Milk and mothercraft : infant feeding trends in Singapore from 1900 to the 1970s by Lum, Jasmine Syn Mun

“…The most prominent discourse in infant feeding has been the conflict between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding. …”
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The application of prospect theory in travel choice behavioral analysis by Hariharan Subramaniam.

“…In areas of research such as marketing, urban planning and transportation, majority of the studies on choice creation and choice behaviour have been concerned with riskless choice. However, through the administration of questionnaires to the commuters, this study seeks to determine the extent to which the application of the Prospect Theory could be used to model the travel behaviour of commuters.…”
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'Women in an extraordinary time': the transnational network and educational spaces of the Canadian Eiwa Girls' mission schools in 1920s and 1930s Japan by Dugal, A

“…Through network development, physical and intellectual spatial construction, and curriculum and activity design, these historical actors reached outside their institutions to actively connect themselves and their peers with the wider world. In the 1930s, this appears to have been conducted with a sense of urgency. …”

Mothers’ social networks and socioeconomic gradients of isolation by Andrew, AR, Attanasio, O, Augsburg, B, Behrman, J, Day, M, Jervis, P, Meghir, C, Phimister, A

“…Wealthier women and women from more-advantaged castes and tribes have smaller networks than their less-advantaged peers, primarily because they know fewer women within their own socioeconomic group. …”

How to choose a law review: an empirical study by Cofone, I, Malé, P-JG

“…The optimal publication strategy for authors depends on whether they want to maximize prestige among peers or rather their impact on the discipline, as well as on authors’ career stage and risk averseness. …”

Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods by Haikal Afiq Bin Mohd Rizal, Ng, Patrick Wei Sheng

“…Integrated Community Hubs (ICHs) have increasingly been a notable infrastructure project that seeks to maximise social impact with minimal land use. …”
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A postfeminist reading of Chick Lit : Sex and the City. by Low, Carmen Kar Mun.

“…The former waves of feminism often denied the relevance of traditional representations of “femininity” in order to amplify their political demands but such demands have now been met and modern women have the luxury to choose to indulge in acts that were once been linked to female subjugation, such as being a stay-at-home wife/mother. …”
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Dramatizing and governing the Chinese : representations and re-interpretations of the Singaporean-Chinese history in local Chinese period dramas, 1980s - 1990s by Chee, Yee Chan

“…Since its inception, television has constantly been used by the Singapore government in facilitating its nation-building efforts. …”
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Cheerleading : how males negotiate their masculinity. by Heng, Daniel Gin Kiat.

“…Cheerleading has always been seen as a feminine activity, due to its portrayal in the media. …”
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Rummage my heart : exploring grief surrounding the passing of a loved one by Ang, Jane Jia Ying

“…The passing of a loved one, shaking the stillness of the everyday stirs us to relook our inward parts, to ponder a relationship that might have never been reflected upon. Rummage My Heart, a mixed media installation seeks to reconcile the internal emotional conflicts that only surfaced following the passing of my grandfather on 4 June 2012. …”
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Hobbes and the tragedy of democracy by Holman, Christopher

“…Democracy is tragic to the extent that it must be a regime of self-limitation, there existing no ethical standard external to society that may intervene so as to guide our political self-activity, and yet the structure of deliberation in democratic assemblies tends to render such self-limitation impossible. Hence what Hobbes sees as the inherent tendency of democratic activity to descend into excess and madness. …”
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Without passage by Chee, En Cui

“…They change across perspectives. I see a girl exploring her psyche. Maybe you see a witch trying to escape a prison? …”
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Stiffness of RC columns with hollow section by Teng, Ganyu

“…In particular, an accurate and reliable OpenSees model was proposed and validated against experimental data. …”
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Shi'ism, politics, and identity in Bahrain by Tan, Feng Qin

“…A 'naive' view of identity sees it as straightforwardly and deterministically causative, but if so the 2011 Pearl Uprising in Bahrain appears a paradox - a primarily secular episode of political contestation in a country with a Shi'a majority, against a Sunni dominated regime, in a political realm with a Shi'a Islamist-dominated opposition. …”
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Ant, spider and DNA: letting mindless generative mechanisms speak by Bråten, E

“…They are especially concerned with questions about agency and the character of relations. Where ant sees ‘networks’, spider insists that we deal with ‘meshworks’. …”

Solventless 3D printed high-temperature resistant cyclosiloxane-containing resin for low-shrinkage ceramization and nano-functional composite development by Zhou, Zihao, Zhou, Xinran, Yuan, Xueyu, Li, Bing, Song, Yujie, Liu, Ming

“…With photosensitive characteristics of the developed systems proven by the photo-rheology studies, printing parameters were calculated by Beer-Lambert's law to achieve precise control of the 3D printed constructs with complex geometries. …”
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Phonological and semantic influences on auditory word perception in children with and without reading impairments using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG... by Wehner, Daniel T

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Catenary action of reinforced concrete beams subjected to missing column scenario by Lim, You Gen.

“…During large deformations of a beam, the system will seek alternate load paths in order to redistribute the load and to achieve equilibrium. …”
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National Day parades : we the citizens of Singapore by Low, Annabel Hui Xin

“…It has been fifty years since Singapore gained independence and embarked on a journey to establish itself as a first-world country. …”
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Deconstructing the kiasu parent in Singapore by Amirah Arip

“…There has been much furore in the recent years about kiasu parents who pile up their children’s time with enrichment classes leading to young children feeling stressed out and losing their childhood. …”
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