Emotion language in context: investigating emotion words in children’s written language and word learning by Dong, Y

“…</p> <p>To complement the corpus approach, this thesis also includes two word-learning experiments, one with adults (Chapter 4) and one with children (Chapter 5). Participants read novel adjectives in short narratives that had either neutral, negative, or positive valence. …”

Real options approach to multi-stage business investment decision making by Thinn Thinn Aye.

“…This dissertation will demonstrate how the important characteristics of investment decisions interact each other, by looking into traditional approaches (Chapter 2), applying uncertainty to traditional analysis (Chapter 3), and finally linking real options approach as a bridge between finance and strategy (Chapter 4) to make more meaningful economic decisions in the real world.…”
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The coalescence and etching of metal nanostructures via solution approach by Tan, Rachel Lee Siew

“…For the second part, we studied how we can make use of chemically induced ripening of silver nanowire junctions to reduce the sheet resistance of silver nanowire network (Chapter 4). In addition, we also studied how breaking of symmetry during etching of silver nanowires can yield unique nanowire structures (Chapter 5).…”
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An exposition of the Zhuangzi’s zhiyan (至言) by Koo, Hao Wei

“…The meaning of zhiyan (至言) in the Zhuangzi varies. In chapter 12, zhiyan is antithetical to suyan (俗言) or “customary sayings”. …”
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Development of sustainable clay-based binder and its' potential for 3D-printing by Liu, Yizhong

“…This report consists of five chapters. The first chapter serves as an introduction, explaining the demand for alternative cementitious materials and types due to the environmental issues associated with traditional concrete production today. …”
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Deep learning with application to hashing by Zhang, Boshen

“…I present a cross view feature hashing technique using deep learning and show some results. These three chapters are main chapters. Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 are introduction and conclusion.…”
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Populism and foreign policy: characteristics, sources, and implications by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…International Relations (IR) and Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) literature is increasingly preoccupied with the effect of populism on international politics. This chapter offers an overview of key debates in this literature, with an emphasis on how the ideational approach to populism is being used by IR and FPA scholars, the insights it generates but also the challenges it poses. …”
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The marble statuettes from the Athenian Agora, first century BC to fourth century AD by Martens, B

“…Chapter 7 concludes the study with focus on the mobile nature of statuettes in household settings. …”

Development of novel chemical ligation methods for the synthesis of posttranslationally modified proteins by Yang, Renliang

“…In chapter 3, we introduce a novel chemical ligation method named dual native chemical ligation at lysine. …”
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Indo-European youth priesthoods and the Männerbund theory: a study of the Vedic Vrātyas and their ancient Indo-European analogues by Elby, T

“…Chapter Two analyses the origin of the concept of the Männerbund. …”

Nanyang Technological University events management web application by Ang, Kok Jian

“…The second chapter, Literature Review, compares similar web applications available on the market. …”
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Study on designer surface plasmon resonators by Gao, Fei

“…Chapter 2 introduces a dispersion tuning method on designer surface plasmon resonators. …”
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The interrelation of EU law with inter se international agreements of the EU member states by Georgaki, K, Eleftheriadis, P

“…Against this background, Chapter Two examines and discards the premise that EU law constitutes a ‘new legal order’, highlighting the nature of EU law as international law. …”

Designing Microporous Polymers for Separations by Storme, Kayla R.

“…In Chapter 1, we investigate the influence of side-chain length and dispersity in ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) polymers with pore-generating side chains. …”
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Self-assembly of shape-controlled nanoparticles into tunable two- dimensional metasurfaces at the oil- water interface by Yang, Yijie

“…In Chapter 3, we further utilize solvent-tunable molecular-level polymer conformation changes to achieve ‘multiple metacrystals using one nanoparticle with one chemical functionality’. …”
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“Yes: I translated it!”: Visibility and the performance of translatorship in the digital paratextual space by Freeth, Peter J.

“…This chapter is taken from the edited volume "Beyond the Translator's Invisibility: Critical Reflection and New Perspectives" (Freeth and Treviño [eds] 2024, 147–172). …”
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The Organizational Ombudsman by Rowe, Mary, Gadlin, Howard

“…This chapter discusses the OO (organizational ombudsman) in the context of organizational conflict management systems (CMS). …”
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The Chinese expansion and language coexistence in Modern China by LaPolla, Randy J.

“…This chapter outlines the history of the development and spread of what became what we now know as the Sinitic (Chinese) languages and the effects that migrations, cultural contact, and national policies had on the development. …”
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Hiding the harm? An argument against misogyny hate crime by Vera-Gray, Fiona, Fileborn, Bianca

“…This chapter critiques the move towards the inclusion of misogyny in hate crime legislation and practice. …”
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Allee effects: empirical analyses of wild British butterfly populations and theoretical implications for population synchrony by Dooley, C

“…I find both qualitative and quantitative spatial variation in these processes and factors driving population dynamics. In chapter 3, I develop and test a Bayesian methodology, that I then use in chapter 4 to analyse local population level dynamics for 38 British butterfly species. …”