Snooping Underwater Communications via Low-Cost mmWave Radars by Mollahosseini, Poorya, Afzal, Sayed Saad, Adib, Fadel, Ghasempour, Yasaman

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The acquisition of English and Mandarin by a Singaporean child in a trilingual home by Teo, Jennifer Lay Heong.

“…Results indicate that: (1)the absence of tense and number markers in the English data was due to the variety of Singapore Colloquial English the child was exposed to in his environment; (2)the use of pragmatic particles and the lack of clear developmental pattern in the English interrogatives were linked to the Singapore Colloquial English usage in the input; (3)the English-language acquisition pattern shows a similar pattern as those in other comparable studies done in Singapore; (4)the order of the grammatical morphemes in the Mandarin data follows the similar pattern as other monolingual children reported on; (5)code-switching and code-mixing were directly affected by social factors: interlocutor, norm of the speech situation and his language dominance; (6)code-switching also occurs for many reasons related to language use; and (7)the child language development has been affected by the varying amount of input. …”
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Protein profile in cells exposed to non-thermal radiofrequency-field by Chai, Richie

“…There were visible changes in relative abundance of Histone 2A and Histone 4, which can be linked to possible DNA damages. However, there was no evidence of changed in protein level especially in metabolic proteins. …”
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The search for inhibitors of the quorum sensing receptor of pseudomonas aeruginosa. by Chua, Jenna.

“…Its persistence in disease can be linked to its readiness to form biofilms and release harmful virulence factors at the population level through inter-cell bacterial communication or quorum sensing (QS). …”
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Adaptive control of a hybrid electric vehicle by Ng, Alina Wen Ling

“…Vehicle stability and safety is tightly linked to a vehicle and the driver’s adaptability to changing road environments such as road surfaces and wind disturbances. …”
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Do viewers of YouTube fitness content actually exercise? : Exploring fitness video viewing, exercise intention, and exercise behaviour in Singapore by Ang, Ci Xian

“…It was hypothesised that more physically active viewers were more likely to perform the exercises. An online survey was conducted, gathering 200 Singaporeans or permanent residents aged 21 years or older, with minimally one YouTube account, watched YouTube fitness content minimally once in the past six months, and without cognitive disabilities. …”
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Don't mind the cat: potential for intraguild interactions with lions does not affect spotted hyaena habitat selection by Periquet, S, Courbin, N, Banda, E, Loveridge, A, Macdonald, D, Revilla, E, Fritz, H, Valeix, M

“…As in other study sites, this likely arises because hyaenas select the same areas as lions. …”

Understanding the disease mechanisms of cerebellar ataxia through induced pluripotent stem cell models by Wong, M

“…Accumulating evidence has suggested that subtypes of autosomal dominant ataxias (SCAs) are likely to be caused by shared pathogenic pathways. …”

‘An unimaginable challenge’: a cross-cultural qualitative study of ethics and decision-making around tracheostomy ventilation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Ozeki-Hayashi, R, Wilkinson, D

“…US participants were likely to prioritize patient autonomy over other ethical principles, and Japanese participants were likely to limit patient autonomy indirectly. …”

Immune checkpoint blockade sensitivity and progression-free survival associates with baseline CD8+ T cell clone size and cytotoxicity by Watson, RA, Tong, O, Cooper, R, Taylor, CA, Sharma, PK, de Los Aires, AV, Mahé, EA, Ruffieux, H, Nassiri, I, Middleton, MR, Fairfax, BP

“…Cytotoxic CD8⁺ effector clones were more likely to persist following ICB and were more likely to correspond with public tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte clonotypes. …”

Extreme rainfall and landslides as a response to human-induced climate change: a case study at Baixada Santista, Brazil, 2020 by Couto de Souza, D, Crespo, NM, Vieira da Silva, D, Harada, LM, Parrode de Godoy, RM, Domingues, LM, Luiz, R, Bortolozo, CA, Metodiev, D, Magalhaes de Andrade, MR, Hartley, A, Cesario de Abreu, R, Li, S, Lott, F, Sparrow, S

“…In the scenario including both natural and human-induced factors the antecedent 60 day rainfall became 74% more likely, while the short-term trigger was 46% more likely. …”

Improved performance of 1.3-μm multilayer P-doped InAs/InGaAs quantum dot lasers using rapid thermal annealing by Cao, Qi, Tong, Cunzhu, Yoon, Soon Fatt, Liu, Chongyang, Ngo, Chun Yong

“…Defect reduction is thought to be the most likely mechanism contributing to the improved performance according to the electroluminescence and improved characteristic temperature behavior.…”
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Religious restrictions, country wealth, and religious violence : a global analysis by Tan, Malcolm Si-An

“…Utilising cross-national time-series analysis of data from 175 countries spanning 1991 – 2018, this study finds that countries which spend a larger share of their wealth to impose restrictions on minority, majority, or all religions are more likely to experience higher levels of religious hostilities and violence. …”
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Digital libraries and multi-disciplinary research skills by Thelwall, Mike

“…With the use of insights from cultural studies and the history and philosophy of science, it is argued that one likely outcome is a change in the acceptable standards for literature reviews, leading to changes in article contents to reflect a broader academic basis. …”
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Underrepresentation of Asia-focused articles in the top 10 economics journals by Ang, Roy Athanasius Tjin Shane, Teong, Xiu Yi, Tham, Weng Leon

“…This study highlights this fact and has found tenure to be a likely cause for the lack of Asia-focused articles. …”
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Subtle, natural and socially acceptable interaction techniques for ringterfaces : finger-ring shaped user interfaces by Pang, Natalie, Rissanen, Mikko J., Vu, Samantha, Fernando, Owen Noel Newton, Foo, Schubert

“…Through this analysis we show which kind of ringterfaces are likely to become general-purpose user interfaces and what factors drive their development toward commercial applications. …”
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Structural and metamorphic architecture of the Zanskar Himalaya, Suru Valley region, NW India: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core by Cawood, IP, St-Onge, MR, Weller, OM, Searle, MP, Waters, DJ, Ahmad, T

“…D3 fabrics wrap thermal peak porphyroblasts and realign linear mineral phases. Tectonic thinning adjacent to D3 normal faults is documented by reduced structural spacing of isograds and alignment of isograd surfaces parallel to the faults. …”

Environmental, social, and governance and hierarchical network data envelopment analysis firm efficiencies of Japan Airlines' supply chain by Kweh, Qian Long, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong, Asif, Jawad, Lu, Wen-Min

“…Second, we run ordinary least squares regression analyses with 5000 bootstrap replications and determine that overall ESG and its three main elements are positively linked with firm efficiencies. The sub elements of ESG have different impacts on firm efficiencies. …”
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Predicting Team Well-Being through Face Video Analysis with AI by Müller, Moritz, Dupuis, Ambre, Zeulner, Tobias, Vazquez, Ignacio, Hagerer, Johann, Gloor, Peter A.

“…Statistical analysis is applied to each time series, leading to the generation of a dataset of 125 features, which are then linked to PERMA (Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishments) surveys developed in the context of positive psychology. …”
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Chasing the city that cannot stop: Exploring transportation and urban co-development in São Paulo’s history by Borges Costa, Adriano, Zegras, P Christopher, Biderman, Ciro

“…On the other hand, while roads are not linked to densification, we find that mass transit infrastructure did lead to building densification. …”
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