Mechanism of traffic jams at speed bottlenecks by Quek, Wei Liang, Chew, Lock Yue

“…As suggested by Sugiyama[1], when car density exceeds a critical density, the fluctuations in the speed of each car will lead to greater fluctuations in speed of the cars behind it. …”
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Volunteering with Singapore’s vulnerable seniors : what is influencing the youths’ willingness? by Keh, Jun Yee

“…As a non-welfare state, Singapore’s rapidly ageing population will require more volunteers to care for the country’s growing number of live-alone seniors. …”
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Rapid electrochemical detection of COVID-19 genomic sequence with dual-function graphene nanocolloids based biosensor by Ang, Wei Li, Lim, Rachel Rui Xia, Ambrosi, Adriano, Bonanni, Alessandra

“…Discovered in December 2019, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (aka SARS-CoV-2 or 2019-nCoV) has attracted worldwide attention and concerns due to its high transmissibility and the severe health consequences experienced upon its infection, particularly by elderly people. …”
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Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19 by Aleta, Alberto, Martín-Corral, David, Pastore y Piontti, Ana, Ajelli, Marco, Litvinova, Maria, Chinazzi, Matteo, Dean, Natalie E., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Longini Jr, Ira M., Merler, Stefano, Pentland, Alex, Vespignani, Alessandro, Moro, Esteban, Moreno, Yamir

“…Here we integrate anonymized, geolocalized mobility data with census and demographic data to build a detailed agent-based model of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in the Boston metropolitan area. …”
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Transfer learning-based approach for detecting COVID-19 ailment in lung CT scan by Arora, Vinay, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Leekha, Rohan Singh, Darshan, Medhavi, Singh, Arshdeep

“…On the dataset Covid-CT Scan and SARS-COV-2 CT-Scan, the MobileNet model provided a precision of 94.12% and 100% respectively.…”
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Do investors get benefits from corporate green sukuk issuance by Riaz, Tabassum, Selamat, Aslam Izah, Mohd Nor, Normaziah, Sheikh Hassan, Ahmad Fahmi

“…This significantly positive response is observed both for the individual firm (through CARs) and for a sample of all firms (through CAARs). …”
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Powering the future: the latest breakthrough in wireless charging for electric vehicles by Fry, Matthew, Muhammad Usama Islam, Muhammad Usama Islam, Syed Zahurul Islam, Syed Zahurul Islam, Jasim Uddin, Jasim Uddin

“…Major industries are increasingly adopting the concept of producing hybrid or fully electric cars, resulting in electric vehicles becoming a common sight in today’s era. …”
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Investigating viral glycosylation pathways for drug and vaccine development by Brun, J

“…Compounds of a global anti-COVID-19 effort called the “Moonshot project” targeting the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 were also screened and promising compounds were progressed further to produce a specific direct-acting SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compound. …”

Policy Framework: Providing Social Protection to the Frontline Healthcare Workers During the Pandemic (S/O 14696) by Abdul Wahab, Harlida, Abdullah, Nor Anita, Abdul Rahim, Asmar

“…Its major impacts on the public health sector, health care services and the like, inclusive of their workers are obvious. …”
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Preventing delayed diagnosis of cancer: clinicians’ views on main problems and solutions by Car, Lorainne Tudor, Papachristou, Nikolaos, Urch, Catherine, Majeed, Azeem, El–Khatib, Mona, Aylin, Paul, Atun, Rifat, Car, Josip, Vincent, Charles

“…In this study, we aimed to identify the main problems and solutions relating to delay cancer diagnosis according to cancer care clinicians. Methods We developed and implemented a new priority–setting approach called PRIORITIZE and invited North West London cancer care clinicians to identify and prioritize main causes for and solutions to delayed diagnosis of cancer care. …”
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The global status of nursing research on hemodialysis: A bibliometric and visualized analysis by Wang, Yufen, Yang, Luhuan, Lei, Yunhong

“…BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis (HD)-related nursing research has been growing over the past 2 decades, providing critical insights into improving patient care and outcomes. This study aimed to visualize the hotspots and emerging frontiers in HD-related nursing research, offering valuable references for future studies. …”
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Insights on Serology, CRISPR Diagnostics, and Machine Learning Architectures for Biological Sequences by Siddiqui, Sameed Muneeb

