10.391J / 1.818J / 2.65J / 3.564J / 11.371J / 22.811J / ESD.166J Sustainable Energy, Spring 2005 by Drake, Elisabeth, Tester, Jefferson W., Golay, Michael

“…Different renewable and conventional energy technologies will be presented and their attributes described within a framework that aids in evaluation and analysis of energy technology systems in the context of political, social, economic, and environmental goals. Detailed information on the course textbook can be found here: Tester, J. …”
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Trade Policy by Ashford, Nicholas A.

“…The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the agreements administered by the World Trade Organization, particularly the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), were adopted to promote international trade and increase the economic benefits therefrom. Harmonization of environmental, health, and safety, and (EHS) standards and practices was generally not the goal of these agreements, except perhaps for the TBT agreement, which was predicated on EHS standards being based on “strong science” that could result in uniformity dictated by rigorous scientific consensus focused on risk assessments.…”
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Right to Development and Global Governance: Old and New Challenges Twenty-Five Years On by Rajagopal, Balakrishnan

“…This transformation would enable RTD's full realization by overcoming international barriers to greater influence for the voices of the developing countries in global economic and political decision-making and to more solidarity. …”
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A comprehensive review on food waste anaerobic digestion : research updates and tendencies by Ren, Yuanyuan, Yu, Miao, Wu, Chuanfu, Wang, Qunhui, Gao, Ming, Huang, Qiqi, Liu, Yu

“…Anaerobic digestion has been practically applied in agricultural and industrial waste treatment and recognized as an economical-effective way for food waste disposal. This paper presented an overview on the researches about anaerobic digestion of food waste. …”
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The route to radicalisation for Malay-Muslim women : tracing the Nexus between universals and particulars in Malaysia by Sukhani, Piya

“…The paper ends by cautioning that continued vigilance is necessary nonetheless, given growing political and economic instability, both locally and globally, which could undermine the state’s legitimacy at the expense of ISIS.…”
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Progress and challenges on battery waste management : a critical review by Rarotra, Saptak, Sahu, Satyabrata, Kumar, Pawan, Kim, Ki-Hyun, Tsang, Yiu Fai, Kumar, Vikas, Kumar, Parveen, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Veksha, Andrei, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…This review covers current issues in battery waste management, including a description of the advantages, limitations, challenges, and economical feasibility of various treatment technologies. …”
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Understanding youth belonging in Singapore by Goh, Anderton Zhi Yao

“…Through an empirical study of Singapore, I offer analysis to how youths conceptualise belonging, and how economic well being plays a part in affecting these feelings of rootedness in our neoliberal city-state. …”
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Migration and language education : towards a typology of complementary schools by Jain, Ritu

“…The paper suggests that language-in-education judgments of mobile individuals represent calculated linguistic investments in anticipation of socio-economic returns rather than identitarian attachments. …”
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Inheritance : a luck game which ought to be redefined by Chiang, Madeline Ya Yuen

“…In a world of scarcity, inflation and a rising population, concerns with regards to wealth distributions arise especially among the rising divide of economic inequality. While the common inheritance in the form of wealth is often awarded to the reason for wealth gaps, we should take a closer look at nonfinancial capitals to which the rich possess that help them build their empires. …”
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Analysing the factors affecting the feasibility of alternative policies to address income inequality in Singapore. by Muhammad Ismail Ya’acob

“…Recognising the destabilising force of inequality, this study endeavours to understand the factors that affect the feasibility of alternative economic policies to address income inequality. The study found that for alternative policies to be feasible, (1) the government’s philosophy has to be in congruence; (2) there must be public acceptance of the policy, especially with Singapore’s new style of collaborative governance; and (3) the policy has to be effective.…”
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The influence of orthographic depth of mother tongue languages on reading performance in English by Chen, Ying Jie

“…Several cognitive-linguistic (Landerl et al., 2018), language background and socio-economic factors (Lima et al, 2019; Neuman, 2008) are seen to influence reading performance. …”
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Of haunted spaces: artistic research in filmmaking by Raidel, Ella

“…In China, the need to maintain and boost economic growth through surplus production results in more cities being built than are needed. …”
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Implementation of an automode modem using digital signal processing by Si, See Mong.

“…The reason for choosing digital signal processing techniques is that they permit robust, reliable and economical solutions in the modem design field. This automode modem incorporates multiple modulation techniques and signalling rates for data transmission. …”
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Earnings management in initial public offerings. by Tan, Chee Keng.

“…In the first part of this dissertation, I examine the relationship between discretionary accruals at the time of an IPO and subsequent cash flows and net income to determine if the accruals appropriately reflect the future economic activities of the firm. The results show that the discretionary portion of both the working capital accruals and total accruals show an increasing trend from year minus 3 (relative to IPO year) to IPO year (year 0) and are unusually high at the year of IPO. …”
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Effectiveness of communicating terrorism awareness and emergency preparedness to the public : a study of the Ministry of Home Affairs' approach to terrorism education, Singapore. by Mohammad Sharin Md Sharif.

“…The threat of terrorism had evolved over the years and sent strong signals to everyone that the threat of terrorism can strike to almost any nation in the world, regardless of its people, economic wealth or political stability. Singapore envisions itself as a strong nation distinguished by its excellence in homefront security and safety. …”
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Punching shear strength of reinforced concrete slabs without shear reinforcement by Jin, Ling

“…Reinforced concrete flat plate structure is an economical choice for residential buildings because of its simple construction processes, lower storey height and maximum architectural freedom in design. …”
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Study of trip generation rates for food and logistics companies by Lim, Wen Rong.

“…However, these values are often irrelevant due to the differences in levels of vehicular ownership, land use and planning policies, public transport facilities and road network development, travel behaviour, traffic demand management policies and various other socio-economic factors. This report presents the relevance of these foreign values, for the Food Industries and Warehousing and Distribution Industries, based on a comparison to actual site counts from 16 different sites in Singapore. …”
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Synthesis of hydrogel beads for disaster relief applications by Chew, Chia Eng.

“…A water purification method that is easy-to-use, portable and able to be distributed to the public with minimal response time and logistics would be an economical and practical solution in times of a disaster. …”
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A comparative study of lead-acid battery against other battery types for distributed energy storage application in power systems by Norzita Sulaiman.

“…A literature review and study on the few types of batteries technology as mention above has been review in terms of technical and economic considerations.…”
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Islander. by Tan, Donovan Boon Pin.

“…Over the course of this project, Donovan highlights how Singaporeans and the establishment have, in the pursuit of economic gains and the rush to reclaim land, neglected the heritage behind these islands, which inform us about our identity. …”
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