Tour-into-picture with Kinect by Meng, Taing

“…In this project, we enhanced the Tour-Into-Picture method by introducing Kinect face-tracking to substitute mouse controls. This could provide users more realistic and immersive interaction by looking at a picture from different angles with hand-free experience. …”
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Green gatekeepers by Enriques, L, Romano, A, Tuch, A

“…After distinguishing green gatekeepers from highly reputation-sensitive traditional gatekeepers in financial markets, we argue that green gatekeepers face weaker reputational constraints than traditional ones. …”

Soil improvement using ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) and reactive magnesia (MgO) by Sathesh M Tamil Selven

“…Adding on, a new compaction method known as “two step compaction with reversal of loading face” was implemented to allow the compaction to be more efficient. …”
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AI in urban planning by Low, Ryan Wai Zhun

“…Urban planners in Singapore have been facing challenges such as land scarcity in the past. …”
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Real-Time Object Detection System for Hospital Assets Using YOLOv8 by Andalusia, Friska, Suakanto, Sinung, Hamami, Faqih, Mat Raffei, Anis Farihan, Nuryatno, Edi

“…Hospitals must have efficient asset management to offer quality medical care. On the other hand, many hospitals face problems such as data entry errors. …”
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Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in UK by Ching, Claudia Loke Wei

“…This will prompt shipping sectors across UK to respond with the necessary mitigation strategies, as they restructure their operations in the face of BREXIT. The aim of this research paper is to identify the impacts of BREXIT on the UK maritime industry due to its geographical proximity, as well as the intensity of impacts experienced first-hand by the maritime sectors in UK. …”
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Intersection between individual, household, environmental and system level factors in defining risk and resilience for children in Kenya’s ASAL: A qualitative study by Chongwo, EJ, Aoko, B, Kaniala, M, Esala, M, Magoma, P, Njoroge, E, Nyamanya, S, Marangu, J, Khamis, A, Ng’asike, J, Huizink, AC, Abubakar, A

“…Introduction: Children growing up in arid and semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face heightened risks, often resulting in poor developmental outcomes. …”

Investigations Into hyperspectral data analysis techniques for efficient monitoring of vertical hydroponic farms by Srinivasan, Nagarajan

“…Ensuring food security in a country is crucial especially in land-scare nations where traditional agricultural partices face challenges. …”
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Developing a taxonomy of consumer preferences for enhancing B2C e-commerce last-mile delivery: delivered food by Teo, Ee Lin

“…The surge in OFD orders has resulted in OFD platforms facing some difficulty in keeping up with the demand. …”
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A narrowband ultrasonic ranging method for multiple moving sensor nodes by Ashhar, Karalikkadan, Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Mohammad Omar Khyam, Soh, Cheong Boon

“…One of the main problems faced by the ultrasonic localization systems is the ranging error due to the Doppler shift. …”
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Autonomous learning machine for online big data analysis by Ng, Jia Yu

“…Hence, DML is suitable for managing large imbalanced datasets which are often faced in the production industry in which a handful of defective products were manufactured. …”
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Behaviours and attitudes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a cross-national Facebook survey by Perrotta, D, Grow, A, Rampazzo, F, Cimentada, J, Del Fava, E, Gil-Clavel, S, Zagheni, E

“…Respondents rapidly adopted the use of face masks when they were not yet mandatory. We observed a clear pattern in threat perceptions, sharply increasing from a personal level to national and global levels. …”

Intelligent agent design for persuading the elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle by Yu, Xinjia

“…Since the elderly are facing the problem of diminishing social relations, persuasive agents are widely used to assist face-to-face persuasive efforts. …”
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发达地区失地老人养老支持体系内卷化及其突破 — 基于苏州市的个案研究 = The involution of the eldercare system for the landless elderly in China’s developed regions : a case study based on Suzhou municipality... by 叶继红 Ye Jihong, 占少华 Zhan Shaohua

“…As a special group in the process of rural urbanization and land acquisition, the old people who lost their land are facing the practical problems regarding eldercare service provision. …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…Another approach, which we eventually decided upon, was to perform face-to-face interviews. This method allows us to explain and clarify for any complexities involved in our survey questionnaire. …”
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Software/ hardware interactive learning for trigonometry by Chia, Dint

“…In today’s context of education, many institutions mainly focus on face to face teaching with students by conducting classes and lectures to teach various subjects and topics. …”
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Reinterpreting politics in thirteenth-century south-west Wales by Brodie, HD

“…The work fills historiographical gaps by studying both Marcher lords and Welsh lords, so that their political behaviour can be properly compared; by taking account of the political challenges that Marcher lords faced when they also had lands outside Wales; and by providing the first major study of the political predicaments and behaviour of the thirteenth-century Welsh lords of Ystrad Tywi. …”

A qualitative systematic review of anonymous/unspecified living kidney and liver donors' perspectives by Lim, Wen Hui, Chan, Kai En, Ng, Cheng Han, Tan, Darren Jun Hao, Tay, Phoebe Wen Lin, Chin, Yip Han, Yong, Jie Ning, Xiao, Jieling, Fu, Clarissa Elysia, Nah, Benjamin, Tiong, Ho Yee, Syn, Nicholas, Devi, Kamala, Griva, Konstadina, Mak, Loey Lung Yi, Huang, Daniel Q., Fung, James, Siddiqui, Mohammad Shadab, Muthiah, Mark, Tan, Eunice X. X.

“…This qualitative systematic review provides insights into the first-hand experiences, motivations, and challenges that unspecified donors face. …”
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OLIVER TWIST / by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, author 457349

“…But Fagin isn't about to let his young recruit go so easily, and with vicious thug Bill Sikes among his henchmen, Oliver soon finds himself back in the criminals' lair, with many more travails to face on the torturous road to discovering the truth about his past. …”

Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing : 5th International Conference, ICCSIP 2020, Zhuhai, China, December 25-27, 2020, Revised Selected Papers / by ICCSIP (Conference) (5th : 2020 : Zhuhai, China), organiser 642897, Sun, Fuchun, 1964-, editor 600994, Liu, Huaping, 1976-, editor 600996, Fang, Bin, editor 642896