Indoor UAV crowd investigation – part 1 by Wong, Jin Yi

“…Further developments based on the results of this project were proposed and attempted but were met with technical difficulties.…”
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Design of fully and unrestraint continuous beams using BS5950:2000 and Eurocode 3 by Zhang, Kailong

“…By switching to the Eurocodes, localized organizations are now qualified to bid for projects that are based in countries that, too, have adopted the Eurocodes since common grounds in civil and structural engineering are met.At this current point of time, designers who are used to the design procedures and the comprehensiveness in the British Standards would face much difficulty when carrying out the regular designing works due to the unfamiliarity of the Eurocodes.…”
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Mobile app to play team-building games by Jie, Dai

“…It allows anyone to quickly familiarise and have a basic understanding of the personality or characteristic of the person that they have just met.…”
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Chasing the Elusive Militant in Indonesia: The Wonosobo raid to capture Noordin M Top by Astuti, Fatima

“…The police order on the inhabitants to surrender was met with gunfire. After an hour-long gunfight, the resistance ended with two suspects dead and one captured. …”
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Protein delivery options: how well have we succeeded? by Ng, Xu Wen, Subbu, Venkatraman

“…Another antibody, Avastin®, indicated for bowel cancer, accounted for $6.7 billion among these top-selling drugs, while Herceptin®, used to treat breast cancer, had sales of $6.6 billion. These numbers bear eloquent testimony to the increasing demand for protein therapeutics. …”
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Anti-microbial surfaces by plasma assisted immobilization of chitosan. by Toh, Daniel Seng Wei.

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Speaking to Angmohs : intelligibility and identity as motivators for speech accommodation in Singapore by Law, Eliana Yixin

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A postfeminist reading of Chick Lit : Sex and the City. by Low, Carmen Kar Mun.

“…The former waves of feminism often denied the relevance of traditional representations of “femininity” in order to amplify their political demands but such demands have now been met and modern women have the luxury to choose to indulge in acts that were once been linked to female subjugation, such as being a stay-at-home wife/mother. …”
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Design of a water antenna by Lim, Edmond Guo Wei

“…Antenna transmission has been crucial in the wireless communication network, although the conventional metal antenna has been mostly used in applications, there is an increase demand for water antennas recently. …”
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Implementation Challenges of State-Led Redevelopment in Shrinking Cities: Case Study of Shantytown Redevelopment in Yichun, Northeast China by Gao, Shuqi, Ryan, Brent D.

“…The study analyzed the implementation of this policy in Yichun, a shrinking forestry city in China's rust belt (Northeast China). The implementation of this policy differs from China's typical privately funded market-led redevelopment in other areas, in terms of combining the rigorous implementation of central government's policy and funding in tandem with the discretionary actions of the local state-owned forestry bureau. …”
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Smart farming and artificial intelligence (AI): how can we ensure that animal welfare is a priority? by Dawkins, MS

“…I will argue that for technology to deliver on its promise of being able to improve the lives of animals, three conditions need to be met: (i) Both the public and the agricultural industry must be satisfied that automated measures of welfare can capture what is meant by ‘good welfare’ (ii) There is scientific evidence that the technology genuinely improves animal welfare when deployed on commercial farms (iii) There are demonstrable financial, environmental and other benefits as well as welfare ones so that industry is convinced that prioritizing welfare is commercially worthwhile.…”

Stress investigation on crack tip plastic zone - part II: sub-interface crack and crack in layered materials by Poh, Xuan You.

“…Elastic-plastic stress analysis has been carried out for the value of J Integral of a sub-interface crack with small scale yielding. …”
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The opioid receptor influences circadian rhythms in human keratinocytes through the β-arrestin pathway by Bigliardi, Paul, Junnarkar, Seetanshu, Markale, Chinmay, Lo, Sydney, Bigliardi, Elena, Kalyuzhny, Alex, Ong, Sheena, Dunn, Ray, Wahli, Walter, Bigliardi-Qi, Mei

“…Through the ChIP assay, we determined that Met-Enkephalin enhances β-arrestin-1 binding to acetylated H4 in the PER2 promoter. …”
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Recommended changes to standard of care for monitoring of cortically blind fields by Willis, HE, Cavanaugh, MR

“…Clinical care is variable throughout the United States and United Kingdom, with only 57% of patients receiving visual field assessments and 61% stating their need for support has not been fully met. Additionally, unlike stroke survivors with motor or language deficits, those with vision loss are rarely offered visual rehabilitation. …”

An integrated information management model for proactive prevention of struck-by-falling-object accidents on construction sites by Wu, Weiwei, Yang, Huanjia, Li, Qiming, Chew, David Ah Seng

“…The objective of this paper is to analyze the proactively preventive information requirement of struck-by-falling-object accidents and propose an integrated information management model using a ZigBee RFID sensor network to fulfill these requirements. …”
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Surface Compositions of Trojan Asteroids by Emery, Joshua P., Binzel, Richard P., Britt, Daniel T., Brown, Michael E., Howett, Carly J. A., Martin, Audrey C., Melita, Mario D., Souza-Feliciano, Ana Carolina, Wong, Ian

“…A broad absorption at ∼3.1 μm in some less-red Trojans may indicate the presence of N-H bearing material. Mid-infrared emissivity spectra reveal the presence of fine-grained anhydrous silicates on the surfaces. …”
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Why did China seldom claim? : Overseas investment and bilateral investment treaties by Chen, Jiaxin

“…To critically examine the topic, BITs between China and the European Union (EU) countries as well as 53 BITs between China and the countries along ‘Belt and Road’ are analyzed. The research finds that, instead of solving the dispute settlement issues, the China-EU BIT tends to play its role in market liberalization. …”
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A study on business development strategies and tactics in the shipping industry to improve customer satisfaction (port sector) by Lau, Benedict Yew Fei

“…Finally, the impact of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative on the business developments in ASEAN shipping region can be further analysed.…”
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Dose verification of 3D printed male pelvic phantom for radiotherapy quality assurance by Maniam, Peraveen M

“…CT profiles at 90 kV, 120 kV, and 140 kV exhibited consistent gray values with small variation and overlapping standard error bars, indicating high uniformity in the 3D printing. …”
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Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…For states seeking to catch up, the acquisition and assimilation of frontier technology has always been paramount (Abramovitz, 1986).</p> <p>Multinational firms based in industrialized countries have long been seen as sources of technology (Evans, 1979). …”