Death and the doctor: the museum as a tool for understanding the needs of the dying by Harris, J, Moyse, A, Hadley, G, Frampton, S, Dempsey, A, Hordern, J, Saunders, K, Lane, R, De Luca, G

“…Over the past several years, the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford has been part of a multi- disciplinary team examining the question of how we train medical students to deal with those parts of their profession which are concerned primarily with the humanity of their patients. …”

An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

“…Fasteners like rivets and bolts bear a large part of the stress and thus require frequent inspection for cracks around the fastener's holes. …”
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Enhancement of learning through the use of video protocols. by Ong, Eunice Mei Jing.

“…Also, majority of the students felt that the video has enhanced their knowledge. …”
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Robotic manipulation of microscopic objects using multiple laser-driven fingertips by Quang, Minh Ta

“…Though much progress has been obtained in the research and development of robotic manipulation recently, it is still difficult to reproduce such achievement in the micro-world as the study of micro-manipulation opens up new research and technological issues which diverge from traditional robotic manipulation. …”
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Xunzi's concern for yu (desire) and ritual approaches for its moral transformation by Zhou,Yalin

“…The bad felt quality is primarily rooted in its corrupted and disordered embodied affective experience. …”
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Assessment of earthquake ground motions in Singapore by Pan, Tso Chien, Brownjohn, James Mark William, Leong, Eng Choon

“…This project is to assess the Sumatran earthquakes that has frequently felt in Singapore in recent decades.…”
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Mobile dependency by Lee, Siau Li, Zhou, Shiya

“…The rise of smartphone in the past four years has been a very swift one. This advancement of technology has not only revolutionized the mobile phone landscape, but also changed people’s interaction and relationship with such mobile gadgets. …”
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Sustainable rural tourism in Iran : a perspective from Hawraman village by Henderson, Joan C., Ghaderi, Zahed

“…Findings indicate that villagers are concerned about the use of local natural and cultural resources for tourism purposes, recognising negative consequences which seem to them to outweigh positive effects. Participation has been very limited in government rural tourism initiatives which are felt to yield few benefits for village inhabitants. …”
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Adding spice to life : the influence of spicy food on group behaviour by Luar, Shu Qi

“…Spicy food has historically been eaten for practical and hedonic reasons despite the painful burning sensation it triggers. …”
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Investigations into high resolution imaging and contouring for diagnostic bio-applications by Valiyambath, Krishnan Mohankumar

“…The capability of the system was demonstrated using micron-sized fluorescent polystyrene beads and cells mounted on a microscope slide. Besides providing imaging capability, the imaging fibre can double up as a light conduit to illuminate the target tissue, which would be in synergy with the first two modalities, namely, the RGB and the dynamic speckle analyses. …”
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Characterisation of novel electroactive consortia from environmental samples enriched through potentiostatic growth by Doyle, Lucinda Elizabeth

“…Despite the great microbial diversity nature has to offer, a relatively small group of electrochemically-active microorganisms (EAM) has been discovered. This work aimed to explore the use of a three-electrode set-up to enrich and isolate novel EAM. …”
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China's collaboration with IndoChina countries in hydropower development in the Mekong region - how far can it go? by Phua, Pei Pei.

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One more minute by Liew, Ming Jia

“…The practically of timekeeping and reading has altered our perception of time.My research showed that time was felt to be most valuable when a person was made aware of his or her brief period of existence. …”
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Does bankruptcy law prevent internalization of environmental costs: evidence from China by Li, Xingwei

“…The ‘polluter pays’ principle has been implemented by several pieces of environmental legislation in China as a means to confront the issue of liability in the case of bankrupt polluters. …”
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An assimilation of experience. by Mehraj Nisha.

“…The old box of a transistor was bandaged on all sides with scotch tape but still managed to entertain her whenever it felt like it. Mehru worked on, her tiny fingers turning the knob ever so slowly, softly rubbing its sides. …”
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Borderlands: The edges of Europe [Conference abstract] by Leonardi, Paola

“…and I have found endless examples of families and communities that have been split by borders or who felt an affinity with “the other side”. …”
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Quad's India problem : no different from Beijing by Gupta, Sourabh

“…Australia, Japan and the US should first get New Delhi to revise its UNCLOS-related rules and regulations, which bear far greater similarity with Beijing’s than that of its Quad partners.…”
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Kinetic modelling of 70S ribosome and F1-ATPase by Le, Quang Luan

“…Theoretical models have been developed to understand kinetics of ribosomes and F1- ATPase which are important enzymes responsible for protein synthesis and ATP production in cells respectively. …”
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Large eddy simulations of turbulent circular wall jets by Zhang, Shuai, Law, Adrian Wing-Keung, Zhao, Bing

“…Most of the previous studies focus on the kinematic characteristics of the jet flows, while the mixing characteristics including the scalar transport have not been well examined. The current study performs a comprehensive investigation of the turbulent circular wall jet including both the flow and mixing characteristics using the large eddy simulations (LES) approach with proper near-wall modelling. …”
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A study of mega mergers of accounting firms. by Chew, Chiu Shan., Low, Kit Ying., Ng, Hui Yong.

“…As most information on mega mergers in the accounting industry are more related to countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, it is felt that there is a need to determine the applicability of those international reports in Singapore.…”
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