End of the line by Chia, Wei Ting

“…The alien tells humanity that it will reverse these circumstances if and only if someone can beat them at a card game called Loyalties. The card game centres on winning over cards from your opponent, while preventing your own from being taken. …”
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21W.775 Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues, Spring 2006 by Lioi, Anthony

“…Students will keep a web log as a journal. Writings are drawn from the tradition of nature writing and from contemporary forms of the environmentalist essay. …”
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Why do rural migrant mothers in urban China digitally monitor their children? by Murphy, R, Wu, G

“…We examine how and why some rural intra-provincial working migrant women in cities in central China used digital monitoring technologies in their mothering. The discussion draws on our 22 face-to-face interviews with the rural migrant mothers of at least one child ages 7–14 years. …”

An object category specific mrf for segmentation by Kumar, MP, Torr, PHS, Zisserman, A

“…The resulting combination, which we call the object category specific mrf, suggests a solution to the problem that has long dogged mrfs namely that they provide a poor prior for specific shapes. …”

Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life—we can do better every time in every child by Slater, R, Walker, S, Eccleston, C, Bellieni, C, Hirekodi, T, Carbajal, R, Smart, L, Laughey, W, Cobo, MM, Friedrichsdorf, S

“…Background: Needle procedures, such as vaccinations, blood draws, and intravenous cannulation, are the most frequent source of childhood pain, causing fear and reducing the uptake of medical procedures. …”

Ig.n.is. by Ong, Jian'an.

“…The topic I am addressing is this mysterious phenomenon that we call Fire. It has permeated the fabric of our everyday lives, right from the beginning of its discovery, its domestication to the modern everyday use of its properties. …”
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Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…In his Pensées Diverses (1682), Bayle draws upon original sin, and in his Commentaire Philosophique (1686), Bayle uses the doctrine of the Imago Dei. …”

Autonomy Work: Personhood, Expertise, and Activism of Disabled AI Data Workers in China by Wu, Di

“…This dissertation examines the labor and life of disabled workers in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) data annotation programs. The study draws on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork, conducted over three years, with disabled activists, disabled workers, employment advocates, tech company staff, and government officials. …”
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Government resilience in the digital age by Raieste, A, Rebane, A, Tapupere, M, McBride, K

“…<br> For many governments, the COVID-19 pandemic was a wakeup call. Nearly 30% of governments in Europe had to postpone elections, education was disrupted, and many governments struggled to ensure the availability of their public services. …”

Cell-derived nanovesicles from mesenchymal stem cells as extracellular vesicle-mimetics in wound healing by Neupane, Yub Raj, Handral, Harish K., Syed Abdullah Alkaff, Chng, Wei Heng, Venkatesan, Gopalakrishnan, Huang, Chenyuan, Lee, Choon Keong, Wang, Jiong-Wei, Sriram, Gopu, Dienzo, Rhonnie Austria, Lu, Wen Feng, Yusuf Ali, Czarny, Bertrand, Pastorin, Giorgia

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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Turning rebellion into money? Social entrepreneurship as the strategic performance of systems change by Teasdale, S, Roy, MJ, Nicholls, A, Hervieux, C

“…</p> <p><strong>Managerial Summary:</strong> Social entrepreneurs often call for systems change to tackle wicked problems such as poverty or climate change. …”

PandoraHearts : Caucus Race, by Shinobu Wakamiya, author 655895, Jun Mochizuki, illustrator 655896

“…Two cats chase after them. The sight calls to mind a single thought: They seem to be racing each other. …”
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Prism by Ho, Clement Yong En

“…This report details the design and development of this Final Year Project called Prism, a solo project where I actively worked on the entire game, with consultations from my supervisor. …”
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ADVANCING WOMEN LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION / by Lei Mee Thien, Rahimi Che Aman, Muhammad Muftahu

“…Beyond a compilation of insights, this book serves as a call to action. It invites educational policymakers to initiate pragmatic policies, fostering an inclusive environment where women's voices are heard and valued. …”

Buying influence? The international diplomacy behind donor financing of the World Bank’s International Development Association by Xu, J

“…The first is why the hegemon maintained its burden shares regardless of rise or fall in economic status; I call this <em>‘Hegemonic Lag’</em>. The second is why ascending powers were slow to assume greater burden-shares despite economic ascents; I call this <em>‘Challenger Inertia.’…”

Volunteer service motivations in eldercare : an explorative study of meaningful inputs from existing volunteers, with the purpose of devising strategies for increased volunteer par... by Lim, Russell Fang Yu

“…The Singapore government is known for its stance against welfare state policies. It calls on Voluntary Welfare Organizations (VWO) and individuals, to step up and provide necessary social services. …”
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The rise and fall of ‘girlsdrinkdiaries.com’: Dilemmas and opportunities when creating online forums to investigate health behaviour by Stepney, M

“…This paper explores the potential dilemmas and opportunities for setting up online discussion forums when undertaking research on health-related behaviour. It draws on the setting up of a website called ‘girlsdrinkdiaries.com’ which sought to understand young women's relationship(s) with alcohol and their feelings about drinking and drunkenness. …”