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. …”

DTM Past, Present, and Future: Reflections on and by the Design Theory and Methodology Research Community by Toh, Christine, Cagan, Jonathan, Fu, Kate, McAdams, Dan A., McComb, Christopher, Seering, Warren, Thurston, Deborah, Wood, Kristin

“…Namely, panelists and audience members in the session identified five new agenda items that have the potential to further strengthen research on Design Theory and Methodology: 1) Ethics, Equity, and Justice-focused design research, 2) Design for Sustainability research programs, and 3) Research on Computational Agents as team members in the design process,4) Building new theories from research conducted on Design Theory and Methodology, and 5) Focus on inclusive excellence in the review process of new and cross-disciplinary research. …”
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Risk assessment and its visualization of power tower under typhoon disaster based on machine learning algorithms by Hou, Hui, Yu, Shiwen, Wang, Hongbin, Huang, Yong, Wu, Hao, Xu, Yan, Li, Xianqiang, Geng, Hao

“…Then the relative optimal model is selected by comparing five evaluation indicators, and the combined model consisting of five relatively superior models is established by goodness of fit method with unequal weight. …”
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On second-order s-sub-step explicit algorithms with controllable dissipation and adjustable bifurcation point for second-order hyperbolic problems by Li, Jinze, Li, Hua, Zhao, Rui, Yu, Kaiping

“…This paper proposes a self-starting, second-order accurate, composite s-sub-step explicit method, within which the first five explicit members are developed, analyzed, and compared. …”
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Intelligent design and discovery of novel 2D TMD alloys with machine learning by Tan, Nicholas

“…In summary, successful machine learning models were created to predict five important targeted properties of TMD/TMD-alloys materials. …”
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Finding Bukit Brown. by Chee, Janie Alison Hui-Yen., Shiu, Pedro Pui Kar., Siti Nurbaya Rameh.

“…The production for this documentary took place over five months between November 2011 to March 2012 in Singapore. …”
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Unveiling the future of budget hotels in Singapore by Chua, Hwee Lian, Kew, Wong Yip, Soh, Wee Li

“…These include using Porter's five forces model to define the external environment in which budget hotels operate and a SWOT analysis to function as an internal check. …”
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Postural stability in cyclists by Preece, Mia, Grainger, Karl, Starrs, Paul

“…Methods: 42 adults (53 ± 7 y), RC N = 14, MTB N = 14, and CN N = 14, balanced with eyes closed in five stances as instructed by the SWAY app on a mobile phone held to the chest, which gave the mean of five stances as a total balance score. …”
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When a test is more than just a test: findings from patient interviews and survey in the trial of a technology to measure antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Trial) by Brown, S, Ploeger, C, Guo, B, Petersen, JJ, Beckenstrom, AC, Browning, M, Dawson, GR, Deckert, J, Dias, R, Dourish, CT, Gorwood, P, Kingslake, J, Menke, A, Sola, VP, Reif, A, Ruhe, H, Simon, J, Stäblein, M, van Schaik, A, Veltman, DJ, Morriss, R, PReDicT Group

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> A RCT of a novel intervention to detect antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Test) took place in five European countries, accompanied by a nested study of its acceptability and implementation presented here. …”

Edible bird’s nest mitigates histological alterations in the cortexes of rats’ brains subjected to lead toxicity by Albishtue, Abdulla A., Yimer, Nurhusien, Zakaria, MD Zuki A., Haron, Abd Wahid

“…Thirty Sprague Dawley rats were allocated randomly into five groups, with six rats in each group. The control group (C) received solely distilled water. …”
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HEXACO-Personality traits : relations to job satisfaction and job performance. by Goh, Jia Pei., Goh, Pei Shan., Lee, Yan Suan.

“…In addition, we also compared the new model with the popular "Big Five" model, to show whether HEXACO could predict a better relationship. …”
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Finally, protection for the high seas by Randhawa, Dipinder Singh

“…The High Seas Treaty is the first global agreement to protect the open seas – ninety-five per cent of the oceans that lie beyond exclusive national economic zones. …”
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Factors influencing the choice of traditional and nontraditional careers of secondary four girls by Yeo-Chong, Soon Geok.

“…A Job Preference Inventory which consists of General Information Questionnaire, Career Attitude Checklist and Career Profile Inventory was administered to 480 pupils in five single-sex schools. The survey instrument solicited information concerning job preferences, attitudes, work values, personality type, socioeconomic status, parents' influence, home factors and school factors.…”
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Cinema industry in Singapore by Ng Ee San, Shang Pei Lin, Yue Lai Ping Sherry

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Foreign direct investment in Mongolia : bridging the cultural divide by Michael, Francis Caravaggio, Chen, Yan, John, Rae Philippe Cortes, Satria, Krisnandi

“…Driven by the mining boom, Mongolia has become one of the fastest growing economies in the world in the last five years. The high growth rate of this emerging market and the promise of high returns have attracted foreign investments not only in the mining industry but also in other sectors in Mongolia. …”
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After the presidential election: Indonesia rising? by Yang Razali Kassim

“…Will ASEAN’s largest member re-emerge as a confident regional player in the next five years, and if so, what kind of Indonesia will that be?…”
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France's burqa ban : French secularism or colonial mindset? by Vinay Kumar Pathak

“…The burqa/niqab ban, which was enforced this month by the French government, is worn by fewer than 2,000 of the five million Muslims in France. Is the government reimposing republican values or seeking political gain?…”
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National and gender stereotype on perceived managerial skills. by Lee, Bee Khim., Ng, Pay Sze., Leong, Julia Chui Lin.

“…This resarch examines the effect of national and gender stereotypes in the opinion formation of managers from different nationalites. our questionnaire dealt with managers from US, Singapore and Vietnam. We used five managerial skills, namely, communication skills (CS), interpersonal skills (IS), aspiration-achievement skills (AS), problem-solving skills(PS) and leadership skills(LS) as a measure of the managerial effectiveness in this research. …”
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Hydrogen borrowing-based methods for the construction of quaternary stereocentres by Crompton, J, Jenkins, T, Rowe, S, Donohoe, T

“…This new application of the methodology results in the formation of five- and six-membered carbocycles with a high degree of diastereoselectivity. …”

HEK215 - Contemporary English Grammar March 2022 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…First Semester Examination 2021/2022 Academic Session February/March 2022 Please check that this examination paper consists of FIVE (5) pages of printed material before you begin the examination. …”
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