Racism, prejudice and cultural stereotypes in British Asian fiction by Tan, Ivan Lye Hwee

“…Having said so, I will also argue that these texts are not overly pessimistic even though they recognize and deal with these complex issues. Instead, they contain silver linings of a hope for the future that a critical reader can glean upon deeper analysis.…”
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The effects of stress, threat/challenge appraisal, and coping flexibility on emotion by Chen, Luxi

“…Coping flexibility equips individuals with the ability to employ effective strategies to deal with environmental changes. Plenty of research has explored the influence of appraisals and coping on psychological well-being, however, the working mechanism regarding how stress determines psychological outcomes through threat/challenge appraisal and coping flexibility, has not been fully understood. …”
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By left by Tan, Sharmaine Cheng Fong

“…There is no denying that there are plenty of things in life that affect us that we have to deal with, and these include the inconveniences and problems that only the left-handers can notice and understand. …”
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Court cuts risk shredding muscle, not just fat: some cases are so rushed that defendants can’t follow what is going on by Yates, Shaun S.

“…Government-sponsored reports over the past 30 years have continuously called for greater efficiency to deal with case backlogs and the view that the cost of running the courts is too high. …”
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A tablet computer app for renewable energy engineering calculations by Tan, Soon Yong

“…The expeditious growth of Google Play Store’s app was about 47% from June 2015 to June 2016. …”
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Feel to hear by Ummi Kaltsum Mohamed Bakri

“…It is an educational tool which creates a sensorial experience for the profoundly deaf children to learn sounds of nature through play, with the use of vibrations. Feel to Hear encourage learning through play; allowing users to develop their cognitive skills, stimulate their sense of touch and sight, and gain recognition of how sounds of nature feels like.…”
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Towards robust sensing and recognition : from statistical learning to transfer learning by Yang, Jianfei

“…Sensing and recognition technologies play an essential role in smart cities. Big data is acquired by various sensors deployed in almost every corner of our daily lives, which quantifies human activities and social systems. …”
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Seismic node arrays for enhanced understanding and monitoring of geothermal systems by Hudson, T, Kettlety, T, Kendall, J-M, O'Toole, T, Jupe, A, Shail, RK, Grand, G

“…Harnessing geothermal energy will likely play a critical role in reducing global CO₂ emissions. …”

Hubungan amalan pembangunan profesionalisme berterusan guru dengan kualiti PdPc guru di Sarawak by Josephine Ambon, Bity Salwana Alias, Azlin Norhaini Mansor

“…Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa tahap amalan PBBG adalah pada tahap tinggi manakala kualiti PdPc guru pula adalah pada tahap sangat tinggi. Keputusan juga menunjukkan terdapat hubungan antara amalan PPB guru dengan kualiti PdPc guru. …”
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Projek Memandirikan Usahawan Asnaf Melalui Aplikasi Model MLC (Mindset, Leadership, Competencies) (S/O 14537) by Maamor, Selamah, Abd Halim, Mohammad Naim, Ahmad, Nor Hayati, Aziz, Ahmad Bashir, Osman, Amirul Faiz

“…Namun, ilmu yang apakah dan bagaimanakah ilmu itu untuk diadaptasi dalam kehidupan seharian seseorang asnaf atau anak asnaf itu sehingga ia mampu mandiri dan akhirnya terkeluar dari senarai golongan asnaf dan sebaliknya menjadi pembayar zakat pula. Justeru, projek perundingan ini menawarkan program yang mengadaptasi Model ’Mindset, Leadership and Competencies (MLC)’ bagi memandirikan asnaf dan mengfokus kepada asnaf berstatus usahawan. …”
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Taylor Swift : In Her Own Words / by Swift, Taylor, 1989-, author 656019, Hunt, Helena, editor 656018, Agate (Online service) 656009

“…Her latest, unprecedented record deal gives her ownership of all her master records, the ability to dictate the terms of her albums' streaming releases in order to maximize her profits, and a requirement that her label share proceeds from sale of its stake in Spotify with its musicians. …”
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Robust congestion management and service restoration for active distribution networks by Shen,Feifan

“…In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and alleviate energy shortage concerns, it is expected that the distributed energy resources (DERs) will be largely deployed in distribution networks, which could offer various benefits and also pose great challenges to the operation and management of the distribution network. This thesis aims to deal with congestion in distribution networks caused by DERs and to use DERs to facilitate service restoration of distribution networks after contingency. …”
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Understanding domestic constraints on international trade negotiations : case of US-China trade war by Koh, Jacqueline Jie Ling

“…The study will look into the US-China trade war and analyse how US domestic influences affected Trump’s positioning in the ‘Phase 1’ trade deal. Using matching and regression techniques, the paper discovers that domestic constraints affected the position of the negotiator. …”
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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" : a comparative study of Chinese & Indian Singaporean women's ideals of beauty. by Shivali Dayanand Nayak.

“…In analyzing how women deal with hair, skin, body size and dressing, I show how Singaporean women have found the multicultural environment of Singapore useful in defining their own beauty standards. …”
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Application of robust optimization to channel allocation in wireless mesh network by Tran, Kien Thuc.

“…There are several available methods to deal with this kind of problem. However most of them assume that all of the data input are always constant. …”
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Global control design and its applications to power systems by Zhang, Guohua

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Short text classification by Nagarajan, Divya

“…Hence an efficient way is needed to process and categorise them so that these information can be used to improve the performance of systems that deal with such data. The aim of this project is to classify a given piece of short text as accurately as possible. …”
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Process platform-based production configuration for mass customization by Zhang, Linda Lianfeng

“…Managing product differentiation based on product and process families sharing common platforms has been well recognized as an effective means to deal with such a variety dilemma in many industries. …”
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A mobile cloud distributed machine learning system by Tran, Vu Xuan Nhat

“…The cloud web system includes a back-end system to deal with integration and scale problems, and a cross-platform web responsive front-end interacts with end-users. …”
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How do hawker vendors achieve upward social mobility despite low educational status? by Cheang, Joanne Zu Er, Khoe, Wei Jun, Lim, Yu Cheng

“…The results showed that hawkers need to embody cultural capital that includes grit, skill and knowledge, language to communicate with different customers, as well as embody sacrifice, multiple roles, experience and passion. Hawkers also have to deal with precarity in their job including the rising cost of food and rents, as well as finding a good location for their business. …”
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