A mid-life health crisis : supplements for good health. by Toh, Hwee Ling.

“…An important finding is the challenges to their doctors’ opinions by seeking second opinions from friends and the Internet, as well as the link between gender and the propensity to consume health supplements, where men are more likely to reject supplements and women to consume them and encourage others to consume them regardless of their ethnicity.…”
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Symbolic boundaries and power relations between Indian migrant workers and Singaporean Indians. by Maheswari Krishnan Murthy.

“…In this research I shall explore the social practices of two groups of Indians; the Indian migrant workers and the Singaporean Indians in Little India. I will link these findings to Michele Lamont and Virag Molnar (2002)’s symbolic boundaries and Foucauldian Power. …”
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Protein-alginate gel for enzyme immobilisation by Salleh, Abu Bakar, Mohamed, Suhaila

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Heavy metals in freshwater snails of Kuala Klawang's rice field, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia by Ismail, A.

Internalisation of externalities: who bears the cost of pollution control? by Rahim, Khalid Abdul

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A Brewster route to Cherenkov detectors by Lin, Xiao, Hu, Hao, Easo, Sajan, Yang, Yi, Shen, Yichen, Yin, Kezhen, Blago, Michele Piero, Kaminer, Ido, Zhang, Baile, Chen, Hongsheng, Joannopoulos, John, Soljačić, Marin, Luo, Yu

“…Our angular-selective Brewster paradigm offers a feasible solution to implement compact and highly sensitive Cherenkov detectors especially in beam lines with a small angular divergence using regular dielectrics.…”
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Identification of genetic effects underlying type 2 diabetes in South Asian and European populations by Loh, Marie, Zhang, Weihua, Ng, Hong Kiat, Schmid, Katharina, Lamri, Amel, Tong, Lin, Meraj Ahmad, Lee, Jung-Jin, Ng, Maggie C. Y., Petty, Lauren E., Spracklen, Cassandra N., Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Md. Tariqul Islam, Jasmine, Farzana, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Muhammad Kibriya, Mohlke, Karen L., Paré, Guillaume, Prasad, Gauri, Mohammad Shahriar, Chee, Miao Ling, de Silva, H. Janaka, Engert, James C., Gerstein, Hertzel C., Mani, K. Radha, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Vujkovic, Marijana, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Wong, Tien Yin, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Salim Yusuf, Habibul Ahsan, Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Anand, Sonia S., Below, Jennifer E., Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Chandak, Giriraj R., Cheng, Ching-Yu, Kato, Norihiro, Mahajan, Anubha, Sim, Xueling, McCarthy, Mark I., Morris, Andrew P., Kooner, Jaspal S., Saleheen, Danish, Chambers, John C.

“…The loci are enriched for regulatory features, including DNA methylation and gene expression in relevant tissues, and highlight CHMP4B, PDHB, LRIG1 and other genes linked to adiposity and glucose metabolism. A polygenic risk score based on South Asian-derived summary statistics shows ~4-fold higher risk for T2D between the top and bottom quartile. …”
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Predicting glaucoma progression using deep learning framework guided by generative algorithm by Hussain, Shaista, Chua, Jacqueline, Wong, Damon, Lo, Justin, Kadziauskiene, Aiste, Asoklis, Rimvydas, Barbastathis, George, Schmetterer, Leopold, Yong, Liu

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Energy transfer driven brightening of MoS2 by ultrafast polariton relaxation in microcavity MoS2/hBN/WS2 heterostructures by Hu, Zehua, Krisnanda, Tanjung, Fieramosca, Antonio, Zhao, Jiaxin, Sun, Qianlu, Chen, Yuzhong, Liu, Haiyun, Luo, Yuan, Su, Rui, Wang, Junyong, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Eda, Goki, Wang, Renshaw Xiao, Ghosh, Sanjib, Dini, Kevin, Sanvitto, Daniele, Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Xiong, Qihua

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High-quality semiconductor fibres via mechanical design by Wang, Zhixun, Wang, Zhe, Li, Dong, Yang, Chunlei, Zhang, Qichong, Chen, Ming, Gao, Huajian, Wei, Lei

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A stochastic thunderstorm model for dynamic response assessment by School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

“…The thunderstorm downdraught rushes down vertically and spreads out radially like a wall-jet. Highest wind speeds are registered at locations which are nearest to the storm cell centre.…”
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Development of a discrimination network for conducted EMI analysis by Ohnmar Tun.

“…Finally, the application aspect of the discrimination network is also demonstrated through a practical power line filter design example.…”
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A study of the factors affecting consumers' choice of a casual dining western restaurant by Chin Li Theng, Kuek Ngee Pei, Ng Yiang Ngee

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Estimation of term structure of interest rates using regression analysis by Tay Wei Chye, Chew Su-Lin Felicia, Ong Lay See

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Time of flight difraction - an alternate non-destructive testing procedure to replace traditional methods by Koyickal Gopalan Prabhakaran.

“…Data is stored in a digital format with a single vertical ‘scan’ line characterizing the structure of the weld.…”
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Experimental and numerical studies of S960 ultra-high strength steel welded I-section columns by Su, Andi, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A testing programme, including initial geometric imperfection measurements and ten pin-ended column tests, was conducted. The testing programme was accompanied by a numerical modelling programme, where finite element models were firstly developed and validated against the test results, and then employed to perform parametric studies to generate further numerical data. …”
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Structure-activity relationships of photo-activated soft tissue Adhesive by Wicaksono, Gautama

“…Soft tissue fixation relies on mechanical means such as sutures, pins, and screws, with potential complications such as concentrated tissue damage, perforation, and the need for secondary surgeries. …”
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READY PLAYER ONE / by Cline, Ernest, author 655943

“…Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. …”

The ethics of silence : reading the lover's discourse in contemporary trauma narratives by Goh, Pei Hua

“…In Testimony, Felman and Laub contend that a historical and collective trauma like the Holocaust cannot be represented, and cannot be understood, because it lacks a frame of reference. …”
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Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

“…To explore the effect of subglacial hydrology on the grounding line (GL) and tidal flexure, in Chapter 4, I develop a model combining a viscoelastic ice stream and subglacial hydrology. …”