Constructions of Japan and the Japanese : war, memory and foreign policy in Singapore by Liu, Joseph Woon Keong

“…The collaborative mode of memory was born of the political and economic engagements with Japan since Singapore’s independence. …”
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The rise and fall of Britain’s golden cohort: how the remarkable generation of 1925-1934 had their lives cut short by austerity by Hiam, L, Dorling, D

“…The British born between 1925 and 1934 experienced exceptional improvements in their annual mortality; earning them the title ‘the Golden Cohort’. …”

Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, now fully updated to cover the fallout from Brexit and the impact of coronavirus, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to its new place on the world stage, a new identity can be born from the ashes. <i>Rule Britannia</i> is a powerful call to leave behind the jingoistic ignorance of the past and build a fairer Britain, eradicating the inequality that blights our society and embracing our true strengths.…”

All the words are yours : haiku on love / by Gregson, Tyler Knott, author 656357

“…Presents a collection of the author's daily love haikus, paired with his own photographs.…”

Real-time visual object classification for augmented reality by Xu, Haoran

“…The key contribution of the project was to design and implement an image classification tool which allows the user to build their own models with growable database. Furthermore, the project also researched on implementation of a novel approach of hierarchical image classification. …”
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Evaluation of container-scheduling algorithms for cluster management in the public cloud by Kwa, Keane Bing Hong

“…Hence, the Stratus algorithm is a more suitable algorithm for a customer looking to setup their own scheduling algorithm on the cloud, than for the purpose of cluster management for a cloud service provider.…”
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How to grow your dinner without leaving the house / by Ratinon, Claire, author 655602

“…Many have discovered the love of growing houseplants and want to take their skills to another level; others are inspired by the idea of growing their own food organically and sustainably. The book covers all the essentials of growing a range of edible plants in pots, and meeting each crop's specific needs. …”

CHEWTOPIA : a visual communication exploration of positioning Teochew culture for a contemporary audience by Quek, Amanda Wei Yi

“…The slow death of Chinese dialects over the past decades, largely attributed to language policies put in place by the Singapore government, has resulted in many of the younger generations losing the ability to speak their own cultural dialect and consequently the understanding of their own cultural heritage. …”
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Qualitative Data Collection Tools : Design, Development, and Applications / by Billups, Felice D., author 656049

“…Students and new researchers are frequently left to create their own qualitative tools from scratch, an unnecessary hurdle in the qualitative research design process. …”
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Japan’s diplomatic strategy toward East Asia : creation and evolution of ‘dual-track diplomacy’ in the post-Cold War era by Koga, Kei

“…The third was the enhancement of Japan’s own security efforts to maintain regional stability while making the most of the existing political and security mechanisms in East Asia—multilateralizing US alliance networks and enhancing the ASEAN-led multilateral frameworks. …”
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Exploring the (im)possibilities of multicultural solidarity in Singapore by Koh, Seth Xi Liang

“…As the term implies, the state largely perceives ethnicity not in terms of inherent biological traits like one’s “race”, but as cultural practices that can be moulded into a harmonious configuration (Goh “Problem of Solidarity” 565). …”
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Supernova by Leong, Fernandez Jun Yi

“…How do we find ways to support people on their own terms, be it their preference in creating social connections or the preference of people who prefer solitude? …”
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My research career by Ma, Xueliang

“…I was born in Rongcheng County in Shandong province on June 22. 1913. …”
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Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, now fully updated to cover the fallout from Brexit and the impact of coronavirus, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to its new place on the world stage, a new identity can be born from the ashes. <i>Rule Britannia</i> is a powerful call to leave behind the jingoistic ignorance of the past and build a fairer Britain, eradicating the inequality that blights our society and embracing our true strengths.…”

21W.730-2 Expository Writing - Food for Thought: Writing and Reading about Food and Culture, Fall 2005 by Boiko, Karen

“…Fisher, Anthony Bourdain, and others on such topics as family meals, the art and science of cooking, fair trade, eating disorders, and food's ability to awaken us to "our own powers of enjoyment" (M. F. K. Fisher). We will also read Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and view one or more films or videos as a class. …”
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Balancing fairness and efficiency in traffic routing via interpolated traffic assignment by Jalota, Devansh, Solovey, Kiril, Tsao, Matthew, Zoepf, Stephen, Pavone, Marco

“…We evaluate the efficacy of I-TAP through theoretical bounds on the total system travel time and level of unfairness in terms of its interpolation parameter, as well as present a numerical comparison between I-TAP and a state-of-the-art algorithm on a range of transportation networks. …”
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Capturing the fantastic voyage of monocytes through time and space by Teh, Ye Chean, Ding, Jeak Ling, Ng, Lai Guan, Chong, Shu Zhen

“…Despite sharing several phenotypic and functional characteristics with MPS cells, monocytes are unique cells with the ability to function as both precursor and effector cells in their own right. Before the development of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in utero, monocytes are derived from erythro-myeloid precursors (EMPs) in the fetal liver that are important for populating the majority of tissue resident macrophages. …”
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Myth ascendant: issues of culture, media, and identity in the celebrity career of Glenn Gould by Campbell, A

“…Focusing on the circumstances of Gould’s career during his lifetime, it identifies three areas of overlapping conceptual interest that provide the basis for an explanatory account of his modern mythology: i) Gould's relationship to the culture of his time, particularly in Canada; ii) Gould’s relationship to the mass media; iii) Gould's relationship to his own artistic identity. This approach is refined through the application of Stuart Hall’s 'Circuit of Culture' model, which yields an understanding of Gould's celebrity in terms of the processes of its representation, production, regulation, and consumption. …”

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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POWER TO CHOOSE / by Sargent, Haydn, author 656354

“…He provides you with the keys for developing positive attitudes and taking control of your own life. Step by step you'll learn how to set goals and achieve what you want in your life. …”