How Scandinavian was the early Viking Age in the Northern Isles? by Griffiths, D

“…The two neighbouring North Atlantic archipelagos (Fig. 1) were the last substantive territorial additions to Scotland when, as the surviving insular parts of the Norse Earldom of Orkney, they were impignorated from the Danish to the Scottish crowns in 1468-1472. …”

OLIVER TWIST / by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author 457349

“…But Fagin isn't about to let his young recruit go so easily, and with vicious thug Bill Sikes among his henchmen, Oliver soon finds himself back in the criminals' lair, with many more travails to face on the torturous road to discovering the truth about his past. In Oliver Twist Dickens exposes the sordid underbelly of Victorian England, where rootless young innocents are at the mercy both of brutal institutions and the corrupting forces that lurk on the streets.…”

WHISPERS OF THE WIND / by Grace, Jeyna, author 655424

“…From the hazardous trip behind enemy lines to the festive East Asian-esque Meihua; from the kingdom hovering above the clouds to the military-driven Bevattna; from the heterogeneous society of a tunnelled realm to Aithan’s duel with the heir of Tentazoa, every step in his journey uncovers a gem of his past, present, and future. And in one foresight, Aithan learns the daunting fate of Zeruko that recharts his quest and redefines his role as king.…”

New method for automatic generation of patient specific finite element models of the distal femur by Lek, Cheah Wen.

“…Three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) modeling in orthopedics biomechanics has gained considerable interest in the past decades. In biomedical applications, the geometry of the bodies to be meshed is complex and manual generation would be a complex and time-consuming task. …”
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An experimental investigation on finite wings with leading-edge protuberances by Teo, Marcus Jun Jie

“…Additionally, analysis of flows over the suction side of the wing will be conducted using Particle Image Velocimetry to determine the nature of flows over a tubercle wing against a baseline wing. Comparisons against past studies will also be conducted. Results have shown an overall similarity between the flow behaviour of the experiment wing and wings of past numerical and experimental studies. …”
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Development of microfluidic chip for modeling of human gastrointestinal tract by Khoo, Kaydeson Kong Guan

“…This is proven by publishing a review paper, “Microfluidic Gastrointestinal Cell Culture Technologies - Improvements in the Past Decade.” The insights gained contribute to a deeper understanding of cell growth within the gastrointestinal tract and highlight the advancements of microfluidic devices over the past decade. …”
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The other side of the Elbe River: interventions in art, modernity, and coloniality in Poland by Michalska, DJ

“…In fact, their works articulate a vision of the present where the past – old patterns, artistic traditions and images, remnants of the feudal past – are not just a lingering echo but a coeval and constitutive part of peripheral modernity.…”

Development of UV photodetector from high bandgap materials by Jiang, Wei

“…During past several years, significant progresses have been made with diamond film growth techniques, characterization techniques and application of CVD diamond film to optoelectronics devices.…”
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Tensile split Hopkinson bar laboratory tests with imperfect dimension by Goh, Sean Shun Hui

“…The results obtained are then compared to past year reports to ensure that it is repeatable for future projects. …”
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Primary type of trust required in the chinese workplace : a qualitative approach. by Chua, Li Ling.

“…This study used 10 Taiwanese participants each with at least 4.5 years of sales-related working experience. …”
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High dimensional estimator of the maximum Sharpe ratio with and without short sales by Li, Qinyu

“…Simulation results imply that the weighted estimator outperforms at least one of its constituting estimators under certain covariance structure and the difference is significant, especially when the dimension is large or close to the sample size.…”
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Sequential learning for extreme learning machine by Liang, Nanying

“…OS-ELM is based on the combination of Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) and the recursive least-squares (RLS) algorithm. In the thesis, we explore the theory and the implementation of the proposed algorithm. …”
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Effect of voluntary disclosure on trading volume. by Chen, Huifen., Lim, Shi Hui., Ng, Kian Aik.

“…The motivation is to find out the validity of the statement made by the Disclosure and Accounting Standards Committee [DASC, 2001] that the level of voluntary disclosure has not increased over the past few years.…”
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A study on third party logistics by Goh, Alex Junji, Tham, Jeremy Delun, Ang, Yew Jin

“…Not only that, we also analyzed the past, present and provided some insights of what the future might hold for this industry.…”
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What’s in a name? by Mooney, E

“…Over the past 25 years, Forced Migration Review and its precursor the Refugee Participation Network newsletter have not only captured, but arguably have also contributed to, important evolutions in the thinking and practice of approaches for protecting, assisting and finding solutions for forcibly uprooted people.…”

Indoor occupancy estimation using environmental parameters by Masood, Khalid Mustafa

“…First, we propose novel feature selection algorithms within the static feature paradigm. In past works, feature selection has generally been implemented using filter-based approaches. …”
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UMPSA welcomes its first female vice-chancellor by T.N., Alagesh

“…PEKAN: Professor Dr Yatimah Alias has made history as the first woman appointed as vice-chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), succeeding Professor Datuk Ts Dr Yuserrie Zainuddin, whose term ended on Oct 31 last year.…”
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Ending the Syrian conflict : foreign intervention or renewed political process? by Zulkifli Mohamed Sultan

“…The massacre of more than 100 people in the west-central town of Houla last month brought condemnation of the brutal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by the U.N. …”
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Bloodbath in Christchurch : The Rise of Far-Right Terrorism by Quek, Natasha

“…Last Friday, 50 Muslims were killed when a white supremacist, Brenton Tarrant, targeted two mosques in a shooting spree in Christchurch, New Zealand. …”
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Applications of structural equation modelling by Chin, Chi Loong

“…Next, descriptions of the data collected will be elaborated and final results are presented in the last part. The results coincide with what we hypothesized beforehand, thus proving the correlation of the three variables.…”
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