Upstream : Selected Essays / by Oliver, Mary, 1963-2019, author 656023, Penguin Publishing Group (Online service) 655981

“…As she writes, “I could not be a poet without the natural world. Someone else could. But not me. For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple.” …”
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Electromagnetic (EM) propagation through iron (III) oxide-based building materials embedded with electrically small antennas at microwave frequencies (part 1) by Sheng, Lin

“…Moreover, it was also found that embedding ESA inside concrete will result in the increase of resonant frequency over time as the concrete cures.…”
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High-dimensional data analysis with constraints by Zhou, Hanxiao

“…Thus, we studied scaled lasso and square root lasso on how they deal with the penalty level to the noise σ. Inspired by these two methods, we proposed two new algorithms which is constrained scaled lasso and constrained square-root lasso, which turns out effectively reduced the computational cost and works well in the high dimensional portfolio selection problem. …”
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Intraperitoneal administration of mRNA encoding interleukin-12 for immunotherapy in peritoneal carcinomatosis by Arrizabalaga, L, Di Trani, CA, Fernández-Sendin, M, Bella, Á, Russo-Cabrera, JS, Gomar, C, Ardaiz, N, Belsue, V, González-Gomariz, J, Zalba, S, Gil-Korilis, A, Garrido, MJ, Melero, I, Aranda, F, Berraondo, P

Investigation of flow over textured surfaces by Koh, Ti Kiat

“…The chemicals used were Hydrochloric Acid (HCL), Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and Ethanol with Stearic Acid (ESA). HCL and NaOH were used to alter the surface of AA 6061 while ESA was used to lower the surface energy of the samples. …”
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THE MARRIAGE PLOT / by Eugenides, Jeffrey, author 375385

“…Madeleine Hanna was the dutiful English major who didn't get the memo. While everyone else in the early 1980s was reading Derrida, she was happily absorbed with Jane Austen and George Eliot: purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. …”

How to Hold a Grudge : From Resentment to Contentment- the Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life / by Hannah, Sophie, 1971- author 649175

“…Internationally bestselling author and grudge guru Sophie Hannah has elevated the practice of grudge-holding to a fine art--one that can improve the quality of our relationships at home, at the office, and everywhere else people might annoy or offend us. Blending the practical with the philosophical, How to Hold a Grudge examines the origins of grudges and shows readers how to harness their power to transform sources of resentment into wellsprings of affirming, long-lasting contentment. …”

How do hawker vendors achieve upward social mobility despite low educational status? by Cheang, Joanne Zu Er, Khoe, Wei Jun, Lim, Yu Cheng

“…Hawkers also have to deal with precarity in their job including the rising cost of food and rents, as well as finding a good location for their business. …”
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Implementation of web product search engine : multimodal query suggestion by Mok, Clarence Bao Ren.

“…Therefore, apart from the usual autosuggestion and preview, Chinese text is an issue as well. A good way to deal with Chinese text is to provide suggestions as users type Pinyin, a very common input method to describe Chinese characters.…”
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The effects of stress, threat/challenge appraisal, and coping flexibility on emotion by Chen, Luxi

“…Coping flexibility equips individuals with the ability to employ effective strategies to deal with environmental changes. Plenty of research has explored the influence of appraisals and coping on psychological well-being, however, the working mechanism regarding how stress determines psychological outcomes through threat/challenge appraisal and coping flexibility, has not been fully understood. …”
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SPICES: spectro-polarimetric imaging and characterization of exoplanetary systems. by Boccaletti, Anthony, Schneider, Jean, Traub, Wes, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Stam, Daphne, Gratton, Raffaele, Trauger, John, Cahoy, Kerri, Snik, Frans, Baudoz, Pierre, Galicher, Raphael, Reess, Jean-Michel, Mawet, Dimitri, Augereau, Jean-Charles, Patience, Jenny, Kuchner, Marc, Wyatt, Mark, Pantin, Eric, Maire, Anne-Lise, Vérinaud, Christophe

“…SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks in the visible (450-900 nm) at a spectral resolution of about 40 using both spectroscopy and polarimetry. …”
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Building up a web-based e-lifestyle application by Guo, Linjing.

“…Various information on deal, coupon and promotion events are released every day by the respective business entities. …”
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What is active touch? by Razavi, S

“…I hold that active touch should be considered as before all else purposive. This view has its roots in the active sensing literature in robotics but will be amended to give insight into human touch in the natural world.…”

Capacity of wireless CDMA system by Hsu, Daniel Ta Siong.

“…Wireless cellular communication must deal with a variety of interferences. By means of Direct Sequence Coded Division Multiple Access (DS CDMA) system, communication performance can be improved. …”
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Report on industrial orientation with Environmental Resources Management Pte Ltd (ERM) by Heng, Ming Xuan

“…Learning includes understanding the Environmental Baseline Study (EBS), ESA guidelines for State Land in Singapore, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) guidelines for onshore and offshore gas and oil development, International Financial Corporation (IFC) guidelines for various environmental parameters, Singapore EHS legislation, and various research works amongst the many learning. …”
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Communication challenges in private finance initiative projects at facilities management stage by Kipli, Kumalasari, Sidek, Norazizah, Mustapa, Fara Diva, Syed Jamaluddin, Shariffah Zatil Hidayah, Zaini, Favilla

“…From the interviews, the challenges are the breakdown of communication, human error, lack of understanding, time-consuming, and misunderstanding. deal with lack of understanding, it is best to deal with it through meeting or discussion, inspecting the real problem, and issuing a letter or reminder. …”
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Business Research Methods / by Bell, Emma, 1968-, author 200397, Bryman, Alan, author 172014, Harley, Bill, author 655243, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…For the sixth edition, the 'Research in Focus' features provide a greater global range of examples, including new case studies from China, Denmark, Germany, Spain, and India, all of which demonstrate how fascinating and essential research can be. Above all else, the book places strong emphasis on those challenges faced most frequently by students, such as choosing a research question, planning a project, and writing it up. …”
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Exploring colonial anxiety in the poetry and prose of Yi Sang by Soh, Gail

“…The rest of this essay will be focused on this newfound awareness of the writers and poets of Korea, particularly of Yi Sang’s, whose expression of modernist sentiments under the guise of part-fiction and part-autobiography will began his literary legacy with his prose and poetic works that became more modern that the oeuvre of anyone else in Korea ever since. Using material from Yi Sang, ultimately, this essay seeks to show how Yi Sang’s work decisively and liberally transgresses the relatively staunch decorum of poetry that readers are accustomed to, and is in fact more delightful and powerful as an afterthought – an influence that lingers to this day. …”
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Self-knowledge : strengthening our privileged access and the inner sense mechanism by Nur Amirah Sabrina Mohamad

“…In the discourse of self-knowledge, the concept of privileged access and the inner sense account seems to be taken for granted in that we are not cognizant of what else it can offer. I begin this essay with a close inspection of a few accounts of privileged access and the nature of the mental states that derive from it. …”
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It is not about AI, it is about humans. Responsibility gaps and medical AI by Giubilini, A

“…In healthcare, whatever else AI will allow to do, it can prompt us to reflect more thoroughly on professional responsibility and professional obligations.…”