Masdar City: ‘City of Possibilities’ by Griffiths, S

“…Partly due to the global financial crisis of 2008 and partly due to experience gained from continued assessments of the original concept, Masdar has scaled back the initial ambitions for the city’s carbon and waste targets, as well as the development approach and time-line for the entire city. This, however, may ultimately prove to be the best outcome for Masdar City if it is truly to become a model for sustainable cities of the future.…”

Recognising rotationally symmetric surfaces from their outlines by Forsyth, DA, Mundy, JL, Zisserman, A, Rothwell, CA

“…The results additionally yield techniques for identifying the line in the image plane corresponding to the axis of a rotationally symmetric surface, and for telling whether a surface is rotationally symmetric or not from its outline alone.…”

Swift: poetical repurposer by Cox, O

“…He did so ironically, however, by lifting a line from John Denham's On Mr Abraham Cowley and putting it into the mouth of a hypothetical, ignorant critic elegizing “Swift”: Denham's “what he wrote was all his own” becomes Swift's “what he writ was all his own” (1–2). …”

English medium instruction in multilingual contexts: empirical evidence from Ethiopia by Opare-Kumi, J

“…These findings are in line with the international education literature on skill development, learning and second language acquisition. …”

Single view metrology by Criminisi, A, Reid, I, Zisserman, A

“…This minimal information is typically the vanishing line of a reference plane and a vanishing point for a direction not parallel to the plane. …”

Syarikat Abdul Rahman Pandak: Embarking Business Growth Strategy and Sustainability for Nestle Product (S/O 14810) by Badlishah, Shahrizal, Ab Hamid, Kamal

“…The findings from the discussion will help the user to propose an ideal understanding of total entreprenuership style that can serve as a dividing line between successful and unsuccessful business. …”
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WHAT A MUSHROOM LIVES FOR : Matsutake and the Worlds They Make / by Hathaway, Michael J., author 656068

“…They seek out other species to carry out their own life projects -- i.e., they make their own worlds. …”
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THE DREAMS WE HARVEST / by Aidil Azizul, author 655919

“…After Covid-19 hits and most businesses begin to reopen, Hanan finds her family in a difficult situation. Living a humble life in a small town in Cameron Highlands, she and her mother, Puan Nafisah, grapple with the daunting task of keeping their family’s business afloat all the while trying to keep her late father’s culinary legacy alive. …”

Songs of The Runaway Heart / by Marisa Fendi, author 655832

“…Nine years pass. Haikal’s life revolves around his daughter rather than his motorcycle. …”

Pathways to early retirement: The determinants and motivational drivers by Nur Nadiah Salihah, Mat Razali, Fernando, Yudi

“…This choice is sustained by clear intentions to retire early and ultimately culminates in adapting to the novel life stage that arises from the permanent withdrawal from employment. …”
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Design of a battery operated portable DC power supply. Part 2 : output current monitoring and protection by Fu, Xinyu

“…These appliances have greatly improved the quality of our life in many ways. As the source of power that operate these products, electricity is becoming one of the most important energy in our daily life. …”
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Nanowatt power management circuit design AIoT device by Ho, Yeung Ken

“…This has brought about new challenges for designers, as they strive to optimize battery life while maintaining peak performance. As a result, power management units are crucial to regulate the voltage of the power supply, allowing IoT devices to operate more efficiently and with a longer battery life. …”
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Integrating human factors in the LNG industry in pursuit of zero harm goal by Cafirma, June Tejano

“…A comprehensive approach that encompassed the entire life cycle of an LNG facility, from its conceptualization, design, construction, to its operation and maintenance was taken. …”
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Bacterial Biofilm Control by Perturbation of Bacterial Signaling Processes by Jakobsen, Tim Holm, Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Givskov, Michael

“…A potential method for biofilm dismantling is chemical interception of regulatory processes that are specifically involved in the biofilm mode of life. In particular, bacterial cell to cell signaling called “Quorum Sensing” together with intracellular signaling by bis-(3′-5′)-cyclic-dimeric guanosine monophosphate (cyclic-di-GMP) have gained a lot of attention over the last two decades. …”
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Representing perpetrator trauma in Ian McEwan’s The Children Act by He, Qijia, Kaur, Hardev, Ujum, Diana Abu, Ching, Florence Toh Haw

“…However, the application of conventional trauma theories focuses on the pains and sufferings in the victim’s life only. It has been critiqued the reluctance to acknowledge that hurting others may cause some perpetrators to experience psychological injuries as well. …”
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Creative ageing in Singapore : a population study on participatory arts engagement and wellbeing among adults aged 50 and above by Ma, Stephanie Hilary Xinyi

“…Outcome measures included quality of life, self-rated health, spiritual wellbeing and social support. …”
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Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and adulthood and cardiovascular disease in Middle Age by Kartiosuo, N, Raitakari, OT, Juonala, M, Viikari, JSA, Sinaiko, AR, Venn, AJ, Jacobs, DR, Urbina, EM, Woo, JG, Steinberger, J, Bazzano, LA, Daniels, SR, Magnussen, CG, Rahimi, K, Dwyer, T

“…<p><strong> Objective </p></strong> To quantify direct and indirect effects of childhood risk factors on adult CVD via adulthood risk factors using mediation analysis, and to quantify their relative importance during different life-course stages using a life-course approach. …”

A novel human stem cell platform for probing adrenoceptor signaling in iPSC derived cardiomyocytes including those with an adult atrial phenotype by Ahmad, F

“…<p>Scientific research is propelled by two objectives: Understanding and recognizing the essential biology of life, and deciphering this to uncover possible therapeutics in order to improve quality of life as well as relieve pain from disease. …”

Design and implementation of bluetooth-enable GMS phone by Li, Yan.

“…The mobile phone has become part of our life helping to revolutionize our personal and business communications. …”
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What you are reading now by Ang, Shawn Wei Wen

“…A boy discovers his new found powers of mind reading and uncovers a plot that threatens to change his life forever. This fiction piece explores the use of the second person voice in unfolding plot mechanics and reader-response.…”
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