“It is a kind of freedom that entrepreneurship provides you”: Female Recipient Remittance Recipients’ entrepreneurship journey in Nepal by Dhakal Adhikari, Shovita, Basnet, Subuna

“…The paper explores the entrepreneurship journey of left-behind and returnee female migrants (referred to as Remittance Recipient Female Entrepreneurs, RRFEs), and specifically their motivations, the challenges they face and the types of support that they need or would like. …”
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Bending of composite sandwich beams with metal facesheets by Toh, Yi Kang

“…The specimens were composed of Unifoam Polystyrene foam core sandwiched between two aluminium face sheets. Numerical analysis was carried out via the use of Finite Element Software, ANSYS. …”
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Tour-into-picture with Kinect by Meng, Taing

“…In this project, we enhanced the Tour-Into-Picture method by introducing Kinect face-tracking to substitute mouse controls. This could provide users more realistic and immersive interaction by looking at a picture from different angles with hand-free experience. …”
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Green gatekeepers by Enriques, L, Romano, A, Tuch, A

“…After distinguishing green gatekeepers from highly reputation-sensitive traditional gatekeepers in financial markets, we argue that green gatekeepers face weaker reputational constraints than traditional ones. …”

Smile challenger by Ang, Shi Chao

“…Smile Challenger’s algorithm was tested with 300 face images and had achieved an accuracy 71.7%.…”
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Sleep monitoring by millimeter wave radar sensor by Ma, Yuchen

“…Nowadays, elderlies who are living alone may face the potential risk of sudden heart attack, without any surveillance from their children or doctors. …”
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Negative density dependence promotes persistence of a globally rare yet locally abundant plant species Oenothera coloradensis by Stears, AE, Heidel, B, Paniw, M, Salguero-Gómez, R, Laughlin, DC

“…We propose that high micro-site abundances within a spatially heterogeneous environment enables this species to persist, allowing it to sidestep the demographic and genetic challenges of small population size that rare species typically face. The five mechanisms of persistence explored in our study have been demonstrated as effective strategies in other species, and the fact that only one of them had strong support here supports the idea that globally rare species can employ distinct persistence strategies. …”

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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After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Maluni, J, Oluoch, D, Molyneux, S, Boga, M, Jones, C, Murila, F, English, M, Ziebland, S, Hinton, L

“…Methods: Narrative interviews were conducted face-to-face in English or Swahili with 34 mothers of premature babies recruited from two public hospitals and a social support group in Nairobi, Kenya between August—November 2021. …”

Xenophobia and ethnocentrism? Understanding the attitudes and perceptions of local undergraduates towards the undergraduates from the People's Republic of China (PRC) by Tay, Esther Hui Yi

“…In addition, the reasons for dislike and prejudice that have local undergraduates are not firmly fixed as it may be reshaped by other factors such as the courses they are in, the benefits that they can receive, and if the academic competition they face presently is perceived as absent.…”
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The linguistic and construct validity of the Malay version of the coping self-efficacy scale (CSES-MY): evidence from a sample of Malaysian parents of children with leukemia or lym... by Tan, Chai-Eng, Tan, Kit-Aun, Lau, Sie Chong Doris, Teh, Kok Hoi, Mohd Sidik, Sherina

“…They were recruited via online or face-to-face methods. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the CSES-My. …”
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Real-Time Object Detection System for Hospital Assets Using YOLOv8 by Andalusia, Friska, Suakanto, Sinung, Hamami, Faqih, Mat Raffei, Anis Farihan, Nuryatno, Edi

“…Hospitals must have efficient asset management to offer quality medical care. On the other hand, many hospitals face problems such as data entry errors. …”
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Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in UK by Ching, Claudia Loke Wei

“…This will prompt shipping sectors across UK to respond with the necessary mitigation strategies, as they restructure their operations in the face of BREXIT. The aim of this research paper is to identify the impacts of BREXIT on the UK maritime industry due to its geographical proximity, as well as the intensity of impacts experienced first-hand by the maritime sectors in UK. …”
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Group formation in a pandemic world by Tan, Janssen Guan Rong

“…However, with the emergence of the pandemic since 2020, we have seen a shift to an online classroom setting, which has had an adverse effect in terms of the social relationships formed. …”
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A narrowband ultrasonic ranging method for multiple moving sensor nodes by Ashhar, Karalikkadan, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam, Soh, Cheong Boon

“…One of the main problems faced by the ultrasonic localization systems is the ranging error due to the Doppler shift. …”
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Janus particle preparation through UV-induced partial photodegradation of spin-coated particle films by Tan, Jasmine Si Jia, Wong, Chong Hui, Chen, Zhong

“…Janus particles contain two or more chemical properties typically on opposing faces. With various property combinations possible, there are several potential applications, such as surfactants and drug delivery. …”
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Developing a taxonomy of consumer preferences for enhancing B2C e-commerce last-mile delivery: delivered food by Teo, Ee Lin

“…The surge in OFD orders has resulted in OFD platforms facing some difficulty in keeping up with the demand. …”
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Behaviours and attitudes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a cross-national Facebook survey by Perrotta, D, Grow, A, Rampazzo, F, Cimentada, J, Del Fava, E, Gil-Clavel, S, Zagheni, E

“…Respondents rapidly adopted the use of face masks when they were not yet mandatory. We observed a clear pattern in threat perceptions, sharply increasing from a personal level to national and global levels. …”

Development, validation and the effects of culturally specific guided imagery and progressive muscle relaxation audio for patients with functional abdominal bloating by Shen, Vincent Tee Wei

“…The Rome Working Team had recommended the use of brain-gut behaviour therapies in treating Disorders of Gut-brain Interaction (DGBI). …”
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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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