Effects of peer pressure on endogenous goal setting and performance by Lim, Wee Meng, Chua, Shannen Qi Shan, Tan, Li Xuan

“…Secondly, we find that individuals whose rankings range from middle to the last place are most likely to be positively affected by peer pressure.…”
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Human activity recognition based on smartphone sensors by Rajendran, Abinaya

“…Numerous ways for recognizing the human activities are being proposed by the researchers over the last decade. Some of these methods are discussed in this dissertation work and an attempt has been made to utilize them to recognize the human activities. …”
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Coping with peripheralization in small cities. What is the role of human agency? by Bosák, V, Slach, O, Paszová, L, Hýllová, L, Mykhnenko, V, Krtička, L, Nováček, A

“…<p>The growing process of metropolization has revealed its flip side in the last decade in the form of increasing social problems in peripheral regions. …”

Proterozoic microfossils continue to provide new insights into the rise of complex eukaryotic life by Anderson, RP, Mughal, S, Wedlake, GO

“…Consequently, understanding how these biologically complex organisms initially diversified in the Proterozoic Eon over 539 million years ago is a foundational question in evolutionary biology. Over the last 70 years, palaeontologists have sought to document the rise of eukaryotes with fossil evidence. …”

Recommended changes to standard of care for monitoring of cortically blind fields by Willis, HE, Cavanaugh, MR

“…Global incidence of stroke has risen 70% in the last 30 years, affecting approximately 25% of adults throughout the course of their lives. …”

Investment in human capital : a Singapore case study. by Sim, Siew Ling., Lim, Maisy Xiao Fen., Chee, Wei Lih.

“…A compilation of educational statistics for the past decades is collected. An evaluation of the training and retraining programmes conducted by the government and labour union is performed. …”
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The other side of a revolution : stories untold. by Quek, Carolyn Sue Wen., Kok, Tse Wei., Tan, Renee Sze Khim.

“…We tap into the personal stories of former communists and shed light on an alternative view of history while adding to the readers’ understanding of our past.…”
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Comparative advertising in Singapore : proposed amendments to the 1999 Singapore code of advertising practice (2nd Edition). by Ong, Lynn Pei Shan., Tian, Yee Shin.

“…However, this form of advertising remains controversial and past research on the effectiveness of comparative advertising has produced equivocal results.…”
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An online platform for interactive pedagogical games by Sim, Fion

“…While games are entertaining and serve as a good past time hobby, it can also be addictive. It is precisely this aspect of positive-negative attributes of games that makes it ideal if used for educational purpose. …”
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Truthteller. by Kaur, Sharan.

“…Satnam Singh is a 55-year old Sikh man with a hidden past. He is well respected in his community until he befriends a girl who has been caught experimenting sexually on the Sikh temple’s premises. …”
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How messianism is killing Israelis and Palestinians by Firestone, Reuven

“…In the past four months, we have witnessed the petrification of two already rigid and competing narratives – one held by most Jewish Israelis and Jews in general, the other by most Palestinians and Muslims in general. …”
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Conservation Shophouse in Singapore : case studies on Boat Quay & Blair Plain by Chai, Meng Woei, Wong, Wai Man, Low, Thomas Hong Shin

“…Just like monumental building such as the Fullerton Building, the National Museum or the Empress Place, they stand to remind us of our past. Yet unlike their monumental cousins, shophouses can be more easily associated with since we may have taken our working lunches in them, or in certain instances lived in them.…”
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Timekeeper by Ng, Yang Meng

“…When 11-year-old Anna visits Hock’s quirky shop house by surprise, an affinity is quickly formed between the pair as Hock reminisces and shares his past. Revisiting Hock’s memory lane, they discover about a memento that connects them together.…”
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Analysis of lava flow impacts for use in risk assessments by Meredith, Elinor Siwan

“…To start, I compiled the first dataset of past lava flow impact events to the built environment, to quantify event frequency, and to assess temporal and spatial trends of events. …”
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Six of Crows / by Bardugo, Leigh, author 656001, Holt (Online service) 655998

“…A convict with a thirst for revenge; A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager; A runaway with a privileged past; A spy known as the Wraith; A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums; A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. …”
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AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE / by Jeffrey Archer, author 507936

“…Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi…thus begins one of the 15 short stories Jeffrey Archer has gathered from around the globe during the past five years in this, his sixth collection, of enthralling short stories. …”

Communication satellite power amplifiers: current and future SSPA and TWTA technologies by Aniceto, Raichelle, Cahoy, Kerri, Lohmeyer, Whitney

“…Overall, this research was performed to update and clarify how the power and bandwidth needs and redundancy trends of the SatCom community have evolved over the past 30 years.…”
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Automating Design Requirement Extraction From Text With Deep Learning by Akay, Haluk, Yang, Maria, Kim, Sang-Gook

“…<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Nearly every artifact of the modern engineering design process is digitally recorded and stored, resulting in an overwhelming amount of raw data detailing past designs. Analyzing this design knowledge and extracting functional information from sets of digital documents is a difficult and time-consuming task for human designers. …”
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Why behavioral neuroscience still needs diversity? : A curious case of a persistent need by Mathuru, Ajay S., Libersat, Frédéric, Vyas, Ajai, Teseo, Serafino

“…In the past few decades, a substantial portion of neuroscience research has moved from studies conducted across a spectrum of animals to reliance on a few species. …”
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Methods of sustainability assessment of green logistics projects - part I: review of external stakeholders on green logistics initiatives by Toh, Alvin De Rong

“…Impacts of climate change has been continually felt and worsen over the past century. Upsurge in temperature to date thus far has provoked alterations to both the natural and human systems, including increases in floods, droughts, or some variety of extreme weather such as sea level rise to loss of biodiversity. …”
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