... as migrants in Singapore, their capacity to adapt and adjust to living in Singapore and their opinion of Singaporeans and Singapore The interviews were conducted in English, Mandarin and Hokkien, ... Chinese in Singapore, according to their respective opinions on their ability to adjust to living in Singapore and their conception of Singaporeans’ values and characteristics While most ofthe informants ... adaptation and perceptions of Singaporeans 28 2.1 Representative model ofthe Malaysian Chinese migrants in Singapore The conscious experiencesof Malaysian Chinese in Singapore and their concept of...
... exploratory in nature and aimed to discover the visitor preconceptions of local Indonesian food, their intentions to eat local Indonesian food inthe destination, andthe factors influencing the ... wine and other drinking or tasting experiences; and vineyard and orchard tours (Povey, 2011) Onthe other hand, the word culinary, which is the adjectival form of cuisine and means kitchen in ... tourist destinations, neglecting emerging destinations, including Indonesia Considering these shortcomings, the overarching aim of this PhD project is to improve understanding of dining on local...
... the flank 4.3.3 The quality and origin of regeneration trees The collecting result andthe processing one about the quality and origin of regeneration tree inthe study area are illustrated in ... evergreen, non-falling-leaf season Shoots grow strongly inthe Spring, and start to erupt at the late of February and first week of March, and continue to growsing in April After months, the buds ... 23.30C The raining season in here is vary but unstable, the highest rainfall is in July (862.5mm in 2012; 1,066.9mm in 2013 andin 2014 only 570.6mm) The humidity is high and maintain in all seasons...
... families of prisoners, therefore there were no restrictions or additional criteria in relation to the nature ofthe offence or prison sentence ofthe family member Furthermore, the thesis allowed for ... exploring the impact of imprisonment Therefore the following sub-section section ofthe literature review will consider wider literature on BME families in order to develop an understanding of ... ‘social services’ involvement’ (p18) The combination ofthe lack of understanding ofthe criminal justice system, the fear of stigma andthe fear of involvement of social services in family affairs...
... ofthe nation were considered to be reflective ofthe 1920s before the collapse ofthe economy in 1929 According to Torr, “not since the Gilded Age ofthe late nineteenth century orthe Roaring ... were the primary portions of federal monies 26 cut During the early 1980s, many feared the onset of a massive depression reminiscent ofThe Great Depression Attributes ofthe economy andthe overall ... further questions were developed in order to refine the focus ofthe interviews An open-ended question format was used with respondents, providing them the opportunity to voice their opinions and...
... under-represented cohort in existing literature on families of prisoners, therefore there were no restrictions or additional criteria in relation to the nature ofthe offence or prison sentence ofthe family ... the imprisonment of their mothers The loss of income combined with the additional costs associated with visiting the imprisoned family member and providing basic clothing and provisions for the ... The combination ofthe lack of understanding ofthe criminal justice system, the fear of stigma andthe fear of involvement of social services in family affairs deters families from accessing...
... Reported reasons for demotivation Reasons % reporting this as reason no Doctor’s salary too low 36 Low income 18 Poor working conditions 15 Heavy workload Poor learning environment Intimidation ... also be that the content and /or organisation ofthe community health rotation is inadequate In addition, students may be poorly prepared for the challenges they meet inthe rotation These topics ... training institutions failed to meet the training needs of “clinically-oriented” studentsand interns? What potential impact may that have onthe availability of doctors willing to work in the...
... to the different themes and categories The narrations were allocated to one or more theme/category(ies) inthe frame according to participant number To facilitate interpretation ofthe data, the ... said they often felt frustrated and hopeless when interacting with others; feelings that were mainly provoked by the invisibility of their illness andthe difficulty of explaining their condition, ... manage the condition, there has been a recent increased interest in qualitative research exploring the complex and multidimensional context of fibromyalgia Sim and Madden [10], in a metasynthesis of...
... list of possible career options through synthesizing all ofthe information derived inthe prior two stages, and then using this information while considering the list of options; (4) Valuing, ... decision-making, andthe world -of- work This is done through analyzing personal experience and information obtained from assessments; (3) Synthesis, this stage assists the individual in expanding the ... perceptions from marketing majors (Anderson et al, 1991) Marketing students had a positive response onthe question of whether they pursue a career in marketing or not The non-business students...
... restricted for the first three days of therapy by NARP, the consumption of these quinolones was unsurprisingly high Besides that the use of oral quinolones for maintenance may contribute to the significant ... utilisation before and after NARP in a single centre from Turkey revealed 125.3% increase inthe use of 2nd and 3rd generation oral cephalosporins [27] Furthermore this finding was confirmed by other ... performed in four year period, which included two years before and after ofthe initiation of NARP in 2003 The study included the data obtained from all ofthe four university hospitals, and one...
