Girls, let's talk about sex and Islam : a study on young Singaporean Muslim women and how they make sense of sexual agency and religion in contemporary Singapore by Nadya Nasser

“…In today’s contemporary Singapore, young Singaporean Muslim women face opposing pressures from the modern and secular ethos that permeates their lives on one hand, and the standards of ‘piety’ and ‘modesty’ placed on them by religion on the other. …”
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Curtain call : a final bow for the traditional arts. by Chen, Shanshan., Khew, Carolyn Jin-Ny., Koh, Valerie Swee Fang.

“…Curtain Call explores the challenges that today's traditional artists battle on a daily basis, from making a living to finding a successor to hand over the ropes to. In the face of these challenges, many have taken to modernise their art forms, to the dismay of traditional arts purists. …”
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Development of indexing clamper mechanism for wire bonder by Zhang, Yue.

“…To satisfy both the precision and efficiency requirements from semiconductor manufacturers, the indexing clampers of wire bonders face an even bigger challenge. It is somehow critical for the mechanical design to fulfill the latest requirements. …”
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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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Effect of inflammation on apolipoprotein A-1(apoA-1) secretion by intestinal cells. by Yu, Kenneth.

“…This study has shown that ApoA-l secretion in intestinal cells is constitutive; however, the rate of apoA-l secretion is increased by as high as 5-times the constitutive secretion rate when the cells are exposed to anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and paracetamol. …”
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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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MIMO visible light communication system with enhanced performance by Han, Junyao

“…In several cases, it utilizes higher order modulation technique to increase transmission rate, but on the other hand it leads to being more susceptible to bit error. …”
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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. …”

Ball game measurement and analysis on Android by Ng, Wei Kang

“…Singapore is having the slowest growth rate in the last decade. Beside facing the slow growth rate, the citizen population aged 65 and above have also increase from 11.7% to 12.4% within a year from 2013 to 2014 [1] . …”
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The NEP and UMNO's political hegemony. by Choo, Jun Fei.

“…The racial conflict was largely caused by inter-ethnic resentment brought about by unequal distribution of national wealth concentrated mainly in the hands of the minority Chinese. The policy was formulated with two major objectives, namely to 'eradcate poverty irrespective of race' and to 'restructure society to eliminate the identification of race with economic function' in order to create the conditions for national unity. …”
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Career intentions of engineering undergraduates in Singapore : relationships with Generation Y’s work values & industry perceptions. by Cheong, Jervelle Weizhen., Soh, Yan Bin., Ng, Jacinda Wee Ping.

“…This generation has unique characteristics and values, and thus hiring managers find it increasingly difficult to attract and retain them. One sector which faces numerous attraction and retention challenges is the engineering industry. …”
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Electrospinning of low density PCL fibers on SLS scaffold by Leong, Yew Meng.

“…On the other hand, electrospinning with the same duration of 1min produces a higher density scaffold while varying acceleration voltage to 15kV and feed rate of 10ml/h; 8-10um fibers were obtained. …”
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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. …”

Prospects of a multipolar international monetary order by Alam Md Whaheed

“…The Eurozone needs to develop a deep and liquid financial market and continue policy supports for upholding its resilience and unity. On the other hand, China needs to make quick reforms in the areas of capital account convertibility, financial liberalization and flexible exchange rate.…”
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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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Optically reversible electrical soft-breakdown in wide-bandgap oxides — a factorial study by Zhou, Yu, Ang, Diing Shenp, Kalaga, Pranav Sairam

“…Light in the range of ∼400–700 nm is found to have relatively little influence on the reversal rate. On the other hand, light intensity, oxygen content and temperature, each of them has a clear impact; a stronger light intensity, an oxide that is richer in oxygen content and a reduced temperature all speed up the reversal process substantially. …”
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Mathematical modelling of a crop irrigation problem by Lye, Wei De

“…Over the years of technological advancement, human-induced factors like Urbanisation and Industrialisation have been developing at a rate ever faster than before. Substantially expanding and stabilising the economy and population of numerous countries, on the other hand, straining on finite resources like land and water. …”
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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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