The Eoan Group and the politics of coloured opera in apartheid South Africa by Pistorius, JM

“…Consequently, their story presents a problem for the writing of South African music history.</p> <p>Drawing extensively on material from the Eoan Group Archive, this dissertation considers the socio-political ambiguities of the Eoan narrative from musicological and post-colonial theoretical angles, to show how the group’s operatic activities disrupted the cultural and material determinism of apartheid’s racialised ideology. …”

Implementation of AFS approach for web data analysis by Liu, Yuyang.

“…In this report, the proposed design and implementation of the AFS in Java is given. The class diagram is drawn using UML. All the 25 MatLab AFS codes are documented using flowchart, and 9 out of them have been implemented using Java codes. …”
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Evaluation of the music collection at the National Institute of Education Library by Yu, Bee Lian.

“…However, the Library fared relatively better, with 71.5% holdings, when a list of "Recommended Readings/References" drawn up by the Institute's academic staff was list-checked.…”
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Lacuna by Tng, Gabriel Yue Hao

“…In essence, the story is a light-hearted animation that draws on themes normally found in buddy-cop films. …”
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Poverty and meritocracy in Singapore by Ang, Jonathan Choong Yew, Chua, Joyce Hui Ping, Zhang, Alethea Shimin

“…This is reflected in the emphasis on the importance of hard work and self-reliance, where one should not solely rely on government assistance. This paper draws upon these responses to discuss the implications of meritocracy as a value system and recommends some solutions to remedy the unintended consequences of implementing this system across all facets of life.…”
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Disentangling the separate and combined effects of privatization and cooperation on local government service delivery by Bel, G, Elston, T

“…This we undertake for the case of solid waste collection in Catalonia, using environmental protection as our focal performance standard. Drawing on two waves of data (for 2000 and 2019) for 186 municipalities that together use all four combinations of public, private, single and cooperative service delivery, we show that superior environmental performance was initially confined to conventional cooperations involving only public production. …”

Policy reform to deliver safely managed drinking water services for schools in rural Bangladesh by Fischer, A, Hope, R, Thomson, P, Hoque, S, Alam, M, Charles, K, Achi, N, Nowicki, S, Hakim, S, Islam, M, Salehin, M, Bradley, D, Ibrahim, M, Chowdhury, M

“…<p>This report draws on research from 150 primary and secondary schools in Chandpur district to analyse the status of drinking water services, in terms of access, quality, quantity, functionality, and costs.…”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Uncertainty from past data inputs and model estimation was propagated throughout analyses by taking 1000 draws for past and present fertility estimates and 500 draws for future forecasts from the estimated distribution for each metric, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) given as the 2·5 and 97·5 percentiles of the draws. …”

Data Refusal From Below: A Framework for Understanding, Evaluating, and Envisioning Refusal as Design by Zong, Jonathan, Matias, J Nathan

“…We illustrate each facet by drawing on cases of people and collectives that have refused data systems. …”
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Puzzling over Phula: toward the synthesis and statement of a sub-branch by Pelkey, Jamin R.

“…In response, this article seeks to present a summarized but holistic overview of the reported Phula varieties. Drawing on personal field research and insights gleaned from Chinese and English sources, the article presents a history of Phula languages and linguistics, sifts through the current complexities of Phula classification, and reports on a newly described Phula language. …”
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Exploring the Conceptual Definition of Islamic Financial Literacy from the Quran and Sunnah by Ab Rashid, Rosemaliza, Zainol, Zairani, Isa, Mohamad Yazid, Mohd Taib, Hasniza, Khairol Nizam, Aini Nur Hajjar

“…Next, a qualitative data analysis approach involving data condensation, data display, conclusion drawing were carried out. The findings of the analysis reveal that the Shariah primary sources do provide a comprehensive and sound economic guidance on prudent wealth and financial management at the individual level. …”
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Childhood bullying and mental health: understanding risk, resilience, and the role of anti-bullying interventions by Guzman Holst, C

“…It is widely known that there is a strong reciprocal association between bullying victimisation and mental health problems, however practical and methodological limitations in studying bullying (victimisation and perpetration) make it difficult to draw causal assumptions and establish what mechanisms and factors influence this relationship (Guzman-Holst & Bowes, 2021). …”

Xpress Bowl by Chang, Nikki

“…By tackling the main drawbacks of current lunchboxes found by survey and research, the Xpress Bowl encourages a lifestyle switch to using reusable lunchboxes for takeaway meals by meeting the needs of busy Singaporeans. …”
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Home visits by Neo, Alecia Hui Fen

“…I am most drawn to individuals with stories to tell, common people with imperfections. …”
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Financial planning application using MATLAB App Designer by Renganathan, Preethi

“…FinanceMLab simplifies usage by using dynamic calculators that draw on reputable government sources [1], [2]. This ensures precise and consolidated financial planning. …”
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Origins of vowel pharyngealization in Hongyan Qiang by Evans, Jonathan

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Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide and graphene nanosheet by He, Yuan Qi

“…However, these approaches mentioned above all have its own drawback and the reliable fabrication of large-area grapheme still remains a challenge. …”
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Painting and animating with graphics strokes by Cheong, Ying Ying.

“…In the Animation Mode, the program loads the completed drawing from the Drawing Mode into a frame for animation. …”
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Singapore publications in overseas libraries. by Ng, Hui Hong.

“…Interest in Singapore publications can be traced back to the 1969 Frankfurt book fair where considerable interest has been drawn to the 125 Singapore published titles displayed. …”
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Tsewang Norbu NGB by Cantwell, C, Mayer, R

“…In a few cases, we do find internal title pages for a number of texts within a volume, but mostly, attention is drawn to the cover title of a text simply by presenting it in small writing.7</p> <p>The cover title is generally followed by the Sanskrit and the full Tibetan title. …”