Part I: Synthesis of sex pheromone of the pine sawfly, Macrodiprion Nemoralis. Part II: Synthetic studies towards the total synthesis of iriomoteolide-1a by Chin, Yen Jin

“…In the first part of this thesis, an elegant display of the CuI-Tol-BINAP-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition is established in the total synthesis of sex pheromone of the pine sawfly, Macrodiprion Nemoralis (SRRS-1). The key features of our strategy are: (I) one-pot DIBAL-H reduction–Wittig olefination, (II) olefin cross metathesis of fragment A and fragment B, and (III) a CuI-Tol-BINAP-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition using Grignard reagents in good yields and excellent stereoselectivities. …”
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The practical rationality of purchasing life insurance by Yeo, Jasper Bo Wen

“…Why do people purchase life insurance? If they do, then, is it rational for them to purchase life insurance? …”
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Examining the quality of life of elders in Singapore by Chee, Wai Ern

“…The majority reported a positive overall quality of life. However, accessibility to quality food and private medical care proved challenging, particularly for low-income elderly individuals. …”
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The happiness revolution : live life now. by Hong, Shuqi., Cher, Fiona., Lin, Huanyu., Rusydi, Izzat.

“…This report presents “The Happiness Revolution: Live Life Now”, a communication campaign by a team of four final year students from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU. …”
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The perception of life insurance agents by the public by Chan, Mike Hong Keong, Kong, Yew Wah, Lee, Jiunn Woei

“…Life insurance agents have always been perceived to be suffering from an image problem. …”
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E-portal for life long learning by Chew, Adam Beng Aik

“…Life Long Learning is an online portal meant to bridge the informational gap between the everyday individuals seeking to pick up a new skill or hobby, and the course providers ranging from well-established corporations and government agencies to the small businesses hidden in our heartlands. …”
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Sport volunteers' motivation and their life aspirations by Cheng, Rui Ting

“…The results revealed that non-volunteers focused more on extrinsic life goals than volunteers; (p<.01). Individual sports player emphasised more on intrinsic life goals than non-sports players; (p<.05). …”
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Experimental and numerical studies of pin-ended S960 ultra-high strength steel press-braked channel section columns by Ong, Shao Quan

“…The structural testing programme were performed on two nonslender plain channel sections and comprised detailed measurements of initial global and local geometric imperfections, as well as a total of 10 flexural buckling tests on pin-ended columns buckling about their minor axes. …”
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Comparison and validation of sensors for 3D and 2D motion capture to measure 10-pin bowling specific kinematics by Lim, Matthew Jing Long

“…Ten pin bowling is a competitive sport that requires athletes to score as many pins possible using a bowling ball. …”
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A combined numerical and experimental approach to investigations of body-freedom flutter on flying wings by Ang, Elijah Hao Wei

“…With the recent rise in the development of aircrafts with high aspect-ratio wings adopting lightweight flexible structures, these aircrafts become increasingly vulnerable to aeroelastic phenomena. …”
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Jokowi After the First Term – Indonesia’s KPK : Clipping Its Anti-Corruption Wings? by Ng, Jefferson Jin Chuan

“…The Indonesian Parliament (DPR) and the President have discussed and approved an amendment clipping the wings of Indonesia’s independent anti-corruption agency. …”
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Learning Control of Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Fuzzy Neural Networks by Kayacan, Erdal, Khanesar, Mojtaba Ahmadieh, Rubio-Hervas, Jaime, Reyhanoglu, Mahmut

“…A learning control strategy is preferred for the control and guidance of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle to deal with lack of modeling and flight uncertainties. …”
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Compressive strength and fire resistance of mortar containing crushed cockle shell as fine aggregate replacement by Hanis Nadiah, Ruslan, Khairunisa, Muthusamy, Mohd Faizal, Md Jaafar, Nabilla, Mohamad, Nur Farah Aziera, Jamaludin

“…Thus, the current study investigates the influence of substitution of crushed cockle shell as a partial fine aggregate on the compressive strength and fire resistance of mortar. …”
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The enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology: EPS Mid-Career Award Lecture 2024 by Bird, G

“…In this article, I take a selective review of work undertaken by my colleagues and me in an attempt to show the enduring importance of the “fine cuts” approach to psychology. This approach highlights the importance of causal, specific, and falsifiable psychological models, and the rigorous experimental designs needed to test them. …”

Long-term fine particulate matter exposure on lung cancer incidence and mortality in Chinese nonsmokers by Chen, Z, Meng, X, Han, Y, Mou, Y, Ji, C, Zhu, X, Yu, C, Sun, D, Yang, L, Sun, Q, Chen, Y, Du, H, Dai, J, Hu, Z, Lv, J, Jin, G, Ma, H, Kan, H, Li, L, Shen, H

“…<p><strong>Rationale:</strong> The association between fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and lung cancer incidence in non-smokers (LCINS) remains inconsistent. …”

Spherical mask: coarse-to-fine 3D point cloud instance segmentation with spherical representation by Shin, S, Zhou, K, Vankadari, M, Markham, A, Trigoni, N

“…Coarse-to-fine 3D instance segmentation methods show weak performances compared to recent Grouping-based, Kernel-based and Transformer-based methods. …”

The pivotal role of sleep in mediating the effects of life stressors and healthy habits on allostatic load in mid-life adults by Buller-Peralta, I, Gregory, S, Low, A, Dounavi, M, Bridgeman, K, Ntailianis, G, Lawlor, B, Naci, L, Koychev, I, Malhotra, P, O'Brien, JT, Ritchie, CW, Dauvilliers, Y, Muniz-Terrera, G

“…Objectives: We assessed the modulation of allostatic load (AL) by engagement in healthy habits and life stressors, mediated through resilience and the perceived influence of the stressors. …”

Developing a system that uses ultrawide-band inertial measurement units to quantify selected 10-Pin skills in real-time by Wee, Joel Jiewei

“…Ten-pin bowling is a unique abstract sport that requires bowlers to deliver a 11-to-16-pound ball in a five-step approach for the ball to travel down the oiled lane to knock down 10 pins. …”
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‘Welcome to favelas, but in Italy’: urban precariousness, right-wing ideology and phatic nihilism on social media by Levy, Helton

“…Numerous social media projects have depicted grim scenes of urban life in big cities. By exploiting crime or garbage collection problems, for example, these pages have created pessimistic ways of perceiving the city and engaging citizens in search of memes or viral videos. …”
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Exercises in Ephemerality : positive death acceptance in life by Hsu, Li

“…Exercises in Ephemerality is a series of objects created to promote strategies for positive death acceptance, showing that confronting one’s own death, whilst intimidating, can be a rewarding experience that can help to enrich life.…”
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