Getting from here to there : stitching together goods agreements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement by Elms, Deborah

“…The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement might yet end up being a high-quality, 21st century agreement, but market access in goods will not be at the cutting edge, but rather, bringing up the rear.…”
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Predictors of depression among trainee counselors: the role of coping styles and resilience by Ying, Ng Jia, Engku Kamarudin, Engku Mardiah, Afdal, Shafie, Amin Al Haadi

“…Remarkably, within this study, 46.2% of trainee counselors were found to be grappling with moderate to severe depressive symptoms. The study brings to light significant associations among trainee counselors between coping mechanisms, such as emotion-focused and avoidant coping, resilience, and depression. …”
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A Learning Community of Reflective Teachers : From Whispers to Resonance / by Raghavan, Neeraja, translator 656168

“…A unique story of community building and teacher education, this book also contains key outcomes and insights which take us through their action research projects and showcases a model of teacher development that can be adopted by interested readers. Above all, it brings out the crying need for a teacher's voice to be heard - for far too long, teachers have been mere implementers of decisions taken by policy makers or managements of schools. …”
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A mechanism-based theory of cellular and tissue plasticity by Sun, Fuqiang, Fang, Chao, Shao, Xueying, Gao, Huajian, Lin, Yuan

“…Our theory predicts that endocytic vesicles with a size around 1 to 2 µm will most likely be formed and a higher irreversible shortening of cell junctions could be achieved if a long stimulation is split into multiple short ones, all in quantitative agreement with experiments. …”
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Pyrroloquinoline quinone aza-crown ether complexes as biomimetics for lanthanide and calcium dependent alcohol dehydrogenases by Vetsova, Violeta A., Fisher, Katherine R., Lumpe, Henning, Schäfer, Alexander, Schneider, Erik K., Weis, Patrik, Daumann, Lena J.

“…In addition, we report a new straightforward synthetic route (3 steps instead of 11 and 33 % instead of 0.6 % yield) for biomimetic ligands based on PQQ. We show that when studying biomimetics for MDH, larger metal ions and those with lower charge in this case promote the dehydrogenation reaction more effectively and that this is likely an effect of the ligand design which must be considered when studying biomimetics. …”
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Give your money and lose your friend : the roles of social exclusion and money anthropomorphism in charitable giving by Kho, Mandon Jin Cheng

“…Lastly, we predicted that socially excluded people would be less likely to donate money compared to socially included people, but only when money is anthropomorphized. …”
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Match making in complex social networks by Mao, Fubing, Ma, Lijia, He, Qiang, Xiao, Gaoxi

“…We also investigate when social systems become more densely connected, how the match making process would be affected. Our observations show that, in a more densely connected social network, individuals’ efforts for seeking for matches with the strongest partners would be more likely to end up with matching with someone similar to themselves. …”
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Cooperative field localization and excitation eigenmodes in disordered metamaterials by Papasimakis, Nikitas, Jenkins, Stewart D., Savo, Salvatore, Zheludev, Nikolay I., Ruostekoski, Janne

“…We find substantially increased standard deviation of the Purcell enhancement with disorder, making it increasingly likely to find collective excitation eigenmodes with very high Purcell factors that are also stronger for magnetic than electric excitations. …”
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Picosecond charge localization dynamics in CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite probed by infrared-activated vibrations by Stallhofer, Klara, Nuber, Matthias, Cortecchia, Daniele, Bruno, Annalisa, Kienberger, Reinhard, Deschler, Felix, Soci, Cesare, Iglev, Hristo

“…A subpopulation of these can then fall into deeper trapped states over picoseconds, likely due to local reorganization of the organic molecules surrounding the carriers.…”
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On assuming Mean Radiant Temperature equal to air temperature during PMV-based thermal comfort study in air-conditioned buildings by Chaudhuri, Tanaya, Soh, Yeng Chai, Bose, Sumanta, Xie, Lihua, Li, Hua

“…A correlation study between AMV and the six Macpherson factors reveals that MRT has the highest positive correlation with the thermal sensation reported by the occupants. Study of TSA and MCI show that the assumption is more likely to affect comfort level determination in the uncomfortable range.…”
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Personal Food Computer: A new device for controlled-environment agriculture by Castelló Ferrer, Eduardo, Rye, Jake, Brander, Gordon, Savas, Tim, Chambers, Douglas, England, Hildreth, Harper, Caleb

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RES.TLL-008 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC), Fall 2022 by Shah, Julie, Kaiser, David

“…This site is a resource for SERC pedagogical materials developed for use in MIT courses. SERC brings together cross-disciplinary teams of faculty, researchers, and students to develop original pedagogical materials that meet our goal of training students to practice responsible technology development through incorporation of insights and methods from the humanities and social sciences, including an emphasis on social responsibility. …”
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Development of android apps for matrix operations by Tea, Mi Wen

“…This project aims to develop an Android application that brings matrix operations to the forefront of educational tools. …”
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Experimental and analytical study of exterior beam-column joint for progressive collapse by Yap, Sim Lim.

“…For many urban settings, the proximity to unregulated traffic brings the terrorist threat to or within the perimeter of the building. …”
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Dialogism and monologism : a study of modernity and postcolonialism in Jean Marie Gustave Clézio's Oeuvre. by Kwa, Brennan Yiew Khoon.

“…Le Clézio demonstrates, however, that colonialism brings with it ruin and desolation instead of the promised peace and civilization. …”
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Multi-stable configurations for vibration-based energy harvester by Wileen Kristanto

“…Therefore, this study proposes to introduce multi-stable configurations with the use of magnets, to induce non-linearity. Non-linearity brings about more stable equilibrium states in the system, resulting in a broadened bandwidth of operation for the energy harvester. …”
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Various factors affecting human performance in a computerised environment by Ang, Kah Eng, Neo, Aik Keong, Pang, Soh Chui

“…This project report brings the reader through a field study conducted to examine the various factors affecting human performance in an office work station. …”
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Social network analytics : trend analysis in Twitter by Soh, Jophia Yi Wen

“…However, with many news, sources and topics discussed on Twitter, it brings about huge drawbacks on the efficient acquisition of important information. …”
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The inert online citizen : online political spaces in Singapore by Rachna Raghupathi

“…While assessing the obstacles that Singapore must deal with in bringing about political change, I also aim to assess the internet as a medium, as a supposed tool for political destabilisation, to understand if claims of its potential were warranted- again, in the context of Singapore.…”
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The role of emotional tears in intergroup bias by Pang, James, Zhen Yao

“…Furthermore, in today’s globalised world, the unprecedented ease of travelling brings about influx of foreigners in many countries. …”
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