“…This dissertation focuses on combining cutting-edge immunological, diagnostic, and computational approaches to confront infectious diseases more effectively, with a particular emphasis on SARS-CoV-2. The first two chapters delve into the immunological aspects of SARS-CoV-2, exploring the dynamics of antibody responses during primary infection and reinfection. …”
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Best practices for ports and shipping companies to build resilience against pandemics by Tan, Hui En

“…The maritime industry has experienced similar kinds of pandemic outbreaks (SARS and Avian Flu), but they still faltered in the face of COVID-19. …”
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Diagnostic performance of GENEDIA W and ActiveXpress+ COVID-19 antigens tests among symptomatic individuals in Peru and The United Kingdom by Palomino-Padilla, S, Finch, L, de Vos, M, Savage, H, Villa-Castillo, L, Hayward, G, Cook, E, LSTM diagnostics group, UTB-IMTAvH group, CONDOR steering group, Escadafal, C, Body, R, Adams, ER, Ugarte-Gil, C, Cubas-Atienzar, AI

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from 456 symptomatic patients at primary points of care in Lima, Peru and 610 symptomatic participants at a COVID-19 Drive-Through testing site in Liverpool, England were analyzed by Ag-RDT and compared to RT-PCR. …”

Exploratory Study on Customer Requirement in View of Electric Vehicle Development in Malaysia: Electric Vehicles in Malaysia (S/O: 12726) by Ibrahim, Jafni Azhan, Yusoff, Rushami Zien, Osman, Nor Hasni, Mohammed Udin, Zulkifli, Shariff, Kamal Imran, Ahmad, Azhar

“…The aim of this research is to analyze potential car buyers’ awareness towards electric vehicle (EV) and examine the factors that are most likely to affect their choice for EV in Malaysia. …”
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'It hurts my heart': Afghan women in London negotiating family relationships and (im)mobility regimes across borders by Ryan, Louise, López, María E., Rasa, Mursal

“…This paper aims to contribute new insights into transnational care relationships by drawing on qualitative longitudinal data, to explore the complexities and nuances of Afghan women's dynamic family relations across multiple countries and continents. …”
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Digital health professions education on diabetes management : systematic review by the digital health education collaboration by Huang, Zhilian, Semwal, Monika, Lee, Shuen Yee, Tee, Mervin, Ong, William, Tan, Woan Shin, Bajpai, Ram, Tudor Car, Lorainne

“…Background: There is a shortage of health care professionals competent in diabetes management worldwide. …”
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Tourism in Thailand : factors behind its growth and resilience. by Nino Gruettke., Karthik Naga., Kartika Surja., Tan, Kiam Hong.

“…In the same period, Thailand has been hit by financial crises, political upheavals, the SARS epidemic and a tsunami. Despite the impact of these crises, the tourism industry in Thailand has shown remarkable resilience in its economic recovery, showing only a transient dip before continuing on its upward trend of growth.…”
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Metrics to relate COVID-19 wastewater data to clinical testing dynamics by Xiao, Amy, Wu, Fuqing, Bushman, Mary, Zhang, Jianbo, Imakaev, Maxim, Chai, Peter R., Duvallet, Claire, Endo, Noriko, Erickson, Timothy B., Armas, Federica, Arnold, Brian, Chen, Hongjie, Chandra, Franciscus, Ghaeli, Newsha, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Hanage, William P., Lee, Wei Lin, Matus, Mariana, McElroy, Kyle A., Moniz, Katya, Rhode, Steven F., Thompson, Janelle, Alm, Eric J.

“…The relationship between wastewater copy numbers of SARS-CoV-2 gene fragments and COVID-19 clinical cases and deaths varies over time. …”
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Enhancing antibody responses by multivalent antigen display on thymus-independent DNA origami scaffolds by Wamhoff, Eike-Christian, Ronsard, Larance, Feldman, Jared, Knappe, Grant A., Hauser, Blake M., Romanov, Anna, Case, James Brett, Sanapala, Shilpa, Lam, Evan C., Denis, Kerri J. St., Boucau, Julie, Barczak, Amy K., Balazs, Alejandro B., Diamond, Michael S., Schmidt, Aaron G., Lingwood, Daniel, Bathe, Mark

“…Sequential immunization of mice with DNA-based VLPs (DNA-VLPs) elicits protective neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in a manner that depends on the valency of the antigen displayed and on T cell help. …”
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