Communication and knowledge as motivators : understanding Singaporean womens perceived risks of breast cancer and intentions to engage in preventive measures by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Ho, Shirley S., Chow, Josephine K., Wu, Ying Ying, Yang, Zixin

“…Attention to media, frequency of interpersonal communication, fatalistic belief, and knowledge structure density were found to be associated with risk perception of breast cancer among Singaporean women. Findings also showed that frequency of interpersonal communication, risk perception, elaboration, and factual knowledge were positively associated with women’s intentions to take up preventive measures such as breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography. …”
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Examining public acquisition of science knowledge from social media in Singapore : an extension of the cognitive mediation model by Ho, Shirley S., Yang, Xiaodong, Thanwarani, Amber, Chan, Juliana M.

“…The results showed that the CMM could be applied to a social media context with a focus on science literacy. Specifically, the findings indicated that people with higher levels of surveillance gratification and social utility motivations tended to pay more attention and to elaborate more about science news that they encounter on social media. …”
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Integrating disaster governance in Timor-Leste : opportunities and challenges by Cook, Alistair David Blair, Suresh, Vishalini, Nair, Tamara, Foo, Yen Ne

“…They were: time taken to respond to disasters, low capacity, and issues with coordination. The findings also revealed a number of challenges to disaster governance to support emergency preparedness and disaster response operations. …”
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Risk breeds risk aversion by He, Tai-Sen, Hong, Fuhai

“…Our experimental design allows us to conclude that this effect is driven by the risk environment per se, rather than the realized outcomes of the risk. This finding has important theoretical and policy implications.…”
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Hired or not even considered? : Investigating how the employment outcomes of deaf persons in Singapore can be promoted by Gan, Jessa Wan Zhen

“…Additionally, current policies which target employers are also not effective in shaping their behaviour to hire deaf persons with equal consideration alongside hearing persons. The findings of this study contribute to the minuscule deaf-related employment research set in Singapore and can be considered for research on employment outcomes of other PWDs.…”
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When three’s (good) company : third-party friendships on cooperation across departments by Wong, Sze-Sze, Boh, Wai Fong, Wu, Anne

“…Third-party influence is also marginally attenuated when providers have a larger circle of friends. Overall, our findings advance the social embeddedness perspective by instilling a greater appreciation for dyad member’s dependence upon the third party in explaining third-party influence on cooperation.…”
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When motivations meet affordances: news consumption on Telegram by Lou, Chen, Tandoc, Edson C., Hong, Li Xuan, Pong, Brenda Xiang Yuan, Lye, Rachelle Wan Xin, Sng, Trisha Ngiag Gya

“…We also found that news consumption is facilitated by Telegram’s affordances like customizability, increasing accessibility, aesthetics, and simultaneity of activities. The findings advanced extant literature on user motivations for news consumption on new technologies and research on affordances. …”
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Introducing a new dataset on Designated Terrorist Organizations (DTO) by Tominaga, Yasutaka, Lee, Chia-yi, Lyu, Mengting

“…We present some trends and patterns of terrorist designation over time and across countries and apply the DTO to analyze the impact of terrorist designation on groups’ attacks. Our preliminary findings show that terrorist designation is negatively associated with terrorist attacks, although the effect only appears in an earlier period.…”
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Nanyang venture formula 1: testing and performance evaluation of formula vehicle under FSAE on-track regime by Yip, Seng Han

“…The author hopes that the findings in this report will prove useful for future generations of NVF cars.…”
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Reversion of catalyst valence states for highly efficient water oxidation by Huang, Xiaolei, Wang, Fenghe, Ma, Lipo, Wang, Jiawei, Zhang, Tianyi, Hao, Xiaoyu, Chi, Xiao, Cheng, Hao, Yang, Ming, Ding, Jun, Ang, Diing Shenp

