A family of curves for the geometric mean distance of one rectangle from another by Uluant, Cemal Ali.

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Room-temperature fabricated thin-film transistors based on compounds with lanthanum and main family element boron by Xiao, Peng, Huang, Junhua, Dong, Ting, Xie, Jianing, Yuan, Jian, Luo, Dongxiang, Liu, Baiquan

“…For the first time, compounds with lanthanum from the main family element Boron (LaBx) were investigated as an active layer for thin-film transistors (TFTs). …”
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Rethinking the meaning of retirement : retirement village concept for the Singapore elderly by Ang, See Nee, Eu, Pei Pei, Lew, Eileen

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The state and the family : Singapore families in the economy. by Tan, Shaline Yen Ling.

“…More than often, the state’s policies impact the citizens economically, in particular, the middle-class families. And this gives rise to a phenomenon of materialism, where the middle-class families see pursuing of material wants as a means of comfort in Singapore. …”
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Our changing family : a study on family beliefs and practices by Peh, Rebecca Min-Li

“…Thus the family is a site brimming with subjective experiences and meanings that arise through the interplay between individual autonomy and structural conditions.…”
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JWST sighting of decameter main-belt asteroids and view on meteorite sources by Burdanov, Artem Y., de Wit, Julien, Broz, Miroslav, Muller, Thomas G., Hoffmann, Tobias, Ferrais, Marin, Micheli, Marco, Jehin, Emmanuel, Parrott, Daniel, Hasler, Samantha N., Binzel, Richard P., Ducrot, Elsa, Kreidberg, Laura, Gillon, Michael, Greene, Thomas P., Grundy, Will M., Kareta, Theodore, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Moskovitz, Nicholas, Thirouin, Audrey, Thomas, Cristina A., Zieba, Sebastian

“…While large asteroids (≥100 km) have remained in the main belt since their formation, small asteroids are commonly transported to the near-Earth object (NEO) population. …”
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Evaluation of a pilot family planning educational seminar and subsequent attitudes towards family planning among Muslim communities in Tanzania by Cordeiro, AA, Gumanneh, H, Nzali, A, Lambert, VJ, Yussuph, A, Kihunrwa, A, Mchondo, Y, Mtita, R, Yahaya, H, Kalluvya, SE, Wamoyi, J, Suleman, M, Downs, JA, Mwakisole, AH

“…Participants rated the seminar as highly acceptable, appropriate, and feasible, with mean scores above 4.5 out of 5 for every statement. …”

Sustainable product family design and a platform strategy by Kim, Samyeon

“…To demonstrate and validate the effectiveness of the proposed SPFDM, case studies have been performed with product families of coffee makers and electric shavers. The main contribution of the SPFDM is to provide a foundation for modelling the link between product design and sustainability performance that incorporates environmental, economic, and social aspects. …”
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Studies on the main group-based aromatic compounds : 1,4,2-Diazaborole and Germanium(0) species by Su, BoChao

“…Recently, a variety of aromatic molecules containing main group elements have been extensively studied, which show some unique electronic property. …”
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Programs to Address Violence for Military Families: a Systematic Review by Dodge, J, Wortham, W, Kale, C, Williamson, V, Ross, A, Maher, S, Kononowech, J, Winters, J, Sullivan, K

“…Conclusion: This study had three main findings: (1) The majority of interventions were for Veterans and/or their partners rather than active service personnel; (2) All interventions reported positive outcomes in the reduction of self-reported IPV, with the majority of these outcomes maintained over time; (3) While we intended to assess military family-level interventions that targeted IPV and CM, we only found three studies that targeted or included CM. …”

The real reunion : an integrated campaign to strengthen family bonds through meals. by Chen, Zhihui, Lim, Desmond Hiok Hwee, Tan, Nian Shun, Toh, Yew Zhen

“…Targeted at youth aged 18 to 25, the campaign seeks to leverage on family reunion dinner to bond families and improve parent-child relationship through meals. …”
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Employment of professional managers in local Chinese family businesses : issues and problems. by Ong, Ai Ming.

“…With professionalisation mooted as the key for survival and growth of family businesses, this study examined the motivations for nine professional mangers to join local Chinese family businesses, through the use of a short closed-ended questionnaire and in-depth interviews. …”
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Winning Models for Grade Point Average, Grit, and Layoff in the Fragile Families Challenge by Rigobon, Daniel E., Jahani, Eaman, Suhara, Yoshihiko, AlGhoneim, Khaled, Alghunaim, Abdulaziz, Pentland, Alex, Almaatouq, Abdullah

“…However, predictions were at most 20 percent better than a baseline that predicted the mean value of the training data for each outcome.…”
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Motivation & family caregivers of elderly individuals : exploring the relevance of filial piety & autonomy by Nur 'Atiqah Mohd Farhan

“…Individuals who provide care for their sick or frail family members are reported to be at risk of developing depression and other psychosomatic symptoms due to the burden of caregiving. …”
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Redefining guardianship: a study of the intellectually disabled, their family, and their social sphere in cinema by Lim, Tammie

“…By evaluating three primary texts in the cinematic medium, namely Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump (1994), Lee Chang-dong’s Oasis (2002), and Bong Joon-ho’s Mother (2009), the essay negotiates both valuable and detrimental guardianship strategies in the films, so as to outline the ways in which family-centred care of ID patients can be more constructive, in not only facilitating these individuals’ formation of identities, but also their capacity for meaning-making of the world. …”
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Heuristic control of multiple batch processors with incompatible job families and future job arrivals by Tajan, John Benedict C., Sivakumar, Appa Iyer., Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We analyse the problem of minimising the mean cycle time of a batch processing stage containing K > 1 batch processors in parallel with incompatible job families and future job arrivals. …”
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Characterization and gene expression analysis of the cir multi-gene family of plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi (AS) by Lawton, Jennifer, Brugat, Thibaut, Yan, Yam Xue, Reid, Adam James, Böhme, Ulrike, Otto, Thomas Dan, Pain, Arnab, Jackson, Andrew, Berriman, Matthew, Cunningham, Deirdre, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Langhorne, Jean

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The price of choice : pressures faced by voluntarily childless married women in Singapore by Shamini De Mello

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"$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore by Nadrah Sadali

“…The paper can be divided into three main portions. The first highlights the motivations behind the decisions made by my respondents. …”
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Influence of family background on academic achievements among nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia health campus by Adam, Nursyazana

“…This study was aimed to investigate the family background factors that can influence students’ academic achievement among nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus. …”
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