Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? : an exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context by Aw, Cherie Qiu Ying, Seah, Charlene Kai Qi, Lee, Alex Yi

“…This study investigated Psychological Capital (PsyCap) and engagement in an Asian context. Specifically, we analyzed how different combinations of efficacy, hope, resilience, optimism, defensive pessimism and kiasuism could predict engagement. …”
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Exploring quantum discord. by Chong, You Quan.

“…In spite of substantial progress, the precise role of entanglement in quantum information processing remains an open question. More specifically, it was shown that entanglement may not be essential for a mixed state computational model called "Determnistic Quantum Computation with one quantum bit" (DQC1). …”
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Visual learning : an approach to help chinese dyslexic children to overcome learning disabilities. by Huang, Yuxian.

“…Originally, most of what is known about dyslexia came from studies conducted in English speaking countries, but it is now recognized that Asian children also experience specific difficulties in reading. In Singapore, dyslexia in reading Chinese has doubled that of dyslexia in reading English. …”
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"Hijab" & "Mining the 'Local' for the 'Universal'". by Muhammad Zahari Abu Talib.

“…“Mining the ‘Local’ for the ‘Universal’” is a critical look at the playwright’s creative process in his attempt to create a piece that is situated steeply in local specificities but yet resonate universally.…”
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Thin-walled graphitic nanocages as a unique platform for amperometric glucose biosensor by Guo, Chun Xian, Zhao, Min Sheng, Shen, Yiqiang, Dong, Zhili, Li, Chang Ming

“…A thin-walled graphitic nanocages material with well-developed graphitic structure, large specific surface area and pronounced mesoporosity was synthesized and used to construct a sensing interface for an amperometric glucose biosensor, showing a high and reproducible sensitivity of 13.3 μA mM−1 cm−2, linear dynamic range of 0.02−6.2 mM, and fast response time of 5 s. …”
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Learning logic programs by discovering higher-order abstractions by Hocquette, C, Dumancic, S, Cropper, A

“…Our experiments on multiple domains, including program synthesis and visual reasoning, show that refactoring can improve the learning performance of an inductive logic programming system, specifically improving predictive accuracies by 27% and reducing learning times by 47%. …”

A tymovirus from Calopogonium mucunoides in Malaysia is not clitoria yellow vein tymovirus: brief report by Gibbs, A.J., Mackenzie, A.M., Abdul-Samad, N.

“…Most of the serological specificity of the virions of tymoviruses seems to reside in the C-terminal hexapeptide of the virion protein.…”

Integrity and Improvisation in the Music of Handel by Harris, Ellen T.

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NGO campaign efficacy : a collective action problem perspective. by Tan, Alvin Poh Heng.

“…However, an examination of the current literature reveals that, more often than not, the listed factors are issue or area specific. A methodology does not exist for us to compare and contrast NGO campaigns across different domains. …”
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Investment in China : reform and policy by Bai, Wenyang

“…The focus is on the determination of investment with a view to identifying its specific financing sources, mechanism, and links with monetary and fiscal policies. …”
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Traverse. by Lee, Jolly Yu See.

“…Being an aesthetically driven game, it will be important to note that there were specific design choices made to aid this intention. …”
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Mathematical modelling of seepage through dam by Ting, Huong Yun.

“…The seepage free surface is obtained iteratively by a corrector-predictor approach based on the boundary element method. Several specific cases of the problem are studied in detail. …”
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Stability of the Epstein-Zin problem by Monoyios, M, Mostovyi, O

“…Considering empirically the most relevant specifications of risk aversion and elasticity of intertemporal substitution, we provide a condition that guarantees the convexity of the domain of the underlying problem and results in the existence and uniqueness of a solution to it. …”

The perils of a dual mandate by Cantore, C, Dhamija, V

“…We study the implications of a ‘dual mandate’ of price and output stability in a heterogeneous agent New Keynesian economy where fiscal policy is set in nominal terms. Specifically, the government controls the quantity of nominal debt, enabling price level determination independently of the interest rate trajectory (Hagedorn, 2021). …”

Out of the blue: the Cold War Soviet naval challenge, the mirroring fallacy and the navies of today by Ward, A

“…The misinterpretation was caused by analytical failure, specifically an over-reliance on capability assessments causing the ‘mirroring fallacy’ – expecting the adversary to mirror one’s own intent.…”

Benevolent sexism and the gender gap in startup evaluation by Nguyen, N, Hideg, I, Engel, Y, Godart, F

Enhancing single-cell transcriptomics using interposed anchor oligonucleotide sequences by Sun, J, Philpott, M, Loi, D, Hoffman, G, Robson, J, Mehta, N, Calcutt, E, Gamble, V, Brown, T, Brown, T, Oppermann, U, Cribbs, AP

An introduction to phase ordering in scalar active matter by Meissner, L, Yeomans, JM

Geographies of reflection and radiance: radiant worlds, speculative surfaces, and reflective media by McCormack, D

Environmental calibration of coral luminescence as a proxy for terrigenous dissolved organic carbon concentration in tropical coastal oceans by Kaushal, Nikita, Tanzil, Jani T. I., Zhou, Yongli, Ong, Maria Rosabelle, Goodkin, Nathalie F., Martin, Patrick

“…Moreover, coral G/B can be used to reconstruct the CDOM absorption spectrum from 230 to 550 nm, and the specific ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (SUVA254) of the DOM pool. …”
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