The state and the family : Singapore families in the economy. by Tan, Shaline Yen Ling.

“…And this gives rise to a phenomenon of materialism, where the middle-class families see pursuing of material wants as a means of comfort in Singapore. This essay seeks to argue that due to its multiculturalism background, the state attempts to divert its citizens to a common ground by aggressively promoting the old-struggling Singapore rhetoric, and also by actively engaging its citizens in material pursuits. …”
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Finding meaning behind immortality of Anne Rice’s vampires. by Nurhayati Zakaria.

“…The investigation of the myth – or more appropriately, mistaken notion – that mmortality brings happiness and peace that one seeks for, through the exploration of the first three novels in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, namely Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned. …”
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Facebook guide to attract and recruit generation Y graduates. by Lim, Joyce Wen Qin., Sia, Samuel Yujian., Wibisono, Aprilia Mona.

“…In recent years, companies can be seen establishing their presence on social media for marketing purposes, and increasingly for recruitment as well. This study seeks to enhance companies’ recruitment efforts in social media, in particular Facebook, through the exploration of job seekers’ perceptions obtained from questionnaire results and a focus group interview. …”
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Analysis of near cortex versus both cortex screw fixation in bone fracture surgery by Ong, Chin Kuan.

“…Prompt healing can occur when the blood supply to bone is maintained or restored early. This project seeks to create and validate fracture fixation models of 8-hole and 9-hole LCPs together with Locking Head Screws (LHS) on long bones through Finite Element Method (FEM). …”
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Jurong Island groundwater study : yield enhancement through surface water recharge by Koh, Seow Jin.

“…The design of the recharge basin will also be in line with PUB’s Active, Beautiful and Clean Waters Programme (ABC Programme) where Singapore seeks to integrate drains, canals and reservoirs with the surrounding environment to create beautiful community spaces for all to enjoy.…”
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Job search, expectations and preferences of accountancy and business undergraduates by Tan, Chia Yin, Tan, Lay Hua, Lim, Susan Choo Lian

“…It determines and compares the job search behaviour, job expectations and preferences of the Accountancy and Business final year students in NTU. It seeks to examine whether these behaviour, expectations and preferences match what the job market has to offer. …”
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Evaluating US drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan by Tipple, Christopher Morland

“…This dissertation seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen using the theoretical framework of hard, soft and smart power. …”
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A study and implementation of routing algorithms by Looi, Aaron Seng Kit

“…This Final Year Project seeks to understand the routing methodologies and algorithms in search of an optimal solution to aid in solving the issue of being able to obtain the most optimal path for a vehicle to travel to multiple destinations. …”
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Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation of static and dynamic compression test of materials by Ong, Dalton Ke Yuan

“…Some of the properties that is of interest includes the strain rate, deformation rate, stress strain experienced as well as the young modulus of specimen. This report seeks to use Finite Element Method (FEM) to investigate the relationship of stress strain properties in Aluminum T6061 by means of simulation software. …”
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Politics in films : a historical study on film censorship and the emergence on public spaces in Singapore by Tan, Lilian

“…The last chapter explores how public spaces have transformed censorship, and highlights the ineffectiveness of the censorship bans, and thus should be re-examined in light of new changing trends in public spheres. Significantly, it seeks to demonstrate how history still plays an important role in present day politics to certain groups of people.…”
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How clicktivism enables moral licensing : the effects of social observability and impression management on subsequent prosocial behaviour by Tan, Si Jin, Wang, Kelvin Wen Hsing, Ong, Kheng Hian

“…This study also builds on existing moral licensing literature and seeks to address the ineffectiveness of Clicktivism.…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a collaborative querying environment by Fu, Lin, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Foo, Schubert

“…Collaborative querying seeks to help users formulate queries by sharing expert knowledge or other users’ search experiences. …”
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Migrant maths teachers: deficit, translanguaging, and growing authority by Benson, Alan

“…The sample represents migrant teachers that the Immigration Act of 2020 seeks to attract to the UK to address national shortages identified by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). …”
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'You would never pick up the thread from where you left off’: older Irish women migrants' narratives of non‐return, post‐retirement by Ryan, Louise, Doshi, Neha

“…Moreover, there are indications that women migrants may be less inclined to return than their male counterparts. Our article seeks to advance understanding in this area of research by drawing upon rich qualitative data from Irish women migrants, who worked as nurses in Britain and are now entering older age, e.g. 70s–80s. …”
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FedCBO: reaching group consensus in clustered Federated learning through Consensus-Based Optimization by Carrillo, JA, Trillos, NG, Li, S, Zhu, Y

“…Federated learning is an important framework in modern machine learning that seeks to integrate the training of learning models from multiple users, each user having their own local data set, in a way that is sensitive to data privacy and to communication loss constraints. …”

Homo europaeus: identity, bureaucracy and belonging in Brussels by Montgomery, S

“…Drawing on fieldwork carried out in the European Quarter of Brussels over 18 months, its focus encompasses two central research queries. The first seeks to capture a shifting institutional ethos inside the European Commission, investigating how policymakers see their roles as Union officials and embody, negotiate and problematize a particular administrative identity. …”

Largest testicular tumour in South-East Asia: a case report by Aizat, S. I., Yusof, M. R., Lee, F. Y., Fahmy, O., Lee, C. K.S., Khairul Asri, M. G., Muhammad Nasrulazam, N., Vikinesan, V. K., Liyana Zayani, Y., Yusuf, M., Rashide, Y., Othman, A.

“…After the initial workup and investigations were done and followed by a CT scan which yield a multiple paraaortic lymph nodes, the patient was scheduled listed in the earliest list for high ligation right orchidectomy with an inguinal approach. The patient seeks treatment at that point because he can't bear the embarrassment and fear of the treatment.…”
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Output-weighted and relative entropy loss functions for deep learning precursors of extreme events by Rudy, Samuel H., Sapsis, Themistoklis P.

“…That is, metrics for goodness of fit used to train models are not designed to ensure accuracy on rare events. This work seeks to improve the performance of regression models for extreme events by considering loss functions designed to highlight outliers. …”
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Studies in biotic persistence and the taxonomic stability of traits over geological time by Tamre, Erik

“…This thesis considers a novel selection mechanism proposed to be operating on clades based on their age and tests its presence in marine animals over the Phanerozoic (Chapter 2); it also seeks to understand the interaction between some microbial traits and lineages over geological time as well as considering the implications of this interaction on the traits’ longevity. …”
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Towards Perceptual Augmentation by Chin, Sam

“…Key principles include providing correct mental models of augmentation devices, leveraging environmental training and natural tasks, emphasizing multisensory interfaces with sensorimotor feedback, and creating affordances that mimic the natural world. This approach seeks to facilitate perceptual learning through natural interaction with the environment, rather than relying on extensive explicit training. …”
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