Measuring the predictability of life outcomes with a scientific mass collaboration by Salganik, Matthew J., Lundberg, Ian, Kindel, Alexander T., Ahearn, Caitlin E., Al-Ghoneim, Khaled, Almaatouq, Abdullah, Altschul, Drew M., Brand, Jennie E., Carnegie, Nicole Bohme, Compton, Ryan James, Datta, Debanjan, Davidson, Thomas, Filippova, Anna, Gilroy, Connor, Goode, Brian J., Jahani, Eaman, Kashyap, Ridhi, Kirchner, Antje, McKay, Stephen, Morgan, Allison C., Pentland, Alex, Polimis, Kivan, Raes, Louis, Rigobon, Daniel E., Roberts, Claudia V., Stanescu, Diana M., Suhara, Yoshihiko, Usmani, Adaner, Wang, Erik H., Adem, Muna, Alhajri, Abdulla, AlShebli, Bedoor, Amin, Redwane, Amos, Ryan B., Argyle, Lisa P., Baer-Bositis, Livia, Buchi, Moritz, Chung, Bo-Ryehn, Eggert, William, Faletto, Gregory, Fan, Zhilin, Freese, Jeremy, Gadgil, Tejomay, Gagne ́, Josh, Gao, Yue, Halpern-Manners, Andrew, Hashim, Sonia P., Hausen, Sonia, He, Guanhua, Higuera, Kimberly, Hogan, Bernie, Horwitz, Ilana M., Hummel, Lisa M., Jain, Naman, Jin, Kun, Jurgens, David, Kaminski, Patrick, Karapetyan, Areg, Kim, E. H., Leizman, Ben, Liu, Naijia, Moser, Malte, Mack, Andrew E., Mahajan, Mayank, Mandell, Noah, Marahrens, Helge, Mercado-Garcia, Diana, Mocz, Viola, Mueller-Gastell, Katariina, Musse, Ahmed, Niu, Qiankun, Nowak, William, Omidvar, Hamidreza, Or, Andrew, Ouyang, Karen, Pinto, Katy M., Porter, Ethan, Porter, Kristin E., Qian, Crystal, Rauf, Tamkinat, Sargsyan, Anahit, Schaffner, Thomas, Schnabel, Landon, Schonfeld, Bryan, Sender, Ben, Tang, Jonathan D., Tsurkov, Emma, van Loon, Austin, Varol, Onur, Wang, Xiafei, Wang, Zhi, Wang, Julia, Wang, Flora, Weissman, Samantha, Whitaker, Kirstie, Wolters, Maria K., Woon, Wei Lee, Wu, James, Wu, Catherine, Yang, Kengran, Yin, Jingwen, Zhao, Bingyu, Zhu, Chenyun, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Engelhardt, Barbara E., Hardt, Moritz, Knox, Dean, Levy, Karen, Narayanan, Arvind, Stewart, Brandon M., Watts, Duncan J., McLanahan, Sara

“…How predictable are life trajectories? We investigated this question with a scientific mass collaboration using the common task method; 160 teams built predictive models for six life outcomes using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a high-quality birth cohort study. …”
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The trend of life insurance industry in selected asian emerging economies. by Choi, Yan How., Chin, Zhi Liang.

“…This report studies the trend of life insurance industry in selected Asian emerging economies from 1988 to 2004, through analyzing the determinants of the demand for life insurance, both qualitatively and quantitatively. …”
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Antecedents of job and life satisfaction and the moderating role of employee engagement. by Lim, Estelle Yan Chun., Sia, Hwee Peng.

