COVID-19 policy analysis: labour structure dictates lockdown mobility behaviour by Heroy, Samuel, Loaiza, Isabella, Pentland, Alex, O’Clery, Neave

“…Hence, our results indicate that cities’ employment characteristics and work-from-home capabilities are the primary determinants of mobility reduction. …”
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Damp Skin: Portraits of Taiwanese Domesticity, Resilience, and Otherness by Chan, Cheng-Hsin

“…This thesis is an intricate exploration of Taiwanese life under the constant dampness, weaving together the present with historical threads and personal memories of home and motherhood alongside broader socio-historical narratives. …”
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Smart office automation (SOA) via Raspberry Pi by Yeo, Fu Xi

“…However, due to tight security issues, the pictures presented in the report is taken from home. The concept for implementing the system will be used at home. …”
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Me or the machine, who decides? Acceptance spillover of digital automation for a sustainable transition by Vrain, E

“…However, activities with greater impact on the energy system, such as home energy management, struggle with issues of trust and acceptance from end-users. …”

Beyond apples and oranges: unraveling the complexity in corporate sustainability reporting by Hedley, Timothy, Porco, Barbara, Keiningham, Timothy Lee, Aksoy, Lerzan, Statuto, Leigh Anne, Amin, Muslim

“…Design/methodology/approach: A comparative analysis methodology was employed, examining sustainability reports from similarly situated companies, specifically PepsiCo and Coca-Cola and The Home Depot, Lowe’s and HomePro. This approach was chosen to uncover variances in sustainability reporting and practices within these sectors using the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) guidelines which all four firms followed in their sustainability reports. …”

A Descriptive Analysis of Housing Affordability in Malaysia by Musaddad, Hafirda Akma, Maamor, Selamah, Zainol, Zairy

“…This is because having a home is not only necessity for people to protect their faith, posterity, develop their intellect and create wealth, but it also allows society to improve their well-being if their needs are fulfilled. …”
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Linear-size formulations for connected planar graph partitioning and political districting by Zhang, Jack, Validi, Hamidreza, Buchanan, Austin, Hicks, Illya V.

“…Nevertheless, we share our findings in hopes that others may find better ways to impose them.…”
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Tools for Togetherness: Building Social Networks through Public Tool-making by Liu, Yanjun Emily

“…The book details three social experiments designed to enhance connectivity and mutual support, with detailed documentation and reflections from a facilitator’s perspective on the complete process for anyone who hopes to start practicing small.…”
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悟 · Know my heart by Wang, Ruimeng

“…However, a torchlight counters that, to signal hopes of enlightening light that illuminates our heart in a hustling and bustling world so that we can reserve the absolute freedom for our inner self.…”
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Nanyang venture formula 1: testing and performance evaluation of formula vehicle under FSAE on-track regime by Yip, Seng Han

“…The project is far from over as the NVF-1 still has huge potential for further optimization. The author hopes that the findings in this report will prove useful for future generations of NVF cars.…”
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The causes of presenteeism : a study of the antecedents of sickness presenteeism in the Singapore context. by Chang, Hua Lin., Yeo, Ciau Er., Phua, Justin Wei Zheng.

“…While most of the studies available in the current literature focus on the cost of presenteeism as well as the antecedents of presenteeism in the west, this study hopes to add value to the multitude of research by providing insights on the causes of sickness presenteeism in the Singapore context. …”
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A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel by Kong, Qingyang.

“…As a conclusion, the author wants to build a simply and user friendly design tool to help the user to design easily and quickly without any problem. The author hope the user can enjoy the design process. The author also hopes this design tool can be developed with more functions and becomes more user-friendly in the future and more users can enjoy using this design tool.…”
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Human factors evaluation of conflict resolution aid in future air traffic control by Pereira, Theresse Vanessa

“…With these results, this research hopes to contribute to a better understanding of CRA design so as to not compromise the safety of human lives on-board.…”
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Potential of serum in creation of small-diameter vascular graft by Lim, Wee Keng

“…With the progression of tissue engineering, decellularization of vascular xenografts has gained increasing attention in hopes to provide affordable off-the-shelf small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVG) for urgent vascular replacements. …”
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Effect of a circular tunnel in the foundation soil on the seismic response of dikes by Yeong, Siang Phong

“…However, another finding is at the location of 30 m away from dike (Toe of dike) shows the highest PGA for all different cases of horizontal tunnel placement. This study hopes to inform that having a tunnel in the ground would affect the ground surface acceleration.…”
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Impact of BREXIT on key stakeholders of the maritime industry in Asia by Eng, Esther Cai Yun

“…Asian seafarers can also look to improving their skillsets to increase chances of employment on the UK or the EU vessels. Overall, this paper hopes to allow the maritime stakeholders of Asia to fully understand the impact of BREXIT on their businesses, allowing them to better prepare for the future of BREXIT.…”
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Assembling a desktop robotic arm based hydrogel extrusion system by Khadijah Mohamed Hussain

“…Three-Dimensional (3D) bioprinters have been a technological breakthrough in biomedical applications, specifically in tissue engineering. In hopes of increasing the range of motion of these bioprinters in order to construct functional 3D bioprinted structures spatially without any pre-fabricated scaffolds on more complex surfaces, an evaluation was done to find out the capabilities of integrating a desktop six axis robotic arm into the system. …”
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Quality over quantity: powering neuroimaging samples in psychiatry by Makowski, C, Nichols, TE, Dale, AM

“…Neuroimaging has been widely adopted in psychiatric research, with hopes that these non-invasive methods will provide important clues to the underpinnings and prediction of various mental health symptoms and outcomes. …”

Using broadband infrastructure as a social sensor to detect inequities in unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic by Ritsch, N, Armanios, DE

“…Overall, this work proposes an "infrastructure-as-sensor" approach to better detect social vulnerability during times of crises in hopes of enhancing resilience through providing services more quickly and precisely to those who most need it.…”

Exploring China’s cyber sovereignty concept and artificial intelligence governance model: a machine learning approach by Hung, HT

“…Not being a passive recipient of norms, China hopes to shape alternative cyber norms to defend national security. …”