... tight junction barrier integrity (7) Conversely, activation of atypical PKC isoforms using bryostatin instead increased the expression of claudin-1 inthe tight junction complex, and increased ... performed to render the potential sites of PKC and PKA phosphorylation onthe claudin-1 protein non phosphorylatable or to mimic constitutive activation of PKC or PKA B) Rendering the serine ... This work was supported by the Intramural Research Program ofthe National Institute on Aging We thank Dr Pat J Morin for helpful comments onthe manuscript Conflict of Interest The authors have...
... based on a large number of samples taken in Korea Inthe case of Tokyo andinthe Philippines, urban runoff from roads on rainy days contributes to the increase in metal concentration inthe sediments ... identified as factors increasing zinc and lead concentration inthe sediments in receiving waters judging from the measurements on roadside deposits andthe estimation ofthe contribution of untreated ... Discussion Most gasoline were unleaded in 1980 in Japan, in 2001 inthe Philippines andin 2001 in Vietnam The core sample analysis ofthe sediment in Tokyo Bay shows the peak concentration for the...
... out the similarities and differences between the semantic features of ESVs and VSVs - Synthesizing the findings and drawing conclusions - Putting forward some implications for the teaching and ... extension ofthe meaning of these words in a special and technical sense The original neuro-psychological theory of hypnotic suggestion is based upon the ideo-motor reflex response of Braid J ... in using these verbs For examples, inthe sentence The doctor ordered me to stay in bed” The verb “order” means telling somebody that they must something However, the word “order” in “when the...
... studies; and • ncouraging collaboration and dissemination of information to ensure E progress and avoid fragmentation of effort EDRN is a leader in defining and using criteria for the validation of ... detection and screening ready for large-scale clinical testing, the Network requires and supports collaboration and information sharing across institutions Key milestones from inception to the present ... Advances were made in deploying and expanding an informatics framework to support information management Accessing the information includes specific annotations of markers, the capture of scientific...
... monovalent vertex (lying on ∂− H) You can think of it as collapsing the edge with one endpoint onthe boundary and one endpoint at the vertex to the point on ∂− H and then pulling the ends of ... of which contains a single end of F Furthermore the addition of these planes to P gives a new collection satisfying Lemma 3.1 Proof Here is the idea ofthe proof ofthe assertion If F has more ... disjoint from the disks in D2 andthe half planes in A2 Let W ∈ W be the component which contains the end of P and let P (∗) be the component of P ∩ W which contains the end of P Cut H2 along the...
... cost-effective way of assessing health risks; • the identification of all risk points along the chain of events from the origin ofthe wastewater to the consumption ofthe produce (e.g the farm-to-fork approach ... crisis Continuing population growth and urbanisation, rapid industralisation, and expanding and intensifying food production are all putting pressure on water resources and increasing the unregulated ... employed andthe presentations not imply the expressions of any opinion whatsoever onthe part of UNEP, UN-HABITAT or contributory organisations concerning the legal status of any country, territory,...
... could in theory reduce the intense working memory demands of planning, generating, and reviewing, thus freeing limited capacity for controlling and monitoring these operations The effect of deliberate ... received was consistent and thorough, including grading of grammatical conventions, organization, professionalism of presentation, technical accuracy ofthe accounting, andthe quality ofthe analysis ... limitations of working memory (McCutchen, 1996) One must have the capacity to maintain multiple representations and control interactions among planning, generation, and reviewing in order to...
... present integrated formal frameworks for incorporating information learned from unlabeled corpora, but they not explicitly address PP and RC attachment The same is true for uncorrected colearning in ... disambiguating an RC attachment, two instances ofthe lattice are formed, one for NP1 and one In fact, two different sets of inverted indexes were created, one each for PP and RC disambiguation The RC index ... to the size ofthe data set) However, this is not the case for PP attachment Due to the good performance of Collins’ parser for even small training sets, the combination is only superior for the...
... Personal income tax forgone is a product ofthe average personal income tax rate (18.3%) andthe forgone income With chronic pain and lower income, there will be less consumption of goods and ... price of pain The NSA Pain Study found that chronic pain had an impact on work performance, through individuals working while suffering from chronic pain Working with pain was more common (on average ... chronic pain It then estimates Attributable Fractions (AFs) for the proportion of cases under each condition where the person experiences chronic pain due to that condition AFs are the proportion...