally face each other while interacting, we learn a structured SVM that combines head orientation and the relative location of people in a frame to improve upon the initial classification obtained with our descriptor. …”

Protein interactions design. by Tay, Connie Gui Ching.

“…The definition of these residues was another challenge faced in protein interface design. In our design protocol, we used a general cutoff distance of 4.75Å obtained by taking into consideration hydrogen bond residues and solvent accessibility. …”
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The correlation between CEO remuneration and company performance : a Singapore-Hong Kong comparison. by Chui, Vanessa Jie Yi., Luo, Yijie., Low, Jeanne Yi Jun.

“…This paper recognizes the quintessential role that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) remuneration historically plays in aligning the interests of the CEOs with those of the stockholders by virtue of motivating them to improve company performance. On the other hand, such pay-for-performance schemes have been increasingly facing criticism for its seemingly growing ineffectiveness. …”
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Enviro-toons : what do parents think about it? by Goh, Jeannette

“…Using a phenomenological framework to examine the face-to-face interviews with 10 parents, this paper found that parents were cautiously optimistic about the medium, where they all saw its potential to teach but saw the need for sources outside this media to ensure that the environmental message is received by their children. …”
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Tour-into-picture with Kinect by Meng, Taing

“…In this project, we enhanced the Tour-Into-Picture method by introducing Kinect face-tracking to substitute mouse controls. This could provide users more realistic and immersive interaction by looking at a picture from different angles with hand-free experience. …”
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Real-Time Object Detection System for Hospital Assets Using YOLOv8 by Andalusia, Friska, Suakanto, Sinung, Hamami, Faqih, Mat Raffei, Anis Farihan, Nuryatno, Edi

“…Hospitals must have efficient asset management to offer quality medical care. On the other hand, many hospitals face problems such as data entry errors. …”
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Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in UK by Ching, Claudia Loke Wei

“…This will prompt shipping sectors across UK to respond with the necessary mitigation strategies, as they restructure their operations in the face of BREXIT. The aim of this research paper is to identify the impacts of BREXIT on the UK maritime industry due to its geographical proximity, as well as the intensity of impacts experienced first-hand by the maritime sectors in UK. …”
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Functional and effective connectivity study of the human brain topology using a novel unifying framework by Rashid, Muhammad Hakimi Mohd

“…Functional connectivity among brain regions involved in face processing was estimated using CAEC, and two network measures were derived: transitivity and global efficiency. …”
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Developing a taxonomy of consumer preferences for enhancing B2C e-commerce last-mile delivery: delivered food by Teo, Ee Lin

“…The surge in OFD orders has resulted in OFD platforms facing some difficulty in keeping up with the demand. …”
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Behaviours and attitudes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a cross-national Facebook survey by Perrotta, D, Grow, A, Rampazzo, F, Cimentada, J, Del Fava, E, Gil-Clavel, S, Zagheni, E

“…Respondents rapidly adopted the use of face masks when they were not yet mandatory. We observed a clear pattern in threat perceptions, sharply increasing from a personal level to national and global levels. …”

Intelligent agent design for persuading the elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle by Yu, Xinjia

“…Since the elderly are facing the problem of diminishing social relations, persuasive agents are widely used to assist face-to-face persuasive efforts. …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…Another approach, which we eventually decided upon, was to perform face-to-face interviews. This method allows us to explain and clarify for any complexities involved in our survey questionnaire. …”
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Failure of plastic structures due to drop impact by Yuen, Shuqin.

“…One test specimen type is made of two acrylic face skins bonded to a Nomex honeycomb core in the middle. …”
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A qualitative systematic review of anonymous/unspecified living kidney and liver donors' perspectives by Lim, Wen Hui, Chan, Kai En, Ng, Cheng Han, Tan, Darren Jun Hao, Tay, Phoebe Wen Lin, Chin, Yip Han, Yong, Jie Ning, Xiao, Jieling, Fu, Clarissa Elysia, Nah, Benjamin, Tiong, Ho Yee, Syn, Nicholas, Devi, Kamala, Griva, Konstadina, Mak, Loey Lung Yi, Huang, Daniel Q., Fung, James, Siddiqui, Mohammad Shadab, Muthiah, Mark, Tan, Eunice X. X.

“…This qualitative systematic review provides insights into the first-hand experiences, motivations, and challenges that unspecified donors face. …”
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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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Software/ hardware interactive learning for trigonometry by Chia, Dint

“…In today’s context of education, many institutions mainly focus on face to face teaching with students by conducting classes and lectures to teach various subjects and topics. …”
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