Investigation of phenylpropanoid sucrose esters as antidiabetic compounds by Wong, Kathy Pooi Wen

“…Although none of the di-substituted series were more potent than the other in the inhibition of alpha glucosidase, 3,6’-di-substituted PSEs were the least potent amongst the di-substituted PSEs and 3,4’-di-substituted PSEs were the most potent in the inhibition of alpha amylase. …”
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Design of low-power analog filters in WBAN receiver front-ends for hyper/hypothyroidism patients by Wang, Xiaoying

“…A figure-of-merit (FoM) was also introduced to compare the power efficiency and the linearity performance together with the noise performance. Last but not least, the conclusion is drawn in the end of this thesis with future work which may include the flipped-source-follower cell to deal with the trade-off between the noise performance and the in-band linearity.…”
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Effect of surface albedo of urban fabrics on urban climate in tropical area by Long, Yongping

“…The cool roofs have the most cooling effect, followed by the cool wall, and the cool road has the least cooling effect. Cool coating applied on all urban fabrics can reduce the UHI intensity by up to 30% in residential areas and by 6% in commercial/industrial areas. …”
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Wage premium in Singapore. by Tan, Ruo Hui., Tan, Yan Yu., Lee, Wai Meng.

“…This sample size allows us to properly execute both the Ordinary Least Squares and Tobit and Probit methods to draw the relationships between the variables. …”
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《新客》：新加坡第一部华语电影的书报讨论 = Discussions of the first Singapore Chinese-language film, Xinke (new immigrant) by 张陶陶 Chong, Pheona TaoTao

“…According to the documentary records of the "Xin guo min re bao" (New Republic aka New Citizen) on 1926-1927, we confirmed that the film is at least experienced production and completed the screening stage. …”
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Export competitiveness in the context of Singapore by Chew, Kheng Lee, Phua, Chin Tiong, Yau, Puay Hiang

“…This dictum probably exists only in the Singapore context. Last but not least, we must bear in mind that Singapore is only a small economy. …”
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Supporting insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes in primary care: results of the Stepping Up pragmatic cluster randomised controlled clinical trial by Furler, John, O’Neal, David, Speight, Jane, Manski-Nankervis, Jo-Anne, Gorelik, Alexandra, Holmes-Truscott, Elizabeth, Ginnivan, Louise, Young, Doris, Best, James, Patterson, Elizabeth, Liew, Danny, Segal, Leonie, May, Carl, Blackberry, Irene

“…Setting: Primary care practices in Victoria, Australia, with a practice nurse and at least one consenting eligible patient (HbA1c ≥7.5% with maximal oral treatment). …”
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Derivation of extreme non-gaussian stochastic offshore structural responses using finite memory nonlinear system by Mukhlas, Nurul ’Azizah

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The dietetic practice of prescribing amino acid-based formulas in paediatrics patients without cow’s milk allergy: a single centre retrospective study by O’Connor, Graeme, Mansell, Melissa

“…Inclusion criteria were patients aged between 0 and 16 years old who had been prescribed an AAF as part of their enteral nutrition, providing at least 80% of their estimated energy requirements for any condition other than allergic disease. …”
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Investigating the health and care needs of pregnant women with multiple long-term conditions by D'Arcy, R

“…The predominant MLTC type was co-morbid physical and mental health conditions (54%), with mental-health only MLTC being the second commonest (31%), and physical-health only MLTC being the least common type (15%). Complex MLTC (3 or more pre-existing health conditions) was found in 31% of pregnancies among women with MLTC.…”

Chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: protocol and methods from the Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium by de Erausquin, GA, Snyder, H, Brugha, TS, Newton, C

“…<p><strong>Introduction</strong><br> Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused >3.5 million deaths worldwide and affected >160 million people. At least twice as many have been infected but remained asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic. …”

Distribution and risk factors of canine heart diseases and survey for owners treatment intention by Noordin, Norhidayah

“…Empathic concern was made as a moderator through the partial least squares method. Most of the respondents (83.5%) claimed that they were aware of the disease, however, their ability to identify clinical signs was fair. …”
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Development of single seedling nursery tray for the System of Rice Intensification by Zubairu, Usman Bashar

“…These values reported a decrease in germination (85%) with increasing NaCl concentration (120 g/L), with least germination vigor of 62% in water 3 days after sowing. …”
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Effect of detergent, herbs and spices on the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm in seafood by Nillian, Elexson

“…The thirty six (n=36) isolates were further tested with antibiotic susceptibility test and they werefound to be resistant to at least seven out of eighteen antibiotics. V. parahaemolyticus isolates (97.2%) showed Multiple Antibiotics Resistance index > 0.2, indicating that these isolates might have originated from high risk source. …”
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Space weather radiation effects on geostationary satellite solid-state power amplifiers by Lohmeyer, W. Q., Cahoy, K. L.

“…Our observations suggest that internal charging from either past elevated radiation belt fluxes or some conditions related to relativistic electron enhancements (either causally or accidentally) is most likely responsible for the SSPA anomalies. …”
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Fluid-fluid displacement in porous-media microfluidics by Qiu, Yu

“…Immiscible fluid-fluid displacement under geometric confinement is a key physical process in large-scale subsurface energy technologies such as geologic carbon sequestration and in small-scale microfluidic techniques. Research over the past few decades has provided improved understanding of the fluid-fluid displacement patterns on the macroscopic scale, which range from compact displacement to fractal pattern. …”
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How to learn Chinese characters? Exploring the effectiveness of different learning methods in young Singaporean children by Toh, Wendy Hwee Bin

“…Biscriptal literacy development can be challenging if the two writing systems are starkly different. Past research on early Chinese word reading and instruction has mainly focused on children in Mandarin-speaking societies or adult foreign/second language learners. …”
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VR-CFD : interactive simulation of computational fluid dynamics by Yang, Sida

“…Thus, teaching these classes have always been a challenge (Zhou et al., 2017). Over the past few decades, various forms of graphic representations and animations have been incorporated in teaching the subject (Su, 2013). …”
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当青春成为最后的乌托邦 ：探析 "小字辈" 文本所影射的文化现象 = When youth becomes the last utopia : a study of the 'tiny texts' cultural phenomena by 王捷灵 Ong, Cerys Jie Ling

“…This paper analyses “tiny texts” (texts beginning with “xiao” meaning “tiny” in Chinese) that have proliferated in the Chinese cultural entertainment market over the past ten years. By interpreting them as social texts—observing them in the socio-political and economic context that gave rise to the texts—the commonalities within and around these texts serve as a point of departure for investigation of the larger cultural phenomena they represent. …”
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Investigating spatio-temporal variability of initial ²³⁰Th/²³²Th in intertidal corals by Chiang, Hong-Wei, Philibosian, Belle, Meltzner, Aron J., Wu, Chung-Che, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Chuang, Chih-Kai, Suwargadi, Bambang W., Natawidjaja, Danny H.

“…There were no clear centennial to millennial time-scale changes in 230Th/232Th0 in the past 2500 years. This study, therefore, suggests a reliable value of initial 230Th/232Th ratio in intertidal environments.…”
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