Facial expression quantification and analysis by Ramya Sridharan

“…This dissertation mentions some of the latest techniques available in the above field and proposes two design techniques that exceed the performance of their peers in both technical aspects and applications.…”
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What is to reproduce? On the overlap, development, and persistence account of reproduction by Palacios-González, C

“…Her account seems able to answer the question of whether reproduction takes place, and who reproduces, when we employ biotechnologies that bear little to no resemblance to naturally occurring human sexual reproduction. …”

Phenomenological observations of quinone-mediated zinc oxidation in an alkaline environment by Mallia, Christopher T, Brushett, Fikile R

“…The development of such systems requires knowledge of underlying reaction mechanisms, which bear similarities to the processes that underpin corrosion and semiconductor electrochemistry. …”
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Prosopanche: a remarkable genus of parasitic plants by Hatt, SA, Cameron, DD, Grace, OM, Rocamundi, N, Cocucci, AA, Martel, C, Thorogood, CJ

“…Growing almost entirely underground with a complete lack of leaves, plants of Prosopanche bear more resemblance to fungi than plants and have many remarkable aspects to their life history and ecology that require further investigation. …”

Why Brussels? Neruda’s ‘título absolutamente enigmático’ by Moran, D

“…<p>The primary purpose of this article is to propose a solution to longstanding literary mystery, namely, why Neruda&rsquo;s disconcertingly enigmatic poem &lsquo;Bruselas&rsquo; (from&nbsp;<em>Tercera residencia</em>&nbsp;[1947]) has a title which seems to bear little if any relation either to the city of Brussels itself or to its sometimes bewilderingly obscure content and imagery. …”

How resource revenues can halve global poverty by Segal, P

“…The bitter struggles for oil nationalisation through the twentieth century bear witness to the sensitivity of this question. …”

The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Research has shown that pupils who have been permanently excluded are at a greater risk of negative life outcomes when compared with their non-excluded peers. However, the idea that disadvantaged groups are disproportionately represented amongst those excluded has not previously been tested in prior work. …”
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Perceptions of gifted adolescents in Singapore towards the "gifted" label and its effects on their social relationships by Tan, Chee Soon.

“…Some of the disadvantages include high expectations from parents and teachers and being discriminated by peers in the mainstream. Results of case studies parallel these findings.…”
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Signalling through deviance by Teo, Xin Yi, Chia, Gary Yong Wen, Ang, Yan Ting

“…Stimuli were presented in a 2X2 mixed-model design, by manipulating the subjects, whether they are more successful or less successful than their peers, and if the question presented encompasses an identity threat or not. …”
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A moment of change: facilitating refugee children's mental health in UK schools by Fazel, M

“…This paper describes the role of schools in supporting the overall development of refugee children and the importance of peer interactions. It argues that the UK school into which a refugee child arrives can be considered an extreme setting. …”

Abui stories : seven children by Chew, Grace Min Hui

“…Thriving on an oral tradition, these stories, like the traditional Abui language, bear no written form and are at risk of extinction. …”
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Detection of simultaneous structural problems using multiple structural health monitoring techniques by Yang, Lu

“…After the construction, cracks, wear and tear, fatigue, creep, etc., will appear anytime during their life span, which significantly affects the capacity of the structure to bear loads. Hence structure health monitoring (SHM) technique came into existence to detect the structural problems and increase its life span. …”
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Object class recognition by unsupervised scale-invariant learning by Fergus, R, Perona, P, Zisserman, A

“…The flexible nature of the model is demonstrated by excellent results over a range of datasets including geometrically constrained classes (e.g. faces, cars) and flexible objects (such as animals).…”

The 2005 PASCAL visual object classes challenge by Everingham, M, Zisserman, A, Williams, CKI, Van Gool, L, Allan, M, Bishop, CM, Chapelle, O, Dalal, N, Deselaers, T, Dorkó, G, Duffner, S, Eichhorn, J, Farquhar, JDR, Fritz, M, Garcia, C, Griffiths, T, Jurie, F, Keysers, D, Koskela, M, Laaksonen, J, Larlus, D, Leibe, B, Meng, H, Ney, H, Schiele, B, Schmid, C, Seemann, E, Shawe-Taylor, J, Storkey, A, Szedmak, S, Triggs, B, Ulusoy, I, Viitaniemi, V, Zhang, J

“…Four object classes were selected: motorbikes, bicycles, cars and people. Twelve teams entered the challenge. …”

Mothers’ social networks and socioeconomic gradients of isolation by Andrew, AR, Attanasio, O, Augsburg, B, Behrman, J, Day, M, Jervis, P, Meghir, C, Phimister, A

“…Wealthier women and women from more-advantaged castes and tribes have smaller networks than their less-advantaged peers, primarily because they know fewer women within their own socioeconomic group. …”

How to choose a law review: an empirical study by Cofone, I, Malé, P-JG

“…The optimal publication strategy for authors depends on whether they want to maximize prestige among peers or rather their impact on the discipline, as well as on authors’ career stage and risk averseness. …”

Just Doing My Job: Normative Dimensions of Social Roles by Wells, Eliza

“…It also means that role-occupants are not off the moral hook. Ultimately, we each bear responsibility to create a more just social world.…”
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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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Analysis of mobile sources of air pollution by Chan, Jeffrey Si Yao

“…Mobile sources are buses, cars, trucks, motorcycles, ships and aeroplanes. …”
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