“…Psychological availability has further shown a positive association with life satisfaction. Employee engagement is found to be effective in moderating the relationship between psychological availability and life satisfaction; and that of distributive justice and job satisfaction. …”
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A study on whole life cycle of carbon emissions of buildings by Koh, Jia Woei

“…A multi-pronged research methodology was employed, combining academic research trends analysis using bibliometric data, interviews with industry professionals, a review of existing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and carbon calculation tools, and a comparative case study. …”
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Thick thrills: because life's too short for skinny taste by Mehta Shivani

“…Through the exploration of real-life narratives and experiences, this paper seeks to underscore the pervasive lack of awareness and inclusivity towards individuals with smaller body types. …”
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Improved life cycle assessment for desalination : handling the choices and uncertainties by Zhou, Jin

“…To examine the impacts by the choice of predefined life cycle impact assessment method on the result of desalination LCAs, a comparison study was carried out between a generic method and a regional specific method. …”
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Adding spice to life : the influence of spicy food on group behaviour by Luar, Shu Qi

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Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages by Norheim, OF, Chang, A, Bolongaita, S, Barraza-Lloréns, M, Jha, P, Lewington, S, Jamison, DT, Peto, R

“…For each sex, country, and year, probability of death was calculated from these life tables with 1-year age-specific mortality rates.…”

The impact of psoriatic arthritis on quality of life: a systematic review by James, L, Hailey, L, Suribhatia, R, McGagh, D, Amarnani, R, Bundy, C, Kirtley, S, O'Sullivan, D, Steinkoenig, I, White, J, Vivekanantham, A, Coates, LC

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To examine the impact of PsA on an individual’s quality of life (QoL) and physical function.</p> <br> <p><strong>Design:</strong> A systematic review of the literature.…”

Judging with common sense: George Eliot's Romola and the exemplary life by Hayes, PR

Life history and demography of the predatory mite, Amblyseius longispinosus Evans by Ibrahim, Yusof, Palacio, Victoria B.

“…The life history and demography of Amblyseius longispinosus Evans were studied under laboratory conditions 25-28°C and 65-85% RH using the red form of the twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch complex as prey. …”
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Are Singaporeans saving enough to lead a comfortable life upon retirement? by Tan, Irene., Quek, Cindy., Toh, Hoon Choo.

“…To attain our objective, our report covers factors like medical expenses, housing trends and financial obligations. …”
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Hydro-response of grid-like floating structure subjected to a mono-directional flow / by Jibeh Gonolon, 1978-, author 607117, Kueh, Ahmad Beng Hong, supervisor 559745, Shek, Poi Ngian, supervisor 182086, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam 8022

Hydro-response of grid-like floating structure subjected to a mono-directional flow / by Jibeh Gonolon, 1978-, author 607117

Spider-web like omniphobic mullite hollow fibre membrane for membrane distillation desalination / by Mohamed Farag Twibi, 1986-, author 655756, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, supervisor 603545, Mohd. Nazri Mohd. Sokri, supervisor 372038, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Kejuruteraan Tenaga 599090

Spider-web like omniphobic mullite hollow fibre membrane for membrane distillation desalination / by Mohamed Farag Twibi, 1986-, author 655756

The transport properties of oxygen vacancy-related polaron-like bound state in HfOx by Wang, Zhongrui, Yu, Hongyu, Su, Haibin

“…The oxygen vacancy-related polaron-like bound state migration in HfOx accounting for the observed transport properties in the high resistance state of resistive switching is investigated by the density functional theory with hybrid functional. …”
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Self-steerable propulsion of disk-like micro-craft with dual off-center nanoengines by Hu, Liangxing, Tao, Kai, Lim, Yu Dian, Miao, Jianmin, Kim, Young Jin

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Pathways to virality : psychophysiological responses preceding likes, shares, comments, and status updates on Facebook by Alhabash, Saleem, Almutairi Nasser, Lou, Chen, Kim, Wonkyung

“…We contrasted Facebook organic use segments that ended with pressing on the like button to those that did not end with liking the Facebook post. …”
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Sol–gel transitions of comb-like polymethacrylate copolymers by mechano-thermal stimuli in water by Jonnalagadda, Umesh Sai, Nguyen, Tuan Minh, Li, Feifei, Lee, Jim H. C., Liu, Xu, Goto, Atsushi, Kwan, James J.

“…Yet, these materials require organic solvents and low-frequency ultrasound, limiting their utility. Here, a comb-like polymethacrylate copolymer is synthesized with 2,6-bis(1-methylbenzimidazolyl)-4-oxypyridine tridentate ligand randomly distributed on poly(ethylene glycol) side chains. …”
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