Taking the pulse : a survey of design for health development in Singapore by Tan, Michael Koon Boon

“…The first section will first highlight several recent initiatives before introducing a range of design for health explorations occurring at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Lastly, this presentation will conclude with a discussion of plans at the Art and Design for Health Lab (AD4HLab), a new initiative at the university that aims to support and grow design for health explorations and capability development in Singapore.…”
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Stability analysis and design of reset control systems with discrete-time triggering conditions by Guo, Yuqian, Gui, Weihua, Yang, Chunhua, Xie, Lihua

“…Based on this observation, a design guideline for single-input and single-output (SISO) systems is proposed. Lastly, a hard disk drive example is investigated to demonstrate the proposed design procedure.…”
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Women’s quest for home: spatial imaginary in Kazuo Ishiguro’s a pale view of hills by Ling, Xu, Awang, Mohammad Ewan, Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar

“…This dynamic process encompasses three facets: materially, it includes the destruction of homes, the Westernisation of domestic space, and gendered space and domesticity; imaginatively, it involves long-lasting trauma and repression; and relationally, it signifies the transformation of home from unhomely to a homely one. …”
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Evaluation of the combination of black rice bran ethanol extract and glimepiride in reducing blood glucose and protecting kidney, liver and pancreatic cells by Wijianto, Diski Wahyu, Sri Wahyuni, Arifah, Wardani, Rizkiananda, Nugraheni, Ambar Yunita, Abu Bakar, Fazleen Izzany

“…Long-lasting hyperglycemia can potentially cause damage to organs such as the kidneys, liver and pancreas. …”
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Modeling perception errors in autonomous vehicles and their impact on behavior by Piazzoni, Andrea

“…Second, PEMs-based simulations enable a direct link between perception performances and safety performances. Lastly, PEMs can be tuned to identify specific performance thresholds, issues, and limitations of the decision-making module. …”
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Extracting contact recombination from FFT-filtered photoluminescence imaging of half-metallised silicon solar cells by Shi, Y, Payne, DNR, Fell, A, Leon, C, Niewelt, T, Khorani, E, Wilshaw, PR, Murphy, JD, Okamoto, K, Bonilla, RS

“…Testing this technique using data from samples made with two different metallisation pastes demonstrates the differences in contact recombination <em>J</em>_0,<em>c</em> values, showing the practical application of the technique. …”

A Synoptic- and Remote Sensing-based Analysis of a Severe Dust Storm Event over Central Asia by Broomandi, P, Mohammadpour, K, Kaskaoutis, DG, Fathian, A, Abdullaev, SF, Maslov, VA, Nikfal, A, Jahanbakhshi, A, Aubakirova, B, Kim, JR, Satyanaga, A, Rashki, A, Middleton, N

“…Initially it swept over eastern parts and then the whole of Uzbekistan, reaching the Caspian Sea in the west. …”

Interfacing and testing of localization sensors on an autonomous vehicle by Yang Xuehuan

“…Furthermore, one of the objectives of the project is the incorporation of the localization outputs, in real-time, as the input for way-point generation system, in order to make the Toyota COMS EV drive autonomously. Lastly, one of the objectives of the project is to apply the algorithms to detect and avoid obstacles during the low speed autonomous mode.…”
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medTrack : a medication and appointment adherence system by Tan, Felice Yu Ting

“…This includes describing the research findings, problem identification, project development, evaluation of the project, and lastly the conclusion to wrap up the content.…”
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Studies of interface traps in GaN High-Electron-Mobility-Transistors (HEMTs) by Phia, Chen Yew

“…Additionally, DC electrical behavior (I-V) were performed for the same device to analyze the effect of interface traps. Lastly, recommendation for future research of interface traps were suggested to prompt future researchers in a good direction.…”
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Effect of minimum wage increase on employment and wage levels by Ng, Cheryl Tsuei Yi

“…In addition, the results for employment level are relatively consistent when we disaggregated the analysis for both covered and uncovered labour markets. Lastly, we show that the minimum wage change may have caused uncovered government employees including state-owned enterprises to enter the covered sector. …”
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BIM : interoperability issues between BIM authoring software and structural analysis software (RC) by Low, Khai Jer

“…The potential practical applications of this project were also described. Lastly, future works were recommended for improvement.…”
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Automatic PoC generation for Android app vulnerability by Pang, Siew Boon

“…Using the filtered data, we can then visualize in the form of charts and carry out statistical analysis to determine trends and commonly found vulnerabilities amongst the list of APKs scanned. Lastly, we can consider both the results obtained by the scanning tools as well as their scanning performances to compare all 3 tools and determine the most efficient tool to be used for scanning of mobile application vulnerabilities. …”
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Kantian aesthetics : the problem of personal commitment, distinction, particularity, and comparison by Han, Li Qian

“…Attempting to resolve it through Anthony Savile’s account is unsuccessful because it undermines Kantian notions. Lastly, the problem of comparison highlights the inability of Kantian aesthetics to make meaningful comparative aesthetic judgements. …”
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Improving rock mass quality using bio-grouting by Chua, Lionel Wei Huang

“…It also shows that the permeability under the simulated stresses is comparable or even better than that of the host rock, Bukit Timah Granite. Lastly, it was also revealed the flow rates and permeability were affected by the changing confining and inlet pressures. …”
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Microstructure analysis of magnesium alloy and/or its nanocomposite under high strain rate testing by Tan, Valerie Ying Jia

“…The microstructure of the specimens was viewed using the Optical Microscope and the Scanning Electron Microscope. Lastly, the results obtained will be analysed and compared to other reliable sources to prove the results.…”
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Desalination : discharging brine into coastal waters by Cher, Leo Wei Kwang.

“…Both concentration and velocity profiles exhibit the Gaussian-like distribution at the upper layer but due to the buoyancy-induced instabilities, the lower layer tends to deviate away from the centerline trajectory. Lastly, the concentration and axial velocity of the square jet remained constant near the nozzle exit up to 3D.…”
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ASEAN states' political relations with China and their acceptances to China's 5G: a risk perception perspective by Zha, Yiru

“…Next, a fundamental variable, ASEAN states’ digital development mode, was controlled by PCA approach to select out the cases of Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Lastly, through the examination of three cases, it was found that the ASEAN states’ political relations with China could influence their acceptances to China’s 5G by affecting the governments and corporates’ political and security risk perceptions. …”
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Enhancing security & reliability of deployments in Kubernetes by Ang, Ernest Cheng Han

“…Next, we will be performing chaos testing with chaos mesh in order to verify the ASR system’s resilience in face of system failures. Lastly, we will be performing security testing based on the principles of DevSecOps which not only cultivates the element of security at every stage of the Software Development Lifecycle but allows for secure code to be written and deployed in a shorter period of time. …”
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Development of perceptual image quality database and assessment for AI generated facial images by Tan, Xin Kai

“…Using different popular Image Quality Assessment (IQA) metrics from existing literature to evaluate the performance of current IQA methodology in the domain of scoring perceptual quality of AGFIs. Lastly, a novel solution for No-Reference Image Quality Assessment (NR-IQA) termed Generated Facial NR-IQA (GFNR-IQA), is proposed as an alternative to existing techniques for assessing individual AGFIs and generating perceived quality score.…”
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