Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…Whilst the advantages and appeal of soft law have been widely studied, with its effects explored in both International Relations (IR) and International Law (IL) scholarship, states’ behaviour on commitment to soft law per se has remained underexplored. …”

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? : an exploratory study on the attitudes of pregnant employees and co-workers towards workplace pregnancy. by Chew, Alicia Jing Yi., Goh, Xin Lei., Tan, Hwee Hoon.

“…Our forum findings shed a different perspective: female employees have the liberty to prioritise between family and career but they will have to bear the consequences of their choice. Recommendations by employees include hiring of temporary help, allowing for flexible working hours and open communication channels. …”
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Negotiating time in British Malaya : colonial Singapore’s role in time legislature, 1895 – 1933 by Teo, Grace Jie Ying

“…This paper argues that the various time changes in Singapore and British Malaya between 1895 to 1933 were products borne of influence from international agreements, yet more strongly bear the marks of local negotiation. Being arbitrary in nature, time offsets in the form of mean times, standard times, and daylight saving times were socially determined, negotiated, and sustained, by the circulation of ideas, objects, and actors. …”
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Autonomised harming by Eggert, L

“…Second, the paper examines how potential differences between human agents and non-human, artificial agents might bear on the permissibility of delegating life-and death decisions to AI systems. …”

从流传和演变角度探析民间童话故事《虎姑婆》的教育意义 = An investigation of the transmission and educational implication of the folk tale “Aunt Tiger” by 黄思蓉 Wong, Sirong

“…This Chinese folk tale was first written down as text by Huang Zhijuan during the Qing dynasty, though it may have been in existence long before its written form. The story was circulated to different areas in China and Taiwan, and as time went by, the title of the story took different forms such as “Grandma Fox”, “Grandma Bear”, “Grandma Tiger”, and “Mother Tiger”. …”
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Single-Shot Decoding of Good Quantum LDPC Codes by Gu, Shouzhen, Tang, Eugene, Caha, Libor, Choe, Shin Ho, He, Zhiyang, Kubica, Aleksander

“…Quantum Tanner codes constitute a family of quantum low-density parity-check codes with good parameters, i.e., constant encoding rate and relative distance. …”
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Active Learning for Inference and Regeneration of Applications that Access Databases by Shen, Jiasi, Rinard, Martin

“…Konure also implements a regenerator that produces a translated Python implementation of the application that systematically includes relevant security and error checks.…”
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Inherently vulnerable? Ethnic geography and the intensity of violence in the Bosnian civil war by Di Salvatore, J

“…The results remain robust when accounting for the presence of the UN peacekeeping mission (UNPROFOR) and across several robustness checks.…”

Autism narratives in Singapore by Ho, Melissa Yun Ling

“…Examining Singaporean autism narratives allows us insight into the ways in which dominant global discourses about autism are negotiated in local contexts; narratives are shaped by their socio-cultural contexts and examining those from Singapore, a globalised and multicultural, yet socially conservative city-state, enables us to understand the ways in which such multiple discourses come to bear upon individual narratives. Given that these narratives have, in turn, the potential to shape cultural discourses, and having shown through close literary analysis some effects of existing stereotypes and discourses, I argue for the urgency and importance of attending to narrative ethics in the production of autism narratives in Singapore.…”
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Validation of size estimation of nanoparticle tracking analysis on polydisperse macromolecule assembly by Kim, Ahram, Ng, Wei Beng, Bernt, William, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…Recently, nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) has been introduced to measure the diffusion coefficient of particles in a sample to determine their size distribution in relation to DLS results. …”
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Building SenticNet 7 by Perh, Zhi Hao

“…The error checking program utilizes the keyword extractor, sentiment analysis and synonyms functions. …”
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Prescriptive analytics models for vessel inspection planning in maritime transportation by Yang, Ying, Yan, Ran., Wang, Shuaian

“…The inspection process involves identifying high-risk vessels, allocating surveyors, and conducting onboard checks. This study aims to optimize the selection and assignment process through a two-stage framework, balancing the benefits of identifying deficiencies against the costs of inspection delays. …”
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Chemoselective synthesis and evaluation of β-oxovinylarsines as an arsenic synthetic precursor by Tay, Wee Shan, Li, Yongxin, Lu, Yunpeng, Pullarkat, Sumod A., Leung, Pak-Hing

“…Unlike other arsenic precursors which are toxic or volatile or have low reactivity, β-oxovinylarsines bear a well-defined organic backbone that confers both stability and known reactivity. …”
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Investor behavioral intention in investment-based crowdfunding: a systematic literature review by Astiwi Indriani, Aisyah Abdul Rahman, Shifa Mohd Nor, Nur Sa’adah Muhamad

“…By establishing an insightful foundation for future research and providing actionable insights for practitioners seeking to foster trust, manage risk, and harness both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, our findings bear the potential to shape the evolution of investment-based crowdfunding in the coming years.…”
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Largest testicular tumour in South-East Asia: a case report by Aizat, S. I., Yusof, M. R., Lee, F. Y., Fahmy, O., Lee, C. K.S., Khairul Asri, M. G., Muhammad Nasrulazam, N., Vikinesan, V. K., Liyana Zayani, Y., Yusuf, M., Rashide, Y., Othman, A.

“…The patient seeks treatment at that point because he can't bear the embarrassment and fear of the treatment.…”
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Mitogenic activity of mesenchymal stem cells on hematopoietic stem cells via cellular analysis and gene expression by Mohadeseh, Hashem Boroojerdi

“…HSC were isolated using CD34+ magnetic beads and the optimal growth conditions were determined. …”
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Entrapping of inclusions within carbon nanotubes during catalytic decomposition of C2H4 on a “thick” nickel film by Li, Feng Ji, Zhang, Sam, Sun, Geng Zhi, Kong, Jun Hua, Rawat, R. S., Ilyas, Usman, Li, Bo

“…The inner walls of a few tubes were sealed internally by multiple elongated “beads-like,” “bullet-shaped” or “needle-shaped” nickel inclusions. …”
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Blockchain for RegTech: streamlining know your customer (KYC) pipelines by Tan, Valerie Huiying

“…With Decentralised Finance being developed to replace traditional financial services and transactions of virtual land being conducted on the Metaverse, these ecosystems often involve large amounts of money and require regulatory compliance checks. This calls for a solution that can interoperate effectively with these emerging technologies. …”
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3D printing of glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites via multi jet fusion by Aguila, Reyniel Rosale

“…Despite the benefits of MJF over other processes, the lack of widespread adoption is mainly due to the limitation of material availability, in particular polymer composites. Glass beads (GB) and glass fibers (GF) reinforced Polyamide 12 (PA12) powder is a potential polymer composite. …”
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Flexible optical fiber probe for surface roughness evaluation of internal channels in additively manufactured components by Subbarao, Guru Prasad Arudi, Haridas, Aswin, Patinharekandy, Prabhathan, Kapur, Pulkit, Chan, Kelvin, Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke

“…However, being a stochastic process, there is minimal control over the surface quality and thus require adequate quality checks before implementation. In this context, this paper investigates a flexible optical fiber probe and speckle correlation measurements to quantitatively estimate the average surface roughness, Ra, of areas within internal channels. …”
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