Enhancing ESL learners’ writing through collaborative learning with canva by Asiah, Kassim, Noraisah Nurul Fatwa, Mohd Razali

“…Using paired samples t-tests and inferential statistics, the study finds a significant positive relationship between students' perceptions of Canva’s ease of use and their performance in collaborative writing tasks. …”
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A general modeling framework for FO spiral-wound membrane and its fouling impact on FO-RO desalination system by Goi, Y. K., Liang, Y. Y.

“…This necessitates the development of a general modeling framework for FO SWM module that prioritizes both accuracy and ease of implementation. This framework was validated against FO SWM experiment data from previous work, demonstrating a reasonable agreement with a maximum error of 13.1 % in FO permeate flux. …”
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Photoacoustic imaging of live chicken embryo at multiple developmental stages by Sharma, Arunima, Ishak, Noreen, Teoh, Swee-Hin, Cheung, Christine, Pramanik, Manojit

“…Chicken embryo remains a commonly used model for biomedical research due to its ease of availability, accessibility for surgical manipulations, and biological similarities with humans. …”
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A theoretical insight into the use of anti-reflective coatings for the upliftment of sensitivity of surface plasmon resonance sensors by Das, Chandreyee Manas, Ouyang, Qingling, Dinh, Xuan-Quyen, Coquet, Philippe, Yong, Ken-Tye

“…Since, sensitivity of these sensors directly affects the ease of detection, our work here focuses on using dielectric nanosheets of Titania and Silica to enhance the sensitivity. …”
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Rapid and stable plasma transformation of polyester fabrics for highly efficient oil-water separation by Sun, Ye, Ouyang, Bo, Rawat, Rajdeep Singh, Chen, Zhong

“…Fabrics with special wettability have drawn growing attention in recent years in the area of oil-water separation due to their low cost, good flexibility, and ease of handling. However, an efficient and fast method to enable the required wetting state on fabrics still remains a challenge. …”
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First things first: a strategic communication campaign promoting the importance of fertility wellness among young Singaporean adults by Jacobus, Ezra Jeremiah, Lee, Laura Mari Jie-En, Ong, Hui Ying, Pei, Yuxin

“…Through implementing a digital-first strategy, First Things First increased susceptibility among our target audience and raised their self-efficacy by emphasising on the timeliness of fertility wellness and the ease of uptake. Our messaging was centralised on the target audience’s own fertility health and the benefits of early detection of health issues that could affect their fertility, rather than on childbearing, to include those who do not want or are on the fence about having children. …”
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Out of the box by Merlin, Mathialagan

“…This paper aims to delve deeper into these factors and how designing for children helps ease these factors. It also highlights how through design it can enhance and shape the way children play. …”
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Green and gamified! An investigation of consumer participation in green last-mile from a gamification affordance perspective by Liu, Xiaodi, Zhou, Zengze, Yuen, Kum Fai, Wang, Xueqin

“…This influence is mediated through perceived enjoyment, ease of use, and perceived usefulness. Furthermore, we find that consumers may prioritise social factors such as interactivity affordance over competition and achievement affordances in the gamified green logistics behaviour. …”
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Characterisation of piezoelectric ZnO cantilever for applications in hard disk drives by Chia, Xin Fang.

“…The performance of the ZnO thin film was concluded to be suitable for use on head sliders, as both the actuating and sensing sensitivities observed through characterization were rather significant, implying ease of application.…”
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Development of a web-based ground station system for an advanced nano-satellite (VELOX-I) by Goh, Wei Rong.

“…The replacement or migration of software-based applications to Web-based applications is a growing trend as it allows higher cross platform compatibility, ease of data consolidation and system management, efficient system updates and maintenance, and fewer requirements at end users. …”
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Development of high performance Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for wireless ad-hoc network by Phang, Jian Kai.

“…While wireless communication has become a major part of our everyday lifestyle, wireless ad-hoc network have gained many interests in various applications due to its ease of deployment and maintenance. As Media Access Control (MAC) is responsible for the distribution of transmission medium, and a gain in performance in a lower layer like MAC layer improves the network performance significantly, development of a high performance MAC protocol is the focus in this project. …”
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Prototyping a mobile user interface for viewing footage from a panoramic camera recording system by Lim, Kian Hwee

“…The project is to create a prototype system that allow multiple cameras to be connected to the system and combine their output into a single recording and display this recording on a mobile device for the ease of viewing. Researching on the previous work on panoramic images have shown two approach to constructing panoramic images, first is to use the curved mirror approach, another is to use the image stitching approach. …”
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Effect of mp3 compression on sound localization by Kwan, Nicholas Alexis Shixian

“…Often, these audio files are highly compressed to produce a much smaller file size, for the ease of transmission through the Internet. The MP3 audio codec is a well-known and highly used lossy compression format. …”
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Educational simulator for the MIPS processor by Neo, Gerald Wei Sheng

“…The report continues with describing the design and implementation of a web application aimed at maximizing interactivity with the user, as the main goal of these applications is to imbue the end-user with knowledge of the MIPS32 instruction set architecture with as much learning ease as possible. The report continues with a discussion of the efficacy of the web application towards learning through a user survey. …”
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Ultrasonic, shearography and thermography testing of heat damaged composite materials by Ang, Ying Mei

“…This study also aims to compare the external damage with the internal damage, and the ease and disadvantages of each procedure.…”
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Mechanical and geometrical analysis of 3d-printed auxetic structures by Ong, Darryl Wen Kai

“…This is largely due to the improvements made towards Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology which has granted the capability of fabricating complex polymers and their composites with relative ease. Exploiting this, it is made possible to implant favourable and functional properties from an additive into a polymer matrix. …”
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回艺 (huí yì) : exploring art-based life review to support the relocation process for seniors with dementia in nursing homes by Tan, Chao Min

“…Moreover, the lack of support to ease the relocation process results in relocation stress and a negative impact on their psychosocial wellbeing. …”
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Dye-sensitized solar cells : fundamentals and current status by Sharma, Khushboo, Sharma, Vinay, Sharma, S. S.

“…Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) belong to the group of thin-film solar cells which have been under extensive research for more than two decades due to their low cost, simple preparation methodology, low toxicity and ease of production. Still, there is lot of scope for the replacement of current DSSC materials due to their high cost, less abundance, and long-term stability. …”
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The nature of historical representation on Wikipedia : dominant or alterative historiography? by Luyt, Brendan

“…Given their ease of use and capability for interactivity, new media are seen as having the potential to make visible previously marginalized voices. …”
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Weighted average velocity forward modelling of Rayleigh surface waves by Leong, Eng Choon, Aung, Aung Myo Win

“…Due to its efficiency and ease of implementation, the WAVe method can provide real-time evaluation of soil profiles during surface wave tests in the field, which is beneficial for geotechnical site investigation purposes.…”
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