Application of Judith Butler’s “gender performativity” in Asian cultures by Ding, Gary Yongping

“…Simone de Beauvoir’s formulation in The Second Sex has led to new conceptions in gender identity. Her assertion is based on the belief of “the noncoincidence of natural and gendered identity” (Salih 23). …”
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Evaluating geospatial accuracy for equity analyses: a case study of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory by Gandy, CA, Kang, X, Ritsch, N, Armanios, DE

“…Phase 3 assesses the feasibility of enhancing location granularity through a hand-checked case study. We find that for coarser geospatial levels (state and county), equity-based analyses may be possible, but for more granular geospatial levels (place and census tract), which is where equity-based analyses are often conducted, the data may need greater buffering and hand checks to ensure accuracy. …”

Verify / by Hoover, Colleen, author 595716

“…Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. …”

Taking Flight: FROM WAR ORPHAN TO STAR BALLERINA/ by Deprince, Michaela, author 656399, Deprince, Elaine, author 656400

“…Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. …”

THE MARRIAGE PLOT / by Eugenides, Jeffrey, author 375385

“…Madeleine was the girl who dressed a little too nicely for the taste of her more Bohemian friends, the perfect girlfriend whose college love life, despite her good looks, hadn't lived up to expectations. …”

Caraval / by Garber, Stephanie, author 655982, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over. …”
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Predicting bank failures : a comparison of the Cox proportional hazards model and time-varying covariates model. by Cheng, Philip Yim Kwong.

“…As a contribution to bank regulation by improving the accuracy of predicting failed banks, I first illustrate the use of martingale and other residuals as diagnostic checks for Cox’s proportional hazards model. Second, I discuss and substantiate the claim that a time-varying covariates model is superior to the Cox model as a bank failure model.…”
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The next train = 下一班车 by Lou, Mei Jun

“…The Next Train consists of a short film and a film installation based on a non-linear narrative of a Girl who struggles to reconcile with memories of her parents' divorce a decade ago. She does this a train station where she used to spend time with each of her parents - prior to and after the divorce. …”
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Anatomy of gloom. by Lim, Gwen Yuan Wen.

“…Like a new born baby, she is amused her existence. A spider crawls out of her heart and hynotises the puppet, shows her an perplexing illusion of a woman trapped inside a massive flower. …”
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Empowerment through suicide in “The little mermaid” and “Giselle ou les wilis” by Wong, Angelene Suet Fong

“…This individual assertion enables her to pursue her desire to enter the human realm, but estranges her from the undersea world. …”
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THE SKY SERPENT / by Ismim Putera, author 655827, Ikram Wazir, editor 655732

“…What should Bawang do to defend her home against Nangkawang?…”

Serenading Silence / by Ivy Abdullah, author 655926

“…With honesty and vulnerability, a medical student and depression survivor shares the emotional highs and lows of her journey. Through her own silent battle, she confronts stigma, navigates struggles, and celebrates triumphs on her path to healing. …”

Simone de beauvoir against the power of phallocentrism. by Yeo, Cheryl Zhi Zhen.

“…Beauvoir has tried to answer 'the woman question' in The Second Sex, but in her attempt to do so, she loses her ground and ironically reveals her conflicting notions as well as the influence which the patriarchy had on her instead. …”
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Black Phosphorus Nanoparticle Labels for Immunoassays via Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Mediation by Mayorga-Martinez, Carmen Clotilde, Mohamad Latiff, Naziah, Eng, Alex Yong Sheng, Sofer, Zdeněk, Pumera, Martin

“…Its nanoparticles show an increased bandgap when compared to bulk materials and they are typically fabricated by ultrasonication of macroscopic black phosphorus crystals. …”
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BLOOD NOIR / by Hamilton, Laurell K., author 407538

“…A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean- Claude's reign, and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power.…”

Louise Moillon by Stevenson, Lesley

“…Born and raised in Paris, Moillon was the sole woman in a circle of Calvinist Protestant émigrés who brought their tradition of still-life painting with them from Flanders. During her lifetime, she was able to enjoy a degree of professional independence and attract enough recognition to be regarded as on a level with her male counterparts, yet her exquisite work and enigmatic story are little known today. …”

Songs of The Runaway Heart / by Marisa Fendi, author 655832

“…Kamelia’s goal was to get into Harvard. It led her to loneliness, spending nights studying, deserted by friends. …”

“Main Teri Dushman” : critiquing the patriarchic suppression of female identity through Sridevi. by Mohammed Shafie Haja Mohaideen.

“…This paper would argue that Sridevi straddles binaries using her body to embody different patriarchal stereotypes only to subvert the very rules that govern her body within patriarchy. …”
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‘Liege lady’: Queen Victoria’s political medievalism by Broome Saunders, C

“…This chapter explores the reception and reader responses to medievalism by women who were engaged in political discussion in the long nineteenth century. <br> From her very accession, Queen Victoria used the nineteenth-century cultural fascination with medieval and chivalric revival to her own political advantage, to manipulate public opinion in favour of her monarchy and her consort, and to explore the social complexities of her own position. …”

Blockchain for RegTech: streamlining know your customer (KYC) pipelines by Tan, Valerie Huiying

“…Financial institutions have to go through regulatory compliance processes when providing services to customers. Among these processes, Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) processes are essential for compliance of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) schemes in order to establish the legitimacy of a customer’s identity before conducting businesses with them. …”
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