Influences of country of origin (COO), branding, and ethnocentrism on product evaluation : a case study of the Malaysian consumer attitude towards foreign and domestic cars. by Yeo, Ee Ee., Yet, Han Yin.

“…This study investigates the degree of influence of country of origin (COO), global branding, and ethnocentrism on Malaysians’ preference of cars. The research was primarily based in Malaysia but a secondary research was also carried out in Singapore, with the purpose of examining the differences in attitudes between the two groups of people.…”
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Examining the role of family, media, peers in young Caucasian men’s understandings of body dissatisfaction: a thematic analysis using the tripartite influential model and social comparison theory by Apopei, Daria, Coe, Jennifer, Cordoba, Sebastian

“…It focuses on family, peers, and media influences, addressing a gap in the literature that rarely integrates men’s experiences. …”
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Examining the effects of relative advances in higher mobility roads over higher accessibility roads and income inequality on the relationship between car ownership and economic growth by Poi, Alvin Wai Hoong, Law, Teik Hua, Hamid, Hussain, Mohd Jakarni, Fauzan, Ishak, Siti Zaharah, Ng, Choy Peng

“…Results revealed that passenger car ownership rate is consistently higher at most of the per capita income levels under mid-range MPA and lower income inequality conditions. …”

Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children? Longitudinal evidence on births in the UK by Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Oswald, Andrew J., Lockwood, Ben

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Wholesale central bank digital currencies: approaches, implementation strategies and use cases by Bear, K, Vertex, P, Zhang, B, Hussain, H, Coelho, H

The development of volcanic ash cloud layers over hours to days due to atmospheric turbulence layering by Bursik, Marcus, Yang, Qingyuan, Bear-Crozier, Adele, Pavolonis, Michael, Tupper, Andrew

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Encapsulation of probiotics for food and beverage applications by Ang, Kai Lin

“…Up to date, no studies have been done to examine the viability of probiotics in popular, well-liked, commercialized carbonated sodas/beers, but it is known that certain components in these matrices (e.g. phosphoric acid in soda, hops and ethanol in beers) can reduce the viability of probiotics. …”
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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. …”

Cost of the national malaria control program and cost-effectiveness of indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated bed net interventions in two districts of Madagascar by Andrianantoandro, VTA, Audibert, M, Kesteman, T, Ravolanjarasoa, L, Randrianarivelojosia, M, Rogier, C

“…The cost-effectiveness ratio (CER) of ITN intervention was then compared to the CER of IRS intervention to identify the most cost-effective intervention. …”

Theoretical investigations and simulations of femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy and coherent anti-stokes Raman spectroscopy by Li, Xiuting

“…Twenty four Feynman dual time line and four wave mixing energy level diagrams are first presented to depict CARS. The line-shape and relative intensity of each term are interpreted for both off-resonance CARS and resonance CARS on toluene and R6G, respectively.…”
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What are the intensities and line-shapes of the twenty four polarization terms in coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy? by Niu, Kai, Lee, Soo-Ying

“…It is shown that in fs/ps CARS, for the two cases of off-resonance CARS in toluene and resonanceCARS in rhodamine 6G, where we use a fs pump pulse, a fs Stokes pulse and a ps probe pulse, we obtain sharp vibrational lines in four of the polarization terms where the pump and Stokes pulses can create a vibrational coherence on the ground electronic state, while the spectral line-shapes of the other twenty terms are broad and featureless. …”
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Influence of presumed influence on thinness as a beauty ideal for girls. by Soh, Wai Siong.

“…On the other hand, if the “influence on significant others or female peers” exerts an impact on “influence on self”, it will result in desire to be thin.…”
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Driver fatigue detection from facial features by Tee, Hui Qian

“…The increase in demand for private cars has resulted in the rising number of cars on the road over the past 10 years. …”
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Location Selection for Beekeeping in Optimizing Honey Production using Linear Programming Model (S/O 14038) by Abdul Rahman, Syariza, Benjamin, Aida Mauziah, Omar, Mohd Faizal

“…Meliponiculture is an activity of raising stingless bees to obtain bee products, mainly honey. Honey production by bees varies depending on various factors which also affect its amount and quality. …”
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Challenges of online collaborative learning among special needs university students by Hidayu Shafie, Ireena Nasiha Ibnu, Noori, Abdullah, Nurhilleny Rosly, Nadia Anuar, Nur Husna Serip Mohamad

“…Based on the findings of the study, it was found that the SNS in this study mostly had problems communicating with their peers during online collaborative learning. They were not really lacking in collaborative skills, but they were more concerned about their peers’ perspectives on their disabilities, and their abilities to do group work. …”
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Monitoring the drying process of glutinous rice using hyperspectral imaging coupled with multivariate analysis by Jimoh, Kabiru Ayobami, Hashim, Norhashila, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Che Man, Hasfalina, Jahari, Mahirah

“…Therefore, the HSI coupled with multivariate analysis (CARS+PLS) is a potential technique for monitoring the drying process of glutinous rice on both small and industrial scales.…”
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Global borders : power, fragility, and ‘a kind of fiction’ (Editorial introduction) by Cahill, Samara

“…With the gentlest wafting of pollen from a summer breeze or a bee’s wing, the fixed categories borders inscribe can blossom into hybridities.…”
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Automated tagging of safety cases for autonomous vehicles in Asian megacities by Srivastava Prateek

“…For scenario analysis in Singapore, research cars collect vehicle data comprising information about the car as well as image data. …”
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Lesbian rights and recognition in Singapore : lesbian relationships should be accepted legally and socially. by Yu, Bertinelli Shasha.

“…Family, religion and politics can negatively affect one’s lesbian identity while the support from peers can be empowering to their lesbian identity. …”
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Solar vehicle to grid simulation model by Lim, Yihn Shin.

“…However, manufacturers are investing and researching into green vehicles, electric cars being one of the cleaner and more efficient options. …”
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