Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2022, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Rus, Daniela

“…This report contains the following sections: CSAIL Growth; Research Projects; Wistron-CSAIL Research Collaboration; Quanta-CSAIL Research Collaboration; Industrial Outreach; Internet Policy Research Initiative; World Wide Web Consortium; Research Highlights; Laboratory Sponsored Activities; Organization; Faculty Appointments and Leaves; Awards and Honors; Key Statistics for Academic Year 2022…”
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Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2022, McGovern Institute for Brain Research by Desimone, Robert

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Report to the President for year ended June 30, 2024, Associate Vice President for Research Administration by White, Anne

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Increasing Dengue Incidence in Singapore over the Past 40 Years: Population Growth, Climate and Mobility by Struchiner, Claudio Jose, Rocklöv, Joacim, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Massad, Eduardo

“…In Singapore, the frequency and magnitude of dengue epidemics have increased significantly over the past 40 years. It is important to understand the main drivers for the rapid increase in dengue incidence. …”
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The five-year itch: motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in England by Procter-Legg, T, Snell, R, Klassen, R

“…All participants had less than five years teaching experience and were selected through purposive sampling. …”

The economic burden of rotavirus hospitalization among children < 5 years of age in selected hospitals in Bangladesh by Ahmed, S, Dorin, F, Satter, SM, Sarker, AR, Sultana, M, Gastanaduy, PA, Parashar, U, Tate, JE, Heffelfinger, JD, Gurley, ES, Khan, JAM

“…Estimation of the economic burden would provide informed decision about investment on prevention strategies (e.g., vaccine and/or behavior change), which has been a potential policy discussion in Bangladesh for several years. <p><strong>Methods</p></strong> We estimated the societal costs of children <5 years for hospitalization from rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) and incidences of catastrophic health expenditure. …”

Information gathering: dissociable effects of autistic and alexithymic traits in youths aged 6–25 years by Lee, KS, Long, EL, Catmur, C, Hauser, TU, Bird, G

“…Accordingly, 97 typically developing youths (aged 6–25 years) performed an information gathering task in which they were asked to gather information to infer socioemotional (emotional state) and nonsocial (clothing preference) information about another person when information gathering was costly versus not costly. …”

Predicting future fallers in Parkinson’s disease using kinematic data over a period of 5 years by Sotirakis, C, Brzezicki, MA, Patel, S, Conway, N, FitzGerald, JJ, Antoniades, CA

“…Accurate fall risk assessment is crucial for effective care planning. Traditional assessments are subjective and time-consuming, while recent assessment methods based on wearable sensors have been limited to 1-year follow-ups. …”

Editorial: Influence of intimate partner violence and male partner involvement in maternity care in low-and-middle income countries by Whembolua, Guy-Lucien, Ilunga Tshiswaka, Daudet, Chereni, Adi

“…Editorial on the research topic: influence of intimate partner violence and male partner involvement in maternity care in low-and-middle income countries. In this issue of Frontiers in Global Women's Health, we present papers that focus on the influence of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and male partner involvement in maternity care in low-and-middle income countries.…”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) among critical care nurses in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Mughni, Muhamad Hafizuddin

“…The chi-square test result (χ² = 22.609, p < 0.001) suggests a significant association between the years of working experience in critical care and the level of knowledge.…”
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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

“…Among children with special healthcare needs, research from the United Kingdom (U.K.) has shown that the pandemic response uniquely impacted various aspects of their care, including decreased access to care, delays in diagnosis, and poorer chronic disease control. …”

UMPSA hosts the 17th Public University Innovative and Creative Group (KIK) Convention for Year 2024 by Naqiah, Puaad

“…GAMBANG, 8 August 2024 – The 17th Public University (UA) Innovative and Creative Group (KIK) Convention for Year 2024, which lasted two days, concluded recently.…”
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UMPSA s Bachelor of Project Management programme obtains international accreditation from PMI GAC for 5 years by Nurhaizan, Mohd Zainudin

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Patient and Health Care Worker Perceptions of Communication and Ability to Identify Emotion When Wearing Standard and Transparent Masks by Chu, Jacqueline N., Collins, Joy E., Chen, Tina T., Chai, Peter R., Dadabhoy, Farah, Byrne, James D., Wentworth, Adam, DeAndrea-Lazarus, Ian A., Moreland, Christopher J., Wilson, Jaime A. B., Booth, Alicia, Ghenand, Omkar, Hur, Chin, Traverso, Giovanni

“…The survey of general health care workers consisted of 123 participants (mean [SD] age, 49.5 [9.0] years; 84 [68.3%] women), with a response rate of 11.14%. …”
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Foot care behaviours and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Ang, Chin-Siang, Goh, Kelley Fann Ing, Lodh, Nandika, Qin, Vicky Mengqi, Liew, Huiling, Sidhu, Harvinder Raj Singh, Ng, Jun Jie, Subramaniam, Tavintharan, Tan, Elaine, Koh, Gerald Choon Huat, Best, James, Wong, Julian, Car, Josip, Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Venkataraman, Kavita

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Design of finger-probe holder for continuous non-invasive blood glucose monitoring device for intensive care unit by Soh, Phey Hong.

“…In the hospital intensive care unit (ICU) there is a need to tightly control blood glucose level of critically ill patients. …”
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‘The plural of silo is not ecosystem’: qualitative study on the role of innovation ecosystems in supporting ‘internet of things’ applications in health and care by Reidy, C, A’Court, C, Jenkins, W, Jani, A, Ramos, A, Morys-Carter, M, Papoutsi, C

“…Yet, most applications remain experimental with little routine use in health and care settings. We sought to examine the multiple interacting influences on IoT implementation, spread and scale-up, including the role of regional innovation ‘ecosystems’ and the impact of the COVID-19 context.…”

Practical guide to implementing patient-reported outcome measures in gender-affirming care: evaluating acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility by Kamran, R, Jackman, L, Laws, A, Stepney, M, Harrison, C, Jain, A, Rodrigues, J

“…<p><strong>Objective </strong></p>Assess acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility of the Practical Guide to Implementing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in Gender-Affirming Care (PG-PROM-GAC) from a sample of patients and healthcare professionals. …”

Cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in a primary care setting: a randomized non-inferiority trial by Oreskovic, T, Percac-Lima, S, Ashburner, JM, Tiljak, H, Rifel, J, Klemenc Ketiš, Z, Oreskovic, S

“…<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>A smoking-cessation program was implemented as a randomized non-inferiority trial in primary care practices in Croatia and Slovenia to investigate whether a standard 4-week treatment with cytisine was at least as effective and feasible as a standard 12-week treatment with varenicline in helping smokers quit.…”

A 35-Year Analysis of Vegetation Cover in Rare-Earth Mining Areas Using Landsat Data by Zheng, Zhubin, Liu, Yuqing, Chen, Na, Liu, Ge, Lei, Shaohua, Xu, Jie, Li, Jianzhong, Ren, Jingli, Huang, Chao

“…To elucidate the spatio-temporal changes in vegetation within Dingnan County over the past 35 years and the effects of natural and human factors on these changes, the spatial and temporal variations in FVC were analyzed using Landsat-TM/OLI multispectral images taken in 1988, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2017, and 2023. …”
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