Soil-water characteristic curves of compacted soils by Ng, Keith Rui Kang

“…The process increases the soils’ strength characteristics, which in turn increases the bearing capacity of the foundations over the soil. …”
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Usability and affective evaluation of WAP services on mobile phones by Chong, Jazmin.

“…Issues on WAP usability need to be carefully studied in order to maintain a user-centred approach in the design. …”
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Altmetrics for research outputs measurement and scholarly information management

“…The 7 revised full papers presented together with two keynote papers and one introduction paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. …”
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Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence : Second International Workshop, HBAI 2020, Held in Conjunction with IJCAI-PRICAI 2020, Yokohama, Japan, January 7, 2021, Revised Selected P... by HBAI (Conference) (2nd : 2021 : Online), organiser 643011, Wang, Yueming, editor 545496

“…The 11 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 12 submissions. …”

Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes : Mindfulness Interventions from Education to Health and Therapy / by Ivtzan, Itai, editor 656188, Taylor & Francis Group (Online service) 645650

“…The rapid growth of mindfulness in the Western world has given rise to an unprecedented wave of creative mindfulness programmes, offering tailor-made mindfulness practices for school teachers, students, parents, nurses, yoga teachers, athletes, pregnant women, therapists, care-takers, coaches, organisational leaders and lawyers. …”
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Effective coping among dementia caregivers in Singapore : narratives through an online MCAT-DC intervention by Tan, Lynette Shun Ying

“…Methodology: The online MCAT-DC intervention is a four-week programme that covered topics like stress, self-care, grief, and meaning-making. There was a total of six dementia caregivers; all were adult children to the care recipients. …”
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Aiding therapy using speech emotion recognition by Koh, En Rong

“…Nonetheless, the applications need to be carefully designed and balanced against their limitations, depending on different mental illnesses. …”
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Paddling to the dyadic rhythm in post-stroke recovery: coping mechanisms among survivor-caregiver dyads in Singapore by Chan, Luo Ming

“…Overall, these findings reinforced the importance of dyadic stroke management, highlighting the need for a contextualised approach to stroke care that takes into account the role of the family and their caregiving relationships with one another.…”
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Implementation of a health application that focuses on preventive and precautionary aspects of health (A) by Fong, Janis

“…The importance of health care for middle-aged adults, particularly those with diabetes or high blood pressure, cannot be overstated. …”
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Coping with anxiety, depression, anger and aggression : the mediational role of resilience in adolescents by Ang, Rebecca P., Ng, Reuben., Ho, Moon-Ho Ringo

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Detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum by PCR primer extension and lateral flow immunoassay by Moers, APHA, Hallett, R, Burrow, R, Schallig, HDFH, Sutherland, CJ, van Amerongen, A

“…Currently, there are no methods for the identification of resistant parasites that are sufficiently simple, cheap, and fast enough to be performed at point-of-care, i.e., in local hospitals where drugs are prescribed. …”

Comparison of INTERGROWTH- 21st and Fenton growth standards to assess size at birth and at discharge in preterm infants in the United Arab Emirates by Cheikh Ismail, L, Mohamad, MN, Ohuma, EO, ElHalik, MS, Dash, SK, Osaili, TM, Hasan, H, Hashim, M, Saleh, ST, Daour, RA, Parker, SR, Ali, HI, Stojanovska, L, Al Dhaheri, AS

“…Background: Accurate growth assessment of preterm infants is essential in guiding medical care and suitable nutritional interventions. Currently, different growth references are used across hospitals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …”

Peak inequality: Britain's ticking time bomb by Dorling, D

“…Here Dorling brings together brand new material alongside a carefully curated selection of his most recent writing on inequality from publications as wide ranging as the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times and the China People’s Daily. …”

Diagnosis and severity assessment of COPD using a novel fast-response capnometer and interpretable machine learning by Talker, L, Dogan, C, Neville, D, Lim, RH, Broomfield, H, Lambert, G, Selim, A, Brown, T, Wiffen, L, Carter, J, Ashdown, HF, Hayward, G, Vijaykumar, E, Weiss, ST, Chauhan, A, Patel, AX

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The N-TidalTM device could be used alongside interpretable machine learning as an accurate, point-of-care diagnostic test for COPD, particularly in primary care as a rapid rule-in or rule-out test. …”

Relationship between the timing of administration of IgM and IgA enriched immunoglobulins in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock and the outcome: A retrospective analysis by Berlot, G, Vassallo, MC, Busetto, N, Bianchi, M, Zornada, F, Rosato, I, Tartamella, F, Prisco, L, Bigotto, F, Bigolin, T, Ferluga, M, Batticci, I, Michelone, E, Borelli, M, Viviani, M, Tomasini, A

“…<p><strong>Purpose</strong> Because the use of IgM and IgA enriched polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulins (eIg) is a standard of care in critically ill patients admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU) with the diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock, we investigated if the delay from the onset of severe sepsis and septic shock and their administration could influence the outcome.…”

Facilitators and barriers affecting the implementation of e-health for chronic respiratory diseases in remote settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis by Salmi, EM, Basile, FW, Khan, FA, Watt, L, Song, R, Bijker, EM

“…Intervention objectives, target population, geographical location, local culture, and available resources should be carefully considered when designing an e-health intervention. …”

Sphero robot controlled by using brain computer interface offline by Sun, Yaxiong

“…There is a study shown that nearly 800,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year and stroke is the No 5 cause of death in the United States, it kills nearly 130,000 people a year. [1].If a person impact stroke, she/he will lose the ability of communication and movement ability. …”
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Boon or bane? : The role of filial piety, relationship quality, caregiver gender on work-family interface among working caregivers of the elderly by Leong, Anthony Xueheng

“…Full-time workers who take care of an older relative were recruited; 195 participants (143 women, 52 men) were recruited. …”
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Moral decisions in video games and players’ intergroup attitudes by Koek, Dominic Wei Jie

“…Participants who violated care/harm in-game experienced higher levels of guilt, but this had no impact on attitudes regarding immigrants.…”
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Femtosecond laser cleaning for aerospace manufacturing and remanufacturing by Maharjan, Niroj, Zhou, Wei, Zhou, Yu, Guan, Yingchun

“…Surface contaminants, oxides and surface coatings were shown to be removed effectively and damage to the substrate was avoided by using a defocused laser beam and careful control of laser fluence.…”
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