“…This points to the existence of a low-overpotential electrocatalytic pathway. Guided by this finding, we propose an intermittent electrocatalytic mode, which is able to significantly reduce the OER overpotential by utilizing the low formation energy of changing valence states. …”
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A functional logic for neurotransmitter corelease in the cholinergic forebrain pathway by Nair, Aditya, Teo, Yue Yang, Augustine, George James, Graf, Martin

“…The circuit computations underlying cholinergic actions are confounded by recent findings that forebrain cholinergic neurons corelease both acetylcholine (ACh) and GABA. …”
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The leap of faith : lived experiences of madrasah students negotiating the transition from a religiously-homogeneous environment to a secular environment by Shaik Muhammad Khairun Nabil, Nur Syahirah Mohamed Salim

“…Drawing on 25 interviews with ex-Madrasah students, this study uncovers the many ways they address the tug and pull of social acceptance and utilize previously-acquired cultural capital to negotiate boundaries of religiously-appropriate behaviour. The findings point to four main transition outcomes which is shaped by (i) their motivations to align their habitus with that of their new peers and (ii) their commitment to maintain their previously-conditioned habitus and ties with the Madrasah community. …”
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Understanding Public and Nonprofit Managers' Motivation Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory by Chen, Chung-An, Bozeman, Barry

“…The authors examine empirically whether public managers differ from nonprofit managers on these intrinsic and non-intrinsic motivational styles. The findings show that public managers exhibit stronger service motivation, identified motivation, external motivation, and amotivation when compared to their nonprofit peers. …”
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Dissecting genuine and deceptive kudos : the case of online hotel reviews by Banerjee, Snehasish, Chua, Alton, Y. K.

“…The implications of the findings for theory and practice are highlighted.…”
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Hysteresis modeling of reinforced concrete structures : state of the art by Sengupta, Piyali, Li, Bing

“…Then, a comprehensive synopsis of the state of the art along with the substantive findings is reported in the present paper. Thereafter, a comparative study between the existing hysteresis models and the experimental results of RC structural components under quasi-static cyclic loading is conducted to evaluate the performance of the hysteresis models.…”
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Investigating teacher perceptions of feedback by Lee, Hwee Hoon, Leong, Alvin Ping, Song, Geraldine

“…Writing teachers at a Singaporean university were interviewed regarding their beliefs about feedback and their feedback practices. The findings revealed that the respondents’ feedback practices were shaped by their beliefs about the needs and capabilities of their students, but that contextual constraints created tensions between ideal and actual practice. …”
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Analysis of the revolving vane (RV-0) expander, part 1 : experimental investigations by Subiantoro, Alison, Ooi, Kim Tiow

“…The analysis includes the effects of various operational pressures and speeds to the flow rate, leakage and mechanical performances of the expander. The findings show that the prototype machine has the volumetric efficiency of up to 55% with the major leakage paths due to the lip seal and at the radial clearances, contributing to around 50% and 40% of the total leakage, respectively. …”
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Tuning whispering gallery mode lasing from self-assembled polymer droplets by Ta, Van Duong, Chen, Rui, Sun, Handong

“…Tuning lasing modes are clearly demonstrated by mechanical deformation. Our finding provides an excellent platform for exploring flexible and tunable microlasers for plastic optoelectronic devices.…”
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Balancing institutional, social and cognitive factors: human resources professionals' involvement in executive remuneration governance by Shortland, Susan, Perkins, Stephen J.

“…The study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the sociological and psychological dimensions of executive pay governance. The findings highlight the practical implications for HR professionals, emphasising the need for active engagement with diverse stakeholder groups, fostering a culture of openness and transparency to ensure that executive pay practices and associated processes align with organisational values and societal expectations, while underscoring the value of learning from diverse perspectives and practices.…”
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Bibliometric analysis of Arabic Rhetoric in the translation and transcreation of literary texts by Al Zahrawi, Rasha T., Syed Abdullah, Syed Nurulakla, Brahimi, Tayeb, Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan, Mustapha, Nik Farhan

“…King Saud University is highlighted as a leading institution. These findings provide a roadmap for future research and policy in applying Arabic rhetoric to the translation and transcreation of literary texts.…”
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