The effectiveness of different types of monetary incentives to download the TraceTogether application by Lim, Mei Hui, Liu, Lingshan, Ng, Shu Min

“…This group was asked whether they would download it without any mention of monetary incentives. The main findings of this study were (i) Participants were more willing to download the TraceTogether application with monetary incentives compared to no monetary incentives, (ii) All participants in the “choice” group chose to receive direct payment, (iii) Most participants believed that direct payment would result in the highest number of people downloading a contact tracing application, (iv) “Direct payment”, “gift card” and “choice” had statistically lower minimum WTA than “charity donation” and (v) There is no statistically significant difference between the minimum WTA of “choice” and “direct payment”, “direct payment” and “gift card”, as well as “gift card” and “choice”.…”
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The transfer and maximisation of dry-land strength & power into in-water thrust in competitive swimming by Tan, Quah Jian

“…Participants also completed a 25-m swim using the Aquanex Analysis System at slow, moderate and all-out pace with the front-crawl stroke. RESULTS: Significant correlation (p < 0.05) were found between dry-land power and in-water swimming power at all three swim speeds. …”
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The Use of Co-Worker Peer-Review as an Alternative Assessment in Leadership Courses to Evaluate Student’s Leadership Qualities (S/O 14756) by Abd Rahim, Nazahah, Ab Rahman, Faizahani

“…All assessments were performed online via Google form. …”
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‘You could start a new country, but you would need to discover new land’: exploring understandings of statehood with primary school pupils in England by Saddington, L, McConnell, FR

“…Geographical education in schools draws upon a range of representations from atlases to wall maps, which portray a highly ordered image of a world that is neatly divided up into bounded nation-states. …”

Performance obligations for “revenue from contracts with customers” principle in the shipping industry by Duru, Okan, Mileski, Joan P., Gunes, Ergun

“…Research limitations/implications: It is obviously impossible to observe all kinds of freight market transactions for all different kinds of vessel particulars. …”
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The perception of medical students on the usefulness of the respiratory ventilatory augmented reality (ResVAR) application for learning the respiratory system by Saat, Azmah, O.K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza, Ab Razak, Nur Izah, Abas, Razif, Mohd Thani, Suryati

“…The data indicated that nearly all preclinical students (97%) and clinical students (94%) found the ResVAR are easy to use. …”
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Are two teachers better than one? Team teaching in TBL by Yang, Lishan, Rajalingam, Preman

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Ideal invisibility cloak for heat flow by Tan, Edmund Xin Da

“…But only a few in literature designed the thermal invisibility cloak. To date, all the thermal invisibility cloaks only work for normal incidence. …”
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Demonstratives in Singapore Malay : expression of stance through the use of Itu and Ini by Soffia Ghazali

“…Demonstratives are a basic aspect of language and thought of to be a feature that is available in all languages (Dixon, 2003; Diessel, 1999). This study examines the use of demonstratives in Singapore Malay and whether demonstratives play any part in the expression of stance of the speaker. …”
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The effect of defining model on the accuracy of syntactic class identification in when-definitions in digital dictionaries by Ptasznik, Bartosz, Lew, Robert

“…The article concludes with practical recommendations for digital lexicography for learners of English that follow from our findings.…”
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Syarikat Abdul Rahman Pandak: Embarking Business Growth Strategy and Sustainability for Nestle Product (S/O 14810) by Badlishah, Shahrizal, Ab Hamid, Kamal

“…In this case, the user needs to learn to identify the success factor in maintaining the business in order to attain up to the current acheivement This case might not reflect the distribution prespective of a distribution business for all Nestle’s distributors in Malaysia, but it is more towards understanding how the development of business culture, particularly in the Human Resource Management (HRM) function adapted by Syarikat Abdul Rahman Pandak Ismail Sdn Bhd (SARPISB). …”
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Alterations in care for children with special healthcare needs during the early COVID-19 pandemic: ethical and policy considerations by Jones, J, Lignou, S, Unguru, Y, Sheehan, M, Dunn, M, Seltzer, RR

“…This was particularly true during the first year when countries grappled with high rates of illness and implemented non-pharmaceutical interventions such as stay-at-home orders. …”

Cryptography in the Wild: An Empirical Analysis of Vulnerabilities in Cryptographic Libraries by Blessing, Jenny, Specter, Michael A., Weitzner, Daniel J.

“…We collect data from the National Vulnerability Database, individual project repositories and mailing lists, and other relevant sources for all widely used cryptographic libraries. In our investigation of the causes of these vulnerabilities, we find evidence of a correlation between the complexity of these libraries and their (in)security, empirically demonstrating the potential risks of bloated cryptographic codebases. …”
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Design thinking in physical and virtual environments: Conceptual foundations, qualitative analysis, and practical implications by Minet, Alice, Wentzel, Daniel, Raff, Stefan, Garbas, Janina

“…Next, we pursued an exploratory qualitative study by conducting 41 in-depth interviews with DT experts from research and practice. Our findings show that the DT format has profound effects across all phases of the DT process. …”
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Event detection in spatiotemporal soccer data using neural networks by Wilbert

“…Among the neural networks tested, ANN(4) achieved the best performance across all events. However, all neural networks were unable to detect ‘Tackle’ event successfully. …”
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Modeling and analysis of thermal storage for a district cooling system (DCS) by Ong, Zhiguan.

“…Lower energy consumption is observed for all chiller combinations in a DCS when compared against building specific systems. …”
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The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review by Toh, Wei Xing, Keh, Jun Sheng, Gross, James J., Carstensen, Laura L.

“…Our meta-analytic findings offer modest support for the idea that EFs are cognitive constituents of reappraisal processes.…”
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Hamiltonian non-Hermicity: accurate dynamics with the multiple Davydov D2 Ansätze by Zhang, Lixing, Shen, Kaijun, Yan, Yiying, Sun, Kewei, Gelin, Maxim F., Zhao, Yang

“…As illustrative examples, three systems of interest have been studied, a non-Hermitian system of dissipative Landau-Zener transitions, a non-Hermitian multimode Jaynes-Cummings model, and a dissipative Holstein-Tavis-Cummings model, all of which are shown to be effectively described by the mDA method. …”
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Design of a 100W PV based power supply for lead acid battery charging with MPPT circuit by Erping

“…Modelling of each component namely the Photovoltaic cell, DC-DC Converter, MPPT Circuit and Battery Charging circuit are being done all through the PSIM software and are simulated to provide the results of the findings given the variables involved. …”
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The effects of fear appeal message repetition on perceived threat, perceived efficacy, and behavioral intention in the extended parallel process model by Shi, Jingyuan (Jolie), Smith, Sandi W.

“…The behavioral intentions of all recommended behaviors did not change after repeated exposure to the message. …”
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