Unveiling perspectives of Islam : seeing through the eyes of Singapore's educated Chinese youths who subscribe to No religion by Nur Ameera Amirrudin

“…The results of 8 interviews illuminate the effectiveness of knowledge and education in reducing negative perceptions. The findings also show that respondents exercise their identity as a dominant ethnic group in maintaining societal norms resulting in unfavorable attitudes towards the out-group. …”
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Volunteering with Singapore’s vulnerable seniors : what is influencing the youths’ willingness? by Keh, Jun Yee

“…This study seeks to investigate Singapore’s sociocultural factors that are affecting the willingness of its youths towards volunteering with the vulnerable seniors. Findings show that first, unlike youth volunteers, non-volunteers mostly focus on individual achievements, assume that most seniors have family members to take care of them, and over-rely on the government to support the vulnerable seniors. …”
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A sociology of comfort food in Singapore by Tan, Gee Kit

“…Using Claude Fischler’s theoretical framework of the omnivore’s dilemma, the analysis is broken down into two parts: (i) the identification of three categories of comfort food – home-cooked food, local food and non-local food and (ii) the effects of modern society on the respondents’ choice of comfort food from the three categories. The findings suggest that Singaporean Chinese youth lean towards non-local food as their comfort food to seek the cosmopolitan identity. …”
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Typeical Singapore : tracing Singapore's history through vernacular typography by Effendy, Wynne Celina

“…The result of the research findings would be presented in both digital and print publication which would include a series of typography designs that reflect the character of each of the chosen areas in Singapore. …”
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The rise of China in Southeast Asia (SEA) : an analysis of hedging strategy on selected SEA states from 2008-16 by Yeo, Amanda Joy Sue Mae

“…Specifically, the paper examines whether they have adopted hedging strategy as a means to manage major power engagement. The findings reveal that SEA states neither validate nor invalidate the hedging strategy; rather, it can only be observed on a case-by-case basis. …”
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Impact of culture on mobility by Yap, Jackson Hong Liang

“…As for Singapore dataset, Land Transport Authority data were retrieved and similar studies were being conducted. The findings can help food and beverages business owners to better locate their business and also allow government security authorities to better plan and allocate manpower as required.…”
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Energy efficient protocol in wireless sensor networks by Chen, Alex Bowei

“…This report focuses on finding an effective method of increasing the efficiency of wireless transmission targeting reactive jamming. …”
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How do hawker vendors achieve upward social mobility despite low educational status? by Cheang, Joanne Zu Er, Khoe, Wei Jun, Lim, Yu Cheng

“…Hawkers also have to deal with precarity in their job including the rising cost of food and rents, as well as finding a good location for their business. This research underscores some of the factors that differentiate hawker vendors who achieve upward social mobility from those who do not. …”
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Tied up in a sticky situation : identity disclosure and stigma management strategies of BDSM practitioners in Singapore by Tan, Bridget Wei Jing, Leong, Eudy Wan Ting, Ong, Si Rong

“…In addition, the BDSM community is an important source for its practitioners to obtain emotional and practical support. Our findings suggest that due to the unique position of BDSM whereby it is technically legal yet not socially accepted in Singapore, the BDSM community employs a stigma management strategy which we termed as “pragmatic inconspicuity”.…”
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The influence of nostalgia on serious leisure participation to achieve personal growth and happiness by Low, Shirmin Li Min

“…In addition, serious leisure positively affected personal growth and indirectly affected happiness. These findings will provide a deeper understanding on the relationship between the constructs and aid in widening the extant literature on serious leisure and its outcomes.…”
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Impact of delay on the formation of high-order interactions and structural imbalance by Siboni, M. H. Hakimi, Jafari, Reza

“…Higher-order interaction is required by raising the value of delay. Our finding indicates that in the dynamics of Heider balance, increasing the delay period increases the order of interactions and the presence of imbalanced triangles even at temperatures close to zero.…”

Artificial intelligence and power in public service management by Vogl, TM

“…This chapter suggests that digital technologies can under certain circumstances condition decisions and disempower users and under different circumstances empower users and support and enhance decision-making. These findings suggest that in any technological implementation, the benefits of a digital tool should not be taken for granted.…”

Parent support adviser pilot evaluation: Second interim report by Lindsay, G, Cullen, M, Band, S, Cullen, S, Davis, L, Davis, H

“…This second Interim Report of the Parent Support Adviser Pilot reports the findings of interviews with 105 parents and 69 PSAs from the 12 case study LAs held between November 2007 and January 2008. …”

Gender identity in the 2021 census of England and Wales: how a flawed question created spurious data by Biggs, M

“…Confusion is manifested in the overrepresentation of people lacking English proficiency in the most suspect gender categories. These findings demonstrate how a faulty question can distort our apprehension of the social world.…”

Mapping inequalities in London by Hennig, BD, Dorling, D

“…Measures to tackle these problems are needed, but seeing them where they are most apparent is a first step in understanding them and finding appropriate solutions.…”

GPU accelerated image quality assessment-based software for transient detection by Li, X, Adamek, K, Armour, W

“…We accelerate the algorithms using GPUs, achieving kernel time of approximately 0.1 milliseconds for transient finding in 2048 × 2048 images.…”

Tapping into tissue bioelectromechanics: Electroactive biopolymers for dynamic tissue engineering by Burgess, MK, Nair, M

“…By highlighting the successes and current challenges in the materials development to support such dynamic devices, we summarize our findings with design guidelines to direct the future development of clinically translatable and efficacious tissue engineering constructs with the dynamic functionality of soft robots.…”

Populist attitudes, subjective social status, and resentment in Italy by Melli, G, Scherer, S

“…Thus, using original data collected in 2021, this paper analyses populist attitudes in Italy and the relationship between subjective social status, status mismatch, and social resentment. This study finds that subjective status matters more than objective conditions for populist attitudes. …”

Strong and weak random walks on signed networks by Babul, SA, Tian, Y, Lambiotte, R

“…Comparing strong and weak walks on synthetic and empirical networks, we demonstrate that weak walks outperform strong walks in scenarios involving more than two communities or asymmetric link densities. Our findings suggest that replacing strong walks with weak walks could enhance other signed network random-walk algorithms, broadening their applicability to more realistic network structures.…”

Aged and wheeled mobility in transit-oriented development: the capabilities approach by Xu, Y, Chan, H-Y, Chen, A, Chim, T-Y, Liu, X

“…Our focus is on understanding these conversion factors, which highlight both environmental and individual constraints when converting resources into capabilities. Our findings reveal significant disparities in walking environments between the initially planned and the realized catchment areas, as well as disparities between individuals with and without physical limitations. …”